The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 103 - 100 Many Government Officers Came to the Ruo Family

Chapter 103: Chapter 100 Many Government Officers Came to the Ruo Family

Having seen enough excitement, Ruo Xuan finally returned to Xishui Village before the autumn sun lost its warmth.

Madam Xuanyuan, the elderly lady of the Xuanyuan family, also came down to the foot of the mountain to chat with Granny Lei.

As she had received more and plentiful information, faster too, she had waited most of the day at her villa, worrying about her grandson as well as Ruo Xuan, so she simply came to the Ruo Family and waited with them.

So when Ruo Xuan excitedly produced a large stack of silver notes, saying it was the reward for rescuing children abducted by traffickers, everyone in the Ruo Family was stunned!

Granny Lei: "Weren’t you just going to take a look at the military camp? How did it turn into rescuing children?"

They themselves were only children; what if they got abducted?

Madam Liu pulled her daughter over to check her for any injuries, "You child, do you dare to join in on everything exciting?"

Madam Jiang: "Aren’t you afraid of being abducted? If I were a kidnapper, I wouldn’t need any other children, I’d abduct you first!"

Ruo Chuan expressed his fear after the fact: "Xuanbao, don’t just go doing anything brave! Those kidnappers have terrible tricks up their sleeves!"

Ruo Shui: "It seems we can’t let the children leave the house freely anymore..."

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Facing the clamor of the adults, Ruo Xuan was about to say something when Xuanyuan Que got ahead of her, "The traffickers took the children near the military camp, and Xuanbao discovered them. It was my uncle who went to rescue them."

Xuanyuan Que silently reminded Ruo Xuan: "Don’t explain too clearly, the adults will worry."

Ruo Xuan also feared being besieged; next time she might not be allowed to leave the house, so she just nodded her little head, "Yes, I discovered them, then Uncle Yan Heng took people to capture those villains and rescued many children."

"Among those children was the Lord County Magistrate’s daughter, and he gave me silver notes as a reward. Seeing this, others followed suit and gave me some too. Among those children was also the son of Shengping Prefecture’s richest man, Mr. Xue, who was particularly generous, giving me as much as five thousand and five hundred taels in one go. It really was like robbing the rich to help the poor!"

Of course, when speaking of "robbing the rich to help the poor," Ruo Xuan was referring to the wealthy heir Xue Jiajie.

The Demon Lord, listening to the two boastful talkers, couldn’t help but expose them on the side: "Woof woof woof..."

(They’re deceiving you, those two are the masterminds, and much worse than any kidnapper; those people have been terribly tricked by them!)

Unfortunately, no one understood his woofing language.

The family finally felt relieved, and upon hearing the last phrase "robbing the rich to help the poor," they couldn’t help but burst into laughter!

Is that how "robbing the rich to help the poor" is supposed to be used?

Granny Lei touched her precious granddaughter’s head: "You girl, how can you accept so much silver from others?"

Granny Lei didn’t know the real situation and felt it was simply too much having never seen that much silver herself!

Seeing that her grandson and Ruo Xuan were unharmed, Madam Xuanyuan was finally reassured, saying happily, "Oh my, why couldn’t she accept it? Our Xuanbao is amazing, saving so many children, and she has accomplished a great deed this time, indeed she should be rewarded! All this silver she has received is well deserved!"

Xuanbao and Xiaojiu had risked their lives to save them, so what if they accepted some silver?

In the eyes of Madam Xuanyuan, it was very appropriate for her to have received this silver!

A world where those who save others receive rewards, and the saved are grateful, is truly a world of peace.

Madam Xuanyuan had already sent a letter back to the Capital City, asking for a reward for Xuanbao!

Calculating the days, even if the reward from the Capital City was slow, it should have arrived by now, so why hadn’t it?

Just as the family was surrounding Xuanbao with questions coming from all directions, the village chief hurriedly approached the Ruo Family, accompanied by a government officer.

