Queen Mother, she just wants to lie down

Ruan Qing decided not to mention the important matter that he wanted to do with Ma Ziliang for the time being.

But speaking of the Chen family, after Chen Chen returned to the county seat, he told his father, Chen Mian, the head of the Chen family's generation, exactly what Ma Ziliang had told him.

"You said Ma Ziliang is accompanied by two female relatives? What do they look like and how old are they?" After hearing this, Chen Mian frowned slightly.

"Well, one of them wears a hat on his head, so it's hard to tell his age. The other one is about eighteen or nineteen years old and is very pretty." Display replied.

"It shouldn't be such a coincidence, it's unlikely to be them." Chen Mian paced back and forth, muttering to himself.

He spoke in a very low voice, and Zhan Zhan couldn't hear him clearly, so he couldn't help but ask: "Father, what are you talking about?"

"It's nothing. My father knows about this. You can go down first. My father has to go to the He family." Chen Mian waved his hand and had no intention of explaining more to him.

"Father wants to go and talk to Uncle He in person about taxes?" Chen Chen was startled.

"Well, our four prominent families in Qingsha are united and watch each other. This is a long-established rule. We will definitely not be able to do this without telling them.

We went by the way to discuss how to deal with Ma Ziliang. This person is just haunting us. He is always looking for trouble with us, which is really a bit of a hindrance.

If we don't move him away as soon as possible, our family may be moved out by him. "Chen Mian nodded.

“Father, tell them it’s okay, but regarding Magistrate Ma’s matter, I suggest you watch more and do less.

Uncle Wu sent us a letter telling us about the character of our Lord and the Queen Mother.

When we file a lawsuit against Magistrate Ma, even if the complaint comes before His Majesty's court, His Majesty may not immediately convict him.

After all, our Qingsha is not a poor small county. There are fertile fields and fertile soil here, as well as land and water docks. The imperial court has always attached great importance to this place.

If His Majesty becomes curious about Magistrate Ma because of our complaint and directly sends powerful imperial envoys down, we will be in trouble. "Zhen Chen subconsciously said more.

He is not very talented in reading, and he barely became a scholar when he was over 20 years old. However, he is quite capable and capable in dealing with people.

He was also relatively accurate in judging people. Ma Ziliang didn't give him the impression that he was someone who was easy to deal with.

"You are stupid. How can we deal with a county magistrate and bring the complaint to the emperor?

If the Ma family hadn't been deeply rooted in Jiangnan, a mere county magistrate would have been crushed to death if he dared to jump like this, how could he be as troublesome as he is now.

But Jiangnan is still nearly a thousand miles away from us, and strong dragons cannot overwhelm local snakes.

If he dares to jump around like this on our territory, there's no way he won't pay the price.

Don't worry, your father and I know it well. In terms of grudges against Ma Ziliang, which family belongs to the deepest.

Naturally, the He family was on the front line in dealing with Ma Ziliang. "Chen Mian gently stroked his beard.

When Ma Ziliang came to Qingsha to take up his post, he had dozens of guards with him, and he was very high-profile.

In addition, he was a donated official, and with the background of the He, Chen, Zheng, and Xu families, it was easy to find out his origins.

Two days later, around midnight, Magistrate Ma was discussing the important matter with Ruan Qing in the reception room of the county government office. Capt. Wu hurried over:

"Sir, what's wrong, Huang Butcher's wife is here and making a fuss at the yamen gate."

"Mr. Qian? Her son's case has been finalized, why is she here to make trouble again?" Ma Ziliang suddenly had a headache when he heard this.

Speaking of Mrs. Qian, everyone who knows her has a headache.

This person is a typical cutthroat, fierce, fierce, unreasonable, and has a very mean temperament.

Her husband is a pig butcher with a strong personality and a very fierce temperament.

The two wives he had married before were beaten to death by him. Until Mrs. Qian came to marry him, it was probably a bad person who met an even worse person. The pig butcher was treated like a grandson by her.

After being married into the Huang family for decades, she has never lost any quarrels or fights, whether internal or external.

Their son Huang Tufu fully absorbed the advantages of the two couples under the careful guidance of Mrs. Qian.

Both fierce and arrogant, but also shrewd, after inheriting his father's business and taking over the family's pork shop, within a few years, all the pork shops in the surrounding streets were wiped out, leaving him alone.

Countless young girls and young wives in the surrounding neighborhoods were taken advantage of by him, but no one dared to speak out.

Because they really couldn't afford to offend him, the three members of Butcher Huang's family were overbearing and domineering, and they were only slightly related by marriage to the He family.

Except for a few wealthy families in this city, ordinary people who have enough to eat and have nothing to do would dare to provoke them.

In the third month after Magistrate Ma came, a ragged old woman came in to complain, accusing Butcher Huang of seizing her daughter-in-law and killing her son.

After hearing this, Ma Ziliang said nothing and went to catch Butcher Huang. He beat him first and then opened a court for interrogation.

Naturally, Butcher Huang was dissatisfied and shouted that he was unjustly accused. His wife, Mrs. Qian, even rushed into the government hall and almost strangled her to death in front of the court to sue Butcher Huang.

He was dragged away and beaten for not being honest. While he was cursing endlessly, he listed a bunch of evidence to prove Huang Butcher's innocence. Ma Ziliang sent people to verify them one by one.

It turned out that none of them could stand the test, but instead it confirmed the fact that he occupied other people's wives and killed others.

Mrs. Qian made such a fuss in the government hall that she could not calm down if Ma Ziliang hadn't been so angry that he imprisoned her for several months for the crime of roaring in court.

After Huang Butcher's case was finalized and the fact of the murder was confirmed, she was released only after the execution.

Mrs. Qian didn't know if she suffered some hardships in prison, but she didn't make any more trouble after she came out.

But why did the peaceful days come again?

"She said that her son was unjustly accused, and that he was eager to make meritorious deeds and wanted to gain authority, so he pinned this unfounded charge on him.

She was dissatisfied with the original verdict and asked for an appeal for a retrial. She shouted at the government office that if you didn't agree, she would die in front of the county government office. "Captain Wu glanced at Magistrate Ma and said with a constipated look on his face.

He is a native and knows Mrs. Qian far better than Magistrate Ma, who has only been here a few months.

In more than thirty years of living, he has never seen anyone more brutal and unreasonable than her.

She won't do anything big, but she can fight you with her life at any time for small things. She can spray several cows to death with just one mouth.

She was fat and strong, and almost no one in the surrounding streets dared to provoke her.

If he ignored her, she might really dare to die in the Yamen.

If she really died in front of the government office, the county magistrate, who was already in a bad situation, would become even more passive.

"Madam, I'll go out and take a look first." Magistrate Ma remembered Mrs. Qian's difficulty and his eyebrows jumped wildly. He stood up and said to Ruan Qing.

"Go." Ruan Qing nodded.

After Magistrate Ma and Capt. Wu left, Zhao Ping rolled his eyes and said, "Auntie, I want to see you too."

She had never seen an old woman who was so fierce that she gave officials and police officers a headache, so she couldn't help but become interested in the money woman.

"Let's go together." Probably it is human nature to love gossip, so Ruan Qing also became very interested in this Mrs. Qian.