Li Luoyan did not come alone, she was accompanied by her father and younger brother. Xu Zizhen was about to turn around and sneak away, but saw Li Luoyan's father walking over quickly, clasping his fists and saying: "Thank you, sir, for saving my little girl. It's a great kindness and no shame."
memorable!"
At this point, Xu Zizhen had to stop and hurriedly returned the courtesy: "You're welcome. It's okay to draw a sword to help when there's an injustice." He glanced at Li Luoyan and added, "Actually, I went there specifically for that kidnapping case, my dear.
It was just a coincidence that we happened to be on that boat."
Li Luoyan's father raised his thumb and said sincerely: "Master Xu is so skillful and courageous, and he is so humble. Li Sheng admires him!"
Xu Zizhen said with a smile: "I am just a pauper. What kind of young master am I? Just call me Zizhen or Xiao Xu."
Li Sheng also laughed and said: "Haha! I have grown a few years in vain. If Brother Xu doesn't mind it, how about you call me brother from now on?"
Xu Zizhen is happy, call you brother? Then your daughter has no way to ask me to force her to marry? This is good! He quickly clasped his fists and shouted in a decent manner: "Brother Li!"
Li Luoyan, who was next to him, was not happy anymore. He stamped his feet and said: "Dad! You... how come you are compatible with Brother Xu? What should I do with Xiaomeng?"
Li Shengyi glared: "What should we do? You and Brother Xu have their own affairs, and we can each talk about our own affairs."
Xu Zizhen was immediately dumbfounded. What do you mean, everyone is calling each other? After a long time, he still agreed with his daughter to target me? Then what is this? Isn't it a mess?
"Brother Xu, this is the dog Li Meng." Li Sheng pulled over the young man next to him, who was Li Luoyan's younger brother: "Your name is Uncle Xu!"
Li Meng had a strong body and a tiger-like head. He looked very lovable. He came over and shouted respectfully: "Uncle Xu!"
Xu Zizhen still remembered this kid. The last time he played against Hua Ye, he would fight whenever he wanted without any fear. This was very similar to him. He smiled and touched Li Meng's head: "Don't listen to your father, call me."
Brother Xu, that’s it, I’m not that old.”
Li Sheng laughed and pulled Xu Zizhen and said: "Yesterday Xiaomeng and I went to Chongyuan Temple to find my senior brother. The monk there said that female donors were not allowed to enter, so I had to leave Luo'er outside the door. She didn't know why.
He was drugged and abducted. If Brother Xu hadn't rescued him with kindness... I don't know, I would have to ask you to get drunk today anyway!"
Xu Zizhen said with a smile: "You can drink at any time, but we have a place where we have to go first and say thank you." After saying that, the old man at Wangsi Restaurant rescued Li Luoyan from the water yesterday.
Said.
"Yes, yes, you must go!" Li Sheng nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, Li Luoyan suddenly spoke: "Brother Xu, look over there...it seems to be Uncle Cheng."
Uncle Cheng was the old man who saved her yesterday. Xu Zizhen looked back and saw a group of people noisily heading towards the gate of the government office. In the middle of the group, someone was carrying a door panel. There was a person lying on it, covered with a white cloth.
Uncle Cheng was in the middle of the team, holding the door panel with tears streaming down his face, looking extremely sad.
"What's going on? Something happened to their family?" Xu Zizhen was stunned, and chased after him, "Come on, let's go take a look."
When they arrived at the door, a middle-aged man at the head of the team had already complained. Jin Yuxi, who was on duty, hurried in to inform Magistrate Wen. Xu Zizhen walked to Uncle Cheng and called out softly: "Uncle Cheng, what's wrong with you...
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Uncle Cheng raised his head and saw that it was him. He quickly put away his tears and cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Xu." Then he looked at the door panel beside him. Two lines of tears suddenly rolled down his eyes. He choked and said, "This is my young master."
, this morning...this morning I had a heartache, and I went away..."
"This!" Xu Zizhen was startled. He looked at the small figure on the door panel. He looked like a teenager based on his height. His heart ached? Could it be that he had congenital heart disease? Then why did he come to the prefect's Yamen?
At this time Jin Yuxi ran out quickly again and shouted: "Shengtang!"
Magistrate Wen had already moved out of the inner hall. The two middle-aged couples at the head of the team came to the front of the hall and knelt down. One of the couples shouted that they were wronged, and the door panel was placed beside them.
