"Su, Su what?"

The tall constable's brow twitched, thinking he had misheard. He quickly rubbed his ears and said, "I didn't quite catch that. Say it again."

Meng Yongfu raised his eyes, suppressing the darkness in them, and calmly repeated what he had said before, "Your Excellency, I suspect that my family's money and land deeds were stolen by Su Hua of the Su family at the end of the village."

Hearing this, the loach that had been clinging to the corner of the wall immediately took off running towards the end of the village without thinking twice.

Inside the walled compound, the two constables exchanged a glance.

After a long silence, the fat constable looked at Meng Yongfu, a sharp glint in his eyes, "You say you suspect that the theft of your home's valuables was done by the Su family woman, but do you have any evidence?"

"I have always been kind to everyone and have never made enemies, except for the Su family." Meng Yongfu cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, his face seemingly filled with an unyielding sorrow. "This is a long story, and it all started with my daughter, Yun'er. She is gentle and kind-hearted."

The Su family at the end of the village was poor, and Su Hua was mentally challenged since childhood. The younger daughter couldn't bear to see her suffer, so she often gave her food and clothes from her own family. Over time, the two became close friends and were inseparable.

Su Hua once had a fiancé to whom she was betrothed since childhood, but he had no interest in her and instead took a fancy to her daughter, Yun'er.

Therefore, after regaining her senses, Su Hua harbored resentment towards Yun'er. First, she conspired with Wang Ergou, a local hoodlum, to frame my wife and send her to jail. Then, she found Ma Xiangu to harm my daughter. In total, she extorted nearly a hundred taels of silver from my family and even threatened to ruin my family and business in the future.

Moreover, this Su Hua is extremely wicked, able to summon will-o'-the-wisps and heavenly lightning, making it incredibly easy for her to enter and leave other people's homes.

"In the entire Shanghe Village, only Su Hua has the desire and ability to steal..."

Before the man could finish speaking, a deafening roar suddenly rang out, "Bullshit, you eighteen-ring fart combo!"

"And what do you mean only Hua Yatou has the desire and ability to steal? Meng Yongfu, you've completely abandoned all shame and decency to harm Hua Yatou, haven't you?!"

Meng Yongfu's face darkened as he was scolded. He turned around and saw Mudfish Girl, Barley Girl, and the three from the Zhou family rushing over from the mountain path.

Behind him followed a smelly mudfish and a large group of villagers.

The man's eyes darkened. "This is a matter between me and the Su family. It's none of your business to interfere."

Seeing this, the two constables remained silent for the time being, and instead took two or three steps back, clearing the area for them.

The villagers, their faces covered in sweat from running, didn't even bother to wipe it away. They pointed at Meng Yongfu and launched into a tirade of angry rebukes.

“If it were your Meng family’s own dirty business, we’d be too disgusted to even ask you to interfere. But now that you’re trying to harm Hua’er, we’re the first to object!”

"Exactly! I've never seen anyone turn the tables like this. It's clearly you who favored boys over girls since childhood, treating your daughter like a human being, leaving her without food or drink, and making her beg for food at Old Su's house every day. In the end, when you saw that Feng Zicai had passed the imperial examination, you became ungrateful and seduced him into your bed."

"It wasn't enough for your daughter to steal a man; now your father has his eye on the Su family's snail recipe. When he couldn't steal the recipe, he sent Wang Ergou to steal it. In the end, even the King of Hell couldn't stand it anymore and sent ghost fire and heavenly lightning down on your head. Why didn't the King of Hell make the lightning and fire bigger and burn you to death?"

"The phrase 'ruining your family and ruining your business' is indeed referring to you, Meng Yongfu. Moreover, it's not just about ruining your family and ruining your business, but also about having no descendants! However, these words were not spoken by Hua Yatou, but left to you by the sorceress Ma who was invited to harm Hua Yatou."

"Hua'er is capable and competent. She can leave your Meng family far behind in Zaozhuang alone. Why would she need to covet your few dirty coins..."

"Enough!" Every word was uttered without any mercy, which made Meng Yongfu's face turn as black as ink.

"Who doesn't know that you all rely on the Su family to make money these days? You grovel like dogs all day long. Even if Su Hua stole something today, or even if she killed someone and massacred the village, you dogs would still defend her and call black white!"

The villagers were enraged even more after being called dogs. "Who are you calling a dog! How dare you talk like that? Who's the dog?! Who killed someone? Who massacred the village? You, surnamed Meng, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want..."

Those with fiery tempers rolled up their sleeves and charged at Meng Yongfu.

They sell vegetables under the guise of the Su family, but ultimately they earn their money with their own hands. The Su family has never treated them with any disrespect. How did they become dogs?

Moreover, saying things like "killing people and massacring villages" is clearly a blatant curse!

Meng Yongfu hurriedly hid behind the yamen runners, but still didn't let go of his words, "I'm talking about you, so what? You're turning right and wrong upside down to help Su Hua, what are you but dogs? No, even dogs are better than you, at least dogs have a conscience."

"Go ahead and hit me if you dare! Hit me in front of these two adults! If you land even one punch, I'll make sure you rot in jail!"

I used to think about maintaining a superficial politeness with them, but now I have no intention of tolerating it anymore.

Anyway, the Meng family had already lost all face in Shanghe Village. Once this matter was over and they got back the money and the contract, he would move out of Shanghe Village with his family. He had the noodle recipe and could always make a comeback, while these peasants would remain peasants even if they sold vegetables their whole lives.

"Meng Yongfu, you son of a bitch, you're asking for it!" The men were red with anger, but with the two constables in front of them, they could only clench their fists tightly and suppress their anger for the time being.

The two constables were used as shields, and their gazes toward Meng Yongfu grew even colder.

“Meng Yongfu, you keep saying that the Su family girl stole your money, but what you just said was all your personal speculation. If you can’t produce any solid evidence, it’s a crime of false accusation. Anyone who makes a false accusation can be sentenced to at least thirty strokes of the cane. Are you aware of that?”

Meng Yongfu's eyes flickered, but in the blink of an eye, he nodded decisively, "Your Excellency, I have evidence to prove that Su Hua stole the money and land deed!"