Hearing He Cheng still dare to shout, Zhou Li sneered on the spot and angrily punched him in the chest with his stick, "You piece of trash, who else do you want to mess with?"
"puff!"
He Cheng had been stabbed in the chest by Fu Zhun and then struck hard by a stick, causing him to spit out blood.
His chest wound tore open, spreading large patches of blood, and he quickly became covered in blood, his face turning increasingly ashen.
Seeing this, Su An couldn't help but frown in disgust. They were really too weak to handle!
She stopped Zhou Li, shook her head and said, "Forget it, we've already gotten our revenge. If we keep fighting, he'll probably really die."
Zhou Li couldn't help but sneer inwardly, "So what if he's dead? Ten He Cheng's lives wouldn't be enough to compensate for the prince's death!"
Unfortunately, without the prince's orders and unable to reveal his identity, he could only angrily stop wielding the stick.
The three of them had just finished their work and were about to leave when they turned around and bumped into a man and a woman hurrying into the house.
"Su An, you actually killed someone?!"
After seeing the chaotic state of the room, the man was the first to shout in terror.
Su An glanced around and, lo and behold, they were all familiar faces: Ni Dagui and He Cheng's mother, He Wangshi.
He Wangshi had already slunk back to the county government office, but she was only out buying some groceries when Ni Dagui, who had seen them, hurriedly called her back.
Upon seeing this, she felt as if the sky had fallen.
"My son! Don't sleep, don't scare your mother!"
He Wangshi scattered her vegetable basket all over the ground and screamed as she tried to rush over, but Ni Dagui quickly pulled her back.
"Can't you see these three are not to be trifled with? Are you going to rush up and get yourself killed?!"
Ni Dagui was also dumbfounded. He thought Su An was just here to settle accounts, but why was he covered in blood?
Could they have already killed them?!
"Su An, please! Please spare Xiao Cheng! I'll kneel down and kowtow to you!"
When Madam He saw that Su An and his men were still holding guns and sticks, she turned pale with fright and kowtowed to Su An in a trembling voice.
At this point, she didn't care about saving face and kept pleading pitifully, saying that saving her son's life was the most important thing.
"I know it's all Xiao Cheng's fault, but no matter how many mistakes he made, he doesn't deserve to die. Please, spare him! He's my only precious son!"
Su An hadn't expected He Wangshi to do this; she banged her head against the ground so hard that it was soon a bloody mess.
Fearing she would embarrass herself, she quickly stepped back a few paces and looked at Madam He with a cold sneer: "You don't need to beg me. I don't want him to get his life dirty. I'm just giving him a taste of his own medicine."
"Besides, since you treat such a scoundrel like a treasure, I'd be happy to see you spend the rest of your life worshipping an ancestor and suffering the consequences of your own actions."
In the past, Madam He had often bossed her around; she was a sly and wicked old woman, and she had no good temper.
Upon hearing that they had stopped fighting, Madam He rushed forward, wailing and lamenting, to see her son.
At this moment, Ni Dagui realized that Su An and the others were about to leave.
He thought to himself that this was a golden opportunity to get rid of Su An, so he rushed to block the door and shouted righteously, "You are not allowed to leave! Even if no one was killed, He Cheng has been crippled by you. This matter must be reported to the authorities!"
"Heh heh, Su An, you're completely finished this time. Don't even think about escaping!"
Su An's heart skipped a beat, and she sighed inwardly that what was bound to happen had finally arrived.
Before entering, Jianyi observed that only He Cheng was in the room before they made their move, in order to finish the job quickly and leave no evidence.
But to everyone's surprise, Ni Dagui and He Wangshi both arrived and became eyewitnesses.
Just as Su An was pondering how to get through this,
Zhou Li, who was holding back his anger, finally snapped and shouted, "You aid and abet the wicked and still have the nerve to report us to the authorities? Do you really think we're easy to bully?!"
"I'm not afraid to tell you, I am the son of the Marquis of Pingyang in the capital! What do you think a mere county magistrate can do to me?!"
What?
Everyone present, except for Jian Yi, immediately showed expressions of shock and astonishment.
Su An opened her eyes wide and looked at Zhou Li with the most surprise. She guessed that Zhou Li was a young master from a high-ranking family, but she did not expect that he was actually a member of the royal family!
She was dumbfounded, and instantly thought of Fu Zhun, who was called "Master". What was Fu Zhun's identity?
"Oh dear!" Zhou Li realized he had let something slip in a fit of anger, and his expression changed. He quickly looked at Su An.
"Young master, I...I can't say. Now that you know, you'll have to ask the master for the rest!"
"Anyway, you don't need to worry. Even if you report it to the authorities, we have the ability to protect you!"
Su An looked at him with a complicated expression, "..."
Before he could speak, Ni Dagui suddenly shuddered and burst out with a mocking laugh: "That's hilarious! You little brat, the son of the Marquis of Pingyang? Then I'd be the Emperor!"
The capital is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from here. What kind of marquis or young master would travel all this way to this remote corner? He was just startled!
"I'm not easily scared. Your tricks won't work on me. You have to report this to the authorities!"
"You!" Zhou Li nearly jumped up in frustration upon hearing this.
Su An frowned and said, "Anyway, we have a clear conscience and are in the right. Go ahead and report it if you want!"
As for Zhou Li, let's wait until we've resolved the thorny issues before asking about it.
Courtroom.
After He Cheng received treatment, he was also carried up on a stretcher.
Now that her son was out of danger, Madam He had completely changed her tune. She hated Su An with a passion and knelt down on the spot, tearing her heart out as she accused him.
"Your Honor, please investigate! My son was perfectly fine in the house when that group of people broke into our home and beat him so badly he's crippled and almost killed!"
"If I hadn't arrived in time, my son would have died a violent death!"
The magistrate still vividly remembered He Cheng's case, so he looked sharply at Su An.
Before he could question her, Su An began to recount the whole story in a familiar manner: He Cheng not only hired thugs to act out a play, but after it was exposed, he also drugged her and attempted to kidnap her.
"That's the situation, Your Honor. He Cheng has harassed me many times without success, so he tried to take action against me. He didn't succeed this time, but who knows what will happen next time? I only injured him to give him a warning."
Su An finished speaking calmly, which made Madam He roll her eyes in anger.
"What do you mean 'just injured'? You've crippled Xiao Cheng! His hands! His feet! And—"
"quiet!"
The magistrate slammed his gavel down and looked down at Su An, asking, "Do you have any evidence to support your claims?"
“Of course, those thugs were also present when He Cheng made his move. We can find out by catching them and interrogating them,” Su An said clearly. However, she couldn’t remember the henchmen, but she did remember the face of the thug leader.
The magistrate then dispatched a painter to draw a portrait of the stone based on Su An's description, and immediately ordered the constables to arrest him.
On the stretcher, He Cheng, who was half-dead, was initially panicked, but when he realized that Su An only remembered a stone, a vicious gleam of joy flashed in his eyes.
He wasn't confident about the other underlings, as for Stone—
He's given me plenty of benefits, so I'd never betray him!
Su An, you bitch, just wait to die!
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