Chapter 236: Who is the eldest lady of the Zheng family?

Chapter 236: Who is the eldest lady of the Zheng family?

When County Magistrate Liu saw so many villagers coming to greet him, his temples jumped. How many people had Xu Yong cheated?

"Everyone is waiting for your arrival, Lord Qingtian." Tong Huaqiong walked up and said.

Tong Huaqiong didn't mind letting more people know that she had a close relationship with County Magistrate Liu. She was determined to cling to this powerful figure.

"Shopkeeper Tong." County Magistrate Liu addressed Tong Huaqiong with great respect.

The villagers were shocked.

Everyone else is a commoner, except Tong Da Jiao who is the shopkeeper.

"I have already known about Manager Tong's kind act of distributing medicine to the villagers of Qinghewan for free." County Magistrate Liu said with a smile.

Tong Huaqiong said modestly: "Not worth mentioning."

The corners of County Magistrate Liu's mouth twitched. This widow was too humble.

It is not worth mentioning that this medicine solves the culprit for the reduction in corn production.

I wonder how great a contribution Widow Tong made to the bumper harvest.

"Master Liu, the corn in Qinghe Bay is sprayed with pesticides given by Aunt Big Foot. It is growing very well this year."

"Xu Yong secretly prepared the prescription of Dashu Niang, which brought disaster to the corn in the neighboring village. Now they have come to his house. Xu Yong really deserves to die."

The crowd shouted.

After hearing the villagers from Qinghewan speak, people from other villages were not willing to be outdone.

What's more, they are victims and have more confidence.

"Lord Liu, the great judge of justice, you are finally here. Our corn has been ruined by Xu Yong."

"Xu Yong sold fake medicine, he deserves death."

"My family relied on these two acres of corn as food for the winter, but now Xu Yong has ruined it. Is he asking me to take my wife and daughter out to beg for food?"

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County Magistrate Liu listened to the complaints of the affected villagers and waved his hand to everyone.

"I have understood everything. To be honest, I passed through many villages on the way here and found that many corn leaves were yellow and the ears were black. I think it was all caused by the fake medicine prepared by Xu Yong."

"Since I have come to Qinghe Bay, I must seek justice for everyone."

"As for how to seek justice, I need to come up with a charter."

County Magistrate Liu cleared his throat and tried to calm everyone down.

What he wanted to ask was where that bastard Xu Yong was.

The villagers' corn fields were damaged, and as the culprit, he must pay compensation.

I just don’t know if Xu Yong can afford the compensation.

Tong Huaqiong stepped forward and said to County Magistrate Liu, "Lord Liu, I wrote the prescription, so I am also a party to the case. I just discussed it with the village chief, and now the damage in each village has been counted. Why don't you come to my yard to take a look at the situation before making a decision."

County Magistrate Liu looked at Tong Huaqiong approvingly.

This widow is his lucky star. She has thought of everything and done all the work in advance.

County Magistrate Liu said, "Well, let's go to your yard and make the decision. All the village heads, please follow us."

Tong Huaqiong then said to everyone: "Lord Liu will definitely give everyone a satisfactory result."

Tong Huaqiong led County Magistrate Liu and the village heads to her own yard, and the brothers Gu Dahan and Gu Dashu served tea to everyone.

"You village heads and villagers are holding weapons, and people who don't know would think you are here to cause trouble in Qinghe Bay. Xu Yong destroyed your crops, why don't you report him to the authorities?" County Magistrate Liu took a sip of tea and asked slowly.

Several village chiefs groaned inwardly.

They were afraid that if they sued the authorities, Xu Yong would only be punished without any compensation.

Of course, he didn't dare say this to County Magistrate Liu.

"Master Liu, please understand. It's not that we don't want to sue the authorities, but we were all panicked when we saw the corn was destroyed, so we thought of coming to Qinghe Bay to find Xu Yong to see if he has any prescription that can restore the corn." Village Chief Hu said.

"Master Liu, you are wise. When we farmers saw the corn being destroyed, our hearts bleed. How could we think of anything else? We just want to come to Xu Yong to seek justice." Village Chief Zhang continued.

The other village heads nodded in agreement.

