Chapter 15: Kneel
Xingnong reached out and grabbed Shen Mingzhu’s clothes from behind, lifting her up like an eagle catching a chick, and then raised her high above her head!
She was lifted high up!
“Ah~” Shen Mingzhu’s limbs flailed in the air, her face pale with fright as she screamed.
Everyone’s faces changed dramatically.
Xingnong’s face was cold, her eyes sharp. She lifted her foot and walked out, still holding Shen Mingzhu with one hand.
The villagers watching, whoever met her gaze, were so frightened that they unconsciously made way for her.
“Xingnong, what… what are you doing? Put Mingzhu down!” Yao Shi was truly terrified.
Heavens, she wouldn’t throw Mingzhu out, would she?
“Shen Xingnong, what are you doing? Quickly put Mingzhu down!” Yao Shi chased after her.
Xingnong seemed not to hear, striding out of the alley.
Shen Dabao chased after her: “Hey, what are you doing? Quickly put Miss Mingzhu down.”
Outside the alley, Xingnong dropped Shen Mingzhu in front of the Shen family mansion without any expression: “Kneel~, don’t make noise and disturb me.”
Shen Mingzhu, who was thrown to the ground: “…”
Yao Shi’s face was pale with fright. This time she was truly angry. She said angrily, “How could you do this! As expected of someone with a mother but no father to teach her!”
“Mingzhu, are you alright?” Yao Shi ran to Shen Mingzhu’s side and crouched down, her face full of worry.
“Wuu… It hurts, Mother, it hurts so much.” Shen Mingzhu’s tears streamed down her face.
She felt like all the bones in her body were broken!
It hurts so much!
Xingnong’s face was expressionless as she walked towards the two of them, unhurriedly.
Yao Shi quickly blocked Shen Mingzhu, “What are you doing now!”
Shen Dabao also ran over, not daring to stop her, but only dared to shout: “Hitting people is against the law! I’m going to report you to the officials and have you arrested!”
Xingnong bent down and directly pulled a handkerchief from Shen Mingzhu’s bosom, wiped it on Yao Shi’s eyes, “This is what someone with a mother and a father to raise her is like.”
After she finished speaking, she casually threw the handkerchief onto Shen Dabao’s face.
“Achoo, achoo!” Yao Shi’s eyes were instantly stung by the chili peppers, tears streaming down her face as she sneezed continuously.
“Achoo, achoo!” Shen Dabao was choked by the smell of chili peppers and sneezed repeatedly. His eyes quickly turned red.
Everyone: “…”
Seeing this, everyone understood what was going on.
Xingnong looked coldly at the villagers: “You too, don’t make noise and disturb me.”
Everyone: “…”
Xingnong left these words, turned around and walked back into the alley. Her back was slender and indifferent.
The surroundings were silent.
It wasn’t until Xingnong completely disappeared into the alley that everyone came back to their senses.
Despite her words not being threatening, everyone inexplicably felt threatened, and if they dared to disturb her, the consequences would be severe!
It felt like they would be thrown!
“It’s really spooky!” Someone shouted.
The silence was broken.
“How is she so strong? Could it be Shen Chongshan possessing her?”
Shen Chongshan was famous for his immense strength in the village back then. He could kill a tiger with a single punch and lift a giant boulder.
A gust of evening wind blew, and everyone shivered and ran away!
Yao Shi finally recovered, her eyes still red. She reached out to help Shen Mingzhu up: “Mingzhu, are you alright?”
“Mother, wuu…” Shen Mingzhu threw herself into Yao Shi’s arms and cried. This time, she was truly crying!
Her whole body was still in pain, and her feet were especially painful and weak.
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She trembled as she cried.
Everything she had done just now was ruined.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, Mother will take care of it…” Yao Shi comforted her softly.
At this time, an unfamiliar carriage stopped in front of the Shen family mansion.
Shen Mingzhu’s maid jumped down, took out one hundred copper coins and gave them to the coachman, then addressed the two of them: “Madam, Miss.”
Shen Mingzhu heard her voice, thought of something, and immediately stopped crying, “Where’s the IOU?”
She wanted her grandmother to take the IOU and collect the house.
How dare that bastard Shen Xingnong treat her like this!
The maid was about to say something when Yao Shi immediately said: “Come and help Miss back to the house, we’ll talk about it inside.”
Inside the house
Shen Mingzhu was frightened and only wanted to teach Xingnong a lesson as soon as possible. Hearing this, she lost all pretense of gentleness and shouted: “Not there? How could it not be there!”
Yao Shi soothed her: “Alright, calm down, let Xiaoxi finish.”
Xiaoxi: “That bastard bought three taels of silver worth of stuff. I thought she definitely wouldn’t have the money to pay, but unexpectedly she took out a few silver ingots and even a gold bead.”
Shen Mingzhu: “Impossible, how could that bastard have silver ingots and a gold bead. Impossible!”
“Mother, go ask Aunt Li, what has Shen Xingnong’s family been doing recently! Why do they have gold beads and silver, isn’t Aunt Li supposed to be watching them for us?”
Yao Shi hurriedly soothed her: “Alright, alright, don’t worry, Mother will find out.”
Only then did Shen Mingzhu quiet down.
Yao Shi asked: “Do you know where that bastard got the silver from?”
How could the maid know!
She shook her head: “This servant doesn’t know, but when Miss was choosing jewelry at the shop, I saw her carrying a chicken cage to Welcome Inn across the street to sell chickens. Could it be a reward from the shopkeeper of Welcome Inn?”
Yao Shi frowned: “A reward wouldn’t be both gold beads and silver ingots.”
Silver ingots, gold ingots, gold beads, and the like, all need to be specially crafted. Generally, wealthy families have them crafted during festivals to reward their children or servants, or as a gesture of good fortune. The silver commonly circulated on the market is broken silver with irregular shapes.
Shen Mingzhu thought of something: “Could she have gone to work for a wealthy family?”
“That can’t be! Aunt Li didn’t say anything.”
The maid thought of something and her eyes widened: “Madam, do you think she could have stolen a guest’s purse at Welcome Inn?”
Shen Mingzhu’s heart was filled with joy upon hearing this, “It must be! It must be!”
Shen Mingzhu was so excited that her body didn’t hurt so much anymore. “What kind of place is Welcome Inn? It’s the biggest and best restaurant in the county. The guests who eat there are all like our family, not lacking in silver. Having gold beads and silver is not strange. Mother, she must have stolen the silver from a guest at Welcome Inn!”
If that bastard stole silver from a guest at Welcome Inn, she was really looking for death.
The discomfort in her heart instantly dissipated, and Shen Mingzhu stretched out her slender hand to admire it.
Her hands were slender and soft, naturally beautiful. And ever since she was born, the Shen family had become increasingly wealthy. Everyone said she was destined to bring prosperity to her family and husband, so she was born with a life of wealth and honor, destined for greatness.
Yao Shi instantly had an idea: “Xiaoxi, go to Welcome Inn and inquire. Ask if any guest has lost gold beads and silver. If there is, you say you know where it is and will help find it. And tell the shopkeeper of Welcome Inn that you are from the Shen family. Then you go report it to the officials, remember to find Assistant Magistrate!”
Assistant Magistrate was familiar with their family.
Recently, the county magistrate was promoted, and the newly appointed magistrate had not yet been seen. No one knew who it was.
People all over the city were inquiring about the identity of the new magistrate so they could build a relationship in advance.
However, no one had found him yet.
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