Guangxi is a gathering place for ethnic minorities, and there are many terrain and few plains, so the court also implemented the chieftain policy. This is true. Guangxi has many chieftains of all sizes, and some chieftains are simply real local emperors.

Like the Mo family in Xincheng, Guangxi, relying on their many contributions to pacifying the peasant uprising, the imperial court changed Xin County to a local official system, and the Mo family became the hereditary local magistrate of Xin County.

Unlike the magistrates who have the official system, this kind of local magistrate not only has administrative system, but also military and judicial power, and has the power to kill and kill the native people under his rule.

To the north of Shiziling is Bobai County, Yulin Prefecture under the jurisdiction of Wuzhou Prefecture in Guangxi. The Qin family is the largest chieftain in Yulin Prefecture, and the Hujia Village where Huba is located is the native of the Qin family.

Lin Qingran, who lives in the prefect of Leizhou, naturally would not be afraid of a weak chieftain like the Qin family, but he would not provoke such a local emperor, which did not conform to his principle of seeking profit and avoiding harm.

However, this wild girl in her own family is working with passion. She can't see such complicated relationships, and she can't see the gains and losses here. She stands up for the bad things for Xiaozhu and wants to be enemies with the Qin family. She seems not going to calm down yet.

"Brother, please help me. I don't want Xiaozhu to be caught by his father!" Hu Niu walked to Lin Junran and immediately looked very unhappy. She pouted her lips very rarely, and her eyes seemed to be filled with tears, looking pitiful.

Lin Qingran was originally happy that Hu Ba brought Xiao Zhu back, but when he saw the little girl expressing her opinion, he couldn't help but soften his heart. He glared at her and walked towards Hu Ba.

When Hu Niu saw her brother willing to take action, a light flashed in her eyes and turned around and followed him.

"The Caomin has met Lord Lin!" Hu Ba's eyes were quite complicated. This poor scholar who used to make a living by making firewood is now an official of the court. He is in charge of the palace in Leizhou and has become a real local emperor.

"Brother Hu, long time no see, how are you lately?" Lin Xuran returned the gift, looked at Hu Ba with dark skin, and found that this man looked stronger, and there was a little more steady between his eyebrows and eyes.

"I dare not worry about it, everything is fine!" Hu Ba responded flatteredly.

Lin Weiran looked at the little pig who was still crying in a low voice, then turned around and stared at Hu Ba's eyes and said, "Brother Hu, can you sell me a face and leave the little pig behind?"

"Ah? This..." Hu Ba was stunned and his mouth opened in surprise, but he didn't expect Lin Xuran to make such a ridiculous request.

Lin Qingran also pointed at Hu Niu openly and said, "You should have seen it too. My sister is very close to Xiaozhu. She doesn't want Xiaozhu to be sent back to Qin's house again!"

"Oh!" Huba sighed heavily, and said with a bitter look on his face: "Sir, I don't know that my Hu family is a native of the Qin family. If I leave Xiaozhu with you, the Qin family will be punished, and Xiaozhu is already the entourage of the eldest lady of the Qin family."

Lin Xuran looked at him and said this to this point, without any intention of forcing others to do so. He looked at Hu Niu, which was considered to have an explanation for Hu Niu, the wild girl.

Hu Niu saw that her brother was about to pile up the picks, so she glanced at him helplessly, and then complained to Hu Ba: "Oh! The Qin family is a bad guy, and that Qin Jiao is the worst bad guy, so you shouldn't be nice to them! Look at how severe Xiaozhu was beaten. When I was taking a shower with her the day before yesterday, I almost got angry!"

Hu Niu has one advantage, that is, she looks very cute and speaks in line with rich expressions, which can easily win the trust of others, even if the other person is a stranger.

According to Lin Qingran's point of view, Hu Niu is really a waste of his appearance if he doesn't become a liar. Of course, now that he is a liar, Hu Niu may not be so confident when speaking.

Being beaten?

Hu Ba was stunned, and the women next to him were also stunned, turning their heads to look at the little pig who was still crying.

The pig's left face was bruised and swollen, and the left eye was obviously much smaller than the right eye. The face that was slapped had not healed yet. She didn't have time to ask her what was going on with her face, but now there are still scars.

Xiaozhu's mother is an honest-looking woman. This time she accompanied Hu Ba over to coax Xiaozhu home. She was worried that Xiaozhu would perform the last escape scene, so she immediately reached out to Hu Ba and asked Xiaozhu and said, "I want to see if Xiaozhu's body is really hurt!"

"Go!" Hu Ba handed the pig to his wife, and his face also looked solemn.

Lin Weiran invited Hu Ba to sit at the stone table next to him. Awu enthusiastically brought tea and poured it on the two of them. But he stood beside him holding the teapot and blinked proudly at his companion in the distance, as if he was doing something supremely brilliant.

Lin Qingran spat lightly, took the initiative to raise the topic and said, "How do you know that Xiao Zhu is here with me?"

"It was the Qin family who sent someone to inform us, saying... you kidnapped their ladies and pigs, and you meant to ask me to attack you!" Huba picked up the teacup and answered honestly.

"Is this actually happening?" Lin Qingran put down the teacup and looked up at him and said, "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Hu Niu went to Jiang Mansion to visit friends. But when she saw the little girl from the Qin family bullying Xiaozhu, she taught Qin Jiao a lesson at that time, causing her to be detained in Jiang Mansion..."

Lin Weiran told the whole story all the way, but there was no exaggeration to show the story that day.

Huba lowered his head and drank tea, frowned tightly, but did not express his opinion easily. Obviously, this is a rational person or a very mature person.

In fact, it is no wonder that if anyone is in his position, it is impossible to express his opinion easily. After all, he is a native of the Qin family, so how could he blame Qin Min casually?

Lin Xuran looked at Hu Ba so calm and felt a little bored. Fortunately, he did not have the intention to instigate Hu Ba’s relationship with the Qin family, and then raised his doubts and said, "By the way, why did Xiaozhu become the entourage of the little girl of the Qin family? It is impossible for your family to not even be able to raise Xiaozhu, right?"

"I'm going to hide it from you! I am now the new patriarch of Hujiazhai!" Hu Ba bowed to Lin Qingran, which was a formal self-introduction and revealed his new identity.

In addition to the power of the chieftain, he also has his subordinates. For example, Hujiazhai is the subordinate of the Qin family, and Huba, as the patriarch of Hujiazhai, actually has a certain status compared to the head of the local people.

"According to the rules, as the patriarch of Hujia Village, my daughter Xiaozhu is going to send to the Qin family as a entourage." Hu Ba explained, but added: "This is not like this in my Hujia Village, but other villages that depend on the Qin family are like this! Of course, although they are as followers, they are all children of each village after all, and the Qin family will not really treat them now!"

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Chapter completed!