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Chapter 17 The good deeds of a gentleman

As soon as he walked into the county government, Zhuang Rou saw the little prince sitting on his carriage stool, teasing a snow-straw cat in the courtyard.

He looked up at Zhuang Rou, his eyes directly over her and landed on Xu Yiheng next to him, and said with some surprise: "Zhuangyuanlang, why are you here?"

"I have seen the prince, and I happened to pass by here. When I heard that my friend suddenly passed away, I came over to see if I could do my best." Xu Yiheng bowed and said with a respectful look.

Chu Xia smiled and said, "I still have a chief clerk here. If you have nothing to do, why not come and have fun?"

Xu Yiheng responded calmly: "Thank you for your kindness, even if you are willing, it may not work."

"What's the best way to do with the prince consort? Why not play with me?" Chu Xia said disapprovingly, completely forgot that his father was also a prince consort.

Zhuang Rou remembered that the other three county magistrates had not seen it, especially the dictionary of the prison, so he quickly asked, "Sir, do we have no dictionary?"

Chu Xia looked up at her without saying a word, her face full of such things as she wanted to ask her.

Ma Dezheng jumped out in time and said with a smile: "Zhu Dianshi usually lives in the vegetable market. Today, a wealthy family takes a concubine from their home. They should go and send pork as a chef."

"What?" Zhuang Rou looked at him with wide eyes. Did Dian Shi go to help the chef?

Chu Xia didn't find it strange at all, so he continued to play with the dogtail grass, as if he had nothing to do with Dianshi.

Ma Dezheng rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly: "Often there is nothing to do in our county government office, so Zhu Dianshi was called back by his wife to run the pork stall. He usually took some jobs in helping the kitchen and killing chickens and pigs, and could barely support the nine boys in the family."

"Sir, why don't I go and get him back now, he doesn't know you're here yet."

Chu Xia shook the dogtail grass in his hand, "No, this is not a big case anyway. Zhuang Rou said that she wanted to solve the case by herself, so she would just call Dian Shi back when she caught the person."

"But the sauce meat made by Zhu Dianshi's family is good. Occasionally, my chef will go to weigh it, but he is still very skilled in cooking." He said lightly, not wanting to scold Dianshi who was unruly and went to sell pork.

Zhuang Rou stood speechlessly and muttered, "Where is the county magistrate, can't he set up a stall to sell words, right?"

Ma De said quickly: "He can't do that. He had a stroke a few years ago and had been lying on the bed and couldn't move. Last time his wife came to make trouble, saying that there was no fire to remove the doors and windows of the back hall."

"How could there be such an honest yamen in your yamen? I can't believe that there is such a group of people in the Dahao Dynasty. We must report to the emperor to remember you. As an example of officials, let everyone in the whole country learn." Zhuang Rou really didn't expect that this yamen was so breeze and magnificent.

puff!

Chu Xia couldn't help laughing, then he held his forehead and laughed loudly. He looked at her and said, "This Douhu County just caught a person, either rich or powerful, and there were not many ordinary people. Who do you think they can go fishing? It's better not to be treated as fishing by others."

Unexpectedly, the little prince could understand their suffering so much. Ma Dezheng bowed his hand and shouted, "Sir, you can see the pain of us just by looking at it. It is true that Zhiduoxing descended to earth, and he can be said to be the number one person in my Dahao Dynasty."

"Stop flattering, go and cook a pot of tea. I want to have a good chat with the top scholar." Chu Xia threw the dogtail grass to the cat, stood up and said.

Zhuang Rou blocked him with a quick step and said with a serious expression: "Sir, I have something to ask Mr. Xu, so I should wait and drink this tea later. He also drank with Fu Houfa yesterday, and he also had a portion when he bid farewell, so these three people were all suspects."

Chu Xia looked at her well, and then laughed for a moment, "Okay, then I won't disturb you from investigating the case. Prince Consort, let's talk about it the next day." After that, he turned around and walked towards the gate. His four guards didn't know where they had just been hiding, but now they suddenly jumped out and followed him.

Except for Ma Dezheng who was still huddling him and seeing him off, everyone else was just staring at his back, and there was a thought in his mind that it was really hard to hold on to the best playboy.

"Captain Lin, I'll leave these two people to you. I want to talk to the top scholar." Zhuang Rou threw the two people directly to Lin Fei, but there was not even a broken chair in this place. When she saw that the drum at the yamen was actually placed in the corner, with the side paijiu throwing it in a mess. It seemed that Ma Dezheng and the others used it as a table.

There are a few stones sitting slightly smoothly next to it, which is already the most serious place to sit in this broken county government.

So she walked over to the broken drum and asked Xu Yiheng again, "Zhuangcai Lang, please sit down."

The broken county government was so bad that it was beyond Xu Yiheng's imagination, but his cultivation was very good. He twitched his eyes and walked over to sit down. He bowed his hands and asked with a very polite manner: "I wonder what I can help?"

Zhuang Rou smiled and tilted her head. She saw that Ma Dezheng and the others didn't know where to go, but there was a faint smell of wine coming. Eighty time they found a place where no one was, and sat down to continue eating leftovers.

