Chapter 53 Things Got Out of Hand
"The Song family kidnapped my wife, leaving my son motherless at a young age. I have come all the way to Beijing to seek justice and take my wife back. I am powerless and a mere country boy, with no ability. I beg all the elders and fellow villagers to help me and my son."
As he said this, he knocked his head to the ground without hesitation, "bang bang bang" several times. His forehead soon turned purple, and blood gushed out. The blood flowed down, and soon half of his face was blood red, looking very scary.
The little cheeks were slightly sunken, and he was crying with tears and snot. He wiped his face with his dirty little hands, and his face was covered in black.
I can't tell whether it's snot or tears.
He sobbed and said in a baby voice to the people around him, "Uncles and aunts, they have hidden my mother. Please help us." He added, "I heard that this man is an official. We really have no other choice. I miss my mother. I want her to come home. People in the village say I am a wild child who has no mother..."
He looked thin, and the clothes he wore looked more like rags than clothes. In such late autumn weather, they could only barely cover his body. Such a child soon aroused a lot of sympathy.
"What a sin! Such a young child has lost his mother..."
"The Song family is such a jerk! They stole someone else's wife. Officials are really not good people..."
"Look at how pitiful this child is." An elderly aunt couldn't bear it and took out a handful of candy and handed it to him, "Don't cry, auntie will give you some candy. You and your father have worked hard all the way."
The child took it and kowtowed to the aunt, "Thank you, aunt. As long as you can bring my mother back and reunite our family, I will be happy."
When the aunt heard that the child was so filial, her eyes became moist. She felt even more displeased when she saw Boss Song standing at the door in silk and satin.
Not only this aunt, but everyone else looked at Boss Song as if he were a heinous criminal.
"Have you cried enough? If you keep talking nonsense, I will ask the soldiers to take you away." Boss Song said impatiently.
What do you mean the Song family hid the woman? The Song family has never hidden anyone.
Boss Song was very sure that these people were here to cause trouble, and several people who were at odds with him flashed through his mind quickly.
The man cried even harder, and his hands were shaking as he pointed at Boss Song.
"You're still trying to make excuses. My wife is clearly in your house. You're attracted by her beauty, don't think I don't know. I've asked many people to find out and confirmed that she is in your house. Your excuses are useless."
Boss Song almost laughed out of anger. He looked at the man kneeling on the ground with a hint of sarcasm, "Hiding your woman? Our Song family hasn't reached the point where we need to snatch women. I'm an official in the imperial court. I have all the women I want."
Hearing that he was an official of the Song family, the man became even more excited. He took a few steps forward and grabbed the robe of the eldest brother Song. "It's you. It's you who hid my wife. It's you! They said it was an official of the Song family, so there must be no one else. God, is there any justice in this world? In broad daylight, you actually robbed my wife. What a pity for my son, he lost his mother at such a young age..."
"Dad." The little boy shouted, pouted and started crying.
As more and more people gathered around, ordinary people would subconsciously sympathize with the weak. Boss Song was so angry that he felt dizzy.
What a piece of shit, would he fall for a village woman? Pah.
"Let me go." Boss Song tried hard to pull the corner of his clothes out of the man's hand, but the man was very strong and no matter how hard he tried, it was useless. Looking at the other party's dirty hands, which made his newly made robe black and gray, he could no longer control his anger and kicked the man in the chest.
At this moment, the man who had been motionless just now suddenly became fragile. With a light kick from Boss Song, the whole man seemed to fly out, and with a "bang", he fell not far away.
"You...you are going too far!"
"That's too much! Officials are so great! They stole someone else's wife and even hurt her. There really is no law."
"Oh, poor child. His mother is gone, and his father was beaten like this. How will he live in the future?" The aunt felt even more sorry for the child. Seeing the child crying loudly, she also wiped her tears.
No matter how you look at the scene before your eyes, the Song family is in the wrong.
No one knew who it was that finally ran to the government office in Beijing to report that someone was going to die at the Song family's doorstep.
When the county magistrate heard that someone had died, he hurried out of the concubine's room, put on his clothes, and ran to the gate of the Song family with the officers and soldiers.
At this moment, the Song family was surrounded.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, the servant guarding the gate ran to the main hall and told everyone what had happened. When Boss Song heard that his son was wrongly accused, he was so angry that he stood up and walked towards the door in a rage.
Song Ci and Song Lao San also followed at the end. Father and daughter said nothing. Song Ci lowered his head and pulled the corners of his mouth together in a cold smile.
When they reached the door, the little boy hugged his father and burst into tears, shouting that the people from the Song family were going to beat his father to death.
Seeing that the two men were dressed in rags, Old Lady Song concluded that they were here to frame and blackmail the Song family, and she immediately started cursing.
"What a shameless, lowly thing that has come to our door and talked nonsense. Aren't you afraid of getting your mouth rotten? What do you mean by hiding your wife and your mother? We don't want any of your lowly stuff!"
When Old Lady Song saw her beloved son suffer, she became more and more agitated as she scolded him.
Inside the door, Song Rouxi, standing behind the crowd, frowned. Everything before her seemed very wrong. She had a vague feeling that something was wrong, and this feeling grew stronger as time went by. But she couldn't figure out the root of the problem.
She took a few steps forward to stop Old Lady Song from continuing to curse, but then people from the yamen arrived.
Naturally, all her unpleasant words were heard by the county government.
"What's going on? Why are you gathering here? How can you behave like that?" The county magistrate cursed first, then looked at the two people in front of him, one big and one small.
The big one was covered in wounds, the small one was skinny as a stick, and his brows were so furrowed that they could kill a fly.
To be able to hold this position in the county government in Beijing, of course he must be well aware of all the noble families, powerful people, and even officials of all ranks in Beijing.
Not to mention Lord Song in front of him, who will be promoted to the seventh rank next year.
His promotion was so fast that everyone was wondering behind his back who he worked for.
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