Chapter 268 Two-Faced Man

The onlookers were now surrounding the Liao family, pointing and talking. Some said that the couple from the Liao family must have committed a crime outside, and the officials from the capital had come to arrest them. The town was small, and the people lived a dull life. Usually, any new incident would spread throughout the town in no time. At this moment, most of the people in the town were probably gathered in the alley where the Liao family was.

"Auntie, I have something to ask you. How are the Liao couple like as people?"

"The head of the Liao family is a nice person. He is always polite to everyone he meets. But his wife has a bad temper."

Tao Sizhi then casually said, "I heard that the Liao family's child was adopted. Do you know about this?"

"How could you not know? We all know that Hongyun can't have children. Chunfa is really a man of love. If a man encounters this kind of thing, he will definitely divorce his wife or take a concubine. But people are trying to persuade him."

"That's right, Chunfa is really good. He said that infertility is natural, so how can it be blamed on Hongyun? Then he brought a child home from outside to raise, saying that it would be great to have someone to rely on when he gets old. Although Hongyun has a bad temper, she is very good to this child."

Seeing that the person had already come out, Tao Sizhi asked again: "Do you know this person? What is her relationship with the Liao family?"

Most people shook their heads and said, "I don't think I've seen this before."

But some people said they had seen him before, "Is this a relative of the Liao family? He seems to have come here twice before." But if they said more, they would not be able to recognize him.

Since the person had been found, Tao Sizhi did not delay any longer and immediately prepared to return to Beijing. He winked, signaling the detectives to take the person away, while Mrs. Ge took the child and held him.

The common people looked surprised and asked Lord Tao: "My goodness, I heard before that women in the capital could also be officials. I didn't know that this old woman could also be an official!"

Granny Ge: ...

Tao Sizhi hurriedly said, "Thank you, fellow villagers."

After delaying here and there, by the time they reached the outside of the city, the city gate had been closed. Fortunately, Tao Sizhi had the documents and token from the Dali Temple with him when he came out, so he was allowed to pass.

Shen Yun did not leave after his shift ended. He waited in the duty room for Tao Sizhi to come back. The emperor ordered the Imperial City Department, Jingzhao Prefecture and Dali Temple to jointly handle the case of kidnapping, but it was not possible for all three offices to focus on the three criminals. Today, the Imperial City Department was mainly responsible for thoroughly investigating outsiders in the capital and maintaining the capital's law and order.

Jingzhao Prefecture is responsible for raising the anti-abduction awareness of the people in the capital, letting everyone pay attention to their children and reminding the children to be careful not to be deceived. Xie Hui and Zhou Zhongan have been working on this all day today. At the end of the day, Xie Hui has begun to consider not having children in the future.

The Dali Temple was responsible for issuing arrest warrants and cooperation documents to various prefectures and cities, and for interrogating prisoners.

After having lunch at Dali Temple, Shen Yuan went home. In fact, she had done everything she could do and told her father everything she needed to say. The next thing was not her job as a "painter".

The first thing Tao Sizhi said when he saw Shen Yun after he came back was, "Sir Shen, your daughter is truly amazing!" He then took out the portrait painted by Shen Yuan and said, "The person in the painting really exists, and has a special relationship with Liao Chunfa!"

"Where are the people?"

"It's outside, the detective is watching."

Shen Yun stood up and said, "I will take people to see Wang Hongyun now. Tao Sizhi has worked hard, so go back and rest first."

"If you don't mind, I would like to go and have a look as well."

"Of course I don't mind."

On the way to the cell, Tao Sizhi told Shen Yun: "I asked Liao Chunfa's neighbors in Yufeng Town, and they all said that Liao Chunfa was gentle and kind. But Wang Hongyun was said to have a bad temper. Especially when it comes to adopting children, everyone praised Liao Chunfa as a kind and righteous person."

Shen Yun nodded in his heart. It is good to be loyal and righteous. Wang Hongyun felt so guilty towards Liao Chunfa in the past, and he would hate him even more after knowing the truth.

Wang Hongyun had been taken to the interrogation room in advance. Before she looked up, Xiao Rui in Mrs. Ge's arms had already called out, "Mom! Mom!"

"Xiao Rui! Why are you here? How did you get here? What do you want to do? He is still a child, what does this have to do with him?"

Wang Hongyun was very emotional. Shen Yun had just deliberately not let the person suspected to be Xiao Rui's biological mother come in with him, but had someone watch over her in the interrogation room next door. It seemed that Wang Hongyun really loved Xiao Rui.

After letting Wang Hongyun take a look, Shen Yun had someone take him away. After all, although the child was only three or four years old, he could understand some of what she said.

Shen Yun sat down and asked, "You love Xiao Rui very much? But he is not your son."

Wang Hongyun's eyes were slightly red, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes. When she heard Shen Yun's words, she snorted coldly: "So what if I didn't give birth to the child? I have been raising the child since he was weaned. Does it matter whether I gave birth to him or not? People in this world are like this. They only look at blood relationship. They tell me whoever feeds you is your son."

"People in this world? Then you think Liao Chunfa is not such a person, right? After all, you couldn't have a baby and he preferred to be laughed at by others rather than divorce you, and he even adopted the child back."

When talking about Liao Chunfa, Wang Hongyun's eyes softened, but it was fleeting. "Chunfa is naturally different from you guys."

"Haha, is that so? But Liao Chunfa told us that Xiao Rui is his biological child."

"What do you mean? Don't talk nonsense! I know. I heard Chunfa say that officials just like to sow discord."

Shen Yun turned around and signaled the constable to bring the woman in.

"Wang Hongyun, do you know her?"

"Dan Niang, why are you here too?"

The woman wept: "Sister-in-law, I don't know either. I was at home looking after Xiao Rui today, and someone brought me here."

Tao Sizhi suddenly shook his head and clicked his tongue twice, then took out Xiao Rui's portrait, looked at it and then at Dan Niang, "My Lord, look at the eyes and the nose, how similar they are, how come she didn't see that?"

Dan Niang's expression froze.

"Wang Hongyun, who did Liao Chunfa tell you about her?"

"What do you mean? Chunfa won't lie to me!"

"Dan Niang, what do you think? You know that they are guilty of a capital crime. If you lie again, you will be considered an accomplice and will have to go to jail. If you tell the truth, if you have not committed any crime, you can still go out and raise Xiao Rui well."

When Dan Niang heard about raising Xiao Rui, her expression finally changed a little. In the past, she could only see the child secretly, or when Chun Fa and his wife went out, Brother Chun Fa would let her take care of Xiao Rui.

"Sister-in-law... Xiao Rui was born to me."