A group of starving ghosts!

She ignored them and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Xu, I heard that you helped Yi Qian, the owner of the guest house who came to the guest house before?"

Xu Yiheng was stunned. He thought he would ask about Fu Houfa last night, but he didn't expect it to be a few months ago.

"Yes, this has something to do with Mr. Fu's affairs?" he asked curiously.

Zhuang Rou said slowly: "I'm just curious, why can you see Mr. Xu in both murders?"

"It's just a coincidence. I regret it now. If I could have said something earlier to stop him, Yi Qian would not have hurt others and beat him to death." Xu Yiheng said regretfully with a frown.

Seeing his expression freely and without any hesitation, Zhuang Rou asked about what happened last night.

Xu Yiheng also said truthfully that he made an appointment at Zhuyulou last night a few days ago, but it was just a social event among literati.

There were seven or eight people who could get along with like-minded people, but Fu Houfa came to come too. However, he didn't look for them, but went to another private room first. He stayed in less than a cup of tea and came out at the door. He met him when he just came back from Jingshou. Seeing that the prince-consort was also here, Fu Houfa squeezed in with a thick face.

He drank until midnight before he went out staggeringly. At that time, apart from Xu Yiheng, there were several other people who helped him. He had just gone downstairs and asked his servant to help him get on the carriage and take him away.

If someone wanted to harm him, he could only be in the carriage. Everyone who drank with him was there, and no one followed him.

Everyone can testify to each other, and even the girls and guests in Zhuyu Tower can prove that he is telling the truth.

Zhuang Rou copied it seriously, nodded and felt that there was no problem, and then asked casually: "Mr. Xu, do you hate Fu Houfa?"

"Oh? Why did you hate it?" Xu Yiheng asked in confusion.

"As a eldest son of the uncle's mansion, he has a high status and status, but he beats his concubine in the street and even kicks me directly under the horse regardless of her safety. I believe that such a person will not be polite to other people on weekdays, and his character should be quite problematic." Zhuang Rou said with a smile.

"If even a gentleman like Mr. Xu hates him, then there will be more people who hate him. Who do you think is hated to the core of him?"

Xu Yiheng lowered his eyes slightly, and after a few breaths, he said calmly: "Mr. Fu's reputation is indeed a bit bad, but he is still generous, so he has many friends. As for those who hate him, I really can't think of it."

Zhuang Rou nodded, suddenly changed her mind and asked, "What about you, Mr. Xu, do you want to kill him?"

"Why do I want to kill him? Moreover, I am the top scholar and the future son-in-law. I have any hatred with the young master of Anyang, and I want to kill him." Xu Yiheng showed a slight anger on his face, obviously he was very unhappy for being suspected.

"Ask a little, Mr. Xu, don't be nervous. This is my first time handling a case, so I'm naturally a bit confusing." Zhuang Rou smiled, and then asked about Fu Houfa's situation, which room was the first private room he went to, and who were there in it, etc.

Xu Yiheng endured his dissatisfaction and said in detail what he saw. Zhuang Rou seemed to be very forgetful and asked repeatedly.

When he talked about his dry mouth, he felt bitter in his mouth, but he didn't even drink a cup of cold tea. The yamen was cleaned halfway, and the weeds were not removed, and there was no place to burn hot water. No one could get him tea to drink.

"I have said what I know many times, and there is no more." Xu Yiheng licked his dry lips, just wanted to leave here quickly and have a few bowls of water.

Zhuang Rou put down her brush, covered the booklet and started to pack it up, looking like she had already asked her questions, which made Xu Yiheng breathe a sigh of relief and finally she could drink water.

Suddenly, a stern question was heard in his ear, "Why did you kill someone?"

"No! I didn't kill anyone!" Xu Yiheng stood up suddenly and stared at Zhuang Rou with anger, "Why, you Douhu County Government, can't you betray me? You insisted on coaxing me and say you killed someone, and you want to put the wrong case on me?"

Zhuang Rou made a face at him, stuck out her tongue and smiled, "Scaring you, people who don't have ghosts in their hearts are naturally not afraid. Mr. Xu, don't get angry, you can take those two people away."

Xu Yiheng had a stern face and had no good feelings for this teasing. At this time, the two of them walked out exhausted. He took the two men away as soon as he flicked his sleeves, without giving anyone any good looks.

"What did you do to him? Look at his face, it's really ugly." Lin Fei walked over with his hands in his arms. He really didn't understand how she asked questions, and he could make her popularity look like this.

Zhuang Rou looked at Xu Yiheng's departure back and suddenly said, "I have to go to Dali Temple and Jingmen Mansion. You can accompany me for a while."

Lin Fei frowned and said, "Why should I accompany you? It's not me who can be limited. Now I can go back."

"I suspect this is a big case. There are more than one person who died. Don't you want to solve several big cases?" Zhuang Rou raised her eyebrows, "If you are powerful enough, who would send you out because of an Anyang Uncle who caused trouble."

After hearing this, Lin Fei's eyes suddenly became gloomy, "Go!"
Chapter completed!
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