Chapter 505 Qin Tongpan, third cousin?

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Li Changgui was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kowtowed desperately:

"Everyone, everyone! This has nothing to do with us. It was Li Dagou and Li Ergou who incited us to come here. We were deceived by them. Please spare the rest of us! If you want to fight, just fight Li Dagou and Li Ergou. Ergou is fine! This matter has nothing to do with us. I, let’s leave now! Let’s leave now!”

As the village chief, Li Changgui knew best what would happen if he went against these officials, especially high-ranking officials. He wished he could turn around and leave immediately, completely alienating himself from this matter.

The people in Lijia Village looked at each other, some timid ones knelt down and begged for mercy, some were still waiting and watching, and some were as poor and crazy as Li Dagou. When they heard Li Dagou said that he wanted to ask for five hundred taels of silver from the Qiao family, he thought that he should at least pay it by then. Being able to distinguish them a little bit, although I was scared, I also had the mentality of taking a gamble.

Anyway, they are not the ones taking the lead, so they can just keep silent. If Li Dagou really gets the money by then, life will be easier for them.

After Li Changgui kowtowed, he stood up and wanted to leave.

However, as soon as he turned around, his face turned even whiter with fear.

On the mountain road where they came, a group of officials wearing government uniforms appeared. The first two were holding signs saying "Avoid" and "Quiet", and another one was holding a gong. Maybe it was because they were in the mountains. So there was no gong, so no one noticed their arrival.

The government officials at the back were holding iron chains, wooden sticks, etc., and hugging a swaying official sedan.

Beside the official sedan, there was a man sitting on a horse.

"S-Sir... Common people see you, Your Majesty!"

Li Changgui was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and pressed his head against the ground, not daring to breathe out.

If he was just afraid of being beaten by the guards of the two houses just now, now he was truly afraid.

This is where the real official comes! The official who can decide his life or death with just one sentence!

Li Changgui's words caused everyone to look up.

When they saw this group of official officers appearing, the people in Lijia Village were frightened, and everyone quickly followed Li Changgui and knelt down on the ground.

Even Li Dagou, who was almost crazy, knelt down under Li Ergou's pull, not even daring to raise his head.

The people of Qingshui Village had already heard that Qiao Sanhu had gone to the city to report to the officials, so they were not surprised to see official officials appear now.

It's just that they were calmer, so they knelt down later than the frightened people in Lijia Village.

And just as the Qiao family was about to kneel down behind Mrs. Qiao, they heard a voice from the official sedan: "Except for the people of Lijia Village, everyone else should get up without courtesy!"

The Qiao family looked at each other, but finally did not kneel down, while the Qingshui Villagers and guards stood up as ordered.

The official sedan was carried to the middle of the open space, the sedan came down, the curtain was lifted, and a man wearing the official uniform of Tongjian stepped out of the sedan, but it was not Jia Tongpuan.

At this time, Qiao Sanhu, who was following the official sedan, had dismounted, led the horse and approached the Qiao family, explaining:

"This is Mr. Qin, the newly appointed judge of the government office."

When the old village chief standing next to the Qiao family heard this, he quickly stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "I have met Mr. Tongpan! The grassman is the chief of Qingshui Village, and his surname is Zhao."

Qin Tongpan nodded lightly, without looking at the people from Lijia Village who were still kneeling on the ground. He only looked at the people from Qingshui Village and asked: "Who are the eldest lady and cousin of the General's Mansion?"

Qiao Ran and Zheng Huiniang took two steps forward. Qiao Ran said: "Qiao Ran, a civilian girl, has met Lord Tongpan. This is my mother."

Qin Tongpan nodded to Zheng Huiniang and said: "Cousin, I am Qin Wencheng, the third son of the Marquis of Jing'an. I'm sorry that I was busy with official duties during the marriage recognition banquet and did not attend, so I only met my cousin now. It is really rude!"

"It turns out to be your third cousin. Hui Niang has met your cousin. You are busy with official duties, so I didn't go to see you. I hope my cousin is not to blame."

Only then did Qiao Ran know that Qin Tongpan was actually his grandma's nephew and his cousin.

She also quickly greeted her again: "Qiao Ran has met her third cousin! Third cousin is well!"

"Okay! Okay! Ranran has grown so big, it's great!"

Qin Tongpan was a little excited when he saw his cousin and niece for the first time, and there were many things he wanted to say to them.

However, he did not forget the purpose of his trip.

He said: "Cousin, Ran Ran, I will finish the matter at hand first, and we can catch up with each other later."

"Cousin, please finish your business first, and then come home for tea and snacks later. It's almost noon, so you can have lunch at home before going back!"

"No, I came out this time for official business, and I have to go back later. I'll bother you again when I'm free next time."

After saying that, Qin Tongpan turned around and faced the kneeling people from Lijia Village.

The people from Qingshui Village had already had the foresight to borrow a chair and a table from the school. Qin Tongpan lifted up his robe and sat on the chair. The government officials brought the gavel and lottery tubes and other items Place it on the table.

Qin Tongpan was shocked.

"Snapped!"

A sound made the people of Lijia Village kneeling on the ground shake with fear.

"I am the new magistrate of the government office. Who are you? Why did you break into Qingshui Village with weapons to cause trouble?"

Li Changgui was originally in awe of these people in the government. He was afraid of even a small county magistrate, let alone the magistrate of the capital government?

Or even what he just heard? This Lord Tongpan is actually the cousin of Sister-in-law Qiao Erhe?

At this moment, he really wanted to slap himself in the ears.

Why are you so obsessed with coming to Qingshui Village for the food and supplies that Li Dagou described?

Behind the Qiao family is a high-ranking official in the capital. He can be crushed to death with just one little finger!

He answered tremblingly: "Sir, the grass-roots man is Li Changgui, the village chief of Lijia Village, Linshui County. The grass-roots people are not here to make trouble. They are Li Dagou from the village who said that his sister was sold-sold by his brother-in-law. , he asked all of us in the village to come and ask the Qiao family for a clear explanation. My lord, it is clear that the grassroots people are really not here to cause trouble, and the grassroots people have not done anything yet!"

Qin Tongpan was dissatisfied with Li Changgui's words and asked again:

"Who is Big Dog Li?"

Just now, Li Dagou's mind was filled with the bags of food and piles of cloth and quilts piled in the tent by the Qiao family, but the moment he saw the official officer, he finally woke up with a jolt.

He didn't expect that the Qiao family would actually report it to the official. Shouldn't he be the one to do this?

However, although he clamored to report to the official yesterday, it was just a talk. He didn't have the courage at all.

At this moment, when he saw the magistrate of the government office, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

As soon as he heard Lord Tongjian's question, he swallowed hard, tried hard to control the fear in his heart, and told him again about coming to Qiao's house to find his sister.

"You mean, you just suspected that the Qiao family had sold your sister, so you gathered the whole village to come to Qiao's house to ask for food and money? How brave of you! Openly barging into other villages to cause trouble with weapons is a crime of provoking trouble! "