Sweet Dreams in Famine Years: The System Leads to a Brilliant Life

"Miss Zeng, I was blinded by greed before. As long as we don't go to the government office, I can agree to any compensation you ask for." Village Chief Chen continued to persuade.

For some reason, Village Chief Chen always felt that if he went to the government office, something bad would definitely happen.

Zeng Zhengen raised the corners of his lips slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile.

"Village Chief Chen, I gave you a chance before when we were in the village, but you didn't take it seriously and insisted on asking us to come to the city to report to the authorities. Now that I have fulfilled your wish, why are you blocking me here?"

"This..." Village Chief Chen was speechless for a moment.

Indeed, when they were in the village, Zeng Zhengen did agree that as long as they compensated for the grain, they would not report to the authorities.

It was all my fault that when I heard that I had to compensate for the total amount of grain, I was blinded by anger.

Before Village Chief Chen could say anything, the group had already arrived at the yamen, and the villagers of Dapo Village immediately stepped forward to beat drums to protest their grievances.

After a while, an officer came out and asked.

"Who is beating the drum here to complain?"

When the villagers saw the stern-faced officials, they were so frightened that they dared not even breathe.

There was no other choice, so Zeng Zhengen had to stand up.

"Sir, we are villagers from Fulai Village. We are here to beat the drum today to sue Wang Zhang from Fulai Village for stealing our grain."

Zeng Zhengen's words immediately made the expressions of the officers and soldiers become serious.

"Are you serious?" the officer asked in a serious tone.

Zeng Zhengen said solemnly: "Sir, everything we said is true. Otherwise, we would not dare to come to the yamen to beat the drums and complain about our grievances."

Seeing Zeng Zhengen's powerful words, the officer began to believe her a little more and turned around to go inside to report.

After a while, the county magistrate opened the court for interrogation.

But when the county magistrate saw Zeng Zhengen and his group coming in, he was completely stunned.

Aren't these the disaster victims that Liang Wangfu had sent to him to take care of? Why did they suddenly appear here?

Before the county magistrate could think clearly, he saw Zeng Zhengen standing in the middle.

Oh my God! This is the benefactor of the Liang Palace, the miracle doctor who saved the Liang Prince!

If the county magistrate had not been concerned about the fact that they were in the court, he would have stood up to greet Zeng Zhengen long ago.

The county magistrate suppressed his shock, looked down with a calm face, and asked.

"Who beat the drum? What is the complaint?"

Facing the county magistrate's questions, Zeng Zhengen answered calmly and explained the whole story very clearly.

"Sir, I originally wanted to wait until the potatoes were successfully planted before reporting to the government. After all, the reason I was able to settle down in Jinzhou City was thanks to the care of His Royal Highness Prince Liang."

"For the care of His Majesty the King of Liang, we women and villagers have no way to repay him, so we thought that we would wait until the potatoes were ripe and then report them to the government, so that we could repay the King of Liang's kindness. But who would have thought that before the potatoes were planted, the potato seedlings were wantonly destroyed by someone."

Zeng Zhengen's words were so righteous that the county magistrate had a better impression of Zeng Zhengen after listening to them.

The county magistrate slammed the table, looked towards Mrs. Wang and questioned in a cold voice.

"Ms. Wang Zhang, is it as Miss Zeng said?"

When Mrs. Wang saw that the county magistrate was angry, she was so frightened that her whole body began to tremble.

"County... County Magistrate... Sir, this is unfair! I... I didn't even know what potatoes were. I always thought they were just weeds!"

As soon as Mrs. Wang said this, the anger on the county magistrate's face became even more obvious.

"What nonsense! How dare you quibble? I don't think you will confess the truth unless I torture you."

When the day of torture came, Mrs. Wang's face turned pale instantly.

"No... Sir, I... I confessed. I confessed everything. I just didn't like them, so I deliberately pulled up the potatoes they planted."

Mrs. Wang was afraid that the county magistrate would really torture her, so she told him everything in one go.

After hearing what Mrs. Wang said, the anger on the county magistrate's face became more and more obvious.

"boom……"

"Ms. Wang Zhang, you are so bold that you dared to deliberately waste food. This is truly an unforgivable crime. Someone, take Ms. Wang Zhang out and give her twenty lashes of the cane."

At the order of the county magistrate, several officers came forward and dragged Mrs. Wang out.

After a while, the sound of hitting the stick and Wang Dasao's screams were heard outside.

Everyone was trembling with fear when they heard the noise outside.

After the twenty strokes of the cane, Wang Dasao was dragged back to the court again. However, when everyone saw the bloody body of Wang Dasao, their faces changed.

Among those present, except for the county magistrate and the officials from the yamen who were already accustomed to such scenes, Zeng Zhengen was the only one whose expression looked relatively normal.

The county magistrate looked at the calm Zeng Zhengen and nodded with great satisfaction. He was indeed a miracle doctor who had saved the Prince of Liang and had seen big scenes.

Afterwards, the county magistrate asked the lawyer to write down Wang Dasao’s crimes and then asked Wang Dasao to sign and seal them.

After all the procedures were completed, the county magistrate pronounced a verdict on the case.

In the end, not only was Wang Dasao beaten with twenty sticks, she was also required to pay 30 kilograms of grain as compensation to each of Zeng Zhengen's families.

Village chief Chen of Fulai Village was also criticized by the county magistrate for failing to control the villagers of Fulai Village.

After hearing the county magistrate's verdict, Mrs. Wang fainted.

Mrs. Wang really didn't expect that when she arrived at the government office, she would not only be beaten with twenty sticks, but also had to pay so much grain as compensation. If she had known earlier, she would have solved the matter directly in the village.

But there is no medicine for regret in the world. No matter how much Mrs. Wang regrets, things have already happened.

After being criticized by the county magistrate, Village Chief Chen became much more depressed.

He was really blinded by greed. The police had clearly reminded him when Zeng Zhengen and the others first arrived, asking him to control the villagers and not to provoke these new refugees.

If he had believed the officer at the beginning, today's events would not have turned out like this.

After the verdict was announced, everyone left the court. After leaving the yamen, Zeng Zhengen did not immediately follow the villagers back, but planned to take a walk around the city.

After settling in Jinzhou City for so long, this is Zeng Zhengen's second visit to Jinzhou City.

Originally, she wanted to come to Jinzhou City to take a look. After all, she was going to do business in the city in the future, so she must conduct a thorough market research first.

Only after conducting a thorough market research can we better open up the situation.