After hearing what Shen Chen said, Xuesong did not stop for a moment and quickly rushed into the teahouse with Hanbo and others and dragged out the thin scholar who was still wearing the square scarf.
The scholar put his hands together, hunched his neck and muttered something nonsense. He was hung in the air by the clothes on the back of his neck by Han Bo, and he kept asking: "Who are you? Do you know who I am? I am a clerk in Qianhu Suo! Let me down! Let me down!"
As soon as he came out, a long line of people followed him.
The fat woman followed behind, her hair disheveled, holding a kitchen knife, her voice shaking with anger: "We all rely on this little bit of money to survive, you are so heartless! You bastards! You bastards!"
As she walked, she bent over and wiped her bleeding forehead. She stopped beside a pillar, glanced at the baby in the cradle, and said with gritted teeth: "As long as I'm alive, you can't get the silver! If you want the silver, you have to step over my dead body! Only when I die can the silver be yours!"
A woman with a mean look in her eyes who had been following the scholar turned back and pointed at the fat woman and sneered after hearing this: "Chen Sumei, you should speak with conscience! Who are you talking about?! What life-saving silver?! This is the silver we asked for you! If it weren't for us, would you have gotten this silver?! Dream on! If it weren't for our boss helping so much, would your family have been able to get 20 taels?! Go ask around, which family in Chenjia Village has this amount?! You are blinded by your own greed!"
The fat woman thrust the knife in front of her and roared murderously, "I don't care! This silver is for us. The boss has a broken leg! Can't he even get twenty taels in exchange for his leg?!"
Wei An stood quietly beside them and watched them quarreling. After a while, he asked the little girl, "Is that your nephew?"
She was talking about the child in the arms of the young woman who had been blocked by the fat woman behind her.
The little girl nodded in confusion, a little sad: "My elder brother is sick, I don't know if he will get better. My nephew is also sick, the doctor said he can be cured... but it will cost a lot of money..."
Wei An touched her head and said, "Good girl."
She glanced at Shen Chen, and the two of them walked straight to Xuesong. She asked Xuesong to throw the man down and asked him directly, "Are you working as a clerk in Qianhu?"
The scholar had a mustache and adjusted his clothes in a somewhat arrogant manner. He patted the dust off his clothes in a controlled tone, raised his chin modestly, and said with his neck held high: "These are all our family affairs. You people should not interfere! Otherwise, I will sue you for obstructing public service!"
Shen Chen smiled and asked him sincerely, "What official business have we interfered with?"
The scholar stroked his beard, feeling very proud. Just as he was about to speak, Xuesong slapped him in the face, causing his head to tilt to the side.
Shen Chen followed closely and stepped on his face. He leaned over and asked him impatiently, "I'll only ask once. Just now you were shouting that if it weren't for you, they wouldn't even get the twenty taels of silver. Why can't they get it?"
The scholar was stunned when he was stepped on the ground and was unable to react for a while.
It was his wife who rushed over from the other side, but was kicked to the ground by Xuesong.
Xuesong's kicks were fierce and accurate, so fast that no one could see them at all. This time, there was no need for them to say anything, for these people knew that they were of extraordinary status, and they all stopped shouting and looked towards them.
Shen Chen stepped hard on Xiucai's face, almost deforming it. People around him could almost hear the friction sound of teeth colliding together. Then he asked clearly, word by word: "I'm quite curious, what kind of big favor did you do for Dong Siyuan that Dong Siyuan gave you such a big face, and how do you think you have such a big face?"
He looked like he was humbly seeking advice, but the scholar was in so much pain that he couldn't even scream. His hands were grasping the dirt on the ground, and his face was covered with tears and snot. He no longer cared about his scholarly pride and kept begging for mercy.
Wei An didn't look at them. He went straight to the woman who rushed over and was knocked to the ground by Xue Song. He walked past her to the fat woman and asked her in a friendly manner: "Boss lady, we heard that your Qianhu Suo in Baoding Prefecture is very good. This time, they even sued the court for your affairs and sued the Prince of Zhennan. Now that the matter has been resolved and the court has reissued the salary, why is it that all this time is still the same?"
Chenjia Village was in a dilapidated state. Although it was early spring, the weather was still very cold. Everyone was dressed in shabby and shabby clothes, and there was no sign of joy at all.
The so-called market that was held every three days was also deserted. Apart from a few old men selling vegetables with their shoulders on their shoulders, there was no one to be seen.
This is completely different from the scene where the Ministry of War said that the situation is now very good and the military households are grateful.
The fat woman was very angry when she mentioned this, but for some reason, she bit her lip and said nothing in the end. She just smiled and waved her hands, shaking her head with sobs: "Nothing, nothing... The Qianhu Suo gave me the silver... I gave it to me..."
Wei An then glanced at Shen Chen.
It seems that these people are afraid of what the thousand households above them are afraid of.
The fat woman looked extremely uneasy after she finished speaking. She looked at her and then at Shen Chen, twisting her clothes awkwardly: "Where are you going? You two should stay out of our business..."
In fact, she didn't even want to say this, but seeing how kind they were to her child and how much money they had given her before, she thought they were good people and still gave her a kind reminder.
The little girl's father, who had been sitting nearby, also responded: "If the guests are fine, they should leave as soon as possible."
He said, spitting on the ground again: "It's getting dark, and I don't know what we'll run into on the road. Don't delay your trip."
Shen Chen heard the hidden meaning in these words, and also heard that the couple wanted to settle the matter peacefully, so he couldn't help but sigh.
Tan Xi was good at dealing with these people. He sighed and said, "We didn't mean anything else. It's just that we two young masters like to stand up for the weak and learn from those chivalrous men in the martial arts world to help the weak and fight against the strong. So we couldn't help but take action..."
As he spoke, he bent down to feel the pulse of the child in the stunned woman's arms, and then frowned: "This child is born with deficiencies, and has neglected to take care of himself, so his body is weak. Last winter, the weather was very cold..."