"Ouch, ouch... Mom, save me... Brother, brother, save me..."

"Grandpa, please spare my life... Beat him to death..." The ones

who were beaten with the stick were not them, but the brother-in-law of the county magistrate. Chen Guicai should be thankful that he had ordered laxatives instead of poison, otherwise it would not be as simple as a beating today. The

evidence was solid in the court, with witnesses and evidences. Chen Guicai could not deny it even if he wanted to.

The court was in chaos. Both Chen's mother and father came with people. When they saw their son being beaten and the two elders were unreasonable, they started to quarrel in the court. The bailiffs stopped beating with the sticks, waiting for their master's instructions.

"Beat him! Keep beating him!" County Magistrate Wang was glanced at by a pair of eyes and shouted with a trembling voice.

This damn Chen Guicai, he could have provoked anyone else, but he got into trouble with these ferocious characters, and no one knows how he died. If you want to die, don't drag me down with you! This Chen Guicai has been causing trouble for him for so many years, and he didn't know how to do anything for him.

The board that the yamen runner was holding fell again, with a crisp sound.

"Ouch..."

"You beat my darling child to death, my poor son..." Chen's mother knelt there and cried, but there was no rain, not a single tear came out, she screamed loudly, looked at her son crying twice, and then looked at the eldest master, helping a group of outsiders to deal with their own family.

This county magistrate is the brother-in-law of their Chen family. Now he actually let someone beat their beloved baby, even his arms are bent outward! Chen's mother secretly cursed him in her heart, but she didn't dare to curse him in person.

County Magistrate Wang was sitting on the upper seat, feeling uneasy. After being scanned by a pair of sharp eyes, his back straightened up again. Looking at his mother-in-law who was crying below, he almost bit his teeth, but he couldn't do anything to his mother-in-law and father-in-law.

Chen Guimei was a smart man. He stayed at the back and didn't dare to run to the front. He listened to the crying of his brother and mother at the back. He couldn't even sit on the bench, so he walked around in the back hall.

"Pa-pa-pa" "Ouch... Ouch..."

The board hit with a muffled sound, and the yamen runner holding the board did not dare to really kill him, leaving him some leeway. After all, this was the brother-in-law of their county lord. If he really crippled him, he would be in big trouble.

At first, Chen Guicai still had the strength to cry out like a ghost, but later, he could breathe out less than he could breathe in, and he didn't even have the strength to shout. After a

beating from the board, his buttocks must have been torn to pieces.

When the last board was hit, the crackling sound of the board hitting the buttocks disappeared, and Chen's howling paused, then rose again, "My poor son, how could you, these cruel people, beat my son like this, my son..."

People outside the door gathered in twos and threes to watch the excitement, pointing and talking inside.

At this moment, the truth was revealed. There was nothing wrong with the food in their store. It was Chen Gui who asked someone to put drugs in their spices. Some customers who liked spicy food had stomach upset after eating the hot sauce.

Their store was open for business, and reputation was very important to them. Once someone said that their food had problems, how could they open for business in the future, and who would dare to eat in their house? Fortunately, it was not the food in their store that was problematic, but someone deliberately framed them.

Their store's good business had long been envied by others, and putting drugs in the rival's food was also a despicable act.

Also arrested was a guy in a store opposite their store. It was probably jealous of their store's good business, and accepted Chen Guicai's favors and put drugs in their store's food. Chen Guicai was the main culprit, and the guy was an accomplice, and he could not escape a beating.

Her husband stood aside in shame, with his head down and unable to even lift it up.

Sun Bailian was filled with righteous indignation, and he wished he could go over and beat Chen Guicai himself, this shameless thing! Thinking so in his heart, he did not dare to really go over, and stood obediently beside his husband.

Cao Gang stood there silently, his eyes swept over, cutting like a knife.

"Chen Guicai, considering that this is your first offense, I will let you go after giving you a beating today. If you dare to commit the same offense again in the future, I will definitely not just give you a beating..." County Magistrate Wang still thought about his brother-in-law and his father-in-law's family, so he didn't dare to really do anything ruthless, even though he wanted to beat this brother-in-law who caused him trouble to death. Let

Chen Guicai go for now, and if he dares to let him go again next time, I will really not show him any mercy. Do you

think a beating is enough? They haven't compensated for their losses yet!

"Master, Chen Guicai had someone put drugs in the food in our store. Our business suffered serious losses. Should Chen Guicai compensate us for the lost money? And should he also compensate us for the things that were damaged in our store? In addition, we have suffered great mental and emotional damage in the past few days. We can't eat or sleep. We saw a doctor and got money to buy medicine. Should he also compensate us for the money for the medicine..." Did he think that a beating would be enough? Cao Xiangnan did not miss the opportunity to ask for actual compensation.

