Chapter 216 Fighting
"Wang Liushi?" Zhang Jia's face was full of confusion, his eyes fixed on Wang Liushi who was still in a daze, his brows tightly furrowed together, forming a deep "chuan" character.
Suddenly, he turned his attention to Wang Liushi's husband and asked sternly, "Since you are not thieves, why did you secretly follow your wife and daughter-in-law with your son when they left home?"
"What's the real story behind this? Tell the truth!"
"There is no hidden secret, there is no hidden secret." Wang Liu's son shouted anxiously, waving his hands frantically, looking extremely panicked, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
But the more panicked and helpless he was, the easier it was for people to see that he was guilty.
County Magistrate Zhang Jia's face instantly darkened. "You still dare to quibble and try to get away with it? You're simply ignorant of what's good for you! Come on, give him twenty lashes of the cane, and see if he dares to continue his nonsense!"
As soon as the county magistrate gave the order, two strong yamen runners immediately released the hands that were holding Wang Liu's son and prepared to carry out the punishment of beating him with a stick.
"No, no. Mom and Dad, help me! Wife, say something, please speak quickly." Wang Liu's son turned pale in an instant, shouting at the top of his lungs, his eyes full of fear and despair, twisting his body desperately to try to break free.
Qianxue, who was in the carriage, saw this scene and her eyes widened in shock. "Sister-in-law, they...they..."
Qianxue's words were on the tip of her tongue, but they seemed to be tangled in a tangled mess. She couldn't find the right words to accurately describe the situation in front of her, and she was so anxious that she stamped her feet.
Chu Ci smiled slightly upon hearing this, but did not immediately answer Qianxue's question. Instead, with a hint of mystery in his eyes, he asked, "Guess what, in this situation, would they help save people?"
Before Qianxue and Qianyan could open their mouths, the Fifth Prince and Fan Jingrui, who had quietly moved over, said one after another, "I bet they will."
"I bet they won't. The younger one clearly has his own plans and thoughts, and the older Wang Liu, betrayed by both her husband and her son, is so eager to save them that she must be mentally ill."
Ever since he was assassinated, his wife had become much colder towards him. Fan Jingrui finally got the chance, so naturally he had to say a few more words. He spoke incessantly about his reasons, his eyes occasionally casting towards Chu Ci, eyes full of expectation.
Unfortunately, even though Fan Jingrui was so active, Chu Ci just rolled his eyes with disdain.
Fan Jingrui looked helpless and full of grievances, but he didn't know where to start and could only remain silent.
Fan Qianxue also looked confused, not knowing how to deal with this embarrassing situation.
Fan Qianyan hesitated to speak, and finally moved cautiously closer to Chu Ci.
On the contrary, the Fifth Prince couldn't help but say, "Princess Yixin, aren't you going too far..."
But before he could finish his words, Chu Ci put his finger to his mouth and made a gesture of silence.
As luck would have it, at this moment, the eldest prince had somehow joined in the fun. With a look of curiosity and amusement on his face, he said, "Fifth brother, Princess Yixin, what are you talking about? Tell me quickly."
The fifth prince was still wondering how much his eldest brother had heard.
But Chu Ci used the same trick again, and then stretched out his finger, pointed in the direction of Wang Liushi, and said softly: "Shh, look there."
There was a mystery in her eyes, which made the eldest prince unconsciously do as she said and look in the direction of her finger.
After hearing her son's desperate cries, Wang Liu finally came to her senses.
However, her first reaction was not to save him, but to ask angrily, "Did you do all this today on purpose? Why?"
Her voice trembled and her eyes were filled with pain.
Wang Liu's husband and son were both shocked when they heard this, and their faces were instantly filled with panic.
Wang Liu's daughter-in-law was so frightened that her body trembled and her face turned as pale as paper.
But she soon remembered that her mother-in-law regarded her husband as her everything, and immediately pretended to be calm and said, "Mother-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about? Are you going to kill us all by talking nonsense like this?"
Sure enough, Wang Liu paused when she heard this.
Although it was only a brief moment, it was still captured keenly by Wang Liu's husband and son.
"Old woman, my son and I are really just worried about you." Wang Liu's husband said hurriedly, his face full of ingratiating smiles, but his heart was full of panic.
The son quickly agreed, perhaps because he had long been accustomed to his mother's care and kindness towards him.
He was calmer than his father and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Mother, we are really just here to take you home. We have no other intentions."
However, they thought too simply. Things had already developed to this point and it was no longer possible to solve the problem by sacrificing Wang Liu alone.
As expected, Zhang Jia's eyes flashed, and he shouted angrily, "You daring thieves, do you think you can get away with such crude tricks? Now that things have come to this, why don't you confess the truth immediately? Don't be so optimistic!"
But this method is really simple and crude.
Under such circumstances, no one knows how many unjust, false and wrong cases are hastily settled in Linwu County, and how many innocent people are wronged and wronged.
Thinking of this, even though Chu Ci was still angry with Fan Jingrui, he could only suppress it for the moment.
She frowned slightly, her expression slightly solemn, turned to look at Fan Jingrui and said, "Husband, go give Magistrate Zhang some advice."
Upon hearing this, Fan Jingrui was overjoyed.
But he soon realized that he couldn't show it too obviously at this moment, so he forced himself to cover it up.
"Okay, ma'am." He responded calmly.
However, anyone who was slightly familiar with Fan Jingrui could easily see his irrepressible joy.
After all, his slightly upturned mouth corners, the sparkling eyes, and the unconsciously brisk pace all revealed his inner joy.
Even Zhang Jia, who was confused and didn't understand what was going on, could clearly feel Fan Jingrui's irrepressible good mood.
However, the words that came out of Fan Jingrui's excited mouth were colder to Zhang Jia than the frost in June.
Every word was like a cold blade piercing Zhang Jia's heart, instantly making him fall from the joy he had just felt for Fan Jingrui into an ice cellar.
The look he gave to the Wang Liu family was no longer peaceful, but instead was filled with hatred and resentment as if they were his enemies.
"They don't want to tell the truth, right? Come here, beat them up, beat them hard, until they tell the truth." County Magistrate Zhang's eyes were wide open, veins bulged on his forehead, and he roared at the top of his lungs.
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