Chapter 157 County Magistrate Xie Yan
Zhang Mei disagreed: "You can hide for a while, but can you hide forever? You haven't done anything wrong, why should you hide? Let's not hide.
We'll see what happens then. You stay here peacefully. If they dare to take you away by force, I'll file a complaint with the county government. If the county government doesn't give me justice, I'll go to the prefectural capital. Anyway, I won't ignore you."
Li Shuangshuang wiped her tears with her sleeves, then knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude.
It was her unfilial nature that caused her parents to worry about her at such an old age.
If the Liu family attacks the Li family, she will burn their entire family to death. At worst, everyone will die together.
Two days later, seeing that Li Shuangshuang still hadn't returned, the Liu family went straight to find Ma Po's nephew from her natal family and went to Daohua Village together.
When the villagers of Daohua Village saw two men wearing yamen uniforms and carrying swords following the Liu family to Li Shuangshuang's house, they all surrounded them.
Li Wanyue's family also heard the news and hurried over.
When Li Shuangshuang's family saw that the Liu family had indeed come with the yamen runners, they were suddenly a little flustered.
Ma Pozi raised her head and said proudly, "His relative, let Shuangshuang go back with us quickly, otherwise you will have to go to the government office."
One of the yamen runners, Ma Chong, said angrily, "You are not letting the daughter-in-law go home. This is against the law, don't you know? Release her immediately, or I will put you all in jail."
The Li family members suddenly didn't know what to say.
The villagers could hardly even go to the county town many times in their lives, let alone deal with people from the government, so they were instinctively afraid.
They have never been to school and do not understand the law, so naturally they get scared when threatened.
Li Wanyue asked, "Sir, is there an official document for the law you mentioned? Can you show it to us?"
Ma Chong glanced at her with disdain: "What does this have to do with you? Get out of here."
"We are all from the same Li family, and we are all relatives. If you want to arrest someone, we don't know if it is against the law, so it's okay to ask a few questions."
Li Wanyue said, "Besides, it was the Liu family who abused Shuangshuang first and almost beat their daughter to death. Shuangshuang did nothing wrong, but they abused the legal wife for no reason and wanted to divorce her. Isn't this against the law? There is a cause for every effect. The Liu family abused her and that's why she didn't want to go back."
Ma Chong sneered: "What's wrong with a few beatings? I heard that Li was beating her because she talked back to her mother-in-law and was disobedient and unfilial. Such an unfilial person deserves to be beaten to death."
"They say both of them contradicted each other, but where is the evidence? The county magistrate has to judge the case based on the evidence."
"The entire Liu family saw it. They are the evidence." Ma Chong had a bad temper to begin with. When the villagers saw them, they all cowered in fear. No one had ever dared to talk to them like that.
He pointed at Li Wanyue and cursed: "What does it have to do with you? Get out of here, or I'll arrest you for interfering with my work."
After that, he pointed at Li Shuangshuang's family and said, "Hand him over quickly. Don't waste our time."
Li Wanyue pursed her lips, looked at the officer coldly, and thought of a solution quickly.
The Li family tried to stop them, but Li Shuangshuang couldn't bear to see her family in trouble, so she walked out.
"Don't make things difficult for my family. I'll go back with you."
Ma Pozi and Liu Zhaocai held their heads high with pride. No one could fight with them unless they had someone to back them.
Li Jia immediately stopped them: "Shuangshuang, you can't go back with them."
"Don't worry, Dad and Mom. I will take good care of myself and the child."
Li Shuangshuang smiled and thought: Then send their whole family to death.
When Mrs. Ma saw Li Shuangshuang, she thought that the mess at home these days was all caused by her.
He rolled up his sleeves and was about to go up and hit her, but before he got close, he was pushed aside by Zhao Suying.
"Ouch, my bracelet." Zhao Suying picked up the deformed bracelet and said, "You old woman, you stepped on my bracelet and broke it, pay me for it."
Ma staggered after being pushed and said angrily, "Why are you asking me to pay for a bracelet? Are you trying to extort money?"
Li Wanyue held the bracelet in front of her and said, "This bracelet was a gift from the eldest daughter of the Qin family to my mother. It was made by a great craftsman. You stepped on it and it became completely deformed. Who else should I ask for compensation if not you?"
Without waiting for Ma Pozi to refute, she continued, "Everyone in the village knows that our family has business dealings with the owner of Baiweilou and the Qin Mansion in the county. The young master and young lady of the Qin Mansion came to my house to discuss business a few days ago. This bracelet was given to me at that time. If you don't believe me, I can also ask the owner of the Qin Mansion to come over."
Ma Chong paused and looked at Li Wanyue with narrowed eyes.
The Li family actually knows the owners of Baiweilou and Qin Mansion. This will be difficult to handle.
The Qin Mansion and Baiweilou both have people in the county government office. He is just a small gatekeeper and is not good enough in front of those people.
Seeing Ma Chong's hesitant look, Li Wanyue knew that it was the right decision.
Seeing her nephew's expression, Mrs. Ma thought that he knew these two families.
Aren’t those two families easy to mess with?
She knew that the Li family was doing business, but she didn't expect that there was a backer behind them.
Seeing that her nephew was silent, Ma Pozi came forward and asked in a low voice: "Chong, what should we do?"
Ma Chong coughed lightly and said with a straight face: "My lady, it was not intentional. Your bracelet was not worn properly and it fell under her feet. It is your responsibility.
Besides, this is Li Shuangshuang's house. Why are you here to join in the fun? If you don't join in the fun, will the bracelet be stepped on? Even if there is compensation, it should be paid by Li Shuangshuang's family, and it has nothing to do with the Liu family.
We have things to do, so don't waste our time any longer, or you'll be obstructing our work and I'll have no choice but to put you in jail."
Li Wanyue looked at him. This man was really tough. Shuangshuang was a good person and she didn't want to see her and her child suffer when they returned.
If the matter really got to the government office, she could only go to Shen Yu and Qin Yunyi to see if they could help.
At this moment, a cold voice was heard from the crowd behind me.
"You two officers are so impressive."
Everyone turned around to look, and Li Wanyue also looked over, and saw Xie Yan in white clothes walking towards them from behind the crowd.
When Ma Chong and another yamen runner saw Xie Yan, their hearts instantly rose to their throats.
His legs softened and he knelt down: "I greet you, sir."
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Sir? What Sir?
Seeing the others standing there in a daze, Ma Chong hurriedly reminded them loudly, "This is the county magistrate of Anping County. Why don't you kneel down?"
Li Wanyue looked at him in disbelief.
Although she guessed that he was a descendant of an official and knew that he had connections in the county government, she did not guess that he was the county magistrate.
If he is the county magistrate, then the brother-in-law that Young Master Zhu mentioned is him?
Isn’t Young Master Zhu his brother-in-law?
And his beloved...
Does he know that his beloved family members are bullying others by taking advantage of their power?
Is it because he is ignorant, or is it because he is deliberately indulging his loved one?
I feel inexplicably blocked in my heart.
Just as everyone was about to kneel, Xie Yan raised his hand to stop them: "Everyone, I am not wearing an official uniform today, so you don't have to kneel."
But he didn't let the two people on the ground get up.
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