Chapter 1017: The Test of Indulgence (2)
ƒrēewebnovel.com Before being forced into embezzling food, he had originally raised chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, and he would also underreport their numbers. Such acts were very common among the large householders; as long as the mandated quantity could be turned in at the end of the year, the surplus could be kept for themselves. As a result, including the silver coin made from selling the embezzled food, over the course of ten years, the silver Zhao Dafu had gathered exceeded the One Thousand Taels of Silver that Mo Yan had estimated by quite a bit.
Looking down at the Zhao family people kneeling below, anxiously awaiting her decision, her expression gradually softened, "You may stand up first."
The Zhao family people looked at each other, but no one dared to be the first to stand.
Mo Yan, observing Old Lady Meng’s shaky figure and the several children, feigned anger and said, "What, do you think by using this method you can force the County Lord to spare you?"
"The servant would not dare," said the Zhao family people in genuine fear, scrambling up from the ground and carefully standing to the side, not daring to lift their heads to look at Mo Yan.
Mo Yan paid no heed to the Zhao family people. She furrowed her brow as if facing a difficult issue, her index finger unconsciously tapping on the table surface, producing a "thud thud" sound, again and again, as if it were hammering into the hearts of the Zhao family people, causing each of them to have their hearts in their throats, their expressions unavoidably revealing a trace of nervousness.
After a long while, just when the Zhao family people were almost unable to hold up, Mo Yan looked at Zhao Dafu and suddenly asked, "Those fifty tenant farmers unanimously threatened you, there must have been someone leading them; do you know who was leading them?"