At night I stayed at Jingda's house, and his house happened to have a spare room, but it was relatively small, but it was not in the way for me to live alone. The next day everyone began to tidy up the village, and since the others had not yet returned, the joy of all yesterday's sudden freedom had faded.

The Xiao family lives in the imperial city, listening to the words of Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family, the imperial city is still a little far away from Toda Village, if there is no accident, it will take a few days to go back this time, and there is no way for everyone to worry. Now it is only time to clean up the village, wait for everyone to return, and pay tribute to all those who died in this man-made disaster, so as to comfort the souls of the dead; As for going to Xiao Huan, the second young master of the Xiao family, to take revenge, this can only be thought about in my heart, seeing Xiao Huan's performance when he left, there was no nervousness at all, and it is estimated that he is sure to get away with it. If the Xiao family does not punish Xiao Huan privately, but hands over Xiao Huan to the yamen who is in charge of local punishment, then the Xiao family will really be above board, and if the yamen can handle Xiao Huan in accordance with the law, it will be the best result; However, even if the Xiao family acts to kill their relatives and hand over Xiao Huan to the punishment yamen, it is another matter for the yamen to know whether they dare to do Xiao Huan, but this involves the law of the country, and it is not the business of the Xiao family, and if the matter is not done well, it is only the business of the yamen, and it is the responsibility of the rule of law of the Guwu Empire that falls to the handle. All this still depends on the news brought by Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family, when she sent everyone back, and how the Xiao family dealt with this matter!

In such an anxious waiting, ten days have passed, but the Xiao family still hasn't sent people back, and everyone in the village is also spending the next few days, although they have gone home, but their families still haven't come back, and there will indeed be a lot of uncertainties in the ten days.

As the night approached on the fifteenth day of the return of the people from the mine to Toda Village, they finally saw many torches illuminating a piece of the world a little farther away from the village, and they saw that the torches were already waiting at the head of the village, and many noisy sounds could be heard when they got closer.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, according to the space illuminated by the torches around me, walking in front was Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family, holding a horse in her hand, surrounded by several of his personal guards, and the middle of the rest of the guards was the women and children and children and teenagers in Toda Village, I tried my best to search for Bao'er's figure in the crowd, at the end of the crowd I saw a seven or eight-year-old child, it was Bao'er, I waved to him, Bao'er also saw me, with an innocent smile on his face, and galloped towards me.

"Brother Yunxuan!" Boa threw herself into my arms and began to cry.

"Bao'er, are you alright? Let me take a good look. I didn't know why Bao'er and I seemed closer to me than the villagers in Toda Village, I touched Bao'er's hair and wiped the tears from his face. At this time, the villagers of the original Toda Village on the side of Xiao Jing, the third lady of the Xiao family, also rushed out and went towards their relatives, the villagers hugged each other and were in pain, those who have not appeared until now, except for a few who escaped, it is estimated that they will never appear!

"Sir! I've got everyone escorted! As for the people who should be punished, they have also been punished, Zhang Mang was abolished by the family and handed over to the local yamen in charge of punishment, and he has been convicted and beheaded, and his subordinates should also be beheaded according to their crimes, and those who should be imprisoned have also been sentenced to prison, which can be regarded as a justice for everyone. The family also publicly apologized to the outside world, and these gentlemen can find out as soon as they inquire. Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family, handed over the horse rope to the guards beside her at this time, and then approached me and said to me in a deep voice. Then he pointed to a few boxes and said weakly: "Sir, there are a few boxes of silver in here, even if it is to make up for the suffering that everyone has suffered in the mine in the past six months and some compensation for those who have died!" ”

"Thank you Miss Xiao San for rescuing the villagers, it is very surprising that the Xiao family can publicly apologize, it is estimated that Miss Xiao San must have worked hard, I thank Miss Xiao San on behalf of everyone!" I thanked Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family.

"Sir, I can't accept your thanks." Xiao Jing, the third lady of the Xiao family, was a little flustered when she received my words of thanks.

"Oh, yes! Miss Xiao San, but I don't know what happened to Xiao Ergongzi? I asked tentatively, just now I only heard the third lady of the Xiao family say that she had disposed of Zhang Mang and his subordinates, but she didn't say a word about Xiao Huan, the second young master of the Xiao family; Although I hope that Xiao Huan will get the punishment he deserves, the hope reported is still not big, but I am still more curious about how the Xiao family treated Xiao Huan, and I can't help but want to test the tone of Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family.

"This... Xiao Huan... Xiao Huan he... I'm sorry for you, sir, but I still haven't done justice for everyone, and now I can only use this money to make up for the people of Toda Village as much as possible. Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family, said in frustration.

"Where is Miss Xiao San? Thank you, people of Toda Village, it's too late! It was Miss Xiao San who saved us all. I'm just curious about the current situation of Xiao Ergongzi! I said euphemistically to Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family.

"Xiao Huan, he... Xiao Huan he... Alas! I'm so sorry, sir! Although Uncle Ji, who went with me last time, also testified that Xiao Huan did participate in the arrest of people in the mine, but Zhang Mang took all the responsibility, Xiao Huan refused to admit to participating in the arrest of people in the mine, and took the initiative to explain to the family that he was usually slack in managing the mine, he said that he was not strict with the law, and he intended to receive the punishment for not observing; And Xiao Huan's status in the family is not low, he is the only son of my second uncle, and my second uncle is even more protective of him, he was only punished by my grandfather for half a year, and he was not allowed to leave the door of the Xiao family's confinement for half a year. Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family, said helplessly.

"Really? Could it be that Miss Xiao San also thinks that Xiao Ergongzi did not participate in the mine arrest incident? Do you also believe that everything is done by Zhang Mang? I said weakly to Xiao Jingyi, the third lady of the Xiao family.

"Sir! I'm sure I believe the words of all the people here who have picked up a life in the mine, these ordinary people have been hurt like this, do I still believe Xiao Huan's words? It's just that Zhang Mang took on everything, Xiao Huan refused to admit it, and in front of everyone in the family, I had no choice; Xiao Huan did such a thing, even if I intended to hand him over to the official family to deal with it and seek justice for all these ordinary civilians, but I couldn't do anything about the family's decision, and the Xiao family was not something that one of my juniors could completely control. The third lady of the Xiao family seemed to hear my powerlessness, and sighed.

"Miss Xiao San, I can hear what you say, even if you believe in Xiao Huan's actions alone, I don't have a little bit of trouble in my heart, and those undead who died can get a little comfort!" I said sadly.