Chapter 278 Withdraw a Kiss

"Master Shen, there is a case sent by Jingzhao Prefecture. Please go and hand it over to the people in Jingzhao Prefecture."

Lord Bai winked at Shen Yuansui as he spoke. Although Shen Yuansui didn't understand why, he didn't think much about it. He put down what he was doing and went.

When I stood outside the house and saw the people inside, I realized that it was no wonder that Lord Bai looked like that.

Shen Yuan suppressed his laughter and said, "I have met Mr. Xie before."

Xie Hui saw Shen Yuan, smiled and stood up and walked towards her, "Manman, why are you here today?"

“Ahem!”

"Oh, sorry, Master Shen, please take a seat."

"Well, what's the case today?"

"There was another case last night in the Lihua Lane case. This time, someone almost died. The injured person is still lying in the hospital and his life or death is unknown." Xie Hui briefly explained his purpose and handed the case file to Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan knew about the case in Lihua Lane. He had heard from Xie Hui in private before that someone hid in Lihua Lane at night and hit passers-by with stones, and ran away immediately after hitting them. Across the lane was a busy street with a lot of people, so it was impossible to find the culprit.

After someone reported the incident to the authorities, Jingzhao Prefecture sent people to stake out the area for half a month, but everything was calm during that period and nothing happened. However, last night, there was a fight in a nearby tavern, and the patrolling yamen officers who were on stakeout there left for a while. Unexpectedly, someone got injured during that period, and the injury was serious.

This case was obviously a serial crime, and someone almost died, so Jingzhao Yin Su said that the case should be handed over to the Dali Temple.

Xie Hui wanted to handle the case, but he was so busy in Jingzhao Prefecture that he had no time to do so.

"If I can come back this afternoon, I'll go to Lihua Lane with you after I finish my shift. We can have dinner together in the evening, and I can talk to you more about the case."

Shen Yuan nodded and agreed, "Okay, but where are you going?"

Xie Hui said helplessly: "Do you still remember the fight between the villagers surnamed Tang and Jiang in Qingxi Village?"

"Remember, there won't be another fight, right?"

"Yes, they are fighting again, and it's even more fierce than the last time. The local county magistrate and his men took great pains to separate the two sides, but he said he couldn't solve the problem himself, so he asked for help from Jingzhao Prefecture. I'm just about to go and take a look."

"Thank you for your hard work, Sir. Go ahead, I'll wait for your victorious return."

"Thank you, Master Xiao Shen."

After Xie Hui left, Shen Yuan sat down and looked through the file. There were too few clues and there was nothing much to write in the file. After reading it once, she still had no clue. Shen Yuan took the file back to find Lord Si Zheng and told him about the case. Lord Si Zheng then said that the case would be handed over to her for the time being.

Therefore, after finishing his shift in the afternoon, Shen Yuan stayed in the Dali Temple for a while longer, waiting for Xie to come back. In the morning, Xie told him that if he couldn't come back, she would send someone to tell her.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Xie rushed back as soon as he finished what he was doing over there.

"No, it was just a moment. Besides, I'm not here to do anything. How are you doing? Is the problem solved?"

Xie Hui nodded, "It's solved, I guess."

On the way to Lihua Lane, Xie Hui told Shen Yuan about what happened today. The villagers with the surnames Tang and Jiang in Qingxi Village had quarreled over the spring plowing. As they quarreled, they started fighting and had no time to plant the land.

"I told them that the government saw them quarreling and fighting all the time and felt that they could no longer live together, so they wanted to separate the Tang and Jiang families. When I first said this, the villagers cheered and said that they should have been separated long ago and should not have been mixed together in the first place."

"And then? The government would never say such a thing. How could they divide a village into two just because there are two surnames in the same village?"

"That's right. The government didn't say that. I lied to them. I said we could separate, but if we were going to separate, we had to do it thoroughly. One village would have the surname Tang, and the other would have the surname Jiang. To avoid quarrels, the Tang and Jiang families would not be allowed to have private contact in the future. Then someone asked me, what about married couples?"

"I know!" Shen Yuan had guessed Xie Hui's plan, "You must have said that those who are married will go to the government to get a divorce, and then go back to their own homes in the future."

Xie Hui nodded, "That's right." He also said at the time that if they were worried about causing trouble, they could call the people from the Jingzhao Prefecture's Marriage Matchmaking Department to arrange a divorce for them in the village.

When the villagers heard this, they were a little at a loss. The Tang and Jiang families have lived together for a long time, and there are many people who have intermarried with the two surnames. Because of the fight, the originally harmonious family became a little unhappy. People live by believing that everything will be prosperous if the family is harmonious. So, those families who were intermarried with the Tang and Jiang families didn't want to get involved in the noise. Now when they heard that the government wanted them to divorce, they were even more unhappy. They were living well and had enough food to eat, but they still wanted to divorce.

Many people immediately stood up and advised the villagers not to continue making trouble. They also stated that they would not divorce. As a result, those who were not so determined originally also turned to the side that stopped arguing. Soon, the most aggressive troublemakers on both sides naturally showed up.

If it weren't for someone's instigation, a fight wouldn't have happened so easily. Xie Hui simply had these people taken back to the Dali Temple. Of course, he didn't really want to lock them up, he just wanted to scare them.

Shen Yuan praised: "Young Master Xie is really smart. I guess they won't dare to instigate the villagers to cause trouble for a long time, right?"

"Master Shen, you are too kind."

Shen Yuan smiled and was about to move over to give her little Mr. Xie a kiss, but she suddenly stopped halfway.

"What's wrong?"

"You're wearing an official uniform, so don't kiss me. It feels weird."

…

Although Lihua Lane is not the most prosperous place in the capital, it is definitely not a remote place. It is just a little dark in the alley at night. However, the alley is not very long. There is a busy street across the alley. Normally, most people would not choose to commit crimes in such a place.

Shen Yuan and Xie Hui walked into Lihua Lane. After this case happened, many people would not walk through Lihua Lane even in the daytime, and would rather walk a longer distance to avoid it.

"There have been rumors in the capital recently that there is a stone demon in Lihua Lane that only smashes people's heads."

Shen Yuan laughed and said, "Stone monster? If it hits people with stones, it's a stone monster. Then if it hits people with a stick, it's a stick monster? Then I want to see what this monster looks like."

"Are there people living in these two courtyards?"

"When the incident first happened, we sent someone to investigate. Two of the houses had empty yards, but the other houses were occupied. We went to their homes and found no suspects. They also said they hadn't heard anything unusual at home."