It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 279

There was a team of yamen runners guarding the market just now, but no one has caught up to stop them yet. Jiang Yan has no hope anymore.

But running like this was not a good idea, so she rushed forward two steps and said to Jiang Hu, "Follow me."

Following his memory, Jiang Yan took a shortcut and ran towards the county government. When he reached the main gate steps in three or two steps, he startled the two lazy doormen so much that they immediately drew their swords to defend themselves.

"My lords, the group of thugs behind us are trying to kidnap us in broad daylight." Jiang Yan pointed at the people behind him who were panting and accusing him.

Jiang Wang and Jiang Hu stood aside, gasping for breath from exhaustion.

The two doormen looked over warily and happened to see the ferocious expression of the man in the middle who had not yet retracted it.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan added, "Your Excellency has seen it too. The man in the middle is the leader of that group. He has bad intentions and wants to buy off the three of us with half a bag of grain weighing less than five kilograms.

We said we wouldn't sell ourselves, but they still tried to abduct us. They don't care about the county magistrate's rules at all!"

Hearing that the men in front of them were coming to the county to buy people, the two gatekeepers looked at each other, one turned and went into the mansion, and the other said to Jiang Yan and the steward:

"Behave yourself, my Lord will come and listen to your arguments later."

This was the second time Jiang Wang had been to the county government in his life. The first time could be traced back to when he was still young. He and his friends in the village heard that the county was holding an open trial, so they crowded around to join in the fun. They still remembered that the flying wooden boards in the hall hit one of their men's back, leaving skin and flesh torn.

This time they were the protagonists, so Jiang Wang couldn't help but hold Jiang Hu's arm nervously, and looked at Jiang Yan, who was becoming excited, with some worry.

Because she had to go to court with the manager but the outcome was unknown, and the news of her "resurrection" after this incident might be exposed to Miss Fu, Jiang Yan was nervous and uneasy, but also had some fighting spirit.

There were several footsteps behind her. Jiang Yan turned around and looked back. In addition to County Magistrate Huang, whom she had met two years ago, there were two other men walking side by side. One of them looked familiar.

Jiang Yan lowered her eyes. County Magistrate Huang probably couldn't have any impression of her, the village girl who had just appeared next to Miss Fu two years ago.

As for the other person with a friendly face, Jiang Yan had never seen him in her memory, but those eyes that were similar to Fu Nulang's made it difficult not to guess his identity, not to mention that Jiang Wang and Jiang Hu also bowed solemnly to that person.

Before Jiang Yan could complain that this matter had attracted the attention of County Magistrate Huang, the steward waiting at the bottom of the stairs suddenly pushed through the crowd, turned around and ran away.

The men he brought with him were stunned for a moment, and then followed in panic.

What's going on? Not only Jiang Yan and the others were confused, even County Magistrate Huang was a little bewildered.

The leader of the Fu village reacted quickly and chased after him with his guards.

"Did you find anything unusual?" Another man with soft and gentle facial features walked quietly to Jiang Wang's side and asked.

Jiang Wang thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "That man said he was the manager of a farm belonging to a wealthy family in Xiakou County, but after chatting with him for a while, he didn't seem like someone who knew how to farm."

"Anything else?" The man's eyes moved to Jiang Hu.

Jiang Hu shuddered and said without hesitation: "That manager is very fierce. He feels a bit like a soldier who came to arrest us. He also feels a bit like, like..."

"Tell me more clearly, what does it look like?" County Magistrate Huang asked with a frown.

Jiang Yan covered her face in her heart, thinking, what does it look like? I can’t even say it looks like a soldier or a bandit.

She cautiously interjected, "The steward said their master's family was from Xiakou County, but I heard that many of the words he said had an accent from the prefectural capital."

"For example?"