BHBF Chapter 79.5

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 79.5: Playful Son (38)

Shao Yu said confidently: “You framed them for having an affair. Even if it’s true, it’s no big deal. The emperor has encouraged widows to remarry, and you keep saying it’s against morals. Do you think you’re more powerful than the emperor?”

“The man has no wife, and the woman has no husband. Although they are eldest brother and younger brother’s wife, others may say a few words, but they are not related by blood at all. They know each other well, and neither of them is afraid of mistreating the other’s children. I think it’s a good thing.”

County Lieutenanr Jiang immediately looked up at Shao Yu. He saw that there was no trace of disdain on Shao Yu’s face. He immediately understood that Shao Yu really thought so when he said that.

At this time, after hearing what Shao Yu said, the others also changed their previous contemptuous expressions.

County Lieutenant Jiang naturally felt the disappearance of everyone’s gazes. At this moment, he felt as if he had been reborn from a calamity.

What happened between him and his sister-in-law was like a huge mountain weighing on his heart. At first he just wanted to take care of his sister-in-law, but somehow he gradually got trapped in it.

After Lord Wu found out about this, County Lieutenant Jiang gradually distanced himself from his sister-in-law. Now, every time he sees his sister-in-law looking haggard, County Lieutenant Jiang feels like a heavy hammer hitting his heart. Although he feels distressed, he dares not have anything to do with her anymore due to their respective identities.

Even the so-called affair between the two was just a private contact, which happened to be seen by Lord Wu. Although the two had always been emotional and rational, County Magistrate Jiang became paranoid and felt guilty for a moment, so he became more and more afraid.

Now hearing what Shao Yu said, he straightened his back and thought that he would go to propose marriage after today’s matter was settled.

Lord Wu was extremely angry at this time and said, “How can this be unreasonable, how can this be unreasonable? You have the nerve to say such a thing that is not against morals and public opinion…”

“I think you are the one who is unreasonable.” Shao Yu added, “I am the head of the county. This matter should be decided by me.”

Lord Wu said: “I! I don’t recognize you, you are just a mountain bandit!”

Shao Yu smiled and said, “Can you still move now?”

Lord Wu looked at the knife on his neck and said nothing.

Shao Yu then said to County Lieutenant Jiang, “Go to court. I want to try the case.”

Lieutenant Jiang understood immediately and ordered his men to take Lord Wu to the lobby.

Lord Wu was still shouting angrily at this time: “I have someone above me, do you think this will work for me?”

Shao Yu was not panicked at all when he heard this. Instead, he said solemnly, “You actually openly said that you were giving and taking bribes. Where is the law of the country?”

Lord Wu was not afraid at all and just kept emphasizing this sentence.

His confidence made County Lieutenant Jiang and others a little panicked.

Shao Yu pulled County Lieutenant Jiang over and whispered, “You don’t have to be afraid of him. The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is of the same year as me.”

The Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi was the runner-up in the first year of Jianye. This was something all the officials in Lingnan knew. When County Lieutenant Jiang heard this, he thought that Shao Yu’s words meant that the two of them had a close relationship, so he felt relieved and once again boldly ordered someone to suppress Lord Wu.

Lord Wu still shouted: “You are the county magistrate, I am the county Lord, what right do you have to interrogate me! At most you have only reported me, how can you be qualified to interrogate me!”

Shao Yu slammed the gavel heavily and said, “Whether I am qualified, let’s talk about it after the trial.”

Shao Yu knew that it was indeed against the rules for the county magistrate to try the county lord, but what he wanted now was to completely suppress this man’s arrogance and convict him of the crime. In this way, everything would go smoothly in the future.

But Lord Wu had a plan in mind, so he just said, “If you have the guts, just kill me. I won’t take any responsibility for anything anyway!”

Shao Yu was about to say something when suddenly a runner came to report from outside the door.

“Sir, the county government office has been surrounded.” The officer said anxiously.

“Who are the people surrounding the county government office?” Shao Yu asked.

The officer glanced at Lord Wu who was pinned to the ground next to him.

At this time, the reinforcements arrived, Lord Wu immediately laughed and said, “You interrogate, you interrogate, you interrogate quickly, I want to see whether you interrogate faster or my people break in faster.”

Shao Yu’s expression froze.

Lord Wu became even more arrogant at this time. He looked at County Lieutenant Jiang and said, “You traitor, I will deal with you today!”

It turned out that when Lord Wu was wavering, he had already signaled to his confidants, and counting the personnel took some time, but fortunately now all the people in his family have been gathered.

Upon hearing this, County Lieutenant Jiang panicked and approached Shao Yu, whispering, “The guards that Lord Wu has kept, as well as the soldiers under Inspector Chen, who is Lord Wu’s brother-in-law, I’m afraid we are no match for them.”

Shao Yu asked: “How many people are there over there? How many of us are here?”

Lieutenant Jiang said, “Inspector Chen has a hundred soldiers under his command, and Lord Wu has about a dozen guards at home.”

According to the court’s regulations, each county had three inspectors, and each inspector was in charge of one hundred soldiers.

Because Qingning is located in a remote place, the facilities here are not complete, but there are only two inspection teams.

However, there are thirty officers in the yamen on duty, but only twenty-five are left in the yamen.

With twenty-five officers facing more than a hundred people, their chances of winning are naturally slim.

At this time, the people outside were just surrounding the city without attacking, and were clamoring to release Lord Wu.

“Sir, what should we do?” County Lieutenant Jiang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He had already offended Lord Wu, and now his life and death depended entirely on Shao Yu.

“Don’t panic.” Shao Yu comforted him, “This is just a fight between children.”

“Children fighting? Someone could die.” County Lieutenant Jiang suddenly felt that Shao Yu was a little unreliable.