"Zhao Xiu, you have no conscience!"
Old Man Mo was so angry that he slammed his cane on the ground.
Zhao Xiu lowered her head in shame and clenched her fists, but she wanted freedom. She couldn't continue following Zhao Ergou with Xiaocao, otherwise her Xiaocao would be ruined.
Now that no one is helping her, she has to save herself.
"Zhao Xiu, I ask you, is what you said true?" Lord Gu asked again.
Zhao Xiu nodded, and a commotion erupted in the hall:
"I really didn't expect that. This Madam Li usually looks so proper, yet she can do such a vicious thing."
"You can know a person's face but not their heart!"
"Zhao Xiu, you have no conscience! How could you treat Rou Niang like this?" Zhang Niangzi shouted.
Lady Liu also arrived; she only learned of this shortly after Li Rouniang was arrested and imprisoned.
Enraged, she grabbed a leafy vegetable and threw it at him, yelling, "I'll beat you to death, you heartless bitch!"
"Silence!" Lord Gu slammed his wooden clapper.
"Majestic!" the constables on both sides shouted immediately.
"Since someone has identified the suspect, then detain him and forbid anyone from visiting him. Once I have confirmed the case, I will announce the verdict!" After Lord Gu finished speaking, some yamen runners escorted Li Rou Niang away. This time was different from the last time; this time, Li Rou Niang was wearing a bracelet.
"Rou Niang!"
"mother!"
"Your Honor, I'm innocent! I'm innocent!" Li Rouniang cried out, but was dragged away.
"What should we do?"
Back at the pastry shop, everyone fell silent. They had thought Li Rouniang would be released soon, but Zhao Ergou's incident had occurred.
"No, I can't let anything happen to Rou Niang. At worst, I'll break her out of prison and escape with her." Li Si stood up, ready to risk everything.
"Li Si, calm down." Although Liu Niangzi was touched by Li Si's devotion, she did not approve of it. After all, if he escaped, he would be a fugitive.
Not only is Rou Niang's life ruined, but her children will also have no future. Their future marriages will be affected, and Xiao Shan, like her son Wen Yuan, is a scholar; he absolutely cannot take this path.
"What should we do then?" Li Si was a little anxious. He couldn't bear to see Li Rouniang suffer. Even if the two of them couldn't have a future together, he still hoped that Li Rouniang could live a smooth and peaceful life.
"Grandpa, I heard something happened to my mother." Xiaoshan rushed in.
He heard about it at the academy, which is why he rushed back, followed by Qian Duobao, Liu Qingfeng, and Liu Wenyuan. They all returned at once.
"Wen Yuan, why are you back too?" Madam Liu hurried forward, somewhat disapproving. After all, her son was a scholar, and it was not appropriate for him to get involved in this matter, nor did he have the ability to do so.
“Mother, I heard that Aunt Li had an accident, so I came to see if there was anything I could do to help,” Liu Wenyuan said, looking at Erni, who was giving Da Ni a grateful look.
"Erni, what exactly happened?" Qian Duobao hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
Erni didn't look at Liu Wenyuan, but instead grabbed Qian Duobao and said somewhat absentmindedly, "Duobao, my mother has been arrested. Wu Yong framed her, and your sister is in it too, as is Zhao Xiu. They're all in framing me."
"Erni, don't rush, tell me slowly." Qian Duobao was completely confused.
In the end, Zhang San clearly explained the whole story.
"Brother Liu, do you think you can help?" Qian Duobao asked tentatively.
After all, he was a businessman, and at this moment he hated himself even more. He had only thought about making money back then, and he should have expanded his "business." Otherwise, when he really needed help, he found that there was no one in the officialdom who could help him.
Liu Qingfeng nodded and said, "I'll go back and ask my grandmother. I believe that Madam Li is innocent, but the current evidence is indeed unfavorable to her. I'll try to stall for time, and you should try your best to find evidence."
After Liu Qingfeng finished speaking, he took his leave. Indeed, Lord Gu had given the hint that the trial would resume in three days. If they could find evidence in those three days to prove that Madam Li was innocent, that would be the best outcome.
Everyone immediately got to work:
"Erni, I'll take you. Let's go to the pharmacy that Zhao Ergou took us to and ask around. Maybe we'll find some other clues," Qian Duobao said. Erni nodded, and the two hurriedly left.
"Wenyuan, come home with me first. I'll prepare some food and bring it over." Madam Liu's expression was displeased; she didn't want her son involved.
As a friend, she was willing to go to great lengths for Li Rou Niang, but T1's son was a scholar, and his future couldn't be ruined by this. No matter what the outcome of this matter was, if his son made a mistake and offended others, his future career might be jeopardized.
Liu Wenyuan wanted to stay, but Erni had already left, and Dani looked away with some disappointment.
“Grandpa, how about I go to Zhao Family Village to look for Zhao Xiu and Xiao Cao? I’ll have Xiao Cao try to persuade his mother; maybe there’ll be a chance,” Xiao Shan said.
“I’ll go with you to Little Mountain Brother,” Sanni said, trusting that Little Grass Sister wouldn’t harm her mother.
“Me too,” Dani said.
"Then I'll go with you," Li Si said, also wanting to talk to Zhao Xiu.
"Wife, let's take a walk around the Wu residence and see if we can find any clues," Zhang San said. His wife nodded.
And so, only Old Man Mo was left at home. He didn't stay idle; he went to find Granny Gu.
"Brother Mo, what brings you here today? Is Rou Niang's matter settled? I've noticed the children haven't been coming to class these past few days," asked Granny Gu.
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