C16 (1/2)

As she was thinking, the sound of footsteps came from not too far away. She was calm and unperturbed as she saw a few people approaching. The man in the lead was wearing official uniform. Several officials stood beside him and bowed respectfully.

”My lord!”

Master? Wasn't it just the county magistrate?

”My lord, this humble woman has been wrongly accused, this humble woman's tofu is not a problem!”

Seeing that the official had arrived, Su Yu immediately knelt down and prayed non-stop. The county magistrate ordered people to open the cell door and enter, then looked at the two sisters and said, ”Who is Su Xingyue?

”I'm Su Jin Se.”

”How dare you not kneel when you see our lord?”

She knelt down, ”Lord, this humble girl did not kill Uncle Gu, there's no problem with the tofu!”

The county magistrate was a middle-aged man in his forties who ate heartily and looked greedy. He touched his lips and poked his beard, ”No problem?” Su Jin Se, this is the piece of paper that the victim's family wants to sue you for, take a look! ”

She basically recognized the words on it. More or less, after Uncle Gu ate tofu at her house, he immediately felt dizzy and wanted to go to sleep when he returned home. Aunt Gu prepared dinner and found that Uncle Gu still hadn't woken up yet, so she went to call him. In the end, she found out that he was dead.

”Lord, this humble daughter and little sister were wrongly accused. Yesterday, so many of us ate tofu, yet we were fine. On what basis did Uncle Gu eat tofu to his death?”

The county magistrate looked at her condescendingly. ”Your little mouth is quite impressive. The coroner was examined and the villagers died from food poisoning. If it wasn't for your lousy tofu, what else could it have been?”

”Lord, if Uncle Gu had eaten my Immortal Tofu, then he would have been determined to be poisoned to death by our tofu, this is too far-fetched. Besides, since killing has always been a motive since ancient times, I have no enmity with Uncle Gu, so why did I poison him?”

”Of course you have a reason. He is the village's chef, and you have heard that his cooking is not bad. You are jealous that his cooking is better than yours, so you decided to kill him and poisoned him!”

Su Jin Se raised her head and glared at him with a piercing gaze. It looked like this county magistrate was also a unconscious person. She had to think of a way to prove her innocence!

”Lord, you really know how to joke. This humble girl and Uncle Gu have no competition in culinary arts, so where did jealousy come from in killing people?”

”I said you have a motive to kill, so you have one. This girl, should be your sister, Su Yu, right? Su Jin Se, I advise you to admit that earlier. Otherwise, both you and your sister will suffer physical pain!”

”Master, you want to compromise? You have no proof at all, yet you rashly captured someone to frame this commoner and your little sister. Are you not afraid that I will report you to the imperial guard? ”

”Huh? ”This is Dan Yang County, my territory. You are a murderer, how could you get out of it?”

”You …”

The bereaved families want you to compensate them with 50 taels of silver, as well as the funeral expenses, seven to eight of them, a total of 80 taels of silver. With the money, I can make you pay for it.

”Lord, we were wrongly accused, Lord …”

The county magistrate left arrogantly. Su Jin Se stomped her feet in anger. Did he really treat human life like grass?

”Elder sister, don't beg him. This dog official is famous for his greed. I heard that he and the Second Leader of the Phoenix Stronghold have a good relationship in private!”

”A nest of officials and bandits?”

She suddenly understood one thing. It was impossible to rely on the government to redress your grievances. Now, she had to think of a way to bring her sister out. Since she was a greedy government official, she shouldn't try so hard to redeem their innocence.

Even she couldn't understand who was trying to frame her.