Chapter 41 Find this person
"Lu Qingqing, go to the main hall for trial!"
Lu Qingqing was taken from the prison to the main hall.
The doubts in his heart finally became clear when he saw Old Man Lu and Lu Feng and Lu Yun being punished with a cane.
They beat the grievance drum and were beaten with thirty strokes of the cane, forcing the magistrate to make a premature judgment.
"father……"
Overwhelmed by raging anger and heartache, she was nearly drowned.
Lu Feng and Lu Yun were alright, but Old Man Lu was old and had been given thirty strokes of the cane. He looked weak and was just trying to hold on while waiting for his daughter.
"What are you doing? What are you banging on the drums for? Just wait! And you even dragged Dad in here!" She yelled at the two brothers, her eyes red.
"Little sister, are you alright? Did they hit you?" Lu Feng and Lu Yun ignored him, only concerned with looking at Lu Qingqing.
Old Man Lu was even more anxious. When he saw the bloodstains on Lu Qingqing's body, his vision went black.
"Did I hit you? Did I hit you?"
"No, Father, I'm fine, I'm fine, this isn't my blood."
"Good, good, that's good." Old Man Lu was relieved.
“Don’t blame your brother, it’s just that your father couldn’t wait any longer. You don’t understand, you can’t spend the night in jail, you can’t spend the night in jail…”
His eyes were filled with sorrow.
He was probably thinking of his wife again.
Lu Qingqing felt as if a pair of large hands were gripping her heart, causing her so much pain that she couldn't breathe.
She was moved by the family's sincerity, and she also felt happiness because of them.
The long-standing lack of family affection seemed to be fulfilled at this moment.
In a daze, she realized that she was not an orphan.
These are her family members.
Family members who were once separated but have since reunited, bound by blood and bound by affection.
Heaven was kind to her, allowing her to cross a thousand years and have a family.
Just as the family was comforting each other, an untimely voice rang out.
"Lu Qingqing, you should reflect on your actions. How can you bear to drag such good family members down time and time again?"
Lu Qingqing looked over.
But Ning Xiuwen was seen wearing a square-brimmed hat, a round-necked blue shirt, and black boots, sitting leisurely on a stool, looking quite respectable.
The village head was also there, but he was standing.
"What nonsense are you spouting..." Lu Yun was hit by Lu Feng and didn't finish his curse.
He muttered a curse under his breath and whispered to Lu Qingqing, "He just put on a scholar's robe and came here to show off. Look at his smug face."
Judging from his expression, he'll probably come up with something funny once the magistrate takes the court.
Lu Qingqing glanced at Ning Xiuwen, twitched her lips, ignored him, and helped her father-in-law, waiting for the court session to begin.
In this class-divided era, she had come to realize that she knew when to be humble and submissive.
But that doesn't mean she will submit.
Ning Xiuwen became increasingly smug.
He sat in the chair, as if he held the power of life and death.
Looking at the destitute family, it was as if I could already see their pitiful appearance as they begged for mercy.
After a while, the county magistrate finally arrived.
However, he did not come to preside over the court proceedings; instead, he ended the trial with a single sentence.
"There was a misunderstanding. The county government arrested the wrong person. Lu Qingqing is released in court. Court adjourned."
They arrest people without warning, and they misunderstand things just because they say so.
"Arrest and release" is just a phrase these people use to describe their actions.
But Lu Qingqing had no choice.
He had to kneel down and say, "Thank you for your wise judgment, sir."
She said it through gritted teeth.
Did she suffer a prison sentence for no reason?
Did her father and brothers get beaten up for nothing?
She couldn't retaliate against these humiliations, but she kept them in her heart.
The most disappointed person was Ning Xiuwen.
He was like a butcher sharpening his knife, ready to wreak havoc, but the pigs escaped.
His face looked as if his mother had died.
She was in a particularly good mood and talked to him about it.
He had to feign a smile, as if he were crying.
"My lord, my bag is still in the prison," Lu Qingqing said, bowing her head.
"In the bag were a pair of silver bracelets, three silver hairpins, a set of silver necklaces... three pieces of candy, and a handful of roasted peanuts..."
Soon someone brought her bag and her clothes.
Lu Qingqing checked and found that, apart from the missing candy and peanuts, all the silver ornaments had been returned intact.
She gave a sarcastic smirk, threw the prison uniform on the ground, and changed into her own clothes right there in court.
"Father, eldest brother, second brother, let's go."
The family was about to leave when the county magistrate issued another order.
"Lu Qingqing, please stay. I have some questions for you."
Old Man Lu and the others became nervous again.
"Dad, it's alright, you all go out and wait for me," Lu Qingqing comforted him.
After everyone else had left, Fu Leng walked out from behind the hall.
He asked bluntly, "Lu Qingqing, was it you who saved my young master on the mountain?"
Lu Qingqing lowered her eyes, "I dare not lie to Young Master Fu, it was not me who saved her."
It's too late to ask her to save me now.
Just wait to die!
"Of course it is! Didn't that little kid on the street say that you were the one who saved him?"
LOL, didn't you not believe me?
"He doesn't understand. Actually, when we got there, the magistrate's son was almost awake. I just pinched his philtrum and pricked his tiger's mouth acupoint."
Oh, and I even fed him a piece of candy.
Then I heard a noise. Because of what happened before, I was afraid it was you and that it might cause a misunderstanding, so I ran away.
Fu Leng seemed disappointed, yet also as if it were perfectly natural.
Lu Qingqing couldn't possibly be the one to save the young master. She could treat the purple acacia as a life-saving miracle drug; what medical skills does she know?
"Have you seen anyone else around here?"
"Yes, there are many herb gatherers over there, mostly doctors or apprentice herbalists from various towns, but I don't know them."
Fu Leng was a little anxious: "Do you remember what they look like? Describe them!"
When he asked the question, the county magistrate was listening intently, but he didn't say a word.
Lu Qingqing felt a strange sensation in her heart.
Then he regarded him as a county magistrate who was arrogant and self-important, and in his heart he scoffed at him.
She frowned as if recalling something: "Some are old, some are young."
They were all men.
Some have beards, some don't.
They were dressed no differently from the farmers in the village.
They were all carrying medicine baskets on their backs…
After all that talk, not a single thing was useful.
Lu Qingqing still remembered what Fu Leng had said: If that woman knew medicine, then everyone in the world could be a doctor.
Then let him search the whole world!
I had felt sorry for that magistrate's son, but to hell with him now!
Isn't it disrespectful to their lives? Just look at these self-righteous people, see if they are favored by God!
Fu Leng angrily kicked the desk, "Even if I have to search the entire Ming'an County, I will find this person!"
Keep looking, keep looking.
You can search to the ends of the earth and still not find it!
Lu Qingqing walked out of the county government office step by step, heading towards her anxiously waiting family.
Old Man Lu finally couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.
She immediately took out silver needles, her wrists moved swiftly, her needlework was divine, and her skill was consummate.
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