"This Li Wencai is truly audacious, daring to defy royal law so blatantly just less than a hundred miles outside the Capital; he truly deserves death!" Emperor Jin exclaimed in anger.
"Your Majesty," Lu Qing was not intimidated by the sound of things being thrown, and he spoke to Emperor Jin, "Li Wencai has committed numerous atrocities in Qingshui County, lining his pockets and oppressing the common people; he indeed deserves to die.
However, a mere seventh-rank county magistrate could never have the prowess to cause such storms; his success naturally comes from the protection of higher-ups.
This time, I also learned that during Li Wencai's tenure as the County Magistrate of Qingshui County, corruption and injustice were rampant, causing countless families to be destroyed because of him.
Each time his misconduct was reported to the State Mansion, they would raise it high only to drop it gently, turning major issues into minor ones, and minor ones into nothing.
