Chapter 101 Punishment

As soon as I uttered the words, all the villagers surrounding Gu's family scattered in shock, and turned their heads to look at the people on the five tall horses.

"Hey, they are all wearing official uniforms. They are really officials." The villagers kept backing away while discussing in a low voice, for fear of bumping into the official.

When Mr. Lu heard this, he was surprised when he saw the old man on the jujube horse, but he knew only a few county government officials, so he didn't know who the old man was. A relative of the county magistrate. Dare I ask this virtuous brother, where is the official? What is his position?"

Immediately behind the old man, a middle-aged man in official uniform and with a big knife on his waist yelled angrily: "Bold, our county captain is also a grassroots like you who can be called a brother?"

Then he asked Mr. Lu: "What are the relatives of the county magistrate? We have never heard of any relatives of the magistrate's family in Dafeng Village. I'm afraid you are not pretending to be a relative of an official."

The middle-aged man immediately frowned and said angrily: "It is a serious crime to dare to pretend to be a relative of an official. Come on, take this old guy and take him to the county government for questioning."

County Captain Jiang stopped the middle-aged man, looked at old man Lu and said, "I just remembered that Zou Xiancheng does have relatives in the countryside, but they are not serious relatives, but a concubine's natal family."

Then he asked Mr. Lu: "Are you the father of that concubine?"

Mr. Lu was ashamed and angry, but he had to admit it, and replied, "Yes."

As soon as these words came out, all the people on the four horses behind Lieutenant Jiang burst into laughter: "Haha, so it is a concubine's natal family, does this concubine also have a natal family? As far as I know, all the aunts of Zou County Cheng are maidservants. His family background was signed by a death contract, and he lived and died as a member of the Zou County Cheng’s family, where did he come from his mother’s family? Where did Zou County Cheng’s relatives come from?”

The voices of the four were as loud as Captain Jiang's, and everyone heard what they said.The villagers whispered to each other, and there was an elderly one who said to the young ones: "These officials are right, then Lu Meihua used to be the maid of the county magistrate's family, and later she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. That's why I became an aunt."

"What Lu Meihua, she is now called Lian'er, a name given by the county magistrate himself..."

The villagers talked a lot, and old man Lu blushed when he heard it, but the other party was the county lieutenant, not to mention he couldn't afford to offend him, even the county magistrate would not dare to offend him easily.

This county lieutenant, like the county magistrate, is an eighth-rank assistant official.

The county magistrate is responsible for the county's documents, household registration files, warehouses, grain, and taxation.

The county lieutenant is the commander of the army, in charge of the soldiers and horses in the county and the third class of yamen servants, responsible for arrest and security.

As for the garrison, there are none in the county, only the outskirts of Fucheng have barracks and garrison.

And County Captain Jiang was born in the army and was in charge of the soldiers in the county. He has always been a fierce man, and the Lu family dared not offend him.

Shang Xiucai heard Captain Jiang's loud voice, came out to greet him, and bowed to Captain Jiang: "My son-in-law pays homage to his father-in-law."

Seeing Shang Xiucai coming out, Captain Jiang Xian immediately got off his horse, gave him a little help, and asked, "Son-in-law, did the Lu family give you a hard time?"

If the Lu family dared to bully his son-in-law, he, Jiang Dahu, would definitely demolish the Lu family, and then smash the gate of Zouxian Cheng's house.

Jiang Xianwei is very satisfied with Shang Xiucai's son-in-law.

He and Shang Xiucai's father were old friends. Later, after his daughter Xue Niang married Shang Xiucai, she was not pregnant for ten years, and Shang Xiucai did not marry a child.

In this life, their husband and wife will give birth if they can, and if they can't, they don't have to force it.If Xueniang wanted a child, she could go to the Shang family or the Jiang family to adopt one.

Jiang Xianwei was very moved when he heard this. He was satisfied with this son-in-law at first, thinking that he was a good student and knowledgeable. Since then, he has been very satisfied and wished to treat him like his own son.

