"Oh! Is that all? Someone wrongly accused you of moving?"
Master Xue walked around the courtyard, looking at the empty rooms and yard. His face, which was covered with age spots, was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.
Everything was moved out. If I hadn't received the news and had arrived any later, Song Lao Er would definitely have run off with the money.
You spend all your time hunting geese, only to have them peck your eye in the end?
He walked around for a while, then settled into the velvet chair brought by his companion, before letting out a cold snort: "Speak! Song Lao Er, where are you moving your home to?"
Song Lao Er knelt down with a thud and stammered out everything that had happened at home, kowtowing repeatedly: "Master Xue, I dare not lie to you. The things in the house really disappeared suddenly. I didn't move them. I... I even reported it to the authorities. It was the villagers who stole them."
A sinister smile crept across Master Xue's face.
If he hadn't left someone at the town hall, he wouldn't have known he was about to be swindled out of his money by a country bumpkin: "It was stolen by a villager...it suddenly disappeared..."
Song Lao Er, do you think I'm like those idiots in the town government office, believing that someone would steal your two-tael-of-silver-piles of firewood in the middle of the night, or believing that your whole family are dead?
If you hadn't secretly transferred your assets, these things would have simply vanished into thin air.
You should know that the twenty taels of silver I gave you are enough to buy two of your belongings.
"Speak! What do you want to do?"
Master Xue didn't believe in such nonsense about things disappearing in the blink of an eye, especially since the beautiful woman had also vanished. He was clearly trying to make sure he got nothing.
He shouted, and Song Lao Er burst into tears and snot: "Master Xue, I really don't know!"
He felt that even if he had a mouth all over his body, he still couldn't explain himself.
"It seems you won't learn your lesson until you see the coffin, Xue Gui. Let him know the consequences of deceiving Master Xue."
At Master Xue's command, one of the men in his entourage stepped forward, a burly man with a leather whip in his hand. Without a word, he lashed out with the whip.
Before Song Lao Er could even beg for mercy, he was whipped to the ground and screamed in agony.
Granny Gu and Madam Gu, no longer caring about their fear, knelt down and cried out to Master Xue, "Master Xue, our house has really been robbed of everything! The village head and the others all know! Yes, village head, we're going to find the village head!"
Upon thinking of the village head, Granny Gu seemed to suddenly remember that he was the most influential person in Xiaoshi Village, and she got up and rushed out.
Unfortunately, the courtyard gate was already guarded by Master Xue's men. When they saw her trying to run away, they kicked it, and Granny Gu rolled back into the courtyard.
Master Xue seemed oblivious to the wailing of Song Lao Er and Granny Gu, his gaze fixed solely on Song Shui Rong, who had been dragged out of the house. He paused involuntarily, stroking his white beard: she was indeed a delicate little beauty.
At this moment, Song Shuirong's hair was disheveled and she was being held in someone's hand. Tears rolled down her terrified face, making her look like a delicate flower reflected in water.
Especially since the clothes were pulled open, revealing half of her shoulder.
"Waaah... Daddy, Grandma, Mommy, save me..."
Song Shuirong struggled, her long black hair disheveled and covering half of her small face, truly a pitiful sight with tears streaming down her face.
This delicate and shy demeanor, in Master Xue's eyes, was far more vibrant than those women who lay on the kang like dead fish.
Hearing the screams in the courtyard and seeing the beautiful woman, Master Xue felt a heat rising in his lower abdomen and his heart pounding.
Seeing that Song Lao Er had been whipped enough, Master Xue raised a finger, and the burly man put away the whip and stepped back.
He then said slowly, "Song Lao Er, I can let bygones be bygones regarding your moving. Now that you've received the money, all you need to do is hand this person over to me to take away."
Song Lao Er's hands and face were covered in blood from the lashes, and even his head was spinning with pain. Upon hearing "no further action," he kowtowed repeatedly, agreeing, "Thank you, Master Xue. It's her good fortune that you've taken a liking to that little slut. Take her away! Take her away!"
He felt dizzy, but Madam Gu was not. As soon as she heard that Master Xue wanted to take her daughter away, she immediately shouted, "No, Master Xue wants Song Liyun. She has already run away. If Master Xue wants her, he should go find her himself."
Song Lao Er also came to his senses at this moment: "Master Xue, no, it's not this one. What you wanted before was Song Liyun, my niece, not this one in the family."
Master Xue's face darkened.
When Song Lao Er came to talk about this, he said that his daughter was beautiful, had a strong fate, and was willing to marry him, so he could do whatever he wanted with her in the future.
They've already moved and want to leave, but they're still making excuses and delaying. They're treating themselves like fools!
Master Xue's face was very bad. He glanced at the courtyard gate, his eyes darted around, and he said sternly, "I, Xue, have been in Qingping Town for all these years. Although I've been doing business without any capital, I've never settled accounts with any money."
Song Defu, since you say it's not Song Shuirong, that makes things easier.
You already accepted the deposit of twenty-five taels of silver, that's a fact. I'll give you another five taels. I'll take the person with me now, and we'll exchange them when you find the original owner.
"Xue Gui and Xue Ren have tied them up, let's go!"
Master Xue smiled. Thirty taels of silver to enjoy two young virgins—it was truly a bargain!
A silver ingot was tossed in front of Song Lao Er, and several men rushed forward, grabbed Song Shui Rong, and pressed her into Master Xue's armchair. They quickly tied her up, grabbed the chair legs, turned around, and carried her out the door.
Song Shuirong struggled desperately in the chair, screaming in anguish, "Father, Mother, don't sell me! Go and find that slut! Go now!"
Song Lao Er sat blankly on the ground. Granny Gu and Little Granny Gu went forward to try to pull him away, but were kicked away by four men. They could only cry and wail as Song Shui Rong was carried away.
Master Xue shook off the dust from his clothes, walked slowly to the gate, bowed to Song, the village head who was already standing outside, and took out a contract from his sleeve, saying, "Village head Song, I apologize for not paying you a visit."
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