Originally, the village heads complained that Tong Huaqiong was too slow in asking the county magistrate to seek justice, and they thought it would be better for them to register the damage themselves and divide up Xu Yong and Xu Jin's grain directly.

Now I have to admire Tong Huaqiong's foresight. She did this to avoid everyone being labeled as a troublemaker.

"Master Liu, what everyone said is right. As a farmer, anyone would be heartbroken if their corn was destroyed. It is normal for them to come to Xu Yong first since Xu Yong sold them fake medicine. Several village heads came to our village and discussed it, saying that no matter whether it is compensation or convicting Xu Yong, they must report to the police. Everyone knows that Master Liu loves the people like his own children. You came here as soon as you heard the news to seek justice for everyone." Tong Huaqiong said.

County Magistrate Liu was flattered by Tong Huaqiong's words "the days of loving the people".

He didn't want to punish anyone. He just warned the villages that if they encountered a major incident, they had to report it to the authorities and not set up courts privately in the village.

Thinking that it was not easy for the villagers to farm, and that if someone's land was destroyed, they would report to the authorities immediately instead of seeking revenge, he gave up the idea of ​​finding fault with the village heads.

"Didn't they just say outside that the damaged lists had been compiled? Where is it?" asked County Magistrate Liu.

Village Chief Hu was waiting for this sentence. He unfolded the paper in front of County Magistrate Liu and said, "Master Liu, this is the damage to our village. I dare not report it falsely."

Then Village Chief Zhang and other village chiefs also submitted their lists.

It was Tong Huaqiong's idea to compile a list of losses in each village, which was recorded by Liu Tiejian.

When Liu Tielian saw his shrimp-like handwriting in front of County Magistrate Liu, he couldn't help but blush.

I thought it would be great if Gu Jingzhe were here.

County Magistrate Liu frowned as he looked at the list. All the villages in Yanguan Town had suffered damage, especially Guazhou Bay and Yueliang Bay, which suffered the most serious damage.

It was a problem to compensate so many people. Could Xu Yong afford it? The county could only open the warehouses and release the grain.

County Magistrate Liu cursed Xu Yong in his heart. He would definitely convict him, and the county would have to clean up his mess.

Tong Huaqiong looked at County Magistrate Liu's frowning brows and said, "Lord Liu, we learned at Xu Yong's house this morning that he has three barns. No, there are four. Three above ground and one underground. With so much food piled up, they are not afraid even in a disaster year."

County Magistrate Liu's eyes lit up, meaning that Xu Yong's family's grain could compensate everyone's losses.

However, County Magistrate Liu immediately became angry. How could Xu Yong store so much grain?

Where did a mere village chief like him get so much food?

It can be seen that he is quite greedy in daily life.

County Magistrate Liu took the list of damaged villages and determined the food situation of Xu Yong's family based on the past harvest of each acre of corn fields. He quickly formulated a compensation plan.

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Liu Tielian sent several young and strong laborers to look after Xu Yong.

Soon, the Xu family's door was kicked open.

Xu Yong and Tian were almost paralyzed by the knife-wielding yamen runners.

Xu Yong’s last experience of being tortured in the county government office was something he never wanted to recall again, but now he has to go through it again.

The yamen runners first detained Xu Yong and his wife, and then opened the barn of Xu Yong's family.

The affected villagers were called one by one to Xu Yong's house to get food.

Just after noon, all the food in Xu Yong's family was taken away by the compensation.

The villagers in the surrounding villages whose corn fields were damaged were slightly comforted by receiving the grain. Those who suffered serious losses and felt that the compensation was too little complained a few times, but they shut up when County Magistrate Liu promised to give them real sterilization and insecticide for free to save the corn fields.

A farce was resolved just like that.

"Master Liu, I am innocent. The medicine was prepared by my niece Xu Zaohua." Xu Yong shouted at County Magistrate Liu when he was taken away.

"Xu Zaohua is now the eldest lady of the Zheng family. She dared to prepare fake medicine because the government dared not investigate the Zheng family when something happened."

Tian added fuel to the fire, and Xu Zaohua was bound to sink with her.

After hearing what Tian said, County Magistrate Liu became furious and ordered people to go to Zheng's house to arrest Xu Zaohua.

What is the Zheng family?

Who does the young lady of the Zheng family think she is?

He dares to take it when someone commits a crime.