The gangster leader didn't expect them to dare to kill people. He was frightened and retreated together, "You dare to kill people."
They came here to cause trouble without intending to kill anyone, they just wanted to beat people half to death. They never expected that people would die at the very beginning, four lives at that!
Liu Laosan ordered coldly: "Capture them all! Don't let any one go!"
The thugs thought Liu Laosan was going to kill them all, and they were so scared that they ran away in all directions.
Anyone who ran faster was knocked down, and those who didn't have time to run away knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Please spare my life, sir! Someone paid us to come here and cause trouble. Every grievance has its perpetrator, and this has nothing to do with us! I can identify him, I can identify him, please spare my life, sir!" The gangster leader was almost scared to death.
Liu Laosan glared at them and they all became obedient.
Shen Ying and the villagers rushed over, and were all dumbfounded when they saw the four bodies on the ground. They swallowed their saliva in fear and dared not breathe.
When the county officials came, they were mainly concerned about the beating of Shen Ergou and Shen Tian. They never expected that someone was killed, so they immediately went back to dispatch more personnel.
Liu Tiechui rushed over upon hearing the news.
Shen Ying was extremely anxious, "What do you think we should do about this? If someone dies, they will go to the dungeon! Where did Shen Yi find this person? Why is he so impulsive!"
"If all else fails, spend some money and see if you can ask the county magistrate for a lighter sentence."
Amid the villagers' panic, the county magistrate actually entered the village.
"Where are the bodies? Didn't they say four people died?" The county magistrate's face looked very ugly. Such a heinous murder case had happened in the place he governed. It was unforgivable!
When he arrived outside Shen Yi's house and saw the thugs kneeling on the ground, the county magistrate's face turned completely black.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
Faced with the angry county magistrate, the villagers didn't know where to start for a moment. They didn't even know how Su Tai had provoked this group of people.
"Let me tell you." Liu Laosan came out with his hands behind his back, walked down the steps leisurely, and walked calmly in front of the county magistrate, "You must be Duan Ren, the county magistrate of Zhaohua County!"
"You are..." Duan Ren saw that Liu Laosan had an extraordinary demeanor and did not dare to get angry easily.
Liu Tiechui came out of the house, walked quickly to the county magistrate, and replied respectfully: "Mr. County Magistrate, this is the Marquis appointed by the Emperor, the Marquis of Yong'an, a new noble in the imperial capital, and also from Liujiazhuang, Moshi Town, Zhaohua County."
"Hiss!" Duan Ren gasped and hurriedly saluted, "Your humble servant greets the Marquis."
The gang of hooligans looked ashen. It was over! It was completely over!
Liu Laosan waved his hand and said, "Get up! These people intended to murder me, but were dealt with by my guards. They were all given by the emperor. I will explain this matter to the emperor personally."
"No, no, no, my lord. You are so precious. These villains actually dared to murder you. You deserve to die ten thousand times. You only dealt with four of them. It was already a great mercy. The rest are left to me. I will punish them severely!" Duan Ren promised firmly.
Liu Laosan was very satisfied with his attitude. "Okay! These people will be handed over to County Magistrate Duan. County Magistrate Duan must find out who is behind them. I don't want to be a scapegoat. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Duan Ren was terrified and quickly asked the officers to take the ruffians away. Then he asked kindly, "What is the other case?"
Su Tai came out of the courtyard and bowed to Duan Renfu, "Master Duan, it's like this."
Su Tai told Duan Ren how Cen Mingzhu broke into a private house and injured Shen Ergou and Shen Tian, and had them carried over for Duan Ren to examine.
In fact, the injuries of Chen Tian and his sister were not that serious. Su Tai deliberately asked the doctor to wrap them up together and carry them on a stretcher, making them look half-dead.
When Duan Ren heard that this matter involved the powerful Zhu family, he found it extremely tricky.
However, with Marquis Yong'an in charge of the Shen family, he had no choice but to handle the case according to the law.
After returning to the Zhu Mansion, Cen Mingzhu angrily smashed everything in the room and only calmed down after the doctor came to treat her injuries.
"I must kill those lowly people in Shenjiazhuang. I won't be able to sleep or eat well if I don't vent my anger." The more Cen Mingzhu thought about it, the more unwilling she felt.
Xiao Shuang touched the painful corner of her mouth and whispered, "Madam, we have called so many hooligans over to cause trouble. They are sure to shed blood. Let's wait and teach them a lesson first. It won't be too late to deal with them after they reveal Ke's whereabouts."
After hearing this, Cen Mingzhu finally felt a lot better.
At this moment, the housekeeper rushed into the yard in a panic, "Madam, it's bad, the officials from the county government are here, and they want you to go to the court to cooperate with the trial."
"What? Is the county magistrate crazy? How dare he ask me to go to court?" Cen Mingzhu was furious and a little shocked. She was a noble lady in the imperial capital and the daughter of a general. How could a small county magistrate dare to humiliate her like this!
The housekeeper was sweating profusely. "I don't know. I have already sent someone to inform you, madam. They are very tough. You..."
Before the housekeeper could finish his words, Zhu Yixuan strode into the room angrily, "What on earth did you do? Why do the officials keep asking you to go to court to cooperate with the trial?"
"How should I know?" Cen Mingzhu was very impatient. "Just say that my wife is sick. It seems that the county magistrate, that bastard, can be replaced."
Zhu Yixuan naturally would not let Cen Mingzhu go to court, as that would bring shame to their Zhu family.
The housekeeper hurried out to reply, and soon ran back, "Master, Madam, the officials won't leave. They said that Madam is sick and they will carry her over. In short, Madam must be present, as well as Xiaoshuang, Madam's maid, and the coachman."
Xiaoshuang's face changed drastically. She guessed the reason immediately and exchanged glances with Cen Mingzhu in panic.
Cen Mingzhu looked puzzled, "Why is the county magistrate protecting them?"
"I don't know!" Xiaoshuang knelt down. She really didn't know.
Zhu Yixuan was extremely depressed. After thinking for a while, he said, "Get a veil hat for Madam. I will go with Madam."
"I won't go! He's just a seventh-rank county magistrate and he has no control over me!" Cen Mingzhu refused stubbornly.
Before she got married, her father had told her that she could do whatever she wanted in Zhaohua County, and her father would help her deal with any situation.
Zhu Yixuan's face darkened instantly, "Mingzhu! Stop messing around! It's true that my father-in-law is a high-ranking official, but I, Zhu Yixuan, am nobody. They are just inviting you now. If you insist on not going, the next time they will break into the house and take you away. That will be embarrassing, right?"
"How dare they!" Cen Mingzhu was shocked and angry. "Aren't you very powerful? If you can't even deal with a seventh-rank county magistrate, what kind of ability is that!"
Zhu Yixuan did not lose his mind in the face of Cen Mingzhu's ridicule and provocation. He just slowly closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. "I have said what I should say. I can't do anything if you don't listen." (End of this chapter)
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