"Zhuzhu, stop it."

Seeing that Shen Mingzhu's fist was about to reach the leading officer, the officer instinctively raised the sword in his hand to resist. At that critical moment, Shen Laosan's shout came from the bottom of the mountain.

Shen Mingzhu took a few steps back and looked down the mountain. Her father was running up the mountain, panting.

Shen Mingzhu withdrew her hand. Old Man Shen and the village chief and others hurried over, pulled Shen Mingzhu behind them, and looked at the surrounding officials vigilantly. The other people in Shenjia Village also took a deep breath.

This little girl Shen Mingzhu is so brave! Oh my god!

What was she doing just now? That was a sharp saber. If she was chopped by the saber, would she still be alive? They were so scared.

How could she have the courage to confront the officials? Fortunately, Shen Lao San came up.

The village chief and Old Man Shen were also very frightened, but when they saw Shen Mingzhu stop, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The chief officer took two deep breaths with lingering fear. God knows how terrifying it was to face death just now. Does this little girl know martial arts?

This little girl is too scary. Her fists clearly carry super strong internal force, which is beyond the reach of a half-baked like him.

The officer's heart began to pound when he thought of Shen Mingzhu's fist about to hit him on the head. This little girl must not be messed with.

He had a hunch that even his sword could not stop the little girl's terrifying power.

He was very glad that someone stopped it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

The mountain suddenly became quiet, the atmosphere suddenly became weird, and no one spoke anymore.

As soon as Shen Laosan came up the mountain, he bowed to the leading officer and introduced himself in a dignified manner:

"Sir, I am the father of this girl, Shen Mingzhu, the owner of these two mountains. I am a humble student of the White Deer Academy. I was rude and offended you just now. Please don't bother with me."

The leading officer had never expected that there were two scholars in such a small village as Shenjia Village, and that this person was a student of Bailu Academy.

Who doesn't know Bailu Academy? Students who can enter Bailu Academy are the best in the whole county, and the county magistrate has to give them some respect.

He looked at Shen Lao San and Shen Ming Zhu and the others, his mind was already twisted seventy or eighty times, and he snorted coldly:

"Someone reported that you were illegally cutting down trees in the mountains. I brought people here to investigate the truth. Not only did your little girl lead people to stop us, she also wanted to attack me."

Shen Lao San said seriously: "Please forgive my mistakes. Our family does have the deeds to these two mountains and forests. They were handled by Wang Shuwen, the chief clerk of the county government."

Shen Laosan's words seemed to be an apology, but he actually brought up Wang Wenshu and swallowed back what the chief officer was about to say.

Who is Wang Wenshu? Although he is not as high-ranking as the legal advisor, he is the county magistrate's confidant. How could this student know Wang Wenshu?

The leading officer had some thoughts in his mind, but then he waved his hand as if nothing had happened and said nonchalantly:

"She is just a little girl. I won't bother with her. Since you have the land deed signed by Wang Zhubu, let's forget about what happened today."

"Brothers, let's go. Everything is fine here. Someone has made a false accusation. Let's go back home."

Upon seeing this, Shen Laosan quietly took out two taels of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the sleeve of the leading official when the official passed by him.

The chief officer felt much better after he got the silver. He said to Shen Lao San with a cold face:

"Did your family offend someone? Someone went to the government office and falsely accused you of cutting down trees without permission, which is a serious crime. If it weren't for that person's false accusation, we wouldn't have made this trip."

The chief officer is a man who knows how to read people's expressions. The fact that he can sit in his current position shows that he knows the workings of the government very well.

Since Shen Laosan is so knowledgeable about the ways of the world, he would flatter him in front of Shen Laosan.

Scholars have a bright future. Who knows, maybe one day this person will pass the imperial examination and become a juren. It is better not to offend him.

The leading yamen runner had already cursed the person who reported the Shen family a hundred or eighty times in his mind, and he also had some opinions about the lawyer.

Damn it, if he had known that this family was scholars and had Wang Wenshu as their backer, he would not have come at all.

