The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

When Mr. Huang heard the title of county magistrate, sweat broke out on his forehead.

"I wonder how Miss Song is going to compensate?"

Song Yuntang's mind raced. "My second brother works for me, earning a hundred wen a day, three taels a month, so a hundred days is exactly ten taels. Medicine and supplements are always expensive, so I'll just take ten taels. Since he's injured, shouldn't he eat better? A hundred days is barely five taels, plus another five taels for mental damage, making a total of thirty taels. Master Huang, give me the silver today, and we'll settle this account."

Mr. Huang had a gloomy face and asked someone to give her thirty taels of silver and sent the two of them out of the house.

"Come here, go inform Song Zhimei that she has to pay back the extra thirty taels of silver to the Huang Mansion!"

"Yes."

Still feeling unsatisfied, he added, "There's no reason for our Huang family's money to be given away so easily. Xu Qingye informed the county magistrate before coming here, but if they were robbed or beaten on the way, what would that have to do with our Huang family?"

Thinking of this, he suddenly laughed.

"Have a few people disguise themselves as bandits from Funiu Village and take back the thirty taels of silver that the Song family girl took from me. And teach them a lesson while you're at it!"

"Yes."

After giving the order, Mr. Huang twisted his back.

"That's weird, why is my body suddenly so itchy?"

……

After Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye walked about eight or nine miles, Xu Qingye suddenly took her hand.

Looking at his tense expression, Song Yuntang asked, "What's wrong?"

"We seem to be being followed." Xu Qingye said without turning his head.

Song Yuntang then walked while paying attention to the movements behind her. She expected that Mr. Huang would not let them take the silver easily, but she did not expect that he would act so quickly.

"I have a way." Song Yuntang leaned close to Xu Qingye's ear and whispered a few words, then handed him a packet of medicine powder. "When someone gets close to you, throw it out and make sure the medicine falls to them."

Xu Qingye held the medicine bag in his palm and said, "Okay."

"And this." Song Yuntang took out another pill from his sleeve and stuffed it into his mouth. "To prevent yourself from getting hurt, swallow this antidote first."

The girl's soft fingertips gently slid across her lips and left immediately.

Xu Qingye looked at her blankly as if he had been electrocuted.

Song Yuntang seemed to have just realized that his behavior was not in accordance with the rules. "I'm sorry, I didn't think too much about it..."

Xu Qingye raised the corners of his lips slightly.

"fine."

The two continued walking forward as if nothing had happened, and when they came to a deserted forest, they saw eight people surrounding them from eight directions.

Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye looked at each other, and when they saw someone approaching, they hurriedly threw the medicine powder in their hands in all directions.

The powder was very effective, and immediately six people fell in front of the two men.

The remaining two people escaped danger because they were slower and were not contaminated by the powder. However, when they saw that Song Yuntang had something in his hand, they did not dare to get too close.

"Are you from the Huang family?" Song Yuntang asked.

The two men looked at each other and said boldly, "Do we look like the Huang family? Hurry and hand over the thirty taels of silver you have on you, or don't blame us in Funiu Village for being rude to you!"

A playful smile appeared on Song Yuntang's lips.

"How did you know I had thirty taels of silver?"

The man's eyes were evasive.

"I...I was just guessing."

Song Yuntang knew it well and didn't want to say too much to the two of them. He took out another powder bag and was about to sprinkle it out. Seeing this, the two of them turned around and ran away in fear.

"You have the guts to pretend to be a bandit, but you don't have the courage of a bandit." She stuffed the powder back into her sleeve and looked at Xu Qingye, "What should we do with these people?"

"The matter of mountain bandits is of great importance. I will stay here and guard the place. You can go back to the town and ask the people from the government office to come."

Song Yuntang was stunned, "But they are not..."

"Will the truth be revealed once we get before Lord Zhu? Don't worry, they are just being ordered around. Lord Zhu will make the right decision."

Song Yuntang nodded, dragged these people under a big tree and tied them up. He also gave Xu Qingye some medicine kits for self-defense, and then hurried to the town.

When passing the road leading to the village, Song Yuntang suddenly caught a glimpse of a few people dressed like yamen runners wandering around the village.

She hurried towards the village, and when she got closer, she saw that it was a familiar face.

"Sir, there are bandits."

Hearing the sound, Song Jinsheng covered his arm, grinned, and quickly walked out of the yard.

"Tang'er, you're finally back. These officials have been waiting for you for a while."

The men clasped their fists towards Song Yuntang and said, "Miss Song, Lord Zhu asked us to deliver fifty stone of grain to you. We didn't see you before and were worried we might have delivered it to the wrong place. Now that Miss Song is here, we'll give the grain to you."

The leader said this, pointing to three carriages full of grain.

Song Yuntang hurriedly said, "I know about the food issue, sir. I just came back from Shili Village and encountered bandits on the way. Luckily, I brought some self-defense equipment with me. I've already knocked out six of the eight bandits. Please arrest the others and bring them to the government office for interrogation to prevent them from causing harm to the people nearby."

The yamen runners looked at each other, hurriedly unloaded the grain from a carriage and piled it at the door, then picked up the iron ruler standing in the corner of the wall and got on the carriage.

"Girl, come up and help us show the way. The carriage will go faster."

"Okay." Song Yuntang climbed onto the carriage swiftly and looked back at Song Jinsheng. "Second brother, have Uncle Qiao and the others unload the grain from the carriages and put it inside the house. And give some fodder and water to the horses of the officials."

"it is good."

The carriage was moving very fast and soon arrived at the place where the people were knocked unconscious.

After several yamen runners tied up the unconscious "bandits" and put them on the carriage, there were no extra seats on the carriage, so everyone had to drive the carriage back to the farm together on foot.

Fortunately, it’s not far and we’ll be there in fifteen minutes.

The horses in the other two carriages had also been fed and watered. The yamen runners thanked Song Yuntang, harnessed the carriages and prepared to leave.

Song Yuntang quickly grabbed three coins and stuffed them into the leading yamen runner's pocket, saying with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, my dear officials. Please buy some wine and snacks for the journey."

"Thank you, Miss Song. Goodbye." After saying this, the bailiff happily drove away in the carriage.

Song Yuntang first looked at the fifty stone of grain stacked in Song Jinsheng's room and asked, "Brother, will the grain here disturb your sleep?"

Song Jinsheng hurriedly shook his head.

"No, I'm so happy to see so much food every day when I open my eyes."

Song Yuntang took out a purse and handed it to Song Jinsheng, "This is the money I begged from Mr. Huang for your medicine. Take it, second brother."