Chapter 402 Wang Sheng is rampant
Wang Sheng knew that Liu Hongyu must be deliberately trying to flatter him in front of Li Zimu, but he felt that Li Zimu would not believe it. After all, he had done even more outrageous things before, and Li Zimu turned a blind eye and sometimes even took the initiative to cover for him, so Wang Sheng was not afraid at all.
But this time, Li Zimu's attitude was different from before. He slammed the table hard, his face darkened and he said angrily, "Wang Sheng, you dare to beat a child? And you even want to slander innocent people. What crime should you be charged with?"
Wang Sheng was dumbfounded on the spot. Why... why was this different from what he thought?
Shouldn't they put the father and daughter in jail? Why are they accusing him now?
Wang Sheng looked at Li Zimu in disbelief: "Sir, what do you mean?"
Wang Sheng actually questioned Li Zimu on the spot. Li Zimu secretly called Wang Sheng a fool, but where was his official authority when he was questioned by Wang Sheng in front of everyone?
"Wang Sheng, you are a clerk in the government office, but you still break the law knowingly and dare to beat up the people who come to file a complaint in the street. Why don't you kneel down for me?"
Wang Sheng has been spoiled for so many years that he has lost his mind. He believes that Li Zimu's current status is entirely due to their family's money. Now that something has happened, he actually wants to humiliate him. Does Li Zimu want to destroy his bridges after crossing them?
"Sir, are you really going to do this to me?"
The frustration and anger in Wang Sheng's heart at this moment completely made him lose his mind. Besides, he was not very smart and was born into a wealthy family, so how could he think things through? He completely ignored the situation and decided to go against Li Zimu.
Li Zimu was also choked by Wang Sheng's words. This Wang Sheng was really stupid. He would not take the opportunity to admit his mistake and then just find a reason to let him go. But this person insisted on going against him here.
Li Zimu was also enraged. "Come here, take Wang Sheng away and give him 20 lashes of the cane to wake him up. Let him know his identity."
Someone immediately came in from outside and tried to fork Wang Sheng out. At this time, Wang Sheng lost all his remaining sanity.
He actually yelled in the court: "Li Zimu, you ungrateful villain, you are what you are today, all thanks to our Wang family's money. Now you are not even gone, and you want to get rid of the donkey. I tell you, don't even think about it. When I go back, I will tell my father and send all the evidence of your corruption over the years to the Dali Temple. I will bring you to ruin... um... "
Wang Sheng wanted to continue speaking, but the bailiff behind him covered his mouth and dragged him out.
Li Zimu's face at this moment had become a colorful dye vat, very spectacular.
But Liu Hongyu pretended not to hear anything and lowered his head to take a sip of tea. Wan Laoer even lowered his head to his chest, almost burying himself. Is this something an ordinary citizen like him can listen to?
After Wang Sheng was dragged out, the hall became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
It was Xiao Fubao who broke the silence, "Daddy, when are we going back? I'm hungry."
The father and daughter were still eating breakfast and were now hungry. Plus, they had just had a fight, so Fubao held back and said nothing.
"Little girl, I have some snacks here. Come and eat them first. I will treat you to something delicious later." Li Zimu quickly took a piece of cake from the plate on the table and handed it to Fubao.
Fubao didn't answer it immediately, but glanced at Wan Laoer.
"Go ahead, my girl. Remember to thank the adults." Wan Laoer said quickly with a smile.
Only then did Fubao leave Wan Laoer, go to Li Zimu, take the cake with both hands, thank him sweetly, and run back to Wan Laoer.
"Eat quickly." Wan Laoer held Fubao and sat him on his lap.
Fubao was not in a hurry to eat, even though she was very hungry. She broke the cake in half, handed one half to Wan Laoer and said, "Daddy, eat first, then Fubao will eat."
Wan Laoer wanted to refuse, but seeing Fubao's determined eyes, as if she said that if he didn't eat, she wouldn't eat either, Wan Laoer had no choice but to take it.
He wanted to coax Fubao to eat first and then coax her to finish the rest, but he didn't expect his daughter to keep looking at him and would not eat until he finished.
Wan Laoer had no choice but to put the pastry into his mouth. Fubao watched Wan Laoer swallow it before he held the pastry and started eating it in big mouthfuls. It looked so sweet. Wan Laoer was very sad to see it. He really regretted bringing Fubao out.
He had originally wanted to let his daughter travel around, see the outside world and gain experience, but he didn't expect that she would suffer as soon as she left the county. If she were at home, she would be wearing beautiful clothes, looking neat, and eating delicious food, instead of going hungry like she is now.
Seeing that Fubao was so sensible, Li Zimu liked this little girl from the bottom of his heart. He smiled and personally brought all the cakes beside him over.
"Come, there's more here, take your time, there's no rush."
Wan Lao Er was flattered and quickly stood up to thank him, "Thank you, sir. We can't finish all of this, so we don't need so much."
"Eat, someone, bring two glasses of water."
Li Zimu was even considerate enough to ask the servants to bring two glasses of water so that they wouldn't choke on the dry food.
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."
Wan Laoer thanked him repeatedly.
Even Fubao blinked his big eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said in a soft voice: "Thank you, sir."
It was the first time that Li Zimu saw such a smart little girl. He couldn't help but say with fondness, "You're welcome. I'm moved by your filial piety. Come eat quickly."
Li Zimu gently pinched Fubao's cheek.
Fubao quickly lowered his head and took two pieces of cake, handed one to Wan Laoer, and kept the other for himself to eat.
Wan Laoer was not polite this time. Since the adults said that they should all eat it, he had to finish it to show respect. There were eight pieces of pastries on the plate, and Fubao certainly couldn't finish them all by himself, so he had to help share some.
Li Zimu turned back to his seat and glanced at Liu Hongyu, but Liu Hongyu never looked up. He was either drinking tea or watching the father and daughter eat with a smile, as if he had not heard what Wang Sheng had just said.
Li Zimu coughed, looked at Liu Hongyu and said: "Brother Liu, you don't have to care about what Wang Sheng said just now. In fact..."
"Master Li, did Wang Sheng say anything just now? I didn't pay much attention to it. I was thinking about the case of this father and daughter."
Li Zimu smiled with satisfaction, knowing that the new county magistrate would not cause trouble, and he felt relieved. However, what he was most worried about now was the seemingly honest Wan Jinzhu. If he let the cat out of the bag to his nephew, his good days would probably be over.
I heard that this Lieutenant General of Dezhou was a fourth-rank official at a young age and could not tolerate any sand in his eyes. If he got to know about this, the consequences would be disastrous.
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