"Ouch, ouch!"
The two yamen runners from the county government didn't know what was going on, but they listened to Brother Zhang and stood guard at the entrance of Lin's Restaurant.
The two even wore casual clothes, but they still encountered strange things.
They were eating wontons when the bowls suddenly smashed into their faces, splashing soup and water into their eyes and noses.
Before they could even wipe themselves clean with their clothes, it was as if someone had kicked them to the ground, and they couldn't get up for a long time.
"Brother, this place isn't right. Let's head back quickly." The two constables exchanged a glance, both seeing panic in each other's eyes.
"Okay, okay... Let's go back and tell Brother Zhang that this place is really strange. I definitely won't dare to come here again!"
The two dared not linger and immediately ran towards the yamen in a panic.
Lin Xiangwu then withdrew his foot, which had just kicked someone, and snorted coldly.
It would be better if they really didn't dare to come, otherwise I would definitely kick them and break their bones.
If an official doesn't serve the people, he should go home and sell sweet potatoes!
These people are officials and clerks, yet all they do is harm the common people; it's truly infuriating!
When Lin Xiangwu returned, Laifu and Hu Jiuyuan rushed to greet him, "How was it? Was it really that group of people?"
"It was them, sneaking around there spying on us. They definitely didn't have any good intentions," Lin Xiangwu said unhappily.
Laifu pulled out a paper fan from somewhere and fanned Lin Xiangwu diligently: "General Lin, you're absolutely right. Those people are no good. How could they possibly have any good intentions?"
“They’re stationed around here, it’s not like they’re there to protect us. I reckon they just want to find an opportunity to destroy our shop so we can’t stay in the county town any longer.”
Hu Jiuyuan glanced at Laifu, surprised that this guy actually had some brains.
Laifu proudly raised his chin.
He hasn't lived these past two thousand years for nothing, has he?
“Hmm…” Lin Wanyue agreed with Laifu’s idea: “They definitely don’t want our family to have an easy time, so it’s not surprising that they want to destroy our shop. However, these two people look too cowardly and don’t seem like they would dare to lay a hand on our family. Moreover, it’s quite strange that they are hiding so far away.”
The three ghosts from the Lin family all nodded, but they had no clue what to do.
"How about we send that ugly guy over tomorrow and trap them in the ghost wall? That'll scare them for two days and they'll definitely tell us everything," Laifu said.
"Let's wait a few more days. Since it's a fox, it will inevitably show its true colors," Lin Xiangwu said.
As soon as he spoke, Laifu eagerly said, "As expected, our General is the most composed. Let's wait a few more days for them."
“Since they were just chased away, they probably won’t dare to come here again today. I’d better go to the pharmacy first to see if there are any rare illnesses, so that Fourth Brother can broaden his horizons,” Hu Jiuyuan said.
It was about Lin Ziqiu's matter, and everyone in the family nodded in agreement.
As a result, another accident occurred when they returned home that afternoon.
The location of Lin's Restaurant was quite a distance from the Lin family residence, so Lin Weiming carried the leftovers from today and the wooden container for soy milk ahead of him.
Liu Junlan led Lin Wanyue behind them, and the group went home together.
Just as they were about to reach the Lin family's residence, Lai Fu suddenly floated to Lin Wanyue's side and said to her, "I just saw two familiar-looking guys loitering around nearby. They looked like the same group of constables from a couple of days ago."
"Is it still nearby?" Lin Wanyue frowned.
He became somewhat wary.
These people are not only eyeing his shop, but they also want to track him down to his home?
Lai Fu quickly boasted, "Hehe, don't worry, as soon as I found out it was them, I spat on them several times. They're lost right now."
With Laifu, they were all set to work. They'd been having bad luck for days, and not knowing the way was just a minor setback.
Lin Wanyue felt a little relieved, but after returning home, she still instructed the ghosts in her house to be on high alert. If they spotted any suspicious people wandering around nearby, they were to immediately call Laifu to touch them.
Lai Fu said aggrievedly, "Then wouldn't I be considered an 'eighteen-touch'?"
The little pink butterfly glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense! Wanbao is just a child. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll cut your tongue out and use it as a snack."
Lin Wanyue's eyes darted around for a moment. She was too embarrassed to tell Little Pink Butterfly that the Yunnan folk songs she had heard were much better than these words.
...
Meanwhile, Zhang Xiangyang went to Magistrate Liang to complain.
"Sir, what should we do? So many of our brothers who were sent out to follow the Lin family have either fallen ill or been injured these past few days! In just a few days, several have broken their legs, and several others are bedridden with severe typhoid fever."
Zhang Xiangyang said with a worried look, "In this weather in May and June, whose family isn't practically dying from the heat? And yet they have severe typhoid fever! This is impossible for anyone!"
"But such an outrageous thing just happened, and it just so happened to be the brother who had been following the Lin family. How can this not make people suspicious? Lord Liang, you must help me think of a solution!"
Those sent out to follow the Lin family were all Zhang Xiangyang's trusted confidants. Now that so many of them had fallen ill at the same time, Zhang Xiangyang was a little uneasy.
But when I think that if we can take this opportunity to get rid of Lin Weiming, it's only right that these brothers suffer!
"Is that really true? There's actually something so bizarre!" Liang Xin said coldly, somewhat disbelieving Zhang Xiangyang's words.
But Zhang Xiangyang looked worried and called over several of his brothers to testify: "Sir, it's true. How could I dare to deceive you? Those brothers got sick and injured because they got close to the Lin family."
"Sir, when I went to the Lin family's shop a couple of days ago, I discovered that Lin Weiming's youngest daughter could actually tell fortunes, and there were quite a few people queuing up... But just as I was about to inquire, I broke my leg and couldn't continue investigating..."
“Now we can’t even do our own business, sir. You can’t just ignore this.” A bailiff with a broken leg came to Liang Xin and cried.
"..." Liang Xin still had a cold face and a gloomy expression.
Knowing that Liang Xin believed him, Zhang Xiangyang quickly emphasized, "Sir, I've also inquired about it. I heard that little girl can tell fortunes and catch ghosts. Putting aside where she got these skills, if she really knows them, she must also know some evil magic!"
"It's because she used evil magic that we brothers have become like this! If she dares to use evil magic on us brothers in the government office now, she might not hesitate to use it on you in the future!"
"My lord, even if it's for your own sake, you can't just abandon them!" Zhang Xiangyang said with an air of utter loyalty.
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