As soon as Zhou Hui opened his eyes, the Jincheng Tongpan came running in, threw himself beside his bed, and cried, "Sir, all the noble families in Jincheng are kneeling outside, begging you to uphold justice. What should I do?"
Zhou Hui's eyes went dark, his mind was filled with Chen Daoyu's hateful eyes, his hands were shaking, "Zhou Peng, I, I hit Chen Daoyu."
Zhou Peng was stunned for a moment, "Chen Daoyu, which Chen Daoyu, sir, what should those noble families do?"
Zhou Hui yelled, "Who is that Chen Daoyu? The Chen Daoyu who came to Beijing, the Chen Daoyu who was exiled!"
Zhou Peng seemed to be hit on the head with a stick, "Sir! Chen Daoyu is a man with deep scheming and holds grudges the most."
He paced back and forth, and made a prompt decision, "Go and apologize to him first, don't worry about the family!"
As he said this, Zhou Hui threw back the quilt, put on his shoes and socks, and hurried out the door.
At the door, there was a huge crowd of people standing there, all of them were from the aristocratic families of Jincheng.
As soon as Zhou Hui appeared, everyone gathered around him and talked at once.
"Sir, those unruly people are really despicable. They commit crimes wantonly and have no regard for the law. They should be thrown into prison."
"Also, we had already given them silver, so the water belonged to us, but they actually took it back."
Zhou Hui suppressed his anger and said, "You go back first, I will explain to you."
The head of the Wang family said in a firm tone, "I hope you will not forget what you said."
After the noble family broke up, Zhou Hui's face was full of annoyance.
He paced back and forth in the courtyard, and an idea suddenly occurred to him.
"Yes, why don't I just pick a family from the exile team as a scapegoat?"
As he said that, he immediately waved his hand for Zhou Peng to come over, "Quick, quick, gather some people and go to that inn immediately!"
Zhou Peng narrowed his eyes, "Sir, let Tongzhi Xu accompany you. I have to accompany my mother to see a doctor today."
People in Beijiang value filial piety.
Zhou Hui didn't make things difficult for him after hearing this. He nodded and said, "I've been busy lately. Try to get out of this as soon as possible."
"Okay."
Judge Zhou turned and left Zhou Hui's mansion.
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In Wutong Alley, a man in a pure black cloak knocked on the wooden door of Yu Yichou's courtyard.
Yu Yichou took a look through the crack in the door and immediately opened it to welcome the person in.
The man in black raised his foot and tried to walk into the house.
He was stopped by Yu Yichou.
"Qingyun is sick. Don't go into the house to avoid being infected."
"Suffering from an epidemic? How do you know? Didn't Zhao Yuanduan threaten the doctors around him and stop them from treating Qingyun?"
Yu Yichou looked towards the osmanthus tree, his eyes unclear, "It was a woman I met by chance who treated Qingyun. Her medical skills are quite good."
The man in black nodded, his tone turned cold, "It seems that Zhao Yuanduan took Qingyun out of the city that day and infected her. Over the years, he has bullied you and prevented you from taking the imperial examination, becoming an official, or doing business, but he actually treated Qingyun like this. What a bastard! This disease cannot be cured!"
Yu Yichou's eyes were indifferent, and his tone was nonchalant, "I killed him."
"Kill him?" The man in black asked in surprise, "Zhou Hui is quite capable and won't give up. Aren't you afraid of being found out?"
A faint smile appeared on Yu Yichou's lips, and his eyes were full of confidence.
"The game has been set, Uncle Zhu, just watch. By the way, why did you come to see me?"
"Zhou Hui beat Chen Daoyu, and now he wants to find someone else in the exile team as a scapegoat. I'm wondering if we can interfere..."
Yu Yichou raised his hand to interrupt him, "No. Uncle Zhu, I followed Zhou Hui yesterday and was near the inn. The woman who treated Qingyun was in the exile team. She did me a favor."
The man in black said in a heavy tone, "But Zhou Hui is determined to kill those people and give an explanation to the Jincheng family!"
Yu Yichou frowned and said, "My game is going to be released early. Uncle Zhu, please help me with something."
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Just as the Gu family finished their breakfast, they heard a sound of metal.
Xie Ling opened the window and saw that the prefect from yesterday had led a small group of soldiers to surround the inn.
Then, outside his house, a tall soldier with a cold face shouted, "You criminals, get downstairs!"
Xie Ling frowned, "What do you mean, sir? What kind of criminals are we?"
She looked over and saw that, except for the Chen family, there was a soldier standing at the door of every household.
Zhou Hui came out of the Chen family's guest room with his back bent, and stood in the lobby on the first floor of the inn, shouting, "You beat up my people in Jincheng, and you still want to go to Lingnan safely? I will report your crimes to the court after I put you all in jail!"
Xie Ling sneered, "The charges? You can say whatever you want, Prefect. I only know that our water was stolen and our people were beaten, so we were forced to resist."
Zhou Hui narrowed his eyes and looked at Xie Ling, recognizing her as the woman who had knocked the head of the Song family unconscious with a spatula yesterday.
He immediately waved his hand and said, "Catch her first."
After receiving the order, the soldier wanted to step forward and arrest Xie Ling.
But just as he raised his hand, someone twisted his arm from behind and he fell to the ground with a scream.
Gu Wei appeared from behind him, stood in front of Xie Ling, and faced Zhou Hui.
Her peach blossom eyes flashed with coldness. "Remember when I was seventeen and led 100,000 elite soldiers through Jincheng, Lord Zhou was just a civil servant beside Lord Zhao, the former prefect. How dare you touch my wife?"
Zhou Hui looked at Gu Wei.
At the age of seventeen, Gu Wei became famous at a young age and held a high position of power.
When he passed by Jincheng, the former prefect hosted a banquet for him. Because of his humble status, Zhou Hui could only sit at the end of the banquet and had no chance to see what he looked like.
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