Chapter 1519: The Yang Family Eats Crow
Chapter 1519: Chapter 1519: The Yang Family Eats Crow
Housekeeper Yang glanced at Qin San Lang and the others, somewhat suspicious that these soldiers were up to something.
But generally, soldiers of the Great Chu wouldn’t use poison and considered its use as an act of villains, something disgraceful to use.
Housekeeper Yang turned his gaze to Doctor Dai, pointed at him, and said, "Hold him down and search him, then check his medicine box to see if there’s any Yellow Stone Poison in it!"
Soldiers don’t have poison, but doctors might carry it.
Upon hearing this, the Guardian Master of the Yang Family didn’t care that Doctor Dai was saving someone; he directly rushed over, pinned Doctor Dai to the ground, and started searching him by tearing at his clothes.
"What are you doing? Let go of Doctor Dai, he still needs to save people!" Squad Leader Wan was almost furious, pointing at Housekeeper Yang, "Yang Laifu, does your Yang Family truly disregard the Criminal Law and intend to commit murder in the government office?"
Housekeeper Yang didn’t even look at Squad Leader Wan, just said, "Search!"
"Search him, strip this dog bare and smash his medicine box!" The Guardian Master of the Yang Family sneered coldly, beckoning the Yang Family’s servants to tear Doctor Dai’s clothes to shreds.
"Stop!" Qin San Lang charged up with Niu Dabao and the others to save Doctor Dai, but the Yang Family’s servants were not to be trifled with, their skills were quite good, and since Qin San Lang only used a bit of his strength, both sides ended up in a deadlock.
Not long after, Constable Feng arrived with Magistrate Jin of Beicang Prefecture and others.
Seeing the chaos and the blatant disregard of decorum by the Yang Family’s servants, Magistrate Jin was furious, shaking with anger, and ordered the officials behind him, "Go up there and beat them hard, beat them until they stop!"
"Yes." Constable Feng took the lead, swinging an iron-wrapped wooden stick from the government office, banging it down on the Yang Family’s servants, and with a turn of his hand, also struck the Yang Family’s Guardian Master.
The Guardian Master was filled with hatred, very much wanting to snap Constable Feng’s neck with his bare hands, but Housekeeper Yang shook his head at him, so he could only cry out in pain and plead, "Stop hitting us, stop hitting us, we’ll stop immediately."
A few Yang Family servants also pleaded for mercy, pushing away the officials while suppressing their desire to kill the officials of Great Chu, withdrawing to one side.
Housekeeper Yang stepped forward and said, "Lord Magistrate, don’t be angry, it’s not the Yang Family’s fault, it’s really..."
"Really what? How does a servant like you have the right to speak to this office, step aside, have your Elder Yang speak!" Magistrate Jin was truly angered by the actions of the Yang Family’s servants, giving Housekeeper Yang no face at all, "The case of Gao Dong’s brothers has already been judged on the Yang Family’s behalf, Gao Dong’s brothers were sentenced to the battlefield as targets, are you still not satisfied? Do you have to kill people in the government office? Do you disregard the government office altogether? Does the Yang Family intend to rebel?!"
Whether the Gao Dong brothers lived or died did not concern Magistrate Jin, but a servant of the Yang Family stirring up trouble in the government office was something he couldn’t tolerate.
Is the government office Yang Family’s or the court’s?
Do they really not regard him, the Magistrate, at all?
Magistrate Jin instructed Constable Feng, "Go to the Yang Family and summon Elder Yang, let him take these noble servants back. The government office is too small to accommodate these precious servants of the Yang Family!"
"Yes." Constable Feng was Squad Leader Wan’s man, naturally on his side, and immediately dashed out of the cell, going to the Yang Family to call Elder Yang.
Housekeeper Yang’s face darkened, he wasn’t actually afraid of Elder Yang, who is just a puppet, but as this matter had been carried out to such an extent, the General would certainly be furious, and they would likely be punished.
"Quickly make Gao Dong and the others drink the smelly medicine, let them continue to vomit!" Doctor Dai, not caring about his torn clothes, continued to administer the smelly medicine to Xiao Erliu, urging him to vomit out the poison quickly, lest he be unable to hold on due to his young age.
