Chapter 73: Relief
Jian Yunyin excitedly opened the curtain of the carriage and jumped out of it without caring about anything else.
"benefactor!"
Jian Yunyin's eyes turned red and she excitedly grabbed Jiang Zhiluo's hand.
Jiang Zhiluo was still arguing with the waiter and didn't pay attention to the movement around her. Suddenly, someone held her hand and she instinctively wanted to take action.
But in the next instant he saw Jian Yunyin.
Jiang Zhiluo was stunned for a moment.
Jian Yunyin looked at Jiang Zhiluo's expression and said anxiously, "Benefactor, I am Jian Yunyin, the magistrate's daughter. You saved me in Donghe Village before."
"Don't you recognize me?"
Jiang Zhiluo suddenly remembered it. Could she say that she almost forgot it?
"You were dressed differently then than you are now, so I didn't recognize you at first."
At that time, Jian Yunyin was in a very miserable state, soaked in water, and her appearance was completely unrecognizable.
At this time, she was wearing a pastel-colored dress, giving off a fresh feeling like a beautiful girl next door.
Jian Yunyin finally breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that her benefactor would disown her.
"My brother..."
Jian Yunyin originally wanted to say that something happened at home, and as soon as she got home, her parents took her to the provincial government.
She just came back too.
But we are on the street here, so some things are not convenient to say.
"I just came back from the provincial government, and I was thinking of going to Donghe Village to look for you, my benefactor. I didn't expect to meet you here."
"Is my benefactor in any trouble?"
Jian Yunyin frowned as she looked at the waiter who had been so arrogant just now.
She was so excited to see her benefactor that she didn't realize what was happening.
The waiter who had been so arrogant just now was frightened the moment he heard Jian Yunyin say her own name.
This... this is the county magistrate's daughter. Isn't she married? Why is she here?
The most important thing is, didn’t the county magistrate and his family go to the provincial government?
In this entire county, the county magistrate is the real local emperor, and he has the final say in everything.
Although his Song family was powerful, they were just merchants. Among the four classes of people, scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants had a low status and dared not fight against officials.
Not to mention the county magistrate.
Besides, he was just a illegitimate son of the Song family.
The waiter instantly became intimidated and didn't dare to say a word.
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Nothing, it's just that this guy said he has connections with the county magistrate and threatened me."
"I was just buying noodles from the old lady at the door, not in his shop."
"I've never heard of a business on the street where the Song family would take advantage of their power to bully others and get involved."
Jiang Zhiluo is never polite to those who bully others by taking advantage of their power.
Just now, she almost grabbed the man's head and dragged him into the alley to give him a good beating. If he didn't obey once, she would beat him twice.
If this wasn't on the street, she would definitely not waste time if she could take action.
When Jian Yunyin heard this, she was instantly furious. She scolded, "Your Song family is so powerful! How come I don't know that your Song family is also controlling the business of people on the streets of our county?"
"You're still lying and slandering me for using my father to oppress the people. Someone, come here!"
"Miss!"
The bailiff beside the carriage hurried forward.
Jian Yunyin pointed and said, "Take this man to the county government office and interrogate him thoroughly. I wonder who gave him the courage to act like this..."
"He dared to lie and use my father to oppress the people, and even dared to disregard our county's laws and regulations, and even wanted to threaten the business people on the street. Why is he not going to heaven..."
"It would be best to interrogate the Song family to see if they have committed any crimes."
When Jian Yunyin was angry, she also felt oppressive.
The waiter was completely shocked.
"No, I didn't, I really didn't, Miss, please spare me, please spare me..."
The waiter, the second young master Song, suddenly knelt on the ground.
His grandmother didn't like him in the first place, as he was born out of wedlock. However, his father doted on him and his mother also doted on him, so he was able to get a job working in the grain store.
His father privately promised that if he did a good job, he would hand over the store to him.
I never thought it would turn out like this.
How could this man, dressed so shabbily, know the county magistrate's daughter and be called benefactor by her and protected so much?
He has hit a wall.
"Have mercy, young lady, have mercy."
If his grandmother knew that he was causing trouble for the family, she would not know how to discipline his mother.
Even if it was him, his father wouldn't dare to show partiality to him openly.
If anything happens to the Song family because of this incident, he might even be kicked out of the Song family.
The second young master Song also knew to beg for mercy from Jiang Zhiluo at the critical moment.
Jiang Zhiluo said coldly, "When you threatened and bullied this old lady, you probably didn't even consider that the ten or so coins squeezed out of a pound of flour could very well be the livelihood of her family."
"Even if you lower the price and refuse to buy, if you threaten to interfere with others, that's no different from murder."
Although the old lady didn't say anything, her clothes and anxious expression were enough to show that she had encountered some urgent matter.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t be selling so many noodles at this time.
Normally, wheat flour is ground in autumn and sold at that time.
The old lady couldn't control her emotions and tears fell when she heard what the girl said.
Her son went out to work for someone and fell from the roof and injured himself. He needs to see a doctor to recuperate. These are all medicinal herbs.
They just found a wife for their grandson a few months ago, spending all their family savings on her, but now the grandson's wife has run away.
Their family really couldn't come up with any money, so she could only grind the little wheat stored at home into flour and sell it to earn some money to help her son get better.
No matter how wronged or hard it was, the old lady never shed a tear. Now, hearing the words of this young lady protecting her, she felt her nose sore and couldn't help but shed tears.
This young lady is really a good person.
When Jian Yunyin saw the old lady's look, she felt bad and hated the Song family even more.
He was quickly taken away by the yamen runners.
The people watching around cheered when they saw this scene.
“It’s so satisfying.”
"That's right. The people from the Song Family Grain Store have bullied people more than once or twice before."
"This young lady is really great."
"Our county magistrate's daughter is also a righteous person."
"Our County Magistrate Jian is already very good. He personally led people to build dams and encourage the reclamation of wasteland..."
"I heard that the county magistrate encountered difficulties. The county magistrate's son's hand was broken, so he can't take the imperial examination."
"The county magistrate's wife sold her shop and took Master Jian to the provincial government..."
Jiang Zhiluo has good hearing and listened for a while.
I thought to myself, no wonder the village head and his family sent Jian Yunyin to the county government office. They said that the county magistrate's family seemed to have encountered an emergency at that time and had invited several doctors. They didn't take care of them for a while and just said they would thank them later.
So it was because of Master Jian’s broken hand?
Jian Yunyin's face turned pale as she listened to people around her discussing their family matters.
Unexpectedly, everyone in the town knew what happened in their family.
Her elder brother is so good, but...
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