It was already Mao hour when Xia Zhaoyi returned to the city, and Wang Fengnian and others were still awake at Mao hour.
The lights in the yamen were still bright, and everyone in the courtroom was exhausted. Wang Fengnian was the most energetic one.
Shen Shu chatted and laughed all night, but due to his weak body, he could no longer hold on anymore.
Wang Fengnian was still thinking about the logic behind Shen Shu's words when he heard a few snoring sounds. He looked up and saw that it was coming from two of Mrs. Qu's men.
They leaned against the pillar and fell asleep.
Daheng was almost unsteady on his feet and teetering on the verge of collapse.
Although the few Xia Family Army soldiers present were not asleep, they all looked haggard and tired.
Wang Fengnian picked up the gavel and was about to take a photo when he heard a rooster crow outside.
He looked around, picked the one who was easiest to bully, and threw the gavel towards Li'an.
Li'an was startled and quickly raised his head.
Wang Fengnian said angrily: "I told you to sleep!? The matter has not been explained yet, why are you sleeping?"
"Opening the meeting blindly, a small businessman really thinks of himself as a figure." Li An said angrily.
"Be careful, I will torture you!"
"Indiscriminate lynching is unjust!"
"Ha," Wang Fengnian sneered, "Hengxiang is our world right now. Let alone lynching or killing innocent people indiscriminately is not a problem. What do you think? Can you reason with me, a wicked person?"
Li An rolled his eyes, feeling sleepy, tired and hungry, and looked at Shen Xu.
Although Shen Xu was on trial, he was sitting on a chair. It was the red sandalwood and Ya Taishi chairs that were brought in from the back office.
His eyes were lowered, slightly closed and half-squinted. The long hair hanging down on both sides covered half of his face. Li An couldn't tell whether he was sleeping or awake.
"Young Master." Li An whispered, wanting him to make the decision for him.
Shen Xu tilted her head, heard a light breathing, and fell asleep leaning against the back of the chair.
"He is asleep," Wang Fengnian said, "Do you want to sleep? If so, tell me clearly where your young master has been in the past few years and what kind of shameful deeds he has done after buying Li Sanding. Oh, and why do you send strange patterns to Mr. Shen every now and then? Tell me everything!"
In the back hall separated by a wall from Wang Fengnian, Du Xuan was leaning on a chair and drinking tea thoughtfully.
His energy is as good as Wang Fengnian's. Ye Zheng next to him can barely hold on now because he has had a nap.
Ye Zheng listened for a long time, couldn't help it anymore, and whispered: "Perhaps, they really haven't done anything?"
Du Xuan said slowly: "What we need to ask now is not what they did in Hengxiang, but what they want to do and what they did before coming to Hengxiang."
"I don't care about anything else. I'm just worried that he wants to harm the young master again." Ye Zheng muttered.
Du Xuan's lips curved into a sneer: "It's not about thinking, it's about affirmation."
A government guard suddenly led someone in.
Du Xuan and Ye Zheng looked up, and the person following them was Wei Dongyou.
Du Xuan immediately put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and said, "How's it going?"
Wei Dongyou looked towards the Yamen Guards.
The Yamen Guards understood this and hurriedly bowed their heads and resigned.
After confirming that there was no one else around, Wei Dongyou lowered his voice and said: "Hou Rui really has a problem! Zhu Chang and I followed him all the way according to what you said. He went straight to Dongping Academy and took a long time to come out. I asked someone to inquire, and he went It must be Lu Yuanxuan."
"Lu Yuanxuan? Chen met Lu Yuanxuan again?"
Although Chen Youjian left Dongping Academy immediately after the incident at Feishuang Pavilion, his "eyes" and "mouth" must still be left in his residence, Lu Yuanxuan.
Wei Dongyou nodded: "Yes, the handyman I asked about also mentioned that he had personally seen Hou Rui interacting with Mr. Youjian's bookboy. Because Hou Rui is lame, he is easy to recognize."
"This guy," Du Xuan laughed angrily, "we saved his life in Tao'anling, and he turned his back on us and repaid us with vengeance?"
Long before Yu Xiaozhou told him that Hou Rui had a problem, Du Xuan and Wu Shaoning felt that something was wrong with him.
At that time, Hou Rui left without saying goodbye with his baggage. He came back not long after, saying that he had no choice but to write to his relatives, asking him to stay for a few days until his relatives came to pick him up.
But Du Xuan is proficient in pharmacology and spices. Before Shen Lie received Xia Zhaoyi's smile as a gift, the fragrance of Du Ruo on his body was made by Du Xuan.
As soon as Du Xuan smelled it, he could tell that the smell of medicine on Hou Rui's body was not theirs.
Not only is it not, the price is not cheap, there are bergamot and deer antlers, and there are also very few large-leaf angelica that are difficult to pick.
When Hou Rui was rescued that day, Hou Rui was unconscious. In order to find out his identity, Du Xuan and Wu Shaoning searched his body. Hou Rui had no valuables on him, just a few copper coins.
How could Du Xuan not keep an eye on a person who could afford such expensive medicine after leaving again and again?
The so-called water-flooded fragrance is nothing more than a test. Sure enough, it is not a good thing.
"Sir, what should we do next?" Wei Dongyou asked.
Du Xuan thought for a while and said thoughtfully: "It doesn't matter whether we kill this little snake or not, whether we scare it or not, but what if we can do the opposite and let it be used by us?"
"What's your plan, sir?" Wei Dongyou was curious.
"Since we rescued him at the Tao'anling Ancient Temple, maybe he went to Tao'anling for some important matter before. Why don't we send out false news that we are going to Tao'anling and see if he will go back to spread the news and arrange manpower. If so, Yes, we will catch them all in one fell swoop. If we can catch them alive, we will catch them alive. If we cannot catch them alive, we will kill them. Those who can be killed are counted as several, and if one is missing, they will be counted as one."
"good idea!"
"Wait a minute," Ye Zheng frowned, "Should we tell the young master about this matter?"
"Of course you have to say it, I'll go and say it," Du Xuan said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of screams suddenly sounded in the front hall, coming from far away.
"Killing people! Killing people!! Mr. Guan, killing people!!"
"The family was wiped out!!"
Du Xuan and the others were startled. Wei Dongyou hurriedly raised his foot to walk out, but Du Xuan stopped him: "Don't go."
Shen Xu was sitting outside, so it was difficult for the dark men to show their faces.
Shen Xu may not have met Wei Dongyou and Ye Zheng, but if they meet now, it will be difficult if there is a task to follow Shen Xu in the future.
Du Xuan turned around, opened the scroll, and looked out through a round hole in the wall.
