Chapter 687 Yao Bo
Lu Erbai also noticed that Yao the carpenter was gone. He hurriedly turned to the young man and asked, "Yao Bo, what happened? Where's your father?"
"My father has been detained by the authorities."
Lu Erbai's eyes widened, and even Shu Yu was taken aback for a moment.
She was detained by the authorities? But the guard just told her that they had driven her away.
Yao Bo gave a wry smile. "Uncle Lu knows that my father wanted to see the governor. This morning, I accompanied my father to the outside of the yamen to ask to see the governor, but the guards at the gate wouldn't let us in and drove us away. Not long after we went out, the constables from the yamen suddenly rushed over and grabbed us."
Why did they arrest you?
“They said something happened at the county government office, and anyone suspicious should be arrested. My father has been staking out outside the office for so long, he must have some ulterior motive, he wants to harm the governor, and he wants to arrest us and interrogate us,” Yao Bo said indignantly. “We know those constables, how are we suspicious? They’re just making up an excuse to curry favor with the governor.”
Shu Yu asked curiously, "Taking credit? What credit?"
“The constable who arrested me lived not far from here. His wife and my wife had a good relationship, so he took advantage of the chaos to release me. The other constables didn’t chase after me. After I got away, the constable came back under some pretext.”
"He told me that the county magistrate was in trouble, and so were the people who followed him. After the magistrate was taken away, many positions would become vacant, and these officials who were usually on the fringes might be promoted. So they're all scrambling around trying to make more contributions. They don't let any suspicious person go, taking them back for questioning first, and releasing them only after confirming they're innocent. Not just my dad, but since yesterday afternoon, they've arrested a lot of people, even that local tyrant, Boss He, was arrested."
Shu Yu, “…” Hmm, what should I say?
Mrs. Yao finally stopped crying. She wiped away her tears and said, "My husband Yao has always been honest and law-abiding. He'll definitely be released. I'm just worried that he'll suffer in there. The way those constables interrogate prisoners is anything but gentle."
What's more, their old Yao was originally a prisoner who had been exiled here.
The things that the Yao family was worried about were also the things that Lu Erbai was worried about.
Seeing his helpless expression, Shu Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at Yao Bo, asking, "Brother Yao, does Uncle Yao want to see Mr. Qi because he has something to hand over to him?"
Yao Bo was taken aback, glanced at her hesitantly, and did not answer.
Lu Erbai hurriedly said, "This is my second daughter, Yao Bo. My Ayu is very reliable and trustworthy. You can just talk to Ayu about anything."
Yao Bo's eyelids twitched. Did he not trust Shu Yu? He didn't even trust Lu Erbai, okay?
Shu Yu almost laughed at her father's words. She coughed lightly to calm the anxious Lu Erbai down and said to Yao Bo, "I can see Mr. Qi. I have Mr. Qi's token. I can not only rescue your father, but also take him to meet people. But I need to know what you have, right? Otherwise, if I rashly introduce you, you won't be able to produce anything, and I might be the one who suffers in the end."
(End of this chapter)
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