"Brother, please speak."

“That fool and the boy have no relatives here. Go find them and tell them to drop the lawsuit. Once the magistrate leaves, even if you kill them, no one will stand up for them.”

They disagreed, so they pestered him, making them restless and uneasy. Even the most virtuous woman fears a persistent suitor, and a good man fears a rogue.

Landlord Wang and the Embroidered Uniform Guard were not related. He only stepped forward once or twice, and then he became lax.

The money will eventually return to the Cui family.

If you're going to make a scene, make a scene now. It would be best to get the fool and the boy to drop the matter with the county magistrate.

After a long night of fussing, Bai dragged her tired legs to the old house first.

We got into the courtyard, but we couldn't get into that dilapidated house.

Several people were shouting and cursing in the yard, but there was no response from inside.

Several houses away heard the cursing and shouted at them, "Stop making noise! ​​The person isn't here. Landlord Wang took them to Shenglong Inn."

Bai was furious and cursed, "All our money has been plundered, while they're off staying at hotels and eating out! Those damned idiots!"

After banging on the inn door, instead of the idiot and the young Taoist priest, four burly men ran out, beat Erlang up, and even grabbed Bai's hair and slapped her twice.

"Stop fighting, we're here to settle scores with that idiot and that little Taoist priest."

Bai was a little scared. These big men all claimed to be soldiers who had retired from the battlefield and had blood on their hands.

"You can talk properly when it's light out. Don't make a scene here and disrupt our business."

“But they’re hiding inside. You have to let us in. You can’t just protect them like this.”

Are they criminals?

"no!"

"Isn't that settled? They haven't broken the law, and Shenglong hasn't harbored any criminals, so why should we hand over our guests to you?"

Bai: ......

Xiao Bai immediately said, "We have something to discuss with them. Please ask them to come out for a moment."

The burly man said, "Wait here, and don't make a sound. If you dare to make another sound, I'll skin you alive."

The big man arrived outside Jiutian's room a moment later and knocked on the door.

Jiutian immediately opened the door, peeking out with his little head, and said, "Is it the Cui family causing trouble?"

The big man looked at the child, who was dressed neatly, and wondered if he hadn't slept all night.

"The Bai family is looking for you. They said they need something. They're making so much noise at the door that they can't let people rest. They want your elders to go and check on them?"

Jiutian closed the door and said to the big man, "My uncle's leg was broken by the Cui family and he can't move. I'm going to see them."

As soon as Jiutian appeared at the inn's entrance, Bai Shi immediately unleashed a string of vicious curses.

Jiutian immediately made a hand seal and threw out a "Tale to Avoid Gossip and Trouble" spell. When Bai wanted to curse, the words that came out were "***", and he was completely stunned.

Annoyed, Ou asked Jiutian directly, "Where's the idiot?"

Jiutian said angrily, "What exactly do you want? Speak properly, or I'm going back to my morning prayers."

Bai asked aggressively, "You... I'm asking you, where is our money?"

"have no idea."

"How could you not know? You took all the money yesterday."

"That's my second uncle's money. Now that it's been returned to its rightful owner, you still want to steal it?"

“If you don’t return it, I’m telling you, you won’t have a good time in this town.”

"You're a bad woman! The worst!"

"I'll beat you to death!" Cui Erlang's fists were already itching for a fight, and Bai Shi and the others were about to rush over and tear Jiutian apart.

Those burly men blocked their way.

"He's just a kid, and you all ganged up on him? How dare you?"

"They blatantly rob people of their money, where's their shame?"

Bai pointed at the heavens and cursed, "You son of a bitch!"

It's stuck!

She was so angry that she scratched her mouth and even pulled at her tongue. What was wrong with her? Why couldn't she make a sound?

Cui Erlang said viciously, "You'd better never leave the inn again. If you do, I'll make sure you die a horrible death."

Xiao Bai was getting anxious, because Zhu Lizheng had already told them not to bring up money.

She quickly put on a smiling face and said, "Little Taoist priest, could you talk to the magistrate today and ask him to release my father-in-law and elder brother? We'll keep to ourselves from now on."

"Hmph, you're thinking of releasing them so you can get rid of me and my second uncle."

"No, no. You and Jin Yi, tell the magistrate it's all a misunderstanding, we're relatives, okay?"

Xiao Bai quietly tugged at Ou Shi's sleeve, and Ou Shi quickly changed her tune: "Yes, the brocade robe was sent by our main branch, we're all relatives. Let's discuss things, don't let Landlord Wang get involved, okay?"

"Hmph, no way! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You're all bad people, trying to fool children!"

Jiutian huffed and said to the burly guard at the inn, "Uncle, I have nothing to do with these people!"

The burly man said with a wry smile, "Young master, you'd better resolve this matter. Our inn also needs to open for business; we can't keep an eye on them forever!"

Jiutian tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "It's alright, they'll be dealt with by the county magistrate and the village head in the next couple of days."

Bai said, "Let us go in and talk to that idiot."

Fools don't understand anything, they're simple-minded, and easy to fool.

Jiutian: "Hmph, I won't let you see me!"

He made hand seals and drew several invisible bad luck talismans, which he then sent to Bai Shi, Cui Erlang, Ou Shi, and Xiao Bai Shi.

The group of people locked out by the burly man wanted to curse, but they couldn't utter a sound.

Old Feng, the town's night soil collector, was ringing his bell while collecting night soil. When he saw them, he greeted them warmly: "Good morning?"

Bai was listless. "Early my foot! I didn't sleep all night!"

No one expected that her legs would suddenly give way, and she would fall headlong into the manure cart...