After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

Baby Mu raised his little paw, indicating that he had another question, "Why?"

Sang Ye was very patient. "Baby, sometimes a person does something bad not because they are really bad, nor because they are doing it for themselves."

"There was a man in history who exploited wealthy businessmen and left them no chance of survival. Many people considered him a bad person."

"But in reality, the town he lives in is too remote. The people there can't even get enough food or warm clothes, not to mention the surrounding villages."

"He did this so that the people could live a good life."

“The silver he received from the wealthy merchants he did not use for himself, but instead used for the benefit of the people.”

Mu Baobao said with an "oh" in understanding, "That is to say, the governor here could be a good person or a bad person."

Sang Ye hummed, "We'll have to investigate to find out the specifics."

"Okay, let's find an inn first, and then let the guards go get some information."

Before the group reached the inn, they encountered something.

A slightly plump middle-aged man was chasing a young man with a feather duster and beating him.

"You damned bastard, I told you to take that money and use it to buy things. Today I'm going to kill you!"

The young man ran forward quickly, shouting, "Why can't I take it?"

"You are the prefect here, and I am your only child. It is only right that those people should respect me."

Behind the middle-aged man, there was a beautiful woman with a charming demeanor chasing him, "Master, you are going to hit Chun'er. He did nothing wrong."

The Mubao Blasting team, who were watching the fun, stood aside and listened to the discussions of the people around them.

"Here we go again. The prefect's son is truly useless. He stirs up trouble all day long and tries to take bribes everywhere. He's nothing like the prefect himself, who would think of us."

"The most annoying one is the prefect's wife. She relies on the fact that she is the prefect's first wife and that her family is helpful to the prefect, and she protects and dotes on her son in every way. If the prefect dares to do anything to her son, she will move out of her family's house and threaten the prefect."

"If it weren't for this mother and son, the prefect wouldn't have deliberately collected a city entrance fee. He simply didn't want more victims. Over the past few years, this mother and son have harmed countless people. This beast has even defiled quite a few girls."

Although Mu Baobao listened, he only understood the general idea.

However, Sang Ye and the others' expressions changed slightly when they heard this.

"Excuse me." Mu Pingping looked at the aunt next to him with a smile, "Sister, what are you talking about?"

When he called her "sister," the auntie was immediately overjoyed and told him everything she knew. "You guys are just passing by, right?"

Mu Pingping nodded. "We happened to be passing by here, so we came in to stay for one night. We didn't expect they would charge such an expensive entrance fee."

The auntie exclaimed, "Your Excellency the Prefect, there's nothing we can do about it."

"The prefect is a good man, but his wife and son are a drag on him."

"The prefect has only gotten to where he is today thanks to the support of his wife's family. He therefore respects his wife and her family very much. Who knew that his wife and her family would become even more demanding..."

She was talking with saliva flying all over the place, and people around her were talking at the same time.

Sang Ye and a few others pieced together what the people had said.

The magistrate's wife and her son relied on their maternal family for support and were not very respectful to the magistrate. They often bossed him around and even did many things without asking him for permission.

Such as the appointment of some minor officials of the eighth and ninth ranks, the transfer of personnel, the cleaning up of some matters, the acceptance of bribes, etc.

There is nothing they don't want to do, except what this mother and son dare not do.

The prefect had no choice but to do this.

People in this city do not need to pay money to enter or leave, but outsiders and people from surrounding towns and villages have to pay an entry fee.

Gradually, fewer and fewer people came here, and the prefect's wife and son had a big quarrel with the prefect.

Not knowing what the prefect said, his wife and son did not dare to cancel the city entrance fee without permission.

After listening to this, Sang Ye and the others did not completely believe what the people said.

They will find out what the real situation is.

……

Inn.

Sang Ye and his companions stayed in the best inn and asked for a few upper rooms.

Before they came to the inn, guards had already gone to investigate the situation.

In one of the rooms.

Mu Baobao and his friends were having dinner when they heard a commotion outside.

"Pay the protection fee quickly, or I'll make you look bad."

Mu Baobao was the first to put down his bowl and chopsticks, and rushed to the door to watch the show.

Mu Pingping and the others, "..."

A few people also walked to the door and saw a few ruffians in the lobby asking the shopkeeper for protection money.

The shopkeeper was obviously afraid of these people and gave them a tael of silver with trembling hands.

A few ruffians received the silver and were about to leave, but they accidentally saw Sang Ye and his men.

Sang Ye and his companions were all dressed very nicely, and it was obvious at first glance that they were from a wealthy family.

Normally, no one would mess with such a person.

But a few ruffians have been running rampant here for a long time, and they think they don't need to be afraid of anyone except the prefect's family and a few other families.

"Hey, new here?"

A few thugs walked up to Sang Ye and the others, acting like they were the boss and they were the second in command. "Give me one thousand taels of silver, or I'll kill you...ah!"

The guard raised his foot and kicked the thug in front of him away.

Sang Ye covered Mu Baobao's eyes and ordered indifferently, "Kill him and throw him in front of the prefect's gate."

"A mere ruffian has the nerve to threaten and intimidate the guests staying at the inn. It seems he does this quite often."

Before the scoundrels could even shout, they were killed by the secret guards with a single sword strike.

Before they died, they realized that they had provoked the wrong people.

I thought they could do whatever they wanted in Mingqing City, but I forgot that there are always people better than you.

That evening, the prefect's son Xu Yajian came to the inn with more than twenty people.

"If you dare to kill me and leave your body at my doorstep, I will kill you!"

He was extremely arrogant, looking fearless, and said, "I will let you know the consequences."

"How dare you!" Sang Ye snorted coldly, "A prefect's son dares to kill people at will."

Xu Yajian raised his head slightly and looked at Sang Ye and the others with disdain, "My father was a good-for-nothing prefect, and my grandfather was a fourth-rank Dali Temple official!"

"So it's Dong Chuan. I was wondering where you got such confidence from." Sang Ye scoffed, "It seems Dong Chuan, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple, has done a lot to clean up your mess."

He remembered that Dong Chuan had only one legitimate daughter, whom he loved very much, so he chose one of the top students in the imperial examination to be his son-in-law.

Xu Yajian snorted coldly, "Now, kneel down and beg me, maybe I will let you suffer less, otherwise I will torture you to death."