Chapter 75 The prince was taken to the execution ground and beheaded!

"I'm curious to know what you'll do, how we'll cause such a ruckus in Yanshan Prefecture?"

Xiao Ying'er was very curious. She knew Liu Fu's intentions, but she didn't know exactly how Liu Fu would act.

Liu Fu chuckled:

“You said we’ve already done it, so let’s do it again. I’ll go directly to the prefect’s office and beat the grievance drum to file a complaint, and say it in front of the prefect.”

Xiao Ying'er was slightly taken aback:

You're going to stir up a hornet's nest!

"Let's do it first and talk about it later. Let's go."

With the dragon horse as his mount, Liu Fu's travel speed was unmatched by the county soldiers and prefectural troops.

At the same time.

Three hundred soldiers from Chunhe County searched everywhere, but they could not find Liu Fu's whereabouts, and they even lost track of the prisoners who had escaped from the dungeon.

Sweating profusely, the magistrate of Chunhe County rode at top speed to Yanshan Prefecture overnight, knocking on the door of the prefectural government office in the middle of the night.

"What?"

"Magistrate Fei, you really know how to play the game. You even secretly kept all the correspondence between this prefect and you? And those pieces of evidence of embezzlement, which involve high-ranking officials of the imperial court, you actually dared to keep the account books. Are you afraid that others won't know?"

Magistrate Liu was so angry that he started cursing:

"How could I possibly have such a stupid and incompetent subordinate as you? Is this how you serve me?"

In reality, everyone who can survive in officialdom is a cunning old fox. Not to mention that Magistrate Fei has his own account books, Prefect Liu also has his own secrets to keep. After all, one can't be too careful when being an official.

But he still couldn't help but berate Magistrate Fei.

Fei Zheng kept apologizing. This time, Liu Fu exposed the matter and caused such a commotion. Not to mention clearing the name of the prefect's nephew, even if he succeeded in doing so, he would not gain any favors. On the contrary, he would offend the prefect because of the spread of the account book.

I'm afraid my chances of getting promoted next time will also fall through.

"It's all that kid's fault, you bastard!"

Magistrate Fei was so angry he gritted his teeth and begged and pleaded.

Prefect Liu knew that if these things got out, it would affect not only himself and Magistrate Fei, but also all the civil and military officials in the court. Now he had no choice but to clean up Fei Zheng's mess.

"Men, send out all two thousand soldiers to capture the man that Magistrate Fei mentioned along the way. No need for him to be alive; kill him on sight. Bring back his head and the letter."

As he spoke, Prefect Liu revealed a chillingly sharp look in his eyes:

"If any of you dare to utter a single word of what I have instructed you to do today, you will be beheaded! If you succeed in this task, each of you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. Go and do it."

After giving his instructions, Prefect Liu turned to Fei Zheng and said:

"Magistrate Fei, this whole affair started because of you. You are to pay all the expenses and rewards for today's services!"

Fei Zheng looked pained after hearing this, but there was nothing he could do.

You'll have to pay for it yourself?

Such a large reward, ten taels of silver per person, how many tens of thousands of taels of silver must have been spent?

Fei Zheng gritted his teeth, trying to figure out a pretext to collect another tax from the people, doubling the amount of money he had spent... No! He needed to get back three times the amount of money he had spent that day to soothe his wounded heart.

"Yes, let the people suffer, and I, the official, will bear the blame."

After Fei Zheng left, two thousand soldiers were dispatched. Prefect Liu wrote a letter to all the county magistrates under his command, attaching a portrait of Liu Fu, and ordered them to search their respective jurisdictions and kill Liu Fu on sight!

But no one expected it.

Liu Fu had already entered Yanshan City right under everyone's noses.

The next morning was a beautiful, sunny day.

As Prefect Liu was getting up and washing, a grievance drum was suddenly sounded outside the door.

Magistrate Liu was furious!

With a dark expression, Prefect Liu stepped into the courtroom, only to find a familiar face immediately. After a closer look, he realized that this was the very person he had been searching for all night.

Well, you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep!

Prefect Liu stared coldly at Liu Fu, then slammed his gavel:

"Who is this person in the hall, and what grievance do you wish to bring?"

Upon seeing that the prefect had spoken, Liu Fu deliberately walked right into the trap:

"Your Excellency, I have important information to report. Please, Your Excellency, do me justice!"

Liu Fu immediately began to sue Fei Zheng, recounting his entire experience with Magistrate Fei.

Prefect Liu sat in the hall, inwardly sneering:

"As expected of you, kid! You got it without any effort at all!"

But while Prefect Liu was busy sneering, Liu Fu had already confessed all of Fei Zheng's crimes, including bribery, murder, and taking the blame for his superior.

In front of so many people in the hall, Liu Fu even made public the fact that Prefect Liu had instructed Fei Zheng to find someone to take the blame for his nephew.

The officials and their yamen runners were so frightened that they trembled on the spot, pretending that they hadn't heard anything.

Then Liu Fu began reciting Fei Zheng's bribery ledger, and he could clearly recite the names of many high-ranking officials and the amounts of bribes they received.

Prefect Liu was truly stunned.

Wow, you actually know all this stuff!

He hadn't been paying attention and Liu Fu had said a few more words, and as a result, the guy's mouth was like a machine gun, rattling off a bunch of random things, and he even went so far as to recite his own collusion with Magistrate Fei and his abuse of power.

"You scoundrel, how could I tolerate you!"

"Guards! This man is spouting nonsense. Take him away! Magistrate Fei is an honest and upright official. This man has been slandering government officials ever since he came to court. He is clearly a vicious and wicked scoundrel."

"Throw him and me into the death row and await our fate!"

Liu Fu spread his hands:

"Well, I've already been imprisoned twice so quickly. Maybe I should change my name to 'Professional Jailer' from now on."

Xiao Ying'er and Liu Fu were shackled and chained and taken directly to the death row.

Their crimes were subsequently determined.

Magistrate Liu summoned several bandits to write confessions, falsely accusing Liu Fu of being the bandit leader Wang Mazi, who committed murder, robbery, and other heinous crimes, and planned to execute him in the bustling marketplace the next day!

"Come on, Wang Mazi, you and your wife should eat this roast chicken quickly so you can get on your way tomorrow."

Xiao Ying'er rolled her eyes and nudged Liu Fu with her elbow:

"We're both going to be executed tomorrow, are you going to eat this last meal before we're cut down?"

"Eat my ass!"

Liu Fu pointed behind him, and there was a passage right in front of them. Xiao Ying'er was truly stunned:

"Where did this passage come from? It's amazing, Liu Fu!"

Even more amazingly, a treasure-hunting rat suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Ying'er, and with a gentle swipe of its golden paws, it severed all the chains binding Xiao Ying'er, cutting them to the ground as easily as slicing tofu.

“Go out through this passage. Longma is waiting for you outside. Take this little guy with you. His name is Shu Er. He can help you solve all your troubles.”

Xiao Ying'er was taken aback:

"And what about you?"

"This place can't hold me back. I'll come find you after I do something big at the execution ground tomorrow."