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Hearing this, Shu Lin was somewhat puzzled. However, when he raised his head to look, he discovered that quite a few families had surrounded them with kitchen knives and carrying poles in their hands. At the same time, old man Wang also came out of the room with a machete in his hand, staring at Shu Lin.
Old man Wang was a bachelor, but he was kind and willing to help others. The several hundred taels of silver that Luo Lingwei had previously given him had also been used up by his neighbors. However, it was also because of his warm-hearted nature that when something happened to old man Wang today, there would be people from the neighbors who stood up to fight for him.
”Fellow villagers, let's talk properly!” We are all from the Ming Lin manor, why do you have to use force and force? ” Seeing these people surrounding them with evil spirits, Qian Xi was scared. He then turned to everyone and begged for mercy with a sullen face.
Just when the three of them were riding on the tiger and finding it difficult to dismount, the prefecture governor brought a group of bailiffs with him to the scene and chased everyone home. Only old man Wang was left behind, and he was brought back to the yamen.
Arriving at the magistrate court, old man Wang was puzzled. He had done nothing wrong, why would this Prefect ask him for questioning?
”Is your subordinate Wang San?” The Prefect glanced at old man Wang and said.
Old man Wang nodded and replied, ”That's me.”
The Prefect nodded and said, ”Wang San, I ask you, do you know where this embroidery lady is now?”
Old man Wang was puzzled, he shook his head, he knew. Two months ago, when Shu Lin was carried home, Old Man Wang was afraid that Shu Lin would come again to harass the embroidery lady. He told her to pack her luggage and send her to her sister's house in the next county. Coincidentally, her sister was also alone, so the embroidery lady acknowledged her as a mother and the two of them relied on each other for survival.
Seeing old man Wang's reaction, the Prefect was enraged and said, ”Insolent Wang San, you dare to lie to me! Come on! Use torture! ”
The man on the side agreed and put Old man Wang on a rack, then he heavily beat him twenty times. Old man Wang was now being beaten until he was gnashing his teeth and begging for mercy.
When the Prefect saw old man Wang begging for mercy, he asked, ”Do you know where the embroidery lady is right now?”
”Sir, I do not know!” Old man Wang said with a sad face.
As soon as the Prefect heard this, he ordered someone to beat him twenty times over. At this moment, old man Wang's lower body was almost unconscious. Seeing this, the Prefect thought to himself that he could not beat this person to death, or else he would not be able to explain himself in the future.
He sincerely said to old man Wang, ”I ask you, do you know that the embroidery lady owes the Shu Family six hundred silver taels?”
Old man Wang nodded and said, ”I know about this.”
The Prefect then continued, ”Now, when Master Shu sent someone to collect the debt, he discovered that the embroidery lady had disappeared without a trace. You and she are neighbors. Do you know where she is now? If you do not, do not blame me for being merciless! ”