Xu Can is actually fourteen years old, he just looks particularly thin.
Just as Constable Li was relieved by this discovery, the news had already spread among the people around him.
Especially Nanqiao Village.
"I heard that Xu Can killed Hu Qiang."
"No way, Xu Can is just a child, how could he kill someone?"
"Don't forget, his sister was killed by Hu Qiang."
"Yes, Xu Lan died tragically. The Hu family didn't even prepare a coffin for her. She couldn't even rest in peace after her death..."
"The Hu family is too bullying. If it were me, I would take revenge."
Everyone is saying that the Hu family is immoral.
Aunt Hu San, however, was like a big rooster with its head held high and chest puffed out. She became proud again. She put her hands on her hips and brought the Hu family to block the door of the Xu family and cursed the Xu family's ancestors for eighteen generations.
They also trampled the vegetables planted by the Xu family and smashed the Xu family's house to pieces. If the villagers hadn't stopped them, they would have wanted to beat old man Xu.
"I'm not done with you." Aunt Hu San vented her anger and left after saying those harsh words.
When Chen Yan and Su Wei returned to the village, it was already in an uproar.
Wang Ming stood at the door, no longer hypocritical as before. He stared at Chen Yan with a gloomy face and said, "Mr. Chen, you can't run away either."
Chen Yan gave him a cold look and went to Xu's house.
The Xu family's house was dark, half of the courtyard wall had collapsed, and the only pot had been broken by the Hu family.
Chen Yan called a few times but received no response. He pushed open the door and saw Old Man Xu sitting under the eaves. His face was full of wrinkles and his back was hunched, like a lifeless stone statue.
"It's the second boy of the Shen family..." Old man Xu looked at Chen Yan and took the initiative to speak.
His voice sounded very calm, neither sad nor happy, like a man who had been completely tortured by life and had lost his temper.
"Why are you sitting here?"
"I don't want to go into the house."
Old Man Xu asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Look at you."
"There's nothing good about this old man. Back then..."
Old Man Xu sighed: "I shouldn't have opposed Lanlan and your brother in the first place. If it weren't for me, your brother wouldn't have joined the army and wouldn't have died later, and Lanlan wouldn't have been ruined by Hu Qiang..."
Old man Xu seemed to be very regretful, but what's the use of regret?
Shen Dalang felt sorry for Xu Lan and helped her several times. Xu Lan also made a pair of shoes for Shen Dalang. The two young men and women who shared the same suffering had a little affection for each other...
But Old Man Xu objected. He felt that the Shen family was poor and Shen Dalang could not afford much money for the betrothal gifts. If Xu Lan married him, she would have to live a hard life with him.
Besides, he was old and Xu Can was still young, so he couldn't make ends meet in the future. He couldn't help but consider these things...
Xu Lan was also obedient and later distanced herself from Shen Dalang. Who knew that she would be targeted by Hu Qiang.
Xu Lan, who had suffered injustice and had no choice but to marry Hu Qiang, could only cry out to heaven and earth for help but get no response.
The Hu family gave a betrothal gift to settle the matter, which also served as a way to buy out Xu Lan.
After marriage, Xu Lan's life was not going well. Everyone in the village knew it, including the Xu family.
Xu Can has said more than once that if he could take out the Hu family's money and bring Xu Lan back, he would rather starve to death than live on his sister's blood and tears.
But Old Man Xu didn't agree.
Not long after, Xu Lan fell into the river and drowned. When her body, which looked like a dead body, was pulled out of the water, the Xu family learned...
That was Old Man Xu’s nightmare, a nightmare that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
He went to the Hu family on the day of the ritual. Standing on the high hillside, he and Xu Can saw with their own eyes a man muttering something in a mysterious way as he nailed a coffin nail into Xu Lan's forehead. When Xu Lan was thrown into the pit, his stomach broke and something fell out. Old man Xu fainted.
When he woke up again, he found that Xu Can had changed. He was no longer talkative and was always staring at one place in a daze.
It's not just Xu Can, he is the same.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he seemed to see Xu Lan...
Later, Shen Dalang also died...
Old Man Xu sighed again.
Pain, self-blame, and regret weighed on him, making him breathless...
Chen Yan felt nothing about it.
What's the point of saying this?
Everyone is dead...
All dead...
Chen Yan was silent.
Old Man Xu said, "You can go back. I'm fine. I have to go to the government office to see Xu Can tomorrow."
Seeing that he was indeed fine, Chen Yan left and planned to go to the county together tomorrow. After all, Xu Can was just a child, and Constable Li had no evidence, so he should be fine.
But Su Wei was very worried.
Because there is actually no question of injustice or not in this matter.
Hu Qiang was knocked unconscious by Chen Yan, and then Xu Can killed him.
This is a fact. What if the county magistrate is a powerful one and Xu Can can't handle it, it will be over.
A sleepless night.
In the morning, Chen Yan woke up early. Su Wei made some pancakes, thinking of eating them on the way. The two of them walked towards Xu's house, and Chen Yan glanced at Su Wei.
Su Wei: "What's wrong?"
"nothing."
He just didn't understand why Su Wei followed him.
What is she doing following me?
But...never mind her.
Just follow.
The two men arrived at Xu's house and called for a long time but no one responded. Chen Yan entered the yard. The yard still looked the same as yesterday, but Old Man Xu was gone.
Su Wei asked: "Did he go to the county town by himself?"
Chen Yan thought this was very possible, so the two of them ran to Xiaowu's house and got on the ox cart.
The county town was quite far away, and it took the ox cart several hours to get there.
Chen Yan described the county town as bustling and bustling, and Su Wei saw it all...
this…
It's just an ordinary ancient city, with a tall city wall and a commercial street lined with quaint houses...
It seems that Chen Yan has never seen much of the world...
There were three layers of people surrounding the yamen gate.
Chen Yan's eyelids twitched as he watched, and Su Wei also had a bad feeling. The two of them squeezed in as soon as they got out of the car, but other people who came to watch the fun were also squeezing in.
"Stop pushing." Someone glared at them unhappily. Su Weiyi turned around and saw that the person had shut up and softened his voice.
“…be careful…be careful someone steps on you.”
Su Wei asked: "Brother, is there something wrong in there?"
The man who was called "big brother" blushed, so he said, "I just got here and I don't know for sure, but I heard someone died."
Someone nearby responded, "I heard someone crying out for justice."
"Someone is complaining about injustice, saying that the government has wrongly accused his grandson of murder and has arrested him."
“All of this stuff happened later, and it’s all mixed up, and it’s not clear.
Chen Yan, relying on his height and long legs, squeezed to the front and saw several officers standing there. There was a pool of blood on the ground...
Seeing the blood, Chen Yan's heart sank. He knew something was wrong...
Sure enough, without him asking, people around him started talking.
"The old man is so pitiful. His son and daughter-in-law are dead, and his granddaughter was tortured to death by a wicked man. Now the wicked man fell into the water and drowned, but the government arrested his grandson without any investigation. The old man had no choice but to say that he was willing to take the blame for his grandson and died in front of the government gate!"
"Boom..." A burst of thunder was heard, and Chen Yan realized that it was a very cloudy day today.
"It's pitiful. We ordinary people are powerless..."
“Boom!”
Chen Yan felt that it was going to rain that day.
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