Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 676: Get Out of Our Xiaoshan City!

The gathered townsfolk spoke one after another.

"I say, Qin Mu has been very good to Zhao Yan. If I encountered such a lazy woman who gambles, I would’ve divorced her long ago!" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Yes, I heard she doesn’t even respect her in-laws, has never washed a dish, just waits at home for ready meals!"

"It’s only because the second young master of the Qin Family is good-natured. If it were me, I couldn’t live with her."

The voices of the townsfolk reached the ears of the Zhao Family members, and Zhao Qi, the eldest son, shouted angrily, "What’s it to you, why are you here gossiping!"

The townsfolk looked at the Zhao Family, who had brought along four fierce-looking Protectors, and dared not speak further, just watched from a distance, worried for the Qin Family.

Wronged Qin Mu couldn’t tolerate the humiliation any longer. He shouted sternly, "I’ve said it, Zhao Yan wasn’t killed by me! You just want to swindle our family out of ten thousand taels of Silver!"

The Old Madam looked at the Zhao Family, "The dead are important, if you don’t want your daughter and sister buried, we’ll go to the authorities and let the coroner examine how Zhao Yan really died!"

Madam Zhao wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Don’t scare us with the authorities, everyone knows your family is made up of officials, you protect each other. My daughter died, and now there’s no place for justice, going to the authorities will only end up with you fooling us, and my daughter would’ve died in vain. We deserve the ten thousand taels of Silver!"

Madam Zhao snorted coldly, in her heart she knew clearly, her daughter wrote to them while alive saying Qin Shuang married into a wealthy family with plenty of Silver.

Her daughter died in the Qin Family, they raised Zhao Yan so well and even bore them a grandson, asking for ten thousand taels of Silver isn’t excessive!

The Old Madam was truly fed up with the Zhao Family’s attitude, their daughter Zhao Yan married into the Qin Family as if she was sold to the Qin Family, always talking about Silver.

"I’ve never seen birth parents prevent their daughter from being laid to rest, still demanding Silver here!"

Madam Zhao stood with hands on hips, "Anyway, unless the Qin Family gives us an explanation, we’ll block the gates every day, no one will have peace!"

The townsfolk couldn’t bear listening any longer.

"The Qin Family are good people, how could they marry such a woman and end up with such in-laws!"

"Exactly, you can tell just by Zhao Yan that her family is of the same ilk, only knowing how to ask for Silver, even when their daughter died they want to profit from it."

Finally, someone in the crowd shouted, "Leave! Stop causing trouble here, the Qin Family are good people!"

Then someone chimed in, "Yes, everyone knows you Zhao Family are greedy."

"The Qin Family treated Zhao Yan well, yet she never respected the in-laws. I can testify that when Mr. Qin was seriously ill, she was still playing cards!"

"Such a woman who takes advantage of every scam, who knows if she saw a gold bracelet by the river and went to fetch it, slipping into the water. Look, even in death, her hand is gripping the bracelet tightly!"

The townsfolk’s emotions seemed ignited, and even those not wanting to offend the Zhao Family stepped up to testify, "I swear, Qin Mu just told Zhao Yan off for playing cards again, and she ran away. I came back with the Qin Family’s second!"

"You Zhao Family are truly overbearing!"

The townsfolk grew more and more enraged, hearing the only men remaining in the Qin Family besides Qin Mu went off to battle, leaving the Old Madam and the hardworking Wen Shi, and honest Qin Mu. Without Mr. Qin, the Zhao Family dared to bully them!

When Mr. Qin was around, they didn’t dare at all!

Zhao Yan’s father heard townsfolk siding with the Qin Family, he widened his eyes and cursed, "Miserly people living in barren lands, fits you perfectly, I regret marrying my daughter here!"

If not for the Qin Family’s considerable betrothal gifts and Qin Xiangming being an official, he wouldn’t have wanted his daughter to marry to this wretched place!

