Qi Zhen did not expect Su Wan to play tai chi with him. In the past when he invited others to have tea at yamen, they would immediately drop the matter but now this woman who was still wet behind her ears, was actually threatening him with Yamen!
How dare she!
Qi Zhen was really dissatisfied. He was the son-in-law of the biggest land owner of the town and was used to getting praised and treated with respect. This was the first time he was threatened, so obviously he was really upset but even then he looked at Su Wan with a calm gaze.
The reason —— everyone was looking at him! In the past, he acted as a gentleman to win the heart of the Lai family's daughter. In the eyes of the Lai family, he was a man who did not scheme for small advantages and he was rather kind. If he was to get angry at a woman, they would certainly question him.
Not to mention, the Lai family might even doubt that he was acting all along, he could not allow that to happen!
" Madam——" Qi Zhen began but was stopped by Su Wan who raised her chin proudly and then interrupted him, " Master Qi, I just arrived in this town. I do not wish to cause trouble for anyone nor do I wish to form enmity with you, I have the documents of appointment with me. If you do not trust my words then you should call Master Yan Zhao, he would be able to clear it up for you."
She then curled the side of her lips and looked at the guard before saying, " Of course, even if I was a commoner, I should have been allowed to enter as long as I was proven harmless. But looks like the county of Big Ocean City works differently even a meagre guard can climb on the head of the foundation of the country and act as if he was sitting on the throne instead of the Emperor!"
" You what nonsense are you saying?" Lai Baihu was stunned when he saw Su Wan question him, he couldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth what was more she actually compared him to the Emperor! Was she trying to get him killed!?
" Who are you screaming at?" Lin Chen roared back at Lai Baihu with a threatening expression. " If you dare to raise your voice on my wife again, I will gouge out your tongue and tie it in a knot!"
Lin Rui also frowned at the constant act of blatant disregard by Lai Baihu and then said in a slow voice, " You are the one who is looking down at the commoners and yet you dare to act so arrogant?
How can you even think of looking down on the commoners when they were the ones who helped the current Emperor when he needed them the most, even his majesty does not dare to turn his eyes away from a commoner in help."
" Even the imperial court gives commoners two days to speak about their concerns and his majesty presides over the ruling himself. And yet the officials and the guards of the Big Ocean City are turning their noses against the commoners, I have to say that my eyes are truly opened! Who says that his majesty is sitting on the throne?
With the arrogance shown by you all, it's clear that the county office and the guards of this place are the true emperors because even his majesty did not the arrogance as you do!"
Lin Rui was a scholar, his eloquence was something that not many could match, in just a few sentences he had stripped bare Lai Baihu and Qi Zhen. Though they pretended to act as if they truly cared for the commoners, the truth was that they did not respect the commoners of the Big Ocean City and the same could be said for the officials inside.
The building was not big as long as one was speaking normally, the people inside could easily hear what was going on outside but no one came outside. Why? Because they did not wish to bother with the ruckus outside.
Su Wan sneered when she saw Lai Baihu panic and then said, " Lets go. Since they don't welcome me, I will write a letter to the Imperial Palace. I am not some Tom, Dick and Harry, I am someone who was appointed as the county magistrate of this city by the Emperor, himself. Then I will go and tell the Emperor that there are some people who are daring enough to turn their noses against the Emperor!
Let us see how his majesty will deal with this matter."
After speaking she turned to look at the people who were standing outside, upon seeing their thin and poor appearance, Su Wan pursed her lips in anger. She then turned to look at Qi Zhen and Lai Baihu before adding, " You dare to look down on the commoners and yet you live on the taxes that are paid by them.
If the masses join their hands together against you, I would like to see how you will deal with their anger!"
Once she finished speaking, the officials who were hiding inside the building like turtles could no longer hide their tails. They were not aware of the situation but in case this woman was really the county magistrate and was appointed by the Emperor then it would be troublesome!
Though no one believed that Su Wan was the county magistrate, her confident voice was enough to shake their hearts. What was more Su Wan even goaded the commoners against them! From her tone, it could be seen that she was the kind of woman who dared to love and hate to the extreme. They couldn't afford to offend her!
" Miss wait!" One of the officials rushed to stop Su Wan. He smiled solicitously at her and then said, "Let's go inside we can discuss this matter slowly, all right?"