Confiscated my property and exiled me, I emptied the emperor's old nest to escape famine

There was an uproar in Ling Village.

Ye Fei's family was managing the fish pond peacefully as usual.

From time to time, Ye Fei would take out some grass and spring water from the space and sprinkle them into the fish pond to ensure that the fish raised by their family were fat and weighty enough.

Maintaining four fish ponds is a big task in the eyes of other people in Ling Village, but it is handled perfectly in the hands of Ye Fei's family.

So much so that in the eyes of the Qian, Zhao and Sun families nearby, except for Ye Qingyun who went out to cut grass and feed fish every day, Lin Xue'e and Ye Fei basically stayed at home and did not do much work. As for Ye Ling, he had already gone to the county town to go to school.

Many people envy the life of Ye Fei's family.

Ye Fei thought that such peaceful days would continue until Skinny Dog and Skinny Cat came back. However, before Skinny Dog and Skinny Cat came back, Ye Fei waited for the arrival of people from the four major families in Ling Village.

"You must be Ye Qingyun's family!"

The leading man looked Ye Fei and Lin Xue'e, mother and daughter, up and down, with an unfriendly tone.

"Yes, it's me." Ye Fei looked at these people calmly: "I wonder what you want from us?"

"What's the matter?" The leading man snorted coldly: "Of course it's a big deal."

"The fish in your fish pond died. Is this a big deal?"

"Your family has four fish ponds, which are allocated per capita. Now that something has happened to the fish ponds, you naturally have to bear the responsibility."

"I heard that you have a younger brother who goes to school in the county town..."

"My brother is young and doesn't understand these things. It's the same for us to go over and cooperate with the investigation. Please give him some convenience." Ye Fei said this not to the man in the lead, but to the other people who were accompanying him.

It was obvious that the leading man was full of hostility towards them, and he was probably a member of the Wang family. Ye Fei naturally would not humiliate himself by begging him for mercy.

But since the people who came are from the four major families, it is impossible for the Wang family to have the final say.

The man in the lead found that not only did he fail to scare Ye Fei, but his expression became even uglier when he saw her talking to other people calmly.

He was about to lose his temper when another man beside him took over the conversation: "Your brother is young, so you don't need to ask him to come back to cooperate with the investigation for the time being."

"Now, come with us."

Ye Fei nodded, held Lin Xue'e's hand, and followed the people from the four major families.

Wherever they went, they encountered various pointing and talking from the people of Ling Village. Lin Xue'e was not used to such scenes, but she still held back and asked bravely, "Where is my husband now?"

"Your husband?" One of the men frowned. "He's still arguing with someone in the fish pond."

"I think your family is quite strange."

"The fish in the fish pond died, and your man was still in the mood to argue with others. He couldn't be pulled away. You two, mother and daughter, were even calmer, as if the matter had nothing to do with you."

Ye Fei did not respond to the man's words.

She had her reasons for being calm.

Lin Xue'e was not really calm, but she had no choice but to force herself to remain calm for fear of holding back.

As for Ye Qingyun, he came from a big family after all, so he wouldn't panic over a small thing.

Ye Fei felt that there must be a reason why Ye Qingyun was unwilling to leave the fish pond.

As she expected, the place where the people from the four major families took her and her daughter was exactly where the fish pond was.

Just as he approached the fish pond, Ye Fei heard Ye Qingyun's excited rebuttal:

"I'm telling you, there's nothing wrong with the fish I raise, and there's nothing wrong with the grass I cut. There's no way the fish are healthy enough to die."

"Since we are investigating the issue of the fish pond, not only me, but everyone who has been near the fish pond should cooperate with the investigation because they all have the opportunity to tamper with it."

Ye Qingyun's eyes swept over the people around him: "For example, you...you, you, and you, especially you."

The people around who were pointed at all had ugly expressions on their faces.

While they kept arguing that it had nothing to do with them, they couldn't help but keep retreating backwards, wishing they could retreat into a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Ye Qingyun didn't seem to notice the reactions of the crowd. He pointed at a woman and said, "You are the first person to discover the dead fish."

"Also, there are rumors in Ling Village that the village originally arranged for your family to raise fish, but later the job of raising fish fell on us. I have reason to suspect that you hold a grudge against us and tampered with the fish pond and framed us."

"So, you are the most suspicious."

Ye Qingyun's sonorous and powerful voice immediately drew the attention of everyone around to the woman:

"That makes sense. Could it be that she really did it?"

"Destroying crops and fish ponds are both serious crimes. In serious cases, you will be sent to the county and beheaded."

"She is Niu Laoer's wife, right? She complained for several days when the fish pond was not divided among them."

"Could it be that because he couldn't swallow this anger, he poisoned the fish in the pond to death?"

"Niu Laoer's wife, why are you doing this? You are harming others and yourself by doing this."

"That's right. We almost became murderers just now."

Niu Laoer's wife didn't expect that the criticism was now completely directed at herself, especially when she heard that those who destroyed the experts and the fish ponds were going to be sent to the county town and beheaded, she was already at a loss.

Niu Laoer's wife trembled and retorted: "It wasn't me. I was just the first one to find out that the fish in the pond were dead."

"None of this has anything to do with me. I am innocent."

"You can't just take his word for it."

"He said this just to shirk his responsibility."

Niu Laoer's wife cried and shed tears, and finally knelt down in front of the people from the four major families: "You must make the decision for me, I am really wronged, I didn't do anything."

The people around looked at Niu Laoer's wife and for a moment felt that it was indeed not something she did.

"I think the Ye family is just trying to shirk responsibility, so they are making random accusations here."

"Since you can't explain it clearly, let's take them back for investigation."

A man's malicious voice sounded.

Ye Fei knew without even looking that it was the man who was in charge before and was suspected to be from the Wang family.

The other people looked at the noisy scene and thought it would be better to take the person back for investigation.

One of them looked directly at Ye Qingyun: "Ye Qingyun, can you come with us now?"

"Your wife and daughter are here together now."

Unexpectedly, Ye Qingyun shook his head: "No, I can't go with you."

"How can I go with you when the matter has not been thoroughly investigated?"

"It will be even harder to explain after we leave here. By then, the evidence will be gone and the murderer will be at large."

"What did you say?" The man who looked like the Wang family raised his voice several pitches: "You don't think you can identify someone as the murderer based on the few words you just said, do you?"

"I only know that we are not the only family in Ling Village that has fish ponds, and there are many people who have raised fish ponds before, and these people all have experience in fish farming."

"The fish in our pond are dying now. Why don't you ask someone with experience about the situation first?"

"They took us away for investigation and conviction right away. What's the logic behind this?"

"Could it be that someone from the four major families is deliberately trying to cover up the real murderer?"

When Ye Qingyun said the last sentence, he was glared at by everyone from the four major families.