1011: Not getting out

Not getting out

" We have finished investigating the matter," the head of the Yamen, Head Guard Xue told Yu Dong about how the case that she had filed was already dealt with. " We looked into the entire situation and found out everything. The Peng family was the one in the wrong as for their in-laws, they only came with them because they were called under the pretext of earning money. However, there are many mers and young women in the group as well, they have their entire lives in front of them which is why Peng Jing and her sisters want you to let the mers and the young women leave. There is also Peng Jing's youngest son who wasn't involved in the brawl and needs someone to take care of him."  1

" So they are asking to be let off?" Yu Dong scoffed before turning to look away, she blinked her eyes and sucked in a breath before turning to look at Head Guard Xue and then said sharply, " Madam Xue, I am not heartless but what do you mean by that I should allow the mers and the young women leave unscathed? They tried to murder my family members for a basket of vegetables. I don't think those young women were so young that they did not know what was going on?" 

"Even my brother who is yet to turn ten was beaten up. What they did is not something that can be treated lightly, they were not insane nor were they fooled by anyone. You might have already received testimonies from them and they did it for the sake of money which makes them no different than those thugs who kill for the sake of a few taels." 

If the Peng family thought that they would be let off that easily they were wrong, Yu Dong was never going to let them off easily! Never! 

" Besides they also harmed my grandmother, she is old and couldn't be beaten yet Peng Jing and her sisters did not hold back when tackling my grandmother to the ground." 

"They did not even care about the elderlies when it was clearly stated by our ancestors that elderlies should be treated with due respect and the younger generations should never raise their hands on those who were older than them, if we let go of those who disrupt the moral of the society…how will the commoners live peacefully? " 

"Wouldn't the greedy and unfilial kids throw their old parents out thinking that they can do whatever they want as the law will not blame them just because they have young ones to take care of at home?" 

Yu Dong spoke everything in one breath making it impossible for Head Guard Xue or anyone else to say anything. They could only agree with her as she was in the right, if they were to let Peng Jing and her family go then it would only bring more chaos to their society. 

" All right we understand," Head Guard Xue felt like her head was going to burst as she thought about all the wailing that the Peng family and her in laws' were doing but given that this woman was Magistrate Li's acquaintance, she couldn't deal with her case lightly.

  " Then I will leave you to it," Yu Dong bowed her head and then walked out of the Yamen before sighing and turning around to head over to the magistrate's office. 

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At the same time, the Peng family relatives as well as their in-laws' family received the news that everyone who created chaos in front of Yu Dong's house was not going to be released from the Yamen. 

As soon as they all heard the news, they all exploded. Clearly, they all went to get silver taels how come they were arrested and thrown into the Yamen? Even the mers and the young ones were not let off! 

Peng Jing's in-laws could not stop themselves as they rushed to the Big River Village and created a huge ruckus at the house which belonged to the Peng family. However, no one in the village bothered them. 

One half of the villagers did not wish to get entangled by them while the other half were still furious about the loss they had to suffer because of Peng Jing. Thus the Zhuan family could only look for the husbands of Peng Jing's elder and second sister. 

" Master Peng, you have to hand my daughter back to me! She is not even twenty, how can she be thrown into the Yamen? You have to bring her out or else I will kill you and your children!" The people from the Zhuan family shouted at Master Peng who was Elder Sister Peng's husband. 

Master Peng on the other hand simply felt annoyed, he picked up a bucket of pig waste and threw it at the people from the Zhuan family as he shouted, " Who are you to make things difficult for me? I am the one who should be making things difficult for you and everyone else! My wife went to the fight with elder brother Dahua and never came back home and she followed Peng Jing because the latter promised that she would not be harmed! I am with a child and they have taken my wife away, you tell me what should I do!? If you want to make trouble then go to the Yamen and take your daughter out, why are you shouting at me?" 

In his heart, he truly hated his third sister-in-law and her husband. They were the ones who were restless and wanted to make money as quickly as possible, he heard Brother Long tell Peng Jing and her official husband to not make a mess and just sign a contract with Yu Dong properly but those two just had to make trouble. 

Master Peng forgot that when his wife wanted to go he did not stop her as he too wanted a few taels in the house for his unborn child but now that the situation had turned for the worst, he pushed all the blame on Peng Jing and her husband. 

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