The Ruo Family lived at the end of the village, while the village chief lived at the front.

The village chief walked with the officer towards the end of the village, encountering many villagers on the way.

The villagers were sitting under the village’s big banyan tree, engaged in animated discussion about the plundering of the General Residence’s property.

"They confiscated a lot of silver, nearly a million taels! And countless rare treasures! They were really as rich as a nation!"

"It’s said they were colluding with the enemy and betraying the country, sold a lot of weapons to enemy states; how could traitors not have lots of silver?"

...

The villagers were discussing fervently when they were suddenly startled by the sight of the government officer.

Old man Zhen asked: "Village chief, what’s happened? Why is there a government officer here? Has someone’s house been robbed?"

"Village head, has something been stolen from your house, or what’s happened?"

"Village head, what’s the matter? Do you need any help?"

...

"It concerns the Ruo Family; it’s none of your business, hurry back home. It’s best to stay inside, lock your doors, and don’t come out." The village head, without time to explain much, dropped these words and quickly led the government officer to notify the Ruo Family.

Soon there will be people from the palace delivering a decree! The village head was afraid the villagers would act inappropriately around the palace officials, which is why he told them to stay at home.

Once the villagers heard the village head’s words, they looked at each other in confusion: Stay inside and not come out? Is it that serious?

What on earth could have happened to the Ruo Family again?

"Could it be that the eldest of the Ruo Family has gone mad again and bitten someone to death?"

"Quite possible; I heard madness is incurable!"

"With a madman in the family, how could there not be trouble?"

Suddenly, someone remarked, "You say the Ruo Family has an unordinary relationship with the General Residence, could it be that the Ruo Family has committed treason?"

It was as if someone had awakened them from a dream!

Old man Zhen slapped his thigh, "That must be it; otherwise, how could the Ruo Family suddenly have so much silver, buying land and building houses? Lucky for me, I didn’t marry off my daughter to them!"

"That can’t be right! Committing treason is a capital offence!"

"It’s more than just a capital offence; it’s the execution of the nine familial exterminations!"

"We’re all from the same village; we won’t be implicated by the Ruo Family, will we?"

No sooner had these words fallen than the wind itself seemed to vanish! The air fell silent!

Just then, another villager rushed back into the village breathlessly, "I don’t know what’s going on, but many government officers are heading our way! And there are lots of soldiers too!"

The villagers were all shocked speechless!

"Damn it, we’re going to be killed because of the Ruo Family!" Old man Zhen spat out and hurried back to his house to lock the door!

The other villagers, too frightened to remain composed, scrambled home and locked their gates!

In just an instant, the area under the big banyan tree, which had been full of people, was devoid of even a dog!

Some of the braver ones locked their courtyard doors and hid behind them, peeking through the cracks to see what was happening.

The grand procession for delivering the decree moved from the official road down to the village road, heading towards the end of the village.

The beating of drums and gongs made a jubilant scene!

The villagers peeking through the cracks were dumbfounded: Was this the way to apprehend someone?

It felt more like someone’s family had produced a Top Scholar, and the government had come to deliver the good news!

But then, there was no need for so many government officers to deliver good news, right?

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At the end of the village

The village head, along with the government officers, ran into the Ruo Family’s courtyard: "Quick! Get ready to receive the decree!"

The Ruo Family members were all baffled.

Receive the decree?

What decree?

Madam Xuanyuan smiled and reminded them, "It must be the reward for Xuanbao who previously dreamt of a flood and saved all the people in the county! The Emperor has bestowed a reward on Xuanbao! You should quickly prepare to receive the decree!"

The government officer who had come to notify them nodded hastily, "That’s right! The saintly decree has been issued for the reward! Quickly make ready the incense table, change into clean clothes, and come out to receive the decree! The royal decree will arrive shortly!"

The Ruo Family members were stunned for a moment before they all scrambled to get changed.

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