The old man wiped the tears that overflowed from the corners of his eyes. His wrinkled face was full of sadness. Chu Qing couldn't bear to see it.
Ye Chenxi sniffed and said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry. When the rain stops, I will go to the government office to seek justice for you."
"Girl, they say the people don't fight with the officials, let alone a little girl like you." The mother-in-law shook her head with a wry smile, patted Ye Chenxi's hand and said, "That's all, it's all fate."
The old man on the side nodded and said to Chu Qing: "When the rain stops, you should leave quickly. I am not driving you away, but I am really afraid that those officials will come and find out that you are doing business and rob you." It’s you.”
Chu Qing frowned and said, "Grandpa, mother-in-law, don't be afraid. I will see if they dare to rob me when the time comes."
The old man and the old woman looked at each other. The old man looked Chu Qing up and down and asked, "Young man, who are you?"
Chu Qing sat up straight, with blazing eyes, and said, "I am a reminder to those corrupt officials."
"Life reminder?" The old man looked at Chu Qing in confusion, not understanding what he meant.
Ye Chenxi stood up and walked to Chu Qing. When he saw Chu Qing nodding to her, he said directly: "We were ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to come down to investigate the situation. As you said, in the name of taxation, we took money by force. Officials who rob and take human life lightly are the ones we want to kill.”
"So you are... imperial envoys."
Chu Qing nodded. Although this was considered fake, the emperor would probably approve of his doing this if he knew about it. After all, their inevitable purpose could not be exposed.
Seeing Chu Qing's admission, the old man became excited instantly, and everyone else in the room also cheered happily, with hope in their eyes.
While the villagers were happy, there was a sudden noise outside, and the people in the house immediately ran out to check.
Chu Qing and Ye Chenxi also stood up. Their current purpose was to escort the gifts to neighboring countries, and they had to be careful in everything.
"People from the government office are here. They are searching house to house. Some people couldn't stand it anymore and started fighting."
As soon as the other people in the room heard this, they immediately forgot about Chu Qing and Ye Chenxi, picked up their things and rushed out.
Seeing this, Chu Qing and Ye Chenxi hurriedly followed. These are ordinary people who don't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes. How can they fight against those officers and soldiers who eat meat and drink alcohol every day.
People from the government office searched house to house and took away valuable things when they saw them. If the owner came forward to argue, they would do it without saying a word.
After several families came down, the people nearby couldn't stand it, so they took the handy guy next to them and rushed forward.
One moves, ten moves, a hundred move. All the villagers rushed towards the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers fought back hard.
There were more villagers than officers and soldiers, but the officers and soldiers were physically stronger than the villagers. Suddenly, people on both sides were injured.
Chu Qing and Ye Chenxi were caught off guard by the sudden riot. When they arrived, they saw officers and soldiers beating people. Just as they were about to stop them, the villagers rioted.
"Chu Qing, what should we do now?"
Chu Qing looked at the group of villagers, officers and soldiers, frowned and said: "Protect the gifts first."
Ye Chenxi nodded, and the two hurried back to the escort team, but because the escort team was right next to them, the sudden riot also affected them.
Chu Qing and Ye Chenxi were in the chaos, desperately protecting the box with the gifts. The current situation made them don't know what to do for a while.
Chu Qing looked at the officers and soldiers who were beating the villagers next to him with a gloomy look. To be honest, he was used to seeing the intrigues among officials and their overt and secret fights, but this was the first time he had seen people being bullied like this.