So as soon as he received the message from Lao Luo and learned about the relationship between the Lu family and Zou Xiancheng, he knew that the Lu family might not be easy to deal with, so he came here with his troops.

At this moment, several people knew that this scholar was the Shang Xiucai they had heard of, who had a weird temper and won the Fugui auspicious lamp in the Fugui Building.

And he is the son-in-law of the county lieutenant.

This is really...

The third grandpa was so excited that his hands were shaking, he hurriedly brought several family members to Jiang Xianwei, and saluted Jiang Xianwei: "Cao Min kowtows to the county captain."

Jiang Xianwei waved his hand: "Get up, what is there to worship. Who is the benefactor who saved my granddaughter? Come out and show this old man."

Shang Xiucai pointed at Gu Jinli and smiled, "It's this little benefactor."

Gu Jinli stood up and said to Jiang Xianwei: "I dare not call you a benefactor, I just passed by to do a little favor."

When Lieutenant Jiang heard this, he was afraid that the family would ask for repayment, but now he felt relieved: "You are doing a lot of work, Yuan Yuan is the jewel in the palm of our Jiang family and the Shang family. If you saved Yuan Yuan, then It saved our Jiang and Shang families."

County Captain Jiang was a calf protector, and took the opportunity to shout to the villagers present: "Listen to me, this Gu family is my savior, and whoever dares to trouble her family, I will definitely not let him go!"

The villagers had long been shocked by Gu Jinli's rescue of the county captain's granddaughter, and when they heard this, they quickly said in fright, "No, I dare not bully...they are all from the village."

Jiang Xianwei snorted coldly: "It's best to remember what you said today."

While speaking, the group of people who were behind rushed over.

There were as many as 50 soldiers with guns and knives and quiver bags on their backs!

When the villagers saw this group of soldiers, they shrank back in fright and dared not raise their heads.

Mr. Lu was so frightened that he was about to pass out, but Captain Jiang came with the county soldiers. His family's third son will definitely be escorted to the county this time.

Now he only hopes that his youngest daughter can be a little more capable and persuade Zou Xiancheng to help their Lu family, otherwise their Lu family may be ruined.

Jiang Xianwei saw that the men and horses had arrived, pointed to the courtyard of the Gu family and said: "Go and escort the prisoners inside to the county."

"Yes!" The soldiers responded, rushed into the courtyard of Gu's family, and escorted Lu Laosan and the others out of the courtyard.

The youngest Lu was frightened for a long time, only He Dacai and the bastards were still crying: "You are wronged, you are wronged, sir, the Lu family asked us to do it, we are just as thugs for some money..."

The soldiers ignored them at all and escorted them away.

As for Mr. Lu, County Captain Jiang did not let him go, and the charges he gave were reasonable: "Dare to bring your clansmen to obstruct the official's handling of the case. This is a serious crime, and I have arrested you."

The rest of the soldiers rushed up again and tied up Mr. Lu and more than [-] members of the Lu family.

These thirty or so members of the Lu family are all men of the Lu family, such an arrest would be a catastrophe for the Lu family.

The women of the Lu family cried bitterly and begged for mercy, but after a few groans, the soldiers drew out their sabers, and they were too frightened to speak any more.

Jiang Xianwei said to the third grandfather: "This matter has to be heard in court. Your family sent a few men to the county with us to settle this matter."

The third grandfather discussed with Elder Qin for a while, and decided that the third grandfather would take Gu Dashan, Gu Damu, and Father Luo to the county, while the others stayed at home and waited for news.

But Jiang Xianwei was afraid that the Lu family would make trouble for the Gu family again, so he left ten soldiers to guard in Dafeng village, and then escorted Lu Laosan and the others to leave.

Shang Xiucai was worried about his wife and daughter at home, so he didn't go to the county with him, but went home, but he said that he would come back tomorrow, and he could ask the Gu family for help if they had anything to do.

The ten soldiers did not live at the end of the village, but were arranged by village head He to live in the village head's house.

Gu Jinli thought that this matter would last for a long time, but within two days, Lu Laosan was sentenced.

(End of this chapter)

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