Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Chapter 252: The Government Can't Be Relied on

"guest?"

Zhao Fu sneered, "Your Geng family raised such a thing that is worse than pigs and dogs. Anyone who gets close to you will be in trouble. Who will come to your house as a guest?"

However, having said that, he also saw Lian Qi and others standing aside, as well as the women they were protecting behind them.

Zhao Fu saw that Lian Qi was tall and strong, with a fierce look on his face and a murderous look in his eyes, which made people feel cold in their hearts.

He took a step back involuntarily and asked Aunt Geng with some caution, "Who are these people?"

Aunt Geng said, "These are distinguished guests from the state capital who have come all the way to see Madam Jian. They just want to have a cup of tea and rest their feet in my house. You barge in like this and make a scene. Aren't you making a fool of yourself?"

She lowered her head and sighed, "Go back, everyone. If that evil creature dares to come back, I will be the first one to not spare him. I will tie him up myself and hand him over to you to deal with. Whether you beat him, kill him, or send him to the government to be beheaded, I will not stop you."

Zhao Fu hesitated for a while and shook his head.

"I don't believe it. They say even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. As a mother, how could you possibly watch your own son die?"

Aunt Geng suddenly raised her head, her eyes red, "I may be a mother, but I am also a human being!"

"I know that what that evil creature did is intolerable to heaven. Not only do you hate him, I hate him too. In the past two years, I have been atoning for the wrong things he did. I know that even so, it can't make up for anything. So, I am dragging my life on, just to wait until one day he can come back, so that I can take him with me and give everyone an explanation. Otherwise, how can I have the face to meet my ancestors in the underworld?"

Someone among the villagers said, "Hey, Aunt Geng is actually a good person. How about we go back first?"

Some people disagreed. "Her son is a bandit who has killed countless people. If he really comes back, how can we live in peace in Taoyuan Town? The best thing to do now is to capture his mother first. Maybe there will be multiple layers of protection. That beast is no longer a human being. He can't swing a knife at the person who gave birth to him, right?"

Aunt Geng understood.

They came rushing over in a rage, not because they wanted to call her to task, but because they were afraid of that evil creature, and wanted to use her old bones as a shield.

There was no expression on her face, no surprise, no anger, she even smiled as if she was relieved.

"If you are here for that evil creature, I really cannot hand him over. But if it is for me, then it is easy. I will do whatever you want. However, Madam Jian and the other guests have nothing to do with these matters. Those two are the wives of wealthy families in the city. Don't offend them. Ask them to leave first."

Seeing that she was so obedient, Zhao Fu nodded in agreement.

Aunt Geng looked at them apologetically, "Madam Shen, Miss Zhang, and Madam Jian, I'm sorry, it's getting late, you should go first, I have something else to do."

Shen Nankui walked forward slowly and looked at the villagers in the town.

"I understand. Aunt Geng's son killed someone two years ago, then became a bandit and fled to another place to become a mountain bandit. Now he is back, but I want to ask, the government has its own business to suppress bandits. What do you want to do by detaining Aunt Geng?"

Zhao Fu saw that her conversation and demeanor were extraordinary, and there were several guards beside her who were eyeing her covetously. He knew that the person in front of him was of some importance, so he did not dare to offend her and just spat to the side.

"How can we trust the government?"

"When the former governor was still alive, he did care about us. When the incident happened two years ago, he sent many soldiers to Taoyuan Town to garrison. In the end, the beast fled to another place and the incident was over. However, since he was killed, who in our villages and towns far away from the capital still remembers him?"

Shen Nankui asked: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Fu said, "Take the recent example. Not far from the town, a road collapsed and blocked the road. The state should have sent people to clear the road, but when the incident was reported, there was no response. Since the road was blocked, everyone had to take a detour. However, other roads were around mountains and rivers and were not safe. People were often robbed. Now there is another murder in Yanzi Town. How scary is this?"

His face was filled with indignation. "If the government had the will, they would have taken care of this kind of thing a long time ago. Why haven't they come up with an attitude? Who knows if they don't think our Taoyuan Town is too remote and don't want to care about it?"

"Besides, these bandits are all inhumane. If they break into our town and kill everyone, we might not even be able to breathe when the government gets the news!"

"So, we have to plan for ourselves!"

If this is really the case, then what he said does make some sense.

But Shen Nankui did not expect that the people of Taoyuan Town would be so distrustful of the government.

But it makes sense when you think about it.

The previous governor was murdered and the mystery has not been solved for several months. Governor Pang is a selfish person and may not be very dedicated when handling government affairs. There is no supervision from above and some of the people below are lazy and slack. After Gu Yichuang took office, he was not familiar with Yongzhou and had to handle matters everywhere slowly. He could not prevent someone from taking advantage of this and secretly deceiving his superiors and subordinates, which led to this situation.

Shen Nankui said, "I know all about the difficulties faced by the villagers. I will inform the government about the road and ask them to solve it as soon as possible. As for the matter of the mountain bandits, the government is now fully investigating the case. I will inform the governor and ask him to deploy defenses around Taoyuan Town. If the mountain bandits really appear, the government will definitely rush to the front to protect the safety of the villagers."

"But Aunt Geng is innocent. Please don't make things difficult for her."

Zhao Fu looked at her suspiciously, "Who are you? Why should we trust you?"

He Hua stepped forward and said, "Don't be rude! The person standing in front of you is the wife of Yongzhou's current governor, Gu Zhouzun. What she says counts!"

The villagers were all shocked.

"What! Gu Zhouzun's wife, is she here?"

Zhao Fu was so frightened that his face turned pale. He had just said a lot of bad things about the government in front of the state's wife. If they investigated and asked him for his crime, what would he do?

He immediately tried to make amends, "Madam Governor, Governor... I just said it in anger, please don't take it to heart..."

Shen Nankui raised his hand to stop him. "The governor has been in office for less than half a year, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions. It is understandable that you do not trust the government. However, I believe that if the governor knew about these things, he would not let them go."

Now that everyone knew her identity, it was as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Zhao Fu nodded repeatedly, "Madam Zhou Zun, you are right, but I want to ask, something has happened in Yanzi Town, and that beast is from Taoyuan Town, so there is no guarantee when he will come back, what should the villagers do now?"