Chapter 023 Squeak Squeak
"Ahhh, someone's been killed, someone's dead..."
The villagers who followed Zhao Shuan into the land temple saw several corpses and large patches of blood on the ground, and they screamed in shock.
"Who did it? Who killed that person? It's so horrible!"
Xiao Nanchen's face was expressionless: "I killed him."
As soon as the words came out, I felt dizzy.
Looking at Xiao Nanchen, whose face was cold and stern, Shen Ning felt relieved.
My king is awake now, no need to worry anymore.
But at this moment, she saw His Royal Highness Prince Ding, who had just been full of murderous intent, suddenly grab her arm and said in a wronged and pitiful voice: "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid..."
Shen Ning almost couldn't catch her breath.
Are you afraid? You killed all of them, brother. I'm more afraid than you!
Xiao Nanchen obviously had not fully recovered, but with several bodies lying there, Shen Ning went to find the head of the village, and then asked someone to go to the county town to report to the authorities.
Because so many villagers testified that those people were villains, and they were killed in panic by the frightened fool, the magistrate immediately determined that Chen Ning and "Zhao Nan" were not responsible, and the remaining villains were imprisoned and tried on a later date.
Until the next day, the villagers of Qingyuan Village were in a state of excitement: they had besieged the villains before, and although those villains were killed by the fool Zhao Nan, they also had a deterrent effect.
Especially after reporting to the authorities, Chen Ning was very trustworthy and gave each of the villagers who went to help at the time a full tael of silver, and Zhao Shuan and the others who took the lead in rushing forward five taels each.
He came down with dozens of taels of silver, and the villagers praised him highly. At the same time, they also felt that Chen Ning was really rich.
Of course, Dong Chunhua's family had no share. When they heard people say that Chen Ning was a man of his words and had money, they started gossiping about it jealously.
"How can a widow like her get so much money? I don't even know if it's clean. She doesn't even want it given to me because she thinks it's dirty. Ugh!"
Someone nearby mocked her, "It's better than you colluding with outsiders to blackmail your own nephew. You still think money is dirty? Even if a penny fell into the toilet, you would rush to pick it up, right?"
Dong Chunhua was immediately furious: "Bullshit!"
Someone scolded her: "You are so mean. I heard it all. It was Chen Ning who made a flushing water tank and sold it to a rich man. She got 180 taels of silver, which is much cleaner than your family's silver."
Dong Chunhua was not in a good mood. She turned around angrily and walked back cursing.
I don’t know what kind of medicine that young widow fed these people. When she spoke ill of Shen Ning to them before, they all agreed!
It’s just to treat their illnesses, you bunch of snobs!
Shen Ning didn't know that Dong Chunhua was gossiping again. She was giving Xiao Nanchen acupuncture.
Xiao Nanchen's pulse has basically recovered, and he should be fully awake soon.
After the acupuncture, she took Xiao Nanchen out and took a hired ox cart to Shihe Village.
She was going to pick up Shen Qingbai
Shen Ning only found out early this morning that something happened at Shen Qingbai's home yesterday.
Last night, a fire burned the Shen family home to ashes. Fortunately, Shen Qingbai was allowed to stay overnight in the county town by his teacher, so he escaped the disaster.
But now, the original house has turned into a black and gray floor.
From the moment Shen Ning came into this world, Shen Qingbai treated her like a real sister. When Zhao Mu died and he was worried about her life, he helped her. When she was drugged by Shen Danian and his wife, the young man risked his life to protect her. When someone blackmailed her for a huge debt, he cleared her in public...
The boy is weak, but he acts uprightly. Shen Ning is willing to accept such a brother.
Xiao Nanchen sat next to Shen Ning, his face full of curiosity: "Shen Ning, where are we going?"
Shen Ning told him: “Go pick up Bo Ge’er and come live with us at our house.”
The little fool was a little happy: "Great, let's live together."
Shen Ning smiled...
Soon, the ox cart entered Shihe Village. When it was almost at Shen's house, Shen Ning saw from a distance a thin body dragging a piece of unburned wood out of the ruins and trying to put it on a big tree not far away.
Shen Qingbai is trying to build a shack for himself.
He also knew that it was probably Mrs. Pan who wanted to kill him yesterday. If there was a first time, there would be a second time, so Shen Qingbai did not leave.
He didn't want to implicate his teacher. At the same time, if he left, Mrs. Pan would have no choice but to vent her anger on his sister.
