“Our Yang family has always been the most law-abiding, of course we'll handle it properly.” Yang Ruqing said.

Here, Yang Huaming came back to his senses from excitement and said, “I beat that bastard Hu Yuanwai so badly that even his wife, concubines, and daughters-in-law couldn’t recognize him. The government came and took him away. Hahaha, Qing’er had spoken to the county magistrate over there, so this Hu Yuanwai will have a comfortable time in jail, hahaha, they’ll have to keep adding dishes to his meals…”

"Then we still need to hear the case, right?" said Old Yang.

Yang Ruqing said, “Well, this is a necessary process, but now it’s almost the Chinese New Year. Originally, those clerks in the yamen were already on holiday at home resting,”

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"Last night, I was temporarily dispatched by the county magistrate to apprehend someone. I also gave each of them an extra red envelope."

"Therefore, this trial is definitely going to be held after the new year," she said.

Yang Huazhong said, "It's good to review the case after the new year. This period of time will allow Mr. Hu to suffer inside."

Yang Huaming pinched his chin and squinted, "Humph, the Hu family is the richest in Jishui Town. They will definitely use their family's money to bribe people up and down during this period!"

Yang Ruqing curled her lips. No matter how much she tried, could she really stand up to the national hero and loyal and valiant Marquis?

Now that Luofengtang is keeping a low profile, otherwise, with the Grand Protector of the Country returning home for the New Year, not to mention this Wanghai County, Qianyuan Prefecture, and even the officials from Changhuizhou, all local gentry would rush to send New Year's gifts and make connections.

In fact, those people were also inquiring and making moves. It was only when Luo Fengtang explicitly stated that he wouldn't go through any formalities that they backed down. After hearing rumors about Luo Fengtang's iron-fisted leadership, they became hesitant and watched from afar.

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All are shrewd, no matter how well your Hu family manages relationships, once people hear this is the in-law's family of the national hero, who would dare to cause trouble?

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"Rest assured, Fourth Uncle, the evidence against the Hu family is irrefutable. There's no way to overturn it," Yang Ruoqing said with absolute certainty.

Yang Yongzhi jokingly said: "Fourth Uncle, if that Hu family gave you a generous gift and wanted to settle privately, what would you do?"

"Heavy gifts?" Yang Huaming's eyes lit up. "What kind of heavy gifts?"

"Bang!"

Old Yang directly hit Yang Huaming's forehead with the tobacco pipe in his hand.

"No matter how generous the gift is, you can't accept it! Are you so poor that you've never seen silver before, or are you starving?" Old Yang scowled and reprimanded.

"Even if the Hu family brought over several baskets of silver, could it compare to your daughter's tongue? Could it compare to your daughter being treated like a brood mare used for childbirth and then discarded?"

"Besides, if it weren't for your daughter getting lucky and becoming pregnant with that sick man's child, she would have been buried with him by now. You wouldn't even know anything about it!"

"Still thinking about money and settling things privately? Have some ambition, will you?"

After being scolded by Lao Yang's head, Yang Huaming's face turned red.

He rubbed his hands and smiled sheepishly: "Father, I didn't say I wanted to keep it private. It's just that Zhizi and I were idly chatting."

"Daddy, you can rest assured. I'm a tough person. Mountains of gold and silver wouldn't compare to my daughter's life. I absolutely won't agree to this private settlement. The Hu family shouldn't even think about it!"

On the 27th day of the last month, according to local customs, all villages within ten miles will observe ‘quietness’.

So everyone hustled during the day to finish all their chores. They salted pork, preserved eggs, simmered bones, and ground meat, getting everything done before nightfall.

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When the sun sets and all the dried fish, salted meat, etc. are brought in from outside to hang under the eaves, dinner is served.

After dinner, the family sat together chatting for a while, sipping some tea to aid digestion. Then everyone hurried to take a shower and go to bed, lying quietly and slowly drifting into their dreams.

Even the children were soothed into silence, and the guard dogs at home also got pacified beforehand. Everything was quiet...

For many, many years, it is unknown from what year this tradition and habit began.

From generation to generation, this custom has been passed down, and it is followed by people of all ages.

But in the east room of the fourth house of Lao Yang's old mansion, Yang Huaming and Xiaojuan were whispering to each other under the covers.

"Yesterday, weren't you saying that the Hu family had someone send a message over, wanting to visit you here in the village? Why haven't they come yet?" Xia Juan asked in a low voice.

Yang Huaming said, "Juan'er, you're silly! How could you agree to settle this matter at home? If my father found out, he would surely kill me!"

Xiao Juan nodded, "That's true too. Gou Dan ye has a stubborn temper."

Yang Huaming added, "And my third brother and fifth younger brother, if they knew I had secretly met with the people from the Hu family, they would also scold me and look down on me!"

"I'm such an idiot! I invited the Hu family to my house, of course I should have invited them out for a meeting!" he said.

Xiaojuan nodded repeatedly, “That makes sense, that makes sense. Four older brother, you went to the town to buy New Year's goods today, actually it was to see the Hu family, right? Did you meet them?” Please provide me with the text you would like me to translate. I can help you with that!

Yang Huaming let out a low chuckle and said, "Hey hey, that's a no-brainer! I absolutely have to see him. I took a huge risk coming here to meet him. If my father and third brother found out, there would be hell to pay!"

Xiaojuan was instantly excited and grabbed Yang Huaming's arm. "Quickly tell me, what did the Hu family say? How much are they planning to give as hush money?"

Yang Huaming whispered a few words in Xiao Juan's ear, and Xiao Juan gasped, "Goodness gracious, that's so much!"

Yang Huaming said: “He’s the richest man in Jishui Town. Even a single hair from him is thicker than our thighs.”

What's more, this time it's the master of the house, Mr. Hu, who is locked inside, leaving only his wife and daughter-in-law at home,"

“If Hu Yuanwai were to be beheaded after his years, then even with the family's vast fortune and two wives, they wouldn't be able to keep it safe.”

“And those other places they went to probably hit a wall too, so these two women can only come find me for a private settlement now,”

“Hahaha, to get their family head out, they'll definitely have to spend a lot of money!” he said.

As soon as Xiaojuan heard this, she was so excited that she couldn't control herself.

"Fourth Brother, you were planning to secretly embezzle the money from the tavern to buy a big house in town. Now that the Hu family has sent money, I've decided we won't be buying a house in Qingshui Town. Instead, let's go straight to Wanghai County and buy a big house there. What do you think?" Xiaoyan asked.

Yang Huaming hesitated for a moment.

Xiaojuan continued, "Fourth Brother, you have to think about it. If you embezzle the money from the tavern and get caught, it would be terrible."

"The Hu family sent money over, this is our openly earned money, it's the Hu family's compensation to us for our Hoer. Why would we refuse?"

"Didn't you say the Hu family was wealthy? The richest in Jishui Town? We should extort a large sum from them."

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