Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

In the private room on the second floor of Jixiang Cloth Shop, the sun was still shining brightly, but compared to the previous bustle, it was a little quiet at the moment.

Xu Ruolan looked at everyone's expressions and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Mom, Big Sister, Alan, Sister Zhuang, what are you looking at? If you have something to say, just say it!"

As Xu Ruolan spoke, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Lan was the first to speak:

"Ruolan, you just acted like... like the wife of a wealthy family. How could we dare to say anything?"

Although she had never seen a wealthy family, wasn't there a mention of such a thing in the opera? Ruolan's expression just now made her think of the image of a wealthy lady more concrete.

"Yes, yes, yes! I didn't even dare to breathe, it was so suffocating that I was dying."

"That's right. Ruolan looked quite intimidating just now!"

The room became lively again. Xu Ruolan and Ye Miaoyin looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Only Old Lady Zhang was dazed.

She just understood that Xu Ruolan spent a lot of money to buy two pieces of cloth, and then the county magistrate's sister wanted it, but Xu Ruolan not only did not give it to her, but also offended her.

She wanted to speak up and give some advice, but no one in the room seemed to care, and the old woman felt very anxious.

"Alan, Mrs. Zhuang, have you made your choices?" Xu Ruolan asked!

"Ok, when you go downstairs, remember to ask Manager Ling to give us some discounts!"

"No problem!" Then he said to Zhang's mother and daughter in a gentle voice: "Mom, sister, you guys go pick some too! I'll go with you!"

"Ah? No need. Brother Xu sent a lot here before, and we still have some at home!" Old Mrs. Zhang came back to her senses and waved her hand.

"We don't need it either. The clothes at home are still wearable. You just bought them for us, so we have enough to wear!" The family didn't have much money to begin with, and the medical expenses for the father and son were still paid by my brother and sister-in-law. We had to save money to pay off the debt.

When Xu Ruolan heard them say this, she said nothing more and prepared to leave.

The group went downstairs, and Chen Lan and her friends bought quite a few things. Shopkeeper Ling was straightforward and paid according to the original price of the workshop. The two of them paid with smiles on their faces.

"Shopkeeper Ling, we still need to shop for a while. Please send someone to deliver these and the two horses to the Treasure Pavilion and give them to Xu'er." Xu Ruolan said politely.

"Madam, don't worry. Ling will ask Hu Zi to deliver it later!"

So, Xu Ruolan and others prepared to say goodbye and leave.

However, before anyone left the house, there was a noise coming from the door.

Soon after, Xu Ruolan and her companions saw two girls rushing in with three or four yamen runners, followed by some common people who were watching the fun.

He Lei saw clearly at a glance that it was Miss Qiu and her servant. Without saying a word, the two brothers stood in front of Xu Ruolan and others.

When enemies meet, their eyes turn red. The little maidservant immediately started yelling, "Captain Sun, it's him, it's him who hurt the young lady! Arrest him! And these people, they're obviously in the same group, arrest them all!"

Upon hearing this, Constable Sun immediately stepped forward and said in a pretentious manner, "You are deliberately hurting people in broad daylight. You are so disrespectful of the law. Come back to the yamen with us!"

After saying this, he signaled the other three yamen runners behind him to come forward and escort the person.

"How dare you!" He Feng and the other two shouted in unison. The two men were originally from official families, and they were directly following their master. At this time, they were cold and fierce, which made Constable Sun and the others hesitate for a moment.

It was obvious that these two men were servants. With such an imposing manner, the master must be of some importance.

Thinking of this, Constable Sun raised his eyes and looked at Xu Ruolan and others behind the two of them.

Seeing that except for the three people in the lead who had a good temperament, the others all had a look of fear on their faces, and that this group of people were all women and children, and they were all wearing fine cotton clothes, his previous hesitation immediately disappeared.

"How dare you! Are you trying to resist arrest?"

Xu Ruolan and Ye Miaoyin saw the change in Constable Sun's eyes. Han Duoduo was about to speak out a rebuttal, but Xu Ruolan stopped her with her sharp eyes.

Then, Xu Ruolan took a step forward without any fear, looked at Constable Sun calmly, and slowly said, "Sir, there must be evidence for everything. How can you conclude that we intentionally hurt someone based on the one-sided statement of this maid?"

Miss Qiu jumped out immediately after hearing that, pointed at He Lei with an arrogant look on her face and said, "It was him. He attacked me for no reason. My arm still hurts now."

When He Lei heard this, his eyes widened with anger and he loudly retorted: "You are talking nonsense. It is obvious that you relied on the fact that you are the county magistrate's sister to rob her, so I tried to stop you."

Xu Ruolan sneered, "Miss Qiu, you and your maid weren't the only ones present at the time. You first relied on your status to force the sale, then tried to rob it, and now you're trying to confuse right and wrong even after you've fallen. What? Do you really think that the government office in Qinghe County is owned by your family?"

The onlookers talked a lot when they heard this, and looked at Miss Qiu with suspicious eyes one after another, making her face red with anger.

"Nonsense! Detective Sun, arrest these people! They are trying to slander me!"

Constable Sun had only been in the government office for a short time, and he had heard that the county magistrate's sister was a bit spoiled and willful. But he felt that after all, she was still the magistrate's biological sister. If he could do something good for Miss Qiu, and Miss Qiu would say a few good words for him in front of the magistrate, he might be promoted to the head of the police soon.

"Don't talk nonsense. Miss Qiu is the sister of our county magistrate. The magistrate is honest and upright. Miss Qiu has been influenced by him. How can you frame her?"

The onlookers heard this and started talking again.

County Magistrate Qiu was indeed a good official. Although he had not made any great achievements in the two years he had been in office, there had never been any injustice or mistakes in the cases he had handled. The people still trusted him very much, so they turned their suspicious eyes to Xu Ruolan and others.

Xu Ruolan didn't care, she just looked at Constable Sun coldly: "Is this nonsense? Constable, why don't you ask the people present? Or do you not intend to investigate? Is this how the county government in Qinghe County acts now?"

At this time, Shopkeeper Ling stepped forward, clasped his hands and said, "Detective Sun, I can testify that what this lady said is true. She bought two pieces of cloth in my shop and has already paid for it. When I was helping to pack, Miss Qiu came in..."

Shopkeeper Ling recounted the entire story, but of course he did not reveal the fact that they already knew each other.

Miss Qiu was even more angry when she saw that Shopkeeper Ling was speaking for Xu Ruolan and the others. She stamped her feet and said, "Shopkeeper, you are also following them to deceive the government. I will not let this go today."

Xu Ruolan narrowed her eyes slightly and said coldly: "Since Miss Qiu believes that we hurt someone, then we will go to the government office. Don't talk about throwing us into jail. Since there is no order from the adults in person and no adults to judge us, you are not qualified to put us in jail directly!"

After that, she said to the crowd, "Fellow villagers, I was just taking my family to buy some cloth, but I was bullied for no reason. Is it us who are talking nonsense, or is it that the county magistrate's daughter is bullying others by taking advantage of her power? I believe you all know the answer!"

"This constable is determined to put us in jail without asking any questions. So we can only go to the county government office and ask the county magistrate to judge the matter. I believe the county magistrate will give us justice. Please give courage to our family, women and children!"

"it is good!"

"Come on, let's go together!"

When Constable Sun heard that he had to go to the county government office, he panicked. The county magistrate was fair and honest, so he...

Unfortunately, the situation was no longer under his control.

Xu Ruolan, with a group of her family members, surrounded by onlookers, was heading towards the county government office.