With the deal struck, the county magistrate's office suffered some losses, but at least they gained something in return. More importantly, the case was off the hook.
Although everyone was envious of the credit and worried about the assessment, at least they were free of worries for now.
So, after leaving Anminfang, everyone dispersed.
Some went back to the magistrate's office, and some went home.
Gao Jing was probably curious about the basis of Zhou Ang's judgment, but he held back and didn't ask anything.
What a normal person might never encounter in their entire life was almost a daily occurrence for the cultivators in the county magistrate's office.
It was common for them to suffer losses in the open and covert struggles with the prefectural magistrate's office.
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