Yun Ying nodded, then asked hesitantly, "Juhua, do you think those two government officers were murdered? If so, I wonder if the person who did it should be considered a hero or a criminal who broke the law and deserves to be thrown in jail."
Juhua saw the flicker in her eyes and her heart skipped a beat. After a moment's thought, she feigned nonchalance and said, "However they died, they got what they deserved. The Lord County Magistrate may be corrupt, but if those men had shown even a little restraint, they wouldn't have ruined so many families. Every time they pilfered something, it never seemed like much, but how could poor farming families withstand that kind of extortion? After a few visits, their homes were left empty. Who would bother murdering them? I think they just did so many evil deeds that ghosts started following them, and they naturally fell into the water."
