On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, around noon, most families in Liu Yang Village were preparing lunch when a group of constables, brandishing their sabers, stormed into the village, creating an uproar throughout.
Timid villagers quickly locked their courtyard doors and stayed inside; the braver ones, murmuring among themselves, stealthily followed until the constables burst into Lao Mo's House, shackling Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu, which was when they realized the brothers had gotten into serious trouble.
"No wonder these days, there's been a constant smell of meat cooking over at their place. Turns out they've been eating and drinking extravagantly with swindled silver!"
"That's not all, just the other day, I saw them go to town and come back with several carts loaded with stuff, rice, fine flour, and all, filling several sacks!"
