Liu turned her head and glanced at the direction of her family. The three adult men had already died on the way to exile.
What was left were the women and underage children.
When she came in, she had carefully observed Deputy Magistrate Cui.
With just a lazy glance from Deputy Magistrate Cui, she knew that he was looking at the beauties.
Speaking of beauties, the He family really had two.
Her two young aunts were a pair of twin sisters. They had been spoiled by their mother-in-law since they were young. The plan was that when they grew up, they could be married off to a good family and add flowers to the He house.
Now the two young aunts were fifteen years old, just at the budding age.
The He family did not have money, but the young ladies, one was not enough so both could be sent.
These two girls were delicate and had slowed everyone down on the way. Using them to exchange for the He family’s future living environment could be considered their contribution to the family.
In order not to continue to anger the yamen runners, Liu quickly went back to her family's position, ignoring her mother-in-law's opposition, and pushed the two young aunts out.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Eldest Miss He did not know what her sister-in-law was up to and asked unhappily.
Liu smiled slyly, "Of course it's to find a place where you can eat your fill and dress warmly."
At this time, Old Madam He also reacted and hurriedly tried to stop it, but was tightly blocked by the second daughter-in-law and two young grandsons.
The second daughter-in-law of the He family had the same idea as Liu. She had long been annoyed by the two young aunts who were a burden.
Now that they finally had a use, she naturally could not let her mother-in-law spoil things.
Old Madam He was blocked and did not dare to react too strongly in front of so many yamen runners.
The two young ladies of the He family were dragged by Liu and sent to Deputy Magistrate Cui.
"Mr. Cui, take a look at this pair of twin sister flowers from our family?"
In order not to give Deputy Magistrate Cui a chance to hesitate, Liu continued to lobby.
"Mr. Cui, don't be fooled by their thin appearance now. That was from starving on the road. As long as they eat well for a few meals to recuperate, in less than a month, they can become glowing. Also, they have been learning music, chess, books and painting since childhood. With such a pair of beauties to accompany you, you will definitely not feel lonely."
When Deputy Magistrate Cui first glanced at the crowd, his main purpose was indeed to look at the women.
He had seen these two frail girls. It was just that in their tattered clothes and sallow complexions, he did not appreciate them.
After listening to Liu's words, Deputy Magistrate Cui looked at them carefully again. Indeed it was not bad. Although the skin was somewhat darker, the appearance was still good.
Especially their identical looks, which did have some attraction for Deputy Magistrate Cui.
The two young ladies of the He family resisted at first because they did not understand why they were pushed out. After listening to what Liu said, they understood clearly that the sister-in-law was going to send them to the deputy magistrate.
Thinking of the hardships they had suffered along the way, and possibly having to continue suffering in the countryside in the future, eventually still having to marry a farmer.
Rather than living in the countryside for a lifetime, it would be better to follow this deputy magistrate. At least there would be no worries about food and clothing in the future.
Therefore, after the two of them sorted out their thoughts, they no longer resisted. They even cooperated very much to let Deputy Magistrate Cui inspect them.
At this moment Deputy Magistrate Cui was in a very good mood.
"Well, these two girls are pretty good. Keep them to serve me!"
As he spoke, he looked at several yamen runners below: "Come on, take the He family to settle in Yongfeng Village, and tell the headman there that these people were personally arranged by me to go there."
Upon hearing this, except for Old Madam He, the faces of the He family immediately showed joy.
They even raised their chins in the direction of the Mo, Fang and Xie families to show off.
The He family members followed the yamen runners out in a hurry, and the two young ladies were also temporarily settled by the deputy magistrate’s order.
Deputy Magistrate Cui was now waiting for the next family to come and curry favor.
Especially the Mo family, the women were all as beautiful as flowers, especially the one standing next to Mo Jiuye. Although wearing coarse cloth, it could not conceal her country destroying beauty.
For this reason, Deputy Magistrate Cui even began to fantasize about the scene of having such gentleness and beauty in his arms.
Who would have thought that after staring for a long time, he did not see these few families speak up.
Deputy Magistrate Cui immediately lost patience.
"What do you guys want in the end?"
The Xie and Fang families had already made up their minds to follow the Mo family all the way.
Giving their daughters to the deputy magistrate was out of the question. If the Mo family was willing to bribe with silver, they would give up everything they had to follow.
Therefore, they kept watching, just waiting for the Mo family’s decision.
Ever since Mo Chuhan heard Deputy Magistrate Cui’s first sentence, he had been enduring.
As a dignified adult man who had encountered countless freaks and monsters on the battlefield, he was still disgusted by Deputy Magistrate Cui's behavior.
He stepped forward, "You are just a petty deputy magistrate. How dare you openly demand bribes? Aren't you afraid that someone will impeach you and you'll lose your job?"
If he did not want to get Peng Wang and the others into trouble, he would have written a letter on the spot to take back to the capital.
He wouldn’t even need to give the letter to any important official, just handing it randomly to any of the brothers-in-law would be enough to ruin this Deputy Magistrate Cui.
Seeing someone voicing her thoughts, Eighth Sister-in-law hurried forward to echo: "That's right, you, an honorable parent official, actually openly demanding bribes here. Once my Mo family has settled down, I will write to relatives in the capital city to expose your evil deeds."
He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye were also very angry. If Mo Chuhan had not spoken first, they would also have taught this dog of a deputy magistrate a lesson.
Seeing that the Mo family had taken a stand, the Fang and Xie families stepped forward a few steps to show where they stood.
"That’s right, although my Fang family is destitute, we still have some connections in the capital city. It is easy to convict a petty deputy magistrate like you."
"The Xie family in the capital city also has some connections..."
Deputy Magistrate Cui was so angry by them that his face turned green.
He had been a deputy magistrate for so long and was confident that he could grasp these exiled prisoners firmly.
But unexpectedly today he encountered trouble...
He was so angry that he immediately lost all reason. He slammed the table and stood up.
"You people are so bold. A group of imperial exiles who actually dare to bluster in front of this official. This official sees that you do not want to live well."
As he spoke, he was about to order people to catch all of them to fix them up properly and let them know who was the authority here.
Just as Deputy Magistrate Cui was about to take action, the yamen runner beside him hurriedly came up and whispered to him.
I don't know what the yamen runner said, but although Deputy Magistrate Cui's face was still ugly, he was not as agitated as before.
Peng Wang, who was sitting on the side watching all this, was extremely anxious in his heart.
Seeing that Deputy Magistrate Cui had sat down, he hurriedly came forward to smooth things over.
"Deputy Magistrate Cui, restrain your anger. Everything can be discussed well."
While speaking, he kept winking at Mo Jiuye, hoping that he could come forward to say some soft words to settle the matter.
