Chapter 401: She beat the police?
Wan Laoer was brought into the house by the yamen runners. He took a quick look and saw a middle-aged man sitting at the top of the hall. He was thin, had a goatee, and his hair was tied up with a green jade hairpin. The new county magistrate was sitting below him, and the two were drinking tea.
Wan Lao Er quickly bowed and said, "I, Wan Jinzhu, greet you two adults."
"Get up." The same voice came from above.
Wan Laoer got up from the ground, picked up Fubao, and stood in the middle, not daring to look up casually.
Li Zimu had been sizing up Wan Jinzhu since he entered the room. Seeing that he seemed to have some difficulty in moving, he asked, "Are you injured?"
"My Lord, I was injured, but it's nothing serious."
"Daddy is lying. The doctor said you were seriously injured and need to rest for half a month. He also prescribed so many bitter medicines for you. You can't lie in front of adults." Fubao's crisp voice rang out in the hall, sounding particularly abrupt.
Li Zimu looked towards Fubao unconsciously. At first sight, he felt that this little girl looked kind and very spiritual.
"This is......?"
"Oh, sir, this is my little girl, named Wan Hao." Wan Lao Er replied quickly.
"Wanhao? Well, yes, it's a good name. Since you are injured, sit down and talk."
"Thank you, sir."
Wan Laoer quickly took Fubao to the lowest chair and sat down.
"I heard from Lord Liu that you came here to send away the robbers. Can you tell me the details?"
Wan Lao Er was a little surprised. Wasn't it said that the confession would be recorded in court? Why did it become a private questioning now? Moreover, this case should be handled by the new county magistrate, but he didn't understand the affairs of the official, so he honestly told everything that happened last night.
After hearing this, Li Zimu asked, "According to what you said, we cannot be sure that the other party is the robber, but since the other party did something unlawful to you, he must have bad intentions. After I have handed over the matters to the new county magistrate, I will hand over the case to him."
"Thank you, sir."
Li Zimu tapped the table with his fingers a few times before asking, "I heard that the General of the Central Army of Dezhou is your nephew?"
Wan Lao Er was a little confused. Why did he ask about Quan Er? But since he was asked, he couldn't help but answer, so he nodded and said, "That's right."
Then Li Zimu said loudly, "Go and bring Wang Sheng here."
Wan Laoer lowered his head, still somewhat afraid of the officials in his heart. This was a fear deep in his bones that was difficult to get rid of for a while.
Little Fubao sat on Wan Laoer's lap, looking around the furnishings in the room with his big eyes, not at all shy.
Soon, Wang Sheng was brought in.
"Sir, I greet you, sir."
Wang Sheng originally wanted to file a complaint, but he didn't expect there were so many people in the room, including the new county magistrate. The words he was about to say came to an abrupt halt, and he immediately changed his sentence.
Wang Sheng was extremely depressed. Why was Liu Hongyu everywhere? It seemed like this person was here to defeat him.
He originally wanted to find an opportunity to complain to Li Zimu, but he didn't expect that after Liu Hongyu was led into the back hall by Li Zimu, he never came out again. He had no chance to meet Li Zimu alone, so he had no chance to complain.
Now he was suddenly called in again. I wonder if Liu Hongyu and this unruly citizen have tried to flatter him in front of his brother-in-law.
"Wang Sheng, do you know the person sitting here?"
Li Zimu's expression was calm and his tone was calm, showing no emotion.
Wang Sheng took a look and saw that the direction Li Zimu was pointing was exactly where Wan Laoer was sitting.
He lowered his head quickly and said, "I know him. He said the people in the cart were robbers. I thought he was lying. He is a peasant with no martial arts skills. How could he possibly handle five robbers? Moreover, robbers have always been in groups since ancient times. How could there be five robbers together? Even if there were five robbers, it is impossible that they could all be defeated by him alone. Moreover, he was unharmed while the robbers were all seriously injured. So I thought he was teasing the officials, so I taught him a lesson."
Wang Sheng had already made up his mind. Regardless of whether Wan Laoer and Liu Hongyu complained or not, he decided to take the initiative and state his reasons.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Li Zimu nodded, then looked at Wan Laoer and asked, "Is what Wang Sheng said the truth?"
Wan Lao Er quickly shook his head: "Sir, it's not like that, it's..."
"What is it? Do you dare to say that those are really robbers?" Wang Sheng was usually arrogant, and at this time, he didn't care about the occasion. He just stood up and shouted at Wan Laoer.
Wan Laoer was feeling guilty to begin with, as those men were definitely not robbers, so he did not dare to fight back with a clear conscience.
Fubao suddenly climbed down from Wan Laoer's lap, ran to Wang Sheng, put his hands on his waist, raised his head, stared at Wang Sheng and said crisply: "Why are you yelling? Don't be mean to my father. Do you think you are great just because you have a loud voice? There are two adults sitting upstairs. You have no respect for the elders and you should be dragged out and beaten with a stick."
Wang Sheng had already suffered at the hands of Fubao, and his ears and scalp were still hurting. Now seeing this damn girl again, he was so angry that his teeth were itching.
"Sir, this damn girl assaulted the officer and should be thrown into jail."
Wang Sheng glared at Fubao fiercely. He just didn't have the chance to deal with her, but she jumped out on her own.
"Oh? She beat up the police? Did I hear that correctly?"
Liu Hongyu, who had been sitting quietly on the side, asked with a smile and a hint of amusement in his tone.
Even Li Zimu found it absurd. A little girl over four years old beating up an official? He had never heard of it before.
Seeing that Liu Hongyu was speaking for Fubao, Wang Sheng hated Liu Hongyu even more. He had clearly seen with his own eyes outside that this damn girl bit him and even pulled his hair, but now she was lying with her eyes open. He felt so aggrieved.
"Sir, you saw it with your own eyes outside just now. This girl bit my ears and pulled my hair. My scalp is almost bald because of her."
Liu Hongyu pretended to be surprised when he heard this and asked, "Ah? Didn't you take the initiative to hug her? Wasn't she playing a joke with you? Or did I misunderstand? So you wanted to attack a young child? This... If I tell anyone, it will be embarrassing for Lord Li."
Liu Hongyu said this while glancing at Li Zimu.
Li Zimu's face looked a little grim at this time. This Wang Sheng was really incapable of doing anything good and more likely to cause trouble. He knew that Wang Sheng was rampant in private, but he would also restrain himself. Now that he was going to be promoted, he was even more unrestrained and actually made trouble in front of the yamen. If this got to the ears of the emperor, he would most likely lose the official position he had worked so hard to get.
He had spent most of his wife's family fortune to buy this vacancy, and he would never let this playboy drag him down.
Li Zimu felt that it was time to deal with his brother-in-law.
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