Get out of your vicious mother's house, and make a fortune with your husband to become a prince

Chapter 186 No Money

He knew that Wu Yu's identity was unusual, so he treated this interrogation very seriously. He sat in the hall, examining the two thieves who were escorted in, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.

"Why are you two causing trouble here?" The county magistrate's voice was low and powerful, revealing an unquestionable majesty.

The two thieves were so scared that their faces turned pale. They looked at each other, then lowered their heads, not daring to look the county magistrate in the eye.

"We...we were just possessed by the devil and wanted to steal some things for money, and then...then we wanted to start a fire..." one of the thieves stammered.

"Humph, are you possessed by a ghost? You two actually set fire and committed murder!" The county magistrate sneered, "You have committed crimes more than once. Do you think I will believe your lies?"

The two thieves' faces turned even paler when they heard this. They knew they were really screwed this time.

In the following interrogation, the county magistrate kept asking the two thieves whether there was someone behind them. However, the two thieves always insisted that they committed the crime for money and did not know who was behind them.

Seeing that he could not get any valuable clues from them, the county magistrate ordered his men to arrest the two men.

He knew that this matter was not that simple and there must be a bigger conspiracy behind it. However, he also understood that this matter was beyond his authority and needed to be reported to a higher-level official for handling.

So, after the county magistrate arrested the two thieves, he immediately sent someone to the provincial capital to report the matter to the prefect.

At the same time, he also reported Wu Yu's identity and the course of the incident in detail to the prefect. After learning about this, the prefect said that he would personally investigate the matter and ordered the county magistrate to temporarily block the news to avoid causing unnecessary panic.

Dalang and Wu Yu's mission came to an end for the time being. They left the county government and set out on their way back. Although they did not catch the person behind the scenes this time, they believed that as long as they persisted in investigating, the truth would come out sooner or later.

After the two brothers returned to Shilibao, they went directly to the village chief's house and briefly explained the situation to him.

Of course, there were also villagers from Shilibao who returned from the county government office. At this time, everyone in the village knew that Wu Yu was a general, a higher official than the county magistrate.

Wu Yu also told the village chief that he is now the Zhenwu captain. Village chief Wu was very excited that their village actually had a general.

He immediately said to Wu Tong: "Zi'an, this is the biggest happy event in our village in many years. We must treat the villagers to a drink."

Wu Tong's face turned red with excitement and he kept nodding his head. He immediately said that he would invite the villagers to have dinner and drinks at Wu's house in three days.

After the father and his two sons returned home, Wu Tong asked Liu to prepare the banquet three days later.

Liu was in a dilemma. If she invited the whole village to dinner, it would cost a lot of money, and she didn't have a penny. Wu Tong took the only ten taels of silver to the old house.

He said to Wu Tong: "I have no more money."

Wu Tong's face froze. Wu Yu suddenly remembered that Qing'er was the only one who had to bear the cost of repairing the house and supporting the whole family, and he felt guilty.

He stepped out and walked into the west wing, where he saw Xue Qing writing with two children. The three of them did not notice anyone coming in.

Wu Yu coughed: "Ahem"

Wu Qian raised his head and looked at Wu Yu: "Second Uncle"