Upon hearing this, Magistrate Li frowned immediately:
"Bring Manager Zhang from Ge's Paper Shop here. Does a mere paper merchant think he can monopolize the business in Ping'an Town? What kind of behavior is this! He really doesn't respect me, the county magistrate!"
Upon receiving his orders, Constable Huang led a team to arrest Manager Zhang. They quickly found Manager Zhang at the Ge family's paper shop and, without saying a word, took him to the yamen.
Manager Zhang was initially bewildered when he was arrested, but once he arrived at the government office and saw Niu Da and Niu Er kneeling on the ground, he immediately knew what had happened.
He stepped forward, knelt down, and glared at Niu Da and Niu Er with a fierce look, those two good-for-nothings.
Magistrate Li glanced at Steward Zhang kneeling below and slowly began to speak:
"Why did you assign Niu Da and Niu Er to kidnap people in the street?"
Manager Zhang waved his hand repeatedly upon hearing this:
"Sir, I didn't. You can't just listen to Niu Da and Niu Er's side of the story. I'm not familiar with these two. I only saw them once at the tavern that day. You know how we drinkers like to chat with someone. I only talked to these two for a while that day, and I haven't seen them since. The tavern owner can vouch for me!"
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Li frowned and looked at Niu Da and Niu Er, asking:
Is this true?
Niu Da nodded honestly.
Magistrate Li continued to ask:
Do you remember what you talked about that day?
Just as Niu Da was about to speak, Niu Er quietly retorted, and then Niu Er replied:
"We didn't talk about anything, nothing at all. We were just drunk and talking nonsense that day. We can't remember the specifics. It's been so long, and we were just talking in our drunkenness, so..."
Before Niu Er could finish speaking, Steward Sun interrupted him, saying:
"You may not remember, but I remember it very clearly. That day in the tavern, you were spouting nonsense about not letting that bitch Jiang Yuwei get away with it, and that you would definitely take revenge one day. The tavern owner can testify to that. You made quite a scene that day."
Upon hearing this, Niu Er became furious and pointed at Steward Zhang's nose, saying:
"We were just drunk and talking nonsense, who would take it seriously? But you, that day you insisted on dragging us along and saying that Jiang Yuwei was our common enemy, that you wanted to ruin her family, and that you would give us money to spend after it was done!"
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Li slammed his gavel and roared:
"You, Niu Er, deliberately concealed the truth. Didn't you say that Steward Sun forced you two brothers to do this?"
Upon hearing this, Steward Sun immediately stood up:
"Well, Niu Da and Niu Er, I never expected you two to be like this. You tried to harm others yourselves, and now you want me to take the blame? No way! I haven't given you a single penny! Your Honor, you can investigate all you want. I have absolutely nothing to do with this. Their actions were all for revenge, not because I forced them. You must investigate thoroughly!"
Upon seeing this, Magistrate Li frowned and shouted:
"Kneel down and stop making a scene!"
Seeing this, Steward Sun had no choice but to kneel down silently, not forgetting to turn around and glare fiercely at Niu Er.
Jiang Yuwei stepped forward and bowed, saying:
"Your Honor, I believe all three of them are implicated in this matter. They have indeed had grudges against me, but I thought that after Your Honor judged the two brothers guilty, they would realize their mistakes and correct them. Who knew they would still want to take revenge? I am truly living in fear because of these people. I beg Your Honor to do me justice!"
The magistrate looked at Steward Sun:
"Are you sure you didn't instruct those two to commit the crime? Then why would they ask the Jiang family not to sell paper in Ping'an Town?"
Upon hearing this, Steward Sun hurriedly said:
"It wasn't me who ordered it, sir! We can't let those two pin this on me. How am I supposed to know why they said that to Jiang Yuwei? Maybe they're just trying to shift the blame onto me!"
Magistrate Li frowned and slammed his gavel:
"Men, lock up Niu Da and Niu Er! They have repeatedly refused to mend their ways, threatened others, and even kidnapped someone in the street! Their crimes are doubled, and they will not be released for three years! As for Steward Sun, keep him under observation. If he commits any further misconduct, he will be immediately arrested and imprisoned!"
Jiang Yuwei knew that this Manager Sun was not someone to be trifled with. After all, he had the Ge family paper mill as his backer. Perhaps he had already planned his escape route before doing this. Even if she couldn't arrest him today, it would be good to teach him a lesson. After all, he was just a manager. Even if she arrested a hundred more managers, it would be useless if Master Ge didn't let go of his own paper mill. To strike a snake, you must strike its vital spot. However, she hadn't yet found Master Ge's vital spot, so she could only wait.
Seeing that he wouldn't go to jail, Steward Sun was overjoyed and got up to bow to Magistrate Li. Then, he didn't forget to turn around and give Jiang Yuwei a disdainful look. Ning Huaizhi, who was standing next to him, angrily gripped the armrest of the wheelchair so hard that his fingertips turned white.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei smiled, stepped forward, patted Ning Huaizhi's hand, and said lightly:
"Don't rush, Huaizhi. There's still a long road ahead."
Ning Huaizhi calmed himself down after hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, and looked up at her with remorse, saying:
"Yuwei, it's all my fault. I failed to protect you and your daughter. I..."
Jiang Yuwei smiled and placed her finger near Ning Huaizhi's lips:
“I won’t allow you to say that. Now that things are resolved today, let’s take advantage of the time we still have to go to Huichuntang and have Doctor Lin take a look at your leg. If possible, we’ll start treating your leg in the next few days.”
Jiang Yuwei went to the space yesterday and saw that the ginseng had been cultivated. Although Ning Huaizhi was now soaking his legs in the spiritual spring water mixed with medicinal bath every day, she was still afraid that it would not be good for his legs if it was delayed for too long. Since there was no time to lose, she decided to take Ning Huaizhi to have his legs checked properly during today's free time.
Ning Huai looked at Jiang Yuwei with a helpless expression:
"Yuwei, that Doctor Lin wants a thousand-year-old ginseng, which we can't find. Let's not waste our money on it. It's not worth it for my useless legs."
Jiang Yuwei scolded playfully:
“I told you not to give up on yourself like this. Come on, let’s go to Huichuntang.”
Without saying a word, Jiang Yuwei pushed Ning Huaizhi's wheelchair to the oxcart. She first helped Ning Wan onto the oxcart, then helped Ning Huaizhi onto it as well, before finally moving his wheelchair onto the oxcart.
At this moment, Manager Xu also came out:
"Yuwei, is the baby alright?"
Jiang Yuwei turned around and saw it was Manager Xu, so she quickly smiled at him and said:
"Thank you so much today, Manager Xu. I really don't know how to thank you. The child should only have some minor injuries. I'm just about to take her to see a doctor."
Manager Xu smiled and nodded at Ning Huaizhi, who was sitting on the oxcart, then said to Jiang Yuwei:
"Okay, you take the child to see the doctor first. I was originally planning to have a meal at Lianxianglou Restaurant with your family to properly thank you for teaching me about the membership system. But you have something important to do now, so we'll get together another time. You should go ahead and do your work."
Jiang Yuwei smiled as she boarded the oxcart:
"There will be plenty of opportunities after this meal. Manager Xu, you should hurry back to the restaurant and get busy. We'll be leaving now, and we'll bring you new recipes next time we come."
Manager Xu smiled and nodded repeatedly, then waved to the family before getting into the carriage and heading towards Lianxiang Restaurant.
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