Chapter 140: The Yamen Runner Died Violently on the Street
"How did he get hurt?" As a mother, she felt sorry for her son. Mrs. Meng was the first to get up and run out. Mrs. Du also came over to support Madam Qin, and then they left the conference room.
When Su Qianqian saw Qin Hanjin, she felt that this Fifth Young Master must have been beaten to a pulp.
Although he had changed his clothes, his hands were wrapped in cloth, he walked with a limp, and there was even a bruise on his face. It would not be an exaggeration to say that his face was bruised and swollen. A handsome and heroic young man looked like a wounded soldier, but his face was filled with a naive smile like a fool.
"Grandma, mother, the fourth lady is willing to beat me!" Qin Hanjin's words confirmed that Su Qianqian's judgment was correct.
"This was... beaten by Fourth Miss Zhuang?" Meng couldn't believe it. When did her son become so cowardly that he was beaten black and blue by a girl?
"Yes!" Qin Hanjin looked very proud.
[Not only was he beaten, but he was beaten pretty badly. If the doorman hadn't known his Ma and Qingfeng, he would never have let him in. He was covered in mud, his face was swollen, and his legs were lame. He looked as miserable as he could be. γ
The system was exposing Qin Hanjin's shortcomings again, but this time Qin Hanjin did not feel ashamed at all. This was the gratifying result he achieved after persisting for several days.
"Grandmother, today my grandson was waiting outside the Zhuang Mansion, and the fourth Miss Zhuang came out to chase me away. My grandson refused to leave, so she wanted to compete with me. If I win, she will consider renegotiating our marriage."
Qin Hanjin said happily.
"The fourth Miss Zhuang is kindhearted. She is worried that you will be soaked in the rain and your brain will not work properly."
Mrs. Meng was relieved to see that her son only had superficial injuries, and she was merciless in scolding him, which made everyone laugh.
"That's true. Fourth Miss Zhuang is kind-hearted." Qin Hanjin smiled foolishly, the manifestation of an acute attack of love brain: not knowing what is good and what is bad, and not being persuaded by anything.
"Since you won, you can consider your marriage. Why are you still so happy? It's obvious that you lost after being beaten like this?" Qin Yuzhuo, who had been listening for a while, asked in confusion.
"I didn't lose... I was injured because I was afraid of hurting Miss Zhuang, so I tried to take her weapon with my bare hands and accidentally touched her..." Qin Hanjin said in a low voice a little embarrassedly.
[This is really like taking off your pants to chase a tiger. He is shameless and life-threatening. If Miss Zhuang fails, he won't be able to marry her even if she wants to! γThe system struck again.
Madam Qin laughed loudly. No matter what, letting Qin Hanjin suffer a little was not a bad thing. He would think more about things in the future and not jump to conclusions easily.
The rain stopped in the evening. Su Qianqian was busy in the space for an entire afternoon, preparing a lot of emergency self-defense tools and first aid medicines in case of emergency.
After having dinner at Fushou Hall, Qin Hanjin returned to his previous listless appearance: in the afternoon, he went to the outside of the Zhuang Mansion to ask to see Miss Zhuang, in order to confirm when to propose marriage. Miss Zhuang asked the maid to come out to reply, saying that it was true that she was considering marriage, but they were each considering their own things and it had nothing to do with each other.
It turns out that I was fooled.
Su Qianqian felt that it was not that easy. The girl was a persistent person, but she had also been pampered when she grew up. After being hurt by Qin Hanjin, she would not let him go easily.
Qin Hanyue brought back a piece of news: the wife of the yamen runner who had died suddenly of illness on the street in the City Patrol Office, brought her children to the City Patrol Office and cried, saying that her husband had never had any heart disease, and that day he said he was going out to do an important errand, so why did he die suddenly during an inspection?
[A man as ruthless as Zhang Yong, hurried back from the outer courtyard because a minor yamen runner got into trouble. Either he had a close personal relationship with the yamen runner, or the yamen runner's job was very important. γ
Su Qianqian speculated in her heart.
