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County Magistrate Li was startled.
He originally wanted to limit the Yuan family's case to the level of private detention, smashing and fighting, but he didn't expect that the young lady of the Yuan family would hit the nail on the head as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Is it Yuan Yaoniang who is speaking? If you want to talk, why don't you come out and speak to me face to face?"
Under Madam Yuan's worried gaze, Qin Yousi walked out calmly and stood beside Yuan Zhi.
As soon as County Magistrate Li saw her, his eyes widened. He finally understood why Mr. Liu was so crazy. He wanted to sigh that beautiful women are a disaster!
He calmed himself down and said, "Whether the Liu family violated the rules by running a gambling den has nothing to do with the Yuan family. Since he is sincere about compensation, why can't we just let it go?"
Qin Yousi smiled softly, "Of course we can make light of this, but I heard that you are discussing a marriage with the Liu family. If you don't investigate thoroughly, people will inevitably say that you are involved, ruining your integrity. This matter has been reported to the Censorate. Whether someone will use this to criticize you during your three-year performance review is not something we, the Yuan family, can say."
Qin Yousi's goal was to break the marriage between the Li and Liu families. As long as they did not have this relationship, County Magistrate Li would have no right to protect the Liu family.
Unexpectedly, County Magistrate Li became furious and shouted, "How dare you, a mere girl, recklessly discuss government affairs and even threaten me? For the sake of Mr. Gao, I will not argue with you today. But I advise you to consider this matter carefully while there is still a chance of reconciliation, otherwise you will regret it later!"
County Magistrate Li left the Yuan family in anger. It seemed that he was reluctant to leave the Liu family, his cash cow, and was planning to take a risk!
Qin Yousi's eyes gradually turned cold. She had already given them a chance!
Mrs. Yuan closed the door worriedly and said to Yuan Zhi, "From what I hear from County Magistrate Li, he's determined to be partial to the end."
Yuan Zhi comforted him, "If he really can't tell right from wrong, I'll go to the capital to file a complaint! Do you still remember my senior brother? He's a doctor in the capital and knows some officials there. Don't worry..."
Imperial complaint? Yuan Yaoniang sneered in her heart. In this world, filing a complaint to the emperor is useless.
The next day, the Yuan couple went to the town's traditional Chinese medicine clinic to clean up the mess. As soon as they left, Qin Yousi put on a hood and quietly went out.
A few days ago, when she asked the Gao family to save her father, the Gao family's staff investigated the whole matter thoroughly.
Jiang Po's grandson-in-law owed a large amount of gambling debt, so Jiang Po went to the Liu family to plead for mercy. In order to please the lustful Mr. Liu, she praised Yuan Yaoniang as beautiful as a fairy in front of Mr. Liu and promised to make Mr. Liu's wish come true.
The instigators of all this are Feng Lang and Jiang Po. If we want to solve the Liu family's troubles, we should let them fight each other!
At noon, the door of Yuan's Clinic, which was closed for rest, was knocked loudly.
Si Xi was too frightened to open the door. He could only hear panicked shouts from outside: "Someone's been murdered! Help! Open the door and save him!"
After hearing this cry, Si Xi was even more afraid to open the door. Finally, Yuan Zhi couldn't bear it anymore and went to open the door. He saw the Liu family servant kneeling in front of the door covered in blood and shouted: "Help him, help him!"
When Yuan Zhi and Sixi rushed to Liu's house with medicine boxes on their backs, they saw several people lying in front of the gate, and the ones bleeding the most were Mr. Liu and Mrs. Jiang!
The flesh on Mr. Liu's back was chopped open, and his bones were exposed.
As for that old lady Jiang, her intestines all flowed out of her stomach.
Beneath the stone lions in front of the Liu residence, Jiang Po's grandson-in-law Feng Langru, like a bloodthirsty madman, was pinned to the ground, mumbling incoherently, "I'll kill you." A bloody knife, the length of his forearm, lay on the ground not far away...
In this situation, even Yuan Zhi, who was used to seeing injuries, felt a chill down his spine.
