Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Just when Captain Wu wanted to say something else, Lin Xiaoyue stopped him, raised her smiling face, and showed her eight big white teeth, "Thank you for your hard work, all officers. It's okay, I'll go with you."

Lin Xiaoyue was so considerate and helped them out of the predicament that the yamen runners couldn't help but feel a little fond of her.

After hearing what Lin Xiaoyue said, Captain Wu stopped making things difficult for the officials. He just glared at them unhappily and stood up to shake off the non-existent dust on his clothes. "Come on, I'll go with you to see who are the desperate people who dare to throw dirty water on the Le'an Township Lord personally appointed by the emperor?"

Lin Xiaoyue smiled at him gratefully, then turned around and asked the yamen runners without any guilt, "If what you say is true, do we need to call other witnesses to prove that I was at the farm with everyone else last night and did not leave?"

Several yamen runners were almost choked to death by their own saliva. "I dare not, I dare not, I dare not accept the title of runner by the village master. If the village master has a witness, it would be best to bring him along."

From the time they entered the door until now, within just a few words, the attitude of the yamen runners changed drastically, and they no longer dared to use the tiger's skin or wave the banner in front of this grassroots village chief.

A quarter of an hour later, the gate of Zhuangzi opened, and more than 20 carriages slowly drove out, heading towards Yongzhou City.

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The carriage entered Yongzhou City unimpeded along the way.

Compared to a while ago, Yongzhou City is now more lively and prosperous, and the streets and alleys are full of hawkers' cries and laughter.

They had a convoy of more than 20 carriages forming a column, heading towards the county government office in a mighty manner. The huge momentum inevitably attracted passers-by to follow and want to find out what was going on.

When the group arrived at the gate of the county government office, the governor was already sitting high in the court. When he saw Lin Xiaoyue, his expression was extremely complicated.

It is said that if a girl from a certain family is favored by the emperor and is personally granted the title of village lady, it is a joyous event that will make smoke rise from the ancestors' graves.

But the family members of this newly appointed Le'an Township Lord are so weird that it is hard to describe them.

After receiving the case, the governor also found it very difficult at first, but he was an honest and fair official and was determined not to do anything arbitrary to favor any party.

Therefore, after the court session, when the people heard that the Le'an Township Lord was jointly sued by his grandmother, uncles and other close relatives, all the people could not sit still. They closed their shops one after another, and even did not do much business, and all ran to the county government office to watch the excitement.

Oh no, they realized that the court was full of people. There were so many people that there was no room left. They all stood outside the court, forming a thick wall of people, blocking the view of the onlookers and preventing them from seeing what was happening inside the court.

When Mrs. Lin, Uncle Lin, and Second Uncle Lin saw that Lin Xiaoyue brought a large group of servants to cheer her on, they, who had originally felt confident and confident that they had a sure win, became nervous and a little uneasy.

Because Lin Xiaoyue was now granted the title of township lord, he did not need to kneel in court. The governor also had someone bring a chair for her and let her sit aside.

Although everyone in the old house was extremely angry and glared at Lin Xiaoyue with fire in their eyes, they also knew that her identity was different and there was no need for her to kneel like them.

When the time came, the governor, who was sitting at the head of the hall, slammed the gavel and asked loudly, "Who is in the hall?"

Everyone in the old house jumped out immediately, indignantly saying, "Your Excellency, we are the family of the Le'an Township Lord. This is her grandmother, I am her eldest uncle, and there are also her second uncle and people from two other families. We are accusing the Le'an Township Lord of throwing snakes in the middle of the night with the intention of murdering us. We hope that the magistrate will be able to see through this and severely punish the Le'an Township Lord."

This accusation was like a huge rock thrown into a lake, causing a thousand waves and the onlookers were immediately outraged.

"No way? Is the Le'an Township Master so cruel? He is too vicious."

"To murder her loved ones, is she still a human being? She is the village head, and it would be fine if she couldn't benefit her family after becoming rich and powerful, but she actually wanted to poison her loved ones. Women have the most vicious hearts."

"No way. I think the village chief is still young and kind. How could he do such a cruel and vicious thing?"

"Tsk, do you know what it means to know a person's face but not his heart? I think someone has become famous overnight and immediately forgot her roots. She thinks someone is blocking her way, so she kills the whole family."

"Didn't I hear a while ago that the village owner's grandmother found a rich family for her and forced the village owner to go there and be the 23rd concubine? I think the village owner must have been holding a grudge and did such a cruel thing."

"Not only that, I heard that the village owner's father and mother finally went to the county government office to break up, and the village owner's father was kicked out of the house by the village owner's mother, and his whereabouts are still unknown."

The atmosphere in the lobby was solemn, and the onlookers outside the hall were whispering and talking.

Of course, there are different opinions. "But if it was my own daughter, who was finally granted the title of village lord, but was given to someone else as the 23rd concubine, I would also feel resentful and want to get rid of her as soon as possible."

"How wicked! A good girl was given to someone else as his 23rd concubine. This grandmother is really evil-minded."

"It's more than just a crime. I don't think my grandmother would do this."

"What what is not my real grandmother, is this true or false?"

"Think about it yourself. What grandmother would give her own granddaughter to someone else as a concubine, let alone the twenty-third concubine?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Does this mean that good and evil will be rewarded in the end?"

"If this is retribution, I think it's a good retribution. These black-hearted people deserve it for doing such evil things to others. They are so cruel and ruthless. God should punish these evil people."

Lin Xiaoyue looked over calmly. As expected, the public's eyes were sharp. The truth was revealed by this auntie.

Over there in the Lin family's old house, everyone was still complaining.

"My Lord, you didn't see it. Last night when we were all sleeping soundly, we suddenly found that the house was full of snakes tangled together in groups of three or four, constantly wriggling and crawling around, with their fangs bared and their tongues spitting out. We were almost scared to death."

"Yes, sir, they are so scary. Each snake is at least 3 feet long, with a triangular head and a dark black body. It is obvious that they are highly venomous."

"It was so scary. I was awakened by the hissing of a poisonous snake in the middle of the night. I almost died of fright."

"Sir, look, look, all of these wounds on our bodies are caused by poisonous snake bites."

As they spoke, everyone in the old house rolled up their sleeves and trouser legs to show the adults the bloody holes on their bodies. The dense wounds were really scary to look at, and the onlookers couldn't help but get goose bumps all over their bodies. Some of the less courageous ones were so scared that they screamed on the spot, their hearts and gallbladders were broken, and their faces were ashen.