The next day, everyone in Caojia Village knew what happened last night. Many people in their houses heard noises outside. Some men followed them. Everyone who came back knew about it.

Even the Cao family didn't know about it until someone came to tell them that Cao Laoer had taken people to climb the wall of his Silang's house last night and was caught on the spot. He had been sent to the government office in the town. That's when they learned about it.

"This wicked son!" Cao's father threw the dry pipe bag in his hand and cursed.

Chen Zhu was stunned for a moment and retorted, "My Erlang would never do such a thing. It must be that bastard Qi Wanfeng who wronged my son. I'm going to settle the score with Qi Wanfeng. Why did he harm my son like this?"

The visitor looked at Chen Zhu with disdain. With such an aunt, it was no wonder that she had a son like Cao Laoer. The old aunt said weirdly, "The man was caught on the spot. There were so many people at that time. How could Qi Wanfeng wrongly accuse you, Cao Laoer? Believe it or not, I tell you, your Cao Laoer and Liu Erzi have been sent to the yamen. Whether it's true or not, the Lord of Heaven will make a fair judgment."

After that, the old aunt left without even looking at Chen Zhu.

Her husband did not come home last night, and Wang Yan did not discover it until this morning. She was very nervous when she got up in the morning, because usually her husband would come home to sleep no matter how late he went out, but today he did not come home. When she heard that her husband was arrested and sent to the authorities, she was stunned and knelt down in front of her mother, crying, "Mother, you must save Erlang, mother, please save Erlang, "Father, father, please, Erlang is also your son, please save Erlang, father, please, father, please go find fourth uncle, save Erlang, father, mother, only you can save Erlang now..." The

eldest brother Cao Fugui and Chen Li in the yard also heard this and were stunned. Cao Fugui did not expect that his second brother would go to the fourth brother's house to steal things and was caught. This meeting with the authorities is not a trivial matter. He stepped on the ground and said, "I will do my best to save Erlang. I ... He took a step forward, hesitated, and wanted to say a good word for his second brother.

Don't go.

When Chen Li saw her husband move, she reached out to pull her husband and shook her head secretly at her husband. She didn't think it was strange that his second uncle stole things to his fourth uncle's house. Well, now he's caught! If you do too many bad things, you will be caught sooner or later. His second uncle is a lazy person who eats and does nothing all day long, and he also goes out to do some sneaky things. He should have been caught long ago.

Cao Fugui glanced at his wife, shook his head at her, walked to his father, and said, "Dad, please help my second brother. Now only you can help my second brother."

"What a sin!" Cao's father shouted, "Why did I give birth to such a son! If I had known that he would be like this, I would have strangled him when he was born."

"...Father, for the sake of the children in my family, please help Erlang." Wang Yan even pulled the children in his family to kneel, begging his father and mother to save his husband. He regretted it now. If he had known that this would happen, he should not have instigated his husband to steal things from his uncle's house when his fourth uncle was not at home.

If he is arrested and taken to see the officials, what will he do if he can't come back in the future?

Father Cao seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. His bent waist could no longer be lifted. He pried open the hands that were holding his clothes and said to the second son's wife, "Get up, and let the children get up too." He took

a step forward and saw that the man was still kneeling on the ground. Father Cao yelled, "Hurry up and get up. "

Everyone in the yard, big and small, was frightened by such a roar. Wang Yan wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve and stood up. The younger ones saw their mother stand up and also stood up.

Chen Zhu saw that his boss had left and hurriedly followed.

"You stay at home, I'll go and take a look." Cao Fugui turned around and said something to his wife, then followed.

The two boys from Chen Li's family who were still at home also wanted to follow and shouted, "Come back to me. "When the two little ones heard their mother's shout, they stopped in their tracks and didn't dare to follow.

Seeing the people leaving, Chen Li's mouth curled up, she snorted coldly, and went into the kitchen to make breakfast.

Today's rice noodles were made by Sun Ji, Cao Dapeng, and Sun Bailian. Sun Ji and Cao Dapeng only learned about the thief in Qi Wanfeng's house last night from what Sun Bailian said this morning. The people have been caught, Cao Gang is still with the village chief, Qi Wanfeng was sent back, and he didn't sleep much last night. When they came to make rice noodles, he was still sleeping in the house.

Everyone knew about this, Sun Ji had a gloomy face and didn't say a word, Cao Dapeng was angrily He said he was going to beat up Cao Laoer.

He couldn't ignore the business at the stall either. In the morning, Sun Ji and Cao Dapeng went to the town to open the stall for business. Sun Bailian stayed at home to take care of the children. When the day came, the children got up and he prepared food for them. Not long after that, Qi Wanfeng also woke up.

