Even a dog knows to wag its tail at you, but keeping this one will only bring trouble to the villagers. You shouldn't have been soft-hearted in the first place.
Chief Huang truly regretted it; he should have been even more ruthless.
"The law?" Lai Zi laughed. "You've already tried to extort money from the officials, and you still keep talking about the law? Are you ignorant or just stupid?"
If he didn't have his head, he would have cursed: "Damn it, you're an idiot!"
I've never seen anyone so stupid. Their methods are so obvious and full of loopholes, and they don't even have a shred of self-awareness. They really need to be taught a lesson!
He didn't intend to hold a grudge about the past, but he insisted on coming to my door. So he shouldn't blame me for settling a personal score.
"Extorting officials?" Chief Huang exclaimed in surprise. "You're lying, I didn't."
He didn't know what the crime was, but obstructing officials from carrying out their duties would get him a beating, and this was definitely more serious.
Thinking of this, Chief Huang glanced anxiously at the village, hoping his clansmen would arrive soon.
With a large and powerful force, he will have someone to rely on.
No matter what, I absolutely cannot be taken away.
"You say there's no such thing as no such thing?" Lai Zi sneered. "First, you ordered people to pounce on us, and then you accuse us of abducting innocent women. Isn't that extortion?"
"You're talking nonsense. It's obvious that you kidnapped people without distinguishing right from wrong. We ordinary people have nowhere to speak out even if we're in the right."
Chief Huang looked furious, as if he were a pitiful little thing who had been bullied.
"Why bother talking so much to such a shameless old man?" Pan Lan urged impatiently. "We've already wasted a lot of time. Let's hurry back to the yamen and get him in first."
Once we're on their turf, we can deal with them however we want.
Talking about this will only waste time and won't get you anywhere.
"I'm afraid it will take a while longer," Lai Zi said innocently, spreading his hands. "People from the village have arrived."
Moreover, quite a few.
As soon as the eldest son of the Huang family entered the village, he complained that the officials were bullying people and had arrested his younger sister and his third brother's wife.
When the villagers heard this, they thought, "They're bullying people and they don't want to take responsibility. This is outrageous! Since they're in the right, they're not afraid of anything!"
We must seek justice; otherwise, people will think that the people of Huangjiakou are easy to bully.
Immediately, the entire village assembled. Men, women, and children picked up shovels, hoes, and other farm tools and came over in an organized and disciplined manner.
When the news reached them, Jiang Nuan was chatting with Xie Shi at the village chief's house because her two sons hadn't returned.
Upon hearing this, he immediately sensed something was amiss. "Father, Mother, elder brother, these officials were hired by Lai Zi to keep order. They wouldn't do something so unruly on a day like this."
“I think so too,” Village Chief Huang said after a moment of thought. “Those who can become clerks are all used to the ways of the world and look down on us country folk, let alone young girls who haven’t even grown up yet and other people’s wives.”
"Let's wait and see," Old Man Huang tapped the table. "I have a feeling that Huang Shicheng is up to his old tricks again."
Old Man Huang wasn't unaware of the clan chief's recent underhanded tactics, but he thought they were harmless and let them be, since they wouldn't cause any trouble anyway.
Upon hearing this, my immediate thought was that Chief Huang was up to his old tricks again.
At the village entrance, seeing the large group of villagers, the two Huang brothers nervously got out of the car.
"Fifth Master," Huang Xiaosan began, "what are you doing? Why are you armed? Who are you going to settle scores with?"
“Young Huang Lin,” Uncle Huang Wu nodded, then asked, “Step aside, let this old man have a good talk with the officers.”
“Fifth Master,” Huang Xiaosan did not step aside, “the way you look like you’re looking for someone to settle accounts with is too frightening, I dare not let you pass.”
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