The leader, enduring the pain in his chest, coughed and said, "I'm telling you, my young master is the prefect's favorite son, so don't mess around."
The remaining three wiped the corners of their mouths, and their hands were stained with blood. They were all scared and their legs were shaking. They had always been the ones bullying others, but today was the first time they were beaten and bled. Coupled with the severe pain in their chests, they felt that their hearts would suffocate in the next second.
At this time, Fen Tao's father took out a hemp rope from the house, and Ye Feng lifted up the four people and tied them together back to back. No matter how the four people struggled, they could not escape from Ye Feng's control.
Jing Chen said, "Move away a little so as not to disturb the other villagers who are resting."
"Yes, Master!"
"Good! Well done!"
The aunt next door was lying on the wall with half of her head exposed, cheering happily.
Fen Tao's mother and father excitedly knelt down and kowtowed several times to Qibao and the others.
Su Chenyu pulled the two of them up, and Pink Peach Lady said, "Thank you so much, gentlemen and ladies, for saving the lives of our family of three. I don't know how to express my gratitude to you."
Su Chenyu said, "When I see injustice, I draw my sword to help. I just love to stand up for the weak."
Qibao was very observant and heard a few faint screams. He guessed that it was Ye Feng interrogating the four people. He must have been torturing them, otherwise they wouldn't have made such miserable sounds.
After a while, Ye Feng came back.
"Master, the four have already said that their young master is Feng Zheng. Miss Fen Tao was not sent to the Feng Mansion tonight. Feng Zheng was furious, so he sent the four of them to capture Miss Fen Tao. He also called a few of his friends and planned to..."
Without having to finish, you know what Ye Feng is going to say next.
"Calling him a beast is an insult to beasts. Feng Zheng is even worse than a beast." Su Chenyu said.
"I heard from them that after Feng Zheng's marriage proposal was rejected, he was extremely irritable when he returned from the Wen family and felt that he had lost face. In order to calm his son down, Prefect Feng found two beautiful girls from somewhere and sent them to Feng Zheng's room. The next day, the two girls were never seen again. I guess they are in great danger!" Ye Feng continued.
"What a great Magistrate Feng, what a great Feng family!" Su Chenyu gritted her teeth in anger.
Jing Chen said, "Lock up those four first. Tomorrow we'll go and beat the drums to protest our injustice. Aunt, you should go too. Make a big noise. I want to see how Magistrate Feng will conduct his trial. Have you written down all the evidence they say?"
Ye Feng said: "I've made note of it. I've already asked them to press their bloody fingerprints."
Pink Peach Lady said, "Sir, I am willing to testify. I believe you. There is a woodshed next to my kitchen. Why don't we lock those four bastards in there? The child's father and I will stay up all night and watch the door. We will definitely not let them escape."
Ye Feng said, "Aunt, just sleep peacefully. They can't escape. Even if they want to escape, you can stop them."
Fen Tao Niang hesitated, thinking that what the young master said was right. Those four men were stronger than her and the child's father. She was afraid that if they were not kept watch, she would get hurt.
So he said, "Okay, thank you for your help, sir. You've been busy until midnight helping our family, but we really don't have anything to treat you. I'm really sorry."
Su Chenyu said: "Aunt, this is just a small matter. The crisis is temporarily resolved. You can all go back to your room and rest!"
Pink Peach Lady nodded and said, "Okay, I have another room at home. If you don't mind, you can sleep in my house."
After several people decided, Jingchen and Su Chenyu would live in Fentao's house, Xu Wenwu and Wenyuan would live in their aunt's house next door, and Qibao would live in another room alone, so that it would not be so crowded.
The next day, Fen Tao Niang went to her aunt's house next door and prepared to invite Xu Wenwu, Wenyuan and Qibao to her house for breakfast, and also invited her aunt next door as well.
A big pot full of thick white rice porridge.
"Niang Fen Tao, where did your family get so much rice?" the aunt next door asked in surprise.
Pink Peach Lady smiled and said, "We only have some brown rice at home. I was afraid you wouldn't be used to it, so I got up before dawn and borrowed a handful from every household in the village. That's enough for this pot."
Su Chenyu said, "Aunt, this brown rice is also food. You can get used to it, and so can we. As long as it can fill our stomachs, it's fine. If you do this, you will have to return it to others later. It's not worth it."
Pink Peach Lady said, "It's worth it! Aren't the lives of my family of three worth this little bit of rice porridge? As long as I'm alive, I can pay it back bit by bit."
None of them said anything, they could only accept the kindness silently.
After breakfast, they pulled the four people who had been locked up overnight out of the woodshed. Ye Feng rode on a horse, holding the rope in his hand, and asked the four people to chase after the horse. They had been tortured to the point of being speechless, and there were faint traces of blood on their clothes. No one knew what kind of torture Ye Feng had used to make them look like this.
Fentao's father cannot speak and can only stay at home to take care of Fentao.
Qibao and Fen Tao Niang rode on the same horse.
It was Fen Tao Niang's first time riding a horse. She took a long time to climb up and had to be pulled up by Qibao. She didn't dare to move while sitting on the horse. She sat stiffly behind Qibao.
Several horses set off towards Xuanyang City at the same time, but their speed was not very fast, as they were afraid of dragging the four evidences behind them to death.
This scene attracted many villagers to watch.
Along the way, we met a few people who were on their way. When they saw this scene, they all gave way.
When they reached the gate of Xuanyang City, two guarding soldiers saw this scene and stopped the group, asking, "What are you doing?"
Su Chenyu said, "We were going to the government office to seek justice from Lord Feng. These four people broke into a commoner's home in the middle of the night and abducted a girl. The girl is still seriously injured and unconscious. Luckily, a few friends and I happened to be there and saved her. These four criminals should be handed over to Lord Feng for sentencing."
The soldier guarding the city gate looked at the four people who were already panting heavily. They saw that they were disheveled and had messy hair, and it was hard to tell what they looked like.
So he said, "I'll take you with me, but you'd better not lie to me."
Su Chenyu smiled faintly and said, "No problem."
So the soldier guarding the city gate left another soldier to continue guarding, and took seven or eight officers and soldiers with Su Chenyu and others to head towards the government office.
This scene naturally attracted the attention of many people. Some people were curious and followed the officials, pointing and talking. When they saw that they were going to the government office, they became more and more interested and followed them all the way to the gate of the government office.
"Auntie, beat the drum." Su Chenyu said.
"Hey!" Without saying a word, Pink Peach Mother walked to the big drum, picked up the drumstick and started beating it.
The gate of the government office took a long time to open. As soon as I entered, I saw a team of yamen runners standing on each side, holding mighty sticks and looking straight ahead.
Sitting at the top was a slightly plump man in his fifties or sixties, wearing a black gauze hat and a plaque with the words "Open and Honest" hanging above his head.
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