Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 129 - 125: Defend Mother (Two - s in One)_3

Chapter 129: Chapter 125: Defend Mother (Two Chapters in One)_3

When Qian Yijin opened the door, it gave the people outside a real fright. In the courtyard, there were several torches burning, and inconceivably, five people were tied up in a tight bundle, covered in blood, and lying on the ground.

Clutching Qian Manhe’s waist, Qian Yijin wept, "Uncle Manhe, tonight Xu Fuzi actually led these robbers to our home to kill and loot. Thankfully, we had Dashan and White Wolf, otherwise, we would have all been hacked to death, wuu wuu..."

Qian Yixiu, Qian Manxia, Qian Xiaoyu, and Qian Xiaolei also began to cry loudly, clearly terrified.

Looking at the axes and broadswords placed beside the thieves, everyone felt a chill of fear as well.

Angered, Qian Manhe went up and kicked Xu Fuzi a few times, cursing, "You damn fool." He then reassured Qian Yijin and the others, "Don’t be afraid. Uncle has brought people to drag these thieves back to the village to stand guard. As soon as it’s light, we’ll ask Wang Lizheng to come with us to the Yamen to file a complaint and punish them for robbery and burglary."

Qian Manhe lead the people to drag the thieves outside. Before exiting the door, they saw a big white wolf passing by the side gate, and Qian Yixiu even bent down to smooth its fur.

By now, the dawn was breaking, and the most trying night had finally passed.

Early meals were hurriedly prepared at home, and after eating, Qian Yijin and Qian Xiaofeng rushed to the village. They would join Wang Lizheng and others to file their complaint at the County Government Office.

At the time, Yama Raja Xu and his sons were still at Wang Lizheng’s house, intending to take Xu Fuzi and those people back.

Wang Lizheng said in a difficult position, "If I were the only one aware of this, I could have given Boss Xu face and released them. But the whole village knows about it, and there are so many guarding Xu Fuzi and his gang. If I release them, how can I explain myself? Can I still even be Li Zheng of this village?"

Boss Xu pulled out four big silver ingots, each weighing five taels, and said, "Even if you were Li Zheng your whole life, Big Brother Wang, you wouldn’t earn this much money."

Wang Lizheng was indeed very tempted by the silver ingots, but he valued his life more. If he released them, he was afraid he’d end up in jail. With the incident having blown up so much, it definitely couldn’t be suppressed. At his age, if he went to jail, it was uncertain if he would even live to get out. Besides, he wanted to take this opportunity to give Xu Fuzi a good lesson. If he let this rascal continue to tyrannize the village, there was no telling whose daughter he might harm next.

Wang Lizheng shook his head, "Don’t make this hard for me. I really don’t dare to decide to release them on my own. Why don’t you ask the victims? If they don’t pursue the matter, then I will release them."

Obviously, the Xu family father and sons would not go to ask the victims. They had no choice but to hurry toward the county to seek help from Xu Ershi.

After daybreak, Wang Lizheng, joined by several dozen sturdy village men and Qian Yijin, tied up the injured thieves securely and threw them onto an ox cart, making a grand departure for the county town.

Lady Wang, Lady Xu, Lady Wong, Qian Manxia, and Qian’s third wife came to attend to the sick, and Qian Yishan also brought Duo Duo over, not going to school that day.

Old woman Qian was still unconscious, while Lady Wu, who was slightly better, was tending to her.

Lady Wang and the others were startled when they heard about the events in the third wife’s courtyard the previous night. Lady Wang expressed her remorse, "I was also scared out of my wits yesterday, and with my poor health, otherwise, I certainly would have stayed to guard you all."

Whether she meant it sincerely or not, she had said it.

With tears, Lady Wu said, "It wouldn’t have done any good even if you’d stayed, sister-in-law. I was there last night, and couldn’t do anything anyway. It was all planned by the kids, leading Dashan and White Wolf, and organizing everything with Lady Wei and the others."

Before noon arrived, Qian Dagui and Qian Ergui, riding in Xie Huzi’s cart, paraded through the village and headed directly to the western part of the village to Qian family’s third wife’s courtyard.

The villagers, curious, asked, "Uncle Qian, Qian Ergui, you’re back again?"

Qian Dagui replied discontentedly, "We haven’t committed any crimes, why can’t we come back?"

"The Sangui Brothers?" someone else asked, "Could it be that only he committed the crime?"

"Nonsense," the two brothers angrily denied, "My younger brother is just not in good health, and he is still at Baohe Hall seeking treatment from Doctor Zhang."

They went directly into the courtyard of the third wife, and on the cart was Doctor Li from Baohe Hall, who specialized in treating phlegm, coming to treat the old woman.

Thanks to Doctor Li’s acupuncture, the old woman woke up, but she still couldn’t move or speak. Her cloudy eyes moved around, and tears flowed again.

Lady Wang quickly assured her, "Don’t worry, grandmother. The third uncle is fine and still in the town seeking treatment from Doctor Zhang at Baohe Hall. Jinwa has gone to the town to see him, and they will all be back in the afternoon."

Only after hearing this did Old woman Qian feel somewhat relieved, and Lady Xu and the others fed her half a bowl of rice porridge.

After attending to the old lady until she slept again, Qian Ergui asked Lady Wong, "Where is your mother-in-law?"

Speaking softly, Lady Wong said, "My mother-in-law is not well, she was still in bed resting when I left..."