Chapter 159: Fighting 2/2

In fact, this afternoon, seeing how scared Aunt Jin’s family was, the village chief had once intervened, suggesting that Aunt Jin’s family pay another ten taels of silver, and then Yao Zuming took the money and left.

Aunt Jin’s family agreed to this, but Yao Zuming refused and insisted that Aunt Jin give him another fifty taels of silver.

Jin Xiaoye said, “You’re extorting us! If you don’t leave, I’ll go to the government and report you!”

Yao Zuming’s friend said, “Go ahead! Even if the government comes, we’ll have to compensate for the death, that’s only fair!”

“There’s no county magistrate in the government now!”

“Jin Xiaoye, your man isn’t here, what can you do as a woman?”

…

Yao Zuming was somewhat afraid of Li Qingzhi, after all, Li Qingzhi knew the same people he did.

But wasn’t Li Qingzhi not here? Even the people Li Qingzhi knew had gone to the capital to become officials, not in Chongcheng County.

And he wasn’t asking Jin Xiaoye for money, he was asking Aunt Jin’s family for money!

“Jin Xiaoye, I’m not asking you for money, why do you care?” Yao Zuming said.

“Why shouldn’t I care when you’re blocking the Jin family’s door?” Jin Xiaoye replied.

Yao Zuming had old grudges with Jin Xiaoye, and today… Jin Liushu and Jin Zaoshu hadn’t experienced anything like this before, and they were already scared in the morning after being intimidated by Yao Zuming. Aunt Jin’s family was even more helpless.

If Jin Xiaoye hadn’t come back, he might have already gotten the money now!

Yao Zuming disliked Jin Xiaoye very much and said sarcastically, “Jin Xiaoye, do you think Li Qingzhi knows how fierce you are?”

“Isn’t Li Qingzhi studying for the imperial examination? With the way you are, once he passes, he definitely won’t want you!”

“Instead of worrying about others, worry about yourself first!”

…

The friends Yao Zuming brought were just a bunch of troublemakers who also said, “Right!”

“Jin Xiaoye, if Li Qingzhi doesn’t want you, come to me!”

“Jin Xiaoye, I’ve knocked on your door before, do you remember me?”

…

These people knew Li Qingzhi had abilities, but they wouldn’t dare to do anything to Jin Xiaoye.

But they were used to being sarcastic!

They were all laughing and joking like this.

During the years Li Qingzhi was missing, there were often people harassing Jin Xiaoye, but they were all chased away by Jin Xiaoye.

When Li Qingzhi returned, no one dared to do such things anymore.

Jin Xiaoye didn’t expect someone to spread rumors today… she turned around and went back inside.

Yao Zuming and others thought Jin Xiaoye was scared.

Li Qingzhi, now a scholar, Jin Xiaoye definitely wouldn’t dare to be as she was before!

Otherwise…

Yao Zuming often discussed Jin Xiaoye with his friends.

In their discussions… they thought Jin Xiaoye would eventually be abandoned by Li Qingzhi.

When Li Qingzhi passed the imperial examination, or became a juren… how could he still want a fierce woman like Jin Xiaoye!

“Jin Xiaoye, don’t run away! If you have the guts, come out!” one of Yao Zuming’s friends said with a smile.

Jin Xiaoye was not bad looking, and he had always had designs on Jin Xiaoye. He even wanted Jin Xiaoye to be his mistress…

“Yeah, if you have the guts, come out!” others echoed.

As soon as they finished speaking, Jin Xiaoye came out, holding a bamboo pole in her hand.

Jin Xiaoshu also came out, holding the latch of Uncle Jin’s house.

Without saying a word, Jin Xiaoye went to hit Yao Zuming and his friends on the thighs with the bamboo pole.

These were tough men, a few hits from her wouldn’t kill them!

And… they definitely wouldn’t dare to fight back.

Jin Xiaoshu followed behind Jin Xiaoye and also rushed up.

If these people harassed his sister, and he didn’t react… would he still be a man?

Jin Liushu and Jin Zaoshu looked at each other… as members of the Jin family, they couldn’t allow others to bully them! The two of them also joined the fray.

When Li Qingzhi and the others hurried over, they happened to see Jin Xiaoye rushing out to hit people.

Then, the two sides started fighting.

And in the crowd… Jin Xiaoye’s movements were agile and particularly conspicuous.

Li Qingzhi couldn’t help but smile.

It was the first time he had seen Jin Xiaoye fighting someone, and it was quite a spectacle!

Du Yongning was dumbfounded.

Du Yongning came from a big family, and their Du family’s girls were each gentler than the last. If they spoke a little louder than usual, the elders would scold them.

Li Qingzhi’s wife was actually fighting? !

Among the women who joined the melee, not only Jin Xiaoye, but also Yao Zuming’s wife wasn’t easy to mess with, grabbing Jin Zaoshu several times.

Jin Zaoshu was the youngest son favored by Aunt Jin, would she endure him being grabbed? She picked up a broom and rushed over…

Du Yongning saw women fighting for the first time, and while he was amazed, he turned to look at Li Qingzhi.

At this moment, Li Qingzhi’s face must be completely lost!

However… Li Qingzhi was smiling as if he didn’t feel embarrassed at all.

Li Qingzhi also noticed that Yao Zuming’s side dared not hit Jin Xiaoye.

But they still had conflicts with other members of the Jin family.

He looked at Zhu Qian, “Uncle Zhu…”

There were several Zhu family servants on Zhu Qian’s boat, who had all come along. Zhu Qian spoke to them, “Hurry up and go stop them!”

When Magistrate Wang came from the capital to Chongcheng County, Gou Tongzhi arranged for two government official to accompany him. He also spoke to those two government official, “Go and stop them.”

Magistrate Wang had experienced many things, situations where fights were used to resolve matters in rural areas were something he had encountered before, so he didn’t find this situation particularly strange.

But it definitely couldn’t be allowed to escalate, they couldn’t let them fight too fiercely.

After the Zhu family servants and the two government official rushed up, the fighting sides stopped.

They weren’t hitting each other very hard to begin with, after all, it hadn’t escalated to a life-or-death situation.

Seeing the government official, Yao Zuming’s side was startled, and when they saw Li Qingzhi, they became even more afraid.

Li Qingzhi knew officials!

The key was… they had just been harassing Jin Xiaoye!

Yao Zuming’s friends were already thinking of sneaking away.

But before they could escape, Magistrate Wang said, “I’ve just taken office as the county magistrate, I heard there was a case of homicide here? Those involved, all go to the county government!”

On the way here, Magistrate Wang had already learned about the situation.

He knew that common people generally didn’t want to go to the county government, so he simply used the county government to press them, which could help resolve the matter more quickly.

Li Qingzhi said, “This is the newly appointed Magistrate Wang. Yao Zuming, do you think my aunt killed your father? Then follow the county magistrate to the county government and seek justice.”

Yao Zuming immediately knelt down with a thud, completely dumbfounded, “No, no, my father fell to his death on his own, there’s no need to seek justice.”

How could he dare to go to the government!

After his father had an accident last night, neighbors from all around came over, and everyone knew his father had fallen by himself.

Among the villagers… if his father had really been killed by Aunt Jin’s family, he wouldn’t need to stir up trouble, the villagers would have helped him already!

He just wanted to scare Aunt Jin’s family and get some money… If Li Qingzhi hadn’t been absent, he wouldn’t have dared to cause trouble for the Jin family.