"Is Li Dongsheng here? Who is Li Dongsheng?" Four officials rushed into the store and shouted.
Li Dongsheng walked out from the counter blankly: "I'm Li Dongsheng, what's the matter?"
"Take it down!" one person yelled, and several people rushed forward, took out ropes, and tried to tie Li Dongsheng up.
"Brothers, what's going on?" Ah Wu tried to dissuade him, but was pushed away.
"What are you doing?" Li Dongsheng asked. Seeing that the rope was already on his body, he punched and kicked it down. In an instant, the four of them were knocked to the ground.
"Bold Li Dongsheng, you actually dare to resist arrest!" The leading officer got up from the ground, covering his abdomen with his hand, and shouted with pain on his face.
Li Dongsheng pulled off the rope on his arm: "Then you have to explain to me first. What did Li commit? Why did you arrest me?"
I saw that several of them looked familiar, so I quickly clasped my fists and said, "Brothers, I'm Li Jianghu. I helped Mr. Lin try a case a few days ago. Haha, I don't know what our boss has done, but I hope you can explain it clearly."
"That's right, that's right. You can't just arrest people."
"Yes, the Li Dong family are good people."
All the guests in the hall also gathered around, pointing at the four officials and complaining.
The leader looked at me: "It's the county magistrate's order, asking us to kidnap Li Dongsheng and escort him to the county government for interrogation. You have to ask him exactly what happened to him."
I looked at Li Dongsheng, but he was also confused.
"Uncle Fu, I'll leave the inn to you." Li Dongsheng looked around at all the guests and straightened his clothes: "Isn't it just to go to the county government office? It's not like I don't know the way, so why do you need to escort me there?"
Several people knew that he was no match for him, so they put away the rope and pointed their hands outward: "Please."
Li Dongsheng strode away without hesitation.
"Uncle Fu, what...what can we do?" Ah Wu asked eagerly.
"Go quickly, go to Mu's Mansion and inform the landlady. Jianghu, please go to the Governor's Mansion to see if the imperial envoy is there. If not, you can go directly to Meng Sima." Uncle Fu looked anxious, but his arrangements were orderly.
"Yes." Ah Wu ran out.
"Jiajia, go to the county office and wait for me." I told Wang Jiajia and ran towards the governor's office.
At any rate, it was only a mile away, so we arrived very quickly. Looking at the familiar courtyard door, I swatted it hard, but I almost swung the door open and still no one answered.
Xiao Mu is not here!
I felt a chill in my heart and went straight to the main entrance of the Governor's Mansion.
"You are so impudent!" The guard at the door blocked me with a knife, thinking that he thought I was an uninvited guest.
"I'm in Li Jianghu. I have something urgent to ask you to see Sima." I replied loudly, feeling that my heart was about to jump out of my chest because I was running so fast.
"Sima is not here. Even if Sima is in the house, not just anyone can see him." The tall guard replied, put away his knife, and spoke politely.
Sima is not here!
I was really anxious: "Then where did Sima go? When will he come back?"
"How do I know this? Let's go, you can't stay here!"
"No, please help me, brother, I'm really in a hurry." I begged.
The short man next to him was a little annoyed: "Hey, did I say that you don't understand? You told me that Sima is not here, and you still don't leave? I can tell you that breaking into the government office without permission is a serious crime!"
I was also anxious: "Then I'll find the governor!"
The tall man squinted his eyes and looked at me: "Who do you think you are? Is the governor something you can see just by asking?"
"But, I'm really in a hurry."
"What's the emergency?"
"Jianghu Inn...the owner of Jianghu Inn has been taken to the county government." I said, suddenly feeling that this matter did not seem to be an urgent matter.
"The owner of an inn...went to the county government? What happened next?" The tall man held his hands and looked down at me: "How urgent is it?"
"this……"
I know that I am afraid that I will disappoint Uncle Fu. Governor, how can I easily see him? Even if I see him, will he go to the county government for the sake of an inn owner?
Meng Sima also served as the ceremonial bookkeeper during their wedding. He should have helped out for the sake of Mu County Lieutenant, but he is not here, what can I do?
I don’t know what the situation in the county government is like. What happened to Li Dongsheng? How will Mrs. Mu save him?
I hurried to the county government office and saw a crowd of people. When I looked through the crowd, I saw another circle of officials inside, all holding sabers and glaring angrily at the gate of the county government office.
Finally, the government officials at the door moved aside. Li Dongsheng and Magistrate Xu came out side by side. Magistrate Xu raised his arms with a look of fear on his face, while Li Dongsheng was holding his collar with one hand and holding a handful with the other.
The tip of the knife was pointed straight at Magistrate Xu's throat.
Five steps behind them, the person who came out was Qin Yong. His eyes were wide-eyed and full of sorrow, and the clothes on his chest were stained with red blood.
Behind Qin Yong, Lieutenant Xiao and Chief Lin also came out slowly, looking nervous as well.
"Li Dongsheng, don't mess around!" Lieutenant Xiao shouted, but the sword in his hand was not unsheathed. He stretched his right hand forward and did not dare to move rashly.
"Brother Jianghu, where is Xiao Mu?" Wang Jiajia squeezed through the crowd, grabbed my hand and asked anxiously.
I shook my head: "Xiao Mu and Sima are not here. What is this... situation?"
"Qin Yong came home from duty in the morning and found Aunt Zhu lying unconscious on the bed with blood dripping from her mouth. A closer look revealed that Aunt Zhu's tongue had been cut off by someone unknown. So he first sent Aunt Zhu to Huichun Hall for treatment and treatment.
After the wound healed, I came to the county government office to report it."
I was shocked: "What? Someone cut off Aunt Zhu's tongue? Who did this...?"
