Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 343: It’s good to have a glib tongue

It was a coincidence that Sun Ming and Lian Hai had gone to the city to visit friends the day before and had been on their way home together when they had seen the large group of people following a carriage towards Shitouping.

The Shitouping area was barren except for Lian Fang Zhou’s cotton fields, so it was not hard to guess where the group of people were going.

The two had exchanged shocked looked before Lian Hai had hurried back to report to Lian Fang Zhou and Sun Ming had run forward, just in time to stop Su Xin’er.

Su Xin’er was furious when she saw that her thugs had frozen in place, all staring at Sun Ming.
Bitterly, she cried: “Who are you! How dare you shout in front of this young lady! Hmph, let me tell you, this young lady is the eldest young lady of the Su family, the richest family in Shuangliu county! This young lady can do whatever she wants, when is it up to you to care about it!? You don’t want to bother me too much!”

Sun Ming didn’t understand why the young lady of the Su family would come to bring bad luck to Lian Fang Zhou, he only knew that she couldn’t be allowed to succeed!

He didn’t even look at the arrogant young lady.
Staring at the group of men, he said coldly: “My name is Sun Ming of Dafang village, I was just award as a shengyuan this year! You are all from Yuhe county, don’t you know? This cotton was promoted by the country magistrate by the order of the imperial court! This is the largest cotton field in Yuhe county! Miss Lian actively responded to the order of the county magistrate, it’s not good for you to destroy it at will! If you dare to do it, it’s direct opposition to the magistrate.
I have seen this with my own eyes, a complaint will definitely be delivered to the magistrate, who will save you then? If you don’t believe me, then just give it a try!”

The thugs were stunned for a moment and then all of them turned to look at Su Xin’er, their expressions regretful.

Although they were not afraid of the heavens and dared to scheme and fight like rogues, they would always bear in mind one thing: That was, the people did not fight against officials!

Sun Ming was a shengyuan and was qualified to file a complaint with the magistrate, would the magistrate not take it seriously?

If other crops were destroyed, even if you told the country magistrate, they would not be afraid.
At most, they would just be reprimanded a few times.
Compared to a hundred taels of silver, they would choose the money without hesitation!

However, this was the cotton personally promoted by the country magistrate for trial planting…

If Sun Ming submitted that report, they would be the only unlucky ones!

Seeing that Sun Ming’s few words had completely suppressed the crowd, Su Xin’er flushed with anger.
Pointing at Sun Ming, she cursed: “Don’t bluff! How are these little plants a big deal for the magistrate? I’ll explain clearly! I’m looking to curse that girl, Lian Fang Zhou, it has nothing to do with him! Hmph, what money does the Su family not have? You’re just a shengyuan, what’s so great? Ha! If you dare to keep talking, believe it or not, this young lady will kill you! When the time comes for the next exam, you’ll never be allowed to participate in the imperial exams in this life! Do you think I’m just boasting? Such a small matter is nothing for the Su family! It’s just moving our fingers! If you don’t believe me, you can give it a try!”

“You!” Sun Ming was stunned.
He had never seen such an unreasonable, arrogant person.
He was so shocked, he was speechless.

Su Xin’er heart burst with pride.
Glaring at Sun Ming forcefully, she said proudly: “If you understand, that is best! Get out of the way for this young lady!” She turned to the men: “Even if you destroy the cotton, I promise you nothing will happen! Two hundred taels each! Destroy as much as you want!”

Su Xin’er was extremely arrogant.

The thugs couldn’t help but be moved.
Two hundred taels.
Two hundred taels each! What else was there to worry about? After they took the money, they could just leave Yuhe county and avoid detection.
This was the young lady of the Su family, since she had promised, it must not be difficult for the Su family to protect them, right?

Sir Sun, I’m sorry!” The leader smirked at Sun Ming: “These brothers need to eat and we’ve accepted the money.
Since Miss Su has hired us, naturally we must listen to her! As for anything else, we don’t know anything! Hey, brothers, don’t you agree?”

The thug’s spirits lifted, and they all felt enlightened.
Clamoring excitedly, they all wanted to rush forward.

Sun Ming felt like a cat was caught in his heart.
Anxious, he knew that it had only been a short while since Lian Hai had returned to Dafang Village, it was absolutely impossible for Lian Fang Zhou and the others to come over now!

If he could only stand her and watch these rogues ruin Lian Fang Zhou’s cotton fields, he would never forgive himself in this life!

Feeling furious and helpless, Sun Ming sneered at Su Xin’er and quickly shouted: “The young lady of the Su family is just a vicious shrew who can only use these cheap tactics behind people’s backs! You have a grudge against the Lian family but don’t dare to act openly! She wants face but only dares to do these kinds of deeds secretly! Shameless! Really shameless! The Su family is so shameless!”

The expressions of Ju Li and the two servants changed all at the same time.
Ju Li glared at Sun Ming and shouted angrily: “Shut up! What nonsense are you saying!?”

“Nonsense?” Sun Ming sneered with disdain: “Is this not blatant fact? Unless you kill me today, I will tell everyone in Yuhe county and Shaungliu county about this in three days! Everyone will know what kind of woman Young Lady Su is! They will know what kind of family the Su family is to raise such a daughter!”

Ju Li was speechless.

“You!” Su Xin’er was so angry, she felt dizzy.
Her whole body shook with anger as she stared at Sun Ming, her lips trembling.

Sun Ming sneered again: “I have nothing else to say! To be honest, someone has already run to tell Miss Lian.
If you have the ability, wait for Miss Lian to arrive and try it in front of her instead of stretching out a black hand behind her back!”

He sniffed at Su Xin’er in disgust and said loudly: “Shameless!”

“You! You!” Su Xin’er was furious, her pretty face completely flushed red.
At this moment, her resentment against Sun Ming definitely exceeded the resentment towards Lian Fang Zhou!

Gasping for air, Su Xin’er glared at Sun Ming and shouted bitterly: “Fine! This young lady will wait! Hmph, do you think I’m afraid of that dead girl? Wait for her! When she comes, I will let her watch with her own two eyes!”

Sun Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief but before he could completely relax, Su Xin’er pointed at him, saying: “I hate you, I hate you very, very much! So disgusting!” Turning to the thugs, she shouted: “Give him a blow for me, give him a big beating! One hundred taels of silver!”