Zhao Yan was beautiful, whoever she married would get the ample betrothal gifts!

The Old Madam spoke solemnly, "The Xiaoshan City’s townsfolk can’t stand your family’s behavior; how does that make them miserly? If not, we go see the officials, or else keep dragging, I’ll drag along with you!"

Wen Shi supported the Old Madam, standing a bit straighter, waiting, until her father-in-law came back, he would surely restore justice to the Qin Family.

She didn’t dare to bring up Zhan Lan, even mentioning her mother-in-law’s granddaughter being Empress wouldn’t be believed, and the Qin Family’s values wouldn’t permit such acts.

Qin Mu’s forehead throbbed with veins as he wished to drive the Zhao Family away with a stick, but couldn’t act like that.

Zhao Yan’s father gestured arrogantly, ordering, "Bring those deceitful townsfolk talking nonsense to the authorities!"

The Zhao Family’s Protectors took out daggers and charged at the townsfolk speaking for the Qin Family.

"Trouble!" chaos ensued among the townsfolk.

"Stop!" At some point, Qin Mu had already grabbed a stick and stood in front of the townsfolk.

He held the stick horizontally before him, speaking sternly, "You can say whatever about me, but dare touch the Xiaoshan City’s people, I’ll fight with you!"

Zhao Yan’s father looked down at Qin Mu disdainfully, pointed and scolded, "My useless son-in-law, what now, trying to hit people? I knew you weren’t a good person!"

Zhao Yan’s mother sneered sharply, "Look everyone, Qin Mu wants to hit people, maybe my daughter was beaten to death by him then thrown into the river!"

Zhao Yan’s two younger brothers joined in cursing.

"Qin Mu, are you a man or not? Surely, you killed my sister!"

"Qin Mu, return Qin Yizhuo to our Zhao Family, with a father like you, don’t corrupt him!"

"Go on, seize Qin Mu and these deceitful folk, until the Silver’s paid, don’t release them!"

Qin Mu gritted his teeth, the Qin Family had guarded Xiaoshan City for generations, his father and grandfather taught him to protect its people well.

Unable to endure more, he shouted sternly, "Get out of our Xiaoshan City!"

"Oh, impressive now, go on!" Zhao Qi motioned with his hand, and Protectors wielding daggers came towards Qin Mu.

When pressed to a dead end, even an honest man will fight desperately, Qin Mu in breaths toppled the four Protectors to the ground.

Simultaneously, Xiaoshan City’s townsfolk emerged from their homes, some holding shovels, others with hoes, all shielding the Qin Family.

The townsfolk’s voices rose like waves, "Get out of our Xiaoshan City!"

"Get out!"

Seeing the furious townsfolk drive Zhao Family away, warmth filled the Old Madam’s heart, the Xiaoshan City guarded by generations of the Qin Family, the people trusted them.

Seeing the townsfolk ready to devour them whole, Zhao Yan’s father warned sternly, "Oh, Qin Mu, how daring you are, all because your sister married Ding’an City’s wealthy family!"

He then looked at the Qin Family’s Old Madam, "Your Qin Family is no different from our Zhao Family, both selling daughters, what nobility are you projecting? You... you just wait, Xuanhua City’s County Magistrate will handle this and drag you one by one to the authorities!"

The Old Madam suppressed her anger, she couldn’t lose her cool, Wen Shi worried Zhao Family might aggravate her, whispering comfort softly.

Now, Qin Mu fully saw through Zhao Family’s true nature, he raised the stick and cursed, "Shut your filthy mouth!"

The townsfolk, without any fear, firmly supported the Qin Family, defended Qin Mu, "Get out! Get out of Xiaoshan City!"

Everyone was focused on the Qin Family matters, nobody noticed the two columns of Imperial Army approaching in the distance, Zhan Lan and Mu Yan watched from the carriage coldly.

Qin Yizhuo’s eyes burned red, clenching his fists for he heard everything.