Magistrate Xu touched the mustache on his lips, frowned and said, "What's going on? Please explain it slowly."
"Yes." Wang Jiajia took a breath and told the story of her being kidnapped and rescued.
I looked around secretly and saw County Magistrate Xu sitting in front of the case, listening very intently. Beside him, a person was writing carefully with pen and ink flying. I remember that he was the one who performed the autopsy for the county government last time.
I paid him the salary, so I quickly recognized him - Mr. Lin, the county government secretary.
"That's what happened. If Brother Jianghu hadn't gone into danger alone to save me, I wouldn't have known..." Wang Jiajia said, sobbing again in fear.
"Okay, it's okay now. Where is the stolen money?"
I was stunned, my heart almost started to bleed, so I slowly took out the bag of silver and presented it to him: "Here, here are ten taels of silver."
Magistrate Xu checked the money, put it aside, and asked: "You said the kidnapper is one of the candidates to whom Madam Mu gave the purse?"
Wang Jiajia nodded: "The kidnapper said it himself. I don't know whether it is true or not."
"Come here, go to Jianghu Inn to ask Madam Mu to come to the court for questioning."
"yes."
I saw a government servant trotting out, and I felt a little panicked. The red-faced man was obviously making nonsense on purpose. I know best who the ten candidates that Madam Mu gave her purse were: including me, they were all
Eyes of Heaven agents, and they are all elite agents like captains and vice-captains.
I don't believe that any of these people would use such despicable means to obtain information about Lady Mu in order to get to know her better and better capture her heart.
Xizuo! There must be Xizuo! Xiao Mu is right: Mrs. Mu proposed marriage, and Xizuo took advantage of the chaos and took action.
They must have suspected Madam Mu's purpose in seeking marriage, so they wanted to get some information from Madam Mu, so they deliberately staged a kidnapping trick.
The people who were watching were bored with waiting, and half of them dispersed. The remaining people were busy whispering to each other, discussing Mrs. Mu's marriage proposal.
I was in a state of confusion, wondering if the red-faced ghost was still watching me secretly. What would he do if Mrs. Mu named the ten candidates and let him know that I had defrauded him of his money?
I glanced around again, searched around, and my eyes fell on Master Lin again, because he just finished writing the record, raised his head, and the moment I looked at him, his eyes made me feel...
A feeling of déjà vu.
Just two-quarters of an hour ago, outside the West City, I had seen these eyes. He was wearing a red-faced ghost head, and these were the only eyes I could see. At that time, I still felt they looked familiar.
I have been very accurate since I was a child and have a rich imagination. If I boldly imagined it, would he be the red-faced ghost?
I quickly looked away, not daring to take a closer look, for fear that he would notice. Chief Secretary Lin didn't seem to realize what I had discovered. He stood up and handed the record to Magistrate Xu, and the two of them started talking softly together.
"Ming Mansion, Ming Mansion. Madam Mu is not at the inn. I heard from the waiter that just a quarter of an hour ago, she and County Lieutenant Mu went hiking with the imperial envoy. As for who she gave the purse to, they don't know."
The yamen servant came back to report the news.
"Oh? Did you go out with the imperial envoy?" Magistrate Xu shook his head: "Then I don't know when I will be back in a while."
"I have asked the waiter in the store to ask Madam Mu to come to the county office for questioning immediately after she comes back."
"Well, okay. Then... Madam Wang, please go back and wait for the news. I will take over this case and I will investigate it for you." Magistrate Xu said, stood up and slapped the alarm: "Quit!
"
"Is this the end?"
Seeing the county magistrate leave, some people still didn't react.
"Then what else can be done? I wish I could call all the candidates chosen by Madam Mu to come and have a look. What a pity!"
"What's the pity?"
"Is it a pity that I can't do it? I'm so handsome and unrestrained, but I can't be selected. Who do you think Mrs. Mu gave those ten purses to?"
"Don't worry, I said I still have to choose one out of ten, and you will see it when the time comes."
The two people in the crowd were talking loudly, and the people around them laughed and slowly dispersed.
"Jiajia, are you okay?" Song Erlang stepped forward in two steps and asked nervously.
"Oh, Second Brother Song, I'm... fine." Wang Jiajia smiled at him and walked straight out.
"Jiajia, today is your birthday, right? I... I prepared a small gift for you... Haha, I hope you don't dislike it." Song Erlang chased after him, took out a silver bracelet from his arms, and held it up.
When he arrived in front of Wang Jiajia, he waited for her reaction.
"Thank you. Second Brother Song, I accept your kindness. Forget the gift, you can take it back."
"Jiajia, then these earrings..." I quickly took out the earrings and said, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault for making you unhappy."
Wang Jiajia glanced at the earrings in my hand: "I said I won't accept gifts today. You didn't do anything wrong, so there is no need to apologize to me.
Don't worry, I have learned a lot from Sister Mu these days. Sister Mu said: If the flowers bloom, butterflies will come.
She is already twenty-one, still a widow, and has so many suitors. The maid next to her, Sister Nuanxin, is in her early twenties and is not married yet? There is also another maid, Sister Jinxiu, who is three years old this year.
It's eleven.
