However, the scene outside was fully revealed, and the Zhu family did not see any Imperial Guards or Inner Army troops standing ready.
Only a poorly dressed couple stood outside the door, their faces sallow, looking as if they were there to interrogate someone.
The Zhu family thought their eyes were playing tricks on them, so they checked again and found that there was no one else but this couple who didn't seem very bright.
Before the Zhu family could speak, Mu Laosan looked them over carefully and didn't recognize a single face.
"Oh, it wasn't that. We knocked on the wrong door. Honey, let's go ask the next one."
Mu Laosan's wife also grumbled and vented her dissatisfaction: "We knocked on the door for so long, our hands are sore, but it's no good. You should have opened the door earlier. Why make us go through all this trouble?"
The two clapped their hands and were about to leave, completely disregarding the terrifying panic they had just caused the Zhu family.
Old Master Zhu's face was so dark it looked like it was about to drip rain. Before he could even speak, the Zhu family's guards rushed out and surrounded Mu Laosan and his companion.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Are you bullying ordinary people?" Mu Laosan felt a surge of tension, but he spoke in a firm tone.
"We were just looking for someone and knocked on the wrong door. Why are you being so unreasonable? Besides, you opened the door late and wasted our time, and we didn't even complain to you." The daughter-in-law, Zhou, stomped her feet angrily. "Move aside, all of you! It's getting dark, and we haven't settled in yet. Be careful not to stay in your house."
As he spoke, he went to push the nursing home.
The guard slapped her across the face, knocking her to the ground.
Zhou's cheeks were swollen, and blood was coming out of the corners of her mouth and ears.
“Master, these two have come from who-knows-where. They have no manners. We should kill them and throw them into a mass grave. The main gate of our grand mansion is not a place for them to knock on at will.”
What? They were going to be beheaded just for knocking on the door? The Mu couple thought they had misheard. How terrifying!
"We knocked on the wrong door, and you want to kill us? This is unheard of! You are ruthless and cruel, a disgrace to your noble family! Everyone, come and see! This noble family is brutal, bullying innocent and pitiful people!" Old Mu San shouted defiantly, his face pale, becoming a fighter against the injustice of the world.
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard flew up and kicked him several times.
Grandpa Zhu thought that his eldest granddaughter-in-law had just given birth to twins and was still in her postpartum period, so she couldn't bear to see any blood.
Besides, these two foolish villagers are completely uneducated. If we really kill them, it would make us look like we're stooping to their level.
Sensing something, he looked into the distance and saw others knocking on the main gates of other grand houses, behaving in the same manner as this couple, just as rude and vulgar.
Originally, Old Master Zhu was very unhappy. Seeing that other prominent families had suffered the same fate, he feared that many would be like the Zhu family, frantically opening their main gates. Thinking this, Old Master Zhu felt a sense of balance, and most of his unhappiness disappeared.
So he said, "The Zhu family won't bother with such uncouth people, lest it lower their family's status. Let's give them a good beating and throw them far away."
The guards beat the couple mercilessly, making them scream and beg for mercy.
In front of a tall house not far away, Mu Lao Er and his wife, along with their two sons, were also thrown onto the street and beaten with sticks.
"We're just looking for someone, why are they hitting us? This is so unreasonable. The capital city really is a place that eats people without blinking an eye."
"If you break it, you'll have to pay for the medicine! Under the emperor's nose, is there no law anymore?"
"Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! If you keep hitting me, I'll die! Waaah, it hurts so much!"
They tried to threaten and beg for mercy, but it was no use at all; instead, they were subjected to even more brutal treatment.
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