"A witness said that he saw Aunt Zhu talking to Li Dongsheng yesterday afternoon and provided the content of their conversation. Magistrate Xu suspected that Li Dongsheng was resentful and secretly found someone to kill Aunt Zhu."
I thought of what Mrs. Zhu said yesterday, and I have to say that any man who heard her words would be angry.
Li Dongsheng also said just now: Yesterday, the crazy woman was talking nonsense. If it were before, I would have had her beaten to death with sticks...
Could it be... that Li Dongsheng was so angry that he cut off Aunt Zhu's tongue?
"Li Dongsheng, put your knife down first, if you have anything to say," County Lieutenant Xiao said, taking a slight step forward.
"Don't come over!" Li Dongsheng raised his right hand, and the tip of the knife came closer to Magistrate Xu's neck.
"Li Dongsheng, do you know that kidnapping a court official is a capital crime! I order you to let go of the county magistrate quickly! Otherwise, we will be rude to you!" Lin Sheng shouted loudly, and waved his hand to the surrounding government officials: "Archers
,Prepare!"
Is Lin Sheng deliberately irritating Li Dongsheng? What does he want to do? Does he want Magistrate Xu to die in Li Dongsheng's hands?
"Wait a minute!" I couldn't help but rush over: "Master, what happened? Don't get excited yet. I believe Magistrate Xu will review the case and clear your name."
When Li Dongsheng saw that it was me, his face calmed slightly: "Li Jianghu, you have nothing to do here. Since they are unreasonable, then I will take them to a place where they can be reasonable."
"My boss, this..." Uncle Fu and Ah Wu also squeezed over and said to me, "Isn't the Imperial Envoy and Sima not here?"
I shook my head and looked behind them: "Isn't Mrs. Mu at home too?"
"No. I said I went to burn incense early in the morning." Ah Wu said with an anxious look on his face.
"Uncle Fu, Doctor Li is on a medical visit, and Doctor Du is treating a poisoned patient who cannot leave." Sun Chenxian flew over and said panting.
None of them are here! Who else in this Xiangzhou city can persuade Li Dongsheng?
"My boss, are you going to take Magistrate Xu to find the imperial envoy? I have been there just now, but he is not here. Otherwise, let's wait at the county office first and see how Magistrate Xu makes his decision. I believe Magistrate Xu will be impartial.
If he decides the case indiscriminately, not to mention that the landlady will defend you, the imperial envoy will also punish him if he finds out." I begged again.
Li Dongsheng probably heard me mention his wife and friends, so he finally pulled the knife out a little.
Magistrate Xu breathed a sigh of relief: "Li Jianghu is right. Haven't I not finished the trial yet? I...I haven't concluded that it was you who harmed the person."
Li Dongsheng glared at Magistrate Xu: "Can you judge cases?"
"Li Dongsheng, did you hear that? If you don't put down the sword, I will order someone to shoot the arrow!" Lin Sheng shouted again.
"Master Lin, no!" Xiao County Lieutenant hurriedly dissuaded him.
"It's so lively! What kind of drama can this Chinese New Year singer do?" Finally, a familiar voice came, like the sound of nature.
"Imperial envoy!" Someone recognized him and took the lead, clasping his hands and saying, "Greetings to the envoy!"
"Okay, okay." Xiao Mu waved to the onlookers and walked forward: "Li Dongsheng, your knife is pretty good! Where did it come from?"
Li Dongsheng said to Qin Yong: "His."
"Oh." Xiao Mu took the knife from Li Dongsheng's hand, held it out to Magistrate Xu and waved it in front of Magistrate Xu: "Look, Magistrate Xu, this is the weapon of the governor's officer after all. Look at the quality, it is indeed better than yours."
The county government’s is much better.”
"Um...yes, it's not bad. A good knife." Magistrate Xu knew that the savior had come, and his expression softened a lot.
"Your Majesty, this person just tried to assassinate the county magistrate. I don't know what crime he should be punished for?" Lin Sheng saluted Xiao Mu: "I heard that your Majesty knows how to distinguish between public and private affairs. You shouldn't publicly protect your shortcomings just because he is your friend, right?"
Xiao Mu threw the knife to Qin Yong, took Li Dongsheng's hand with his left hand, held Magistrate Xu's sleeve with his right hand, and walked towards the lobby, saying: "Of course not. Magistrate Xu, please go to the hall and let me see
Who is so cruel to do such a heartbreaking thing?"
Seeing that the commotion had subsided, Lieutenant Xiao showed a look of relief on his lips. He waved to the officers around him: "You all, go down!"
"yes."
The government officials retreated, but the onlookers rushed toward the county government gate.
Magistrate Xu straightened his official hat and patted the wooden door: "Qin Yong, if you have any grievances, please tell me quickly."
Qin Yong clasped his fists and recounted the story of how he found his mother injured and unconscious, which was basically the same as what Wang Jiajia had just said.
Magistrate Xu faced Xiao Mu and said: "Your Majesty, after he just told what happened, I sent people to investigate Zhu's whereabouts yesterday. Someone provided clues that Zhu and Li Dongsheng were in front of Liao's Wenzhai.
They had a conversation, and the content of the conversation was...well...Zhu said that Mrs. Mu had behaved inappropriately and was worried that Li Dongsheng had been cuckolded.
Li Dongsheng was very angry at that time and felt that Mrs. Zhu was too talkative and wanted to teach her a lesson, but he did not do anything at the time. Who knew that such a thing would happen this morning.
Director Lin guessed that maybe Li Dongsheng was angry and secretly found someone to teach her a lesson. That's why I asked someone to arrest Li Dongsheng to find out.
However, I just told my guess, pretending to ask him to tell the truth about what happened, and he...he thought that I deliberately wronged him and took Qin Yong's sword away...
This is what happened, please let me make a clear decision."