Doted By The Regent King-Chapter 699 - 698: Things Have Taken a Serious Turn

If before Lu Da and the others thought that Lu Xinlong had been played by a woman and had run off after making a bundle of Silver, the matter didn’t seem all that serious. The worst-case scenario would just be to make up for the loss with some Silver, which would also serve as an explanation to Mayor Ma and the others. In truth, they were just hoping for the best. freewebnøvel.coɱ

But now, even government officers had come?

A mere pig farm attracted government officers — what was this about?

Apart from those sick pigs, what else could there be? Otherwise, how could such a coincidence occur?

Lu Da’s entire body went limp, as he stumbled towards the pig farm; whereas Mayor Ma, after a moment of stunned silence, pulled his son aside to give him a quiet instruction.

Ma Guang left with a face full of shock.

The pig farm was crowded with people. When Lu Da saw the Yamen Runner in black and red yamen uniform, his legs buckled, and if not for Lu Xinxing’s quick reaction in grabbing him, he might have already fallen to the ground.

Even so, the hat on Lu Da’s head was askew.

Someone shouted that Lu Da had arrived, and everyone turned their heads to look. Lu Da squeezed out a smile and approached the government officers.

"Brother officers, on such a bitterly cold day, you’ve truly worked hard. Why don’t you follow me to the tea shelter for a cup of hot tea to warm up?" Lu Da said with a servile smile, extending his hand to grasp one of them and passing over the object he had been clutching.

The Yamen Runner raised an eyebrow and said, "You’re Lu Da? This pig farm belongs to the Lu Family?"

"Yes, we are not sure why..."

The Yamen Runner snorted, "Someone came to the Yamen accusing your pig farm of selling sick pigs as healthy ones, nearly causing death. We are here on official orders to investigate."

Lu Da’s forehead twitched, and his legs began to tremble as he said, "Brother officer, there must be some misunderstanding here. Our Lu Family has been slaughtering pigs for generations, selling pork for several generations too, and our reputation has always been good. How could there be an issue of substituting sick pigs? Not to mention causing stomach sickness!"

"That’s right! This is certainly slander. Someone who can’t stand to see our Lu Family doing well has played dirty to frame us. Who knows what filthy thing they ate and then pinned the blame on us. We’re being wronged," Lu Xinlong shouted, having emerged from somewhere, loudly proclaiming their innocence.

After Lu Da discretely handed over some hardship Silver to the officers, the expression on the face of the Yamen Runner softened a bit. But the outburst from the hot-tempered Lu Xinlong, who was shouting as if he was questioning the other’s words, turned the officer’s expression dark again.

"Whether you’re wrongly accused or not, can’t you see for yourselves?" He stepped aside and pointed to the large pig farm: "Look, these are your family’s so-called healthy pigs, where do they look healthy? Let everyone have a look."

Lu Da stepped forward and saw that the vast pig farm was divided into two or three pens, with newly raised piglets, half-grown pigs, and those already fattened and ready for market.

And in that pen with pigs ready for market, dozens of pigs lay limp on dirty straw, appearing sickly, without a hint of vitality.

Lu Xinlong’s legs gave way, and he knelt to the ground, staring blankly at the pigs, mumbling, "How could this be? It’s impossible! It’s impossible!"

"How could this happen?" Lu Xinlong, too, was dumbfounded. He’d heard there was trouble at the family pig farm, but hadn’t imagined it to be so severe. To anyone with eyes, these pigs clearly weren’t right, let alone to them who had been slaughtering pigs for half their lives.

"Lord County Magistrate has arrived!"

All were taken aback and turned around, only to see an official sedan coming to a halt, with someone emerging from inside in official attire — if not the Lord County Magistrate, then who?

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