"I'm talking nonsense? I think you have bad intentions!" Rong Zhen looked directly at the Zhang family. "My father has been in the government for many years, and there are many people who want to attack our Rong family. You caused a scene in the market today and took my brother away. Tomorrow, everyone in the capital will know that my father is protecting a murderer."
"Are you trying to capture the beggar who killed your young master, or are you trying to frame my father and ruin the good name of my Rong family?"
The Zhang family members all turned pale, and the leader even had cold sweat on his forehead and looked panicked.
The yamen runners didn't react at first, but after seeing the Zhang family's reaction after the Rong family girl finished speaking, they understood everything.
Regardless of whether the young master of the Rong family is the beggar who killed someone half a year ago, the Zhang family must have had ulterior motives in asking them to come and arrest him today. They probably already knew who the two girls belonged to and knew about the Rong family. They might really want to arrest him, but more likely they wanted to use the murder to deal with Master Rong!
Although those people were small figures, they knew something about the affairs of the court.
After the death of the late emperor, the current emperor particularly doted on the young Crown Prince. Rong Qian'an, who was the Crown Prince's tutor and was trusted by the late emperor to assist in government affairs, held an extremely special position in the court. He already had a very high status among the literati, and he promoted court officials from humble backgrounds to teach many students from humble backgrounds, which made his relationship with the several major families that monopolized the selection of official positions in the court incompatible.
What happened today was probably because someone wanted to deal with Rong Qianan and used the beggar's murder as an excuse.
If the girl from the Rong family was a little more timid, if she wasn't so calm and really let them take the person away because she was afraid, no matter whether the young man was a beggar or had killed someone, the Zhang family would definitely find evidence to prove his guilt. What would happen to the Rong family then for sheltering the murderer?
After several yamen runners understood the whole situation, their faces turned pale. Cold sweat soaked their inner clothes. The leader turned around and shouted angrily at the Zhang family, "Okay, you actually want to use Jingzhao Prefecture as a pretext to frame Rong Taifu? Arrest them!"
“We don’t!”
"What are you doing? Let me go..."
Everyone in the Zhang family was in a panic. Some of them tried to run away, but were blocked by the people around them.
Those yamen runners were angry and afraid because they were being plotted against, so they attacked without showing any mercy.
The Zhang family relied on the people from Jingzhao Prefecture to arrest people, and they were captured in just a moment. They kept struggling, and the leader even shouted "Chen He killed people, Jingzhao Prefecture is partiality", and was hit on the mouth by the nearest yamen runner with his sword, and blood was instantly gushing.
"If you dare to yell again, don't blame me for being rude!"
The yamen runner shouted angrily, turned around and had the Zhang family members silenced, then said to Rong Zhen, "Madam Rong, we really didn't know what happened today. We hope you will forgive us."
Rong Zhen's expression softened, not as aggressive as before. "I don't blame you. My father is an official in the court, and there are many people who want to plot against the Rong family. You are just being used. But since these people dare to act like this, there must be other people behind them."
"After you return, you should report this matter to Lord Jiang, lest he be kept in the dark. As for the Zhang family, although my brother isn't what they call a beggar, this involves human life, and our Rong family will never take it lightly. Tomorrow, I will have my father take my brother to Jingzhao Prefecture to explain this matter clearly to Lord Jiang."
Those yamen runners from Jingzhao Prefecture were originally worried that they had caused trouble and were also afraid that the Rong family would hold them accountable, but now seeing that the girl from the Rong family was so measured, tolerant and gentle, and always thinking of them, they instantly felt guilty.
Rong Zhen said gently, "Today's incident happened suddenly. My sister and brother were both frightened. We don't know if there will be any bad guys. Could you please send someone to take us back?"
The leading yamen runner was stunned for a moment, thinking that there could be no bad people in broad daylight except the Zhang family. But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he suddenly realized what was going on.
The girl from the Rong family was afraid that they would not believe her identity, and was also worried that they would not be able to explain themselves when they returned, so she asked them to go to the Taifu Mansion so that she could feel at ease.
He felt more and more guilty and said quickly, "Don't worry, Madam Rong, I will personally take you back."
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