Schemes of the Noble Households Chapter 114

Before dawn, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in Xuyi City.

The main gate of the county government was wide open. The magistrate of Xuyi County wore a sword on his waist and held in his hand a written manifesto to fight the rebels. He stood on the steps with his back straight in the firelight, looking down at the county soldiers and servants gathered in front of the government office.

If it was targeting a group of gangsters, this would be an overreaction.

However, what they want to arrest today are hundreds of refugees outside the city, and the charges are "causing chaos, harboring bandits, and trafficking innocent people", so such an article of appeal is very necessary.

A few, a dozen, or even dozens of refugees were nothing, and they could be killed and covered up easily. But hundreds of lives were no small matter, and once something happened, the court would definitely send people to investigate.