Chapter 6 6. County government turmoil (Part 1)

Early the next morning, a crowd of people gathered in front of the Yun family yard.

The leader was Mrs. Liu. She knocked on the door aggressively, waking Yun Yao from her sleep. She put on her clothes and walked to the main room.

Yu An was also woken up and walked out of the room on crutches.

The two looked at each other and Yun Yao said: "I haven't seen you for a few days and my aunt misses me again. I'll go out to entertain her."

Then he kicked the door open.

Yu An:.

Ms. Liu was knocked to the ground by the door, with stars in her eyes and pain on the bridge of her nose. She stood up with difficulty and felt a stream of heat under her nose. She wiped it with her hand, and her hand was suddenly stained red.

Mrs. Liu quickly covered her nose with a handkerchief.

"Aunt, what's wrong with you?" Yun Yao asked innocently.

"You little bastard, don't be so pretentious here. We can't keep dirty things like you in the village. The villagers and I are here to take you to the Yamen today." Mrs. Liu said fiercely.

"Auntie, I don't understand what you are talking about."

"Even now, I'm still here pretending to be confused." Yun Zhaohai stopped Mr. Liu who was making obscene remarks, walked up to Yun Yao and said, "Let me ask you, did you go to the underworld?"

"I went, I went every day," Yun Yao said.

When the villagers heard this, they started talking one after another.

Yun Zhaohai asked again: "Did you earn your money on the underworld?"

"Mostly." Yun Yao said, "Why, is there something wrong?"

The eyes of the villagers suddenly changed, and they looked at Yun Yao with disgust.

Yun Zhaohai showed a sad expression and said: "I didn't discipline you well. I'm sorry for my brother and sister-in-law. I will take responsibility and send you to the Yamen, where you will realize your mistake."

In Shao State, there is a special punishment for indecent women, called washing punishment. The victim is stripped naked and hung upside down, and boiling hot water is poured into the lower body. They believe that this can make the woman clean.

However, so far, no one who has been baptized has come back alive.

Yun Yao sneered, her eyes swept over the people around her, and accurately focused on Yun Dexing's face.

Yun Dexing's soles suddenly felt cold, and he felt a cold gaze falling on his neck, making him feel suffocated.

But when he raised his head, that gaze disappeared again.

"So what uncle means is that I will become a kiln girl." Yun Yao said calmly.

"Do you have anything else to defend?" Yun Zhaohai said.

"I don't admit it, but are you here to hear my explanation?" Yun Yao asked back, and then said: "Stop ink stains and let's go to the Yamen."

Yun Zhaohai went to Chen's house to hire an ox cart, but was told that the ox cart had been loaned out.

So the group walked seven or eight kilometers to the town.

There are usually no major events in the village, but when something happens, everyone wants to join in the fun.

This time it can be said that the whole village was mobilized. Several young wives with bound feet usually struggled to walk a few steps, but today they just helped each other and followed them to the gate of the county government office.

Yun Yao was walking in front. He didn't look like he had been arrested at all, but rather like he was here for fun.

Officials from both sides stopped the crowd, and Yun Zhaohai stepped forward to beat the drum.

"Who is under the stage and why are you suing me?" The county magistrate's voice came to mind from inside.

"A young man, Yun Zhaohai, accuses his niece Yun Yao of not observing women's ways. I hope she will admit her mistake as soon as possible, purify her body and meditate, and find her way back."

If you want to kill her, just say so. Yun Yao snorted coldly.

The county magistrate had long been used to strange things. He instructed the official next to him. The official understood and shouted: "Shengtang."

The door opened, and the gray-bearded county magistrate sat high up. The two rows of officials on the left and right stood upright, holding long guns in their hands.

When Yun Zhaohai and Mrs. Liu saw the county magistrate, they immediately knelt down. Yun Dexing and others outside the door also knelt down. Only Yun Yao remained standing.

The county magistrate stroked his beard and asked, "Why don't you kneel down?"

"Go back to the county, Grandpa, I only kneel down to real people's officials. If you can restore my innocence, I will naturally kneel down. If you can't, then I will die unjustly, why do I still kneel down?"

"Okay! Well said!" Xu Ziyi, who was on the beam, jumped down to the chopping board, patted his father on the back and said, "Dad, I take good care of you."

The county magistrate was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, his voice became several times louder: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you take him back quickly!"

The officers looked at each other, but still surrounded Xu Ziyi. In the end, they were afraid of hurting him. The two officers attacked from left and right and took Princess Xu Ziyi out.

The villagers were all stunned by this scene, and the county magistrate himself was so tired that he even forgot to be angry with Yun Yao.

He looked at Liu and Yun Zhaohai and asked, "What evidence do you have to prove that she is not a woman?"

Mrs. Liu raised half of her upper body, hunched her waist and said, "Go back to the county, my son Yun Dexing saw her walking in and out of the underworld."

"Xuanyun Dexing." The county magistrate raised his hand slightly.

Yun Dexing stood up and walked to Liu's side, knelt down again and said, "Young man Yun Dexing has met the county magistrate."

"Tell me what you saw." The county magistrate said.

Yun Dexing said: "When I returned to the county, I went to Feimo Academy to take the exam that day. On the way back, I happened to see my cousin coming out of the black street. However, she turned around and went to the market and did not notice me."

"Do you agree?" The county magistrate looked at Yun Yao.

"I did go to the black streets, every day." Yun Yao said: "But I don't understand, what does going to the black streets have to do with being unruly?"

"Yun Dexing, do you have any other evidence?" The county magistrate stroked his beard.

"Back to the county magistrate, my cousin has been spending a lot of money recently. She wears new clothes and new shoes, and eats meat every day. The villagers all know this, and she herself admits that she earned her money on the underworld."

"Is there such a thing?" The county magistrate looked at Yun Yao again.

"Yes." Yun Yao said, "But I made my money in gambling houses, and there are more than just flower houses in the underworld."

Gambling is not illegal in Shaoguo, but people who like to get stuck are also despised.

Unexpectedly, Yun Dexing suddenly became excited. He raised his head and glared at Yun Yao and said, "Stop making excuses! Gambling houses are places that eat people without spitting out their bones. How can a woman make money?"

Hearing this, Yun Yao lowered his head slightly and looked down at Yun Dexing, who was kneeling on the ground. His eyes were like looking at a bereaved dog: "My cousin seems to know a lot about gambling houses."

Yun Dexing's eyes evaded: "Don't slander me. How could I go to that kind of place?"

"A woman making money on the underworld will indeed make people suspicious. Go and call the bosses of gambling houses and flower houses and ask about it." The county magistrate instructed an official.

"Wait a minute!" Yun Dexing had the courage to call the official to stop, and said to the county magistrate: "I think this matter does not need to be so troublesome, just call the mother who came to Hualou. If my cousin has been there, she will definitely

Remember."

"It makes sense, let's do it like this." The county magistrate waved his hand to the official.

"No need!" Uncle Chen appeared at the door driving a bullock cart, pulling Yu An, Xiao Shun and a big man with a scar face in the cart.

This sound was shouted by the scar-faced man.
Chapter completed!