Chapter 120 Impersonation
Chai shouted angrily and stretched out his hand to push Xun Yuanbo in front of him aside.
The yamen runners rushed towards Jiang Mixia and all the people from Jiangjia Village present with chains.
This time it was the yamen runners who were arresting people, not the outsiders causing trouble like yesterday. The villagers were somewhat frightened and forgot to even run away, let alone resist.
Jiang Zhengxin frowned, picked up the wooden stick used to build a makeshift scaffold, and swung it at the nearest runner, "Get out of my way!"
The yamen runner took two steps back in pain, looking at Jiang Zhengxin with red eyes, "Are you planning a rebellion?"
"You are a rebellion!" Jiang Zhengxin cursed, "This government office should arrest people for no reason? Is there any law in this world?"
"Does the government need to enforce the law when arresting people?" Chai Fa shouted.
"Why not!" Jiang Mixia said, "When the government does things, it is most important to follow the law. Speaking of which, I remember that our county magistrate is the most fair and strict, and the entire county is governed by law. You can even say that the government does not want the law..."
"Could it be that you are not from the government office, but are pretending to be here?"
Just now these people said that Xun Yuanbo was pretending to be the Heavenly Master, so now it is not wrong to say that these people are pretending to be people from the government office!
When the yamen runners and Chai Fa heard this, they were all stunned.
He has been rampant outside for many years, facing people who beg for mercy, act arrogantly, resist, and make unreasonable demands...
But this is the first time I say they are fake! "Nonsense!" Chai Fa defended.
But Jiang Mixia's words gave Jiang Zhengxin a new idea.
Jiang Zhengxin held the stick in his hand and shouted, "Well, where did you come from, you ruffians, trying to occupy our Jiangjia Village's property and bully our Jiangjia Village people? You even pretended to be a government official. Aren't you afraid of being beheaded?"
When the villagers of Jiangjia Village heard what their head of the family said, they remembered the faces of Chai Fa and others who wanted to occupy the porcelain kiln yesterday, and thought about the arrogant and domineering appearance of these people today, and they were immediately filled with indignation.
The timidity I had just felt was completely gone, and now I was filled with anger and rage.
So they started picking up weapons and beating people up.
Because I am even angrier now, I was more ruthless today than yesterday.
Chai Fa and the yamen runners were beaten again and cried for their fathers. They ran away with their heads in their hands, trying to quickly escape from this dangerous place, Jiangjia Village.
But this time, Jiang Zhengxin did not give them a chance to escape. Instead, he tied them up tightly, turning them into big dumplings, and threw them into the ancestral hall to be guarded.
"Uncle, what should we do next?" asked the young man.
By this time, everyone had calmed down and had a clear view of the situation.
These people are not fake, but real yamen runners.
This Chai Fa was not lying. This shopkeeper Chai was probably indeed the brother-in-law of the county magistrate.
But in the situation just now, if we didn't say that these people were imposters, there would be no reason to resist.
If the government is allowed to do whatever it wants, occupy the porcelain kiln at will, and arrest people from Jiangjia Village and put them in jail, what will happen? They will live in fear in the future. Even if they obey the law, they may still be thrown into jail. What hope is there for the future?
So, just fight. At least it can vent my anger, and I won’t feel so angry or aggrieved.
However, if the government investigates...
They were very unsure and could only look at Jiang Zhengxin.
"Arrange a few ox carts, take out all the gongs and drums stored in our ancestral hall, and send these people to the government office early tomorrow morning." Jiang Zhengxin said.
"Send it to the government office?" Everyone was stunned.
After beating up the people from the yamen, they had no time to hide from the yamen in the future. They hoped that the yamen would not find out about these things, but now they had to send the case to the yamen.
Is this the legendary asking for a beating?
"Yes, not only should it be sent to the government office, but it should also be sent with drums and gongs. Along the way, the people in the entire county should see the action and know that these people are pretending to be people from the government office in order to seize the porcelain kiln in the village."
Jiang Mixia's shout just now gave Jiang Zhengxin a new idea.
He insisted that these people pretended to be yamen runners in order to seize the porcelain kiln and caused a huge commotion.
Doing this would be like throwing a hot potato to the government.
If the government admits this and protects Chai Fa and others, it would mean admitting that the government is in cahoots with them. From then on, the people of the entire county would no longer trust the government and would lose the support of the people.
If the yamen still had any shame, it would probably not even admit it, but only say that Chai Fa was an imposter and that the yamen runners were bewitched. They would severely punish Chai Fa and others, and also appear to appease Jiangjiacun.
Nowadays, the court has strict laws and the assessment of officials is also very strict. Moreover, there has been no news of the county magistrate doing too much evil in the county. In Jiang Zhengxin's opinion, the latter possibility is more likely.
Even if the county magistrate is actually a profit-driven person, he still has to pretend that everything is fine.
After hearing what Jiang Zhengxin said, the others looked at each other in amazement. After thinking for a while, they understood the key point and exclaimed that Jiang Zhengxin's idea was good. Then they started to look for ox carts and gongs and drums.
There were also some people who were a little confused about what happened today and were just discussing it in groups of three or four.
"Hey, you see, since this guy surnamed Chai is from the family of the county magistrate's brother-in-law and he wants to make money, why doesn't he go find someone fatter to eat, but has to come to our small porcelain kiln in Jiangjia Village?"
"You don't understand this, right? There are many fat people in the county, and even more people with big businesses. But think about it, who can do such a big business without a backer? If you take this bite, not only will you not be able to bite other people's meat, you will probably be beaten half to death!"
"That makes sense. They don't go after big businesses with lots of money, but rather small businesses like ours in the village that no one cares about. Once they get the money in their hands, no one dares to say anything. They just hold it firmly in their hands. It doesn't matter if the business is small, as long as it's a steady profit, it will be a lot of money in the long run."
"Of course. If you have more of them in your hands, won't the money just flow into your pocket like water? I think that Chai is very skilled at this. He must have done this many times before."
"Tsk tsk, I heard our county magistrate is not that good, not bad, I haven't heard of any major mistakes, how come this brother-in-law is not a good person?"
"Every family has a bad relative. You never know for sure."
"Why do I feel like the county magistrate might have agreed to this? It's hard to say..."
The villagers were talking about it here, while Xun Yuanbo was so angry that he slammed the table.
He was howling while filming.
"I am already quite old, but I have never suffered such injustice!"
I stayed up late to write, and finally I can almost ensure the normal update today. The second update will still be at 12 o'clock~ (End of this chapter)
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