In the afternoon, Mu Siyu came to the county government office, only to see an unfamiliar official at the door.
"Who is it?" The official stopped her fiercely.
"I'm looking for someone." Mu Siyu said, "A relative of mine is a clerk there. I wonder if you can let me meet him?"
"Your Majesty has an order that no idlers can enter or leave the county government office. Please leave as soon as possible."
"Okay." Mu Siyu withdrew.
She looked inside, trying to find a familiar figure, but she didn't even see anyone who looked familiar.
Did something happen to the county government? Otherwise, how could there be such a big personnel change?
Is Lu Yi okay?
"Why can't you let me in?" A sharp voice sounded. "My brother is the county magistrate here. I want to see my brother!"
Mu Siyu turned around and saw that Chen Chunyu was also stopped at the door.
Several officials looked at each other.
One of the officers said: "Lock her up."
"What are you doing? Why should I be imprisoned? My brother is the county magistrate here. If you dare to bully me, I will tell my brother."
The officer gagged Chen Chunyu's mouth, and then two people escorted her down.
One of the officers noticed that Mu Siyu had not gone far, narrowed his eyes, and walked towards her direction.
Mu Siyu ran away.
She's not stupid. She's waiting to be caught instead of running away?
In the prison, Magistrate Qin was imprisoned with Chen County Cheng and the master. In the next cell were Wen Wensong and other scribes. Looking at the jailers in custody, they were not the original ones, but other officials.
"We won't die here, right?" One of the scribes sighed: "I haven't married yet!"
"Okay, don't worry unfoundedly. There are so many of us, would the prefect dare to take action?"
County Magistrate Chen looked at Magistrate Qin: "Sir, the magistrate is just giving us a warning. As long as you say a few nice words, we will be able to go out. You really shouldn't listen to Lu Yi's slander."
Magistrate Qin sat there with his eyes closed and ignored him.
The master frowned and said nothing.
"Why isn't Secretary Lu here?" Someone asked, "Is it because he went to curry favor with the prefect?"
"We are grasshoppers on the same rope. Secretary Lu can't do such a thing, can he?"
"If not, where is he now? Why is he not here when we are all in prison, and he still claims that he has not betrayed us adults?"
"That's enough." Magistrate Qin opened his eyes: "Noisy!"
Everyone was silent and did not dare to say anything more.
"Chen County Cheng." Qin County Magistrate said.
"Yes, sir."
"The prison cell is too dirty and messy. Please send someone to clean it in the future."
Everyone: "..."
Do they have a future?
No! Can they still go out?
Why is the county magistrate so calm? Is there any back-up plan?
Bang! Someone rushes in.
"Who?" The jailer stopped the person at the door.
"I, Lu Yi." Lu Yi walked in, followed by several people.
"Lu Yi!" Everyone was surprised when they saw Lu Yi.
"Were you arrested too?"
"I think the flattery didn't work out, or was he locked up?" Tang Sanyu sneered.
Lu Yi ignored those fools and strode towards Qin County Magistrate.
Magistrate Qin looked at him with particularly hot eyes.
Lu Yi knelt down on one knee in front of the Qin County Magistrate and said respectfully: "My lord, fortunately you have fulfilled your destiny. The magistrate's business of selling poppies was discovered by the police. He has been arrested. I am here to take you out."
"Lu Yi, I did not misjudge you." County Magistrate Qin stood up. "You will be credited."
"Thank you, sir."
Tang Sanyu's expression froze.
Others who spoke ill of Lu Yi acted as if they had eaten shit.
It turns out that Lu Yi did not escape or hug the prefect, but was sent out by Qin County Magistrate to do important things. This kid...
Want to send it!
Mu Siyu had been watching the activities here not far from the Yamen. Seeing people coming in and out from time to time, the atmosphere was quite tense, and she was even more worried about Lu Yi's safety.
Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared.
"Brother Gao..."
Gao Yamen heard the sound, saw Mu Siyu, and strode over.
"Sister-in-law Lu, why are you here?"
"Brother Gao, did something happen to the Yamen? I didn't recognize anyone here just now."
"Something has indeed happened. Are you waiting for Secretary Lu? He is busy now. I'm afraid he won't be able to go back tonight. You should go back first!" Gao Yamen said.
"Is he okay?"
"Don't worry, I'm fine. What can happen to him? It's just that we're a bit busy today. All of us have to stay at the county office. Don't wait for him."
"Then you can pass a message to me and say that I'm going home first."
"no problem."
Gao Yamen didn't say a few words. He told Mu Siyu and went off.
When Lu Yi came out of the magistrate's study, Gao Yamen happened to meet him and conveyed to him what had just happened.
Lu Yi had been unable to move his hands away. He felt relieved when he learned that she had returned.
"I think Mrs. Lu has been waiting outside for a long time. It's really difficult for her. Brother, you must cherish such a wife!" Gao Yamen said enviously.
"I will." Lu Yi said calmly: "Brother Gao, the county magistrate is looking for you."
Mu Siyu drove the carriage back to the village.
When the carriage passed by the door of Jiang's house, she heard the quarrel inside and took a surprised look.
"You stinky girl, you've ruined all my good work. What will I do next? Who dares to want you?"
This is the voice of Tang syndrome.
Tang's family is actually back.
That stinky girl...
Could it be Mu Sijiao?
"Mom, it's all Mu Siyu's fault, she harmed me." Mu Sijiao cried loudly.
Mu Siyu: "..."
It’s like people are on a carriage and pots are coming from the sky.
Forget it, what does it have to do with her? She hasn't been home for a day. She misses Xiaoyun'er so much that she doesn't have time to deal with these crazy people.
Mrs. Tang heard the sound of horse hooves outside and said, "Who in our village has bought a carriage?"
Mrs. Jiang said coldly from the side: "It's that bitch."
"Who?" It's not that Tang didn't react, but she couldn't believe it.
Mu Sijiao also looked in disbelief: "That bitch Mu Siyu still has money to buy a carriage?"
"I heard it was rented."
Mu Dahai sat on the chair next to him, frowning and saying in a bad tone: "Now that Jiao'er has been kicked out by the Li family, our business has failed, and the family owes dozens of taels of silver, what should we do?"
The atmosphere in the room became solemn.
Jiang's face looked extremely foul.
Everyone in the village knew that her eldest son was making a lot of money in the city. Now that he was well and back in despair, where would she put her face?
"Isn't this business introduced by your uncle? Didn't he show any sign of it?"
"Mom, my eldest brother also suffered a loss." Tang said, "He still owes a lot of debt."
"Ha! What should we do now? Is the whole family waiting to die here?" Ms. Jiang looked at Ms. Tang warily: "You don't want to pay filial piety and are deliberately pretending to be poor, right?"
"Mother." Mu Hai said in a loud voice, "In your eyes, is this the kind of person your son is?"
"You're not, some people are." The more Jiang looked at Tang, the more displeased she became. "I don't care, I don't have money anyway."
