Song Bowen shouted at the jailer, "Sir, I want to see the county magistrate. Please take me to see him!"

"Tsk, I think you're itching for trouble. Brothers, let's give him a good beating." The jailer glanced at the skinny chicken in front of him, knocked the wooden stick in his hand, and looked ferocious.

"No, no, no, I'm serious. If there is something really important that I need to report to the county magistrate, I will definitely share the reward money I get with all the officials."

The prison boss saw that he was not lying and nodded his head, "You dare to deceive me, you know the consequences!"

Song Bowen even said he didn't dare.

"Tell me what you want?" the county magistrate asked disdainfully while sitting on a high official chair. He only came over condescendingly after several yamen runners said that this boy knew some important clues.

"I heard that the grain in a nearby county was robbed by a group of refugees. I know where those robbers are?" He heard this from the girls in the building, and now it comes in handy.

The county magistrate sat up straight upon hearing this and asked, "Where is it?"

Song Bowen smiled and said, "My family has been wrongly accused and is now suffering in prison. How can I bear this?"

The county magistrate narrowed his eyes at him, and after a long while he smiled and said, "That was an unjust case decided by the previous county magistrate. Now that the victim has come to us, we will make the decision for you."

With a wave of his hand, he signed a document of innocence stamped by the county government and threw it to Song Bowen.

"Tell me... If you conceal anything or make up anything, I will kill your entire family."

Song Bowen put away the documents and recounted his discovery of a lot of grain of unknown origin in the village. He added some extra details to his story, especially exaggerating the suspicion of the third branch of the Song family.

Although it was a mess in the neighboring county, what happened in the county government office last night made people suspect that it was done by the same group of people.

"Come here, prepare the horses. This county magistrate will personally capture this group of thieves." In this way, he can atone for his crime in front of the Third Prince.

At this time, Song Jixiang didn't know that an unexpected disaster was about to happen. She was watching Wang Laowu loading the carriage, and boxes of cakes were neatly stacked in the carriage. Qin Sanniang was guarding Xiangyunzhai, so she was relieved. She only needed to prepare the daily quantity of cakes and let Wang Laowu come to the village to take them away.

Wang Laowu no longer had to live on the streets, and willingly became Song Jixiang's errand boy. Not only him, but also several of his men came to help. Several people could receive a fixed salary every month, which was much better than living on the streets before.

The main reason is that the bakery business in town is so good that one person simply cannot handle it all.

Seeing that the momentum was good, Song Jixiang asked him to buy two more horse-drawn carriages in the county, so that he and his men could travel back and forth between the town and the mountain village.

As for Xiao Ruyi's modified carriage, it was left in the yard for family use.

Some of these cakes and pastries were taken out from the space, and some were made by her and Yan Nan together.

Little girl Yan Nan ignored the egg beaters, molds, dough mixers, blenders, etc. that suddenly appeared, and never asked where they came from. She just operated them familiarly to make delicious pastries.

The two smiled knowingly and their relationship became closer.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise of a wooden door falling to the ground outside.

As soon as the two of them went out to take a look, they saw a group of ferocious-looking yamen runners rushing into the yard.

Each of these yamen runners held a big knife in their hands, and had a stern look on their faces that said "keep away from strangers".

Song Jixiang was not afraid of them. He pulled Yan Nan behind him and said to the uninvited guests in a bad tone, "You broke into a private house in broad daylight. Is there no law in the Dayu Dynasty?"

The county magistrate came in panting with his belly bulging. "Bullshit, bullshit, you broke into a private house. Someone reported that you stole government grain. Now, we are handling the case openly. What are you still standing there for? Go in and search!"

Before Song Jixiang could react, a group of yamen runners rushed into the backyard like wolves and tigers, rummaging through the drawers and cabinets.

Their house is not big, with only two entrances in total.

Dozens of strong yamen runners came out to report in less than a minute: Report, no food or any valuables were found!

Jiang and his companions had long been driven to the front yard by the yamen runners. Except for Jiang and Xiaohong, who looked extremely frightened, the others all lowered their heads, hiding their emotions in their eyes. I wonder what they were thinking?

Xiao Ruyi gave Song Jixiang a reassuring look.

Long before these yamen runners broke in, he had already put away all the things in the house that might arouse suspicion into the space.

