Chapter 151 The Murderer and the Boy in White

"Ah Chu, be careful!" Li Chengxuan was taking out his money to pay when he saw this scene. He dropped the money in his hand and rushed over.

The murderer rushed at high speed and with great force. There was a table behind Shen Chu and chairs on both sides, leaving her nowhere to hide for a moment.

She could only secretly gather her strength, preparing to push the murderer away with one hand.

Unexpectedly, a young man in white suddenly descended from the sky and kicked the murderer in the shoulder.

The murderer was thrown more than ten feet away before crashing heavily to the ground.

As if he felt no pain, he looked up at Chen Chu, pressed his hands to the ground, and crawled over with difficulty, the iron chains on his hands making a loud, ear-piercing clanging sound on the ground.

"Ah Chu, are you alright?" Li Chengxuan looked at Chen Chu with a worried expression.

Shen Chu shook her head. "I'm fine."

Li Chengxuan stormed toward the murderer, shouting, "A murderer dares to run around in the streets like this, and even dares to bump into Achu. He's practically asking for death!"

The murderer suddenly raised his head, his eyes fixed on Shen Chu, and slowly reached out his hand.

He looked to be under forty years old, his prison clothes were stained with blood, and his eyes were filled with anxiety and despair, with a hint of resentment. He really didn't look like a murderer.

Shen Chu grabbed Li Chengxuan, "He just wanted the sugar-coated fried dough in my hand, he didn't want to hit me. The Ministry of Justice is here, let them take him away."

As soon as he finished speaking, the yamen runners from the Ministry of Justice rushed over.

"He's here, tie him up quickly."

Two or three men stepped forward and pinned the murderer down. One of the constables kicked him hard, saying, "If you dare to run again, we'll break your legs."

The murderer was pinned to the ground, half his face pressed against the ground, his eyes still fixed on Chen Chu.

Li Chengxuan stepped forward to block Shen Chu and reprimanded the yamen runners from the Ministry of Justice, "How are you guarding the prisoners? You almost knocked over Lord Shen just now."

The head of the yamen runners bowed and apologized, "Young Master, you may not know this, but this man is Zhao Bin, the magistrate of Anhua County in Changsha Prefecture. He has committed all sorts of evil deeds during his tenure, oppressing the people and repeatedly colluding with mountain bandits to kill and rob."

This time, we were escorting him back to the capital from Changsha Prefecture. We were exhausted from the journey and became complacent, which allowed him to escape.

He offended the young master and Lord Shen; he truly deserved to die.

Li Chengxuan waved his hand, "Alright, hurry up and take them away."

The head constable bowed and ordered his men, "Take him away quickly."

"Wait!"

Chen Chu suddenly spoke up, stepped forward, and handed the sugar-coated fried dough to Zhao Bin, "Here, take this sugar-coated fried dough."

Zhao Bin's lips trembled, but he didn't reach out to take it.

The head constable kicked him. "Young Master Shen is kind and benevolent, he's giving you a piece of cake, why don't you take it?"

Zhao Bin then stretched out his blood-stained hand, grasped the pancake that Shen Chu handed him, and took a big bite.

Shen Chu took a step back and watched him devour the pancake in no time.

"Let's go." The head constable cursed a few times and led the man away.

"Young Master Shen is truly compassionate, kind, and magnanimous; he is truly admirable." A clear laugh came from behind.

Shen Chu turned around and saw the white-clad youth who had just descended from the sky sitting at the table, holding a bowl of tofu pudding, smiling at her.

The young man had long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and was handsome and gentle. Even when he was sitting at a shabby breakfast stall serving tofu pudding, he still sat upright, like a pine tree, which made people feel good about him.

She bowed slightly. "Thank you for your righteous rescue, young master. May I ask your name?"

The young man put down the tofu pudding, stood up and returned the greeting, "My name is Luo Heng, I greet the young master and Lord Shen."

“Luo Heng?” Li Chengxuan frowned and looked him over for a moment. “Ah! I recognize you. You are Luo Qi, the young master of Rongbaozhai. I saw you once last year when you came to the capital to present tribute.”

I remember your name was Luo Qi, right? Why did you change it to Luo Heng?

