Chapter 17 The farce ends
Xiao Yuer had evil intentions. Lu Ping had long anticipated that he would not surrender so easily, so he was prepared for his sneak attacks.

But after hearing two 'clicks', Xiao Yu'er's hands went limp like his right leg, and the smile on his face that was on his face a second ago suddenly disappeared.

“Ah ...

Lu Ping's two hits were a bit heavy. If the paralysis of Xiao Yuer's right leg just now was an act, then this time the pain was real in his muscles and bones.

"Hahaha... I've been on guard against you. Now you know how powerful I am, right?"

Seeing this, Lu Ping was happy again, and laughed comfortably a few times. Then he grabbed Xiao Yuer's collar with one hand, picked him up, turned and walked towards the yamen.

Seeing that he could neither win the fight nor escape, Xiao Yu'er could only accept his bad luck and followed behind obediently, dragging his lame leg and hanging his two disabled hands.

On the way, he couldn't help but be curious and asked Lu Ping, "Who did you learn this acupuncture skill from?"

"Don't look at me like this. I think I have some knowledge of 'acupoint pressing' and 'blood-touching', but as for your method, I can't even figure it out, let alone solve it."

Acupressure acts on the acupoints, and bloodpressure acts on the blood. Although there is only one word difference between the two, the effects are completely different.

Simply put, acupoints are nodes that block the flow of true Qi. They will not cause serious damage, and can be broken through as long as the internal strength is sufficient. Even if they cannot be broken through, they will naturally be released after the time limit has passed.

Blood-pointing does not act on acupuncture points, but on the previous point of blood flow. It does not even have a fixed position because blood is flowing all the time.

Once a person's blood is drawn, the corresponding part of the body will feel pain like being pricked by a needle or burned by fire, and if the pain is not removed in time, the person's life may be in danger.

"This skill of 'turning yellow to green' was created a long time ago by a martial arts master named Chun Yinong. I just learned it by chance. It's not worth mentioning."

Lu Ping would not hide it. Anyway, there was no information related to Thunderbolt in this martial arts world. Even if the news was accidentally leaked in the future, others would not be able to find it.

Not long after, the two men arrived at the yamen.

The scale of the government office in Taiping Town was quite good. In addition to the county magistrate and the chief clerk, there were a total of six constables and fifty detectives. This was more than enough for Taiping Town, which had a population of only over 10,000.

At the gate of the yamen, many businessmen who had been badly cheated by Xiao Yuer were already waiting here.

When everyone saw Lu Ping coming with Xiao Yuer, they all smiled with relief.

Zheng Yuanwai came forward and hugged Lu Ping with tears in his eyes: "Thank you for your hard work this time, Xiaolu. I must thank you very much this time!"

"Uh... why are you here?"

"Of course we believe in your ability. We know that you can easily catch him, so we came here to wait for you. We will send this kid to the government office and then..."

"Etc., etc!!"

Lu Ping interrupted Mr. Zheng, pulled him aside, and whispered, "You guys are not really planning to torture him, are you? Just make him return the things and learn a lesson. There's no need to take it too far, right?"

"Don't forget, the laws I talked about in the inn before were all nonsense. If you really report that crime to the government, the government will definitely not accept it, and you will suffer in the end!"

Logically speaking, the contract was signed by them themselves, Xiao Yuer didn't really dine and free, and the tax talk is nonsense, so if the matter is really blown out of proportion, this group of businessmen will definitely not end up well.

Everyone in Taiping Town knew that the county magistrate was an honest and sensible person. He had been enforcing the law fairly for decades and had never been involved in any dirty and despicable behavior.

Zheng Yuanwai also lowered his voice and said with a wink, "Of course we know about this matter, but we just said it out to scare that kid."

"That's enough." So under the leadership of Lu Ping, a group of people went to the court.

Xiao Yuer’s other crimes are false, but causing trouble and disrupting the market are true.

Finally, the county magistrate sentenced him to return all the money he had obtained and all the money from transactions, and then he was beaten with twenty sticks and fined fifty taels, and he was not to do it again.

The reason for such a huge fine was that the amount involved was too large, and it disrupted the trading market for the entire morning, seriously affecting the order of the town. In addition, a prison sentence was suspended.

The farce finally ended, and the merchants left, but some of them were still cursing before leaving.

“Isn’t it too easy for him to get a suspended sentence?”

"We can't do anything about it. The county magistrate has already said that the boy is only 14 years old, so he can be sentenced lightly. Besides, the bandits just moved in last night, and there is no room in the prison right now. If he wants to sentence him like this, then we can only accept it."

"It doesn't matter. When the imperial court sends someone to take the bandits away from the government office, the prison will be empty, and he can go in, right?"

"Hahaha... that kid has no money to pay the fine, so he can't leave Taiping Town for a while! And during this time, he has no money to eat or drink. I want to see how he survives in this town!"

Xiao Yuer had no money to pay the fine, so he wanted to use gold leaves instead, but the government naturally did not accept such things.

Are you kidding? If this kind of thing is not handled properly, there will be a risk of corruption!
Afterwards, he wanted to go to the pawnshop to change money, but the pawnshop was run by a group of defrauded merchants. Those people couldn't bear to see Xiao Yuer go to jail, so in order to disgust him, they refused to change the money.

Taiping Town has a city wall, and Xiao Yuer cannot climb over it even with his lightness skills, so now he is forcibly detained in the town, and he also has to face very serious livelihood issues.

After hitting a wall everywhere, Xiao Yuer finally faced reality.

He sat there with lifeless eyes, like a down-and-out beggar: "It's all over, it's all over, this little fish is going to suffocate to death in this stagnant water."

He sighed and turned to look at Lu Ping, who had been following him since leaving the yamen.

Lu Ping was eating snacks bought on the street with a smile on his face, looking very happy.

How can one tolerate this?
Xiao Yuer became angry and shouted at Lu Ping, "Are you happy now?"

"Happy, of course happy!"

The system's side quest has been completed, how can I not be happy?

Xiao Yuer got even angrier when he heard that, and stood up and turned to leave. The acupuncture points on his body had been automatically unlocked not long ago, and now he could move freely.

"Hey, where are you going?" Lu Ping asked as he caught up.

Xiao Yuer didn't even turn his head and said: "I'm hungry, go finish the meal I didn't finish just now!"

Soon after, the First-Class Inn.

"Where's my food?! Where's all the food?"

Looking at the bare dining table, Xiao Yuer was so frustrated that he almost cried.

Lu Ping continued to laugh: "Isn't this natural? You've been gone for so long, and you just paid the bill. They must have thought you were full and left, so they would have collected the bill a long time ago."

(End of this chapter)

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