Chapter 52 The Real Purpose
Luo Yan turned her head and glared at Gou Wa viciously where County Magistrate Zhang couldn't see.
Unexpectedly, Gou Wa wasn't afraid at all: "Bad woman, you dare to stare at me! Bah!"
Spitting onto the ground, Luo Yan turned around in panic, "Mr. County Governor, I really don't know anything! Why are they accusing me like this?"
Mu Qing sneered, "You could call out the other children and see if they recognize you, or torture the Luo family servant guarding the basement and get the truth out of him!"
"Those are just kids, how can their words count? You can buy their confessions with just a little money!" Luo Yan reacted quickly, "And torture? Are you trying to get County Magistrate Zhang to force confessions from my Luo family? You're so bold!"
County Magistrate Zhang coughed lightly and said, "That's definitely not possible."
"If you want to slander me, you are wrong. County Magistrate Zhang is the most honest and fair. He is the parent official of the people in Shuangxi Village and has a good reputation in the entire county!" Luo Yan flattered him non-stop.
County Magistrate Zhang blushed a little: "I still need to work hard, let's get back to the topic."
Mu Qing cited several more pieces of evidence, such as the possibility of searching the Luo Mansion, but no matter what, Luo Yan insisted that all those people were bribed by them and that all the evidence was false.
If anything was found in the mansion, it must have been done by the Luo family.
After several rounds of debate in the hall, County Magistrate Zhang was so tired that he slammed the gavel.
He acquitted Hu Xin'er.
The Luo family was fined 1,000 taels for not properly disciplining their servants. Considering that Luo Yan's younger brother was a fool and could not be left without care, Luo Yan was also acquitted.
The three children who were arrested were sent home.
"Are you satisfied?" He looked at the people in the hall with a dignified face.
Gou Wa was a child after all, and he looked at the adults at a loss.
"I don't..." Hu Xin'er was about to speak, but she felt her eyelids heavy and the world was spinning.
She fell heavily into a warm embrace and lost consciousness.
"Xin'er, Xin'er!" Mu Qing looked anxious.
"Fairy sister!" Gou Wa also ran to Hu Xin'er with moist eyes.
No matter what kind of danger this child encountered, he never cried, but he couldn't bear to see Hu Xiner, who took risks for him, get hurt.
In his heart, Hu Xiner is the real fairy sister in the world, a thousand times, ten thousand times better than the Guanyin in the portrait!
County Magistrate Zhang's decision was simply an attempt to smooth things over, but Mu Qing was no longer in the mood to argue with him. Hu Xiner urgently needed to return to her safe and comfortable home to recuperate.
The clinic was closed at this time, so Mu Qing asked Erdong to send Gou Wa home and then go to ask Doctor He.
He carried Hu Xiner back home and tucked her in.
Doctor He was carried over by Erdong. This time he did not bring the little medicine boy with him because he heard that children were easily abducted and sold recently.
Being disturbed so late at night, his face looked very bad. After taking her pulse, he said, "She was frightened too much and caught a cold, so she has a high fever. Let's boil some medicine and see how it goes."
"Thank you, Doctor He!" Mu Qing went to boil the medicine.
Doctor He snorted heavily: "I want to walk back by myself."
Erdong raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure? The little medicine boy is still waiting at home alone. What if he's been kidnapped?"
Doctor He had no choice but to compromise.
Hu Xiner frowned uncomfortably in her sleep. Mu Qing checked the temperature of her forehead and found that it was indeed very hot.
Mu Qing sighed and stood up, but his hand was grabbed.
Hu Xin'er muttered in a dreamy voice, "Don't go."
Mu Qing sat beside her silently, calculating in his mind the time it would take for the medicine to be ready.
He couldn't help but reach out and smooth Hu Xiner's brow.
Hu Xin'er slept very restlessly, tears welling up in her eyes. "I need wifi, I need takeout, I need my laptop and my fat otaku happy water. I don't want to stay in this damn place anymore!"
She cried bitterly and asked, "Mother Planet, when will you send Ultraman to take me away? If all else fails, Balala the Fairies will do..."
Mu Qing heard her talking nonsense, and his face was full of anxiety and helplessness.
By this time the medicine was ready. He helped Hu Xiner up, blew the medicine soup cool, and slowly put it into her mouth.
Hu Xiner took a sip and refused to drink anymore, throwing a tantrum and demanding to drink Fat House Happy.
Fortunately, she was weak all over, otherwise the medicine would have spilled.
Mu Qing could only clumsily coax her, "Okay, whatever you say. Take the medicine first, and when you wake up, I'll buy you whatever you want."
After drinking a whole bowl of medicine, Hu Xiner did not feel better, but felt even worse.
She couldn't cry, her throat was hoarse, and she could only shed tears.
He murmured softly, "Mu Qing, Mu Qing, I feel so uncomfortable."
At this most vulnerable moment, the first person she thought of was Mu Qing, but Mu Qing was so helpless at this time.
Mu Qing changed her towel several times, but Hu Xin'er still complained of being hot and uncomfortable.
There is no specific medicine in this era, and high fever is considered a serious illness.
Many people became mad or died from the burns.
Mu Qing was extremely anxious, but then there was a knock on the door. It turned out that Erdong had returned.
"No effect?" Erdong saw his anxious expression and looked at Hu Xiner on the bed.
"Even after taking the medicine, you still have a high fever." Mu Qing tucked the quilt for Hu Xiner.
"I know a folk remedy. Wiping your hands and feet with white wine can reduce the temperature." Erdong put the wine in his hand on the table.
Mu Qing looked at him deeply.
Erdong moved his lips and avoided his gaze: "If I had stopped her, she wouldn't have encountered this danger."
"It's really indescribable how it feels to let her take the risk." He was lost in his own thoughts.
Mu Qing was a little impatient: "Can you please go out first? Don't look at anything inappropriate."
Erdong didn't expect that he didn't play by the rules. He was stunned for a moment and quickly turned around to leave.
Mu Qing rolled up Hu Xiner's sleeves and trouser legs, wiped them carefully for her, and softly comforted her in her sleep.
"Don't be afraid, Xin'er, I'm here."
I don’t know if it worked, but Hu Xiner gurgled and fell into a deep sleep.
Mu Qing wiped it for her several more times.
This attempt really worked. Hu Xiner's fever gradually subsided. She woke up in a sweat and found herself covered with all the warm things in the house.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw Mu Qing and Erdong sitting at the table and talking, with a hint of a standoff between them.
Mu Qing asked seriously, "As an imperial guard, what is your real purpose in being undercover here?"
Hu Xiner was surprised to find out that Erdong’s real identity was actually the imperial guard!
No wonder he was able to ask the county magistrate for help and save himself from the Luo family.
Erdong frankly said, "There's a brothel in the capital called Hongyun Hall. It's been very popular lately. It's full of handsome men abducted from all over the place, ranging from teenagers to adults."
The law prohibits officials from visiting prostitutes, and human trafficking is illegal, so he follows the emperor's orders and starts investigating from the source.
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