Chapter 32: You Admit It Then It’s Fine
Lead constable Li Yong: “No, it was that Madam who took the things out for us to inspect.”
Actually, he hadn’t planned to search so soon, after all, he hadn’t even seen the thief. It was just that the old woman barged in and threw all the things out, urging him to search quickly.
He learned this morning that this old woman’s son had some connection with Assistant Magistrate, he couldn’t afford to offend her. Since everything was already thrown out, he went along with it and conducted a search.
But now this girl was too calm. He had caught many thieves, and none of them were as calm as her.
He was already certain that the golden bead was probably not stolen by this girl.
If she didn’t steal it, then the pile of things on the ground was hard to explain.
He wasn’t shirking responsibility either, it was just that the newly appointed county magistrate was taking office, and this girl was clearly not someone to be trifled with. His intuition told him that if she made a fuss, he would definitely lose his job!
Li S*i put her hands on her hips and said: “I threw them out! You stole something, I threw it out for the officers to search, what’s wrong with that? In this situation, of course, we have to catch her off guard! After all, you are so cunning!”
Shen Xingnong nodded slightly: “You admit it then it’s fine!”
Li S*i’s eyelids twitched, and she straightened her back: “I dare to do what I dare to admit! Of course, I dare to admit it! Do you dare? As the saying goes, if you steal a needle when you are young, you will steal gold when you grow up! I shouldn’t have indulged you in the first place! Now reporting to the officials is to teach you a lesson and make you turn over a new leaf! I am teaching you how to be a person! I hope you learn from this lesson and don’t make mistakes in the future.”
Shen Xingnong didn’t even bother to look at her, her expression cold as ice as she walked towards Li Yong.
Seeing Shen Xingnong’s calm reaction, Shen Mingzhu’s heart skipped a beat, could it be that the golden bead wasn’t stolen by her?
Impossible! The shopkeeper of the restaurant said that a guest had indeed lost something. Even if she picked it up and didn’t steal it, she didn’t return it and even used someone else’s silver to buy so many things, it was no different from stealing!
Thinking of this, she felt relieved.
Shen Xingnong looked at Li Yong: “Let’s go, to the yamen. Take her, her, and her!”
Shen Xingnong pointed at Li S*i, Shen Mingzhu, and the maid, her gaze extremely sharp.
Everyone felt that she was angry, and very angry!
This anger made people feel like a storm was about to come.
Li S*i: “…”
For some reason, her whole body ached!
The fear of being dominated by the nail board emerged again.
Shen Mingzhu: “…”
She didn’t want to go!
Li Yong said to Li S*i and Shen Mingzhu: “Madam, Miss Shen, please!”
Li S*i came back to her senses and subconsciously refused: “I won’t go, why should I go, I won’t go! My maid can go! She was the one who found it!”
The nail holes on her body and her buttocks still hurt!
Shen Xingnong sneered, came to the three of them, her eyes swept over Li S*i, Shen Mingzhu, and the maid: “If your maid goes, you have to go too, you all have to go, what, are you afraid?”
When Shen Xingnong looked over, the maid subconsciously shrank back.
“Who’s afraid! You stole something, there’s a witness, that’s all! My maid is the witness.”
Shen Xingnong looked at Li Yong and pointed to the mess on the ground: “These things don’t count on their heads, they don’t have to go.”
After saying that, she turned around neatly, tossed her head, and strode away.
The wet ponytail drew an arc in the air, throwing out a string of water droplets, splashing Shen Mingzhu’s face, and then “slap” hit Li S*i’s face.
“Ah~”
“Ah!”
The two screamed one after another.
As Shen Xingnong walked, the constables and villagers made way for her.
Shen Mingzhu quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe her face: It’s so d*rty!
Li S*i’s old face was hit by Shen Xingnong’s hair, it hurt like fire, and instantly turned red. She covered her face and jumped up: “Shen Xingnong, you b*stard dare to hit me! I’m going to sue you for being unfilial! Let the county magistrate spank you!”
Shen Xingnong didn’t look back: “The yamen is waiting for you!”
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Li S*i: “…”
Li S*i was so angry that her face turned red and then green, green and then white, she almost had a heart attack.
“Constable, did you see that, she hit me! Not only was she disrespectful to me, her elder, she even hit me!”
Li Yong was also impatient: “Let’s go! If you don’t go, I’ll have someone take all three of you away!”
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Futai County Yamen
Ren Zilin changed into his official uniform and saw that someone was so leisurely that he even had the leisure to practice calligraphy, he couldn’t help but get a little angry.
If this person hadn’t been informed that someone had reported a case to the yamen, he could have left him alone in the peach grove: “Aren’t you my shiye? The court is in session! Hurry up and come with me!”
God knows, he came to this godforsaken place to be a small county magistrate, for whom.
“No.” Chu Tiankuo didn’t look up, he replied lightly, the movement of his hand didn’t stop.
The man’s posture was tall and straight, his bony, slender and well-proportioned hand held the writing brush and splashed ink freely on the Xuan paper.
The brushstrokes were stunning, like a dragon flying.
Ren Zilin took a closer look and saw a line of vigorous and powerful calligraphy, yet elegant and graceful, leaping out of the paper: “‘Staying overnight at the Nine Dragons Temple, pushing open the window, the stars are even brighter.’ Isn’t this the poem you wrote when you were ten years old? Why are you writing it now? Could it be that our Crown Prince of Chu, who surpasses all four kingdoms, has run out of talent? You actually have to dig out the poems from your childhood to write?”
Ren Zilin’s childhood, which had been crushed by someone, left a deep shadow on him, and naturally, he couldn’t help but tease him when he had the chance.
He naturally knew that he hadn’t run out of talent, but after that incident, he hid himself and faded away his talent.
Chu Tiankuo ignored someone’s gloating and continued to wield his brush, writing the last two lines as smoothly as flowing clouds and water: The delicate clouds skillfully play with the moon, the vast sky allows the stars to be dense.
Finally, he put down the brush and looked down at the verses that were still emitting the fragrance of ink, his expression unreadable.
Staying overnight at the Nine Dragons Temple,
Pushing open the window, the stars are even brighter.
The delicate clouds skillfully play with the moon,
The vast sky allows the stars to be dense.
This was the poem he wrote when he was young at the Nine Dragons Temple. That time he climbed the Nine Dragons Temple and met his master. At that time, he accidentally picked up a pair of spirit orbs from his master, and his master gave them to him, saying that the pair of spirit orbs had a destiny with him.
That pair of spirit orbs were the treasures of heaven and earth, and the treasures of heaven and earth were all obtained by those who were destined.
He had been holding the spirit orbs for so many years, but he couldn’t figure out how to use the golden Creation Spirit Orb.
She only took it for one night, and she actually brought a plant inside to life.
“My good shiye, are you going or not?”
“I don’t say things twice.” Chu Tiankuo retracted his thoughts, sat down, put away the poem he had just written, picked up the medical book on the side, leaned back in his chair casually, and read.
Ren Zilin couldn’t control him either, he walked out unwillingly, muttering: “Who is whose shiye?!”
Ren Zilin came to the side door of the yamen’s public hall, two constables were guarding the door, they saluted respectfully: “Your Excellency, the criminal and the person who reported the case are already in the hall. The complaint is on the table.”
“En.” Ren Zilin stepped over the threshold and walked in, he saw the thin and dark girl standing in the middle at a glance.
She stood there calmly and composedly, staring at the words “Justice is Served” without blinking, as if she sensed someone coming, her gaze fell on him.
Ren Zilin turned around and left.
Shen Xingnong: “…”