"No! It's impossible. Please search carefully, gentlemen." Song Bowen stepped forward and said unwillingly.

"We are not blind, are there any hidden items that we cannot see? You weakling, get out of the way!" The chief of the yamen runners pushed aside the person who was blocking his way.

Song Yanran, who had already changed into clean clothes, raised her pretty little face and said in pretended surprise: "My brother said that they hid the government grain, which must be true. Please be careful, gentlemen." She bowed deeply, revealing her graceful outline, which made the strong men swallow their saliva frequently.

The county magistrate's cloudy eyes were also looking around restlessly.

Song Yanran cursed inwardly the old pervert...and put on a sweet smile on her face. She said in a delicate voice, "My Lord County Magistrate, please be careful!" After saying this, she deliberately raised her fair neck.

The county magistrate wished he could punish this pretty girl right on the spot. He grabbed Song Yanran's small hand and began to stroke it, making a slurping sound with his mouth.

The chief of the yamen runners at the side coughed twice in time, and the county magistrate came back to his senses, "Go, take all these people to the ancestral hall, and call all the villagers here. I want to give these peasants a thorough trial!"

Xiao Ruyi signaled Song Jixiang not to act rashly.

Song Jixiang nodded knowingly.

When the village chief saw the county magistrate, he bowed respectfully.

The county magistrate snorted coldly, hardly even looking at him, and walked to the high platform of the ancestral hall and sat down. "Tell me, where did your village get so much food?"

The village chief immediately said, "Your Excellency, please be careful. All the food in our village is borrowed by each household from relatives and friends around. The source of food is absolutely clean. If you don't believe me, you can go and check. Each type of rice is different! Please be careful!"

"You old thing, if you don't get serious, you don't know how much I weigh. Someone, come! Take him to jail and beat him with a stick. Let's see if his old words are stronger than my stick..."

Two yamen runners stepped forward and pinned the village chief to the ground, and one of them kicked him a few times.

Immediately, a villager shouted loudly: "You are not allowed to treat the village chief like this!"

"Yes! What have we done wrong? Is there anything wrong with handing over the grain on time and in the right amount?"

"Yeah yeah……"

The sentiment is indignant.

Song Jixiang cursed inwardly, never expecting that his good intentions would eventually bring disaster.

He exchanged glances with Xiao Ruyi.

The two of them gathered energy in their hands...

thump—

click-

what--

Three voices sounded at the same time.

The knees of the yamen runner who kicked the man went weak and he fell to his knees. The sound of his bones breaking was painful to hear.

When the villagers saw this, they all cursed inwardly, saying that he deserved it.

The county magistrate was about to ask other officers to continue beating him with sticks when he heard "Someone come..."

Before he finished the word "ah", the official hat on his head caught fire without wind, and then smoke came out of his hair. He was so scared that he jumped up and down, screaming and throwing his official hat aside in a hurry, and asked someone to fetch water to put out the sparks on his head.

The villagers were happy to watch the fun, and no one was willing to fetch water for him.

The county magistrate ran around in a panic and dived into the rainwater tank nearby.

The stale sewage inside made him retch continuously, causing all the villagers to laugh.

When the ancestral hall was built, these large water tanks were placed here.

"You, you bunch of unruly people! Today I..." The county magistrate was about to say a few harsh words.

All the villagers standing below glared at him and the yamen runners behind him, many of them holding hoes and carrying poles in their hands.

The county magistrate was frightened by the fierce looks of these people and shuddered, swallowing back the next words. "Go back, we will go back first. You, you wait, wait..."

The county magistrate and his entourage came and left quickly.

Song Bowen didn't expect that the county magistrate was so useless. With a ready-made excuse in front of him, he just walked away with his tail between his legs?

He hurriedly chased after them, but the county magistrate slapped him in the face, causing blood to flow from the corner of his mouth. "Useless trash, get out of here..." It was this kid who had been gossiping in front of him, making him lose face in front of these low-class people. When he called the soldiers, he would definitely destroy this village.

"Is it you? Is it you? It must be you who went to the county magistrate to tell the secret!" A man from the village stepped forward and grabbed Song Bowen by the collar and shouted.

That day, the village chief asked him to send the brat to the county, and then something bad happened in the village.

Just look at the way he behaved towards the county magistrate just now, who else could it be but him?

A group of villagers gathered around and talked about it.

