sjar Chapter 88: Arrested and brought to the court
Chapter 88: Arrested and brought to the court
The big man who was being questioned took a few steps back, stammering and saying nothing.
The people around pointed at this group of people who had already cowed down and started to curse: "They are so heartless, they are all scammers. They just saw that their business was so good, so they deliberately retaliated against them."
"That's right. Such delicious braised meat was knocked over by someone. And I haven't had diarrhea even after eating it for so long. How could it be poisoned to death?"
Just then, a young girl squeezed out from the crowd.
When the big man saw the girl squeezing in front of him, he raised his hand to hit her.
But what I was thinking about in my mind was that girl with a bit of evil nature. I didn't dare to provoke her for the time being, but this girl who came out of nowhere dared to push me.
The hand that was stretched out was kicked away by the man following the lady.
"My lady is not someone you can afford to offend. You are courting death!"
The big man looked at the person who came, then looked at the lady's clothes and immediately stopped talking, but still apologized.
Today is a really bad day for me. Nothing has gone well since I came out. It seems that this little money is not easy to take.
Although one of the big guys didn't dare to use violence, he was not idle with his mouth.
"Even if my father wasn't poisoned, he was still vomiting and having diarrhea at home. He was vomiting and having diarrhea because he ate your braised meat."
"No matter what, you have to pay compensation. Not a cent less than the two hundred taels. This is a human life."
Su Muyao took two steps forward.
"This matter is easy to resolve. If the government orders our family to pay compensation, we will pay you a cent. But if it is a false accusation, what crime will we be charged with?"
Su Muyao acted like a little adult and took charge of the household affairs.
Old Man Su also said quickly, "My granddaughter is right. If it is a false accusation, you must compensate us for our losses."
When several big men saw this situation, they wanted to run away. Their original plan was to beat this man up and smash his stall.
Once this family signs the debt, the owner of the house will naturally be able to force them to hand over the prescription.
How dare they see the officials now? But now they can't just run away if they want to.
"Send them to the officials," Su Muyao said firmly, and then she said gently to the crowd, "Uncles and uncles, our family is now hiring a dozen people to help escort these bad guys to see the officials. Each person will get 30 coins."
When everyone heard this, they were eager to try. They could get the 30 cents by just sending these people to the government. It was like getting it for free, so naturally they were willing to do it.
"I can count myself in."
"I am willing to do so. Bad people like this should be handed over to the authorities, otherwise who knows how many people will be harmed in the future."
Seeing so many people suddenly running out, the group of big men also became scared.
"No, no, please don't send us to the authorities. We are thugs hired by Lai Fu Restaurant.
The shopkeeper said that if you owe them two hundred taels of silver, he would give them the recipe for the stewed dish. I heard that he wanted to present the recipe to his master and apply for a job as the shopkeeper of a restaurant in the capital."
Although these guys are thugs, they don't really want to go to jail.
"I don't care who you are, let's go to the yamen and talk."
The big man looked at the little kid and thought it was weird that he was commanding the adults in his family, but he could only place his hopes on the child.
He immediately said to Su Muyao, "We were really wrong. If we send this to the government office, it will not be a simple matter. Your family will be punished first! Can we continue to do business like this? We will double the price for the things we destroyed. Is that okay?"
When Old Man Su heard them say this, he became a little hesitant. If they were beaten with a stick, how could they work?
These country folk have never been to the government office in their lives, and the stalls at home are the most important. If they don’t make any money for a few days, wouldn’t it be a bigger loss?
The main thing is that the family’s expenses are not small now. All the little boys are going to school, and the ink and paper are a huge expense.
"Nonsense, how could the county magistrate beat us for no reason?
The storytellers said that only bad people get beaten. We are the victims, so the county magistrate will naturally make the decision for us."
When the little girl next to her heard the big man falsely accusing her father, how could she agree?
Although she was young, she understood that the reputation of the county magistrate's father might be damaged by falsely accusing him for no reason.
"Sixth Uncle, these people are annoying. They actually framed Dad and arrested them."
The big man's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.
"Excuse me, miss?"
When the leader of the big men saw the other party's clothes and the servants around him, he secretly cried out in dismay.
Today's matter is probably getting worse and worse. A younger maidservant nearby started cursing at the big man.
"What a bunch of scoundrels, stealing people's recipes and beating people up and smashing their stalls, this is already a serious crime.
Now you dare to frame our county magistrate. Do you know who is standing in front of you? This is the daughter of the county magistrate. None of you can escape today."
After saying that, he nodded to the thugs behind him. The thugs stepped forward, each carrying two big men in front, and walked towards the county government office in a mighty manner.
These people were specially invited by the county magistrate's wife to stay with the little girl and protect her.
Among the crowd, there was a waiter from Lai Fu Restaurant who came to inquire. When he heard that it was the county magistrate's daughter, he panicked and thought that his boss had offended someone he shouldn't have offended, so he hurried back to report the news.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he ran out of his restaurant as fast as he could, trying to stop the group of people before they reached the county government office.
The shopkeeper finally stopped the group of people before they reached the county government office.
"Miss, this is all misunderstanding,"
Su Muyao took a look and saw that it was an old acquaintance.
Having suffered a loss once, he still dares to do evil again. I can only admire his courage.
"Brother, this is all my fault. I was bewildered for a moment, thinking about the ten taels of silver you extorted from me before, oh, no, it was the ten taels of silver I gave you as compensation.
I felt uncomfortable with this, so I sent people to smash your stall. How much money do you want? I will compensate you in full."
The shopkeeper then knelt down in front of the county magistrate's daughter and said, "Miss, my subordinates are ignorant. Please be magnanimous and let us go. How dare they slander the county magistrate? I will teach them a lesson when I go back. I won't disturb the county magistrate's rest, okay?"
"From what you said, you have caused trouble for the vendors more than once."
Su Laosan said quickly, "Miss, you are so smart. It was he who ordered a group of thugs to smash our stall last time.
Later we went to their house and wanted to report it to the police, but they paid some money as compensation and the matter was dropped.”