"What time is it?" she asked, rubbing her forehead.
Xiao Man, who was dozing by the bedside, suddenly woke up, went out to take a look, and replied: "Miss, it's almost noon."
Xu Yin calculated in his mind that he slept for almost three hours, which was barely enough.
"Then get up."
"oh."
There was a lot of noise outside, and when he saw Xu Yin coming downstairs, Wei Jun immediately ran over: "Miss Third, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Xu Yin's face was expressionless: "With this noise, do you think I can still fall asleep?"
Wei Jun smiled sarcastically.
There were dark circles under his eyes. He must have not slept long before he got up to deal with things in the morning.
Seeing how diligent he was, Xu Yin softened his tone: "What's going on?"
The inn door was closed, and there was a heavy knock from time to time, accompanied by shouts of "open the door".
"They are from the county government." Wei Jun said nonchalantly, "They said they would take the gangsters back for interrogation."
Xu Yin said "Oh" and asked him: "Did you identify yourself?"
Wei Jun nodded: "They are determined to take the prisoner away."
Xu Yin smiled: "You are brave."
Knowing that hundreds of gangsters were slaughtered by them in one fell swoop, yet they still dared to come here to claim credit - or to put an end to the situation, which was really bold.
While the two were talking, Yan Ling and Xu Ze came down together.
There were no spare rooms in the inn, so the two of them slept together.
"Third sister!" Xu Ze called out, turned around and asked, "What happened?"
"My eldest son." Wei Jun saluted and explained the matter, "...that's it."
Xu Ze was furious: "This is so unreasonable! There are bandits and bandits in the county. It's not because they are incompetent. Why do we think we are coming here to demand people like this?"
Xu Yin agreed, frowning and looking angry: "Brother is right. We were invited as guests and encountered bandits in their jurisdiction. Even King Dongjiang has to apologize. A mere county magistrate is still with us.
There’s a lot of mischief going on in front of you!”
Seeing her approval, Xu Ze was very happy and continued: "That's right, we didn't blame them, but we dared to come and act wild. We are really rude!"
"That's right!" Xu Yin raised his head, his expression showing the arrogance of the past, "What do we think we are? A poor family that allows them to bully us? If we don't teach them a lesson, we will live or die!"
Xu Ze's emotions were aroused, and he was filled with righteous indignation: "It's time to teach them a lesson, otherwise we Nanyuan will be regarded as a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others, and even the eldest sister will be looked down upon!"
Xu Yin really didn't expect this reason. Since Xu Ze thought about it first, she agreed: "Isn't it? My sister is a distinguished guest personally invited by King Dongjiang. Not only was the road robbed by bandits, but she also let a mere county magistrate
You keep shouting and shouting, and when you get to Jiangdu, you will definitely be criticized by others, and I don’t know how those people will organize them!"
When Xu Ze heard this, he immediately became angry. As the only male of the Xu family with three younger sisters, he naturally has a strong sense of responsibility. Hearing that his younger sister would be teased, he did not hesitate to express his attitude: "Three younger sisters
How do you want to teach them a lesson?"
Xu Yin smiled and motioned for him to come over.
…
Outside the inn, the local magistrate sat under a tree, fanning himself while listening to the government servants calling the door.
"General, it is the duty of our county government to suppress bandits. We have been tracking Qingfeng Village for a long time. We would like to ask the general for your convenience and hand over the prisoners."
"Thank you for your hard work last night, general. You must have been very tired from escorting the young master all the way. I heard that the bandits killed hundreds of people and injured them. It is very troublesome to deal with so many corpses. Why don't you leave them to me?"
"General, I'm embarrassed to ask you to be involved in killing bandits. If I bother you even to clean up the mess, if the prince learns, he will severely punish this subordinate."
The voices kept coming, both soft and hard, but the door of the inn was always closed tightly, and there was not even a single reply.
The county lieutenant wiped his sweat and came back to report: "Sir, they don't pay attention to them at all. What should we do?"
The county magistrate was already feeling restless. Even though the weather was getting cold, layers of sweat were forming on his forehead.
He replied angrily: "What else can I do? If you don't come out, keep calling the door!"
The county lieutenant looked embarrassed and advised tactfully: "Sir, to put it bluntly, these people are not easy to deal with. There were quite a few bandits here last night, but you see, hundreds of them were almost killed. We must
If we really take action, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand it with just the people we have."
The county magistrate disagreed: "Do something? Don't worry, they don't dare! Miss Xu wants to be the crown prince's concubine. It's too late for the Xu family to please our prince, so why would they do something to us?"
This sounds reasonable at first, but the county captain always felt that something was wrong. If the Xu family really wanted to please the prince, why did they not open the door after shouting for so long?
Seeing his procrastination, the county magistrate became unhappy and said, "Why don't you understand? Miss Xu family was invited to a banquet, but encountered bandits in our county. If this matter comes to the prince, in order to appease the Xu family, we will
They will definitely be held accountable. But if we take over the case, we can turn the blame on them."
The county captain suddenly realized: "So that's it!"
The county magistrate glared at him: "You know, why don't you hurry up and get to work!" Slowly, what should I do if things get messed up?
The county captain returned to the inn door and was about to continue knocking on the door when suddenly the door opened. He almost fell in, but managed to catch the guard in time and regain his footing.
The door opened, and the person standing in the middle this time was not the guard from the morning, but a young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a dignified appearance and a cold expression.
He glanced over, landed on the county captain, and asked coldly: "Are you the chief official here?"
When the county magistrate saw this, he quickly stood up and came over, saluting and saying, "I am the local magistrate. May I ask who you are, Mr. Xu?"
Xu Ze nodded and said: "Since you are, then let me ask you, why do you call the door?"
The county magistrate smiled and replied: "Mr. Xu, I heard that you encountered bandits last night. The county was very shocked, so we specially brought people here to help."
However, Xu Ze sneered: "Are you helping, or are you destroying the evidence?"
The county magistrate was stunned for a moment, and doubt appeared on his face: "What does Mr. Xu mean by this?"
Xu Ze winked behind him and threw a pile of weapons in front of the magistrate.
Xu Ze looked at him sideways, and while banging the folding fan, he said: "Bandits? Where can bandits form military formations and have such refined weapons?"
Receiving his look, the county magistrate was startled and his face gradually turned pale: "Mr. Xu, what do you mean..."
Xu Ze snorted and said: "Since your Excellency is here, I would like to ask Prince Dongjiang for my uncle. The prince invites his sister-in-law to a banquet, but allows others to pretend to be bandits to rob and kill. What do you mean? Are you trying to trick me?