A ragged cub at the beginning

"Doesn't this look like someone being locked up to work?"

"You're talking nonsense. Every day when I come to pick up my children, the female teachers are all smiling. They don't look like they are locked up."

"I remember that everyone was very thin when they first came here, but now everyone is fair and tender."

"The one in their kitchen, he had a big scar on his face. He was so thin that he would fall down if the wind blew. When I saw him yesterday, he had gained weight."

"I heard from someone that the mayor's wife took them in out of pity. There are many children as well."

"What a kind man."

"Good things don't come easy to good people. They even came to my house to extort money."

There was a lot of discussion on the side, but Xingzi looked calm and even smiled slightly, "Wu Tong, what's the matter?"

"Where are the children? Come home with me!" Wu Tong came up to pull her. Since Xingzi left, no one has done the housework. His mother was used to Xingzi and her daughter doing all the work. Now she had to cook, wash clothes, clean and serve the father and son. She cursed all day long, which made her feel irritated when she got home.

Xingzi dodged to the side. She looked at the people around her. Even if she was dumb, she knew that these people were here to cause trouble for the director. She wanted to explain why she was here, so she asked repeatedly, "Why should I go back with you? Do you want me to wear realgar again? Eat some messy folk remedies? The doctor said that those things would affect my life span. It's because I can't have a son. Why don't you eat them? Why didn't you say anything when your mother forced her son to eat frogs and choked to death? You killed my only son, and now you're torturing me? Will you be happy if we all die?"

The crowd was in an uproar, "Choked to death by eating a frog raw?"

"I seem to have heard that if you eat frog eggs raw, your child won't get sick. Does anyone believe this?"

"That's not swallowing a frog, is it? How big is the frog, and how big is the child's mouth?"

"Choked to death? What a cruel heart!"

"What a sin, poor child."

"Bah, I'm going back with you, how shameless! You don't even treat me as a human being."

"Don't go back with him!"

Wu Tong's face flushed, "My mother didn't do it on purpose, it's just that you gave birth to a sick child!"

"If your mother hadn't told me to fall into the river while washing clothes with a big belly, how could I be a sick child? A sick child is also your son! He is also a life!" Xingzi couldn't hold back her emotions when she mentioned her son. She couldn't forget her son's purple face, his swollen and throbbing throat, and his dying look day and night. He didn't want to die! "You are murderers! Pay for my son! My son!"

Wu Tong stammered and was unable to utter a word of rebuttal, and the onlookers pointed at him.

Tang Xu quickly hugged Xingzi and dragged her to the kindergarten, and several others also helped to stop her. Unexpectedly, Wang Chunhua was grabbed by someone just as she was about to go in. When she turned around, she saw that it was Zhao Dagou.

"Come back with me, you bitch." After Zhao Dagou was beaten by Tang Xu, he couldn't get out of bed for a long time. My mother took care of him. But he was not used to no one warming his bed at home, and he was also rejected when he wanted to find another one. So when someone asked him to pick up Wang Chunhua, he came immediately.

Wang Chunhua was naturally unwilling. She had not been here for long and had not learned martial arts like Xingzi. She could not break free and was only afraid. "Let me go! Let me go! Let go! Director, save me."

Tang Xu wanted to pull Xingzi and save Wang Chunhua at the same time. The screams of the two women were shrill and miserable.

"Let go!" Du Yun tapped Zhao Dagou on the wrist. "She doesn't want to. Didn't you hear me?"

Zhao Dagou felt a pain in his wrist and subconsciously let go of his hand. Wang Chunhua immediately ran into the kindergarten.

"You, you...she is my wife, why doesn't she go home with me!" Zhao Dagou covered his wrist and stuttered.

"She married you, not sold herself to you. As long as you don't commit any crime, you are free to come and go." Du Yun stood in front of him.

The remaining few people were too guilty to step forward. The crowd was clamoring. Some said that other people's wives should be allowed to go back, and some said that it must be bad for the wives and they deserved it for running away.

"What's going on?"

"It's the county magistrate. The magistrate is here. Kneel down quickly."

The crowd suddenly knelt down on both sides. The person who came was the county magistrate they had seen before, followed by several followers.

Everyone present knelt down, Du Yun gestured to Tang Xu, and Tang Xu knelt down as well. He was a juren, so he could meet an official without kneeling, so he just performed the scholar's etiquette.

"Everyone, get up. What happened here?" In fact, someone reported that the mayor and his wife of Yihe Town abused their power for personal gain, causing many people to be separated from their wives and children. Yu Youfeng was very surprised when he heard about this. The mayor was recommended by the headmaster of the town academy and was a disciple of Mr. Qi. He should not be so confused.

"My Lord Magistrate, the mayor has allowed his wife to commit crimes everywhere, beat others for no reason, and separated many couples. Please do something for us." The head of Banshan Village knelt down a few steps, his voice sad, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"Sir, that's not the case!" Du Yun quickly defended.

"Sir! There are witnesses here, and the injured is still lying in the car." The chief of Banshan Village interrupted and turned to look at Zhang Da.

Zhang Da saw that the magistrate was already panicking. Fortunately, he had memorized what he was supposed to say all night. He said with a stiff face, "I had an argument with my wife, and the mayor's wife came up and beat me. I begged for mercy, but she wouldn't let me go, saying that she was the mayor's wife and no one could do anything to her."

"You are lying. My wife didn't go out the whole day yesterday. Words are not enough. Show me the evidence." Du Yun's voice was calm, but there was anger in his eyes as he looked at Zhang Da.

"Everyone in the town is afraid of the mayor and dare not tell the truth." Zhang Da was extremely panicked. The magistrate was lying. If he was found out, he would be sent to jail!

No matter how Du Yun asked, Zhang Da insisted that Du Yun was all-powerful and no one would testify for him.

Yu Youfeng frowned and looked at the two town officials. "Does Mayor Du really have such power?"

"No! Mayor Du is very diligent and fair, and everyone trusts him!" The bailiff bowed and replied.

"Mayor Du never uses his status to pressure others. This person is being unreasonable and it is clearly slander." said another bailiff.

"Sir, look, everyone is speaking for him, you have to make the decision for us. If you don't believe me, ask these people if it was the mayor's wife who caused them to separate from their families." The head of Banshan Village knew that he could not dwell on that matter and changed the subject. After all, this side was true.

As for why they didn't tell the whole lie, it was because they couldn't tell too much detail, otherwise it would be easier to expose them if they were verified one by one. They insisted on not telling the truth, but the injuries on their bodies were all real, and nothing could be found out.

"Yes, sir, my wife and children are here. They have been bewitched by the mayor's wife and don't want to go home." Wu Tong knelt down and shouted.

"My wife too." Zhao Dagou also knelt down and shouted.

Tang Xu raised his head and looked at the county magistrate, "Sir, I have something to say."

"You say." Yu Youfeng still remembered this woman. She had never shown any fear in front of the prince.