Hope for luck

Chapter 16
Hearing Gao Pan's generous words, both Peng Lanshu and Peng Ming felt a little warmth, nodded heavily, and stopped packing up some of their rags.

Afterwards, Gao Pan walked in front, followed by Peng Lanshu and Peng Ming, and walked out of the dilapidated house together.

Outside they saw Du Xiangming who was being detained with an aggrieved expression on his face.

"Gao Pan, my eldest brother is here, now you know how powerful the Du family is, right? Kneel down and apologize to the third master, even if this has never happened!"

Du Xiangming thought that Du Xiangjun was here to support him, but when he saw Gao Pan coming out, he couldn't help but said arrogantly.

"Presumptuous, third child, becoming more and more lawless? Are you afraid that your guilt is too small? Hurry up and make amends to the county magistrate!"

Du Xiangjun glared at Du Xiangming and reprimanded loudly.

"Brother...you! What is he like a magistrate..."

Du Xiangming was straightforward, and couldn't help curling his lips.

"shut up!"

Seeing this, Du Xiangjun's face was full of anger, and he sternly stopped Du Xiangming's next words.

Then, he bowed to Gao Pan and said:

"My lord, my younger brother is used to talking nonsense, please don't share the same knowledge with him, the county magistrate. Regarding what he committed, the Du family fully supports the lord's punishment and has no complaints!"

Gao Pan kept watching with cold eyes, carefully watching the changes in Du Xiangjun's face.

Regarding what Du Xiangjun said at this time, Gao Pan was somewhat skeptical, if the Du family was really so 'docile'.

Then, Yin Weian will not remind him specifically that the Du family cannot be offended!

Thinking about it this way, Gao Pan felt that there must be some purpose for Du Xiangjun to appear so 'tame', and it was definitely not to be intimidated by his name as the county magistrate!
As Du Xiangming said just now, he is just a magistrate who came to take the blame. As the head of the Du family, would Du Xiangjun really obey so humbly?

After thinking about it, Gao Pan said calmly:
"I will keep my words in my heart. As for my younger brother's actions, I have no choice but to punish him. Let me go!"

As he spoke, he bowed his hands to Du Xiangjun to show respect, and signaled his followers to detain Du Xiangming and follow him.

At this moment, Yin Wei'an rushed towards him, and when he saw that Gao Pan had ordered Du Xiangming to be detained, his face changed drastically.

Instead of saluting Gao Pan, he came to Du Xiangjun first, and said with a smile on his face:

"Master Du, why did you come to this kind of place? What's the matter with Mr. Du?"

Seeing this, Gao Pan stopped in his tracks, squinting his eyes to see what Du Xiangjun would say next.

"Master Yin, why did you come to me first in front of the magistrate? Why don't you salute the magistrate first? Do you not understand any rules of respect?"

Du Xiangjun's words seemed to be a question from a superior official, Gao Pan heard a clue, and thought, it seems that Yin Wei'an has a very close relationship with the Du family!
After Yin Weian heard this, his smile froze instantly. Just as he was about to explain something, he saw Du Xiangjun's stern eyes, which made Yin Weian shrink back in fright.

Feeling rather horrified, he came to Gao Pan, and saluted reluctantly.

"Master Yin, according to the law of our court, what crime should Du Xiangming be guilty of for lending usury?"

Gao Pan waved his hand and asked calmly.

After hearing this, Yin Weian's face changed drastically. After looking at Du Xiangming who was being detained at this time, he took another look at Du Xiangjun who was squinting at the moment.

Then, he bowed and said:

"My lord, according to the law, you should confiscate your wealth and exile for thousands of miles..."

When it came to the end, Yin Weian hesitated to speak, as if he wanted to remind Gao Pan, but he didn't want to.

When Gao Pan saw this, his heart was like a mirror, and he said loudly:

"Since that's the case, the officer did not catch it wrong, take it away!"

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the county seat without looking back.

Seeing this, Yin Weian looked very embarrassed. He looked at Gao Pan and the others, then at Du Xiangjun and the others.

After wandering for a while, Yin Weian came to Du Xiangjun again, and did not leave with Gao Pan.

"Master Du..."

Yin Weian was about to speak, but was interrupted by Du Xiangjun's gloomy expression.

"Needless to say, hurry up and go back to the county government office with him. I have my own opinion on this matter and tell Zhou Zhengxin that nothing happens to my third child. Otherwise, the entire county government office will be buried with him!"

Hearing this, Yin Weian shrank his neck again, nodded submissively, and scrambled away from Du Xiangjun, quickly catching up with Gao Pan and the others.

"Master, you can clearly reject this kid's face, why are you so respectful?"

After Yin Weian left, Qing Ke, an aide of the Du family behind Du Xiangjun, couldn't help but said.

"Hmph, if you want to take something, you must give it first. Dealing with such a person roughly is not a good way..."

At this moment, Du Xiangjun was no longer as respectful as before, and his face was so gloomy that it was frightening to see.

Afterwards, Du Xiangjun squinted his eyes and continued:
"Furthermore, the Gao family is a family of honorable nobles. Although they appear to be in decline, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Before I have a clear idea, my lord, I still don't want to make a big enemy for the Du family!"

"But wasn't the county magistrate before that also the young master of the Gao family? Didn't we offend the Gao family long ago?"

The staff member of the Du family continued to ask.

"Gao Guangyuan is clearly a real dude. Even if we deceived him, he would not dare to tell his family... As for Gao Pan, I think it's quite different..."

Du Xiangjun looked into the distance, the figures of Gao Pan and his party walking into the county town, said in a low voice.

"Since that's the case, I think it's better to wait and see for a while. If Zhou Zhengxin, Yin Weian and others are in the county government, the third master will definitely not suffer!"

This staff member of the Du family also expressed his opinion.

After Du Xiangjun heard this, he didn't express his opinion in a hurry, but lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, and after a long time, he whispered:

"I'm not worried about the third child. It's impossible for Zhou Zhengxin to give up such a big profit. It's just that the team training camp has no food and wages. Maybe Zhou Zhengxin will set his abacus on us big families this week!"

The staff of the Du family obviously didn't expect that Du Xiangjun would think so far, and he didn't know how to answer the conversation for a while.

……

"Master, you are finally back, let this old slave take a good look, are you okay!"

As soon as he returned to the backyard of the county government office, Lu Rong came up to meet him and looked Gao Pan up and down, as if he was afraid that he might be injured.

Seeing this, Gao Pan felt a little touched in his heart, turned around with a smile, waved his hands and said:
"Uncle Rong, I'm fine. Those Xiangyongs won't come to the county government to make trouble for the time being...By the way, let me introduce you, these are the two siblings I took in..."

As he said that, he introduced Peng Lanshu and his brother to Lu Rong.

Seeing that Gao Pan was really fine, Lu Rong was relieved a lot, and when Gao Pan introduced Peng Lanshu and his brother, he quickly greeted them with a smile.

"This is Uncle Rong. If you need anything from now on, besides me, you can also go to Uncle Rong... Uncle Rong, please spare two clean rooms for the two of them, and they will live here from now on..."

Gao Pan quickly introduced Lu Rong to Peng Lanshu and his brother, and he did not forget to ask Lu Rong to find a place for them.

(End of this chapter)