"You..." Wen Siyan clutched a spirit talisman in his right hand and an official seal in his left.
Everyone kept glancing at the two of them. They had guessed at a possibility, yet still found it hard to believe.
An official seal appeared in Li Qingxian's hand, a bronze seal with a knob handle and a crimson ribbon.
"Wen Siyan, magistrate of Qiyuan County, has committed countless crimes."
"His first crime: rather than repaying his sovereign's kindness, he deceived his sovereign and superiors."
"His second crime: accepting countless bribes and plunging Qiyuan into chaos."
"His third crime: allowing his younger brother to bully tradesmen and monopolize the market."
"His fourth crime: shielding his wife's younger sister after she murdered commoners."
"His fifth crime: withholding disaster relief grain and funds, then reselling them at exorbitant prices, causing the deaths of thousands upon thousands of commoners."
"His sixth crime: colluding with Great Sir, a Fate Arts Master of the Evil Sects, to plunder national fortune and sacrifice the entire city."
An uproar swept through the crowd. Everyone stared at Wen Siyan in horror.
"His seventh crime: colluding with the Devil Sect in an attempt to turn Far-Reaching City into Dead Devil Lands."
The crowd's fury knew no bounds.
"His eighth crime: slaughtering more than two hundred family members of the Divine Sword Sect to frame the Divine Bow Sect."
"His ninth crime: attempting, for his own protection, to activate an Evil Sects Fate Arts Master's spirit talisman with his official seal, exhausting the city's national fortune to suppress and seal away a superior official."
Everyone stared at Wen Siyan in shock. They had never imagined this county magistrate could be so utterly deranged.
Yet a moment later, they all felt that a magistrate who let countless people die under his rule was