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nBut she still cleared her throat and asked, “What’s happening here?” Her eyes fell on Peng Jing who was beaten up and then turned to look at Yu Dong who looked completely fine.

nYu Dong pointed at Peng Jing and her family before calmly stating, ” These people started a brawl in front of my house. They not only tried to harem the elderlies but they also injured two children. They intentionally injured my family members and tried to damage the properties under my name. That mer,” she pointed to Peng Jing’s husband and then pointed at Xiao Hua whose face was bloodless and added, ” He tried to kill my fiancé.”

nWith her lips curling at the sight of the Peng family shivering she added, ” They also slandered me and Magistrate Li!”

nUpon hearing Magistrate Li’s name, the head guard’s expression changed as she turned to look at Peng Jing and asked, ” Is this true, you slandered an honest official?”

nPeng Jing and her sisters thought that Head Guard Xue wanted to arrest them and were thus scared out of their wits. They were clearly here to make Yu Dong pay them compensation why should they go to the Yamen?

nOne of the sisters thus couldn’t help but say, ” W..We did not mean to. We were just …We were just casually talking among ourselves. We have no intention of doubting Magistrate Li, it’s just a misunderstanding.”

nThe officers: “…”

nWas there any point in saying this now? They were originally thinking of just bringing the Peng sisters and their mers back with them because they wanted to make them confess but now that one of them had already confirmed Yu Dong’s words there was no need for them to go through the song and dance.

nHead Guard Xue’s expression changed and she then turned to look at the people of the Peng family as she sternly said, ” Do you think that there is no law? It’s clearly stated by the officers that trying to kill someone or hitting them is against the law. How can you even think of getting away without paying for consequences? Since you have broken the law you need to come with us to the Yamen. We will decide your punishment after we are done listening to the testimonies of the villagers.”

nThis time the Peng family really panicked and they hurriedly pulled away from Peng Jing. The elder sister Peng said, ” We did not mean to hurt Yu Dong and her family, Head Guard. My sister told me that she was going to make Yu Dong cough fifty taels and thus we followed!”

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