Luo Heng explained earnestly, "Luo Qi is the name given by my parents. My mother felt that the name should be simple, easy to remember, and easy to pronounce."

However, after I grew up, I didn't like that name, so I changed it to Luo Heng.

Li Chengxuan asked curiously, "You don't actually have six older brothers, named Luo Da, Luo Er, Luo San... all the way up to Luo Liu, right?"

Luo Heng smiled wryly, "No, there really isn't. I am the only son in my family. My mother just likes the number seven, so I am called Luo Qi (Seven Luo).

Young master, please don't hold back. If you want to laugh, then laugh.

Li Chengxuan couldn't help but burst into laughter, "I'm sorry, this is really the first time I've ever seen someone name their child so carelessly."

Which parents don't spend time reading through various classic texts before their child is even born, all in an effort to give their child a name that has a good meaning and sounds pleasant?

Parents who name their children with numbers are quite rare.

Shen Chu patted Li Chengxuan and said, "That's because you're unfamiliar with the world. I've also seen a family of four brothers. Their parents named the eldest brother Zhang Feng, the second brother Zhang Erfeng, and the third brother Zhang Sanfeng."

"Zhang Sanfeng?" Li Chengxuan burst out laughing.

Luo Heng asked curiously, "What about the fourth brother? Is his name Zhang Sifeng?"

Shen Chu smiled and shook a finger. "No, the fourth brother is called Zhang Zhongfeng. When the four brothers walk down the street, they make quite a show of themselves, calling themselves Whirlwind Boys 404."

Holy crap.

Li Chengxuan couldn't help but curse, his eyes sparkling, "This title sounds better than my 'Three Musketeers of the Inspectorate' title."

Luo Heng paused for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh, revealing a row of white teeth.

"That day at Rongbaozhai, I saw that Master Shen was humorous and witty when he was scolding people. I thought to myself that it would be a very happy thing to talk to Master Shen in person."

Seeing it today, it is indeed as I had imagined.

Shen Chu was surprised, "Rongbaozhai? Young Master Luo was there that day too?"

Luo Heng showed a shy expression, "I happened to be checking the accounts in the storeroom that day, and I overheard Lord Shen scolding someone."

A slight stirring appeared in Chen Chu's heart.

She's currently troubled by the investigation into Biaoyoumei Ink, which was created by the Luo family ten years ago.

At that time, ink from Biaoyoumei was extremely rare, so the Luo family must have kept a record of all the ink they sold.

If we could befriend Luo Heng and uncover the Luo family's old debts from ten years ago...

Thinking of this, she cupped her hands and smiled, "I am deeply grateful to Young Master Luo for saving me today. I will host a banquet at Tonghe Restaurant tonight to express my gratitude. I hope Young Master Luo will do me the honor of attending."

Luo Heng said, "Young Master Shen, you are too kind. I will definitely go on time."

“Me too, I’ll go too. Let’s invite Ah Jun, the more the merrier.” Li Chengxuan enthusiastically made the arrangements. “Young Master Luo, you saved Ah Chu today, so I’ll consider you my friend.”

Luo Heng smiled and said, "It is my good fortune to be able to make friends with the young master and Lord Shen."

After exchanging pleasantries, the three parted ways and returned to the Censorate. Li Chengxuan pulled Shen Chu aside and said, "Didn't you want to investigate Mei Mo? Luo Heng is a breakthrough point."

Shen Chu raised an eyebrow in surprise, "We're thinking the same thing. This young master Luo seems to be a gentle and refined gentleman, so it's not wise to take advantage of him."

Li Chengxuan disagreed, "Hey, we're true friends, how could we not help each other when we need something?"

Besides, Luo Heng is a businessman; he's seen all kinds of people. He can definitely tell whether we're genuinely trying to make friends or not.

If you ask me, you should have invited him to a teahouse under the pretext of repaying his life-saving debt. Once you're strangers, you'll get to know him better, and by the third time, you'll be friends, right?

"I also wanted to invite him to the teahouse, but I have an urgent matter to attend to right now, so I can only host Young Master Luo tonight."

Li Chengxuan looked puzzled. "What's the urgent matter?"

Shen Chu slowly stretched out her hand, and in her palm was a piece of blood-stained white cloth.