Shi Sheng sent Su'Er to the yamen. Dugu Xiu received the news and immediately went to the yamen to save her.
Dugu Xiu wanted to save Su'Er and leave. After all, it was not the right time to expose his whereabouts. Who knew that Su'Er would sue Shi Sheng?
The county magistrate had just been threatened by the Prince Regent. He did not dare to delay and immediately sent Shi Sheng to the yamen.
In the original plot, Ruan Xiao Yang could not come back alive. How could this happen?
Shi Sheng went to the yamen with a gossipy heart.
He was curious about what the female lead wanted to sue her for.
In the yamen's lobby, Su'Er stood in the middle. Dugu Xiu stood beside her. He did not kneel or sit down.
The county magistrate sat under the plaque with the words "Justice and Honesty". He looked serious but kept glancing at Dugu Xiu.
The Prince Regent was standing under the plaque.
The powerful Prince Regent!!
His legs were weak under the table.
"Sir." Shi Sheng curtsied obediently. Her movements were not standard, but there was nothing wrong with it. After all, she was a girl, and she was quite pretty. She was a delicate girl, so the magistrate could not say anything.
Su'Er looked up at Shi Sheng. Shi Sheng turned his head and smiled. His meaning was unclear.
Su'Er suddenly felt cold all over, as if she was being stared at by a ferocious beast. She broke out in cold sweat.
Dugu Xiu had been sizing her up since Shi Sheng came in.
He had seen all kinds of young ladies in the capital. The shrewish, the spoiled, the well-behaved, he had seen them all. But it was his first time seeing someone like Shi Sheng … who was called to the county yamen without the slightest bit of curiosity or panic. She only had a calm face.
He had information about the Ruan family. Her parents had died early, leaving her as a daughter and a huge family business.
Shi Sheng glanced at Dugu Xiu. The male lead was a powerful character. He was an unfavored prince who was sent to the border to become the Prince Regent.
Even the Emperor had to call him Uncle.
Shi Sheng lowered his head and smiled. The harder it was to pass the game, the more exciting it was.
It was more interesting to break the couple.
[…] You are not playing games!!! These people are not NPCs!
The system was going crazy.
"Who is it?" The county magistrate forced himself to be calm as he picked up the gavel and asked loudly.
"Ruan Xiao Yang." She really didn't want to answer this retarded question.
The county magistrate pointed at Su'Er, "Su'Er, a villager of Baihe Village, is suing you for forcefully taking back her land before the lease contract expired. Is this true?"
Shi Sheng understood that she had been waiting for him here.
"That's true." Shi Sheng nodded.
The magistrate looked at Dugu Xiu and coughed. "Since there is a lease contract and it hasn't expired, why do you want to take back the land?"
Shi Sheng shrugged and said in a relaxed tone, "I don't want to rent it anymore."
The county magistrate choked. "There are laws in our dynasty. If you forcefully take back the land before the lease contract expires, you will have to pay compensation."
Shi Sheng said calmly, "It's clearly written on the lease that you have to pay me rent during the lease period. Su'Er can't pay the rent, so why can't I take it back?"
Su'Er immediately retorted, "You've already asked the other villagers to slow down. Why do you want my family to pay immediately?"
Shi Sheng rolled his eyes at Su'Er. "It's my business who I want to slow down. Do you want to force me to slow down?"
"You're being unfair."
Damn, what kind of thoughts did the female lead have?
"Yes, it's unfair. What about it? I don't like you, so I want you to pay now. "Shi Sheng said arrogantly.
I have the land, so I'm the biggest.
"Bam!" The gavel was slammed on the table. The county magistrate frowned and scolded, "It's improper to be so noisy in court. Su'Er, tell me if you haven't paid the rent. "
"I …" Su'Er opened her mouth and her eyes darted around. "Not long ago, bandits came and robbed our village of food. Sir, it's not that I don't want to pay, but I really can't."
"Bandits? Where are they from? "
Su'Er immediately said, "They're from Hei Feng Gang. This group of bandits usually wreak havoc in the surrounding villages. This time, they stole so much of our food. Sir, what do you want me to pay?"
Hei Feng Gang had always been the biggest problem in Baihe County. However, a few days ago, the county magistrate received news that the entire Hei Feng Gang had been burned down. He sent people to the mountains to check, but they hadn't returned yet. He didn't know the exact situation.
"Miss Ruan, why don't you slow down?" The county magistrate hesitated.
This was someone that the Regent had personally come to ask for. If he didn't speak up for her, wouldn't he offend the Regent?
"Why should I?" Shi Sheng asked stubbornly.
The county magistrate said sternly, "Didn't you slow down the rent for the other tenants?"
"It's my business who I want to slow down." Shi Sheng snorted coldly.
The county magistrate was speechless. The other party was the owner, and it wasn't like they were taking the land for no reason. He couldn't speak blindly, right?
Therefore, the county magistrate could only look at Du Gu Xiu.
"If you don't want to rent, then don't rent. Who cares about your land?" Su'Er suddenly said, "Ruan Xiao Yang, just you wait."
She didn't believe that with her ability, she wouldn't be able to survive in this world.
"You think I'll wait just because you want me to?" Shi Sheng sneered, not bothering to hide his sarcasm. "How shameless!"
Even if I wait, you can't do anything to me.
"You …"
Du Gu Xiu pulled Su'Er and said ambiguously, "Miss Ruan, don't be too ruthless."
Shi Sheng's eyes curved, and his light voice fell into Du Gu Xiu's ears. Every word seemed to smash into his heart. "Ruthless? You haven't seen how ruthless I can be. Do you want to see it? I guarantee that you'll never forget it. "
Damn it, she was taking her own things, and she actually called it ruthless.
Shi Sheng sneered, "Since there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
The county magistrate wanted to shout out, "How dare you!", but Du Gu Xiu didn't say anything. He could only hold it in and watch Shi Sheng leave.
She dared to talk to the Regent like that. This girl from the Ruan family was really something.
The county magistrate looked at Du Gu Xiu. He couldn't sit still and wanted to slide off the table.
There was a saying in the capital.
If the Regent frowned, there would be millions of corpses.
This sentence was an exaggeration, but the extent of the Regent's ferocity could be glimpsed.
The county magistrate seemed to have seen the end of the Ruan family.
Du Gu Xiu ignored the county magistrate who was scared out of his wits and walked out of the government office with Su'Er.
"You …" Su'Er looked at the government office behind her, and then looked at Du Gu Xiu. She hesitated and asked, "Who are you?"
She could see that the county magistrate was afraid of him.
Since she saved him, she knew that he wasn't an ordinary person. His temperament couldn't be compared to ordinary people. But she only thought of him as a rich man and didn't think of anything else.
But today, Su'Er found that the person she saved was not as simple as a rich man.
"I'll tell you later."
Su'Er's heart was itching, "Can't you tell me now?"
"No."
Su'Er was disappointed, "Okay then." Who was he? She couldn't tell him that he was a high-ranking official in the court? Or was he the son of a high-ranking official?
Well, he was so young. It was very likely that he was the son of a high-ranking official.
God! She even asked him to help her with her work.
Su'Er immediately smiled and said, "Thank you for today. I'll cook something delicious for you when we go back."
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