Chapter 122 A crooked upper beam makes a crooked lower beam
Yun Zhao remained silent until her uncle and mother had finished venting their emotions, at which point she slowly spoke.
“They took the medicinal herbs under the guise of being disciples of Medicine King Valley; this matter cannot be left unresolved.”
"Moreover, that county magistrate was also very strange. He opened the document, glanced at it only once, and concluded that our identities were questionable."
But if he really thought there was something wrong with us, why didn't he detain and interrogate us? Instead, he had us brought to the inn.
Having served as an official for many years, Wei Mingde immediately saw the problem.
"Lu Xun has gone to follow that advisor and should be back soon."
Wei Jingchen had long suspected something was wrong.
Therefore, after the advisor left, he signaled Lu Xun, who was monitoring from the rooftop, to follow him.
Yun Zhao subconsciously looked at him.
Without saying a word, Lu Xun knew what he wanted to do.
Sure enough, Lu Xun was one of his men!
While they were still worried that the magistrate might have other schemes behind his back, Luo Qing had just paid the inn's bill and was so angry that he couldn't eat.
"Where are Wu Lianzhen and Xu Qingshi? Bring them here!"
In the superior room.
As Old Madam Xu was coaxing her grandson to sleep, Xu Qingshi laughed gleefully, "Mother, I think this time, that brat Yun Zhao is finished!"
"what is going on?"
Madam Xu looked completely bewildered. How could there be a fake Princess Jinglan?
"It's that Ling Xuerou, that little slut, she's been a liar since she was little, isn't she? I think it's the Dingyuan Marquis's family that came to An County."
Upon hearing about the plague, they tricked the county magistrate into taking all the medicine and then pinned the blame on Yun Zhao!
"But the one who did this wasn't that brat. If you do this, you'll offend Luo Qing, and you might not have a peaceful journey!"
Madam Xu was somewhat disapproving.
She pretended to be crazy before, just to avoid suffering.
The two of them, on the other hand, went straight to Luo Qing's defense!
"Mother-in-law, what are you saying? Didn't you offend Luo Qing a long time ago? You tormented him quite a bit those days you pretended to be crazy!"
Wu Lianzhen scoffed and began to speak sarcastically to Old Madam Xu.
Old Madam Xu was taken aback and rolled her eyes: "Isn't it because you're all useless? I..."
Before he could finish speaking, the door was suddenly kicked open.
"Hey! What are you doing! Have you no manners? This is a woman's room!"
Xu Qingshi was so frightened that she jumped behind Old Madam Xu and screamed loudly.
Luo Hao snorted coldly and stepped forward to detain the two of them.
"Dream on! You want to stay in a top-class room? Did you pay me?"
Xu Qingshi, being a young lady from a respectable family, was terrified when a stranger grabbed her arm and screamed, "Let me go, Mother, help me!"
When Madam Xu saw that the officials had detained Wu Lianzhen and Xu Qingshi, she hurriedly hugged her beloved grandson and hid to the side.
"I already told you not to go against the officials! Officials, this has nothing to do with me and my grandson!"
Hearing her attempt to distance herself, Xu Qingshi screamed in disbelief, "Mother! What are you saying? I'm your daughter!"
Hearing the commotion, Xu Yinan and the others opened the windows and looked out.
"Haha, you two are such a loving mother and filial son!"
Madam Xu's face turned ashen, and she roared, "Shut up!"
Luo Hao glared at her, then dragged Xu Qingshi and Wu Lianzhen out of the room like dogs.
Luo Qing strode forward and kicked her in the back of the knee.
Xu Qingshi fell to the ground. Her hand injury hadn't fully healed yet, and the fall was quite severe!
Luo Qing was still not satisfied, and with a grim expression, he stretched out his hand: "Bring on the whipping!"
The officers quickly brought over whips soaked in chili water, and Luo Qing picked them up and lashed them hard across the two women!
"Enough with the nonsense, I think you're tired of living!"
The two screamed and rolled around on the ground.
"Help! Stop hitting him! You're killing him!"
Wu Lianzhen made a pig-like squeal, which startled Xu Zhiqian and Yun Huaijin awake in the room, and the two children burst into loud cries.
Xu Qingyi quickly picked up the child and moved away from the window.
Perhaps the child's crying was too loud, or perhaps the officials were worried that if they really killed someone, they would have a hard time explaining it when they arrived in Lingnan.
Therefore, it stopped after a short while.
"Lock those two women in the woodshed!"
"yes!"
At Luo Qing's command, the officers threw the two women into the woodshed.
Seeing this, Xu Yinan laughed happily, "Serves them right! Who told them to talk nonsense outside just now!"
Madam Xu was furious: "Xu Yinan, those are your sister and sister-in-law!"
Xu Yinan, who was never serious, immediately made a face.
"What nonsense are you talking about, old woman? I only have an older sister, where did this younger sister come from? Besides, my younger brother, Ayan, isn't married yet."
"Where did you get a brother or sister-in-law from! If you keep spouting nonsense, the officials will lock you and your precious grandson in the woodshed!"
Luo Qing looked at Madam Xu, who was so frightened that she slammed the door shut.
He then looked at the Xu and Wei families and saw them leaning against the windows watching the commotion. His face immediately darkened.
"What are you looking at? Isn't this all because of your family's troubles!"
Xu Yinan was not having it.
He shrugged: "That has nothing to do with us. Someone else is impersonating our Zhaozhao. We are the victims, okay?"
"That's right, that's right!"
Xu Yifei nodded in agreement.
Luo Qing was so angry he wanted to bite his teeth, but had nowhere to vent his anger.
After all, they're right; this really can't be blamed on them.
At this moment, Lu Xun returned from outside. Yun Zhao and the others were still concerned about what was happening outside, so they simply closed the window and ignored Luo Qing and the others.
Luo Qing was humiliated, and when he turned around, he saw the innkeeper and waiter hiding in a corner watching the commotion.
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and prepare lunch for me!"
The shopkeeper and the waiter were startled and ran away in a flash.
Inside the room, everyone was questioning Lu Xun.
"So, what's the situation with that advisor?"
"I followed that advisor all the way and discovered that they went to a village to look for someone. I overheard the villagers talking..."
It is said that they are looking for the magistrate's son, who forcibly took a woman from the countryside. When she refused, she was humiliated and hanged herself.
Then that family started causing trouble everywhere, and the magistrate's son gave them some silver, intending to shut them up.
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but curse.
"You beast! Like father, like son! I don't think that magistrate is any better!"
Everyone was indignant, but Wei Jingchen was the first to calm down.
"But this has nothing to do with us. Why did the clerk leave in a hurry as soon as Luo Qingyi said he wanted to stamp the document?"
That's what he found most strange.
"The village was too open, I couldn't get too close, and I couldn't hear what the clerk and the official were saying."
"So, this matter is also related to that county magistrate's son?"
"Does the county magistrate have to ask his son about getting a stamp on a document?"
Xu Yifei laughed heartily.
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