"My lord, you drank too much and fell like this?" The master was dubious. He said he didn't believe it. How could a person fall like this because he was drunk? But, believe it... it is indeed possible. This
Your Excellency has never been a good drinker. It's rare to meet a pleasant person. After drinking too much, you want to do something, but you fall down. It's not impossible...
After much deliberation, the master decided to take what Ren Xin and the others said as true. He stepped forward and gently pushed the county magistrate, "Sir, it's getting late. I'll help you go back and have a rest."
The county magistrate didn't know whether he was drunk or fainted after being beaten up by Ren Xin and Nuying. In short, he didn't react at all. Shitou raised his hand to the master and said, "It's getting late.
Your Excellency also said before that there will be a lecture tomorrow morning, so Master should take your Excellency back to rest early."
"But, you?" The master felt that he couldn't leave a few people behind, Ren Xin smiled, and helped the master to help the county magistrate up, "Master, don't worry about us, we remember the way, and we can go back by ourselves in a while." Nv Ying
He also responded: "Master, please rest early. I will leave on my own in a while. I'm sorry to bother you."
"It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome. Female heroes come here often." The master supported the magistrate, but his eyes stayed on Nv Ying. Nv Ying clasped her fists and said, "Definitely!" The sharp momentum made the master tremble and quickly moved away.
out of sight.
Watching the master leave, Ren Xin and others breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the master didn't notice anything.
"It's better not to do this kind of thing again in the future. As the saying goes, a gentleman takes revenge every ten years. Why can't he endure it for a while?" Shitou saw the master leading the county magistrate away, so he taught these two ignorant people a lesson.
The young girl Ren Xin stuck out her tongue and said innocently with her arms holding the stone, "But I can't bear it anymore. Look at that county magistrate who keeps eating my tofu. Aren't you angry?"
Not angry? How could he not be angry? It's just that he knows that he can't do anything with his current status. He can only wait until the right time.
Nvying stretched her muscles, but she didn't want to listen to Shitou's rhetoric. "It's not too late in ten years. This gentleman is really good at holding grudges. This girl has never held grudges." Nüying's lazy tone made Shitou and Ren Xinqi angry.
He looked at her with interest, and just as he was about to praise her for her broad-mindedness and clear-mindedness, she heard her say: "I always seize the opportunity, and I will avenge this right away. After that, it doesn't matter if it's ten or twenty years, what does it have to do with me?"
She is worthy of being a heroine, and her insights are so unique. Ren Xin secretly admires her, and at the same time, she is envious of the heroine's freedom and spontaneity. Being like this, having no scruples and doing whatever she wants, has always been her longing.
The female hero looked at the semi-circular moon and touched her chin, "Do you two have any plans now? Do you want to continue living here and wait for the case to be heard again tomorrow, or do you want to leave with me tonight? Let's do this
Quietly fly away?"
Ren Xin clenched Shitou's hand tightly and said with her usual firmness, "Stay. The case will be clarified tomorrow, and we will definitely be able to walk out of the Yamen in an open and honest manner."
The wind started to blow. Nuying lowered her eyes and glanced at her sleeves. It seemed that her sleeves had been stained by accident just now. She patted them gently, not quite agreeing with Ren Xin's words, "How could you do that?"
I’m sure the case will be clear. Are you sure the county magistrate won’t think of other tricks to keep you here? He’s made it clear that he has bad intentions.”
"Then it's up to you, Nvxia," Ren Xin left Shitou's side and jumped to Nvying's side, holding Nvying's hand and shaking it from side to side, "Nvxia~ only you can help us.
Well, whether we can walk out of the Yamen gate tomorrow depends on you."
"Oh? What do you have in mind?" Nuying asked doubtfully, Ren Xin smiled, and whispered a few words in Nuying's ear.
…
Early the next morning, Shitou came to see Ren Xin. Ren Xin was combing his hair, but Zhan Yue had already tidied himself up neatly. He sat and watched Ren Xin combing his hair. Shitou went straight into the house and saw Zhan Yue, feeling sorry for him.
This clever child admired him very much. If Zhan Yue hadn't come to him in time last night, Ren Xin might not have been able to deal with the county magistrate alone.
Zhan Yue felt that Shi Tou was looking at him. He raised his eyes and glanced at Shi Tou without making any reaction. He then turned back to watch Ren Xin combing his hair. Shi Tou didn't care about a child and stepped forward to touch Zhan Yue's head and help him.
Ren Xin put on the hairpin, put her hands on Ren Xin's shoulders, looked at her in the mirror, and smiled slightly. Ren Xin raised the corners of her mouth and looked up at him.
The magistrate rubbed his sore shoulders and walked past Ren Xin's door intentionally or unintentionally. He glanced at Ren Xin who was dressing up in the mirror, but at a glance he saw a man standing behind her. He immediately stopped and stood.
He stopped moving at the door.
