As soon as he opened his mouth, his underlings immediately racked their brains for ideas.
Soon someone remembered that this was the villager who had caught the bandits last year.
"Brother Zhang! This man came to our county last year!" the man quickly shouted to Zhang Xiangyang.
"Are you stupid?" Zhang Xiangyang frowned and said irritably, "So many people come to our county every year, how am I supposed to know who's who?"
"Oh dear, this is the man who was the leader of the bandits from that village when they captured twenty or thirty bandits last year!" the man quickly added.
Everyone: Oh~
Upon hearing this, the group of constables all suddenly realized what was going on.
At that time, many people died because of bandits. The city had walls, so the bandits dared not enter easily.
But the village suffered terribly; many villagers were brutally murdered.
Logically speaking, it's common for people to die in the village, but so many people died at once, especially since they were poor but had some wealthy relatives.
More importantly, many of the wealthy families in the city still had land and servants in the countryside, and the grain they hadn't yet harvested from their fields was all ruined by those bandits.
The magistrate had no choice but to send men up the mountain to suppress the bandits. These yamen runners made several trips up the mountain, but because they were afraid of dying, they dared not go deep into the mountains, so they did not capture a single bandit.
Unexpectedly, a village was extremely brave, not only protecting its own crops but also bringing a large group of bandits to exchange for silver!
The magistrate immediately considered recruiting him, but to his surprise, the boy was ungrateful and refused the magistrate's offer.
Zhang Xiangyang was naturally pleased with this.
Because no one competes with him, he is able to maintain his position as the leader of this group of yamen runners!
But being happy doesn't mean he'll let Lin Weiming off the hook.
This kid actually dares to do business in the county town?
If the county magistrate were to encounter him again, what would happen if he were to be promoted?
This kid was unwilling to work for the magistrate before, but that might not be the case now!
He absolutely has to drive this person out of the county. Wouldn't it be better for him to stay in the countryside and farm for the rest of his life?
Zhang Xiangyang's mind raced with thoughts, a cold glint flashing in his eyes as he devised an excuse.
"So it was you who offended our magistrate last year? You still dare to come to the county this year? You really have some nerve, not taking our magistrate seriously at all!" Zhang Xiangyang said loudly, making sure everyone present could hear him clearly.
The expressions of those queuing and those watching the spectacle changed somewhat.
Zhang Xiangyang had just noticed that the owner of Lin's Restaurant was quite popular; in just a few months, so many neighbors had spoken up for him.
However, once everyone knows that this kid offended the county magistrate before, few people will dare to speak up for him in order to protect themselves.
After all, anyone who has lived in the county town for a long time knows that their magistrate, Lord Liang, is not a magnanimous person. Anyone who dares to offend him will often be given a hard time.
Zhang Xiangyang, under the guise of avenging the county magistrate, could not only drive away Lin Weiming, but also perhaps curry favor with Lord Liang.
This is truly killing two birds with one stone, achieving two goals at once!
Zhang Xiangyang felt smug about his idea. He raised his hand and called to the brothers behind him who were already itching for a fight: "Brothers, let's go! This guy is looking down on our Lord Liang! Lord Liang is our magistrate, we brothers can't just stand by and do nothing!"
These people were already angry that Lin Weiming hadn't given them a freebie, and now that they heard Zhang Xiangyang's words, they rushed over excitedly.
He kicked the oven that Lin Weiming and his friends used to roast sweet potato skins.
Lin Weiming's expression changed when he saw that they dared to attack him directly, and he quickly dodged.
The charcoal and ash from the oven flew everywhere, making the whole shop smoky and smelly.
They weren't satisfied with that; they pushed all the unbaked ingredients on the ground and stomped on them.
"Hmph! These people wore ferocious grins on their faces: 'You wouldn't give us any food, would you? Now nobody eat!'"
"Don't touch our grain, you big bad guys, you're not allowed to touch our grain!" Lin Zihan jumped up and down in anger: "This grain was grown with great effort, every grain is hard-earned! How dare you ruin our grain like this? You are bad people, you are a bunch of bad people."
Lin Zihan was so angry that she almost cried.
"Mother, you take the two children and go first." Lin Weiming was worried that they would harm the two children, so he quickly pushed aside a yamen runner next to him and let Liu Junlan go out first.
Liu Junlan regretted bringing the kitchen knife home again; now she couldn't even find a suitable tool.
Seeing that Lin Wanyue and Lin Zihan were still outside, he gritted his teeth, rushed out first, and carried the two children to the side.
Seeing that his mother and two children had run far away, Lin Weiming finally let loose and delivered a flying kick to Zhang Xiangyang's face.
Zhang Xiangyang told his brothers to get to work, but he didn't lift a finger himself. Unexpectedly, Lin Weiming kicked him squarely, and one of his teeth flew out of his mouth.
People around quickly moved aside, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
These yamen runners, who were used to extorting money and favors, were unlikely to bother to carefully distinguish whether they were actually members of the Lin family. They figured it was safer for them to run away.
However, their natural inclination to watch the excitement prevented them from going too far, so they surrounded the entrance of Lin's restaurant.
The young apprentice who had come to buy breakfast, seeing that things were going badly, quickly ran back into the pharmacy from the crowd.
"Boss, boss... Boss, something terrible has happened! They've started fighting on the other side! What should we do? Should we go help them?" the young apprentice hurriedly said to Li Dechang.
"Hmm?" Li Dechang lay leisurely on the recliner, took the book off his face, glanced at the little medicine boy's hand and saw that he didn't have the sweet potato skin with extra toppings that he had specified, and glared at him: "Why did you start fighting all of a sudden? Don't make a fuss! Why didn't you bring the sweet potato skin that I asked you to buy?"
"Boss, stop thinking about your roasted sweet potato noodles! The Lin family across the street is fighting with Zhang Xiangyang's gang! What are we going to do? With those guys' character, do you think the Lin family will still be able to run their roasted sweet potato noodles business in front of us? You'll never be able to eat roasted sweet potato noodles again!" The young apprentice tried to pull Li Dechang away.
Hearing that we would never be able to eat roasted sweet potato noodles again was such a devastating piece of news.
"What?" Li Dechang suddenly realized what was happening and quickly asked, "Have you seen that little darling? Is she alright?"
The young apprentice didn't know why his boss was still thinking about that little princess at this time. He thought about it carefully, then looked outside and found that Lin Wanyue was still being held in Liu Junlan's arms, hiding to the side.
"Oh, the little ancestor is over there, seems to be alright." The young medicine boy pointed out Lin Wanyue's location to Li Dechang.
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