[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-doted-by-the-regent-king":3,"chapter-doted-by-the-regent-king-doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-700":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Doted By The Regent King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1325491,1760,"Chapter 700 - 699: Shirk Responsibility","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-700",700,"\u003Cp>Upon seeing the arrival of Lord County Magistrate, everyone kneeled promptly in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, rise. I am here on inspection. Common folk should go about their business; don’t gather around here to watch the excitement!\" Wen Congrui lifted his hand and announced loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Lord.\" People began to get up one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Da and his group were trembling inside, feeling that the situation had spiraled out of their control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, I am Ma Xingyuan, the Mayor of Taiping Town. Your long journey here is due to my negligence in welcoming you. Why doesn’t the Lord come with me to my place to rest a bit?\" Mayor Ma stepped forward with a smile, cupping his hands and bowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Congrui glanced at him indifferently and asked, \"Does Mayor Ma’s presence here mean that you have also received word of a diseased pig epidemic in this area?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mayor Ma’s heart skipped a beat, and with a forced smile, he replied, \"You’re too serious, my Lord. It’s just a few pigs that are a bit off, hardly an epidemic. I’m having people deal with this immediately; the safety of the common people’s lives must come first.\" After speaking, he glanced at Lu Da, his eyes conveying a threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Da quickly stepped forward, knelt down, and kowtowed, \"Lu Da has seen the Lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you the pig farm owner?\" Wen Congrui looked down at him and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Da crawled on the ground: \"To answer the Lord, indeed, it is me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Da, are you aware of your crimes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Congrui’s stern shout made Lu Da shiver all over, nearly flattening himself to the ground, and he stammered, \"My, my Lord, I am not aware of any crime I may have committed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mixing diseased pork with good meat at your pig farm, treating the lives of the people like weeds, is this not a crime?\" Wen Congrui said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, I’ve been wronged!\" Lu Da raised his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Congrui let out a cold laugh, \"I never wrong anyone innocent. Whether the Lu Family is being wronged or not, everything will be judged by me. Bring forth the men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord!\" The Yamen Runners surrounded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disperse the common people and encircle the pig farm; no one is allowed to enter,\" Wen Congrui commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Lu Da collapsed weakly on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Congrui didn’t look at him; instead, he turned to the few individuals he had brought with him and said, \"Please trouble the doctors to examine everything thoroughly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my Lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked on to see that these individuals were all dressed in coarse cotton robes, carrying a medicine chest in their hands—they were several Senior Doctors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing the lethargic live pigs inside the pen, they all wore grave expressions. They each pulled out a cloth and covered their faces before entering the pigpen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lu Family and Mayor Ma, upon seeing this, all turned ashen, with layer upon layer of sweat breaking out on their foreheads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a display, who would dare say the pigs were fine, with no serious problems?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother.\" Lu San hurried to help Lu Da up, his face filled with panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mayor Ma wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, \"My Lord, this pig farm is filthy, and it might take some time to inspect, so why not rest for a while first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Wen Congrui asked, \"Mayor Ma, are you aware of the Lu Family’s practice of passing off inferior goods as top-quality? I have heard that the Mayor himself has a stake in this pig farm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mayor Ma’s legs went weak, yet he struggled to maintain composure as he said, \"My Lord jests. I knew nothing about it, and as for having a share in this business, that is utterly unfounded. I implore the Lord for your discernment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a circumstance, if Mayor Ma still dared to admit his involvement with the pig farm, it would be seeking his own demise; he might find himself in jail at the next step!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indecision leads to disaster. The Lu Family’s misfortune was beyond saving. He couldn’t afford to involve himself; there would always be firewood to burn as long as the green hills remained. If the Lu Family fell, there would still be the Zhang family, the He family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Mayor Ma dodging responsibility like this, the Lu Family members were filled with indignant resentment. At the very moment of calamity, he renounced recognition of them; where now was the grinning face that showed all teeth but no eyes when collecting Silver?\u003C\u002Fp>",769,"2026-06-05T19:25:28.411Z",1,"novelbin.me","87fa96143a32b498ac935fb6bce7b3783ae89c09946d8fc1958c7c09367f41e5","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-601","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-699",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]