Immediately, Gu Jinbao, with his chubby little legs and protruding belly, ran to Du Qincai's side and poked her swollen and red head with his plump white finger. "Fun! Haha, fun!"
Du Qincai: "...Jinbao, it's me, Grandma! Please stop poking Grandma's head, it hurts!"
This is her grandson; if he weren't, Du Qincai would have already hit him.
Zuo Li: "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. It's outrageous that such a young child would say such things!"
But as soon as Zuo Li finished speaking, he saw that all the constables he brought had been beaten down by Miao Hongye's men. His face darkened. Wasn't this Miao Hongye just taking him for granted because her father was a bandit leader and she had a little strength?
"Very good," Zuo Li snapped his fingers, and instantly the hidden guards appeared from the shadows.
They were incredibly brave and ruthless, quick and precise in their attacks. In just one minute, they had taken down all of Miao Hongye's smug men, knocking them to the ground where they were screaming in agony.
Seeing this, Zuo Li twitched his lips. He knew that Prince Yi's men were very capable, but compared with the yamen runners, the difference was immediately apparent.
It's decided. Once things are clear, we'll have these yamen runners and constables in the yamen learn a thing or two from Prince Yi's men.
I don't aspire to learn all of Prince Yi's skills; I only hope that next time I encounter something like this, I won't be beaten to a pulp and left looking like a drowned rat.
Miao Hongye hadn't expected Zuo Li's men to be so powerful. Seeing her men being utterly defeated and unable to put up any resistance, her otherwise pretty face was filled with a deep gloom. "Zuo Li, I underestimated you!"
Zuo Li smiled coldly, ignoring Miao Hongye's angry glare, and coldly ordered: "Arrest Miao Hongye, Qi Weiwu, Du Qincai, and everyone in the Gu family, including the children, and send them all back to the boss to await trial tomorrow!"
"You dare! Zuo Li, if you dare to throw us in jail, your job as county magistrate is over. I advise you, don't be ungrateful!" Miao Hongye was anxious. If all of them were arrested and imprisoned, her father, who was far away in Miao Village, would not know. By the time her father found out, it would be too late!
She had to find a way to get her father to come and rescue them, and to get him to vent his anger!
But Zuo Li wouldn't give Miao Hongye that chance. He ordered his guards to arrest the Gu family and Miao Hongye, gag them, tie them up, and then have the yamen runners send them to the county jail.
Miao Hongye and Qi Weiwu tried to resist, but unfortunately, the guards were not to be trifled with and would not let them cause trouble under their noses. So before Zuo Li could even give them a chance to deal with them, they quickly grabbed them and slapped them hard across the face, making them see stars and their heads buzz.
The prince appeared in Zhonggui Village using Gu Sanniu's identity to avenge Gu Sanniu! They had a good relationship with Gu Sanniu and knew him very well, so when they learned that Gu Sanniu was cursed with bad luck, they felt extremely sorry for him.
Later, an investigation into Gu Sanniu's background uncovered everything, revealing just how unjustly Gu Sanniu was branded with the stigma of being a jinx!
If it weren't for the prince's great kindness in clearing Gu Sanniu's name, Gu Sanniu would probably have died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
If Gu Beiyi knew what his bodyguards were thinking, he would definitely sneer. He did borrow Gu Sanniu's identity, and he even promised Gu Sanniu to deal with the Gu family and remove his jinx reputation, but the root cause was Rong Sheng!
If Gu Sanniu weren't from Zhonggui Village and didn't live in the same village as Rong Sheng, he would never have personally helped Gu Sanniu; he would have simply had his subordinates handle the matter.
Even without Rong Sheng, if he wanted to resolve this matter personally, it would have been resolved long ago, and wouldn't have dragged on for so long.
With the help of secret guards, Miao Hongye and the others were arrested and taken to the county jail by the yamen runners.
As for Shanggui Village or Miao Weifeng and the others, there is no need to worry about them today. Tomorrow morning, the newly appointed county lieutenant Pan Caijin and county magistrate Zhan Yanxin will go to Shanggui Village to find them, and at the same time, they will bring all the people related to the case to the county government for interrogation.
As for Miao Weifeng, that bandit? Someone will deal with him; this time they won't get away!
After Miao Hongye and the others were apprehended, Zuo Li told the village head what would happen next and asked him to cooperate in sending all the villagers who knew the inside story to the county government office. They might be put in court tomorrow.
The village headman readily agreed, promising to speak with the villagers whose names were recorded in the letter and urge them to go to the county government office to answer the magistrate's questions.
The Gu family was taken away by Zuo Li, so their work has temporarily stopped. However, the trial will be completed in one day tomorrow, and Gu Sanniu's innocence will be cleared. So all they need to do is have someone feed their livestock, and they don't need to worry about anything else!
When Rong Sheng returned home, her brothers kept a close eye on her, refusing to let her leave the house to check on the Gu family.
It wasn't until it was completely dark that her brothers, feeling that the trouble with the Gu family had subsided, let her leave.
Rong Sheng glared angrily at her brothers, then quickly headed towards the Gu family home.
However, when she arrived at the Gu family's residence, it was quiet, and the county magistrate and Miao Hongye had long since disappeared.
No one knows exactly what happened.
"It's all because my brothers wouldn't let me come and see this good show that I missed," Rong Sheng said sullenly.
I wonder if my future husband will come back from the county town? Such a big thing happened in the village, and he didn't even show up. Doesn't he want to see what happens to the Gu family?
However, Rong Sheng did not return home immediately. Instead, she inquired at several households next to the Gu family's house and learned that the commotion was quite intense and that a fight had apparently taken place. The outcome of the confrontation between Miao Hongye and Zuo Li was still unknown.
Rong Sheng was very worried and wanted to go to the county government office to ask, but it was too late. He probably wouldn't be able to enter the city gates or find out any information if he went to the county town now, so he had no choice but to go home.
Seeing Rong Sheng looking sullen, the Rong brothers quickly came over to comfort him. They suggested that if Rong Sheng really wanted to know what had happened, they could ask the village head, since the village head probably knew about such a big incident.
Rong Sheng's eyes lit up: "Will Uncle Village Head really tell us?"
"It's possible..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the village head's voice came: "What are you telling me?"
Upon hearing the village head's words, Rong Sheng quickly turned around. The moment she saw the village head, she happily ran to his side and said, "Uncle Village Head, what happened at the Gu family this evening? We heard a lot of noise when we passed by the Gu family on our way back from work."
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