Probably never seen soone as fierce as Mu Shuangshuang, the man was stunned and didn’t speak for a while.
Mu Shuangshuang swung another blow, hitting another man.
This man cried out in pain and pleaded with the other man, "Bro, my butt is killing . Just tell them what we’re up to, I beg you...!"
"You... I didn’t lie, why are you hitting my brother?" The man asked Mu Shuangshuang, his face flushed.
Mu Shuangshuang laughed arrogantly, "I hit whoever I want. If you have a problem with that, co over and bite !"
Mu Dalang and Lu Yuanfeng exchanged a glance, both thinking the sa thing.
She’s really asking for a beating!
The man was so angry he gritted his teeth, but he couldn’t move because Mu Dalang’s foot was like a compass planted on a desk, firmly pressed against his chest.
Following the montum, Mu Shuangshuang pumled the man’s brother again,
"I’ll talk, I’ll talk, isn’t that enough? Stop hitting my brother; he doesn’t know anything!"
The man spoke with a tone full of helplessness.
Never in his life had he seen such a bandit-like woman who didn’t abide by any principles.
"Hurry up, don’t waste my precious ti!" Mu Shuangshuang urged.
Only then did the man start talking about his identity.
In fact, they weren’t anyone special. The three of them ca from a place north of Qianzhou Prefecture. They once had so acres at ho, but since they were lazy, they first sold their fields, and later realized they could make money by scamming people, so they started doing this.
Avoiding detection by always choosing places with many peasant families.
Villages are generally far from the county, and most peasant families are honest. When wronged, they tend to pay money to settle the matter.
They had been doing this for five years; the three n long forgot how to make a living through honest labor.
Mu Shuangshuang borrowed a hemp rope from a nearby villager and tied the three of them together.
Mu Shuangshuang rembered her purpose for coming and asked Lu Yuanfeng, "Fengzi, how much did that young man get scamd for earlier?"
"Fifty wen!" Lu Yuanfeng replied.
Mu Shuangshuang was not polite and rummaged through the three n’s bodies, finding about one hundred wen on each.
Guessing it was all scamd money, Mu Shuangshuang decided to confiscate it.
These three would be eating jail food anyway, holding money would be a waste, better contribute it to her.
After a brief discussion, Mu Shuangshuang and the others decided it would be best to bind them and send them to the governnt to prevent others from falling prey.
Mu Shuangshuang took out thirty wen and paid three n who had been watching the whole affair to take the scamrs to town, and then have town folks take them to the county governnt.
With that, it was no longer their concern.
Lu Yuanfeng, after being involved in this incident, didn’t feel relieved, instead, he felt even more nervous.
He was an accomplice and had assaulted the victim, making Lu Yuanfeng uncomfortable just thinking about it. Mu Dalang called him several tis, and he didn’t even react.
"Fengzi, it’s really not your fault! If it were my brother, he would have also been hit."
Mu Shuangshuang understood Lu Yuanfeng’s character and knew his nature.
Kind and honest, seeing an elder bullied by a young man would naturally go help.
In ancient tis, people were simple and respected the elderly and loved the young; helping others was a trait cultivated from birth.
Moreover, Mu Shuangshuang herself also noticed, such scams were rare.
Three people orchestrating a fake accident together was even more uncommon!
"Fengzi, Shuangshuang is right, if it weren’t for you, I might have just paid to settle the matter to avoid trouble." Mu Dalang rubbed his head, looking embarrassed.
It could have been anyone in Fengzi’s shoes making the sa mistake.
"You say that, but wrong is wrong! I want to find that man and apologize!" Lu Yuanfeng’s eyes were filled with determination.
He rembered the direction the man left in; he thought he could find out by asking along that route.
"Fengzi, I’ll go with you! Brother, you still have two milk sheep, go back early and don’t delay your work." Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Okay, I’ll go back first. Co back early, I’ll find Shuangshuang this evening to figure out what I have to do tomorrow."
"Alright!"
Mu Dalang pulled the cart towards Er Gui Village, while Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng went in the direction where the man wronged by Lu Yuanfeng had left.
On the country road, although it was autumn, there was still a lot of grass, only the leaves had turned yellow, and stepping on them made a muffled sound.
Fortunately, Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng were lucky and found a village in less than the ti it takes to burn two sticks of incense.
The stone at the village entrance read Cao Village.
This place was unfamiliar to both Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng, so they were cautious upon entering.
Lu Yuanfeng approached a villager and described the appearance of the man.
Coincidentally, the man was from this village and lived in the sixth house from the village entrance.
Lu Yuanfeng went to apologize, returning the fifty wen they were scamd out of and even adding another twenty wen. The matter was finally resolved.
Having lifted the burden from his heart, Lu Yuanfeng felt relaxed on the way back.
He kept glancing at Shuangshuang by his side, sotis not watching where he was going and almost tripping.
Mu Shuangshuang finally spoke up, reaching out to pull Lu Yuanfeng’s sleeve.
"You fool, if you don’t watch the road, you’ll end up in the ditch!"
Lu Yuanfeng looked ahead and saw he was indeed only a few steps from the ditch.
He chuckled, then said, "Shuangshuang, you look really nice!"
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t expect Lu Yuanfeng to say it so directly.
Her face turned red, then she lifted her head confidently.
"Of course, I’m the village beauty around here, who else would be prettier?"
Lu Yuanfeng nodded vigorously.
He suddenly squatted down and said to Mu Shuangshuang behind him, "Shuangshuang, hop on! There’s still several miles to go; I’ll carry you ho!"
"Sure!"
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t hesitate; she’d never been carried before and was curious how it felt.
Climbing onto Lu Yuanfeng’s sturdy shoulders, Mu Shuangshuang instantly felt sleepy, but she still needed to ask sothing important.
"Fengzi, do you think I’m too fierce? Do you find scary?"
Just a casual question, but she didn’t expect such a strong reaction from Lu Yuanfeng.
He said, "I don’t find you scary at all, Shuangshuang. In fact, I like it when you treat like this!"
Being under Shuangshuang’s care was the most blissful thing for Lu Yuanfeng.
Wives should manage their husbands, and since he would eventually marry Shuangshuang, it was fine for her to exercise her rights early.
Mu Shuangshuang was very pleased with Lu Yuanfeng’s reply.
She was clever and shrewd, if you were to put it nicely; or crafty and sly, if you weren’t.
But there was no other way; in these tis, honest people always suffered. If she remained too honest, there’d be nothing left of her family!
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