Chapter 127 The Great Scholar Fang is Here
"Uncle Tao, Uncle Tao! Come out quickly!"
Seeing this, Er Ya called for help from inside the house.
Hearing the commotion, Tao Chuang rushed out of the house without even putting on his outer robe. "Who are you? Why are you arresting me? I'm a candidate for the imperial examination this year! How can you arrest people like this!"
"Please step aside, Scholar Tao. This is none of your business."
The two men completely ignored him and dragged the coughing old man away.
Tao Chuang stopped them, saying, "This is my uncle. Are you government officials? Even if you're arresting someone, you need a reason, right? Believe me, I'll send you to see the officials right now!"
"Get out of the way! We're here to invite Master Fang! Mind your own business!"
The two shoved Tao Chuang aside, and Tao Chuang lost his balance and crashed into a table in the yard, wincing in pain.
Upon hearing this, their eyes widened in shock. "What, Master Fang? How could my uncle possibly be..."
The old man sighed and was about to speak when Er Ya jumped up and started cursing.
"What great scholar? Where is he? My maternal grandfather was just a poor peasant. What does he have to do with a great scholar? You're just deliberately dragging him back to make up the numbers. Aren't you afraid your elders will find out and beat you?"
Er Ya was so angry she jumped up and down. How could Uncle Tao be so stupid? He couldn't even speak clearly.
And then there's Old Man Cough and Granny Cai, they're all like pouting gourds, not saying a word.
If they arrest someone, then the government officials can do whatever they want with them.
The two exchanged a glance, anger flashing in their eyes.
The higher-ups were furious that they couldn't find Fang Daru for so long. Lord Pan came up with a plan to arrest all the old men of similar age and force Fang Daru to come out, even if it meant coercing him.
When they were looking for someone with the portrait, they went to every house, so they naturally knew which house had an old man. They came here to take him away directly, not wanting to make a big fuss, but this brat is sharp-tongued.
"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting? Get out of here, or I'll arrest you too."
Er Ya shrieked, "I guessed right, and you're all getting angry. Release them right now, or I'll run into the street and shout, letting everyone see the true colors of the government!"
"Murder! Murder! Murder!"
Er Ya's cries grew sharper with each breath.
"You brat, try shouting it again!"
The two went to capture Er Ya.
Seeing that she was about to be caught, Er Ya opened her purse and waved it at the two of them.
"ah--"
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In just two days, a new room was built next to the original house.
Ye Wan only mentioned it briefly, and Hui Gu understood her idea. The floor in the room was also covered with bamboo, making it look very clean.
These tasks didn't require hiring outsiders; Huigu and Shaniu did them all on their own.
Ye Wan also asked Daya to make a few more pairs of slippers so that they would be convenient to wear indoors.
"The new house is so beautiful! So beautiful!"
Sanya clapped her little hands and jumped around happily.
"Yes, beautiful! Someone in the next village is slaughtering a pig, so I bought some ribs early this morning. We're having braised ribs today!"
I also bought a pig's head and pig's trotters.
If it weren't for the crowd and the distractions, she would have liked to buy more meat.
"Mother, shall we go and bring Second Sister back? She might cry if she doesn't get to eat." Sanya tilted her head and wiped her drool.
Ye Wan thought about Er Ya's personality and knew she would definitely make a fuss if she found out. "Okay, let's go pick up your second sister and make braised pork ribs when we get back."
The weather is getting cooler, and she's wondering if her period is coming soon. She really wants to eat braised pork.
"good!"
Huigu said, "I'll go too, it'll be a good opportunity to meet the Second Miss."
She's been here for several days now and has gotten to know everyone else in the family, but she's never met this second daughter, nor her parents whom Ye Wan mentioned.
It is said that he still recognizes his parents.
"Er Ya has a rather sharp personality. If she says anything unpleasant, Aunt, you can scold her," Ye Wan told Aunt Hui in advance.
That girl Er Ya, if you treat her like a servant at first, she'll definitely repeat her old habits.
Huigu smiled and said, "The child calls me 'aunt,' how could I possibly hold it against the child?"
Through these days of interaction, she also discovered that Ye Wan was truly unpretentious and a very good cook.
This family was poor, but that had its advantages. If it were a wealthy or powerful family, they would never treat her as an elder; they would only treat her as a servant.
And most importantly, her health seems to have improved since she came to the village.
People who practice martial arts have a strong sense of self-awareness, and this is definitely not an illusion.
Originally, she could have lived to sixty, but now it seems that living to ninety-nine wouldn't be a problem. The more Huigu thinks about it, the more she realizes that she made the right choice in coming here.
at this time.
The town is in complete chaos.
There were four or five old men standing at the entrance of the yamen. They had all been captured from the town. The yamen runners distributed paper and pens to them and asked them to write one by one.
The pretext was that there were traitors among these people, and they needed to be caught.
"My lord, I am illiterate! I have never written anything before! I don't even know how to hold a pen!"
An honest, unassuming old man's hand was trembling as he held the pen.
"Just write it when I tell you to, stop talking nonsense!"
The old man screamed and drew a crooked line on the paper with his pen.
"You're faking it, aren't you? Hit me!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than he was whipped three more times, and the old man clutched his head and screamed in agony.
"Take him over, next one!"
The next person to come up did the same thing again.
In the crowd watching not far away, Chu Xiujie clenched his fist. "That scoundrel Pan Dong! He doesn't even spare ordinary people. I'll go think of a way."
Murong Wu frowned. "Let's wait a bit longer. Maybe the great scholar is really inside. We can take him away then."
Although the method is a bit underhanded, it might actually force people to come out.
Fang Daru had already appeared in Minxian County before, so he must be in Minxian County.
Tao Chuang was also in the crowd with Er Ya.
Er Ya used the powder Ye Wan gave her to injure the eyes of the two men and then ran away to the kitchen of Xi Lai Lou.
The head chef knew Er Ya, and Er Ya, under the pretense that her mother could give the head chef a recipe, had someone hide the coughing old man and Aunt Cai.
The two men came to the yamen gate today to inquire about information, but they never expected this to happen.
"Er Ya, you go back first!" Tao Chuang was furious when he saw someone else being beaten.
Er Ya grabbed Tao Chuang, who was about to step forward, and said, "What are you doing? What does it matter to us whether other people live or die? If you can't stand it, let's go back quickly."
Tao Chuang was filled with righteous indignation. "I've studied the classics, how can I stand by and watch these elderly people be abused like this! Let me go right now!"
Er Ya was furious and clung tightly to Tao Chuang, saying, "You can't do anything by running over there! You'd be better off studying more and becoming an official to seek justice for the people."
"So I'm just going to ignore it like this?"
While Er Ya was unable to hold onto Tao Chuang, she suddenly heard someone shout.
"Master Fang is here!"
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