After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Chapter 270: My old eyes are blurry and I saw it wrong

"Hey, it's just in time for a few brothers to come over."

The man looked at the yamen runners as if he had met a savior, and pointed at Lin helplessly and said:

"I was free today, so I took my wife out for a walk. But I ran into that woman. Not only did she steal my wife's purse and refused to admit it, she also found a lover to beat me up..."

"You guys came just in time. Hurry up and take that shameless woman back to the government office and give her a good beating..."

The woman also chimed in, her eyes full of pride and gloating when she glanced at Lin.

I didn't expect that after all these years, Lin hasn't changed much. Her whole body is full of temperament and even more charming than when she was in the Li family.

It's just a pity that no matter how charming a person is, once he is put in the prison of the government, he will be useless when he comes out.

"Hey, why is Brother Cui here today?"

Unexpectedly, the yamen runners did not go up and tie up Lin as the two had imagined, but walked over with a smile and stood in front of Uncle Cui.

"Are you the only one out on the street today? Do you know this man?"

The leading yamen runner looked at Uncle Cui, then looked at Lin who was standing aside with an angry face, and tentatively asked about their relationship.

To be honest, Uncle Cui did not hold any official position, so these yamen runners did not have to smile at him.

But ever since the Cui family came to the capital, whether they were applying medicine in Caishikou or running around with Xu Qinghe, they have become familiar with everyone in the yamen.

Besides, it is now rumored everywhere that Xu Qinghe is the biological son of Prince Ning who was stranded outside, so Uncle Cui's status has been raised accordingly.

Even though they could not compare with those wealthy and powerful people, they were only facing a small shop owner now. The yamen runners could still clearly tell which was more important.

"It's great to meet you guys. I just don't know what to do..."

Uncle Cui gave Lin a reassuring look and told her everything he knew.

Then he took the purse from Lin's hand and showed it to several yamen runners.

"This is the salary my niece just paid to this woman who hired her for work. Look, this purse was made by the mothers of the Xu family, and there are words embroidered on it. How could it possibly belong to someone else?"

The bailiffs stretched their heads to take a look and saw that the purse was embroidered with delicate patterns, and in the corner there was indeed a small word "Xu" embroidered.

Some people who were not afraid of trouble and liked to watch the fun simply squeezed to the front and stretched their necks to look at the purse.

Since the matter was so clear, the bailiffs nodded and simply had someone walk around the crowd with the purse so that everyone could see it.

"So what the woman said was true..."

"I just used the money I earned from working to buy something, but I didn't expect that because the purse was so pretty, it would cause such a big trouble..."

"Boss Li and his wife are really black-hearted. They keep saying that other people's things are theirs. I don't know where they get such a lot of face..."

"Don't go to his store to buy things from now on. What if someone takes a fancy to your things and says they belong to him? What should you do then?"

Faced with this absolute fact, the people who had previously joined in blaming the Lin family immediately changed their tone and turned their spearheads towards Boss Li and his wife.

"No, don't be fooled by him..."

Faced with everyone's gazes, the woman wanted to fight for it again despite being embarrassed and angry. These people had all received benefits from her family, and they needed to be of use at this critical moment.

"Stop talking..."

Boss Li quickly pulled the woman aside, then bowed to the yamen runners and said with a smile:

"It may be that my husband and I saw it wrong just now. It was really a misunderstanding. Since this purse is indeed this sister-in-law's, let her put it away quickly."

He had been doing business in the capital for many years, and although he had not learned anything else, he had learned how to read people's expressions very well.

He keenly sensed something unusual in the attitude of these yamen runners towards Uncle Cui.

Besides, there were words embroidered on the purse, which was irrefutable evidence. If they continued to argue, it would probably not end well.

"Hehe... just now you said with absolute certainty that this purse was yours, how come in just a short while you say it's not yours?"

Seeing that he had given in so quickly, Uncle Cui couldn't help but sneer. Without even looking at Boss Li's ugly face, he said to the runners:

"He himself admitted that he was wrong, which means that he had indeed falsely accused someone in front of everyone. He was scolded by them for no reason. You can't just say he admitted his mistake and let it go, right?"

If that were the case, he could also go and claim other people's things.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I just made a mistake because of my old eyesight. Anyway, I didn't do anything to you. Why don't we just let it go?"

Boss Li pulled the woman next to him and asked her to bend over with Lin. Without waiting for Lin to say anything, he wanted to slip away quickly.

"Sister Lin, didn't you just say you were going to sue him?"

Just as Boss Li and his wife were about to turn around and leave, they heard Uncle Cui's cold voice, which immediately made them shudder all over.

"These officers are all upright people. If you really want to sue them, go ahead and sue them now..."

Uncle Cui gave Lin a look, meaning that she should quickly ask for some compensation, because she couldn't stand being insulted for nothing.

Of course, even if this matter is brought to the government, the most they will do is ask you to apologize, and you won't actually get any benefits.

"Brothers, please help me..."

Unexpectedly, Lin was a very pragmatic person. She immediately knelt down on the ground and begged the bailiff to make the decision.

There was no other way, the leading yamen runner had to go and bring Boss Li and his wife over.

This time, Boss Li and the other man were frightened. They didn't expect that Lin would listen to this man so much and would not give in.

The two were afraid that they would really be taken to the yamen and locked up. It was already New Year's Day, and the yamen must be sealed. If they were really locked up, there was no telling how long they would be kept there.

So there was no other way. In order to avoid being taken away, Mr. Li and his wife had to discuss with Lin. In the end, they took out a silver note for fifty taels of silver and paid it to Lin as compensation. Finally, the matter was settled.

With the witness of the yamen runners, Lin took the silver note. Boss Li and his wife felt as if they had been pardoned. They did not care about the pointing and criticizing of the people around them, and they supported each other and quickly left the scene.