Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 1045: Reclaiming the Bizarre Train of Thought (2)

Chapter 1045: Chapter 1045: Reclaiming the Bizarre Train of Thought (2)

Mo Yan glanced over and then averted her gaze. She felt somewhat thirsty, but as she picked up the teacup, she put it down again, increasingly unable to stomach the smell in the room.

Without a word from Mo Yan, Zhao Dafu and his four sons did not dare to speak rashly, standing silently to one side, their hearts filled with extreme annoyance towards the three people kneeling on the ground.

They recognized all three individuals as they were among the fifty tenant households in Chen Family Village, the most violent agitators against the relinquishing of their lease. Not only had they caused a commotion, but they had also incited others, and if not for the village leader’s nephew Chen Xue keeping things in check, these three might have instigated others to join them in a fight.

Zhao Dasha was restless, looking around from one person to the next, no longer interested in his favorite pastries, furrowing his brow, and his face displaying a childlike perplexity.

Though Zhao Dasha was not the sharpest, he wasn’t to the point of complete ignorance; his sense was similar to that of a five or six-year-old child, unaware of the ways of the world, unable to distinguish right from wrong, simply believing anything said to him. When asked, he could give an answer if he knew it, or else just shake his head honestly if he did not.

Noticing that his gaze frequently fell upon the young man kneeling in the center, his face filled with anxiety, Mo Yan pointed to the man and asked, "Who is he to you?"

Zhao Dasha sneaked a glance at the young man, then hurriedly looked away, shaking his head vigorously, "Can’t tell, cousin won’t let me say," he said, and after a fearful glance at the young man, he refused to speak further.

Mo Yan quickly figured out that the young man must be Zhao Dasha’s cousin through marriage. However, someone who could scheme against even his own blood-related cousin clearly did not have good intentions.

Having learned roughly what she wanted to know, Mo Yan had no wish to question such people further. Unable to bear the smell in the room any longer, she said to Zhao Dafu, "You, on behalf of the County Lord, find out the full story here. If they deny the charges and refuse to confess, send them to the Government Office at dawn."

"As you command," Zhao Dafu promptly responded. Seeing Mo Yan rise to leave, he glanced at Zhao Dasha and asked with some indecision, "County Lord, what should be done with him... with him?"

Mo Yan was about to say let the man go when her words circled on her lips and then she swallowed them down, "Interrogate him too."

"Ah?" Zhao Dafu was stunned, unable to understand why his master had suddenly changed her mind, but as a servant, obedience was paramount, and he quickly corrected himself, "Yes, leave this matter to me, the County Lord need not trouble herself."

Mo Yan nodded, grabbed Mao Tuan, who was still itching to scare the three men, by the ear, and left the side hall.

"Tsk, Yanyan, you still think too well of people! Even if you intentionally detained the fool, his cousin and the cousin’s family will still think he got tricked into talking because he’s too simple-minded, and that’s how you caught him! If that fool stays in that household, who knows how he will be treated in the future!"

On the way back to her room, Xue tuanzi’s voice sounded in Mo Yan’s mind.

"So what should be done? We can’t just do nothing, right? Besides, no matter how heartless those people are, they surely wouldn’t be too cruel to him... would they?" Mo Yan said uncertainly, even though she had already begun to worry.

Although Zhao Dasha was a stranger to her, she had paid great attention to people with special needs in her past life in order to accumulate good deeds. Even in a new world, she still harbored a special sympathy for such individuals.

"See, you’re worried already!" Xue tuanzi unceremoniously pierced through Mo Yan’s self-comfort, "What you should have done just now was to show off the authority of the County Lord, fervently protect the fool in front of the Chen lad. Maybe the worry of provoking you would have led his cousin’s family to treat him better."