Chapter 183 Give Me Back My Money
Although Wu Baoan was very angry, he could not offend Fan Tong easily.
He looked at Old Lady Chen and asked coldly, "Auntie, Mr. Fan now accuses you of defrauding him of his money and asks you to return it. What do you say?"
Old Lady Chen had already made a plan in mind. Since Ruolan had given her body to Fan Tong, Fan Tong must be held responsible to the end.
Otherwise, as a broken-hearted woman, not only would no one want her, she should be thrown into a pig cage just for having an affair.
Besides, the Fan family is a wealthy family in Qingshui Town. If Ruolan could marry into the family, she would be in luck.
In the future, you will be able to wear gold and silver and enjoy endless wealth and splendor. Maybe you can even help with your family's food and clothing expenses. Isn't that the best of both worlds?
"Village head, my Ruolan is a proper virgin girl, and now she has been defiled by Master Fan. If you want me to return the money, there is no way."
"So what do you want?"
"Since Ruolan is already Mr. Fan's, of course we should marry her. Otherwise, how will our Ruolan face the world in the future?"
Fan Tong instantly exploded, his eyes glaring, "Old woman Chen, how can you be so shameless? The one I want to marry is Chen Qingqing, and you made a fake one to coax me all night, and you still want me to marry her? You are dreaming. If you don't want to return the money, then let your eldest granddaughter Chen Qingqing come with me."
Chen Qingqing was so angry that she laughed. She didn't want to get entangled with these bad people and mess up things anymore. She wanted to just watch the fun quietly as they fought each other.
But now, after hearing Fan Tong implicate her, she looked at him with disdain and said coldly, "Master Fan, I solemnly say this again, I have severed my relationship with their family.
I don't know why Old Lady Chen accepted your money, and what she promised you, but it's not her turn to decide my marriage. My parents have already rejected Zhao the matchmaker's request for you to take me as a concubine.
As for why Old Lady Chen cheated you out of your money, you should talk to her and explain it to her. Don't try to take advantage of me again."
"Don't worry, Miss Chen. The person who wants to cheat me out of my money hasn't been born yet!" Fan Tong said, looking at Old Lady Chen angrily. "Mrs. Chen, return the money immediately, or I will report you to the government for marriage fraud. You dare to cheat me out of the betrothal money? I will make you pay for it."
"If you want to sue me, go ahead!"
Old Mrs. Chen put her hands on her waist, and acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"My daughter Ruolan is an innocent girl and you have bullied her like this. I haven't even questioned you yet, but you are threatening me. How can this be justified?
I'm telling you, so many people saw it. If you dare to cheat, I'll sue you for raping a decent girl. Let's see if the honest official will side with the court or the relatives."
Although Wu Baoan didn't want to offend Fan Tong, something like this happened in the village he managed. He wanted to ask them to sit down and have a good talk, but he was very upset when he saw that the two of them were not giving in.
As the head of the village, he should stand up to protect the interests of the villagers. As long as Chen Ruolan insisted that she was forced by him, Fan Tong would not care no matter where she went.
Thinking of this, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said coldly,
"Master Fan, in broad daylight, you broke into a private house and raped a decent girl. According to the rules of this village, you must be beaten to death."
Fan Tong was stunned for a moment, then he smiled coldly.
"Don't bother me with these crappy village rules. You really don't know what's good for you. If I fall in love with any young girl or bride from any village, it's their honor.
Don't try to scare me. I'm telling you, if I lose even a hair in your village, I can make your Nanshan Village disappear."
Wu Baoan was so angry after hearing Fan Tong's unrepentant and arrogant words that his face turned pale and he shouted,
"Mr. Fan, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have a few bucks. In Nanshan Village, we won't tolerate your outrageous behavior!"
Fan Tong raised his chin proudly and glanced at Wu Baoan with disdain.
"You're such an ignorant person! My Fan family is well-known in Qingshui Town and even in the entire Anyang County. Let alone sleeping with a girl, even killing someone would be as easy as crushing an ant. Who can do anything to me?"
At this time, the villagers who were watching could no longer bear Fan Tong's arrogance and began to criticize him.
"Master Fan, aren't you afraid of retribution for bullying the girls in our village like this?"
"That's right, just because you have money is great, doesn't it mean you don't have to be reasonable?"
Fan Tong smiled disapprovingly and said, "Shut up, everyone! Your crappy village rules don't work on me. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life!"
Wu Baoan showed no fear at all, and looked directly at Fan Tong with a stern gaze.
"Master Fan is truly awe-inspiring. Even if the village rules can't restrain you, you've committed such an immoral act, and according to the laws of the Daning Dynasty, you won't be forgiven.
Adultery is an unforgivable crime. You broke into a private house and raped a decent girl. According to the laws of the Daning Dynasty, the lightest punishment is beating with a stick and imprisonment..."
Hearing this, Fan Tong was very proud. Beating and imprisonment were trivial matters. At most, he could get rid of them by spending a few coins.
Seeing Wu Baoan staring at him, he glared at him and said, "Why are you staring at me? Tell me, at the very least, you'll get a beating and jail time, but at the worst, what can you do? Can you even chop off your head?"
"I don't know whether he'll be beheaded or not, but I do know that in addition to being beaten and imprisoned, the man's 'tools used in committing the crime' will also be confiscated."
"What? Confiscate the tools used in the crime?" Fan Tong felt his scalp tingling and a chill running down his spine. He couldn't help but cover his crotch with his hands.
This is too cruel. How can they confiscate the tools used in the crime?
If I really fall down, I will become a eunuch. It would be worse than chopping off my head!
But for him, this kind of thing would never happen to him.
After all, his brother-in-law is the county magistrate. If he just says hello, people in the yamen will have to give him Fan Tong some face!
"Alright, stop trying to scare me with these meaningless lies. I'm not afraid of being scared." Fan Tong pulled the corner of his mouth impatiently. "Old Lady Chen took two hundred and fifty taels of silver from me. She promised to let her granddaughter accompany me for fun. Even if you go and sue me, I'm not afraid..."
Wu Baoan was suddenly speechless. After all, it was true that Old Lady Chen took the money. If Fan Tong really turned the tables on her, things would be really troublesome.
Chen Qingqing saw that Fan Tong was going to act like a rogue and could not just sit there and wait for death.
After all, Chen Ruolan has tried to harm him time and time again. Now if he doesn't let her jump into the fire pit of the Fan family, wouldn't it be unfair to her?
"Fan Tong, the Daning Dynasty is a place governed by law. How can you do whatever you want? Even if you gave Old Lady Chen some money as a betrothal gift, you've committed such a despicable act before you even got married. This is still considered a crime, and your offense is even more severe. If there's no reasonable solution to today's incident, our entire village will go to the county government and beat drums to protest. I don't believe there's no justice in this world."
Wu Baoan also spoke up, "Yes, the villagers of Nanshan Village will definitely file a joint appeal. I don't believe that the great judge won't give us justice."
"That's right, he came to our village and defiled our village girls, and he even dared to threaten us. We will report him to the government."
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