My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

"Then please let my father go, sir, and I will go in with you."

Cao Dianshi's eyes flashed with brilliance. He waved his hand and ordered the men under his command to tie up Si Muyan, but he never mentioned releasing Si Xingzhi.

Zhu Laoer saw that something was wrong and quickly stood in front of Si Muyan: "Sir, how can you take the young lady away without letting Master Si release her?"

"Haha, are you guys planning to rebel? I have the final say on prison matters!"

Before coming, Si Muyan had thought about this. Since it was arranged by Boss Qian, how could the people in the county government be so easy to talk to? She could just change people at her will. But they also had some concerns. After all, it was not a glorious thing. Making a fuss in private was nothing more than thinking that the country people did not understand the law and were afraid of the government.

Now it seems that this Cao Dianshi didn't even dare to bring them into the court properly, and just talked to them in a corner outside the county government office. It is obvious that he is a coward. I guess he didn't dare to make a fuss about this matter at all.

Si Muyan took a step back: "If you don't let my father go, I won't go with you."

Cao Dianshi's face darkened: "Now that we're here, are you still allowed to act recklessly?"

He was about to arrest someone. After all, he had four or five yamen runners standing beside him, so they were naturally much more powerful than the three Zhu brothers who didn't know martial arts.

Si Muyan was well prepared. If the adults dared to use force, she was not afraid of being destroyed. She put a sharp knife in her sleeve for killing chickens and just waited for someone to come. She planned to take Cao Dianshi hostage.

But Feng Zizhou shouted, "What a rubbish county! How dare you arrest someone in broad daylight? You want to arrest my cousin, do you have the documents to indict me? Do you have the procedures for the trial?"

Cao Dianshi was stunned, obviously not expecting that there would be a sensible person here.

Feng Zizhou continued, "And my uncle? You've detained him for three days. If it was murder and robbery, you could arrest him with warrants. But I just heard they only suspect poisoning the food, and haven't poisoned anyone yet. So, you should be investigating the case, not arresting the suspect for interrogation!"

Cao Dianshi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who are you?"

"Don't worry about who I am. If you don't release my uncle, I'll go to Lingnan City to file a complaint. If that doesn't work, I'll go to the capital to file a complaint with the emperor. It all depends on whether you value your life and your future!"

After all the threats and intimidation, Cao Dianshi hesitated. He was also a good judge of character. Even though the young man's clothes were torn, he could tell that they were of high quality. In addition, the man had an extraordinary temperament, and he was definitely not an ordinary citizen.

Seeing him hesitate, Feng Zizhou pressed on, "Issues like food safety have always been handled by the market supervisors. Since you're the prefect, you're supposed to be handling cases. Don't you think the officials in Fenghuang County can even sort out the affairs within their respective jurisdictions?"

"No... not..."

Feng Zizhou stepped forward and said, "Then let me meet your county magistrate. I want to see how he governs!"

A clerk came forward and whispered in Cao Dianshi's ear, "Dianshi, I've heard that the Si family was once a wealthy family in the capital. Although they've fallen on hard times, wealthy families are always prosperous and have many relatives and friends. This gentleman isn't from here, but his accent sounds similar to that of the merchant from Kyoto. Could it be..."

Cao Dianshi shuddered and nodded: "Yes, it is very likely..."

The clerk hurriedly said, "Well, we still can't offend him. This is such a small matter, there's no need to alarm the higher-ups. If this gentleman has some background, we'll be in big trouble if he says a few words!"

"Yes..." Cao Dianshi immediately changed his expression and looked at Feng Zizhou with a smile, "This is really a misunderstanding. I just got the news. The matter has been investigated and it has nothing to do with the Si family. It was deliberately framed by someone else."

After saying this, he glanced sharply at the yamen runners around him: "What are you still doing here? Go and release the Master of the Si Family!"

Feng Zizhou himself was baffled by the fact that he was surrounded by the Dianshi and a few others, all praising him. However, in Kyoto, as the youngest grandson of the Duke, he was surrounded by countless flatterers, both inside and outside the palace. Therefore, he didn't care at all about the goodwill shown to Cao Dianshi.

He just waited for Si Xingzhi to come out and immediately went forward to call for help.

Cao Dianshi said with fear: "Look at this man, we flattered him to the utmost and his expression did not change at all, he even looked a little impatient. It shows that you can't judge a person by his appearance. He is really not an ordinary person."

The clerk hurriedly asked, "What should we do if the Si family comes to settle the score later?"

Cao Dianshi thought for a moment and said, "It's alright. We were deceived by Qian in this matter."

I just feel sorry for the money I have earned, so in this situation, I have no choice but to spend it as soon as possible.

Si Xingzhi was still running a fever, and his body was covered with wounds from being whipped. Even though someone had given him some simple treatment before he was released, it was still clear how much pain he had endured.

Aunt Jin burst into tears: "Master, how could those people be so cruel? Did they torture you again?"

Although Si Xingzhi was seriously injured and had a fever, he was still somewhat energetic. He looked at Si Muyan and smiled foolishly: "I'm fine. Big sister is awake? I knew that big sister is capable."

Si Muyan asked Zhu Laoer to drive the carriage to the clinic to treat Si Xingzhi's injuries first, and then asked Zhu Laosan to find Xiaomei to see the progress there.

When I got home in the evening, Si Xingzhi's fever had subsided.

Feng Zizhou saw Shao Qin and called her "Aunt" several times. He circled around her a few times before saying with a smile, "My uncle has grown old, and my cousins ​​have grown up, but I haven't changed much."

Shao Qin was awake at this moment. She looked at Feng Zizhou for a while and then said with a smile, "Hang'er has changed. He used to be such a calm kid, but now he's become naughty."

Hang Ge'er is Feng Zizhou's elder brother.

Feng Zizhou knew that Shao Qin always made mistakes, so he nodded deliberately and said, "Yes, auntie, I am Hang'er. Auntie, take a look at Hang'er. Has he grown more handsome?"

"You're so handsome now. You look so good now. You used to look like your grandfather. What's so good about being an old man? Young people should be full of energy."

Feng Zizhou was laughing and joking. Although he had been pampered in the past, after enduring the hardships of the past half month, how could he be picky? When it was time to cook dinner at night, the family was too busy to handle it, and his younger sister called him repeatedly.

"Cousin, my father and elder sister are both sick, and no one is taking care of Xiaoxia. Xiaoxia has defecated, go and change her quickly."

Feng Zizhou frowned bitterly: "Me? You want me to change the diaper? How can I do that?"

It was Mrs. Zhu who washed her hands after taking a break from her busy work, and hurried over to change Xiaoxia's diaper, and asked Feng Zizhou to help fetch water to wash the child's butt.