Chương 29: Fortune and Misfortune Depend on Each Other

Early the next morning, at the County Military Commandant's office. Huang Yunxiao took a sip of tea and sneered.

"That old thing is establishing his authority." After hearing this, Huang Qingzhou also showed anger on his face.

"Is he targeting you, Big Brother?" The two brothers had originally thought Jiang Huanyu had been taken away by the constables because of some relatively serious crime. Who would have thought that after Huang Yunxiao went to ask around early this morning, he would learn it was only because Jiang Huanyu had cut down half a hectare of mountain forest?

Great Yu's laws did have regulations stating that privately destroying mountain forests was a crime, but that was a law established at the beginning of the dynasty in order to let the people recover and multiply. The current Great Yu was in its prosperous age. As long as one did not deliberately set fire to mountains or wantonly destroy the trees of official forests, for something like Jiang Huanyu cutting down his own family's mountain forest, the government generally would not pursue it.

For Su Jingshan to arrest Jiang Huanyu for this crime was clearly deliberately disgusting them.

"I'll go meet Su Jingshan." After pondering for a moment, Huang Yunxiao stood and spoke. He guessed that Su Jingshan should be waiting for him right now, wanting an attitude. At the Deputy County Magistrate's office, when Huang Yunxiao arrived, Su Jingshan was handling official business.

"County Military Commandant Huang, what wind blew you here?" Seeing Huang Yunxiao, Su Jingshan spoke with a faint smile and did not rise to greet him. Huang Yunxiao slightly cupped his hands.

"Brother Su, straightforward people do not speak in riddles. You know why I have come." Hearing this, Su Jingshan finally put down the brush in his hand and asked in puzzlement, "Is there some official matter that requires this Deputy County Magistrate's cooperation?" Seeing him pretending not to understand while clearly knowing, Huang Yunxiao spoke directly.

"It is not exactly official business. It is regarding Jiang Huanyu." Su Jingshan pretended to understand, then acted very helpless as he said, "This matter, this foolish elder brother does remember."

"Speaking of it, privately destroying mountain forests is not really a major matter. As long as it is not too serious, the local offices usually will not be harsh about it."

"As the saying goes, if the people do not report it, the officials do not investigate. But unfortunately, someone reported this matter to this foolish elder brother, so I must give that person an explanation." Someone reported it? After hearing this, Huang Yunxiao sneered inwardly. He did not believe someone was so bored that they would run to the county city to report Jiang Huanyu for cutting down his own family's mountain forest. This was clearly an excuse.

"Right, this foolish elder brother heard that Virtuous Brother and the Jiang family have an old friendship. I wonder if that is true?" Huang Yunxiao forcefully suppressed the urge to rush up and beat this old thing up. Smiling, he cupped his hands and said, "Our two families' ancestors had comradeship from the army, and these years, we have always maintained contact."

"Brother Su, since this matter is not anything serious, then please see if…" He knew very well that what Su Jingshan had been waiting for was for him to come plead for mercy, waiting for him to lower his head.

"Hahaha…" Su Jingshan laughed.

"It was never a major matter to begin with. Since Virtuous Brother has spoken, this foolish elder brother naturally has to be lenient."

"How about this? The imprisonment will be waived, but the money that should be fined…"

"It should be fined." Looking at Huang Yunxiao's shifting expression, Su Jingshan sighed.

"We must still give that person an explanation and let the commoners know that the law allows no favoritism." A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. What a fine "the law allows no favoritism"! Huang Yunxiao was furious inside, but he also understood that since "privately destroying mountain forests" was written in the law, there was nothing he could say about Su Jingshan doing this.

Being able to save Jiang Huanyu from prison this time was already fortunate.

"In that case, Brother Su, can you release the man first?"

"I will pay the fine for him first." After Huang Yunxiao spoke, Su Jingshan pretended to be troubled, but then still nodded.

"Although this action is not in accordance with the rules, it does no harm." As he spoke, he wrote a note, summoned a yamen runner, and ordered him to go to the prison and release Jiang Huanyu. At the office, Jiang Huanyu looked gratefully at Huang Yunxiao. Su Jingshan glanced at him and said seriously,"Jiang Huanyu, in the future, you must be more careful when acting. Do not lightly offend people."

"Today's matter was not originally anything major. If not for someone reporting it, this official would not have made things difficult for you." Jiang Huanyu understood the meaning in his words and slightly cupped his hands.

"This commoner will remember. Many thanks to the Deputy County Magistrate for being lenient." Su Jingshan waved his hand.

