"I can't take care of the cotton I planted myself. What's the logic behind this?"
"Sir, you can't accuse us like that. We're just growing cotton, how can you be linked to treason?"
Yan Bangfa and the others all looked nervous. These people came with bad intentions today and were afraid that they would not let them off easily. If they were fined some silver, it would be fine, but judging from the situation, Chunxiao was afraid that she would not be able to escape, and they were very anxious.
Shufeng wanted to go forward and pull Chunxiao back, but was pulled behind the crowd by Tian.
"Mom, what are you pulling me for?"
"I think today's events are going to lead to a conflict. Why are you joining in the fun with your big belly? Stand back. It's not your turn to step forward." Tian pulled Xiaoxue out again, "Watch her for me. If anything happens, take her home first."
There was still a lot of noise below, and the officer became impatient. "Be quiet, everyone. Do you all want to go to jail?" He looked at Chunxiao again and said, "You ignored the county government's notice and secretly bought cotton from the villagers. The evidence is conclusive. Come with us." After that, he asked the officer next to him to arrest people.
The villagers in front of them were furious when they heard this. Before the Yan family could intervene, some villagers protected Chunxiao behind them. "Sir, how can you arrest people for no reason? You have to investigate this matter thoroughly. We signed a contract with them years ago. All the cotton we grow is sold to them."
"That's right, we don't accept your arrest just because you want to."
The officer looked at the people below who were talking back and making trouble, and his face suddenly turned bad. He raised his own knife and asked the other officers beside him to show their knives as well. "You are trying to collectively shield and resist arrest. I tell you, every household in Yanjia Village will be punished. You knew that the crops could not be sold privately, but you sold them to her. Each household will be fined 10 taels of silver, and Yan Chunxiao herself will be fined 1,000 taels of silver."
The villagers were completely devastated.
The surrounding officers and soldiers watched the excited crowd and began to feel uneasy. The leading officer looked at the village head and said, "Are you really planning to gather people to cause trouble? Yan Lizheng, I urge you to think twice." He flashed the hilt of his knife and said, "If you resist arrest or cause trouble, I will not be polite."
The village head was also very anxious at this moment. He wanted to persuade them, but looking at the excited people below, he didn't know how to persuade them.
The Yan family rushed to the front to protect Chunxiao.
Chunxiao knew that these people came prepared. If they continued, something bad would happen to the villagers. As the saying goes, people should not fight against officials, so they should not act impulsively at this time. Xiaohua saw that she was about to leave and grabbed her, tears streaming down her face, "Miss, you can't go."
Chunxiao whispered a few words into Xiaohua's ear, then walked out despite her family's attempts to stop her.
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