The clerk on the side handed over the petition. After reading it carefully, Magistrate Wen said to the audience: "Wang Manfu, you are suing Wang Manlu for poisoning your youngest son while you were out. Do you have any evidence?"
The middle-aged man kneeling at the head touched the ground with his forehead and cried: "Your Majesty, I understand that the day before yesterday, I went out with my wife. Because the west wind was very strong, I didn't take my son with me, so I asked my brother to take care of me for two days. Who can
I know that when I returned home early this morning, my brother told me... that my youngest son died of heartache just last night! Sir, my youngest son is only ten years old, how can he have any heartache? Please make a clear decision!
"
Before he finished speaking, he was already lying on the ground crying so hard that Xu Zizhen felt pity in his heart even as he watched from outside the courtroom.
Defendant Wang Manlu, who was kneeling at the side, kowtowed quickly, claiming that he had been wronged, and insisting that Wang Manfu's son died of heartache. His wife was making a fuss at the side, saying that she was kind enough to bring up the child for them, but she had such bad luck.
Magistrate Wen slapped the wooden door in the hall and stopped the crying in the hall. Not long after, Uncle Gui came up to the hall with a face full of bitterness and hatred. He bowed to Magistrate Wen, then knelt down by the door and inspected the body.
As soon as the white cloth was lifted, a handsome and cheerful child's face was revealed, but it was pale and lifeless.
Xu Zizhen's heart suddenly twitched when the white cloth was lifted, because this child reminded him of his younger brother. He had traveled here inexplicably, leaving him alone as a child who was still in elementary school, becoming a veritable orphan.
I don't know what to do in the future.
Uncle Gui groped for a long time on the child's head and body, then opened his eyelids and took a look, turned around and saluted Magistrate Wen, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this child has no external injuries or signs of poisoning.
It looks quite like someone dying of heartache."
As soon as these words came out, the defendant's wife was the first to scream: "Look, look, they say this child died of heartache, and you insist on unjustly accusing us and my wife! Please tell us what is right and wrong, and give me and my wife their innocence!"
The sufferer and his wife were completely on the opposite side. After Uncle Gui judged the cause of death, they immediately burst into tears, banged their heads on the ground, and kept saying they were wronged. They had a son in middle age, and they regarded the child as their heart.
How could they accept that their baby died early when he was only in his teens, and was judged to have died of heartache?
Mr. Wen seemed to trust Uncle Gui's judgment. Although the appearance of the victim was really miserable, he still followed Uncle Gui's words. He was about to take a photo of the prison tree to finalize the verdict when he suddenly spotted Xu Zizhen out of the corner of his eye. At this time, his face was filled with tears.
Angry stood outside the door with his fists clenched, as if he was about to rush in at any time.
"Zizhen!"
Xu Zizhen suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw that it was Magistrate Wen. He quickly entered the door and saluted: "Sir!"
Magistrate Wen smiled slightly: "I see that you are thoughtful. If you have any thoughts, you might as well tell me."
Xu Zizhen did not expect Lord Wen to give him the nod. He nodded in surprise, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, in my opinion, this child did not die of heartache, but... committed suicide!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the hall, and the expressions of the defendant and his wife suddenly changed. The victim and his wife were stunned for a moment and then kowtowed, saying that they have learned from it.
Uncle Gui was a little unhappy. He was a senior clerk in the Suzhou government office. He had been doing this for decades. He had hardly ever done an autopsy or judged a case. He glanced at Xu Zizhen and said with an unhappy expression: "How do you know this child?"
Was it his murder?"
Although Xu Zizhen didn't like the old man, he knew that he was an old man in this government office, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he could only smile awkwardly: "Uncle, your life is at stake, I can only offend you once, I'm sorry.
"
The defendant shouted: "Your Majesty, you are unjust! My nephew did die of heartache. This man is simply spitting blood. Please come to a clear conclusion!"
Xu Zizhen didn't dare to show mercy to Uncle Gui, but he was not so polite to this guy. He could see clearly from outside the door that the defendant and his wife had twinkling eyes, and their faces were definitely not good-natured, and he had already been reminded of this child.
He lost his brother and thought that he would never see him again, which made his heart hurt.
Now that the defendant was acting out, he could not hold himself back. Regardless of the fact that this was a courtroom and Magistrate Wen was still in the hall, he stepped forward and hit the door in front of the defendant with his kick. With a bang, the defendant Wang Manlu was kicked backwards and flew out.