Chapter 17 Li Dai Tao Zong
"It's gone!" Someone shouted!
The lights in the inn were lit one after another, followed by the chaotic footsteps and the noise of the crowd.
When everyone poured water on Gongzi Qingqian's house with all their might, the fire was no longer controlled.
Yao Tong and Dong Xinping stood blankly in the open space downstairs and looked at the blazing flames in Gongzi Qingqian's room. The fire snake licked the roof ruthlessly.
"Young Master!" Yao Tong knelt down. His face was as bloodless as white paper.
"Get up!" Young Master Qingqian's voice sounded behind Yao Tong.
"Master, young master!" Yao Tong sat on the ground and looked back at Young Master Qingqian.
"Are you a human or a ghost?" Dong Xinping took two steps back. The woman beside him screamed.
"Young Master! Those people ran away. I only caught one!" Han Guang threw the person he held in his hand to the ground.
Yao Tong immediately got up. His young master was not dead! He was still alive. Yao Tong's heart began to beat violently.
"Say! Who sent you here?" Hanguang said sternly.
The man closed his eyes and said nothing. Yao Tong kicked him both angry.
"explain!"
"Take him to the yamen!" Young Master Qingqian knew that it would be useless to ask any further. Hanguang carried the man away.
Before Young Master Qingqian arrived in Nanchuan, he encountered a series of assassinations. It seems that everything was not accidental, it must have been premeditated. Some people's intention to let Young Master Qingqian go to Nanchuan is already very obvious.
So what is the truth about the Nanchuan incident? Is it like the one reported? Gongzi Qingqian had to think carefully.
"Brother Dong! Qingqian has something to ask for!" The young master Qingqian said beside the horse basin in the backyard of the inn.
"Please say it!"
"We went to Nanchuan to investigate the fact that someone rushed into the county government and despise the prestige of the country!"
"Do you want me to pretend to be you and go to Nanchuan Prefecture?" Dong Xinping is really worthy of being the seven orifices.
"It's just that this matter is too dangerous! If you are afraid, forget it!" Young Master Qingqian pulled out the horse.
"Didn't anyone in Nanchuan recognize you?"
"No! Yao Tong and I will take the lead!" Gongzi Qingqian and Yao Tong got on the horse.
"Hey! I haven't..." Dong Xinping looked at the master and servant of Gongzi Qingqian and galloped away, swallowing the second half of the sentence. Nothing is useful now.
"Young Master! Let's go too!" Hanguang pulled Dong Xinping's horse out.
Dong Xinping and Hanguang rushed all the way to Tuohe Town on the border of Nanchuan.
The town is very lively and the business is quite prosperous. Dong Xin's calm and glamorous outfit can tell at a glance that they are from the mainland.
The dry food they brought was already bottomless, so they had a big meal in an inconspicuous small restaurant.
At the beginning, Dong Xinping was worried about whether the food would be poisoned. After hearing Han Guang's words, he enjoyed it with confidence.
Hanguang told him that when Gongzi Qingqian left, he told him: to eat and stay and go to the cheapest place on the streets and alleys. No one would have thought that Gongzi Qingqian, one of the four major families in the capital, would come to such a place. Therefore, it is the safest place.
Gongzi Qingqian was right. Dong Xinping and Hanguang successfully arrived at the government office in Nanchuan.
Liu Chong, the master of the government office, heard the news from the yamen constable and quickly came out.
"You magistrate is not ready yet?" Dong Xin asked with a flat face.
"Young master doesn't know anything! Those troublemakers are merciless! The prefect is very hurt!" As soon as he finished speaking, the prefect Han Chun stood in front of the second gate of the yamen with the help of a constable. He was wrapped in linen all over his body, and he looked a little terrible.
Hanguang couldn't help but turn his head and laugh. This prefect is too cowardly!
"Okay! You'd better go back and rest! I'll make the decision on your business!" Dong Xinping was really decent!
Hanguang had to admire him in his heart. The task assigned by Gongzi Qingqian was to protect Dong Xinping.
After lunch, Dong Xinping began to ask about the whole story of the incident. Maybe it was because of his age! He cried with tears in his mouth.
The incident originated from an accident. A constable chased a thief on the street and accidentally knocked down a pregnant woman. In the words of the constable, the pregnant woman came out of nowhere. With his skills, it was impossible to hit someone, let alone a pregnant woman.
But the facts were there, so how could he allow him to argue? So, the thief was not caught, but the constable Li Xing was sued to court.
The prefect Han Chun still had some experience in trial. He investigated the whole story of the incident clearly. The appearance of the pregnant woman was purely an accident! So he sentenced Li Xing to pay some silver.
As a constable, although Li Xing was wronged, in order not to escalate the situation, he had to take out the savings he had accumulated over the years.
Logically speaking, this judgment did not violate the law at all! Unexpectedly, the pregnant woman died soon after giving birth. Her family thought of the incident of being hit and made a big fuss in court.
Han Chun was in charge of doing business and put the two pregnant women and brothers who were causing trouble for roaring in court.
He just wanted to detain them for a few days, but he let them go after the incident. However, the pregnant woman's husband gathered some people outside the yamen to ask for the release of the imprisoned person and punished the yamen runner Li Chong.
According to the prefect Han Chun, this made no sense at all! But under pressure, he had to release the person and detain Li Chong.
This matter was not finished. The family of the deceased asked to pay his life! The prefect Han Chun was willing to agree? First, Li Chong was a good constable. Second, even if Li Chong collided with a pregnant woman, he would have been unintentional in the process of handling the case and would not die. The pregnant woman died of difficult labor and detaining Li Chong was illegal. How could he abuse the punishment?
"These unruly people! Is there any other kingly law in their eyes?" Dong Xinping slapped the table!
"I would like to think of a solution to make big things happen, and small things happen. Please give Constable Li a fair move!" The master wiped his eyes.
"I still need to verify it! You retreat first!" Dong Xinping sat down slowly. He was not an impulsive person. He was waiting for Gongzi Qingqian to come to him. He knew that Gongzi Qingqian must have investigated the matter privately.
Gongzi Qingqian and Yao Tong have also arrived in Nanchuan. They live in Honglai Inn. It is the street where Constable Li bumped into a pregnant woman.
The street is spacious and the shops are very regular. There are three forks on the entire street. There is an old man selling sesame cakes next to the second fork.
At the third fork is an inn called "Jingyang". Next to the inn is Fulai Restaurant, where a wine flag is erected.
"Young Master! What are you looking at?" Yao Tong brought the tea set.
Young Master Qingqian sat down and started cooking tea by himself. At this time, he remembered Rouxin. It would be great if she was there, and he would not have to work so hard. Rouxin's appearance when cooking tea appeared in his mind.
"Young Master is thinking about Miss Rouxin!" Yao Tong looked at Young Master Qingqian holding the spoon in his hand and didn't move for a long time.
Chapter completed!