Qin San Lang had already scooped up a dipperful of the smelly medicine, pinching open Er Ping’s mouth to pour it down.
Splatter!
Er Ping began to vomit profusely again.
Ugh, Magistrate Jin couldn’t stand it any longer, retching a few times before turning and rushing out of the cell, taking deep breaths outside.
Squad Leader Wan soon emerged, kneeling before Magistrate Jin, and said, "My Lord, sorry for the trouble, it’s my fault."
Magistrate Jin waved his hand, saying, "Get up, you don’t need to say any more. I’ve seen all that the Yang Family’s servants have done, truly not regarding the government office."
He added, "If those two thieves aren’t poisoned to death, send them to the courtyard where this office works, I want to see, does the Yang Family dare to kill people in my working courtyard?!"
Assistant Judge Lao has recently associated with a nobleman from Dongqing Country, being quite arrogant in the government office, as if intending to rival him.
And in the Emperor’s harem, there is a concubine from Dongqing who was not favored in the past, but has recently been favored by the Emperor. Assistant Judge Lao’s acquaintance from Dongqing Country is that concubine’s cousin — Prince Yi of Dongqing Country.
This Prince Yi is the Emperor of Dongqing’s brother, mischievous since young, acting impulsively, and it was he who had people buy out everything in Beicang Prefecture.
As for why he bought so much ironware, medicinal materials, livestock, grain and various supplies, it is because he intended to transport them to the Desert Countries for trade.
Across Da Rong is a vast desert, where not even grass grows, but beyond the desert, there are cities and countries inhabited by peoples who look different from those of Great Chu.
Prince Yi is very curious, and said that rather than Dongqing, Great Chu is closer to the Desert Countries. Since he rarely comes to Great Chu, he decided to form a caravan here to visit the Desert Countries. By then, he plans to bring back some good things from those countries for the Emperor and the Emperor of Dongqing Country.
Da Rong has always liked buying things from Dongqing people. The Emperor is wary of the relationship between Da Rong and Dongqing, fearing that during a war between Great Chu and Da Rong, Dongqing might attack, putting Great Chu in a pincer position, hence he entrusted all along the path to let Prince Yi make his commotion as long as it wasn’t excessive.
In short, at this time, Dongqing should not be offended, and should be united with Dongqing to focus on dealing with the Rong people.
But while Assistant Judge Lao can assist Prince Yi in buying out Beicang Prefecture, having even the Yang Family relying on Assistant Judge Lao to live trying to lord over him, the Magistrate Jin cannot tolerate it.
"Yes, I will properly arrange for those two thieves, My Lord need not worry." Squad Leader Wan said apologetically again, "It was our failure to perform well, disturbing you, My Lord."
Magistrate Jin waved his hand, "Say no more, when this office took office, I was entrusted by Mr. Ying, who said you had helped him before and were useful, so he asked this office to look after you a bit."
This Mr. Ying refers to the nephew of Elder Ying.
Twenty years ago, Mr. Ying was sent to Beicang Prefecture as the Vice Magistrate, eager for achievements, he went to suppress bandits with people, got injured, and was luckily saved by Squad Leader Wan.
Because of this, Squad Leader Wan became someone of significance in Beicang Prefecture.
"You go back inside to keep watch, lest those base servants of the Yang Family do evil again." Magistrate Jin did not want to enter the cell again, for it was too smelly, even thinking of that smell made him want to vomit.
"Yes." Squad Leader Wan turned back into the cell again.
Doctor Dai was busy for an hour, inducing vomiting for Er Ping and Xiao Erliu, then gave them a round of acupuncture, finally saving both their lives.
After saving Er Ping and the others, Doctor Dai stripped off his clothes, dumping everything from his medicine box onto the ground, and said to Squad Leader Wan, "Please have Squad Leader Wan invite Lord Magistrate in, so the Yang Family’s servants can search me in the presence of Lord Magistrate, to see if I have any Yellow Stone Poison on me or hidden in my medicine box!"