Cao Sanyin, standing in the crowd, saw that Su Muxi was about to gloss over the matter with a few words and leave the trouble to Magistrate Li and his group. So he stopped trying to hide himself and shouted, "The Su family is the head of the four great Shanxi merchants, and their wealth is comparable to that of a country! A mere 500,000 taels of silver is nothing to them!"
We can't let this go! If it weren't for the Su family, Fukang County wouldn't have suffered this calamity!
If Jia Ren had obediently married Miss Wei before waking up, he would never have poisoned the people of Fukang County!
If 250,000 taels of silver were divided equally among the people of Fukang County, you probably wouldn't even get two taels!
Think of your deceased loved ones, and think of your future lives!
We can't let Su Muxi leave so easily! Otherwise, once she leaves Fukang County, you won't get anything if you try to seek justice from her!
The conscience that Su Muxi had stirred in the people vanished instantly after hearing Cao San's words.
Everyone looks out for themselves!
They can't care about anything else now; they can only look after themselves first!
"That's right! Five hundred thousand taels is nothing to the Su family! If you can't meet all our demands, don't even think about leaving Fukang County!"
"What 500,000 taels?! It should only be half! The medicine and food she sent must have been allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief, and she probably embezzled some of it!"
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The people's expressions changed instantly, and their words became harsh. Su Muxi was not angry yet, but they became furious.
They almost got tricked by Su Muxi!
Five hundred thousand taels sounds like a lot, but in reality, Su Muxi only agreed to give out two hundred and fifty thousand taels.
If it's divided equally, they won't get much at all!
Su Muxi never expected that the person who was instigating the people behind the scenes was actually Cao San.
She spared Cao San time and again, but Cao San remained stubborn and blamed everything on the Su family.
That's truly incomprehensible!
You think she's easy to talk to, that she's easy to bully, and that you want to take it all out on her, right?!
The crowd was noisy. Seeing that Su Muxi remained silent, the people were afraid that Su Muxi would not give them the money, so they became agitated.
The crowd surged forward, pushing back the soldiers who had been blocking their way.
Seeing this, Su Muxi quickly gave Shao Jie a wink.
Shao Jie smiled helplessly; this was making him the bad guy!
Tang Yan nervously tugged at Su Muxi's sleeve, raised an eyebrow, and looked at the people in front of her with a cold glint in her eyes, mixed with a hint of murderous intent.
"I, the general, will see who dares to act recklessly here!"
As he spoke, he drew his sword with a "whoosh" and pointed it at the crowd.
"Jia Ren, the magistrate of Fukang County, has poisoned the people and falsely reported a plague, which is tantamount to rebellion. Anyone who causes trouble shall be considered an accomplice of Jia Ren and executed without exception!"
Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the Shuofeng Camp drew their steel swords, and their terrifying aura instantly silenced the previously agitated crowd.
Seeing this, Cao San was still unwilling to give up and hurriedly shouted, "Su Muxi! What do you mean by this?! Are you threatening us common people?! The Emperor sent a woman like you to resolve the matter in Fukang County, and all you do is have someone point a knife at the people and tell them to shut up!"
Looking at Cao San, who had lost a hand, Su Muxi asked coldly, "Cao San, who cut off your hand? Who killed your family? I know you want to say that all of this is related to the Su family."
Then let me ask you, without your knowledge, how many people did you feed with that poisoned water?
I'm afraid you've personally fed your family members, haven't you?
If that's the case, shouldn't those ordinary people and your family also hold you accountable?
Cao San roared excitedly, "I didn't know beforehand! If I had known, I would have killed Jia Ren with one blow!"
But then Su Muxi continued, "Could it be that the Su family knew all this in advance?! If they had known about Jia Ren and the Wei family's conspiracy beforehand, my grandfather would never have let my father come to Fukang County to risk his life!"
If I had known about Jia Ren and the Wei family's conspiracy beforehand, I would have made sure the matter reached the highest levels of government with just a letter!
You say it's all the Su family's fault? Well then I'll say it's all your fault!
As a yamen runner in Fukang County, you see Jia Ren every day, yet you not only fail to detect his conspiracy, but also aid and abet him!
If you had noticed something was wrong earlier and exposed Jia Ren's conspiracy, Fukang County wouldn't be in this state now, and so many people in Fukang County wouldn't have died in vain!
So it's all your fault!
Upon hearing this, Cao San swayed slightly. Seeing the crowd looking at him, he shook his head repeatedly, "I didn't! It has nothing to do with me! I'm just a lowly yamen runner, I can't control anything at all!"
But the Su family is different. The Su family is the head of the four great families of Jinzhou! They are incredibly wealthy, and Su Muxi is the Princess Consort of Yong'an. She has connections everywhere and must know everything!
Su Muxi sneered inwardly. Even at this point, they were still blaming everything on the Su family.
This Cao San is hopeless!
"If the Su family had connections everywhere, they would have eliminated Jia Ren long ago and wouldn't have given him the chance to frame them! The Su family was willing to spend 500,000 taels of silver for the people of Fukang County, but what about you? What have you done for the people?!"
All you do is incite the people and make them do things that resemble treason!
General Shao and I have no connection whatsoever. He only came to quell the rebellion after hearing about the incident in Fukang County!
You merely pointed at Jia Ren, and Jia Ren's men chopped off your hand. Do you know what would happen to the people if you incited them to riot?!
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