Chapter 24: Visiting Chunshan Town (1)
After Chi Junheng finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to Tang Zizheng. Seeing the curious looks of the villagers, Tang Zizheng could only give up for now. He clasped his hands together, bowed slightly to Chi Junheng, and said, "Uncle Chi, I will come and visit you another day."
After leaving these words, he turned and left. Chi Junheng looked at his dejected back and thought, ’If you will regret your decision, why did you break off the engagement in public? Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world. Tang Erlang, you reap what you sow.’
Two hours later, when the sun rose from the eastern horizon, a horse carriage stopped in front of Tang Sanniu’s house. After seeing the horse carriage, the villagers couldn’t hide their curiosity and stretched their necks to take a closer look.
Soon, the coachman came down and put a low stool next to the horse carriage. He stood aside and said, "Da Ren, we have arrived."
Just a few seconds after he finished speaking, someone opened the carriage curtain. A man in his early forties came out and looked at the curious villagers. After scanning everyone with his calm eyes, he stepped down from the horse carriage.
When he stepped on the ground, Tang Sanniu came out of the horse carriage. The villagers were envious when they saw their village chief riding a horse carriage back with a man wearing nice clothes. The man looked at their expressions but said nothing.
He looked at Tang Sanniu and asked, "Village chief, where are those criminals?"
Tang Sanniu made an inviting gesture and said, "They are tied up in the center of our village. Please come this way, Da Ren."
Seeing Tang Sanniu leaving with the man and a few Yamen runners, the villagers quickly followed. After walking for more than ten minutes, they arrived at the center of the village.