The people watching the excitement in the distance took a breath of air and drew their swords. They were going to be red!
But the expected blood did not appear. The air was dry and cold, and there was no smell of blood.
They saw the man in black dodge the gleaming sword with a slight dodge, then ducked to the side again, and actually jumped between Zhu Cong and his son.
The officer chased him with his sword, and Zhu Cong and his son screamed in fright.
"Xiao Liu, don't cut us!" Zhu Jia couldn't help but remind him.
Zhu Cong rolled his eyes and suddenly stretched his legs to trip towards Qi Zhen. Sun Ci, who was hiding behind and watching the excitement, was shocked and hurriedly reminded: "Be careful of sneak attacks!"
Unexpectedly, Qi Zhen didn't move away at all. Everyone thought he was going to trip, but a smile appeared on his lips.
"Ouch..." Zhu Cong screamed and fell to the ground, hugging his legs and huddled together in pain, "My legs, my legs..."
Bai Banxia suppressed a smile and said to the recordkeeper: "Zhu Cong attacked Qizhen secretly, but hurt his own foot. Please remember this clearly to avoid them biting him again."
The tall and thin official gritted his teeth angrily, then suddenly turned the blade and slashed at Bai Banxia.
"Girl, be careful!" Sun Ci's heart felt like it was in his throat. He couldn't bear this stimulation at his old age.
Not wanting Bai Banxia to turn around and smile at him, "Don't be afraid, old man. There are always wolves in our village. He is much bigger than a wolf. What does his speed mean?"
When she said this, she didn't even look at the thin, tall official, and just escaped lightly.
Qi Zhen also had a smile on his face. At first, he didn't understand her skills and was always afraid that she would suffer a loss. Later, she trained with the defense team, and now she is the most powerful among them all. How could she suffer a loss so easily?
So he won't be overprotective because he believes in her strength.
The two of them felt relaxed, but the nearby spectators were so frightened that they couldn't help but scream, for fear that the pretty girl would be cut in half with a knife.
Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance.
Although there is no trouble here, horses and galloping are not allowed in the city. Only people from the government can ride horses like this in the city.
Among the people watching the fun, someone shouted: "Girl, don't get angry with the official. The official is here, your life is at stake!"
The sound of horse hoofbeats gradually approached, and more than one person came. As soon as the tall and thin official saw the person coming, his face instantly turned pale.
"Ma Liu, what are you doing? Put down your saber!" The leader shouted, and ordered the two people behind him, "Get Ma Liu!"
The two officers behind him jumped off their horses, rushed over and tackled the tall and thin official, Ma Liu, in two strokes. The saber in his hand also fell to the ground.
With a click, shackles were put on his neck and hands. They were the shackles he had brought to put on Bai Banxia, and now they were put to good use.
"Xue Tongpan, why are you here?" Ma Liu's voice was trembling, and his eyes were filled with despair.
"If I don't come, I will let you kill the good people." Xue Tongxuan dismounted and kicked Ma Liu in the chest. He fell to the ground in pain, and the shackles made a clanging sound, which proved that he was now a prisoner.
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"It was these two people who repeatedly attacked me. I was trying to protect myself and had to draw the sword." Ma Liu argued.
Zhu Jia also spoke: "Sir, look at how my face was beaten by them. The bridge of my nose is even broken."
Zhu Cong was still lying on the ground hugging his legs and crying: "Sir, my legs were also broken. Brother Ma was here to protect us."
Bai Banxia has been sizing up this Xue Tongpan. Tongpan is the adjutant of the prefect, and he is also a big official. Sun Ci actually knows a big shot.
"Master Xue, those who have records of stewardship have said and done what they have said and done, and the neighbors nearby can also testify." Bai Banxia said, cupping his fists.
Xue Bingfu took the paper handed over by the housekeeper and read it carefully. Sun Ci and the housekeeper also spoke and testified.
Someone in the distance came closer and said, "Master Xue is a good official. This official either beats or chops people. It's terrible."
"We can prove that the relatives of the Sun family have been hiding and have never done anything. And the one with a broken leg went to sneak attack and kick someone, and broke his leg himself." Someone else added.
Now that witnesses and physical evidence were gathered, Ma Liu's face turned gloomy and he secretly thought that he was finished.
He was just helping Zhu Jia and his son clean up two bumpkins from the countryside, so why did they attract Lord Tongpan?
He couldn't understand, but he heard Xue Bingfu say: "The prefect has not ordered you to arrest people, but you are quite good at doing bad things in the name of the government. This is using power for personal gain, and you don't need to be an official."
Ma Liu hurriedly got up and knelt down and kowtowed: "Master Xue, I saw that the Zhu family and his son were injured, so I came to interrogate him. I pulled out the knife on impulse, and begged Master Xue to give me another chance.
I won’t dare to do it again in the future.”
He regretted it so much now. He found that Zhu Jia and his son had been hiding behind him, and he felt hatred in his heart.
If these two things hadn't come to him, how could he have ended up in this situation? Not everyone has the opportunity to work as an errand in the government office, and the family spent a lot of effort to help him with the pawnbroking.
He glared at Zhu Jia and his son angrily and said, "They filed a false complaint and kept encouraging me. The younger one was fooled by them."
Xue Tongpan looked at Zhu Jia and his son, "What's going on with you?"
Zhu Jia hurriedly kowtowed, "Sir, this afternoon at the Cuju field, Qi Zhen punched me and broke the bridge of my nose. Bai Banxia slapped me twice again. My face is still swollen. Also.
My son..."
"So you didn't go to the government office in the afternoon to play drums and complain, but you went to Ma Liu to make trouble at night. Is it because you feel guilty?" Xue Tongpan interrupted him directly.
Bai Banxia secretly applauded, as expected of a high official, not so easy to fool.
She raised her sleeves and said, "Sir, you can go to the Cuju field to inquire. Today I was seeing a patient, and the Zhu family and his son kept disturbing me and even slandered me. I didn't want to listen, so Zhu Cong tore and beat me, even my clothes.
The sleeves are torn."
"Although I am a foreigner, my parents told me not to cause trouble or be bullied for nothing, so I had no choice but to give him two slaps. The father and son rushed up to beat me, so I had no choice but to slap the old man twice.
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The two officers at the back couldn't help laughing, and one of them said: "I'm sorry, a father and son wanted to bully a girl, but they couldn't beat her and wanted to file a lawsuit against her."
Xue Tongpan also sneered, "You are so embarrassed!"
Sun Ci and the housekeeper couldn't hold back their laughter. Sun Mu came secretly to watch. He had been hiding behind him, but he couldn't hold back his laughter and exposed himself.
Seeing his grandfather turning back to glare at him, he had no choice but to walk out openly, saluted Xue Tongpan, and said: "Your Excellency, student Sun Mu is a student of the medical school and can testify. Today, the student, together with Bai Banxia, witnessed Zhu
The father and son attacked her first, and she fought back to protect herself."