Reaction From All Sides ()
The news of the county magistrate's house being robbed spread like wildfire. The next day, the entire county knew about it.
Therefore, no matter which world it was, the degree of gossip among humans was the same.
Everyone expressed their regret and sadness for the county magistrate's family, as well as tears of schadenfreude. The county magistrate himself was not a good person, but he was good at collecting the people's wealth.
Therefore, the people would definitely not sympathize with him.
As for the country gentlemen and celebrities, they were all busy guarding their own gold more closely. Who cared if the county magistrate died?
It was the county magistrate who reminded them to be careful of thieves, which made them grateful. Moreover, since the county magistrate was robbed, Pei County would definitely be under martial law. Presumably, those thieves would not come back.
Thinking about it, the county magistrate was indeed useful.
The county deputy had originally wanted to be a county magistrate, but after this incident, he suddenly felt that being a county magistrate was not that easy. The so-called tall tree attracts the wind, it was probably like this.
The county magistrate's family was the first to lose money, and the first to be robbed was also the county magistrate's family.
Moreover, the county magistrate suspected that the other party was only robbing the county magistrate. Otherwise, they could have split into two groups to rob the two families. However, he didn't. Instead, he let the county magistrate run away.
This made the county magistrate suspect that they were more and more like the remnants of the Chu Country, robbing money without harming their lives.
Those guards were all commoners, so what if they died? However, the county magistrate was an official directly conferred by the imperial court. If something happened to the county magistrate, the imperial court would definitely send an army over.
However, if the county magistrate was only robbed and did not die, then he would probably be treated as an ordinary thief.
Even if the county magistrate reported the situation and told the truth, saying that his family had been robbed and dozens of people had died. However, the higher-ups probably wouldn't believe it. They would probably think that the county magistrate's house had been robbed.
In order to make the Imperial Court pay attention to it, he deliberately exaggerated the truth. He said that so many people had died and said that they were the remnants of the Chu Country.
The more serious the story was, the more the higher-ups would not believe it.
Because, if you were a remnant of the Chu Country, why would you let go of an official of the Qin Country?
The more the county magistrate thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and the more he felt that the county magistrate was unlucky. Therefore, he wouldn't think about taking over before this group of thieves was killed. It was best for a poor county magistrate to take the lead.
Moreover, the county magistrate would definitely do his best to suppress the bandits. At that time, as the county magistrate, he would also have to spend a lot of money and effort.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be at ease.
However, it didn't matter if they were robbed. After being frightened, the nobles calmed down and heaved a sigh of relief.
It didn't matter to him. Anyway, he wasn't the one who was robbed. It didn't matter.
The Song family was a big family in Pei County.
During the Warring States Period, Pei County belonged to the Song Kingdom. At that time, there was no county system, so it was not called Pei County, but Pei Di.
Later, Qi destroyed Song, and Pei temporarily belonged to Qi. After that, the five countries attacked Qi, and Chu occupied the old Huaibei area of Song, so Pei changed to belong to Chu.
In the end, Qin unified the six countries and set up Pei County, which belonged to Sishui County.
It was said that the Song Family had a certain relationship with the Song Country.
It could only be said that Pei County was a place of outstanding people.
He would casually encounter a robber and discover that the other party was once the elite Xiang Family Army of Chu State. The local aristocratic family was a descendant of the former Song Kingdom. It was possible that they were once royalty.
The current head of the Song family was called Song Jie. He had three wives and four concubines. He had four sons and five daughters, and his eldest son was called Song Wen.
"Father, I've investigated the matter.”
Song Wengong respectfully stood below and said softly," Tomorrow, Duke Lu will be hosting the Double Ninth Banquet to entertain the nobles and celebrities of Pei County. However, the seats for the Double Ninth Banquet will have to be purchased.”
"Moreover, the nobles who visited Duke Lu the day before only needed 1,000 yuan to buy a seat, while those like us who didn't go because of the threat of the county magistrate needed 5,000 yuan. Moreover, this was only the base price. The seats closer to Master Lu were more expensive.”
"Five thousand yuan."
Song Jie let out a long sigh and suddenly asked," Wen 'er, what do you think?”
"Father, I think we should go."
When Song Wen heard his father's post, he said very seriously," Not only will we go, but we will also get the best seats. Let alone 5,000 yuan, we'll even pay 50,000 yuan.”
Wen 'er, you've grown up."
Song Jie looked at Song Wen with a smile on his face.
"Father, what do the elders think?”
"Humph! What else can they think?"
Song Jie's expression turned cold and he snorted coldly." All of you are short-sighted people. You actually think that a mere Lu family is not worth mentioning. The Lu family was indeed not worth mentioning, but it was different after they paid their respects.”
"Indeed, although Duke Lu is famous, he is not worthy of our crime.”
Song Wen also nodded and sighed slightly, as if lamenting the ignorance of the elders in the family." Moreover, he's only a white-robed man. The people don't fight with the officials. How can we dare to offend the county magistrate for him? The squires who went either had conflicts with the county magistrate or were from small families. They were not worthy of the county magistrate's action. The real big families were all watching.”
"That's right. The calligraphy that Duke Lu wrote isn't important, and our Song family doesn't lack this piece of calligraphy. What was important was the item that he wrote on, the paper. It was light and thin, and it was easier to write on than bamboo. This kind of thing would definitely replace bamboo slips in the future and become an indispensable item in the world.”
"With this alone, the Lu family has already gained the upper hand. If I were Duke Lu, I would have raised the threshold of the Double Ninth Banquet to ten thousand coins, let alone a mere one thousand. How could it be considered extortion? It was just a legitimate business.”
"They don't even dare to fork out such a small amount of money. They only know how to take advantage of their seniority and wait for death in the family. Humph."
Song Jie's face was filled with rage. Clearly, he had reached the limit of his tolerance towards the trash clan elders who were dragging him down.
"Father, please calm down."
Song Wen shook his head slightly and smiled." Isn't that just nice? The Song family is still the Song family of the Song family, not our Song family. If they aren't willing to fork out the money, then let us fork out the money ourselves. But at that time, they would not be able to get a single cent of the benefits brought by this piece of paper.”
"Right, haha, my son is right.”
Song Jie also smiled. Although these elders were not very perceptive, they had given them the chance to become independent of the Song family.
Although the Song family was once the descendant of the Song noble family during the Spring and Autumn Period, it had been passed down for hundreds of years and had already become too big to fall.
Therefore, he had to take advantage of the fact that they were still young and had a chance to get rid of this rotten family. Otherwise, sooner or later, he would be dragged into the abyss and be consigned to eternal damnation.
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