What does County Magistrate Lin plan to do with him now?

At this time, County Magistrate Lin asked Liu Butong, "Why did you just say that you asked the vendors and they said that people who go to Wangyou for a rest only go to buy once every three to five days?"

Liu Butong took a deep breath and clasped his fists and said, "Sir, it is...it is my subordinates who are not doing their job well! My subordinates...my subordinates..."

Liu Butong knelt down with a *thump*

"My subordinates know their crimes and are willing to be punished!"

Liu Butong lay on the ground nervously, hoping that County Magistrate Lin would have a little conscience.

It doesn't matter if he is used as a scapegoat, but his position must be kept.

Otherwise, he would rather make a fuss and lose everything!

"Why did you lie? I will check it later." County Magistrate Lin thought that Liu Butong was quite clever. He did not say it out loud, but admitted it obediently. He said, "Since you have been working diligently and have never made any mistakes, I will only pay you three months' salary this time."

Liu Butong breathed a sigh of relief.

It is better to be fined three months' salary than to lose the job.

"Thank you, sir!" Liu Butong said hurriedly.

"You can leave first. We don't need you here." County Magistrate Lin said.

Li Mumu did not intend to pursue Liu Butong's mistakes.

Liu Butong was a yamen runner, but he did not have the courage to do such a big thing.

When Liu Butong came back earlier, she saw County Magistrate Lin gave Liu Butong a piece of paper. She did not know what was written on it.

But combined with Liu Butong's later performance, the paper should be what County Magistrate Lin taught Liu Butong how to say.

What Liu Butong just said was nothing more than what was instructed by County Magistrate Lin.

It wasn't just Li Mumu who saw it.

Li Zhiyin and the other two standing outside could also see it.

Min Huilan said with a gloomy face, "This County Magistrate Lin is really abominable!"

Madam Shang shook her head, "There's no point in pursuing Liu Butong, but County Magistrate Lin..."

"I will go back and tell my grandfather about this matter." Li Zhiyin said, "He was able to confuse right and wrong in the court today. I don't know how many such things he has done in the past, and there will be no shortage of such things in the future."

Madam Shang nodded and said, "Originally, County Magistrate Lin probably thought that Wangyou Xiaojie was just an ordinary merchant. Although we don't know who the person he just met in the back is, his status must be higher than his. Between a person higher than him and an ordinary merchant, he ignored the truth and tried to please the mastermind behind the scenes. So whether it was in the past or in the future, when there is a huge gap in status between the two parties, he will only judge the case based on status, not fairness and truth."

Min Huilan said, "Fortunately, the boss of Wangyou Xiaojie is us. If it were an ordinary person, wouldn't he be wrongly accused to death?"

In the court, County Magistrate Lin asked the doctor Liu Zhizhang of the clinic, "Did Zhang Guifu and Liu Wanrong go to your clinic this morning?"

"Yes, they came early in the morning. It was just daybreak, and my clinic was not open yet." Liu Zhizhang said, "I had just gotten up, and I opened the door when I heard the knock on the door. Liu Wanrong was having a fever at that time."

"What was her illness after you examined her?" asked County Magistrate Lin.

"She caught a cold," said Liu Zhizhang, "The evil wind entered her body and caused her to have a fever and vomit."

"Did she have diarrhea?" County Magistrate Lin asked again.

"No," said Liu Zhizhang, "I wrote her a prescription, and I brought it with me, which is a prescription for treating wind and cold."

Liu Zhizhang took out a prescription from his arms.

The lawyer came down and took the prescription to County Magistrate Lin.

However, County Magistrate Lin did not understand it very well, and just pretended to take a look.

County Magistrate Lin slammed the gavel, which frightened Zhang Guifu and Liu Wanrong.

"Zhang Guifu, Liu Wanrong, why did you two lie?" County Magistrate Lin asked, "It has been proven that the things Wangyou Xiaojie bought were all fresh and clean. The doctor also proved that Liu Wanrong's fever was caused by the cold, not a stomachache!"

The three stall owners also nodded.

Wangyou Xiaojie sent people to buy from them every day.

If Wangyou Xiaojie's ingredients were really bad, they would be implicated.

If others also think that the things sold in their stalls are not fresh, it would be bad.

Fortunately, the matter has been made clear now.

"It's unfair! Sir, we didn't lie!" Zhang Guifu kowtowed quickly, "Really...really we don't know, we just guessed."

"My wife did eat at Wangyou Xiaojie yesterday, and she didn't eat anything else after returning home. She suddenly had a fever. In addition to Wangyou Xiaojie, we didn't think she caught a cold." Zhang Guifu defended.

"Didn't the doctor tell you that it was because of a cold?" County Magistrate Lin asked again.

"Of course I did!" Liu Zhizhang said, "We treat patients and save lives, how can we not even tell the patient what disease he has?"

"We don't understand, and we don't understand the difference between catching a cold and having an upset stomach." Zhang Guifu cried and explained anxiously, "Anyway, he was sick, so we thought it was because of an upset stomach."

"Only a fool would believe this." The onlookers outside the yamen said.

"That's right. I think they clearly want to extort money from the restaurant!"

"It just so happened that I had lunch in the afternoon and caught a cold at night, so they thought of extorting a large sum of money from Wangyou Xiaoxi and making back the money for medical treatment and medicine."

"How dare you! You're still silent! How can a stomach upset be the same as a cold?" County Magistrate Lin shouted, "Do you think you can just say you don't know?"

"Wang Guifu, Liu Wanrong." County Magistrate Lin said, "You are making a false accusation. You should be fined silver and beaten with thirty sticks!"

"Considering that Liu Wanrong is still ill, she can be exempted from the punishment." County Magistrate Lin added, "Wang Guifu will be the only one to be punished."

"Come here! Take Wang Guifu out!" County Magistrate Lin shouted.

Two officers came forward and were about to arrest Wang Guifu. Wang Guifu was so scared that he kept kowtowed, "Sir, I am innocent! I... I was also instructed by someone!"

County Magistrate Lin's eyelids jumped, thinking that this man had not discussed it with Su Zhier?

Because there were many people gathered outside, County Magistrate Lin had to make a judgment.

But in this case, Su Zhier must have given enough benefits, so that even if Wang Guifu and Liu Wanrong were sentenced, they could take the blame themselves and would not give Su Zhier out.

Who knew that the two sides didn't agree?

Wang Guifu actually said that he would confess.

Lin Zhixian was immediately overwhelmed.

He didn't want Wang Guifu to implicate Su Zhier.

If Su Zhifu was implicated, it would be a big trouble.

"Bold!" Lin Zhixian shouted, "You made a mistake yourself, don't implicate others!"

But Wang Guifu didn't listen to him now.

Now he is not good, and he can't let others be good.

Besides, that person clearly promised him that he would never let him get into trouble.

But what about now?

He wants to be fined ten taels of silver and be caned thirty times.

Which one is the same as asking for his life!