boyutpedia Chapter 216 Fight
Chapter 216 Fight
"Wang Liu?" Zhang Jia's face was full of doubts. His eyes were fixed on Wang Liu, who was still in a daze. His brows were tightly furrowed together, forming a deep "川" character.
Suddenly, he turned his attention to Wang Liushi's husband and asked sternly, "Since you are not thieves, why did you secretly follow your wife and daughter-in-law with your son when they went out?"
"What's the real story behind this? Tell the truth!"
"There is no hidden secret, no hidden secret." Wang Liu's son shouted anxiously, waving his hands frantically, looking extremely panicked, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
But the more panic-stricken he was, the easier it was for people to see that he was guilty.
County Magistrate Zhang Jia's face darkened instantly. "How dare he quibble here and try to get away with it? He simply doesn't know what's good for him! Someone, give him twenty heavy blows of the cane, and see if he dares to talk nonsense again!"
As soon as the county magistrate gave the order, two strong yamen runners immediately released the hands that were holding Wang Liu's son and prepared to carry out the punishment of beating with a stick.
"No, no. Mom and Dad, help me! Wife, please say something!" Wang Liu's son turned pale in an instant and shouted at the top of his lungs, his eyes filled with fear and despair. He twisted his body desperately to try to break free.
Qianxue in the carriage saw this scene and her eyes widened in shock, "Sister-in-law, they...they..."
Qianxue's words came to her lips, but they seemed to be tangled in a tangled mess. She couldn't find the right words to accurately describe the situation in front of her, and she was so anxious that she stamped her feet.
Chu Ci smiled slightly upon hearing this, but did not immediately answer Qian Xue's question. Instead, with a mysterious look in his eyes, he asked, "Guess, in this situation, will they help save people?"
Before Qianxue and Qianyan could speak, the Fifth Prince and Fan Jingrui, who had quietly moved over, said one after another: "I bet they will."
"I bet they won't. The young one obviously has his own plans and thoughts, and the old Wang Liu was betrayed by her husband and son at the same time. If she is still in a hurry to save people, isn't she mentally ill?"
Since he was assassinated, his wife has become much colder to him. Fan Jingrui finally got the chance, so he naturally had to say a few more words, so he kept explaining his reasons, and his eyes looked at Chu Ci from time to time, his eyes full of expectation.
Unfortunately, even though Fan Jingrui was so active, Chu Ci just rolled his eyes with disdain.
Fan Jingrui looked helpless and full of grievances, but he didn't know where to start and could only remain silent.
Fan Qianxue also looked confused and didn't know how to deal with this embarrassing situation.
Fan Qianyan seemed to want to say something but hesitated. Finally, he cautiously moved closer to Chu Ci.
On the contrary, the Fifth Prince could not help but say, "Princess Yixin, aren't you going too far..."
But before he could finish his words, Chu Ci put his finger to his mouth and made a gesture of silence.
As luck would have it, at this moment, the eldest prince came over to join in the fun for some reason. With a look of curiosity and teasing on his face, he said, "Fifth brother, Princess Yixin, what are you talking about? Tell me quickly."
The fifth prince was still struggling with how much his eldest brother had heard.
But Chu Ci used the same trick again, and then stretched out his finger, pointed in the direction of Wang Liushi, and whispered: "Shh, look there."
There was a mystery in her eyes, which made the eldest prince unconsciously do as she said and look in the direction of her finger.
After hearing her son's desperate cries, Wang Liu finally came to her senses.
However, her first reaction was not to save him, but to ask angrily: "You did all this on purpose today, why?"
Her voice was trembling and her eyes were filled with pain.
Wang Liu's husband and son were both shocked when they heard this, and their faces were instantly filled with panic.
Wang Liu's daughter-in-law was so frightened that her body trembled and her face turned as pale as paper.
But soon, she remembered that her mother-in-law regarded her husband as everything, and immediately pretended to be calm and said, "Mother-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about? Are you going to kill all of us by talking nonsense like this?"
Sure enough, Wang Liu paused when she heard this.
Although it was only a brief moment, it was still keenly captured by Wang Liu's husband and son.
"Old woman, my son and I are really just worried about you." Wang Liu's husband said hurriedly, his face full of a flattering smile, but his heart was full of panic.
The son quickly agreed, perhaps because he had long been accustomed to his mother's care and kindness towards him.
He was calmer than his father and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Mother, we are really just here to take you home. We have no other intentions."
However, they thought too simply. Things had already developed to this point and it was no longer possible to resolve it by sacrificing Wang Liu alone.
As expected, Zhang Jia's eyes flashed, and he shouted angrily: "You bold thieves, do you think you can get away with such a clumsy trick? Now that things have come to this, why don't you confess the truth quickly? Don't be lucky!"
But this method is really simple and crude.
Under such circumstances, no one knows how many unjust, false and wrong cases are hastily settled in Linwu County, and how many innocent people are wronged and wronged.
Thinking of this, even if Chu Ci was still angry with Fan Jingrui, he could only suppress it for the moment.
She frowned slightly, her expression slightly solemn, turned to look at Fan Jingrui and said, "Husband, go give Magistrate Zhang some hints."
Upon hearing this, Fan Jingrui was overjoyed.
But he soon realized that he couldn't show it too obviously at this moment, so he forced himself to cover it up.
"Okay, ma'am." He responded calmly.
However, anyone who was slightly familiar with Fan Jingrui could easily see his irrepressible joy.
After all, his slightly upturned mouth corners, his sparkling eyes, and his unconsciously brisk steps all revealed his inner joy.
Even Zhang Jia, who was confused and bewildered, could clearly feel Fan Jingrui's irrepressible good mood.
However, the words that came out of Fan Jingrui's excited mouth were colder to Zhang Jia than the frost in June.
Every word was like a cold blade piercing Zhang Jia's heart, causing him to instantly fall from the joy he had just felt for Fan Jingrui into an ice cellar.
The look he gave to the Wang Liu family was no longer peaceful, but instead was filled with hatred and resentment as if they were his enemies.
"They don't want to tell the truth, right? Come here, beat them for me, beat them hard, until they tell the truth." Magistrate Zhang's eyes were wide open, veins bulged on his forehead, and he shouted at the top of his lungs.