"But this matter has been suppressed by Zhang Yong, and the bailiff will announce the funeral tomorrow." Qin Hanyue continued.
[Tomorrow...] Su Qianqian muttered to herself and sat obediently.
It was a sunny day. Su Qianqian not only changed into men's clothes herself, but also got a servant's outfit for Su Xing. The master and servant slipped to the west corner gate, where a green-curtained carriage was already prepared.
"Third sister-in-law, you have to be watched all day like this, aren't you afraid that grandma will be angry and put you under house arrest?"
Qin Yuzhuo was also dressed in men's clothes today, waiting outside the corner gate with his arms folded, blocking Su Qianqian who was about to get on the carriage.
"It's my third sister. Today, my third sister-in-law is going to the farm. It's very boring and tiring, so I didn't tell you. I'll take you with me next time I go out to play."
Su Qianqian quickly found an excuse to get Qin Yuzhuo away. If the Qin family knew that she was going to attend a funeral, they were afraid that they would think it was unlucky and would not agree to let her go out.
"It doesn't matter. Let alone going to the farm, even if you go to the toilet, I will follow you today. Mother has given a strict order: I must be wherever you are!" Qin Yuzhuo repeated Du's order calmly.
Su Qianqian had no choice but to let Qin Yuzhuo and his servant get in the car: Qingyu was also wearing men's clothes, and secretly looked at Su Xing along the way, looking unwilling and unconvinced.
"What? Go to see the yamen runners attend the funeral?" Qin Yuzhuo thought of everything, but he didn't expect Su Qianqian to do such a boring thing.
"The dead are the greatest, the dead are the greatest. It wouldn't be good if I didn't go to pay my respects after hearing the news..." Su Qianqian said perfunctorily.
Su Xing had found out the bailiff's home last night, so he found it easily. When he entered the alley, he saw a lantern covered with white cloth hanging by the door and heard faint crying sounds in the distance.
[Tongzi, the time has come to test your ability. Find out what the yamen runner did a few days ago and whether he really died of a sudden illness. γ
Su Qianqian touched her face. This time she deliberately used more setting makeup to avoid being exposed again.
"Yuzhuo, it's not good for too many people to go in. You wait for me outside the door. If I haven't come out after a quarter of an hour, you can go in and look for me later."
Su Qianqian was afraid of meeting someone who knew Qin Yuzhuo and getting into trouble.
Qin Yuzhuo thought about it, looked at Su Qianqian's face, and realized that he was indeed not prepared, so he nodded.
Su Qianqian lifted her robe and got out of the car, then took Su Xing into the courtyard.
There were a few people in mourning in the yard, they should be the younger generations of the yamen runners.
At this time, a woman with a sackcloth on her head and a white dress came over, her eyes red and swollen, and she bowed to Su Qianqian: "Excuse me, are you familiar with my late husband?"
Su Qianqian pretended to be sad: "That's right, Brother Liu once helped me. I just heard yesterday that Brother Liu passed away unexpectedly, so I came here to pay my respects and see him off."
Su Qianqian gestured to Su Xing to offer funeral ceremony, and Liu the servant's wife led Su Qianqian to the mourning hall to pay her respects.
There were only two children of eight or nine years old in the mourning hall, kneeling and burning paper money. A newly made thin coffin was placed on the mourning hall. Su Qianqian lit a stick of incense and paid her respects, and was then invited by the woman to the guest hall next door for tea.
"Brother Liu has always been in good health, why did he suddenly fall ill?" Su Qianqian knew that it was difficult to investigate the death of a person through the system, so she talked to Liu's wife to delay time.
"Oh, it's not a serious illness, it's..." The woman hesitated to speak.
"It's a pity that Brother Liu lost his life in vain. I saw him in high spirits a few days ago. Alas!" Su Qianqian shook her head regretfully.
"My husband is so pitiful. He was working for Lord Zhang. When he left at night, he said that he had done a great job and received a reward from the nobleman. His life would be better in the future. Who knew that he would die in the street?"
The woman said sadly.
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