Chapter 875 Fan Zhong's Nervousness
Lu Sanzhu was also very satisfied, as his son had inherited his cleverness and knew that if he got along well with the second wife, he would get to eat meat.
"Come on, come on, let's go inside." Lu Erbai opened the courtyard gate.
Just as the group was about to go inside, they saw another group of people coming from another direction.
Leading the way were Lu Dasong and Fan Zhong. Upon seeing that it was indeed the old lady and Ayu, Lu Dasong quickly stepped forward, "Mother, second brother, is it really you? You've really come back?"
Fan Zhong lagged behind. He glanced around and saw not only the second branch of the Lu family, but also the county magistrate.
Fan Zhong's legs felt weak. Why was the county magistrate here too?
At this moment, besides the village elders, a large group of villagers who wanted to see the excitement followed behind.
They didn't recognize the county magistrate, but Hu Li, who was standing next to Xiang Weinan, had been to Shangshi Village before. Someone immediately recognized him and whispered, "The officials are here too. Could it be that they heard the news and came to arrest people?"
"Are you stupid? If they really wanted to arrest someone, would they just stand there and not move?"
"Did this official come with the Lu family?"
“I understand. After all, Lu's second daughter is a prisoner. She may have something very important to do back in the village, so there needs to be an official to watch over her. I think Lu's second daughter is just coming back for a short time, and she will go back to the southwest afterward.”
Upon hearing this, everyone surprisingly felt that what the man said made some sense.
At present, this answer seems to better reflect the current situation.
Fan Zhong also overheard this, his expression shifting rapidly as he pondered the matter in his mind.
He hoped that was the reason, at least to prove that Lu's second daughter hadn't secretly escaped back from the southwest, that she wasn't a fugitive, and that she wouldn't implicate Shangshi Village.
His steps were slow, but even so, he had already reached them.
Fan Zhong was the first to respectfully bow to Xiang Weinan. "This humble citizen, Fan Zhong, the village chief of Shangshi Village, greets Your Excellency the County Magistrate. I was unaware of Your Excellency's arrival and have failed to greet you properly. Please forgive me, Your Excellency."
Upon hearing the identity of the man behind him, the villagers immediately became nervous and quickly imitated Fan Zhong's manner of bowing.
He waved his hand at Wei Nan, "No need for formalities."
Seeing the hint of joy on his face, Fan Zhong thought, "So, he must have come here because he has some bad news?"
He wanted to find out Xiang Weinan's purpose, but he really didn't know how to bring it up.
Fortunately, Lu Erbai came over. "The village chief is here? Don't stand here for a moment, come in and rest your feet. Please come in, sir."
Shu Yu and the others had already entered the house first, as it had been uninhabited for some time. However, during the Lunar New Year, the eldest and third branches of the family had come to help clean it, so the house was quite dusty, and they could only sit in the courtyard for the time being.
Ruan took a clean cloth from the mule cart, wiped a few benches and placed them in the yard, inviting Xiang Weinan, the village chief and others to sit and chat.
The village chief frowned upon seeing this. Wasn't this too unfair to the magistrate? The problem was that the Lu family had nothing right now, and they wouldn't even offer the magistrate a cup of tea. Wasn't that inappropriate?
But since Master Xiang didn't seem to mind, he didn't say anything.
Lu Erbai greeted them, and Lu Dasong took the opportunity to pull Da Niu aside to ask what happened, "What exactly happened? How did A Yu and the others get back? Did nothing happen?"
Da Niu laughed and said, "Dad, don't worry, it's good that A Yu is back. You'll see soon enough."
As they were talking, a commotion arose outside.
(End of this chapter)
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