Chapter 60 Husband Abuses the Scum
Zhou Ruiyuan stood still, dressed in a dark blue long robe, his expression indifferent. Just as the burly man's knife was about to swing, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the burly man's wrist with lightning speed, and chopped directly at his arm.
He was agile and very strong.
With a clang, the burly man, as if his hand had broken, released his grip on the broadsword and howled in pain.
"Ah, my hand! My hand!"
The burly man struggled painfully, clutching his immobile arm.
Du Wanchun looked at the scene before her with astonishment.
Zhou Ruiyuan didn't let the three burly men off so easily. He strode up to them, lifted the bearded man up like a cat, and said coldly, "Who sent you?"
The burly man with the thick beard endured the pain in his chest and gritted his teeth, saying, "We took their money, and we won't say anything."
Zhou Ruiyuan slammed him to the ground, and before he could struggle to get up, he immediately picked up a large knife from the ground and held it to his neck, coldly saying, "Tell me, who sent you?"
The burly man with the thick beard lowered his eyes to look at the sharp blade, trembling with fear. "Hero, spare our lives! We only meant to scare Miss Du, we didn't intend to do anything outrageous. Please let us live!"
Zhou Ruiyuan's cold eyes shone with an icy light, completely disregarding his words. He raised the knife in his hand and continued, "I'm giving you one last chance. If you don't talk now, I'll take your life!"
The bearded man gritted his teeth, still remaining silent.
Zhou Ruiyuan's eyes turned cold, and he gripped the hilt of the knife, pressing the blade directly into the flesh of the burly man's neck.
Bright red blood oozed from the blade.
The burly man with the thick beard, feeling pain in his neck, immediately closed his eyes and shouted, "I'll talk, I'll talk! It's the eldest young mistress of the Li family! She wants us to tie Miss Du up and take her to Young Master Li's room!"
Zhou Ruiyuan then slowly released him, his eyes showing a noticeable increase in ferocity.
Du Wanchun, who was standing to the side, was not very surprised when she heard what the burly man with the bushy beard said. She had guessed that the three burly men were Liu Lanzhi as soon as they entered the room.
I never expected Liu Lanzhi to be so bold and stupid as to send people to break into her house in broad daylight to snatch her away.
Everyone used to say that Du Wanchun was stupid, but it seems that she is the stupid one.
When the three burly men realized they hadn't managed to tie up the person, they turned to run away.
Zhou Zhao returned from the vegetable garden and happened to overhear what had just happened. The two of them then surrounded the three burly men.
Zhou Zhao was always ruthless. Without saying a word, he took the carrying pole in his hand and broke the legs of two of them. Then he grabbed a strong man and asked Zhou Ruiyuan and Zhou's mother, "Mother, elder brother, let's send them to the government office!"
Aunt Zhou nodded angrily and said, "That's right, send her to the government office and let Magistrate Li see how vicious his daughter-in-law is!"
After saying that, she grabbed Du Wanchun's hand and strode forward, saying, "Let's go now!"
Du Wanchun did not refute, and led Zhou Da Niang and the others to the yamen.
When Magistrate Li saw Du Wanchun, he was taken aback. This girl was really pretty. Especially when he heard that she was the silly girl from the Du family, he began to have doubts. This was the silly girl he almost married.
His mind began to replay the words that the young Taoist priest had once told him, and he dared not be negligent for a moment.
"What business do you have with me?" Magistrate Li asked them.
Aunt Zhou angrily pointed at the injured burly men on the ground and said, "Sir, these men were instructed by your eldest daughter-in-law, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, to kidnap my eldest daughter-in-law!"
Magistrate Li was startled and quickly said, "Madam Zhou, could there be some misunderstanding? My eldest daughter-in-law is an honest and upright person, she would never do such a thing."
Although he disliked Liu Lanzhi, he couldn't just condemn her directly, as it concerned the Li family's reputation.
Aunt Zhou said sternly, "Sir, if you don't believe me, you might as well listen to what the three of them have to say."
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Li immediately shouted at the three burly men, "Speak! Who ordered you to kidnap Miss Du?!"
The three burly men knelt on the ground and kowtowed in unison, saying, "Reporting to your Excellency, it is your eldest young mistress. She gave us a bracelet and asked us to kidnap Miss Du!"
As he spoke, he took out a bracelet from his pocket and handed it to Magistrate Li.
Magistrate Li took it in his hand and saw that it was the very bracelet he had sent to Liu Lanzhi some time ago. He had found an old bracelet to give to her so as not to embarrass her.
With both witnesses and physical evidence, Magistrate Li could no longer protect Liu Lanzhi, even if he wanted to. He couldn't help but curse in his heart, "This stupid woman, even if she wanted to pay for a murder, she shouldn't have used her personal belongings!"
However, he forgot that his daughter-in-law had no money at all. All her gold and silver jewelry had been taken by Young Master Li, and the only thing she had to show off was this bracelet.
Magistrate Li was furious and shouted to the bailiff beside him, "Go and bring the eldest young mistress and the eldest young master here!"
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