The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

"Ouch! I won't live anymore! Ten acres of land, aren't you trying to kill me? Since you don't want me to live, I'll just sit here and not leave!"

Yu Ruyue pushed through the crowd and saw all the members of the Yu family coming out, divided into two groups, one group surrounding Yu Dehou and the other group surrounding Liang Shulan, all because of what happened yesterday.

After Yu Dehai returned, he thought that Old Man Yu would agree without much persuasion. After all, he had seen his parents' favoritism for so many years, especially towards Yu Chengcai, whom he wanted to praise to the sky.

As a result, when Old Man Yu heard about the land demand, he shook his head like a rattle and did not agree at all.

"No! Those lands are my life!"

At this time, Old Lady Yu also ran back and cried in the house. She would give her life, but she absolutely could not give her land.

Yu Dehai was helpless. "Dad! The teacher who made him successful said that he has finally gotten his bearings. He will definitely pass the Tongsheng exam next spring, and his future imperial examinations will be extremely smooth. When he becomes an official, you will be the official master and his wife. How much land can you want? By then, you won't want land anymore. You will be surrounded by servants and have plenty of money. What's the point of farming?"

When Old Man Yu and Old Lady Yu thought of their precious grandson's extremely smart brain, they were a little shaken. Although he had failed the previous exams, the teacher said so this time, he would definitely pass. However, the old couple still couldn't bear to give up the land in their hands.

After all, in order to pay off the fifth son's gambling debts, they emptied the family's money and even sold the second son's two daughters, causing the second son to become alienated from them. Now no one knows where he has gone with his wife.

Later, her family members were imprisoned one after another, and they had no time to make money at all. Now even eating has become a problem.

If they lost their land and could not pay taxes by autumn, their entire family would be beheaded.

Yu Laosan heard their conversation at the door and immediately rushed into the house with a knife!

"I'm telling you, if anyone dares to touch my land, I'll chop you all to pieces. Don't think I'm that coward that Yu Lao Si is. I don't care if you're my father or my mother, I'll chop you all to pieces!"

So in order to prevent Yu Laosan, the reckless man, from really going crazy, they came here again to cause trouble.

Yu Ruyue was just about to go in and deal with these people when a few familiar figures came over from a distance.

She met the eyes of the man in front of her, and actually saw helplessness in his eyes.

"Why is it your house again?"

"What happened this time?"

Yu Ruyue hurried over with a fawning smile on her face, "Master Qingtian, I'm so sorry to trouble you again."

"It's still about my grandparents."

The officer glanced at her calmly and said, "Let's go in and take a look!"

Yu Ruyue smiled and led the way inside.

To be honest, she didn't expect that there were so many officials in the county government office. As a result, every time her family reported to the police, it was basically this person who came. But it didn't matter, as she didn't need to understand the basic situation.

When the Yu family saw him, they instantly forgot to cry. They were arrested and thrown into jail by the officer in front of them last time, and suffered a lot. If Yu Dehai had not spent money and bribed some people, they would still be stuck there.

The officer was also quite helpless when he saw these people. "Didn't I tell you to mend your ways? You've only been out for a short time, and you're already here to cause trouble again."

"Tell me, what's going on this time?"

Yu Dehou immediately recounted the entire incident, and with the testimony of villagers, the officer waved his hand at the people behind him, pointing at Old Lady Yu and the others and said, "Take them away!"

The Yu family members immediately burst into tears, but this time they had learned their lesson, and even Old Lady Yu didn't dare to curse.

At this time, Yu Ruyue hurriedly stopped him with a smile, "Sir, please wait a moment. I have something to say."

Yu Dehai was overjoyed. "My niece is the best! Tell them quickly that this is all a misunderstanding. There's nothing that can't be tolerated among family members. Why did you have to alert the police?"

Old Lady Yu also smiled, her voice as gentle as it could be, "Yes! Little bitch~ cough~ Ruyue! Grandma knows you are the best."

Yu Ruyue chuckled, her eyes curved like crescent moons. "I also feel that I am the best. So, my dear grandma, when you broke off the relationship, did you forget to divide up the land that belongs to our family? Otherwise, when the government collects the grain tax in the fall, you will hand over our share!"

The fake smile on Old Lady Yu’s face instantly disappeared, and she started cursing again.

"Fuck you! Those lands are mine. Why should I give them to you?"

Yu Ruyue immediately knelt down before the officer and poked Old Lady Yu in the forehead with her finger. "Sir! I report this! These people are trying to hide the grain!"

The officer raised his eyebrows, not smiling, "Oh~ What do you mean?"

Yu Ruyue said righteously, "Think about it! The grain tax paid in autumn includes land tax and head tax. Now that our two families have completely severed ties and our household registrations are separate, they can pay four fewer head taxes when they pay taxes."

"Isn't this just trying to hoard grain, exploit legal loopholes, evade taxes, and not want to contribute to the country?"

"Although my family has no land, I am still willing to use silver to buy food and pay taxes to the country. Only when the country is strong can we be free from foreign invasion. Since we are protected by the country, we should pay grain and money to ensure that the soldiers on the front line are well fed and clothed. This will ensure that a great official like you has a secure livelihood and more energy to deal with disputes among the people."

"So I have great contempt for those who evade taxes and exploit legal loopholes. Even if they are my grandparents or uncles, I will report them for the sake of justice."

Yu Ruyue's righteous words stunned everyone present, especially the people watching nearby.

The Yu family is indeed suspected of exploiting loopholes, but what the hell are those words that follow?

They are already struggling to survive under the pressure of taxes, and she actually says that paying taxes is the right thing to do?

If this money could really be spent on soldiers on the front line and weapons and troops to fight the enemy, they would not be so angry.

But it is obvious that all the money went into the pockets of corrupt officials and the emperor, and those soldiers who rushed to the front were the sons of the common people. Even after entering the barracks, they still could not eat enough, were not clothed warmly, and even had no weapons. They were just going to die in vain. So what was the point of them paying these taxes?

Although these officials were also overwhelmed by various taxes, collecting taxes was their job.

If this kind of exploitation of legal loopholes were to get to the ears of the officials, they would probably be in danger of losing their lives.

So the officer waved his hand and not only took back the 14 acres of land belonging to their family and wrote a document, but also arrested all the members of the Yu family.

Yu Ruyue looked at the document and smiled so hard that her teeth were showing.

The leading official reminded them, "Go to the government office tomorrow morning to get this document stamped and filed, and the land will be yours forever!"

Yu Dehou and Liang Shulan quickly agreed and kept expressing their gratitude.

Before the official left, Yu Ruyue rushed into the kitchen and packed ten seaweed rice rolls, five sandwiches, five pounds of spicy snails, ten meat sausages and ten egg sausages.

"Sir! You've all worked hard on this journey. I see there are five brothers here, including you. These seaweed rice rolls and sandwiches are for you to fill your stomachs. As for the spicy snails, meat sausages, and egg sausages, they are just snacks for you, sir. Today's events happened so quickly, and we don't have anything good at home. Please don't be disgusted."

The officer looked at the thing in his hand and his face suddenly turned cold. "Oh, you little girl, are you trying to bribe me?"