Yuan Zhi went forward to check and found that Mr. Liu and Mrs. Jiang had already died and there was no way to save them. He had to leave them behind to save the seriously injured servant nearby.
When Madam Yuan rushed over to inquire, she was also frightened by the scene before her, and hurriedly pulled the neighbors gathered nearby to ask what had happened.
"Mr. Liu captured Mrs. Jiang's granddaughter and pressed the Jiang and Feng families for debt. He must have driven them crazy, and Feng Lang went crazy, slashing at everyone he saw with a knife..."
After understanding the whole situation, Madam Yuan went forward to pull Yuan Zhi and said, "Why are you still meddling in the Liu family's affairs? Go back now, or you'll get into trouble again!"
Yuan Zhi brushed Madam Yuan's hand away and said, "I can't just stand by and watch someone die."
After dealing with the seriously injured people, people from the county government also arrived and took away all the people involved.
Since such a thing happened under the jurisdiction of County Magistrate Li and he was being watched by the Censor, he no longer dared to deliberately make things difficult for the Yuan family and simply let the Yuan couple go.
Returning to the clinic, Yuan Zhi was preoccupied. He walked to the medicine cabinet and counted the number of herbs. He then called Si Xi over and asked, "Has anyone come to buy herbs like Dragon Heart Grass and Phoenix Claw Worm recently?"
Si Xi shook his head and said, "No, these are medicines that are not commonly used. If someone comes to buy them, I will definitely remember them. But are the medicines missing? I guess they fell out when the medicine cabinet was smashed."
Yuan Zhi shook his head and said nothing, but he saw clearly today that Feng Lang, who chopped people, looked crazy, and the smell of alcohol on his body was mixed with a faint smell of medicine. It was obvious that he had taken "one-day crazy".
"One-day epilepsy" can make people extremely excited and impulsive, and can also make people lose their minds and magnify their five senses.
Usually, doctors will only use it with caution when the patient is on the verge of death in order to save the patient.
I don't know where he got the medicine...
Yuan Zhi thought for a while and decided not to say anything more to avoid unnecessary lawsuits.
As the night fell, Madam Yuan tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
Yuan Zhi was also awake. He stood up and lit the oil lamp, then asked, "My wife, are you still worried about the Liu family?"
Madam Yuan shook her head but said nothing.
Yuan Zhi was silent for a while, then asked, "You've been worried these past few days. Is there anything you can't tell me?"
Madam Yuan quietly stood up and took out a small cloth bag from the storage compartment under the bed. She said in a low, trembling voice, "Tell me, were we wrong to keep Yao Niang by our side?"
Yuan Zhi sighed and asked, "Was it your idea or Si Xi's idea to go to the Gao family for help?"
Madam Yuan shook her head and whispered, "It was Madam Yao's idea."
Yuan Zhi then said, "Do you remember what Yao Niang said to Magistrate Li yesterday? I never taught her that."
Madam Yuan has been thinking about what Yao Niang said these past few days about how Censor Gao would definitely take care of this matter, and how she spoke calmly and confidently with the county magistrate. How could she be like a fifteen-year-old country girl who had never seen the world?
It turns out that my husband was thinking the same thing.
"Mrs. Jiang is right. I delayed her. After all, she is a descendant of the Qin family..."
"Shh!" Yuan Zhi quickly covered her mouth and whispered, "Don't mention the Qin family anymore. They've committed the heinous crime of genocide. Do you want Yao Niang to die with them?"
Madam Yuan bit her lip and quickly shut up, but couldn't help but mutter, "How could you bear to let Yao Niang stay with us in the countryside for the rest of her life? After what happened with the Liu family, I've finally figured it out. We can't protect her..."
After a long pause, Yuan Zhi made up his mind and said, "The Qin family is gone, but the Sang family is still here. I'll go to Yangcheng in a few days. If the Sang family is still looking for her, we can return her to them."
Madam Yuan held the small bundle in her hand and burst into tears, but she knew that this decision was good for Yao Niang.
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