Lin Fu's Death (Thanks to "Worldly Romantic Wanderer, Shameless 001, Compromising Bean Sprout" for the rewards)

Below the main hall, Lin Fu was bound hand and foot, kneeling on the ground with a rag stuffed in his mouth. He could neither speak nor break free.

Hearing County Magistrate Zhang's question, his expression grew agitated, his eyes filled with anger and a trace of fear.

How had things ended up like this? He had indeed done exactly as that Mysterious Person had instructed, without the slightest deviation.

The only difference was that he had slipped an extra letter inside, hoping to use it to find that Mysterious Person.

He believed there was no such thing as help without cause in this world, so he had wanted to turn the scheme against its maker and eliminate that Mysterious Person along with everything else.

But all of that rested on the premise that the Mysterious Person was truly helping him.

Lin Fu had never expected Xu Bai to deal with him as well.

Only now, when his very survival was genuinely threatened, did Lin Fu feel fear. Thinking of what he had done before, he was filled with regret.

In a moment of hotheadedness, he had acted. Had he known, he should have thought thrice before acting.

Lin Fu struggled, trying to pull the rag from his mouth, but with both hands tied, it was utterly futile.

Outside the County Office stood the watching commoners, while inside it knelt Lin Fu. At that moment, despair grew ever deeper in Lin Fu's heart.

Watching Lin Fu struggle without pause, County Magistrate Zhang revealed an expression of triumph at his scheme's success, but quickly concealed it.

All through last night, he had been considering how to deal with the Lin Family. After thinking it over the entire night, he had come up with this countermeasure.

He was an eighth-rank scholar. With