After eating, Ying Yiyuansun and the two returned to Gangshang Village with Xie Qingshan, and Xie Xuan and the Liu brothers and sisters went back in a carriage.

When she arrived at Gangshang Village, Xie Xuan went home first to get something.

Xie Qingshan and the two soaps went straight to Wu Qingxi's house, and before they entered the door of Wu Qingxi's house, they heard a commotion of talking inside, and there were some people around the door.

Seeing that the Xie family's mule cart and a carriage were parked at the door, the people who were looking inside around the door all looked over, and saw Xie Qingshan's mule cart riding two servants in soap uniforms, and they all showed surprised and fearful expressions on their faces.

As for the three children of Xie Xuan and Liu's brothers and sisters riding in the carriage, no one paid attention to it.

"It's coming! Here it comes! Xie Laohan came with an official messenger......"

"The iron rooster can't be relied on this time......"

"Break the prefect's mansion and destroy the county order. If Wu Qingxi really sees the official, he will have to go bankrupt if he doesn't die! ”

"No wonder his Xie family can get rich, Xie Laohan is so ruthless......"

"I can't complain about the Xie family, the iron rooster stole other people's vegetables, and ruined other people's vegetable sheds, isn't this a desperate way back? Who can stand it......"

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In the midst of discussions, Xie Qingshan took Ying Yiyuansun and the two of them into the courtyard of the Wu family with a cold face, and Xie Xuan took Liu Sinian and Liu Siyun to follow in, regardless of the various eyes and discussions of others.

This is the first time Xie Xuan has entered the courtyard of the Wu family, as usual, it is a common courtyard in the north, east and west wings and halls, and now a group of people have gathered in the courtyard, talking noisily.

In addition to watching the lively onlookers, if you look closely, the crowd is divided into two shifts.

On one side are the Xie family brothers, as well as Xie Wang's family with Zhou Qin and Zhou Zhu, Hui Niang holding Xiao Sheng Lin'er, and Li Ying and Li Lian next to her. Only Lin and Qiu Niang and Zhiyuan Zhicheng are not there, Lin and Qiu Niang should have gone to Zhuangzi to cook for the workers, and Zhiyuan Zhicheng should have been driven to school by adults. Next to it are several relatives of the Xie family.

The other group is the disgraced Wu Qingxi and his wife Wu Sun, his son Wu Feihu, and several relatives of the Wu family.

Standing in the middle as mediators are the village chief and a few elders, and in the middle there are four iron kettles on the ground.

From the night to noon, and only a few mouthfuls of food were hastily eaten at noon, and everyone was exhausted, so they no longer had the strength to shout loudly.

Because Xie Qingshan said that he was going to sue the official when he set off in the middle of the morning, the Xie family was waiting for Xie Qingshan to come back, and the Wu family was shouting that the Xie family had no other evidence except for the four iron kettles that everyone had, and they were about to give an explanation from the Xie family.

The lieutenant chief and the elder only blindly made peace with the mud, and wanted to turn the big thing into a small matter, they just wanted the village to be calm and peaceful, and if there was any big mess, the county magistrate would investigate the joint and several responsibility of the lieutenant chief. The elders uphold the principle of harmony between the villagers and neighbors, and do not want to make trouble to the extent of officials, which is beyond their control. So what happened to Dafan, the first thing that the chief and the elder thought of was to calm down.

Seeing Xie Qingshan come in with two soap hats in green clothes, the villagers who were watching were the first to silence, and those who were timid and afraid of things secretly walked away, leaving only those bold idle village women still watching from the side.

Feeling that the surroundings were quieter, the people in the middle of the crowd looked over one after another, and the Xie brothers, who had long been exhausted, were happy when they saw their father with two soaps.

Wu Qingxi's face changed greatly, he couldn't help himself, only took a few steps back, and retreated to the middle of several Wu family relatives, as if he felt a little safer.

When the chief and the elder saw the three of them coming, the chief changed color a little, and he walked forward with a few steps, with a little courteous smile on his face: "It turned out to be Yingdutou and Sun Dutou, a trivial matter in the village, it's really rude for you two to come over, it's too rude......"

Originally, the number of officials in a county was not large, about a dozen people, divided into three classes, and the squad leader of each class was called "squad leader". In the county, all the officials in the county can be called the head of the capital, but they just borrow the position of "head of the capital" in the forbidden army of the previous dynasty to show respect for the officials.

"Where is it, we are also responsible, since there has been a theft in your village, we should naturally take care of it, it's not that we stretch out our hands too long, and we are here......" Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Sun He's shrewd face showed a little smile, and said to the chief.

Ying Yiyuan didn't give face, and said with a smile: "What are you talking nonsense about?" The stout body stood in the crowd and shouted, "Which one is Wu Qingxi?" I stood up and let me tie up and go to the county office, the province of us took the trouble to catch, and then chased and chased the escapees, and before the interrogation of the board, he first made a lame leg and broke his arm, which is not cost-effective! ”

Xie Xuan couldn't help but smile, this should be a Yuan Sun and the two of them, one singing with a white face and the other with a red face, and the cooperation is extremely skillful. And this Ying Yiyuan looked at the thick branches and leaves, he was a violent temper, but in fact, he was rough and fine, and he came forward to give a dismount directly, but he didn't move in his hands, which was in response to the "bluff, knock on the mountain and shock the tiger" strategy they discussed at the wine table.

