The carriage ran very fast, and in a short while, it arrived in front of Xiao's house.
Behind it were two other carriages.
The carriage in the middle has a wide body and exquisite materials, with two beautiful bay-red horses in front.
It looked even more impressive than the carriage the county magistrate was riding in.
The villagers in the yard didn't care about eating. They all stood up and looked outside.
Other villagers also walked out of their homes to check.
Li Zheng was already a little drunk. He looked at so many carriages, patted Xiao Changhe's shoulder and asked: "Brother Changhe, whose carriage is this from a wealthy family? You are not a good boy. When did your family get to know so many people?" A rich person?"
Xiao Changhe did not answer.
You know your own family’s affairs best.
Apart from the county magistrate and the Xu family, they didn't know any other rich people.
Soon, six people who looked like guards jumped out of the carriage in front. They quickly ran to the two carriages behind and stood on both sides of the carriage.
The coachman in the middle also jumped off the carriage.
He took out the step stool, placed it neatly, then opened the curtain, and a round head came out of it.
"Who is this?"
Not only the villagers, but also the Xiao family were stunned.
This person looks very strange, I have never seen him before.
Xiao Mu was the only one who was shocked.
Because this person was none other than Xu Zhongyuan, who was knocked unconscious by him that day.
Xu Zhongyuan walked down holding the coachman's hand.
As soon as my feet hit the ground, they stirred up a layer of dust.
He slapped his nose with his hand in disgust, raised his arrogant feet and stretched them out in front of the coachman.
When the coachman saw this, he immediately pulled up his robe and knelt down to shine Xu Zhongyuan's shoes.
At this time, the two people riding behind also walked down.
Xu Chao walked up to Xu Zhongyuan and said impatiently: "Dad, this place is so dirty. Why can't we just ask the servants to come over? Why do we have to do it ourselves?"
Xu Zhongyuan retracted his cleaned shoes and said nothing.
After being released from the Yamen, Xu Zhongyuan returned to the Xu family's study again.
This time, he found the secret room and looked through all the account books.
What he was looking for was not among them, and what was even more strange was that all the account books from the beginning of this year were missing.
Xu Zhongyuan thought for a while, Xu Zishang sent his son here, maybe what he was looking for had been sent here long ago.
The housekeeper walked up to his master and shouted into the courtyard: "Who is the head of the Xiao family? Master Xu is here, why don't you come out to greet him!"
No one answered inside.
The housekeeper was furious, took a few steps forward, and looked into the yard.
Good guy!
A dark group of people stood there looking at me, all of them tall and tall.
The housekeeper was immediately startled.
What kind of power is the Xiao family? Why are there so many people?
"Which one of you is the head of the Xiao family?" The housekeeper looked back at the six accompanying guards, barely regained some confidence, and asked.
The person who came was not a good person. Just as Xiao Changhe was about to answer, Xiao Mu walked out first.
"My father just drank, what do you want?"
When he saw Xiao Mu, Xu Chao immediately became excited: "Dad, that's him. He was the one who went to sell pig trotters that day. He looked down on me and even insulted me for my misbehavior."
He looked at Xiao Mu with a proud look on his face: "Today I want you to taste my power!"
Xiao Mu frowned at first, then seemed to suddenly realize, and said, "So it's you? Was it your wife who wanted our pig's trotters for nothing that day?"
Hearing the word "wife", Xu Zhongyuan immediately turned his head and stared at Xu Chao.
Xu Chao flinched and asked Xiao Mu in a low voice: "You, what are you talking about!"
"Isn't it? Aren't you two together? I remember that the girl was originally promised to me, but later she ran away on the wedding day because she hooked up with you."
Xu Chao panicked. His father had told him long ago that he was not allowed to interact with Ye Qingqing, not even as an outsider.
"Dad, I didn't, he's all talking nonsense." Xu Chao explained quickly.
Xu Zhongyuan raised his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him, reached out and patted his son on the shoulder: "Let's talk about this when we get back. There are more important things to do now."
He raised his eyes and motioned to the butler.
The housekeeper stood in the courtyard with his hands on his hips and said to everyone: "The Xiao family should stand up and the rest of the family should leave quickly to avoid hurting innocent people."
At this time, Li Zheng stood up: "We have more than 200 households in Qingshan Village, and more than half of them are surnamed Xiao. Which Xiao family are you looking for?"
"Of course it's the Xiao family that took Xu Caide in!" the housekeeper said.
Xiao Changhe also stood up and said, "What exactly do you want from our Xiao family?"
"What are you doing?" The housekeeper snorted coldly: "Come here, arrest this father and son."
"yes!"
The six guards were ordered to move forward.
"Let's see who dares to take action!" Li Zheng shouted.
"The Changhe family are the benefactors of our entire village. How do you, a merchant, get the right to arrest people in our place!"
The housekeeper sneered when he heard this: "Ha! A merchant?
Open your dog eyes and take a good look. Standing in front of you is our shopkeeper Xu from Jingxing Pavilion.
The King of Qi in the capital is our shopkeeper’s cousin-in-law. "
As the shopkeeper spoke, he cupped his fists and shook them eastward twice.
"Don't say it's you. Even the magistrate of Qinghe County has to be polite when he sees our master Xu. If you don't want to get into trouble, get out of here. If you make my master angry, you will die!"
"Who do you think you are!" Li Zheng shook off Xiao Changhe's hand and took a few steps forward.
He was not very courageous.
But after receiving several compliments from the county magistrate recently, I feel more and more that I am an official.
As the head of a village, he must not let his villagers be bullied for no reason.
What's more, it was Xiao Changhe's family who helped the whole village.
He pointed at the butler and said:
"Even if King Qi is here today, he can't just arrest people. In the eyes of you people, do you still have the king's law?"
The other villagers said in unison: "Yes, do you still have the law in your eyes?"
Eight young men spontaneously stood in a row, blocking the Xiao family behind them.
Xiao Changhe wanted to push his way to the front, but he was trapped behind two young men and couldn't move.
The butler snorted coldly when he saw this, "Tell us about the king's law? I think you don't know how high the sky is and how high it is!"
The Xiao family is harboring private criminals, and we are here today to arrest them and bring them back to the Yamen for questioning.
Anyone who dares to stop him will be taken to the Yamen and locked up together with the Xiao family! "
The butler took a step back as he spoke, waved his right hand forward, and called the six guards to come forward.