The pain of the beating was felt on Chen Guicai's body, and they were happy in their hearts, but this was not something substantial, he wanted real compensation.

His words opened a new window to the world of the other brothers. They had eaten something that day and had an upset stomach, so they had consulted a doctor and taken medicine. Should they pay for the medicine?

"Pay me silver..."

"And me, and me..."

At one time, everyone asked Chen Guicai to pay silver, which made Chen so angry that she wanted to scratch the faces of these shameless brothers.

This also makes sense. Wang County Magistrate was being looked at by a pair of sharp eyes, and he was sweating profusely. He had to tremble in his voice and asked the Chen family to compensate them, and they had to compensate until they were satisfied. When the pair of eyes stopped looking at him, he reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead. When

Chen Adie took out the money, his heart ached. This prodigal son made him lose so much money in vain, and finally took the benefits. Cao Xiangnan did not insist, and the matter was settled. Wanfeng did not come with him today. There were two little ones at home, and it was not convenient to bring the children with him, so he let Wanfeng stay at home.

"Adjourn!" County Magistrate Wang slapped the wooden board and hurried away with his people as if there was a man-eating tiger chasing him.

Seeing Chen Guimei waiting here, he snorted. Thinking of the troubles that the Chen family had caused him, County Magistrate Wang's face became dark and he didn't even want to pay attention to his wife Chen Guimei, so he left. When

Chen Guimei saw the old man coming out, he wanted to ask something, but he saw his old man snorted coldly when he saw him, and left with his people. He stood there for a while, with a look of surprise on his face.

"My poor son, what are you still doing standing here? Come and help me get him down!" After the beating, Chen's mother went over with trembling hands to help her son down. Seeing the servant standing still, she turned around and shouted with full energy.

The servant hurried over to help the young master down. This careful move made Chen Guicai gasp again, causing Chen's mother to scold him again. Chen

Guimei, who was behind, glanced ahead, hesitated for a while, and followed their master.

After leaving the government office, they went to Yipinzhai. Manager Fang had been busy with their affairs for the past two days, and today he went to the government office with them.

The group arrived at Yipinzhai, went upstairs and entered the private room. The waiter brought in tea and left.

"Xiangnan is in Nanyang, and he can't take care of everything at home. The shop in the town is also taken care of by Big Brother on weekdays. Thank you for your help this time. Xiangnan will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine. Thank you for your care." Cao Xiangnan picked up the tea on the table and solemnly toasted Fang.

They came out of Caojia Village and opened a shop in this town. If it weren't for the support of Liu, the shopkeeper, their shop business is so good. It's not just today that someone has tampered with their food. Someone has been trying to ruin them as much as possible.

In the food business, if the business is not good, you can't survive. If the business is too good, you will steal other people's business, and others don't want you to continue.

He went to Nanyang with peace of mind, knowing that Liu, the shopkeeper, was there in the town. If there was any problem in the shop, Liu would help take care of it. Cao Xiangnan didn't think about what would happen if they did business in the town in an orderly manner. If they hadn't offended Chen Guicai, this wouldn't have happened today.

In fact, it wasn't him who offended Chen Guicai, but Chen Zhengyang who caused him trouble. Young Master Shen just patted his butt and left, so the idiot Chen Guicai could only find him here, and he was wronged.

In fact, Cao Xiangnan thought that County Magistrate Wang was being held back by Fang, the shopkeeper, and that was why the government didn't do anything to Wanfeng and his brothers, and he didn't suspect anything else.

"No, no, I didn't help you at all, stop being so polite to your elder brother." Shopkeeper Liu felt ashamed to say that he really didn't help his younger brother this time.

Wang Mao didn't know what was wrong with him this time, and he didn't even buy his bill!

Wang Mao was County Magistrate Wang, and few people called him by his name, because he was an official, and generally everyone respectfully called him "Big Master".

They sat down with Shopkeeper Liu in Yipinzhai and drank a cup of tea, and several people said a few polite words.

"We'll leave first." Knowing that the business in the building was busy at this time, and there were many things to do, and that the shopkeeper Liu had been delayed for a long time because of them, Cao Xiangnan did not disturb him in Yipinzhai. He said goodbye to the shopkeeper Liu and they left.

The shopkeeper Liu sent the people out, waved his hand, and said, "Come and have tea with big brother when you are free."

"Okay." Cao Xiangnan replied.

"Drive" The whip was raised and hit the horse's buttocks. The horse ran, and the wheels made a gurgling sound. The carriage passed through the streets, through the crowd, out of the town, and went back to Caojia Village. Thinking that there were people waiting for him at home, Cao Xiangnan, who was sitting on the edge of the carriage, smiled and wished he could fly back home immediately.

Volume 3: Family, Country and the World