Chapter 162 Pretending to be a Bandit
When Mr. Huang heard the title of county magistrate, sweat broke out on his forehead.
"I wonder how Miss Song is going to compensate?"
Song Yuntang's mind raced, "My second brother works for me, and his wages are one hundred coins a day, three taels a month, so one hundred days is exactly ten taels. Medicine and supplements are never cheap, so I'll take ten taels. Shouldn't he eat better after being injured? One hundred days is barely five taels of silver, plus another five taels of silver for mental damage, a total of thirty taels. Mr. Huang, give me the silver today, and our account for today will be settled."
Mr. Huang had a gloomy face and asked someone to give her thirty taels of silver and then sent the two of them out of the house.
"Someone, go inform Song Zhimei that she has to pay back thirty taels more silver to my Huang Mansion!"
"yes."
Still feeling unsatisfied, he added, "It is far from reasonable to give away the money of our Huang family so easily. Xu Qingye informed the county magistrate before he came. But if they were robbed or beaten on the way, what would it have to do with our Huang family?"
Thinking of this, he suddenly laughed.
"Have a few people disguise themselves as bandits from Funiu Village and take back the thirty taels of silver that the Song family girl took from me. And teach them a lesson while you're at it!"
"yes."
After giving the order, Mr. Huang twisted his back.
"That's weird, why is my body suddenly so itchy?"
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After Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye walked about eight or nine miles, Xu Qingye suddenly took her hand.
Looking at his tense expression, Song Yuntang asked, "What's wrong?"
"We seem to be followed." Xu Qingye said without turning his head.
Song Yuntang then walked while paying attention to the movements behind her. She expected that Mr. Huang would not let them take the silver easily, but she did not expect that he would act so quickly.
"I have a way." Song Yuntang leaned close to Xu Qingye's ear and whispered a few words, then handed him a packet of medicine powder. "When someone gets close to you, throw it out and make sure the medicine gets to them."
Xu Qingye held the medicine bag in his palm and said, "Okay."
"And this." Song Yuntang took out another pill from his sleeve and stuffed it into his mouth. "To prevent yourself from getting hurt, swallow this antidote first."
The girl's soft fingertips gently slid across her lips and left immediately.
Xu Qingye looked at her blankly as if he had been electrocuted.
Song Yuntang seemed to have just realized that his actions just now were not in accordance with the rules, "I'm sorry, I didn't think so much just now..."
Xu Qingye raised the corners of his lips slightly.
"fine."
The two continued walking forward as if nothing had happened, and when they came to a dense forest with no one around, they saw eight people surrounding them from eight directions.
Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye looked at each other, and when they saw someone approaching, they hurriedly threw the medicine powder in their hands in all directions.
The powder was very effective, and immediately six people fell in front of the two men.
The remaining two people escaped the disaster because they were slower and were not contaminated by the powder. However, when they saw that Song Yuntang had something in his hand, they did not dare to get too close.
"Are you from the Huang family?" Song Yuntang asked.
The two looked at each other and said boldly, "Do we look like the Huang family? Hurry up and hand over the thirty taels of silver you have on you, or don't blame us in Funiu Village for being rude to you!"
A playful smile appeared on Song Yuntang's lips.
"How do you know I have thirty taels of silver?"
The man's eyes were evasive.
"I...I just guessed."
Song Yuntang knew it well and didn't want to say too much to the two of them. He took out another powder bag and was about to sprinkle it out. Seeing this, the two of them turned around and ran away in fear.
"You have the guts to pretend to be a bandit, but you don't have the courage of a bandit." She stuffed the powder back into her sleeve and looked at Xu Qingye, "What should we do with these people?"
"The matter of mountain bandits is very serious. I will stay here and you can go back to the town and ask the people from the government to come."
Song Yuntang was stunned, "But they are not..."
"Will the truth be revealed when we get in front of Lord Zhu? Don't worry, they are just being instructed by someone, Lord Zhu will make the decision."
Song Yuntang nodded, dragged these people under a big tree and tied them up. He also gave Xu Qingye some medicine packs for self-defense, and then quickly went to the town.
When passing the road leading to the village, Song Yuntang suddenly caught a glimpse of a few people dressed like yamen runners wandering around the village.
She hurriedly ran towards the direction of Zhuangzi, and when she got closer, she saw that it was a familiar face.
"Sir, there are bandits."
Hearing the sound, Song Jinsheng covered his arm, grimaced, and quickly walked out of the yard.
"Tang'er, you're back. These officials have been waiting for you for a while."
The men clasped their fists towards Song Yuntang and said, "Miss Song, Lord Zhu asked us to deliver fifty stone of grain to you. We didn't see you before and were afraid that we might have delivered it to the wrong place. Now that Miss Song is here, we'll give the grain to you."
The leader said this, pointing to three carriages full of grain nearby.
Song Yuntang said hurriedly, "I know about the food, sir. I just came back from Shili Village and encountered bandits on the way. Fortunately, I brought some self-defense equipment. Now I have knocked out six of the eight bandits. Please arrest those bandits and bring them to the government office for interrogation to prevent them from causing harm to the people nearby."
The yamen runners looked at each other, hurriedly unloaded the grain from a horse-drawn carriage and piled it at the door, then picked up the iron ruler standing in the corner and got on the carriage.
"Girl, come up and help us show the way. The carriage will go faster."
"Okay." Song Yuntang climbed onto the carriage swiftly and looked back at Song Jinsheng. "Second brother, ask Uncle Qiao and the others to unload the grain from the carriages and put it in the house. And feed some fodder and water to the horses of the officials."
"good."
The carriage was moving very fast and soon arrived at the place where the people were knocked unconscious.
After several yamen runners tied up the unconscious "bandits" and threw them into the carriage, there were no extra seats on the carriage, so everyone had to drive the carriage back to the farm together.
Fortunately, it’s not far and we’ll be there in fifteen minutes.
The horses in the other two carriages had also been fed and watered. The yamen runners thanked Song Yuntang, harnessed the carriages and prepared to leave.
Song Yuntang quickly grabbed three coins and stuffed them into the leading yamen runner's pocket, smiling and saying, "Thank you for your hard work, officials. Buy some wine and snacks for us on the way."
"Thank you, Miss Song. Goodbye." After saying this, the bailiff happily drove away in the carriage.
Song Yuntang first went to look at the fifty dan of grain stacked in Song Jinsheng's room and said, "Brother, will the grain here disturb your sleep?"
Song Jinsheng hurriedly shook his head.
"No, I can see so much food every day when I open my eyes. I am so happy."
Song Yuntang took out a purse and handed it to Song Jinsheng, "This is the money I got from Mr. Huang for your medicine. Take it, second brother."
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