novelaction Chapter 577 Disgraced
Chapter 577 Disgraced
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Liu raised his head and glanced at his advisor, with a hint of dissatisfaction on his face. He said, "When did you learn to be so coy? Just say what you want to say. Why are you hesitating like this?"
The lawyer paused for a moment, as if hesitating whether to tell everything he had heard.
However, after a brief thought, he decided to tell everything.
"Sir, as far as I know, there are rumors that Niu Xiaoni is suspected of murder for money..."
The lawyer's voice trembled slightly as he told everything he had heard.
County Magistrate Liu's originally calm expression suddenly changed after hearing the words of his lawyer.
His brows were furrowed tightly and his eyes became sharp.
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" County Magistrate Liu's tone revealed a hint of surprise and confusion.
He was silent for a moment, then ordered decisively: "Send someone to investigate this matter immediately and make sure it is true."
"If the situation is true, then this Niu Xiaoni must be severely punished; but if someone is maliciously spreading rumors, then the rumormonger must not be tolerated!"
The master quickly responded, "Yes, sir! I will do it right away."
He hurriedly took the order and left, but he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.
However, when the lawyer walked out of the county government office, he couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
The county magistrate's expression today was so terrifying that it made him feel a little scared.
Whenever the old lady thought of the way people looked at Niu Xiaoni'er recently, it felt like a little mouse was tickling her heart, and she couldn't help grinning.
Fugui stood aside, watching the grandmother laughing at the air, and felt uneasy in his heart.
He didn't know what happened to grandma. Suddenly, she seemed like a possessed person, grinning foolishly at the air.
The more Fugui thought about it, the more strange it seemed to him. Finally, he simply turned around and walked away quickly.
Niu Xiaonier, on the other hand, didn't take those people's attitudes and actions towards her to heart at all.
She doesn't care what others think of her. She just concentrates on studying hard with her master.
Every day I am either helping with work or burying my head in reading. My life is fulfilling and happy.
But sometimes, Niu Xiaoni couldn't help but think about it before going to bed.
She had always had a little plan in her mind, which was to find a suitable opportunity to buy that large piece of wasteland.
After all, every household is not rich nowadays, and not many people can afford to buy land.
Besides, the wasteland was cheap to begin with, and it was even harder to sell because it had been flooded before.
Niu Xiaoni thought to herself that maybe she could buy it at a lower price!
Rumors in the village spread like wildfire and became more and more intense.
"Have you heard?" an old man said mysteriously to another old man, "Because of Niu Xiaoni's evil deeds, the county magistrate wants to take back the 100 taels of silver awarded to her family!"
"Really?" another old man asked in surprise, "That's great! This little Niu has been trying to be in the limelight all day long, and now she's finally getting her comeuppance. She really deserves it!"
"That's right," the first old man echoed, "When I knew that their family had a hundred taels of silver, I was so jealous that I couldn't sleep well for several days."
"I finally recovered a little bit, but now I heard the news and I'm so happy that I can't sleep again!"
The old lady hid in the shade of a tree, pricked up her ears, and heard the rumors clearly.
She felt very happy and thought that she was so smart. A casual word she said could ruin Niu Xiaoni's reputation.
"Haha, I'll make her cough up the hundred taels of silver," the old lady thought proudly, "Humph, she can never get what I can't get!"
These days, people in the village have been avoiding the third brother's family as if they were avoiding the plague, for fear that they would be accidentally contaminated by the bad luck.
When everyone saw the third brother's house from afar, they quickly took a detour.
Only the village dogs were interested in their home.
These dogs wander around the village all day long, and they like to hang out in front of the third brother's house.
They either lie at the door or stroll nearby, as if the third brother's house has a special attraction for them.
Yan Zi also noticed this strange atmosphere.
She found that the villagers' attitude towards their family was strange recently.
Moreover, the third child always found various reasons to prevent her from going out or contacting others.
Yan Zi felt something was wrong, but the third brother kept hesitating and refused to tell her the truth.
In order to prevent Yan Zi from getting suspicious, Lao San racked his brains and came up with one excuse after another to evade Yan Zi.
However, as time went on, the third brother's excuses became increasingly unconvincing, and he was almost out of ideas for new ones.
After several days of in-depth investigation, County Magistrate Liu finally sorted out the cause and effect of the matter.
He secretly sighed in his heart: "Sure enough, I didn't make a mistake!
County Magistrate Liu immediately ordered: "Master, please go and prepare the car!"
Before he finished speaking, the bailiffs took quick action, and soon a rather plain carriage stopped in front of the county government office.
The lawyer stepped briskly onto the carriage. The driver whipped the horse whip and the carriage galloped away like an arrow, heading straight for Niujia Village.
The villagers of Niujia Village are very familiar with the government's horse-drawn carriage.
When the sound of a horse-drawn carriage was heard at the entrance of the village, the villagers immediately ran to tell each other and rushed to the entrance of the village.
I want to see what kind of news they will bring this time.
The old lady's legs and feet have almost recovered.
But she always felt that she had not fully recovered yet, so she walked very carefully, fearing that she would get hurt again.
After all, as people get older, bone injuries require more time to recover and recuperate than those of young people.
However, her nature of loving to join in the fun made her ignore this point, as if she had completely forgotten that her legs and feet had been injured.
The old lady was seen walking with brisk steps, her legs moving as fast as Hot Wheels. Her speed was so fast that even many young men in their early twenties could not catch up with her.
She kept muttering, "Make way, make way, I want to pass."
When she encountered a crowd blocking her way, the old lady reached out her hands without hesitation and squeezed through the gap between the crowd, making her way to the front.
Nothing special has happened in the village recently. What people talk about most is the various rumors about Nier.
The old lady guessed that the person coming from the yamen this time was most likely for this matter.
She would definitely not miss such a lively scene.
Not long after, the sound of crisp horse hooves was heard.