The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Cheng Youning said to Qiao Rong, "Let's go."

Qiao Rong followed and asked Cheng Youning: "Young Master, are we really going to report this to the police?"

Cheng Youning asked, "Where is the government office?"

Qiao Rong said, “I know.”

At this time, Qiao Rong's brother didn't know what was going on. He grabbed Qiao Rong's hand and said, "Brother, I still want to eat meat buns."

Qiao Rong said, "Eat, eat, eat. You only know how to eat. If you hadn't yelled for buns yesterday, would all these things have happened?"

Seeing the child grinning, Cheng Youning stuffed the uneaten bun in his hand into his mouth: "Eat it, don't cry."

Cheng Youning looked at the children behind him and said to Qiao Rong, "Let them wait for us on the street. We will invite the yamen runners to get the silver back and continue to take them out to eat delicious food."

Then the two children walked several streets before they arrived at the yamen. There were four people guarding the gate, and all four of them were dozing off at the same time.

Cheng Youning said to these people: "Let your leader come out. I want to report to the police."

Hearing such a childish voice, the four yamen runners all raised their eyelids. Seeing an adult and a child, they didn't take it seriously and said, "Go away, go play wherever it's cool, don't make trouble."

Cheng Youning said: "I didn't cause any trouble, someone stole my money."

The bailiff looked at the child and said, "Go away. If you make trouble again, I will talk to your parents."

Seeing that the yamen runner was unmoved, Qiao Rong suggested, "Young Master, I've heard of beating a drum to appeal for justice. How about I beat the drum myself?"

Cheng Youning asked: "What do you mean?"

Qiao Rong said: "If you have grievances and have nowhere to seek justice, you can come here to beat the drum and appeal. Then the great judge will hear you and come to court to appeal for the people."

Cheng Youning thought it was a good idea, so he said to Qiao Rong, "Then hit the drum now, hit it harder, make the sound louder, so that everyone inside can hear it."

"Yes."

Qiao Rong handed it over with a solemn oath, picked up the drumstick and only knocked three times before being chased away by the yamen runners. "Go away, go away, if you make trouble here again, I will beat you up."

Xu Shixun in the hall asked the people around him: "I heard someone beating a drum, why did it stop after three beats?"

The people around him said, "Master Xu, there were two kids making trouble at the gate. They have been chased away."

Xu Shixun didn't think any more about it and continued to be busy with his official duties.

Qiao Rong argued with the bailiff for a long time, but the bailiff refused to let them in.

Cheng Youning said, "Don't waste your words with him. Wait here for me. I'll go in and talk to their leader."

Qiao Rong said, "No, it's dangerous. I'd rather not take the money."

Cheng Youning didn't listen to him. In the blink of an eye, Cheng Youning had already entered the gate and went straight to the main hall. Xu Shixun heard the door being gently pushed open. When he looked up, a child was standing in front of him.

"Where did the child come from?"

Cheng Youning asked, "Who is the head of this government office?"

Xu Shixun said: "I am the leader here, Xu Shixun."

Cheng Youning asked, "What is your official position?"

Xu Shixun said: "I am the county magistrate here."

Cheng Youning said: "Then I'll come to you if I have something to ask."

Xu Shixun nodded and asked, "What can happen to a child like you? I don't care about fighting among you children."

Cheng Youning glanced at the tea bowl in Xu Shixun's hand and said, "I haven't even said anything yet, and you want to ignore it. You are so comfortable as a county magistrate. I was bullied and had no place to complain, but you are here drinking tea and chatting."

People around Xu Shixun said, "Where did this little brat come from? He's making trouble in the lobby. Get him out."

Cheng Youning said, "You are just like those sleepy gatekeepers outside. You don't let anyone with grievances in, and you are allowed to drink tea and chat in there, hiding away."

The people around Xu Shixun said, "Hey, kid, whose family are you from? Believe it or not, I will call your parents to question you."

Cheng Youning said: "My parents came and they also had to stand up for me."

Xu Shixun asked: "What injustice have you suffered?"

Cheng Youning said: "I went to the street with a group of kids to buy steamed buns. I gave the bun seller two coins, but he used a scale to cheat me, saying that I only had one coin and one ten-cent coin. I couldn't give him a copper coin, so he cut off a piece of my silver with scissors on the spot. There were 17 buns in total, each costing one cent, and he only gave me such a small amount of silver in change, less than half a cent. He cheated me out of at least 150 coins."

Cheng Youning showed Xu Shixun the silver that the bun shop owner gave them.

Xu Shixun saw that the child spoke clearly and calculated the account clearly, so he said to the people around him: "Send two yamen runners to go with the child to take a look."

Cheng Youning followed the two runners with satisfaction, and when he reached the door, he said to Qiao Rong with a smile, "The county magistrate here sent two runners to ask for money from us."

When Qiao Rong heard this, he became happy, thinking that the money would definitely be returned this time.

When we arrived at the bun shop, we found out that the man selling buns knew the yamen runner.

"Sir, patrolling the streets?"

"Someone sued you."

"Who is it?"

The yamen runner said, "It's those two kids. The higher-ups asked me to come and ask what's going on."

Before Cheng Youning and Qiao Rong could say a word, the boss of the bun shop told the whole story in a twisted way, "They wanted to dine for free, so I chased them away. Why are they here again this time?"

The boss of the bun shop put eight buns in a paper bag for the two yamen runners, "Sir, these are freshly-made meat buns. Eat them while they're hot."

When handing the buns, he secretly stuffed a handful of copper coins into the mouth of the yamen runner. Cheng Youning and Qiao Rong both saw it.

The guard said, "Since you didn't bully the children, let's forget about it. I think these two children are just being unreasonable."

Qiao Rong said: "Who is being unreasonable? You haven't heard what we have to say yet."

The bailiffs took the buns and didn't care about the lives of the two children. They went to find a place to drink.

Cheng Youning narrowed his eyes in anger.

Qiao Rong was so angry that he clenched his fists and said bitterly, "This is really unfair."

Cheng Youning said: "I will go to the government office to find their leader."

Qiao Rong said, "Master, don't go. They are all in the same group."

Cheng Youning said: "So all these people are from the same group?"

Qiao Rong explained to Cheng Youning, "Young Master, think about it, this yamen runner is in cahoots with the bun seller, and this yamen runner must also be in cahoots with their leader. It won't work even if we go find their leader, right?"

Cheng Youning said, "You mean birds of a feather?"

Qiao Rong said: "Yes, they are birds of a feather, none of them are good people." Qiao Rong analyzed the situation to Cheng Youning, and the more Cheng Youning listened, the angrier he became.

Cheng Youning said, "Then we don't want our money anymore?"

Qiao Rong said, "I don't think he will come back."