Wu Zhengqing stood at the front, his face full of coldness, "We said we won't sell it! You guys can leave now."
The exiled prisoners around also shouted loudly.
"We worked so hard to transport this water. We won't sell it for a fortune!"
A middle-aged man who looked like a butler walked out of the bustling crowd and stroked his long beard. "Why not sell it? You have so much water, it won't hurt to sell some to us."
Not far away, there were several luxurious carriages parked.
The curtains of the carriage were all lifted, and the people inside were quietly observing the scene outside.
Xie Ling looked carefully at the people in the carriage; all of them were either rich or noble.
Inside the largest carriage, someone made a gesture.
The guards who were watching over the surroundings quietly disappeared from the spot.
Xie Ling frowned, "Hurry up and inform the other families, they are trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, I'm afraid they want to steal the water!"
As soon as the voice fell, Yu Niang jumped up and said, "I'll go home and take a look!"
Gu Li and Qiuyue also hurried to inform the Gao family, the Shi family and the Wu family.
Seeing this group of people being so stubborn, the butler-like man also turned cold and said sarcastically, "Where did these unruly people come from? If you come to our Jincheng, you must abide by our Jincheng rules."
At this moment, a burst of sad and angry crying was heard from the Wang family in the guest room on the first floor.
"They are stealing water! They have taken all the water from our house!"
The prisoners outside the inn all looked pale and hurried back to their homes.
In order to confront this group of people, all the men in every household went out, leaving only women, children and young kids in the house, which gave them a perfect opportunity to take advantage of.
Except for the people living on the second floor, almost all the houses on the first floor were sold out.
The group of servants snatched the water and left the guests slowly, which was a complete provocation.
If there were anyone who would defend them to the death, they would simply overturn the barrels. Even if they could not snatch them away, they would not leave any for the exiled prisoners.
So shameless and vile!
On the stairs to the second floor, the group of servants were still walking up.
Gu Wei walked up and started beating him up.
The servants in the front were all knocked to the ground by Gu Wei.
Gu Wei stood at the stairs to the second floor, and no one dared to come up.
Outside the inn.
The nobles in the carriage saw buckets of water being carried out.
Everyone got off the carriage, both men and women, and scooped up water from the barrel and drank it, gulping it down in long gulps.
"Brother Song, thank you for thinking of us. These outsiders really have a lot of water. It's enough for our families to survive for several months."
"We are all brothers, and that's what we should do. The noble families in Jincheng should stick together."
The exiled prisoners' eyes turned red with anger.
Hujiangou is some distance away from Hujian Town, and the sun was very strong those days. Every household was exhausted just to get the water.
Now it’s been snatched away!
Leader Shen and several officers put on light armor, took long swords and walked out the door.
Leader Shen said in a cold voice, "Give us back our water, or I will be rude to you!"
The steward, who had looked so smug just now, showed some surprise in his eyes when he saw these vicious officials.
Didn’t the Patriarch of the Song family say that they were just a group of ordinary outsiders?
From the way these people are dressed, it's obvious that they are imperial officials!
The head of the Song family turned his head and looked at the dozen or so officers, also very surprised.
The group of people he saw that day were really just ordinary outsiders.
It's not his fault. Leader Shen and other officials took off their light armor when they got hot. They really looked like ordinary people.
Seeing that the group of Jincheng people did not react, Leader Shen rushed over with his men, wanting to rob them directly.
The exiled prisoners also became angry and followed the officers.
“Give us our water back!”
In the chaos, the two groups started fighting each other.
Xie Ling and Gu Wei also went downstairs and joined the fight. These people from Jincheng were really shameless.
Gu Wei was just about to pull Xie Ling up when he saw Xie Ling pick up a spatula from somewhere and, with a nimble move, hit the servant on the head with a bang.
After a while, seven or eight servants around her fell to the ground with their heads in their hands.
Gu Wei blinked and wondered if his previous understanding of his wife was wrong?
At this moment, a green sedan happened to pass by not far from the inn.
The person inside lifted the curtain and looked at the chaotic scene outside, his thick brows tightly furrowed.
After thinking about it, he asked the driver to turn back and stop in front of the inn.
As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw the head of the Song family being hit on the head with a spatula by a young woman.
He was so shocked that his eyes were about to burst, "Brother Song, why are you here!"
The head of the Song family saw Zhou Hui and shouted excitedly, "Sir, save me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he fainted on the ground.
Zhou Hui walked over hurriedly, his face full of gloomy anger.
He yelled, "Stop it!"
As he got closer, he was even more shocked. How come, apart from the head of the Song family, all the prominent families in Jincheng were here?
And now, the noble families and their men are being beaten up.
But in the chaos, no one listened to him.
These noble families are his bread and butter.
For this group of people to attack these noble families is equivalent to attacking his father and mother.
And they don't even listen to him. Where is the prefect's authority?
Zhou Hui was so angry that his face changed drastically. He handed the token to the coachman and asked him to go back as quickly as possible to lead the soldiers over.
Who dares to mess with him?
Don’t want to die!
After a while, the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer.
The iron-clad soldiers of Jincheng quickly surrounded the exiled prisoners.
Zhou Hui stood with his hands behind his back and said sternly, "Who are you? How dare you commit murder in the street!"
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