64: Chapter 64 The Fraudster Cos_1 64: Chapter 64 The Fraudster Cos_1 As soon as San Ya heard that it was they who were being shouted at, her little face instantly tightened with fear as she fearfully turned to look at the person shouting behind them.
Pei Qin turned around, and saw a short and thin man with a dark face glaring at them as he charged toward them, she frowned and took two steps forward.
The dark-faced man quickly approached, pointing accusingly at San Ya and Si Ya, “You’ve damaged my family’s antique vase and now you’re trying to run!?”
The shock turned San Ya’s little face pale in an instant.
Pei Qin looked at the dark-faced man and then at San Ya, “What antique vase are you talking about?
Did you guys bump into his stall?”
Si Ya quickly denied, “No!
We didn’t touch anything!”
“You still won’t admit it!
The vase on my stand was broken by you!
Look, the evidence is still there!” the stall owner fud, his face turning purple with anger, “I have elders to take care of above, little ones below, and my wife is bedridden at ho.
Our survival depends on the money I make, and you just had to break my antique vase and won’t even admit it!”
A crowd from the market began to gather around them, whispering and gesturing.
“If you have evidence that we broke it, just say it!” Pei Qin said, sensing that it was an antique vase in question, she felt they couldn’t just accept bla and decided to probe further, seeing if they could shake off the accusation.
“Evidence?
I’ll present the evidence and convince you completely!” the stall owner huffed angrily, pointing at the sack on the girls’ backs, “Are you carrying rabbits or not?
There is rabbit fur on the broken pieces of my vase!”
“What we’re carrying isn’t rabbits…” Si Ya began to object.
Pei Qin gave her a sidelong glance to stop her, her gaze landing on the stall owner, “How did you hear that we were selling wild rabbits?” The only ti she ntioned carrying wild rabbits was when they talked about it while riding into the city, where the coachman ntioned it as he helped move their bags to the market at the city gate.
As soon as the stall owner heard “wild rabbits,” he raised his voice, “I don’t care whether you’re carrying white rabbits or what rabbits, you broke my family’s antique vase, either compensate for it, or I’ll take you to the County Governnt Office to see the official!”
At the ntion of seeing the official, tears nearly spilled from San Ya’s frightened eyes.
The stall owner pointed at the nearly crying San Ya, “Everyone saw it, she is the one who did it!
She broke our family’s antique vase and they still won’t admit it!
My only hope now is to sell that vase to buy dicine to save my wife!”
The onlookers started to talk among themselves, shouting at Pei Qin and her sisters to pay the man.
“That vase of mine is a family heirloom, worth dozens of taels of silver!
You can tell by your clothes that you’re from a poor family, I won’t argue with a few little girls over it, I don’t need you to compensate dozens of taels of silver, I’m kindly pitying you, just give your rabbits as compensation and that will be enough!” the stall owner said with an air of sympathetic tolerance.
Pei Qin smiled wryly and asked San Ya, “Did you bump into it?”
“I…” San Ya was afraid to speak.
“Tell the truth!” Pei Qin said bluntly.
San Ya nodded, crying, “When I was carrying the sack, I did bump into sothing, but it didn’t fall over then!”
“There, you’ve admitted it, hurry up and compensate!
I don’t want to send you three young girls to the Governnt Office to be punished!” the stall owner pointed at San Ya and snorted coldly.
Pei Qin nodded, “Since you say there’s evidence, we should at least see the evidence at the scene, right?”
The stall owner, unafraid of being scrutinized, snorted and led the crowd to his stall to show them.
On a low table, two green porcelain vases were displayed, and beside the table was a pile of shards with a tuft of white rabbit fur on top.
“Look!
This is the evidence!” the stall owner said with a triumphant look in his eyes.
Before Si Ya could speak, Pei Qin stopped her, putting down the sack they were carrying.
The stall owner thought she was preparing to compensate him with the rabbits, as the sack seed to weigh at least several dozen pounds.
Two sacks, over a hundred pounds of rabbit at, and rabbit skins…
Pei Qin flexed her wrist, “This is rabbit fur on top, right?
Then I have to tell you that what we’re carrying isn’t rabbits at all!
And there isn’t a single white hair!”
The face of the stall owner imdiately stiffened and turned ugly, “You still want to deny it!?”
Pei Qin opened the sack for everyone to see, “These are all bamboo rats, and besides, except for the grey ones, all are black!” Then, looking at the stall owner with an ugly expression, “Trying to scam people…”
“He’s trying to scam us!
What we’re carrying is not rabbits at all!
There’s no white fur!
My third sister touched his stuff, but didn’t knock it over, it was him who fell over trying to scam people!” Si Ya angrily glared as she accused.
The onlookers all began to point fingers at the stall owner, and so were shocked at the sight of the big rats in the sack.
“You…
you…” The stall owner angrily pointed at Pei Qin.
On the other side, a short man silently approached and tried to snatch the sack from Pei Qin.
Even the bamboo rats could fetch so money; otherwise, they would not have brought them to sell in the county town!
“Damn it!
Trying to swindle and now daring to rob of my things!” Pei Qin was already furious.
Seeing the man who had quietly slipped out of the crowd to drop rabbit fur, she took a running start and fiercely kicked the man on the head who was trying to grab the sack.
“Ah…” The man scread miserably as he fell to the ground but quickly got up and tried to run.
The bastards from Old Pei’s House couldn’t be beaten up comfortably, but would Pei Qin let go of those who tried to scam and rob her?
They were simply asking for it!
Seeing a fight break out, the crowd imdiately retreated in fear.
Which also conveniently cleared so space.
Pei Qin stepped forward, grabbed the collar of the short man, and threw him back onto the ground.
Then she turned to chase down the stall owner, kicking him hard and toppling him to the ground.
Dragging him over, she threw the two n together and kicked them several tis while cursing, “Damn it!
Scamming right onto my head, you blind fools, still thinking of robbing!
Try to rob again!
Go on, rob!”
The onlookers were shocked and watched with wide eyes.
They couldn’t believe such a delicate-looking girl could be so fierce.
Just a mont ago they were worried that the three sisters would get bullied, but they never expected that with one move, they would put two grown n flat on the ground.
The two n yelped miserably and were powerless to fight back.
Seeing that Pei Qin was relentless, they quickly begged for rcy, “Miss!
Spare us!
We won’t dare do it again!
We will never dare again!”
“There’s a next ti!?” Pei Qin, enraged, kicked them again.
“No next ti!
There’s no next ti!” The two n wailed pathetically.
Pei Qin snorted and was about to withdraw her foot.
Several governnt officials arrived.
The two beaten n imdiately cried for help, “Mr.
Officer!
Mr.
Officer, please save us!
This wild woman is about to beat us to death!”
The governnt officials imdiately surrounded Pei Qin, “Daring to fight in the street!?”
Pei Qin narrowed her eyes as she realized that the officials clearly knew each other, “What’s this?
Looks like you governnt lackeys are all in cahoots?”
“Disturbing the peace and assaulting common folk, take her back to the Governnt Office!” the leading governnt official ordered angrily.
The officials drew their weapons as they looked at Pei Qin.
At this, San Ya burst into tears, and Si Ya turned pale with fright, guarding the two sacks desperately.
It was over!
Their eldest sister had gotten into a fight and now they were going to the County Governnt Office.
They would surely get a beating, and these bamboo rats couldn’t be saved either!
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