The entrance of the County Yamen was facing the street, bustling with commoners and small vendors.
Xuexue, seeing the county magistrate trying to backtrack, was displeased and deliberately shouted loudly, "What's going on with the County Yamen of Hu's Bay? Are you bullying us because we're outsiders? The notice clearly said there's a bounty for capturing the horse bandits. We've caught them, but now the county magistrate denies it."
Xuexue's shouting at the Yamen's entrance had already caught the people's attention; pedestrians on the street gathered around.
Seeing the crowd, Xuexue simply addressed them, "Everyone, give us your judgment, is what the county magistrate is doing right or wrong?"
In the crowd, some people who had been saved by Xuexue and her companions at The First Tower Under Heaven the day before stepped forward and asked, "Miss, what's going on? Has the county magistrate not given you the reward for catching the horse bandits?"