"Miss Ren, Mr. Mu, morning, I wonder if you had a good rest at the county office last night?" The county magistrate stood at the door and deliberately disturbed the sweet time of the two people in the house.
Hearing this, Ren Xin looked at the door. She didn't want to speak. Shitou said on behalf of the two of them, "Master Youlao is worried about you. It's very good here and we have a good rest..." Shitou said a lot, while Ren Xin just stood aside.
Hmm..." He agreed. The county magistrate always felt that something was strange. Could it be that these two people slept in the same room last night? He worked hard and went through a lot of troubles, and finally managed to coerce and induce them.
I just invited Ren Xin to a small garden for a drink, but in the end I ended up making a wedding dress for someone else?
Thinking of drinking in the small garden last night, the county magistrate got a headache. Somehow, he couldn't remember anything about what happened last night. He usually drinks and never thought that he would forget everything like today?
The county magistrate rubbed his aching body. He woke up in his concubine's room this morning. The concubine told him that the master sent him back last night. As for what happened, he didn't say anything. He wanted to know.
Why does my body hurt so much? Even if I ask my concubine, I won't get any answers.
"Miss Ren, Mr. Mu, last night... did anything happen after we drank?" the county magistrate asked. In his opinion, the best way to know what happened is to directly
Ask the other two people present at the time what they must know.
Ren Xin and Shitou were both deep wells. Their hearts were filled with ups and downs, but their faces were indeed calm. They looked like they didn't understand what the county meant, and asked in unison, "What happened?"
Seeing that neither of them understood what the county magistrate was talking about, the magistrate thought for a while, hesitated and finally said, "When I got up this morning, I unexpectedly found that my body hurt a lot, as if I had been beaten.
Same, I wonder if anything happened last night..."
"Oh, speaking of this, I thought of something," Ren Xin clapped his hands and suddenly realized, "Sir, you drank a little too much last night. You seemed to want to stand up and go somewhere, but you couldn't stand still.
You fell to the ground and rolled around a few times. You think, the ground in the small garden is full of stones. It seems that you were hit by the stones when you fell... I don't know, sir, are you feeling better now?"
Ren Xin lied without making a draft, calmly made up some reasons, and finally did not forget to show concern. The county magistrate was very helpful. It happened that the master also came in this direction at this time. Seeing the county magistrate here, he came over to inquire attentively.
The county magistrate's situation: "I would like to say hello to you, sir. You drank too much yesterday and fell down. Do you feel that something is not right with you? If it is not good, I would like to ask you to find a doctor immediately."
It just so happened that the master also helped Ren Xin to tell his lie. This time, the magistrate no longer had any doubts. He waved his hand, "No, it's just a fall. There is no need to see a doctor. It's important to go to court. Let's go first."
"As he said that, he looked back at Ren Xin and the others, "You..."
"Wait for the summons. I'll be there shortly." Shitou cupped his hands and sent the magistrate and master away.
Just like that, Ren Xin raised his eyebrows and winked at Shitou. Shitou looked at Ren Xin and smiled fondly, "I won't do this next time."
In the lobby, after the county magistrate summoned Zhan Qi to the court, he interrogated him, and then summoned Ren Xin and the others. After Ren Xin and others came to court, the magistrate followed what he said before, trying to delay time.
She couldn't help it anymore. Normally she would be happy to eat and drink at the county government office, but now, if she wanted to stay here and be eaten by others... she would have to make other plans.
"Sir, we have evidence to prove our innocence, and we hope that you will allow one person to come to court." Ren Xin respectfully requested. Because it was a public trial, there were a lot of onlookers outside the hall. Tsk tsk, the eyes of the crowd were sharp.
Yes, in front of everyone, the county magistrate, who had no backing and was not considered a rogue, could not play any tricks, so he had no choice but to summon the person Ren Xin asked for.
Nvying had been waiting in the crowd for a long time. After the county magistrate summoned her to the court, she raised her fist towards the magistrate and said, "Sir, I went to the Zhan family's house last night, and I found that there are many doubts about the case.
..." Nuying explained the doubts she discovered one by one, and finally attached a witness, "Finally, although I can't prove that the death of Mr. Zhan's wife was caused by Zhan Qi, but I have someone who testified that he saw Zhan Qi with his own eyes.
Qi dug his ***'s grave and still muttered something, complaining about the old man's favoritism. How filial can such a person be?"
After that, the county magistrate summoned another beggar. Coincidentally, because the beggar stole the steamed buns that day, he happened to be avoiding the pursuit of the steamed bun vendors in front of Zhan Qi's house. He knew a little bit about the ins and outs of the matter, so he
He recounted what he saw exactly, "To tell you what to do, the villain was at the door of Zhan Qi's house that day. He first saw Zhan Qi return home, entered the house, and never came out. Not long after, the three people here came
He also came back and entered the house. I don’t know what happened. Not long after, Zhan Qi ran out frantically grabbing a lot of money..."