When everyone saw the officer leave, they finally felt relieved and came forward, surrounding Shen Mingzhu and talking to her.

Seeing that everyone was frightened today, Shen Mingzhu asked everyone to go home and rest and come back tomorrow. Today's wages would still be paid.

When they had a conflict with the police just now, even though these people were afraid of the police, they still mustered up the courage to protect them.

Shen Mingzhu felt a little touched and decided to take a day off with pay to make those who protected her happy.

As soon as Shen Mingzhu said this, everyone present was very happy. The more they looked at Shen Mingzhu, the more they liked her.

Although Shen Mingzhu is a fierce girl, she is really kind to the workers like them.

The crisis was resolved, Shen Mingzhu and her friends returned home, and the village chief followed them to the third room.

In the courtyard of the third room, Old Man Shen and the village chief frowned, both feeling that something was a little strange about what happened today.

The words that the chief officer said before he left were clearly reminding them that someone was plotting against them and wanted to kill the Shen family.

Shen Mingzhu snorted coldly: "Humph, who else could it be? My Shen Rujiang and his son!

After hearing these words, Old Man Shen and the village chief were stunned.

Old Man Shen was stunned for a long time before asking, "How can you be sure it's them?"

"When the police came up the mountain, I saw Shen Mingjun hiding under a big tree at the foot of the mountain. Who else could it be but them?"

"Who would be so bored as to frame us?"

Hearing Shen Mingzhu's obviously cold words, Old Man Shen was so angry that he trembled all over:

"This beast, how could our Shen family produce two such beasts. Fortunately, we broke off the relationship in the past, how could I raise such a heartless thing."

Old man Shen is not stupid. He has studied for so many years and passed the examination to become a scholar. He can be said to be quite smart.

What happened on the mountain today, the tough attitude of the officers, and the message they left before leaving all indicate that someone is framing the Shen family.

He couldn't think of anyone else who could be this person except the people in the first wife's family.

What he couldn't accept was that his son and grandson, whom he had raised with all his heart and soul for many years, actually did something worse than that of an animal.

It really pissed him off!

Seeing that Old Man Shen looked unhappy, the village chief hurried to comfort him.

The village chief understood the anger in Old Man Shen's heart. No one could tolerate his own son doing such a thing as harming his brothers.

Shen Mingzhu and Shen Laosan did not say anything. They wanted to make Old Man Shen see the reality and stop his determination to help the first wife.

Let Old Man Shen truly sever ties with the first wife in his heart, rather than just severing ties in legal effect.

Everyone fell into silence. Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums came from far away.

Shen Mingzhu looked up and saw two men dressed as officials walking towards their house, beating gongs and holding documents.

Shen Mingzhu withdrew her gaze, a smile appeared on her face, and she looked at her father.

The corners of her lips curved, and she asked her father in spoken language:

"Dad, you got it?"

Shen Lao San curled his lips and answered in colloquial language: "Yes."

Old Man Shen also heard the noise outside. Just as he came to his senses, he heard two words and asked in confusion:

"What's the hit?"

Before Shen Lao San could answer, he heard a commotion outside the door, followed by the sound of gongs and drums, and someone asked at the door, "Is Master Shen Ruhai here?"

A man who followed the official to watch the excitement pointed at the third branch of the Shen family excitedly:

"Yes, yes, I just saw him go home. Shen Ruhai lives here. Ruhai, Ruhai! Come out soon, it's good news, very good news!"

Just as Shen Lao San was about to go forward to greet them, he saw that the open door was instantly surrounded by people. The official struck a gong and drum, and the sound of the gong and drum rang out. The official shouted:

"Congratulations to Shen Ruhai from Shenjia Village, Ningchang Town, Wuxi County, for getting first place in the provincial examination."

Mr. Shen, who was still sad just now, rubbed his eyes in disbelief and looked at Mr. Shen: "Won?"

Shen Lao San pursed his lips and said, "I got it, first place."

Mr. Shen's eyes widened in disbelief, and when he heard the first place, he fainted with excitement.

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