Ruan Jinqian was about to cry, and he hurriedly looked at the constable and Shu Yu.
Seeing the officials' expressionless faces, they could only pin their hopes on Shu Yu. "Princess, I really didn't. That hoe was mine, but I didn't kill anyone. I... I'm innocent..."
He panicked. Who could have known that not only did he lose his hoe, but it also became the murder weapon, and he himself became the murderer?
Shu Yu raised her hand and pressed it down. "Don't be nervous. Although the hoe is yours, the matter hasn't been investigated yet, and we can't determine if you're the murderer. The police investigate cases based on evidence, and the officials are rigorous in their judgments. They would never wrong an innocent person. However, you still have to go back to the yamen with the police. After that, whatever they ask, just cooperate and answer honestly."
"Go to the yamen?" Ruan Hai suddenly shouted. "How can we go to the yamen? That place is... If Jin Qian goes there, will he ever come back? He still has two children at home."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Jinqian turned deathly pale. "Princess, I won't go to the yamen! I don't want to go!"
He was terrified. Ruan Hai's words were as if going to the yamen meant there was no going back; even if he wasn't the murderer, he'd be tortured into confessing. Wasn't there a saying: "The yamen gates are wide open, but those with reason but no money shouldn't enter"?
He took two steps back, then turned and ran.
Once he ran away, well, there was no way to explain himself.
Ruan Hai is indeed quite capable. If Shu Yu hadn't known who the murderer was from the beginning, Ruan Jinqian's actions would have made him a 100% suspect.
As soon as Shu Yu turned her head, the constable behind her rushed out to grab Ruan Jinqian.
However, Ruan Hai deliberately blocked the constable with his men, saying, "Officer, officer, don't be impulsive. Jin Qian is just too scared. I'll go and talk to him."
With that one block, Ruan Jinqian ran far away.
When the constables tried to catch him again, he had vanished without a trace.
Ruan Hai lowered his head slightly and smiled silently. As long as Ruan Jinqian's charge of fleeing to avoid punishment was proven, then he and his son would be safe.
No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than Ruan Jinqian was brought back under guard.
He wept bitterly, shouting that he was innocent, "It really wasn't me, I'm innocent!"
As soon as Ruan Hai looked up, he saw Ying Xi, who had been nowhere to be seen before, suddenly appear, pinning Ruan Jinqian's hands behind his back and pushing him toward him.
His expression darkened.
Shu Yu was speechless at Ruan Jinqian. "Alright, stop crying. Didn't you hear what I just said? I said the magistrate wouldn't wrong any innocent person. Don't worry, even if you go to the yamen, as long as you're innocent, I guarantee I'll bring you back safely. If you run away, even the innocent will become guilty."
Ruan Jinqian still heard Shu Yu's words. He looked up and asked, "Really? County Princess, are you serious? I won't be tortured into confessing?"
Shu Yu's lips twitched. "They won't force a confession; it's just routine questioning. This hoe is yours; the adults need to find out the truth, right? Don't listen to your village chief trying to scare you."
Ruan Jinqian looked at Ruan Hai, and upon seeing him, she remembered that Ruan Hai was the first to suspect her. She immediately said angrily, "Village Chief, what did you mean by what you said earlier?"
Ruan Hai chuckled dryly, "I didn't mean anything by it. I just don't know much about the case handling process, so I spoke a bit too harshly. As for you, why did you run off like that? If you go to the yamen, I'll go with you."
So this became his fault?
Before Ruan Jinqian could say anything more, Cao's parents had already been brought in by the police.
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