Zhao Yongqiang looked up, the whip marks on his face were truly shocking.
Qian Chunhua angrily destroyed this masterpiece, and Zhao Yongqiang looked as miserable as could be described.
"Why did you hit them?" County Magistrate Zhou protected Qian Chunhua and gave her a chance to defend herself.
Qian Chunhua stepped forward, bowed to County Magistrate Zhou, and said, "First, they stole my money, and second, they occupied my house and shop."
No matter how the Li family denied it, Qian Chunhua insisted that he kept the silver at home, and now the silver is gone.
Magistrate Zhou believed Qian Chunhua's words. When Qian Chunhua and he went to the provincial capital, he did not bring any silver. After all, four hundred taels of silver was not easy to carry with him, so he should have kept it at home.
However, the Li family members denied it flatly, and County Magistrate Zhou was in a difficult position to judge.
"Then why did you occupy Madam Qian's shop and house?" Putting the matter of the silver aside for the time being, County Magistrate Zhou asked about the house and shop first.
“We are villagers from Tugang Village. Three days ago, our village was robbed by bandits and we had no choice but to come here to live with our daughter.” Li’s mother cried and spoke, her body covered with scars, looking pitiful.
"You were robbed by bandits, so you came to my house to rob me? Then how is your behavior different from that of the bandits?"
Qian Chunhua couldn't help but retort.
"I..., we didn't..." Li's mother stammered and denied it.
It is too frustrating for her to deny. The family has been eating and drinking here for two days, and everyone in the village can testify to this.
At this time, Doctor Qian, led by Zhao Qingyun, also came to the shop carrying a medicine box.
After checking the injuries of several people, Doctor Qian said that they were all simple skin injuries.
Fortunately, the weather is cold now and everyone is wearing thick clothes. Although Qian Chunhua's sleeve arrows are sharp, they are not long and the force is buffered by the clothes to a certain extent. The arrows did not penetrate deeply into the chest, so Li Dazhui and others were only injured, and their lives were not in danger.
These people could no longer lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, so they had to sit up one by one, crying out “ouch, ouch”.
"Shut up." The noise made County Magistrate Zhou, who already had a bad rest, even more irritated, and he could not help but shout to stop her. "You have taken over Madam Qian's house and shop without permission, and that is why you have brought this disaster upon yourselves. Let's cancel each other out."
It was obvious that County Magistrate Zhou was biased towards Qian Chunhua, blaming them for trying to occupy the house and shop, so they deserved to be beaten.
In other words, they occupied the house and shop, and Qian Chunhua no longer held them accountable.
Even though Qian Chunhua beat them up, they could not hold Qian Chunhua responsible.
After this matter was resolved, the focus of the problem returned to the issue of silver.
Qian Chunhua insisted that he hid the silver at home, while Butcher Li and his family insisted that they had never seen the silver.
Both sides held their own opinions. County Magistrate Zhou looked at Village Chief Wang, wanting to hear his opinion.
At this time, Village Chief Wang was trembling with fear. He finally understood that Qian Chunhua and County Magistrate Zhou had a special relationship, and County Magistrate Zhou was protecting her openly and secretly.
Village chief Wang no longer dared to think about the shop, and he began to regret his inaction in the past few days and letting the situation develop.
When he saw the look County Magistrate Zhou was giving him, Village Chief Wang knew that his chance to redeem himself had come.
“If you didn’t steal the money from Yongcai’s wife, then why did you turn her house upside down?” Village chief Wang decided to get closer to County Magistrate Zhou and help Qian Chunhua.
Although Village Chief Wang did not stop the Li family from doing this in the past two days, he still kept an eye on them.
Butcher Li and his family were all stunned. They knew better than anyone how much they had done wrong. But seeing that no one in the village had stopped them, they thought that the villagers were afraid of them. Unexpectedly...
Unexpectedly, the villagers were not afraid of them at all, but...
Village Chief Wang's questioning left Butcher Li and his family speechless, and with the testimony of villagers, Butcher Li and his family were convicted of theft, and since they could not return the silver, they had no choice but to be imprisoned.
At this point, the beautiful dream of Butcher Li and his family was shattered.
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