Chapter 198: Is there a connection between the Lu family and Lord Xiang?
To everyone's surprise, the two officers waved their hands and said, "No, Mr. Lu, you can go ahead and take care of your business. We still have things to do here, right? Let's take care of this first."
As they spoke, their gazes fell on the man sitting on the ground.
The waiter was utterly shocked. He started sweating profusely as soon as he heard that the two officials were there to deliver a congratulatory gift to the Lu family.
Now, meeting the questioning gazes of the two, his whole body trembled.
But the soldier at the front asked him, "Where were we? Tell me in detail what happened."
The man dared not speak further, and could only shake his head frantically, his mouth trembling, "I, I, I don't know..."
"You don't know?" The soldier's voice rose instantly, and his expression turned hostile. "You have an unconscious person lying in your arms, and now you're telling me you don't know what happened?"
The shopkeeper was on the verge of tears and could only look at Lu Dongjia, who was still pretending to be unconscious.
Lu Dongjia's forehead was also covered in sweat, and he too became restless.
In the past, it was fine. The Lü family had been deeply rooted in this county for many years and had naturally built good relationships with the local officials. They were even on friendly terms with the constables in the county government.
Otherwise, their clothing store wouldn't be the only dominant player in Jiangyuan County.
But the original magistrate had already been arrested, and the constables who had committed the crime were also imprisoned. The remaining yamen runners didn't dare to show their faces at all.
Lu Dongjia didn't recognize the newly arrived Lord Xiang at all, let alone the two soldiers standing in front of him who were brought by Lord Xiang.
Why? Why are they connected to the Lu family?
Lu Dongjia closed his eyes, his mind racing with ideas.
After a while, he stirred slightly, struggled to sit up, and slowly opened his eyes, looking completely bewildered. "What happened to me? What's wrong with me? Did I faint?"
Shu Yu, “…” Your acting is a bit cringeworthy.
The waiter exclaimed even more dramatically, "Boss, boss, you've finally woken up! You scared me to death!"
Lu Dongjia rubbed his temples and was helped to his feet by his shop assistant.
The two soldiers looked at him with a half-smile. "Now that you're awake, tell us what happened."
Lu Dongjia frowned, looking very uncomfortable, and said, "I just remember walking too fast. It's probably because of the hot weather that I got heatstroke. It's nothing, I'll just go back and lie down for a while."
"Yeah?"
"Of course not!" someone in the crowd quickly shouted.
There's never a shortage of people in this world who enjoy watching others' misfortunes. Before, when the Lu family was powerful, they kept criticizing the Lu family, who had no background, saying they accepted gifts and even angered the Lu family to the point of fainting. Now that they know the Lu family is on good terms with the new magistrate, they can immediately change their tune and push all the blame onto the Lu family.
Soon, someone claimed that Lu Dongjia had come to congratulate the Lu family on their opening, but in reality, he deliberately stood at the door and criticized the Lu family's shop as worthless in front of everyone.
He was then refuted by the Lu family. Unable to argue with the young girl, he immediately pretended to be dead and fainted, explaining the whole story of how he ruined the reputation of the Lu family and the young girl.
It practically portrayed Lu Dongjia as an utterly wicked person.
Lu Dongjia was furious and opened his mouth to retort, but the onlookers didn't give him a chance at all.
(End of this chapter)
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