"No, I didn't..." Song Bowen argued hurriedly, but unfortunately no one believed what he said anymore.

"What a scum of our village!"

"Yes, all the scholars have read into the dog's stomach."

"How did our village offend him that he would frame us like this..." Aunt Wang stood in the crowd, shaking with anger and cursing. She was a well-known good person in the village. She usually never spoke loudly, but at this moment, she was so angry that her face turned red and her eyes were full of anger.

The village chief was supported by someone and walked over. There was not much anger on his face, and his tone was still calm. "Our village is small and can't accommodate a scholar like you. You and your family should find better jobs in the next few days!"

The village chief finished speaking slowly. His voice was not loud, but it sounded like a bolt from the blue in Song Bowen's ears.

Song Bowen stared at the village chief with eyes wide open in disbelief. His family had never left since his grandfather moved here, and now the village chief was going to drive them out of the village with just a few words!

Think beautiful!

"Village chief, why is this? Our family has lived in the village for so long, and we have always been kind to others and have never done anything to harm the village. Why are you driving us away?" Song Bowen explained hurriedly.

The village chief did not give him a chance to explain, and said coldly: "Everyone in the village has watched what your family has done. As for what you have done, I think you should know that our village can no longer accommodate you."

Song Bowen wanted to make a few more remarks but was interrupted by the village chief.

"No need to say more, the matter has been decided. You and your family should pack up as soon as possible and leave the village." After the village chief said this, he turned and left.

Several respected elders in the village also glared at him, snorted coldly, and left together.

Song Bowen stood there blankly, watching the village chief leave, his heart filled with anger and unwillingness. He knew that his family no longer had a place to stand in this village.

"Bah! How can a person who is not treated well by God be a good person?"

"That's right, people like this should have been driven out of the village long ago!"

……

Listening to the villagers' discussions, Song Bowen and Song Yanran looked very ugly, feeling extremely embarrassed and angry. They couldn't understand why these villagers were so cold-blooded and unreasonable, watching their family being driven out of the village.

Song Jixiang, Xiao Ruyi and others returned to the house.

After it became completely dark, two figures jumped out of the house together. Then the sound of a motor was heard. The roar went towards the nearby county town, stirring up dust all the way.

……

The next day, it was still dark.

Xiao Yihan was awakened by the county magistrate's howling.

After the shock that day, he found that his body had unspeakable problems. In order to verify his guess, he even specially found a beautiful maid, but it didn't work. He was extremely upset and wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible to find a famous doctor for treatment. Otherwise, even if he got his grand plan, what fun would it be!

"Come in..."

The county magistrate was really rolling in, panting repeatedly. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something bad has happened. All the private vaults in the surrounding counties have been seized, and, and..."

"Fuck away!"

Xiao Yihan was so angry that he grabbed the porcelain pillow on the bed and threw it over. The county magistrate was so scared that he hid aside, trembling on the ground and begging for mercy.

"And the walls of the county government office are all written with: The two most outstanding heroes visited here!"

Oh my god, this incident really scared him to death!

Could someone who made such a big noise in one night be an ordinary person?

Now the money is gone, but if these people want human lives, wouldn’t it be easy to take them?

He needs to think carefully about whether he should resign from his post and return home to retire!

What he could think of, Xiao Yihan could naturally think of as well.

No, that matter cannot be delayed any longer. Tonight, he will send a few secret guards to investigate that place. If it is true, no one in that place should be left alive and all of them should disappear!

"Why are you still kneeling here? Get out! Mobilize all the people to investigate. No one is allowed to enter the city but to leave. Check every house." He didn't believe that so much silver could disappear. Even if they couldn't catch the person, they should be able to find some clues by following the wheel marks.

Without exception, all the county offices where silver was stolen were run by the Third Prince's gang, which made him suspicious. Which good brother of his was it?

The county magistrate secretly grimaced. Didn't he dig up the entire county government ground these past two days? Nothing was found. This gentleman still didn't give up.

He resigned himself to his fate and went out.

At this time, a maid came in and reported: "Miss Ouyang asked Your Highness to come over, saying that she has something to discuss."

Xiao Yihan shook unconsciously, waved his hands, and said impatiently: "Just say that I have something to do and I will talk about it when I return to Beijing another day. In the future, you don't need to report these trivial matters to me..."

The girl took the order and left.

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