Chapter 425: Confusion of right and wrong
“What are you doing? Don’t you know that the man is our county magistrate Hu Chong? Since you were so brazen and presumptuous in front of him, it’s no wonder that you suffered such a beating today.”
While teaching Liu the Lame Man in front of him, Village Chief Wang knelt on the ground and pleaded with Hu Chong in front of him, saying, "Master Hu, please forgive him. We are really desperate, so we come here to beg for mercy."
When Liu Quezi heard Village Chief Wang pleading for him, he also cried out in pain, "Sir, I was wrong, please forgive me. I have no other choice. I am the only one in my family. I have an old mother to support, a wife and children to take care of. I really can't afford to lose another leg. Sir, please have mercy on us. Both of our lands have been damaged by insects. We are really desperate, so we asked Xu Miaomiao for help. But who knew that Madam Xu was so cruel and unwilling to help us manage the land. Please, Magistrate Hu, please forgive me. I really won't dare to do it again."
As Liu Guizi cried, his voice became hoarse, which made people frown.
But Hu Chong didn't care how much pain he was in, but kept thinking about what he had just said.
Seeing Hu Chong suddenly appear, Gu Yuanniang was a little worried and pulled Xu Miaomiao aside to whisper.
Xu Miaomiao then told me the whole story.
In fact, she was originally in the department store. Seeing that nothing happened in the department store, she was worried so she planned to come back to take a look. But when she just came back, she happened to run into Hu Chong's sedan chair. Xu Miaomiao thought of stepping aside and saluting, hoping that Hu Chong would not see her. But this man came straight towards her as if he had eyes on his head.
He said he wanted to visit Xu Miaomiao's house and have lunch. It happened that his family didn't cook today, and since they were neighbors, it wouldn't be too much for him to go to his house for a meal.
So, Hu Chong was brought back, but who would have thought that he would discover this scene as soon as he arrived in the yard. Liu Guizi suddenly rushed up with his head on his head, knocked Hu Chong to the ground, and offended Hu Chong. After finding out the whole story, Hu Chong squinted his eyes, pinched his beard on his chin, and then looked at Xu Miao.
He said, "Madam Xu, this is your fault. Although you were mistaken for a disaster and were driven out, this is still the village that raised you. Now that you have the ability to govern the land, how can you not help the people in your fellow villagers?"
Xu Miaomiao frowned. She never expected that Hu Chong would meet Liu Guizi today. However, Hu Chong has always been a selfish person. As long as he can live well, he doesn't care whether others are doing well or not. Why did he suddenly care about other people's affairs today?
Xu Miaomiao was a little puzzled, but still bowed to Hu Chong and said, "To reply to Magistrate Hu, it's not that I don't want to take care of it, but I have already visited the village. I was really driven out by them. What does that piece of land have to do with me? I have a lot of things to do at home. I need to take care of the children and the business outside. I really can't spare the energy."
"Besides." Xu Miaomiao straightened her body and glanced at Liu Quezi outside, then turned her eyes away, not wanting to look at him again, and said, "When we were driven out, Liu Niang lost her child, and we suffered so much. But now he is threatening me, and even destroying my home like this, and wants me to go back and manage the land with him. I am unwilling to do so."
"If he had talked to me nicely, I would have discussed it, but Magistrate Hu, you have seen how my house was destroyed by him. I don't think anyone would agree to it."
Hu Chong subconsciously looked around, and sure enough, all the gold, silver and porcelain that had been arranged were broken into pieces and fell to the ground. Gu Yuanniang only came here to settle the accounts, and had not had time to clean up the hall, so it became like this when Hu Chong came. Hu Chong clicked his tongue twice.
He ignored Xu Miaomiao and instead looked at Liu Quezi outside with sympathy: "Although he offended me today, I am also a kind person and do not want to take his life. Okay, stop fighting."
As soon as Hu Chong finished speaking, the two young men at the door stopped.
Liu Quezi was hit four or five times and was gritting his teeth in pain, but he still did not lose his strength and slowly stood up, knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing to the people in the hall: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."
After Hu Chong finished speaking, he gently stood up. Seeing this, Village Chief Wang, who was standing nearby, immediately helped Liu Quezi to the side, glared at him, and signaled him to talk less and not speak. However, Hu Chong did not take it seriously. He took a step forward, immediately knelt down in front of Hu Chong, and spoke.
"County Magistrate Hu, please help me. The two plots of land in our family were originally mined by Madam Xu and us, but now the land is in trouble. There are so many insects surrounding it. We have all put in a year's hard work, but now Madam Xu wants to walk away. There are not so many things in the world. We agreed to share the good and the bad. Madam Xu can't just walk away like this after sharing the benefits with us. How are we going to live this year?"
When Gu Yuanniang heard what Liu Guizi said, she wanted to tear him into eight hundred pieces. She had never seen such a shameless person. At that time, he drove them out just to covet their land, but now the land was in trouble and he wanted to ask them to restore the land. He even put all the blame on them, saying that they were greedy for profit and wanted to abandon the people in those villages. Gu Yuanniang really could not tolerate such a person who was so dishonest.
Xu Miaomiao was naturally angry in her heart, but she still looked calm on the surface. Hu Chong had intended to target Xu Miaomiao, but after hearing what Liu Quezi said, he felt a little distressed. He looked at Liu Quezi, then turned his eyes to Xu Miaomiao and said, "Madam Xu, no matter what, you are from a wealthy family, and your husband is an official in Bai County. Since you are the parent official of a place, you must be responsible for the people of that place. Now the land of your Wangjia Village is in trouble, and the honest people in your entire village are all waiting for the two pieces of land to eat. You can't just pat your butt and leave. What are the men, women and children in that village going to do?"
The more Hu Chong spoke, the more pitiful he became, portraying Xu Miaomiao as a dishonest and ungrateful person.
(End of this chapter)
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