Early the next morning, a Zhuang Ding found Liu San's body in the woods and hurriedly reported it to Minister Li's wife. The woman sent someone to the government to report the case while comforting Huizhen, who was crying her heart out. The yamen's constable, Ye Yunfei, brought a few bailiffs and Minister Li to interrogate the Zhuang Ding who found the corpse.
Although Hui Zhen suspected that this matter was done by Wu Song, she had no evidence, so she did not say that the person who broke into Li Jia Village that day was Wu Song. Firstly, he was afraid that he would wrongly accuse Wu Song, and secondly, if he said this, he would be suspicious. The more important reason was that she and Liu San had only been husband and wife for a few days. Although they loved each other, they did not have a deep relationship. After all, Wu Song had been in love with her for many years. She could still weigh the pros and cons. Therefore, she cried and cried for a while and then did it. Although she hated Wu Song for disturbing her peaceful and happy life, she couldn't help but worry for him.
After Ye Yunfei interrogated him, he returned to the yamen. Official Li's wife ordered several aunties to comfort Hui Zhen and then returned to her room with Official Li. "I'm not here for a day, and such a big thing has happened. How lawless!" said Minister Li angrily. Liu San had been a slave in Li Village since he was young. He had died a violent death today. He had to find out the truth!”
"Humph!" The woman curled her lips and said unhappily," You're not in the manor for a day? Why aren't you at the manor? I haven't even found you guilty, but you're blaming me instead! Tell me, where did you go last night?”
"Aunt Hong, I was at the county office last night. I was discussing business until late. I was afraid that something might happen on the way, so I stayed there. Where can I go?" I'm not blaming you. I'm blaming those servants. When I'm not around, they're like sheep. No one cares about the affairs of the manor. They must have gone out to have fun last night, so they didn't even know that someone died in the village.”
The woman, Hong Nu, snorted and said,""What can you do in the village? That night you fell in the manor, but didn't you still let the bad guys in? You still haven't caught them? Besides, you're not in the manor, so Liu San is in charge. He was killed in the forest without wearing clothes. His tracks are suspicious! In my opinion, Liu Sanding had an affair with a servant girl in the manor and met her in the middle of the night. As a result, the servant girl's other lover saw him and followed him to the forest to kill him.”Her imagination was very rich, and her analysis seemed to be logical.
"Is there such a thing?" Minister Li's face darkened as he asked," The servant girl Zhuang Ding in the manor shouldn't be so presumptuous, right?”
"Who knows?" Aunt Hong said," Those servants don't have money to get married, and you can't take care of all the maids. It's reasonable for them to do such a thing. Didn't this happen once before?"
"Madam, don't say that. When have I ever been unclean with those maids?"”After thinking for a while, he said,"It's just that Pan Jinlian seduced me, so I was a little tempted. There's no truth to it."”
"Tsk!" Aunt Hong said angrily,"Don't mention that b * tch. I get angry when she's mentioned!" Now that Liu San was dead, the village was short of a manager. It was better to find one quickly and not just focus on investigating this case. These two years, Qinghe County was extremely unstable. Was there no indomitable person in charge in the village?”
"Yes, I am!" Minister Li patted his forehead and said," Among the servants, Liu San is the cleverest and quick-witted. The others are all good-for-nothings. Who can manage such a big manor?" It's really difficult!"
Aunty Hong coughed lightly and said seriously,""The current Qinghe County is not like the past. Bandits are rampant, strong people are established, murder cases are frequent, and major events are happening. The people don't have a peaceful life, and families like us live in fear. You see, the Zhu family casino is connected to both the black and the white. They have the support of the Zhu family of Dulong Gang. They have always been eating this and eating that. If they don't give it to us, they will use force. They don't put our Li family in their eyes. Since they came, we have spent more than fifty thousand taels of silver. What a pity!”
" Of course I know that," Minister Li said thoughtfully." But although our Li family has a good relationship with the government, we never dare to get involved in the underworld. We only do legitimate business. How can we dare to compete with the Zhu family's casino?" The money is well spent. I think the Zhu Family Casino won't dare to do anything to us. After all, without a rich man like us, it won't be so easy for him to earn money.”
Aunty Hong's face was full of anger." I'll treat you like a coward. Our money didn't come out of thin air. Why should we give it to him?" I think the Zhu family's casino bullies the weak and fears the strong. The more you give it to him, the more dissatisfied he is. If a powerful person showed him some face, he would not dare to act rashly.”
"That's true, but how can we compete with the Zhu Family of Lone Dragon Gang?" Minister Li sighed. Even the officials were afraid of them. They would easily raise an army to rebel. No one could stop them. Which of the nearby counties didn't have Zhu Manor's properties? Which industry didn't rely on forceful buying and selling? This was in Qinghe County, in the entire Dulong Gang. Zhu Manor was bigger than the government, and the government had to pay tribute every year to avoid disaster! I'm a spineless person, but who's the tough one?”
"Everything depends on one's own effort!" Now that Liu San is dead, we can hire a powerful person to be the butler so that the people from the Zhu family's casino won't bully us! In this world, the soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the hateful ones, and the hateful ones are afraid of the ones who don't care about their lives. Let them suffer a little, and they will naturally be afraid of us. Although we can't make them submit to us, at least we can fight fairly, right? With so much money, how many concubines can you marry?”
"Don't make fun of me anymore, Madam!" squire Li said shyly.”"But who has the ability to do so?" All the men, women, and children in Qinghe County dared to watch the people of the Zhu family's casino live.”
Seeing that the time was ripe, Aunt Hong said," A few days ago, Ying 'er, the daughter of the martial arts university, was selling eggs on the street. She was teased by a few hoodlums from the Zhu family's casino. Coincidentally, Wu Song, the younger brother of the martial arts university, saw it. He beat those hoodlums up with a few punches and kicks and made them flee." I don't think this Wu Song is an ordinary person. Didn't he beat up Liu San and a few other villagers in public?”
"That Wu Song is indeed a man, but he likes to stir up trouble. How would we dare to invite him?" He was powerful, but wasn't he still arrested by the government? If it wasn't for Hui Zhen's promise to Liu San, he would have been sentenced to death. He was not as powerful as the government, let alone the Zhu family!”
Aunt Hong snorted and said," That day, Wu Song beat up a few hoodlums from the Zhu Family's casino. Until now, the people from the Zhu Family's casino have not done anything to Wu Song. It can be seen that they are afraid of him!" Back then, the government did arrest Wu Song, but how do you know that if we don't pursue the matter, Wu Song can only sit and wait for death? One must know that this Wu Song was very influential in Jianghu. Perhaps he had some dealings with the Zhu Family.”
Minister Li seemed to be tempted. He pondered for a moment and immediately stopped him,"I think Liu San's death is related to Wu Song. Liu San married Huizhen, he naturally would not let it go! Alright, let's not mention this matter again!"
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