Chapter 125 The Headman is Here

There was an obvious slap mark on Master Yan's face, and he looked at Su Hanchu with a vicious look.

"Woman, I, Yan Shaofeng, have never been beaten before. You are the first. Let's wait and see."

Facing Yan Shaofeng's threat, Su Hanchu rolled his eyes.

"Oh my, just wait and see, I'm so scared."

He said this while laughing and making playful dodging gestures.

Jun Moye reached out and embraced her.

"Don't be afraid, Madam. He's just a clown. With me here, he wouldn't dare to do anything to you."

Yan Shaofeng was so angry that he gritted his teeth, glanced at the two of them, and left angrily with his men.

But a carriage came galloping towards them.

Su Hanchu looked at the Jun family's carriage and spoke with a smile.

"Master Yan, I'm afraid you can't just leave like this. You came to our village and injured everyone in it. How can you not give an explanation?"

Liu Shan took the lead in stopping the people, and the villagers also blocked the Yan family's way.

Sure enough, the carriage stopped soon.

Li Ke got off the carriage and helped the headman down.

The captain spoke as soon as he got off the carriage.

"Where are the robbers? Where are the robbers?"

When Zhao Lizheng saw the headman getting off the Jun family's carriage, he realized that the headman was probably invited by the Jun family.

He glanced at Su Hanchu and his wife, frowned, and walked forward.

"Tingzhang."

The pavilion chief spoke.

"Zhao Lizheng, someone from your village said you caught a robber and asked me to help take him to the government to collect the reward. Where is the robber?"

Zhao Lizheng was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that he was afraid that the Jun family would use the excuse of robbery to bring the head of the pavilion here, so he spoke immediately.

"Tingzhang, listen to me, this is a misunderstanding, there are no robbers..."

Su Hanchu stepped forward and interrupted him crying.

"Master, we have finally arrived."

Then he pointed at the Yan family.

"These bandits came to the village for no apparent reason and robbed many villagers. Look at us, we are all injured. Aunt Zhou's face is swollen, and there is no telling how many wounds there are on the invisible parts of her body. These people just beat our villagers to death. Fortunately, you, the head of the pavilion, arrived in time, otherwise we would not know what to do!"

As soon as Su Hanchu finished speaking.

Aunt Zhou started crying in unison.

"Ouch, it hurts so much! My arms and legs are about to be broken... This damned bandit, is there any law left?"

When other villagers saw this, many of them also sat on the ground and cried.

"Ouch, my legs, I can't stand up, are they broken?..."

"How am I going to live from now on? It's almost time to harvest the rice..."

"Oh my God, why don't you open your eyes? Bandits are rampant and tyrannical. We ordinary people have a miserable life..."

"My hand can't move, it must be broken..."

"Ouch, my stomach hurts so much..."

Yan Shaofeng looked at the group of villagers who had just stopped him and suddenly fell to the ground and started crying, and spoke angrily.

"You troublemakers, are you trying to blackmail me? I'm telling you, it's impossible for you to hurt us..."

Su Hanchu looked at the head of the pavilion and spoke pitifully.

"Master, you are the father and mother of us villagers. When something like this happens, you have to take charge for us. And Zhao Lizheng, someone came to our village to rob us. As the head of the village, he not only did not protect the village, but he also colluded with the robbers to beat up the villagers. With such a head of the village, our Guanping Village really has no way out."

The headman looked at the group of people from the Yan family, with some injuries on their faces. The villagers on the ground were wailing with tears and snot, their brows furrowed, and they looked very unhappy.

"Zhao Lizheng, is this true? Collaborating with bandits is a serious crime."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Lizheng hurried forward and spoke.

"No, Master, how could this be possible? Don't listen to this woman's nonsense. Master Yan came to our village to do business. The deal didn't go through. There was a misunderstanding, and everyone got too excited, so they started fighting. This is just a misunderstanding. I'm sorry to bother you, Master, to come here."

Aunt Zhou cried.

"What kind of misunderstanding are you talking about? These people beat up a woman like me over a disagreement. As the head of our village, you actually helped outsiders bully us..."

Yan Shaofeng stepped forward and bowed to the pavilion chief.

"Master Pavilion Master, I am Yan Shaofeng from the Yan family. We did come to the village to do business this time, but we couldn't agree on the price, which led to the misunderstanding.

"I think some people lied about bandits because they wanted the support of the chief. Tianyuan has been peaceful and prosperous over the years, and our lives are getting better and better. How could there be so many bandits? Besides, under your leadership, the town has always been peaceful. How could there be bandits?"

This Yan Shaofeng is really good at talking. As the saying goes, flattery never wears out, so Su Hanchu spoke immediately.

"Doing business? What a business, Yan Shaofeng! You brought people to force the villagers to sign to sell their land. We were unwilling to sign, so you beat up so many of us. If this isn't robbery, then what is it? Now you want to use the word "business" to brush this off. I tell you, this is impossible."

The pavilion chief basically understood and looked at Yan Shaofeng.

"So when you say business, you mean buying the land from the villagers?"

Yan Shaofeng knew that he couldn't get away with this matter, after all, he had to buy the land in this village.

"Captain, our Yan family offered eight taels of silver per mu of land. This price is very fair. If they are not willing, at most they failed to reach an agreement. They cannot accuse us of being bandits. We are ordinary businessmen."

Jun Moye stepped forward and bowed to the pavilion chief.

"Captain, this land is the foundation of the people's survival. Even the imperial court wouldn't forcibly seize it. How could ordinary merchants have the guts to force villagers to sell their land? I'm afraid there are bandits or ill-intentioned people from other countries disguised as merchants to do something detrimental to Tianyuan. We should report this matter to the authorities and let them handle it."

Yan Shaofeng spoke quickly when he heard it.

"Nonsense, our Yan family is a legitimate businessman."

Then he took out a document.

"Headmaster, please look, this is the deed to our shop in the county. Our Yan family saw that there was too little fruit in the northwest, so we wanted to plant an orchard. It just so happened that the land in Guanping Village was good, so we thought of buying it. We also had the government approval, but who knew that even though we'd offered a very high price, they still wouldn't sell it and even started a fight with us."

The captain looked at the document in his hand. It was indeed from a merchant, and the document did seem to be issued by the county government.

"It seems this is indeed a misunderstanding. The people have relied on this little piece of land for their entire lives. If you want to plant an orchard, you can choose some unwanted hilltops to plant there instead of coveting the land in the hands of the villagers."

Su Hanchu spoke.

"Captain, even if they are really businessmen, their style of doing things is undoubtedly powerful. If you say this is a misunderstanding, then we admit that it is a misunderstanding. The Yan family came to our village and injured so many of us. The medical expenses must be compensated.

Otherwise, it will be just a misunderstanding. Then, won't there be real bandits disguised as merchants to oppress the people in the future? If they succeed, we ordinary people will suffer. If the government catches us, it will be just a misunderstanding, which will lead to the bandits in the world becoming even more rampant."

Yan Shaofeng was so angry after hearing this that he almost couldn't breathe. This woman was too talkative.

"Woman, what do you want?"