Liang An did not expect that when he and Xiao Feng came to the main hall of the county government again, the county magistrate was eating oranges there, and they looked like the oranges on their carriage.
The oranges they bought were large, thin-skinned, and full of juice. Apart from the oranges they brought, there seemed to be no other orange sellers in the county.
Seeing that the county magistrate was eating well, Liang An and Xiao Feng didn't say anything. Even though Xiao Feng looked very unhappy, Liang An waved his hand to stop Xiao Feng and then waited obediently beside him.
As for the county magistrate, after he finished eating another orange, he asked about the people who were also eating oranges nearby.
"How are the oranges you eat sweet or sour?"
"Sweet!"
Everyone's answer is the same, sweet oranges.
These are the oranges that Liang An and the others spent money to carefully select, and they tasted a lot of them when they were canned. They were all sweet, so how could they be sour?
After the county magistrate made sure that the oranges everyone ate were sweet oranges, he looked at Xiao Feng and Liang An in front of him and spoke slowly.
"Now I can confirm that your oranges are all sweet. Wang Er deliberately caused trouble for you, but you hit people, but there is no evidence to prove that you didn't do it."
Seeing the magistrate's appearance, Xiao Feng immediately started talking.
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, since this is proof that the oranges Wang Er falsely accused us of are sour. It has already been proven that he lied. Why should we believe him and beat him up?"
The county magistrate was also a wonderful man and waved his hand.
"What you said makes sense, but they said that you beat people, and we have no evidence to prove that you didn't beat people. Although you lied, you are not guilty of death, and you will not be punished so severely, especially for these trivial things. It’s a small thing, but if you hit someone, this seems a bit unjustifiable.”
"Is that what happened?"
Xiao Feng couldn't react for a moment and stared blankly at the county magistrate in front of him. The county magistrate once again looked at Liang An, who looked confident and arrogant at the side and asked.
"I don't know what this young master is thinking. Is he just going to compensate them a handful of copper coins to make this a big deal? I don't know what he thinks."
This county magistrate is obviously trying to sidestep the situation and wants to prevent the foreign merchants from losing money and avoiding disaster. The provincial Wang Er is not dealing with them, which really proves Wang Er's words that they in Yancheng cannot be bullied by outsiders.
Liang Anan scratched his head when he thought of this.
"But our attendants who drive the carriage are people who sell oranges with us. They are all witnesses. Didn't we ask them? Didn't you listen to what they said?"
After Liang An asked this question, Xiao Feng also reacted.
"Yes, our guards can also prove it, why can't we ask them?"
The county prince smiled even more happily when he mentioned the guards.
"How can you believe what your guards say? You also said that they are your guards and they are to protect your safety. When you were trading goods, there were troublemakers and they fought with each other. Isn't this better corroborated? Did Wang Er get beaten up by you?"
"Uh, is there such a thing?"
Liang An was even more surprised and touched his chin, "According to the words of the county magistrate, doesn't it mean that what we say doesn't count? What Wang Er says counts? This magistrate, you bully us outsiders like this, you are not afraid of outsiders." Are the merchants disappointed?"
After Liang An said these words, he no longer had any good impressions of the county magistrate, even if he did a good job on the surface.
Although the county magistrate didn't say anything, the master next to him took a step forward.
"You are so bold! How dare you say that our county magistrate engages in malpractice for personal gain? Although our county magistrate and Wang Er..."
But when he said this, he paused suddenly, "Our county magistrate and Wang Er are not related in any way. Although they both have the surname Wang, you can't say that."
This concealed sentence made everyone present change their expressions?
However, this butler-like master was like a cock with fried feathers, constantly spraying the information he knew at Liang An and Xiao Feng.
He is also benevolent, wise, and caring for the people. How can such a respected county master make things difficult for foreign merchants!
He would not cause any trouble to the outside merchants. However, the more this man talked about Liang An and Xiao Feng, the more he winked at him. Seeing that his master, who was enjoying himself in the chief position, praised his county magistrate, and the county magistrate also Without showing too much, after his master finally finished praising him, he looked at Xiao Feng and Liang An with a smile and asked.
"Two gentlemen, I don't know how you think this matter should be resolved. Without witnesses, it's really difficult for us to decide whether you hit someone or not."
"Why don't you believe that our people won't hit people casually?"
After Xiao Feng muttered, he had no choice but to look at Liang An for help.
Liang An sighed, "It seems that the county magistrate has decided on us. I don't know, magistrate, let's discuss this matter later. Now, magistrate, you can just taste our oranges, but with this A few baskets of oranges, what's going on?
And will we compensate you for the oranges you eat? We are a small business! "
Liang An suddenly said something shocking. The county magistrate was stunned, while the master next to him was furious again.
"You are so brave. We tasted your oranges to see if they are sweet or sour. Now that we have confirmed that your oranges are sweet, do we still need to compensate for this evidence?"
"Look at what you said. If each of you twenty or so people tastes one orange, I won't say anything. Even if each of you tastes two oranges, I still won't say anything.
But each of you has several kilograms of oranges, which costs dozens of copper coins. Can't I still study how to compensate?
All of these people cost one tael of silver. Isn't this money? What's more, you brought many oranges that you called evidence. "
Liang An seemed to be obsessed with money and kept asking the county magistrate for money. The county magistrate was stunned and didn't say anything, but the housekeeper next to him was furious.
"You don't know what is good or bad. You dare to ask the imperial government for money, and you dare to act recklessly and beat people in our county. Do you think your family brought some fruit to trade here, and we are asking you to do it?"
So what if our county doesn’t eat your oranges? It’s not like I have to eat your oranges to survive. "
"you're right!"
Liang An nodded and kept catering to the master, saying that what the master said was right. Whatever the master said, Liang Adu said it was right.
The master seemed to be proud of having made a great contribution. He looked at his county grandpa and waited for his praise. The county grandpa was still looking at Liang An with a smile.
"I originally wanted to uphold justice for you, but look at what you said, as if this county is trying to rob you by force. If this county is really trying to rob you, why should I talk to you so nonsense and directly ask you for money to punish Wang Er? That’s it, do you still want to ask Wang Er for money to punish you? You won’t do that.”
The county magistrate once again placed himself in the supreme position. Although he said that he did not ask for money, the tone of his words that emphasized money was not telling Liang An and Xiao Feng that if he wanted to get rid of this trouble honestly, he must Pay money.
He looked at the county magistrate who was sure of himself. Xiao Feng was even more helpless, but after standing for a while he felt like going to the toilet, so he looked at the county magistrate and said something.
"Master County Magistrate, can you please let us go out for a while? Even if you are trying the case, we will fully cooperate with you, but there are level 3 people, so we can't be allowed to stand here."
Just after Xiao Feng finished speaking, the county magistrate did not let him go out. "The matter has not been resolved yet, how can I let you go out? If you run away after going out, what should I do?"
"Um, you are deliberately making things difficult for us, right?"
Now Liang An has no intention of quarreling with him anymore, and he also feels anxious. However, after Xiao Feng and Liang An said these words at the same time, the county prince was still smiling like a tiger, but his master once again He roared at them angrily.
