Chapter 199
Li Chang didn't expect that he could meet such an unreasonable person when he bought rice, and even pushed an old woman to talk to him, but he was sure that they were all men, and even if they quarreled with the old woman, they would become unreasonable. It's unreasonable.

He pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache, and his thoughts drifted to Wang Cuixiang, whom people in the village once did not want to meet. He was even thinking, if Wang Cuixiang was here, the two of them might be so lively!
But he didn't say much, but followed the old woman's words and said: "Okay! I have the same intention! But I think it's faster for us to report directly to the official."

It wasn't that he felt sorry for the five hundred copper coins, but he was a little annoyed by their attitude of taking the money and beating it up. Since these people are not afraid of reporting to the police, what else can he say?

After hearing the last sentence, the people in the room immediately shivered and looked at each other. Some of them wanted to retreat, but when they saw the old woman who was so calm and relaxed that she glanced at them, they immediately gained momentum.

A man in his thirties took half a step forward with confidence: "Report! We are also going to tell the adults that you broke into our house for no reason, and you should be punished."

And the noise here has already spread to the whole village. A large group of villagers gathered outside the gate, crossing the parked ox carts, looking out to watch the show.

For these people's unreasonable troubles, Li Changkou was stupid, and he didn't know how to quarrel with others, so he put his hands on his chest and stopped talking.

Li Guangsheng usually works hard. Although he is smart and diligent, he has a shy personality and has never quarreled with anyone.

This time, being so face-to-face, and indiscriminately playing tricks to the end like this, he had never seen such a fight before, so he immediately glanced at Li Chang, who was more familiar with him, at a loss.

Li Chang's two younger brothers are also honest people in their own village, they have never teased anyone, and they are also stupid.

So, a few big men stood at the gate like this, waiting for the old woman to come forward.

At this moment, Li Chang whispered to his younger brother who was smarter: "You go to the shop to find your sister-in-law, and ask her to go to the county magistrate, and say that there are people here who have taken the deposit."

His younger brother nodded, got on one of the bull carts without saying a word, and shouted to the crowd: "Get out of the way, I want to get out."

When the villagers saw him driving an ox cart, they immediately gave way to a wide road. Seeing this, his younger brother whipped the whip in his hand, and the hoofs of the ox started to move, and he ran away all at once.

When the people in the room saw it, they were extremely surprised, and a thought crossed their minds at the same time: Could it be that this person was scared away by them without being scared?
At this moment, Li Chang looked at them and said a word lightly, which instantly made them extremely flustered.

"My people have already reported to the officials, you can figure it out yourself!"

The villagers watching outside the house were in an uproar after hearing this, and then murmured to each other what happened to their family that deserved to be reported to the authorities so seriously.

And the people in the room looked at the old woman, and the two sons whispered worriedly to persuade the old woman.

How about returning the money?If you don't refund the money, let him transport the rice away, they don't want to be punished!

The old woman thought of the five hundred copper coins hidden in the house, and she didn't want to take it out at all. She didn't want to sell the rice milled at home, so when she was hesitating, Li Zheng from their village came.

Here is a man in his early 40s. He walked over with a serious face, looked at Li Chang who was standing at the gate and several other tall people, and shouted loudly:
"What are you doing? What are you doing blocking people's doors? Do they owe you money?"

Li Chang watched him approaching little by little, and said with a calm smile, "Of course."

Afterwards, Li Chang told Li Zheng that he agreed to buy rice today and that he had already given [-] copper coins yesterday.

After Lizheng finished listening, he turned to the people in the room and shouted: "Why are your family so greedy? You want to swallow five hundred copper coins? Do you want to eat prison food or something?"

The old woman came out tremblingly, and looked at Lizheng pitifully: "Lizheng, can you tell them not to go to the police? Let's give them the money and stop selling rice?"

Li Zheng felt dizzy for a moment: "You have already reported to the authorities? Then what were you doing just now? Couldn't you have taken it out earlier? Why are you still sticking around? Hurry up and get it!"

Seeing the old woman walk into the house to get it wisely, Li Zheng smiled shyly at Li Chang again: "My boss, don't you think you can report to the official? They are just poor and afraid, so they have developed this virtue. , Don’t be upset, my master, don’t be annoyed, my master.”

"I want to get the copper plate back, but the person who reported to the official is probably almost at the county seat now, and I can't chase him back, and I can't do anything about it."

Li Zheng smiled embarrassingly, but didn't say anything because he knew he was wrong, and turned his head and gave the people in the yard a vicious look.

It's all these people who have ruined the voice of the people in the village. Now it's all right. They are probably going to be famous in the village, but they are still a bad voice.

He was not polite when he spoke: "You heard it yourself, I can't stop it, you probably have to go to jail."

Tsk!I am used to doing it on weekdays, but this time I finally kicked on the iron board, and I know it hurts.

The old woman who had just come out with the copper coin stopped when she heard this, and wanted to put the money home and hide it, but thought that she would have to take it out when the official came, so she gave up.

Then he walked slowly to the gate, reluctantly handed the string of copper plates to Li Chang, and stared at Li Chang's slowly raised hand with heartache, as if he wanted to take away the most important thing in her life. Generally reluctant.

Then, I saw Li Chang holding the other end of the copper plate string and was about to take it away from his hand. The old woman felt a pain in her heart and held on to the copper plate tightly.

Li Chang withdrew a few times, but after failing to pull it, he let go of the copper plate, took a step back, and didn't say anything else.

Seeing that the old woman still couldn't see the situation clearly, Li Zheng frowned fiercely, stopped talking angrily, and walked to the side, not even looking at this obtrusive thing.

This village is not far from the county seat, so after a while, a horse-drawn cart and an ox cart came from a distance, followed by a trail of government servants, and they arrived in front of us in a short while.

After waiting for a while, the curtain of the carriage was lifted by a white and tender finger, and a delicate-looking woman came down from above, it was Zheng Lanlan.

As soon as she got off the carriage, she ran up to Li Chang, and after inquiring about the real situation in a low voice, she and Li Chang went forward to meet Wuxinan and his wife.

When Wu Xinan, who was dressed in official uniform, got out of the car, all the villagers except Li Chang and others were frightened and fell silent immediately, and the scene was extremely quiet.

Seeing that the county magistrate had really been called, the people in the room fell to their knees in fright. Before Wuxinan could interrogate, the old woman confessed all about her taking the deposit, and at the end, she pleaded for mercy for her family.

Wuxinan immediately ordered someone to beat the old woman with five sticks, as a warning to others.

(End of this chapter)

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