It's bad! The cub raised in the space met the prince and called him daddy

The old patriarch looked at all the villagers who had gathered and raised his hand to make a quiet gesture. He looked at Li Lizheng disappointedly and said:

"Take them both to the ancestral hall and wait for the official to arrive!"

"Yes. Old Patriarch."

Seven or eight strong men rushed forward, tied up Li Lizheng and his wife with straw ropes in anger, and prepared to take them away.

*

Suddenly, a man came out from the back door, shouting and yelling.

"You bunch of bad guys, let my mother go, let my father go."

It turned out that Li Huniu, who had been pretending to be a quail in the yard and dared not show her head, was frightened and panicked when she saw that several people were really going to take her parents away.

She rushed out and started punching and kicking several people.

The old patriarch, whose white beard was shaking with anger, shouted loudly,

"Tiger Girl, if you don't stop, you will be an accomplice. We will arrest you too."

"Tiger girl, stop making trouble, kneel down and beg the old patriarch to let your crazy mother go! Otherwise, you will never see your crazy mother again. ..."

Li Shuanghe was still fantasizing at the top of his voice, while Ma Zhaodi was laughing foolishly like a lunatic.

**

Just when the scene was in full swing, the sound of horse hooves came closer and closer.

"Old Patriarch, someone is coming from the government office."

As he finished speaking, two fast horses came running over. Two yamen runners jumped off the horses and clasped their fists when they saw the old patriarch.

When Li Lizheng saw that someone really came to the yamen, he was so scared that he fell to the ground.

During the interrogation, not even threats or torture instruments were used. Ma Zhaodi, who was pretending to be crazy and stupid, was trembling all over. She was so frightened that she pissed her pants and shit, and she dared not to act crazy or stupid again.

She sobbed and snorted, and she confessed her motives and evil deeds in a clumsy manner.

As soon as he finished speaking, it was as if all the strength in his body was drained away, and with a puff his fat body fell into the mud soup and turned into a dead fish.

*

Li Huniu was frightened by her mother's disgusting look and jumped up again. After a few breaths, she let out a cry and ran into the backyard as if she was chased by a dog.

With extremely quick movements, he closed the small back door with a "click".

"?"

The villagers' expressions were instantly petrified.

Li Shuanghe...closed his eyes tightly.

**

The old patriarch sighed and shook his head again, then turned around and spoke harshly with hatred.

"Li Shuanghe, I'll give you a chance to atone for your sins. Do you want to go to the government office with me or pay money to compensate the losses of several families?"

The truth about the fire has come to light and the case is clear.

When Li Shuanghe saw that the domineering woman had confessed everything, he knew that he could no longer stay out of it.

Hearing the old patriarch's knocking again, he lowered his head and pretended to be deaf.

"Li Shuanghe, as the head of the village, why don't you uphold justice for the people?"

"Or do you want to go to jail too?"

The two officers also joked.

"I...I..."

Finally, under the pressure of the old patriarch, Uncle Shen and the officials from the yamen, Li Shuanghe was forced to agree to compensate for the loss of Fang Qingge's new house and the loss of houses of several surrounding villagers.

*

But she still cried and argued:

"I'm sorry, everyone. I'm willing to compensate you. I admit my mistake on behalf of my wife. I'll give you everything.

But I only have these ten taels of silver. I can’t afford any more.”

Before he finished his sympathy act, a young boy next to the ox cart started shouting,

"Did I find the silver they hid? It's right here."

Everyone looked over and saw the boy bending over and pulling out a tightly wrapped cloth bag with three layers of stuff inside and outside from under the ox cart.

He took it in his hand and shook it vigorously, and then he heard the sound of silver ingots colliding inside the cloth bag.

He then shook it vigorously, and more than twenty large white silver ingots fell out.

*

"Hiss...hiss..." There were bursts of gasps at the scene.

"Mom? Is this a silver ingot? I have never touched one in my life."

"Oh my god! The headman's family is really rich! Who was crying poor just now?! I almost believed it."

"Gou Wa, do you think the headman's family is as poor as ours, and even mice despise them?!"

For a moment, the villagers who were watching were in an uproar, chattering, and their eyes were almost popping out of their heads in shock.

The two yamen runners saw this and thought to themselves that it seemed that Li Lizheng had embezzled a lot of money since he was a village official.

*

At this time, Uncle Shen also straightened his expression, bowed to the respected old village chief and said:

"Old Patriarch, in addition to the compensation, I suggest that you check where the rest of the money from Li Shuanghe's family came from.

I have heard that the county has distributed disaster relief money to the villages that were robbed by the bandits from Guyue Country."

"Yes. That's true."

A yamen runner nodded. Then he looked at the old patriarch and said:

"Old Patriarch, let's take Ma Zhaodi away. You can handle the rest of the matter by yourselves! If you need to testify in front of the county magistrate, we two brothers will help you."

"Thank you, officers."

The old clan leader thanked the two officers repeatedly. He was frightened again and again by what happened today. Such a shameful thing happened in the clan, and he almost couldn't breathe.

The two officers then took the evidence and left with the man.

**

On the day after the fire, the old patriarch delivered compensation money to several families, and the villagers of Qinghe Village came spontaneously and volunteered to repair the houses of these disaster-stricken families.

A few days later, Aunt Yu, who was recuperating at home, heard a piece of great news that made everyone applaud.

She uttered a "Pah" and was about to curse "You deserve it" when she saw Fang Qingge returning home from the construction site at the gate.

"Qingge, come quickly, I have good news for you. Your Aunt Wang just said that after Ma Zhaodi was taken away, the county magistrate ordered her to be imprisoned because of the irrefutable evidence!

And the village head Li Shuanghe was dismissed by the county magistrate because he lied to his superiors and his subordinates and the source of the money was unknown. Hahahaha… I felt really happy when I heard this! "

"Mom, I just heard about it. I was just coming back to tell you!

There is something you don't know! A few nights ago, Li Shuanghe took Li Huniu and her father and daughter and left Qinghe Village in a bullock cart, carrying their bedding."

"What? They packed up and ran away?"

"Uh-huh."

It turned out that after Li Shuanghe was dismissed from his post, he knew he could no longer stay in the village. So on a dark and windy night, he left Qinghe Village in disgrace with his daughter Li Huniu, who had no relatives to recognize him.

*

Hearing this, Aunt Yu suddenly patted her chest and said in fear,

"Oh? Fortunately, the old clan leader asked for all the compensation money, otherwise who could have stopped him if he sneaked away in the middle of the night?!"

After saying this, before Fang Qingge could react, Aunt Yu changed the subject and mentioned the house again.

"By the way, Qingge, your father said that the house will take a few more days to be completed?"

"Oh, Dad said, the beams and thatched roof of the house were burned down, but the foundation and stone walls were intact.

Besides, the whole village is here to help, so I estimate it won’t take more than seven days. Today is already the fourth day, and I see that the progress is quite fast.”

"Well, we must remember everyone's kindness. This time they knew that my arm was injured, so they didn't let us cook and didn't even come to drink a sip of water. There are still many good people!"

"Yes, Mom, I remember it!"

**