The disaster was caused by his gambling father. He cannot hide as he must pay for his father's debts.
But at this moment, he saw Shen Ning sitting on the ox cart...
"What are you still messing around with? Is that thing you built habitable?" Shen Ning said helplessly.
Seeing his sister, Shen Qingbai's eyes turned red: "Sister."
"I know everything. It's okay. As long as everyone is okay, don't pack up. Let's go and live with my sister in Qingyuan Village."
Shen Qingbai immediately shook his head: "No, it will implicate you."
Shen Ning shrugged: "What's the matter with being implicated or not? We are the same."
Shen Qingbai had already learned about Shen Ning's situation from the teacher yesterday and fell silent again.
"You can't guard against thieves for a thousand days. Let's go. It's okay. We're siblings. If anyone wants to harm us again, just come at me. I've got some iron arrows. If you come, shoot one by one. If you come, shoot a pair..."
Shen Qingbai wanted to say something, but Shen Ning stopped talking nonsense with him and directly dragged the young man towards the ox cart: "Okay, it just happened to be burned clean, so you don't even need to bring luggage."
Shen Qingbai sat on the ox cart with his head lowered, trying hard to hold back his tears.
No matter how mature he was, in such a short period of time, he first witnessed his parents being slaughtered and their bodies were completely destroyed, and then he himself was almost burned to death. The house where he grew up was reduced to ruins, and he was alone looking for a place to stay in the ruins... It was impossible for him not to feel sad and wronged.
Shen Ning patted the boy, and he turned his face away, unwilling to let her see his expression.
Shen Ning comforted him: "Don't worry too much. Several lives have been lost this time, and we have reported it to the police in a big way. As long as the county magistrate is not stupid, he will definitely restrain Madam Pan. We will be fine in the short term."
This is the same as what the teacher said, Shen Qingbai nodded softly.
The oxcart creaked along the village road...
“Squeak…”
The sound of the bed shaking finally stopped. Cao Manlou, the magistrate of Pingning County who was over 40 years old, rolled off the young and pretty Mrs. Pan, straightened his clothes, got out of bed and walked to the table to drink water.
On the bed, Madam Pan suppressed the irritation and dissatisfaction in her eyes and said in a deliberately coquettish voice, "Master, you really don't care about me at all."
Magistrate Cao snorted and laughed: "That's just to feed you, little slut."
Mrs. Pan used to be a concubine, but now she is a lady. However, County Magistrate Cao still behaves as before in front of her, being affectionate and playful.
Mrs. Pan said coquettishly, "I want to drink water too."
Magistrate Cao personally poured the water and brought it over, appearing to be very doting on his wife.
Madam Pan took two sips of water, then looked up, sniffed, and looked aggrieved. "Master, can you make the decision for me?"
Magistrate Cao raised his eyes and smiled: "How do you want me to make the decision for you?"
Mrs. Pan's eyes flashed with cruelty: "Jin Lian died a violent death at such a young age. I will make that woman suffer a fate worse than death. I will..."
“Bang!”
The slap made Mrs. Pan suddenly freeze. She covered her face and stared at her husband in a daze.
Magistrate Cao withdrew his hand and quietly looked at the naked young lady on the bed. "I don't mind you doing evil, but you're too stupid. If you want to do it, you should do it without leaving any trace... You went after that rabble, but you were killed by a fool, and you were even caught in front of me!"
Magistrate Cao said coldly, "That matter ends here. Don't let it happen again in the future."
Mrs. Pan burst into tears: "Then my brother's death was in vain?"
Magistrate Cao's eyes were filled with disgust: "He asked for it... Pan Jinlian is such a scoundrel, if he doesn't die today, he will die someday."
Mrs. Pan gritted her teeth: "But..."
“Bang!”
Another slap.
Magistrate Cao showed no sign of the affection he had shown on the bed just now, and spoke each word with a cold face.
"The imperial examination is imminent. If my mentor is promoted this time, he would be able to help me. However, Prince Ding was killed in the Liaoyang bandit suppression battle and his life or death is unknown. His Majesty is now murderous... If you cause trouble for me at this critical moment, I will definitely skin you, you bitch!"
Mrs. Pan bit her lip and dared not speak.
Magistrate Cao approached her and asked, "Remember?"
Madam Pan covered her face and lowered her eyes to hide the cruelty in her eyes. Her voice was aggrieved and pitiful: "Yes, Master."
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