At the beginning, the little koi carp was grabbed by a wolf and became the favorite of the beasts.

Father Zheng looked at the three people kneeling in front of him begging for mercy. He couldn't sympathize with them. He had the nerve to pretend to be pitiful after perjuring himself.

If his good granddaughter wasn't around, he would have just kicked her away.

After a while, the wolves on the top of the mountain began to slowly approach here.

Seeing a pair of eyes with dim light around them, the three merchants hugged each other and didn't dare to make a sound.

Wolves are no joke, a single wolf can kill them, let alone a group of them.

When Zheng Laosan saw the helpers coming, he kicked them and asked, "Do you know why I brought you here today?"

The three of them shook their heads together, "Uncle, we really don't know. Please give us a heads up."

If they had known that something like this would happen today, how could they go to Hualou.

"Ha~ I don't know. Let me ask you, have you done anything bad recently? If you dare to lie, you know what will happen."

Zheng Laosan sneered and patted Xiao Xiaobai on the head.

Yes, it's a blatant threat.

The three of them glanced at Xiao Xiaobai, and instantly felt like they were about to be dismantled and swallowed, and they couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Speak, have you become mute?" Seeing that they remained silent, Zheng Laosan urged.

"I... apart from bullying men and dominating women, I haven't done anything untoward recently. Besides, I lost money afterwards, so it doesn't count as a shame." A fat merchant said.

The person who looked at him so confidently wanted to slap him.

Father Zheng and others clenched their fists, trying not to get angry, and continued to ask: "What about you?"

"I...I occupied the property left by my cousin two days ago..."

A businessman with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks had evasive eyes and stammered his words.

"Also, go on, if you keep trying, I'll throw you out to feed the wolves." Zheng Laosan looked at him fiercely and threatened.

You can tell by the mean look on his face that he has done a lot of bad things.

"And... I also bullied my cousin-in-law..."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes were on him. Even the other two merchants stared at him in disbelief.

Is this still something humans do?

Zheng Laosan's face turned livid with anger, and he couldn't hold back anymore and kicked him.

"Ouch~" The sharp-mouthed merchant lay on the ground and groaned, never daring to raise his head.

It looked like he was hiding something.

The last merchant was older. When he saw him being kicked, he said in a trembling voice without asking questions: "Don't... don't hit me. I'll tell you everything. I cheated someone out of his jade pendant yesterday, and nothing else." Didn’t do it.”

After saying that, he breathed a sigh of relief, shrank back and took a few steps back.

After talking for a while, no one got to the point.

Zheng Laosan frowned and reminded: "I remember that you three entered the Yamen today. Do you still want to hide it?"

"This this……"

The three of them looked at each other in panic, as if they had guessed their relationship with Boss Zheng, but no one dared to say a word.

Upon seeing this, Father Zheng said: "We know that the mastermind behind the scenes is the county magistrate, so there is no need for you to hide it, otherwise you will be the one who suffers in the end."

"Uncle, since you know who the mastermind is, don't make it difficult for us. Our whole family is controlled by him."

"Yes, this new county magistrate is very sinister. You can't defeat him, so you should be smarter and close the wine shop!"

As the three of them talked, they actually started to persuade them. Their earnest words did not match their looks at all.

Zheng Laosan was too lazy to listen to their nonsense and shouted: "Don't change the topic and tell the truth. Why did the county magistrate ask you to slander us for selling fake wine?"

"How do we know why? He gave us some silver coins and directly handed over the task. We didn't even have room to refute." The fat merchant shook his head and replied.

"Exactly, it's weird that you are willing to refute the money." Zheng Laosan rolled his eyes at them.

The merchants smiled awkwardly and continued: "Of course it's a good thing to have money, but even if he doesn't give us money, the three of us don't dare to refuse!"

"Why don't you dare? Could he still eat you?"

It is a matter of losing conscience in the first place, so it is only natural to refuse.

"Uncle, you don't know that if we dare to say no, at least our wealth will be lost, and at worst, our family will be destroyed." The sharp-mouthed merchant lowered his shoulders, looking helpless.

Zheng Gentian didn't believe their words, shook his head and said: "He is just a small county magistrate, how could he dare to hurt people's lives for no reason."

Magistrate Huang's official position is higher than his, and he has never seen anyone abuse his power to do anything harmful to nature.

"County Magistrate? It can't be that simple. He is the nephew of the Queen. He was driven to this small place because he got into a life-threatening lawsuit." The fat merchant shook his head and said.

If it was just the county magistrate, they wouldn't be so afraid. After all, money can make all the difference, and they still know a few officials.

Father Zheng and the others were shocked when they heard it. They were stunned for a long time and couldn't react.

Queen? Why does this have anything to do with the queen again?

"Are you telling the truth?"

The three of them tremblingly scanned the surrounding wolves, and said with a grimace: "Master, do you think we dare to tell lies?"

Look at the hungry looks of those wolves. If they were to attack them, they might not even have any bones left. How could they dare to lie?

"Dad, what should we do?" Zheng Laosan didn't expect that things would turn out like this, and he ran out of ideas for a while.

With the support of the royal family, not to mention Magistrate Huang, even if Prime Minister Zhao comes, it will be difficult to handle. After all, the evidence is solid.

Unless these three guys are willing to change their tune.

"What can we do? You said we just sell wine, how could we offend the queen?" Father Zheng's head grew into two big ones, and all his thoughts were in a mess.

It's obviously just a small matter, so why does it become more and more involved?

At this time, Jin Bao spoke: "Can you tell the truth and ask the county magistrate to release my father?"

When the three of them saw that the person speaking was a little girl, they began to pretend to be dumb again.

Agree, it's impossible, no matter how bad they are, they still have to consider their families. Don't agree, they are afraid of making the little girl cry, so they might as well remain silent.

"You three committed perjury to begin with. Now I need you to tell the truth in court. Can you do it?" Father Zheng then asked.

The three of them shook their heads and refused without any consideration.

Rather than being buried in the belly of a wolf, what they fear more is losing their descendants.

With the new county magistrate's ruthlessness, if they dare to change their confession, they will be wiped out. How dare they gamble.