He didn't sleep well the night before, and when he got up, his face was a little pale. The family's carriage was driven away, and Cao Gang drove the ox cart over to pick up Qi Wanfeng. Sun Bailian, who was at the back, sighed and coaxed the children. He let the children go to school later and he stayed at home to take care of things here. "

Boom, boom, boom" the big drum at the gate of the government office was struck early in the morning. The county magistrate, who was still in the bed with his concubine, was awakened by the knocking on the door outside, "What are you making so much noise for!" "Master, someone is beating the drum in the government office." The county magistrate got up from the bed of his concubine reluctantly. Then someone came to say that Manager Liu was here. He put on his clothes and went out to see Manager Liu, "Oh, why is Manager Liu here so early in the morning? " "County Magistrate Wang, I came here today for something..." Treasure Manager Liu received the letter early in the morning, and brought people to the county magistrate, stuffing a silver bill into his sleeve. The county magistrate took it, put it in his own sleeve, and smiled so much that his eyes disappeared on his fat and deformed face. He nodded and said, "Don't worry, Treasure Manager Liu, I know how to do this, please rest assured." Treasure Manager Liu smiled and nodded. Of course he was relieved, believing that County Magistrate Wang was a smart man. "Awesome..." The yamen was opened, and the county magistrate rolled to his seat with his round body, straightened his black gauze hat, picked up the hall wood and slapped it, pointing at the people below, and asked, "Who are you coming, what's the matter, report it quickly. " Qi Wanfeng rolled up his coat and was about to kneel down on the ground. Cao Gang reached out to pull him up and glanced coldly at the county magistrate above him. "Down, down, the pregnant girl doesn't have to kneel." Being looked at so coldly, County Magistrate Wang shuddered for no reason. Manager Liu had already greeted him. He knew that these people were under the protection of Manager Liu, so it didn't matter whether they knelt or not. " I'm Qi Wanfeng from Caojia Village. These people came to my house last night to steal things and were caught on the spot. I hope the big master will investigate clearly. "Qi Wanfeng said with a bow. Cao Gang was standing next to Qi Wanfeng, but he did not kneel down either. A mere ninth-rank official was not worthy of him kneeling. "This is true, is there anyone who saw it with their own eyes?"

Master Feng also came with a group of people, and they stood up one by one.

"Grandmaster, I, Li San, can testify."

"I, Jia Gui, can also testify."

"Grandmaster, please spare my life..."

"Please spare my life..."

"You little thieves, you are so audacious that you are beyond the law!" The county magistrate picked up the alarming wooden stick and slapped it, shouting, "Come on, drag the people away and give each of them 30 strokes of the stick, and then send them to Gaobei Town to serve a year of hard labor!" "

Grandmaster, please spare my life..."

The yamen runners came over and dragged the people away one by one, pushed them down on the wooden bench, and the raised wooden sticks hit them down.

"Grandmaster, Qingming."

"Grandmaster, Qingming."

"Adjourn." The county magistrate slapped the alarming wooden stick, got down from it, and walked to the back.

In the back was the storekeeper Liu who was drinking tea. After listening to the report from County Magistrate Wang, he was very satisfied. After all, he was Cao Xiangnan's second brother. Beating him to death was not good, nor was beating him to disability. The degree had to be just right, injuring the skin but not the bones. It was reasonable to beat a few thieves to teach them a lesson and then send them to do hard labor for a year.

In the back, Cao Adie hurried over with his family. Cao Laoer and his group had already been beaten and imprisoned. Chen Zhu rushed over when he saw Qi Wanfeng. If Cao Gang hadn't been quick to reach out and block him, he would have blocked Qi Wanfeng behind him with his other hand and stood in front of Chen Zhu.

Qi Wanfeng was almost hit and was startled. He looked closely and saw that it was his mother.

"Qi Wanfeng, you bitch, you have harmed my son. Why did you harm my son? Ah, I will ask my fourth son to divorce you. You bitch have been making my family restless all day long..." Chen Zhu started to curse Qi Wanfeng as soon as she saw him.

The group was still at the gate of the government office, and many people came to watch.

"Enough!" Cao Adie turned around and shouted, cursing, "Chen Zhu, are you still ashamed enough?"

Chen Zhu covered her face and burst into tears, sitting down on the ground.

"Wanfeng, Wanfeng, my second brother has let you down before, and my second brother knows he is wrong. Wanfeng, my second brother, please, please let my husband go. I can't live without my husband..." Wang Yan knelt down and cried as soon as she saw Qi Wanfeng.

"Wanfeng, please let my father go." Several younger ones followed their mother and knelt down, and the older ones led the younger ones.

Qi Wanfeng looked embarrassed and turned away.

"Don't worry about them, let's go." Cao Gang protected Qi Wanfeng in his arms with one hand. Master Feng behind him was afraid that they would cause trouble again, so he led people to watch these people vigilantly.

There were many villagers from Caojia Village who followed them behind. Seeing that Chen Zhu and Wang Yan made things so difficult for Qi Wanfeng, they looked down on them from the bottom of their hearts. When they passed by and looked at Chen Zhu and Wang Yan, they all had contempt on their faces. Some even spit on the ground before leaving.

Cao's father just felt his old face burning with pain.