The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 346: Old Age(7)_1

Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Old Age(7)_1

Er Gou got up from the ground, too scared to speak, and followed behind Da Gou, sobbing. The rest of the children lost interest and dispersed.

Alone, Ma Youcai could not bear to lose face and after a moment’s thought, he surprisingly sprinted towards the marketplace.

Thus, just as the Lin Family’s ox had been skinned and was being cleaned up, not yet cut into pieces, a bunch of government officials arrived.

"How audacious, you dare to slaughter a cow by yourselves? Who is the owner? Come with us to the government office." The head official said menacingly.

"I am sorry, sir, our lady is not here." Kong Yier replied with a bow.

"Sir, slaughtering the cow was permitted by the government office." Xu Jin added, while Qian Xuan also stepped forward.

To their surprise, the officials became even more belligerent upon seeing the tattoos on their foreheads. "You have a lot of gall. The government office permit? Our lord knew nothing about this. Citizens are not allowed to slaughter plow oxen. Those of you who took part and those who watched without reporting will not escape."

With that, he beckoned, and several officials carrying chains prepared to arrest people.

"Since you are representatives of the government, why are you arresting people without discerning right from wrong?" Changting stepped forward, "The owner has a permit to kill the cow. You do not wait for the owner to arrive and directly capture people and seize the beef. Where is the justice in this?"

Qian Xuan, Kong Yier and the others were unafraid, seeing the other officials busy carrying the slaughtered ox and hearing Changting accuse them of robbery, they all smirked.

"Robbery? What nonsense are you kids talking about? You hanging out with these vile people, you surely are no good." The official sneered at Changting.

Fearing that Changting would suffer, Kong Yier and the others hurriedly shielded him.

"You cannot move this beef. Without waiting for the owner to come, your moving it is robbery," Changting said angrily.

"Yes, it’s robbery," the children echoed.

Kong Yier saw that the children were not afraid because of their innocence, and grinned. It seemed that their daily morning drills were not wasted, they had indeed nurtured the children’s wild side.

Good job!

"No stealing!" Even the little girls had strong character. Wu Baolian and the other children all glared at the officials, not showing a iota of fear.

Never had they seen so many unruly children, the officials were dumbfounded.

"Here is the permit to slaughter the cow, please check it and see if the seal on it is genuine." Lin Ziyin hurried over after hearing the news, laughing when she saw the children’s performance.

The official snatched the permit from Lin Ziyin’s hand with suspicion. He had not had time to look at it when Lin Ziyin stated quietly, "If the permit personally given by the prince is fake, then we may as well discard the seal of the Prince."

The official trembled at her words and began to examine the permit properly. He was shocked to find the seal of the Prince on it. Damn it, the slaughterer was actually the Lin Family!

In Feng City, who didn’t know that the Prince and the Lin Family were business partners and that the Lin Family also had good relations with the Si Family? Someone had filed a complaint and it was about the serious matter of slaughtering a cow. The officials thought they would have an opportunity to show their integrity and have their good reputation reach the Prince’s ears, but instead, they had started off with offending the right people.

"Miss Lin, it’s a misunderstanding." The head official stammered, "A person complained to the office, saying that someone in Shili village was secretly slaughtering a plow ox. It is our duty to investigate, so we came with our brothers to see. As for moving the meat, it is according to regulations. We were wrong for not waiting to meet Miss Lin before taking action. We apologize, it was a misunderstanding!"

Government officials deal with different types of people every day; saying what is necessary depending on the person is their facility. Knowing they were in the wrong, the officials promptly humbled themselves.

"Since it was a misunderstanding, we will not bear a grudge. However, I would like to know who lodged the complaint against us?" Lin Ziyin asked.

"It was a child, yes, that one." The official pointed at Ma Youcai, who had run away frantically, "Catch that boy immediately."

A scapegoat was needed for the incident. Seeing Ma Youcai, the official immediately shifted his target.

Ma Youcai was just a child, yet he was so calculating. Lin Ziyin was not a saint, if Ma Youcai wanted to harm others, it would be good for him to suffer a bit.

Lin Ziyin had no intention of playing the good Samaritan.

"You gentlemen must’ve worked hard. Since you’re here, why not take a piece of beef back to taste?" It was necessary to maintain good relations with the government office, so Lin Ziyin asked Kong Yier to cut off three jin of beef for them. "We only have one ox and the amount has already been preordered, so there isn’t much meat. It’s not much, but it should tide you over."

"No, no..." The head official dared not accept it, if the prince found out, his life would be in danger.

"I genuinely want to give this to you. It’s not easy to make a trip in the dead of winter. You people have duties and work hard. Although the ox was raised by us, private slaughter of beef is not allowed in Daqin, so it’s not easy for people to eat beef. This was a beef ox, you bumped into it, it means you are lucky, isn’t it because the quantity is too small that you won’t take it?" Lin Ziyin may not be verbose, but in her modern life managing many industries, she was adept at saying what was necessary depending on the person.

"Then thank you, Miss Lin. If something happens in the future, feel free to notify us." The head official agreed readily. "My surname is Lei, you can call me Brother Lei."

"Thank you, Brother Lei." Lin Ziyin bowed politely.

"Let me go, I didn’t do anything wrong." Over there, Ma Youcai was already being apprehended by the officials.

"You still dare say you didn’t do anything wrong? You put your dirty fingers behind others’ back; you have quite the nerve. Take him away." Lei gave a wave and officials moved to arrest Ma Youcai.

Despite his young age, seeing the officials truly taking action, Ma Youcai immediately began to cry.