As soon as Wu Qingxi heard this, his face changed color and he retreated into the crowd.

Originally, after listening to Sun He's kind words, the inner chief with a happy face was lowered by Ying Yiyuan, and his face was a little stiff.

"Both of you, this is just an ordinary dispute in the village, you two have every opportunity, where can you provoke the two of you? Qingshan is also ignorant, such a trivial matter, we can solve it ourselves, how can we trouble them? An old man surnamed Zhou was on crutches, wearing a square scarf, and a gray beard, looking at Xie Qingshan and said.

This old man's speech has always worked well in the village. He was called up before dawn in the morning, and after learning what happened, he originally thought that he was asking the Wu family to compensate the Xie family for stealing vegetables, but Wu Qingxi didn't admit it. The Wu family's relatives supported their own family again, under their pressure, he originally wanted Wu Qingxi to pay a little less silver, and then apologize to the Xie family, even if this matter is over, the neighbors in the township, if they don't look up and look down, where can they become enemies?

Who knew that the Xie family did not agree, and grabbed Wu Qingxi to see the official.

Official? When this matter spread, not only did the reputation of the village not sound good, but when he saw the famous elders in other villages, where did he put his face? Besides, if this matter is privately mediated by the village elders and the elders, it will also show their ability and prestige. If they really see the officials, they will not only lose their people, but also let the hands of outsiders reach out to the village, which will also show them shameless and incompetent.

Yes, when he heard that the Xie family was going to take Wu Qingxi to see the official, he was a little unhappy in his heart. Originally, he was on the side of the Xie family, but when he saw that Xie Qingshan really brought the official over, he became more and more unhappy in his heart.

"Ordinary disputes? Hey! Ying Yiyuan sneered: "A dispute of a few hundred taels of silver or an ordinary dispute?" I would like to ask, what is going on in your village that is the big dispute? ”

"A few hundred taels of silver?" The lieutenant chief was taken aback, and unconsciously asked, "But I just picked up two straw sheds, where are the hundreds of taels of silver?" ”

The surrounding crowd also rang out, and people talked one after another:

"That's it! There are only two vegetable sheds, and there are hundreds of taels of silver there......"

"I'm afraid that the Xie family is not taking the opportunity to blackmail, right? I used to see that their family was quite kind......"

"Who knows? As the saying goes: If you are rich or not, if you are really rich, where does you need a conscience? It is precisely because you don't have a conscience that you can be rich! ”

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There are all kinds of things, but there is no doubt that no one believes that the two straw sheds and the vegetables in them are worth hundreds of taels of silver, and some even doubt the character of the Xie family.

Hearing this, Xie Pingtian and Xie Ping'an's straight faces turned blue, and their chests were like bellows. Xie Wang and Hui Niang were also trembling angrily in the back.

However, the Wu family had confidence, and Wu Qingxi's cousin, Wu Qingshan, shouted: "Dare to love because the Xie family is poor and crazy, isn't it?" Two broken grass sheds, even thinking about hundreds of miles! Those two broken sheds and the vegetables in them are only ten taels of silver when they reach the sky, and the blackmail of the family has to be believed by others! ”

"That's it! This Xie family is really unkind, why are you blackmailing people like this! ”

"Maybe Wu Qingxi didn't steal his food at all, his Xie family used to have a grudge against Wu Qingxi's family, this is an opportunity to take revenge!"

"What kind of enmity do the two of them have?"

"You don't know, some time ago, the Xie family was digging Shouwu on the mountain, and Wu Qingxi saw it...... Later, the two families also fought......"

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Hearing what everyone was talking about, Wu Qingxi's face changed from fear to joy, and he also took two steps forward, made a look of being wronged, and shouted loudly around:

"All the villagers have seen it, saying why I stole his vegetables and picked up his vegetable shed, they are looking for an opportunity to retaliate! It costs a few hundred taels of silver, and it is not worth a hundred taels of silver to sell my whole family together! He is remembering the revenge of the last time, and he wants to destroy my family! How can there be such a ruthless person in our village, who dares to walk in the village in the future, I am afraid that if one accidentally steps on his family's vegetables, he will have to pay thousands of taels of silver......"

"Wu Qingxi, you turtle grandson! You have the ability to do it, why don't you have the ability to admit it? Do you dare to swear by the sky, you didn't steal my family's vegetables and grill my family's vegetable shed? Xie Ping'an's first Buddha ascended to heaven, and the second Buddha was born, and he jumped out and scolded loudly.

Wu Qingxi's eyes rolled, and he immediately stood up, pointed to the sky and swore an oath: "If I want to steal his Xie family's dishes, let me hit five thunders in the sky!" There are sores on the back beam, and pus from the bone umbilicus! Scorched tail has no offspring! Eighteen layers of hell after death! ”

As soon as this oath came out, the courtyard was silent.