novelAbuy Chapter 600 - 596: Daring to Deceive the Great Aunt (Part 2)
Chapter 600 - 596: Daring to Deceive the Great Aunt (Part 2)
When Lu Yuanfeng tied up the cow, Mu Shuangshuang handed the fish to Yu Si Niang to look after.The two hurriedly rushed to the place Lu Yuanfeng mentioned.
And indeed, that place was quite far from Er Gui Village, nearly eight or nine miles away, but it was indeed a crossroads.
Leading to several villages.
The people from those villages must pass through here to go to the town.
Lu Yuanfeng was walking a bit hastily, anxious to verify the situation.
Mu Shuangshuang understood him and tried her best to keep pace with him. Normally, it took more than half an hour, but it took less than the time of three sticks of incense.
Lu Yuanfeng pointed at the place already within reach and said, "Shuangshuang, that’s it!"
And indeed, there were a few people gathered there, quite lively.
It seemed there was still a quarrel going on; when Lu Yuanfeng rushed up, it was the same scene, the same old man, but the young man had changed.
It was still someone Lu Yuanfeng was very familiar with.
"Da Lang, why are you here?" Lu Yuanfeng asked Mu Dalang.
Mu Dalang was pulling a cart, with two goats on it, both dairy goats.
He bought these to send to Huang Family Village to help Huang Bita nourish her health; the Huang Family was not doing well, lacking things like meat and fish, and it was inconvenient to leave Huang Family Village.
But Mu Dalang hadn’t expected to be falsely accused halfway.
He clearly hadn’t bumped into anyone, yet all of a sudden, an old man appeared, clutching his leg, howling about it being broken, and then someone demanded compensation.
"Fengzi, please save me, I didn’t hit anyone, this person himself ran under my cart wheel," Mu Dalang hurriedly explained, pointing at the person still clutching their leg, lying on the ground.
In the crowd, people were still yelling for compensation, demanding it fiercely.
"Since you know each other, then pay together!" someone in the crowd said.
"Exactly, so young but doing such disgraceful things, wonder how their parents taught them!"
"Apologize, compensate..."
The people gathered were increasingly aggressive, as if wanting to fight Lu Yuanfeng.
Now Lu Yuanfeng understood the helplessness of false accusation.
"Earlier, you used the same method to deceive money from a young man, now you’re trying to do the same to us?" Lu Yuanfeng stated.
The old man was momentarily stunned, then recognized Lu Yuanfeng, but wasn’t anxious, continuing to clutch his leg, lamenting.
Those surrounding became increasingly agitated, as if Lu Yuanfeng and Mu Dalang had committed some ultimate crime, with some even wanting to drag them to the government, locking them up for life.
The old man on the ground lamented, suddenly noticing not far away, behind the crowd’s feet, a piece of snow-white silver.
Seeing the commotion, the old man quietly went to pick up the silver.
But just as he was about to grab it, the silver moved.
The old man found it strange, but the allure of the silver was too strong; previously crawling, now walking, trying hard to catch it only for it to slip away again.
He didn’t notice that he was already fifty meters from the crowd.
Mu Shuangshuang saw the timing was right, stood up from the grass, and the piece of silver followed her movement back into her hand.
"What are you yelling for? The main event is over!" Mu Shuangshuang shouted.
Finally, the crowd turned around.
One by one, they stared dumbfoundedly at the person previously clutching their leg, claiming it was broken.
"Folks, do you see? This is what they call a broken leg, it’s extortion!"
As Mu Shuangshuang spoke, the crowd began to switch targets, cursing the standing old man.
Even Mu Shuangshuang had to admire, their ability to change faces was faster than turning pages.
The old man, seeing his scheme exposed, attempted to flee.
Mu Shuangshuang swiftly noticed, reaching out as the old man fell heavily to the ground, muttering curses at Mu Shuangshuang.
"Fengzi, quickly grab him, he’s a conman!"
Mu Shuangshuang’s words had just fallen when two young men in the crowd rushed forward, fists tightly aimed at Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang dodged, delivered a spinning kick to one, while Lu Yuanfeng knocked out the other with a punch.
Standing on one of the men, Mu Shuangshuang harshly questioned, "How long have you been doing this here?"
Mu Shuangshuang’s question was actually one she knew already, even though she and Fengzi had gone to the town a few days ago, never encountering these people.
They must have arrived recently.
But she wanted the man to answer.
The man was stubborn at first but gave in when Mu Shuangshuang increased the pressure on his head.
"Stop hitting me, I’ll say it, I’ll say... we’re from nearby villages, with no land, and just wanted to make some money to eat, please, spare me!"
"Hmph, is that the truth, no lies?" Mu Shuangshuang raised an eyebrow, her grip tightening a bit more.
"I’m speaking the truth..."
Just as he finished speaking, Mu Shuangshuang stomped on the man’s chest, loudly berating.
"How dare you lie to me, with your accent you’re not from Qingshan Town at all!"
In a big city, distinguishing accents can be tough, but here, it was all rural folk, unique local accents were identifiable.
Clearly, these three men were outsiders, thinking they could fool her, dream on!
Mu Dalang watched, stunned.
At this moment, he felt Shuangshuang and Fengzi were a perfect match, especially Shuangshuang, the surprises she brought were overwhelming.
His cousin wasn’t simple!
"I’ll say... we fled here from the border area, there’s going to be war again, so my brother and I brought our father to escape, not wanting to be drafted as soldiers!"
The man said, sobbing.
"Border area? Which border?"
Lu Yuanfeng was aware of the border situations,
even knowing there were several border areas, remembering when the leader said there wouldn’t be any wars for at least ten years, and it had only been a few months since then, more war?
"Xing City!" the man replied.
Now, it was Lu Yuanfeng’s turn to gasp.
Xing City was where his camp was located, the leader was there, war was unlikely.
Lu Yuanfeng instantly realized it was another lie, exchanging glances with Mu Shuangshuang, this time she was truly furious.
Good grief, deceiving her twice, do they think she’s a pushover?
"Brother Da Lang, step on his chest, if he dares to move, cripple him! I must show them my strength today!"
Mu Shuangshuang grabbed a stick, harshly hitting another young man twice, saying, "You lied twice to me, two hits for your brother, from now on you utter a single lie, I’ll keep beating him until his butt is unrecognizable!"