Chapter 38: The Arrogant High Yamen

Chapter 38

Pang Dashan did not stay long at the ruined temple, leaving after midnight.

Jiang Sheng saw him off happily with laughs and words.

Turning back and closing the door, her smile faded away, “Brothers, anything abnormal?”

Xu Mo shook his head, Fang Heng shook his head, Zheng Ruqian scratched his head.

Could it be that Pang Dashan really just came to give New Year’s greetings and mooch a New Year’s Eve dinner?

Jiang Sheng did not believe so.

But they really did not find any problems with Pang Dashan, and they were at a loss for the moment.

In fact, at this time, they should use reverse thinking to deduce.

For example, knowing that Pang Dashan was the lackey of the new county magistrate, what would the county magistrate need to do to harm them?

Falsely accuse? Frame them?

Common insidious means, nothing more than this.

Chang Yuan pursed his lips without saying a word, slowly patrolling around the ruined temple, and finally in the crevices of the straw where several people slept, he found a gold earring.

The whole family was horrified.

"When did he put it in there?" Zheng Ruqian could not believe it.

"What's the point of leaving a gold earring?" Jiang Sheng did not understand.

Chang Yuan fiddled with the aged aesthetic gold ornament, glanced at Xu Mo, "How old is the new county magistrate this year?"

Xu Mo's lips moved, uttering two words, "Forty."

So the county magistrate's wife should also be around that age.

Then, when the county magistrate's wife's belongings were lost, the county yamen chasing the petty thief to Shili Pu village, and finding material evidence in the ruined temple, would be a natural course of events.

It was very possible that Pang Dashan could also turn into a witness, nailing them to the pillar of "petty thief" shame.

The children in the ruined temple all felt cold all over, they had been too lucky all the way until now, and the biggest hardship was only encountering the likes of Zhou Zhiquiang, but tricks could be used to deal with rascals, while the county yamen were not so simple.

He had actually resorted to framing and entrapment.

The few children in the ruined temple, even Xu Mo, were apprehensive, only Chang Yuan was expressionless, as if this kind of approach did not make waves in his heart.

"Then what should we do?" Zheng Ruqian asked anxiously, "Should we throw out this gold earring?"

Chang Yuan retracted his hand.

"Don't throw it out, keep the gold first, we just have to wait for the prey to take the bait."

Pang Dashan moved quite quickly.

The year had not yet passed, only the sixth day, and he came rushing to the ruined temple with people in tow.

Xu Mo was furious and shouted, "The temple is not private property, but the items belong to us, you damaged our belongings and harmed our money, I will file a lawsuit to the county yamen, accusing you of disregarding the law and oppressing the common people!"

"Haha, this kid wants to accuse us." A yamen mocked.

"Let him accuse." The county magistrate's tone was cold, "These unruly commoners always fail to see the times, and think it still the past."

The past...

In the past when County Magistrate Xu was in charge, the entire Xieyang County was peaceful and content, any occasional bandits and robbers were all captured and brought to justice.

There had never been occurrences of forcibly seizing prey, forcibly trespassing on private property, and beating commoners out of the county yamen and other outrageous events.

After the change of magistrates, Xieyang County became a different world.

But Xu Mo refused to believe, he wanted to see what kind of things this group of people could do.

In the afternoon.

Zheng Ruqian and Fang Heng took Xu Mo to the Xieyang County yamen.

Just to file a grievance, shout injustice, and accuse the county magistrate of bullying people and damaging commoners' belongings by relying on power.

But unexpectedly, they did not even enter the front gate of the county yamen before being beaten out.

If not for Fang Heng being there, Xu Mo would not have fared much better than Zhang Qianquan initially.

Even so, he still suffered some external injuries, walking with a limp.

At the ruined temple.

Jiang Sheng tidied up the beddings, pots and bowls meticulously with her two brothers, then sat at the door waiting.

It was hard to wait until they returned, only to see the limping Xu Mo.

Jiang Sheng pursed her lips, crying out "Wah".

"Why did this happen?" Wen Zhiyun did not know what to do, "Why?"

Yes, why.

It was clearly a place to uphold justice for the common people, yet it had now become forbidden ground for the common people.

Clearly yamen were meant to crack down on bandits and thieves, yet now their blades were pointed at the unarmed commoners.

Now, the county magistrate had clearly planned and targeted them, yet they could only defend repeatedly, with no power to retaliate.

"Then let me kill him." Fang Heng's eyes turned red.

Xu Mo shook his head.

The Great Yu Dynasty ruled by law, and the punishment for murder was extremely harsh.

Fang Heng had been living cleanly and purely, there was no need to carry the crime of murder for this matter, and become a fugitive from then on.

"Since the land cannot control him, then we'll change the land."

Xu Mo breathed heavily, his tone ringing.