"All right. Since there is nothing else, hurry back. Do not let your family worry." Huang Yunxiao also stood and cupped his hands.

"Since this matter is settled, I will not delay Brother Su from handling official business. I will take my leave first." The two walked out of the office, and Jiang Huanyu immediately cupped his hands.

"Many thanks to Big Brother Yunxiao for rescuing me." The people did not contend with officials. If Huang Yunxiao had not stepped forward for today's matter, it would have been far too easy for Su Jingshan to ruin their family. At this moment, a deep sense of powerlessness surged into his heart.

"Virtuous Brother need not be like this. This matter can also be considered partly because of this elder brother."

"Fortunately, Su Jingshan still has some misgivings. This matter should be over now."

"Hurry back. Do not let your wife worry." Jiang Huanyu nodded. After returning to the County Military Commandant's office, he rode a carriage with Huang Qingzhou back to Golden Willow Village. Seeing him return safely, Hu Yufen's suspended heart finally settled. After some chatting, Huang Qingzhou looked toward Jiang Wenfeng and said, "Stone, do you want to return to the martial arts school with Elder Uncle?"

Jiang Wenfeng glanced at his parents behind him, then cupped his hands and said, "Elder Uncle, this nephew wants to stay at home. Besides practicing martial arts, I can also help Father and Mother with some work." Huang Qingzhou nodded slightly. After breaking through to the Acquired Realm, the martial arts school's teachers indeed could no longer play much of a role. Whether he could break through to the Innate Realm in the future would depend on his own opportunity and effort.

"That's fine too. How about this? When your family is not busy, come to the martial arts school and take a look."

"If you have questions about cultivation, you can discuss them with the teachers. You can also help Elder Uncle manage some of the martial arts school's matters and give pointers to those disciples."

"As compensation, Elder Uncle will waive your medicinal meal fees from now on." The martial arts school's teachers were also only at the early or middle Acquired Realm. Only Huang Qingzhou was at the peak of the Acquired Realm. Jiang Wenfeng's current realm was already equal to the teachers. It was enough for him to help guide the ordinary disciples.

"Many thanks, Elder Uncle." Jiang Wenfeng quickly cupped his hands. The family watched Huang Qingzhou leave. Jiang Huanyu looked at his son and asked, "Will not going to the martial arts school affect your cultivation?" Jiang Wenfeng smiled and shook his head.

"Your son wants to stay and protect Father and Mother."

"Practicing martial arts is the same no matter where I practice. There won't be any effect." Jiang Huanyu smiled with relief and lightly patted his shoulder. This stinky boy was only a little over ten, yet his height was almost catching up to his own. At evening, father and son went to Lu Zhiyuan's house to pick up Jiang Wenyan. Seeing Jiang Huanyu, Lu Zhiyuan was somewhat surprised.

"They did not make things difficult for you?" Jiang Huanyu shook his head slightly, then cupped his hands.

"Many thanks to Teacher today." Lu Zhiyuan waved his hand.

"This old man did not really help much." The letter he had written probably had not even been delivered to the commandery office yet.

"In any case, it was only a scare and there was no danger. Since this matter is over, we should be able to live properly now." Jiang Huanyu nodded, and the father and sons walked along the small path between the fields toward home. At night, after the family ate dinner, Jiang Huanyu practiced stance training with his son. After practicing during this period, he had already adapted to the stance training. After cultivation, he no longer had symptoms of soreness throughout his body.

After half an hour of stance training, the two simply washed up and returned to their rooms to sleep. On the bed, after a bout of passion, Hu Yufen leaned lightly in his arms, her face flushed.

"Today's matter was because of Stone and that girl Lingxiu, wasn't it?" Jiang Huanyu sighed and did not speak.

"Husband, will they come again?" Hu Yufen looked up, her face carrying worry. Jiang Huanyu gently smoothed her black hair, pressed his cheek to hers, and whispered, "It's all over. The Su family's goal has been achieved." He naturally could tell that Su Jingshan's action was most likely meant to warn him and the Huang family. For Su Jingshan to sit in the position of Deputy County Magistrate, he was definitely no fool. Mindlessly targeting an ordinary commoner and stirring up trouble for himself was not worth it.

"Sleep." Jiang Huanyu gently patted his wife's fragrant shoulder and said softly. Late at night, just after midnight, the system panel in his sea of consciousness suddenly flashed with a trace of golden light. Ding! [System Notification: Divination has refreshed!] [Today's Divination · Great Fortune]: You take your son Jiang Wenfeng to Blackwater Pond to fish and will encounter a great opportunity. Jiang Huanyu habitually glanced at the divination and was somewhat surprised.

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