Chapter 710: Chapter 710 Taking People’s Money to Solve Their Disasters Chapter 710: Chapter 710 Taking People’s Money to Solve Their Disasters “Hired with money?”
Su Yunjin wore a look of astonishment as those several arrow-struck men, in an effort to clear themselves of any guilt, repeatedly nodded at Su Yunjin, “Young lady, we truly are just taking money to ward off disaster for others. We hold no grudges against you; how could we smash your fruit wine? It was someone else who paid us, and we just did their bidding.”
Thinking they had found those who smashed their fruit wine, Su Yunjin did not expect it to be someone else. She was taken aback, as the several men pleaded for mercy, “Young lady, us brothers just make our living , eking out a little money for sustenance. If you seek to settle accounts, you should go after that real person who wanted to smash your fruit wine! We didn’t actually succeed in smashing your fruit wine this time; considering you have suffered no losses, please spare us this once.”
Not a single jug of Su Yunjin’s fruit wine had been smashed; instead, they had suffered arrows in their calves. Since there had been no losses for Su Yunjin and the others, the hired goons and rascals all felt she should let them go.
Su Yunjin wasn’t moved by their pleas; if it hadn’t been for Gu Ya, perhaps her entire cart of fruit wine would have been smashed to bits again.
That fruit wine was Su Yunjin’s hard work and whether they took someone else’s silver or were instructed by someone, the fact was they came to smash her fruit wine.
Su Yunjin wouldn’t easily forgive those who dared to smash her fruit wine; they still had to receive the punishment they deserved. If the fruit wine was smashed, Su Yunjin herself would have to compensate with at least two hundred taels of silver.
Right now, Su Yunjin didn’t have nearly that much money at hand; even if she were to sell all her possessions, it would not be enough to make the compensation. Su Yunjin paid no mind to the pleading men.
Instead, she looked to Gu Ya.
“Husband, what do you plan to do with these men?” Gu Ya thought the same as his little wife; he also wasn’t inclined to let these fruit wine-smashing men off easily.
With a kick to those men, Gu Ya said, “Yunjin, in a moment, I’ll have someone tie them up with rope and send these ruffians to the Governor’s Office. Let the Magistrate handle them.”
Originally, those men thought Gu Ya and Su Yunjin might spare them, but they didn’t expect that Su Yunjin and Gu Ya would actually send them to the Governor’s Office.
The men turned deathly pale with fear.
They pleaded again and again.
Gu Ya and Su Yunjin, now a couple, didn’t give those men another glance; the goons were utterly undeserving of sympathy, accustomed as they were to being conceited and rampant in the town.
Today they took money to smash their fruit wine; who knew how many other unsuspecting people they had bullied before. This was a lesson for these ruffians.
To make them think twice before acting recklessly again.
The butler interrogated the man who had wet his trousers and learned that the one who had escaped was the mastermind behind the smashing of their fruit wine. Su Yunjin and Gu Ya approached.
The butler then regretfully reported the matter to them.
“Miss Su, Young Master Gu, it’s a pity, but one mastermind has escaped,” but luckily, the house servants of the Chu Residence were well-trained.
In this respect, they were no less capable than the officers at the County Magistrate’s.
Perhaps even superior.
The Chu Residence had dispatched many house servants to give chase. If all went as expected, they should be able to apprehend the escapee. Su Yunjin looked toward the alley where the ruffian had fled.
It seemed that the real culprit wanting to smash their fruit wine must have been hiding in that alley before. Learning this news, Su Yunjin felt a pang of regret.
Otherwise, they might have captured the one who wanted to smash her fruit wine.