Sitting in the court was an official who looked very imposing. His words made the people below kneel down consciously.

At this time, Yu Qinghai and Master Li's faces had already been simply dealt with by Yu Qing.

The redness and swelling on my face have disappeared by more than half, and I feel a lot more comfortable.

After the redness and swelling on Master Li's face disappeared, the yamen runners finally saw his face clearly and realized that this was really Master Li.

The bailiff was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to step forward and say anything.

Mr. Li greeted the county magistrate and then began to talk about what had just happened.

When the county magistrate heard this, he finally understood the details of the matter and then questioned all the people he had brought with him.

Jiang Shizhu naturally didn't dare to act rashly in front of the county magistrate.

He tried to argue: "Master, this is all a misunderstanding. I am not very good at seeing you. This is a huge misunderstanding. Please don't listen to what others say.

And this time it was because this family had previously promised to marry their daughter to me, that’s why this happened.”

Jiang Shizhu would never hear a good word from him. Even if he himself suffered, he was determined to drag the Yu family into the water.

"You're talking nonsense, I don't even know you." Yu Qingmei blurted out anxiously, her beautiful eyes looking like they were spitting fire.

When the county magistrate saw the figure below who looked like a man but was actually a woman, he immediately understood something.

He didn't believe what Jiang Shizhu said. After all, he knew that Jiang Shizhu was indeed a gangster here. He could turn a blind eye to it at other times, but not today.

Because behind his screen, there was a person of great wealth and status sitting.

I just happened to come to the government office to see him today, and just happened to encounter this kind of thing.

The noble man was Yuan Xichen. He had just returned from outside and came to the government office to look for the county magistrate, and happened to encounter such a thing.

He was originally preparing to leave, but when he saw Yu Qingqing at the door, he could no longer remain calm.

He can only watch the situation from behind for the time being, and will only take action if the situation is not right.

Yuan Xichen naturally knew how important a woman's reputation was.

After hearing what Yu Qingmei said, he directly asked Yuan Yi to go out and deal with it.

Before the county magistrate could ask another question, he saw a man coming out from behind the screen, so he didn't ask any more questions immediately.

After Yuan Yi whispered a few words into the county magistrate's ear, the magistrate finally sighed with relief. It was a close call; it wasn't that he had failed, but rather that the noble wanted to resolve the matter quickly and not let the Yu family suffer any injustice.

The county magistrate slapped the wooden post and said in a loud voice: "Okay, I know what happened. The Yu family has suffered this time. The county government will allocate ten taels of silver to compensate the Yu family.

Jiang Shizhu and his men are provoking trouble. With so many people behaving recklessly in the streets, they simply have no regard for this officer. Jiang Shizhu and his men will each be given thirty lashes of the cane and taken into custody. We will determine their punishment based on their performance later. We are now adjourning the courtroom."

The county magistrate did not give Jiang Shizhu a chance to quibble and made the final decision.

Normally, for a fight like this on the street, the perpetrators would be released after being beaten with twenty boards at most, but the county magistrate wanted to show his sincerity.

He also wanted to do the job that the noble had instructed him to do, so he added ten more boards and locked these people up to prevent them from committing crimes again.

"It's unfair! Master, please forgive me! I won't do it again. Brother, please ask the master for mercy! Don't you know the lawyer? Please let him speak for us."

"Brother, that's right! I don't want to be beaten with thirty sticks, and I don't want to be locked up. I have a wife and children at home. What will happen to them if I go to jail?"

"Brother, please speak up! We didn't do this on purpose! Please ask the master to beg for mercy!"

A group of younger brothers began to howl and groan, pulling at Jiang Shizhu's sleeves and asking him to ask the master to beg for mercy.

Jiang Shizhu's face was utterly embarrassed. The anger he'd felt today had left him feeling pent up, and with his younger brother crying and asking him to beg for help, he didn't want to lose face any further, so he pretended to faint.

But soon he couldn't faint anymore because the board hitting his body was really painful.

After being beaten with a stick, everyone was left with only one breath left. Whether they lived or died depended on fate.

As soon as the beating was over, Jiang Shizhu and others were dragged back to the prison.

Yu Qinghai was also surprised to see that things were going so smoothly. If he was not mistaken, the person who was talking to the county magistrate should be Yuan Yi.

I really can't believe that Mr. Yuan can actually talk to the county magistrate, but... Yu Qinghai looked at Yu Qingqing a few more times, and a guess arose in his mind.

Yu Qingqing felt confused when her brother looked at her, but she didn't care. She didn't see Yuan Yi just now, so she naturally didn't know what Yu Qinghai was thinking.

After the matter was over, Yuan Xichen left very satisfied, leaving behind a few guards to secretly send Yu Qingqing and her family back.

Yu Qinghai and Hua Hongtao supported each other as they slowly walked out of the government office. The gate, which had been packed just now, had already been cleared of many people.

Those people just now were just here to watch the fun, and it would probably be boring to follow them.

A figure in the crowd caught Yu Qinghai's attention. He called out uncertainly, "Village Chief He Qiang, is that you?"

A ragged man suddenly stopped at that moment.

This person was none other than the village chief He Qiang who had just arrived here. He had come here out of curiosity, but when he saw that it was Yu Qinghai's family, he did not go up to greet them. What had happened in the past also made him too embarrassed to speak.

But just as he turned around and left, he was recognized.

He Qiang turned around somewhat awkwardly, and Yu Qinghai then saw clearly that the person in front of him was the village chief He Qiang.

However, there seemed to be a hideous scar on He Qiang's face, which scared Yu Qingqing and others when they saw it.

Yu Qinghai felt very emotional when he saw this. After all, they were from the same village and he had helped them before.

He stepped forward, looked at He Qiang, and asked tremblingly: "Why does your face look like this? What happened? Village chief, why are you here, and where do you live now?"

Yu Qinghai was eager to know the answer, and his voice unconsciously became a little higher.

When Village Chief He Qiang heard this very ordinary greeting, he felt that the greeting was a concern and could not help but burst into tears.

After calming down, he said in a hoarse voice: "Alas, I am sorry for your Yu family. I shouldn't have listened to those people and let your family travel alone.

After you left, we continued to move forward, but I underestimated the risks along the way."