I think they all live a fulfilling and happy life. I even envy them that they don’t have to care about other people’s opinions and can live for themselves.
Therefore, I will not worry about getting married because of my age, nor will I foolishly stay with the Ancient Buddha of Qingdeng. I will control my destiny in my own hands!"
"Uh...well said!" Song Erlang praised, secretly nudged me with his elbow.
"I'm leaving first. Today is my birthday and my mother's memorial day. There is nothing to celebrate." Wang Jiajia had tears in her eyes. It seemed that the guilt she felt towards her mother over the past twenty years was still the same."
"Jiajia, what happened to your mother is not your fault." I comforted, "Shall I accompany you to worship?"
"Need not."
Watching her back disappear into the sea of people, I finally sighed deeply. What this girl has been most afraid of for so many years is her birthday. Every year she shamelessly drags me to accompany her to worship her mother and chat with her. This year
I'm not used to it when you suddenly don't want me to accompany you anymore.
"Hey, what's going on with you two?" Song Erlang asked, "Why did you hurt her heart?"
I looked around: "Just outside the city, she...she suddenly asked me if I would marry her, and I...I didn't react for a moment...I didn't agree."
"She proposed to you?" Song Erlang had a bewildered look on his face: "You actually refused?"
"I...I really haven't thought about marrying her yet. I have always regarded her as my sister. I..."
I said, and I was confused. I did regard her as my sister before, but now? Why, unconsciously, my feelings for her seem to be slightly different. I always want... I want to have a way to possess her.
Evil thoughts for oneself.
"Do you really just think of her as your sister? That's what you said!" Song Erlang became excited: "You can't bully a friend's wife. Now that you have no interest in her, then if I go after her, I shouldn't be sorry for you, right?"
"Ah? What...what did you say?"
"Nothing? Just get busy! I'll go find her and relax with her. Don't worry." Song Erlang held the silver bracelet to his chest and chased Wang Jiajia in the direction he left.
This Song Erlang... he actually likes Wang Jiajia? I wanted to stop him, but for a moment I was dumbfounded. My heart also felt sour for no reason, and I felt nervous that my beloved thing was about to be taken away.
Reassuring me? I...hey!
I absentmindedly returned to Jianghu Inn and saw that the long queue in front of the door had dispersed. Ah Wu was lying on the counter and seemed to be asleep. There were only a few police officers standing guard in the yard between the living room and the guest room.
"Stop! What are you doing?" someone yelled.
I recognized that they were from Long Yuhan's team in the Sky Eye Team. I didn't know why they were waiting here, so I had to raise my hands and asked: "I'm in Li Jianghu. I want to see Mrs. Mu. What's wrong? Can't you go upstairs?"
"The dragon team just gave instructions that only those who have the purse can see Mrs. Mu, and no unrelated people are allowed to go upstairs."
I touched my purse through my clothes and asked, "Where is the Dragon Catcher?"
"Go after Lieutenant Mu and the others!"
"Chasing Captain Mu?" I was even more confused: "Is Mrs. Mu in the room?"
"Brother Jianghu!" Sun Chenxian shouted, hooking his hand at me.
"What's wrong?"
"Come, come with me." Sun Chenxian pulled me to his bedroom and continued: "Brother Jianghu, are you looking for our boss? My boss asked me to tell you that Sister Jiajia's kidnapping must have been done carefully.
The purpose is to create chaos. But don’t worry, everything is under our control.”
I was shocked: "How did the boss know that Jiajia was kidnapped?"
"Fifth brother picked up the note given to you by the kidnapper and gave it to the boss. The boss didn't trust you to go alone, so he followed you out of the city secretly."
"What? She also went outside the West City Gate? Then she..." I suddenly remembered the scene when Wang Jiajia and I were cuddling in the woods. I wonder if Mrs. Mu saw it. Also, I also said that participating in the marriage proposal was only for sex.
I wonder if she heard what the Jianghu Inn said.
"The owner said, when you come to close the stall, let me tell you: If you don't like the purse she gave you, you can give it to me and I will return it for you. She also said that a person only has one heart and cannot pretend to be two people.
, otherwise it will be too tiring." Sun Chenxian said, stretching out his hand to me.
Madam Mu really saw everything! She heard everything too! No, she should have only seen me and Wang Jiajia hugging each other, and only heard me saying that I liked Wang Jiajia, and that the marriage proposal was only for her inn, and I was afraid that she was not in the mood for the rest of it.
Look no further.
She misunderstood me and thought I was a scumbag who had two things to do!
Am I...am I not?
I have already had skin-to-skin contact with Wang Jiajia, and even now, I feel a little uncomfortable thinking that Song Erlang may be saying sweet words to Wang Jiajia. Aren't I just 'doing two things at the same time'?
Thinking about it like this, I was so ashamed that I slowly took out the purse in my arms and said, "Where is the Dong family? Can I return it to her personally?"
Sun Chenxian took the purse back: "No, just leave it to me. My boss said he felt uncomfortable, and after explaining some things, he went out to relax."
"Oh, help me apologize to her."
"OK."
I turned around to leave, but suddenly a doubt flashed across my mind: "Why did Long Captou bring these people here? But what happened?" This chapter has been completed!