Chapter 825: Chapter 826: The Villagers’ Worries_1
Yang Chuxia thought to herself, "How could this have been calculated? It was clearly extracted by Mu Shaoling’s secret guard."
However, she couldn’t share this thought with Ms. Wang.
After this incident, Ms. Wang had obviously become somewhat afraid of her own home. If Yang Chuxia were to speak of it, Ms. Wang would probably be scared even walking around the house during the day.
As for the Mu brothers’ understanding of the Yang Family’s request for a shamaness, they found it quite understandable since families in the Capital City commonly did such things when troubles arose.
Ms. Wang truly was petrified of these talks of ghosts and deities. When she came over to Yang Chuxia’s place in the evening, she not only brought all three old ladies with her but also insisted that Yang Dachuan join them.
"Mother, do you have something to tell me?"
"I just came to see if you’ve placed the peach wood branch properly." Upon entering, Ms. Wang went straight into the room to lift up the pillow and check. Seeing the peach wood tied with a red string properly placed, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she instructed, "Don’t go back to live in the small building before the New Year. Let Li’s family take care of the small building instead."
"I understand, Mother."
"As long as you understand, as long as you understand." Ms. Wang then added, "I plan to let Yunyun and Linyu stay in our courtyard for the time being and will decide what to do next year."
"Mm, that’s okay. Yunyun and Linyu are too young; they’d probably be scared living alone."
"Both your father and I think the same."
Ms. Wang talked with Yang Chuxia for a while longer, reminding Xiu’er and Li’s mother to take good care of everyone, then she left.
The Mu brothers, Shaofeng and Shaoling, were staying together at West Crossing Courtyard with Luo Linhao. However, after Shaoling questioned that servant, Shaofeng set out for the Capital City overnight, and the tasks Shaoling had assigned to him were transferred to the secret guard, including investigating Mu Shaowei and finding out whether Ye Ziping was still at the penal colony.
There hadn’t been any progress regarding Mu Shaowei, and the people sent to investigate Ye Ziping hadn’t returned yet. Constable Hong had also not found out who that person was.
As such, half a month had passed since the incident, and the officers stationed in Yangshu Village by the county had not yet been recalled.
County Magistrate Shen was anxious about not finding that person. If it were not for Mu Shaoling, the Magistrate would have attributed the entire case to the horse bandits, as he was skeptical about the authenticity of the incident. Could it be that the person had no ill intent, or perhaps there was no such person at all, just a fabrication by the bandits?
With the case being unresolved, County Magistrate Shen was anxious, Constable Hong was anxious, Yang Chuxia was anxious, and the people of Yangshu Village were even more so.
They felt it was just too unsafe to live together with the third branch of the Yang Family. They speculated the Yang Family, being wealthy, had attracted one group of horse bandits and might attract another. The bandits were not kind-hearted, and what would happen if they were to be robbed as well?
And if it were just robbery that would be one thing, but what if, like with the third branch of the Yang Family, people’s lives were harmed?
So, the more some people thought about it, the more frightened they became and they went to seek out the village elders. After meeting with one elder, they sought out a second, then a third, and finally, they all gathered and went to Land Officer Yang’s house.
When Land Officer Yang heard their words, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
He snorted coldly and said, "You people, aside from the time you wanted to plant white sweet potatoes and broad beans, you’ve never gathered together like this."
Upon hearing this, the faces of the people turned slightly red.
"Uncle Land Officer, isn’t the situation different this time?"
"How is it any different?"