Magistrate Li knew that this was Xian Xieren’s way to cause trouble in the fief which was under her control and governance. Everyone knew about the terrible drought that was going on in the country and yet Xian Xieren went ahead and increased the taxes.
She even placed more pressure on Li Wan under the pretext that her fief was doing better than the other fief but the truth was that Xian Xieren was forcing Li Wan to bow her head.
Unless Li Wan admitted defeat and revealed where Xian Zhenya was hiding, she would not leave Li Wan or the Big River Town as well as the rest of the villages that were connected to Li Wan.
As long as she suppressed Li Wan through bitter means by targeting the commoners sooner or later the anger of the commoners was going to burst.
Because of this Li Wan wanted to protect the commoners as much as she could.
Yu Dong was one of the few persons who could help her in this process, so how could Li Wan let her be wronged?
She had to make Yu Linyun suffer and not only did she have to make her suffer, she would do it in such a way that others would think twice before causing trouble for Yu Dong.
Of course, they had to scare the villagers of the Big River Village lest they took side with Yu Linyun as the woman was very good at manipulating others.
Sure enough, when the other women who rushed to Yu Dong heard that they would be in trouble because Yu Dong could not pay the taxes on their account, they were stunned.
But soon their hearts were filled with fear and terror.
This Yu Linyun was not a good thing! She was the one who failed in teaching her son and now that son caused such a big stir. Even now Yu Linyun seemed to be refusing to accept her fault and was acting stubbornly.
Compared to her, Yu Dong was simply a saint. She had been paying taxes for the entire village and never made a show of it.
So how could they let someone who had worked so hard for them to be bullied by Yu Linyun?
"Yu Linyun! Enough is enough! Your son set fire to someone’s property and caused them to suffer a loss, so why are you cursing and quibbling with Madam Dong?"
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"That’s right. Why do you keep blaming Madam Dong? Was it she who asked your son to intrude in her house and scare her husbands? Was it she who asked Yu Cheng to go ahead and set fire to her fields? It was done by him, so why do you have to quibble!?"
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"Your son had done something wrong, so you should deal with it. It’s your fault that you failed to raise your son properly!"
Yu Linyun was furious. She glared at the woman and said angrily, "Don’t make it sound like you are doing this for me! There is no need to act so high and mighty, you are scared that she will not pay the taxes and you will be dragged away which is why you are putting on a show."
Her words were rude and ugly causing many women’s faces to turn red and then purple.
They all glared at Yu Linyun before one of the mers said, "Yes, we are sucking up to Madam Dong because she can pay the taxes but so what? Your son had already caused our wives to lose their jobs. Now do we have to lose our women because of your family?"
"Exactly! Why are you losing your temper with us like that? So what if we are standing up for Madam Dong? It is not as if we are doing anything wrong."
"If you can pay for my family’s taxes then I will stand up for you, Yu Linyun. In the end, its you and your family who are not capable and yet you cause so much trouble eveyr now and then!"
Yu Linyun’s expression tightened. Sje knew that the villagers were shameless but she never knew that they were this shameless.
She had always acted like she was better than the rest, how could she even quibble with them?
Yu Dong on the other hand snickered coldly in her heart. Did Yu Linyun think that she was the only one who could manipulate others? She could do it too.
And she could do it better as she had money! There was nothing better than money to manipulate the hearts of people.
"I can’t pay so much money! Even if you sell me, I will not fetch one million taels! Where do you want me to get money?" Yu Linyun breathed in and out before turning to look at Yu Dong.
Since she could not fight with the villagers, she could only hope that Yu Dong would take pity on her.
"I have an elderly father, a young sister and a bunch of people to take care of. How do you expect me to do everything with my meagre pay?"
Yu Dong said calmly, "I never said that I want to take your entire salary, you can decide the amount that you want to pay me every month and have it recorded in the yamen. They will calculate the number of years it will take you to pay the compensation back and if you cannot pay it then they will push it on to your next generation and the one next to it."
"It’s not like they are asking you to pay everything."
Yu Linyun choked and even the villagers turned silent, they turned to look at the woman who was crying. There was such a thing?
Yu Linyun was crying as if she had to hand out every single penny in her pockets!
"Yu Dong! Do you want my children and grandchildren to work for you like slaves? How could you suggest something so heartless?" Yu Linyun was looking forward to having another daughter and expanding her family.
But if she were to push the burden of paying the debts to her daughters and granddaughters, what would they think of her?
People left generational wealth for their children, don’t tell her that she would be leaving generational debt!
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