Chapter 27 Entering the Government
"It's down there, I don't know what the official is called?" The small hooked snake that is invincible on weekdays would feel that an ordinary person is in danger, which has to make Xiao Lei feel surprised and vigilant at the same time.
"Hmph." The other party just snorted coldly, the expression on his face seemed to tell the other party that he was not worthy of knowing his name, and his contemptuous and disgusted gaze moved away from Xiao Lei and fell towards the old doctor who fell in a pool of blood.
Xiao Lei frowned, thinking back to his understanding of Shicheng, and seemed to have the impression that before he left Shicheng, the head catcher in the county government was not this person. After all, as one of the wealthiest merchants in Stone City, greeting the government was inevitable.
"Someone." Zheng Zhutou, who was called by the passer-by, opened his mouth lightly, and his voice was not loud, but the people guarding the door immediately heard it, and a young catcher hurriedly came in and stood aside respectfully and said, "Boss, what are your orders!" ”
"Call the gang and bring the suspect back to the yamen." After speaking, he looked at Xiao Lei again, his eyes were like looking at a dead man.
Xiao Lei suddenly felt a chill rise under the other party's gaze, and the other party called himself a suspect instead of a prisoner, at least indicating that he still had a chance to clear his suspicion, but the other party's eyes made him realize that things would not go as smoothly as he thought.
"Let's go." That year, he was polite and didn't do anything to Xiao Lei. Xiao Lei nodded, did not resist or refute, and followed behind the catcher. Looking at Xiao Lei's departing back, a trace of surprise flashed in Zheng Zhutou's eyes, but it was only fleeting, and no other emotions could be seen in the dark eyes.
When Shi Manman arrived at the pharmacy, his hair was still scattered, and the outside of the shop was already surrounded by people who were having a good time. Although there are also crimes in Shicheng, most of them are petty thefts, occasional murder cases, and they are also filthy things in large households, most of which are secretly and secretly. It's not like today, blatantly killing people in broad daylight. This happened suddenly, like clear water dripping into boiling oil, and it blew up half of the stone city.
Shi Manman was still thinking about how to separate the crowd and let himself pass, when someone suddenly shouted: "The murderer is out!" As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd.
She looked up and saw a uniformed catcher walking out of the pharmacy, followed by Xiao Lei. When Xiao Lei fell, there was blood stains in front of his robe, and his hand that covered the wound in order to save the old doctor was already dripping with blood. At first glance, it does look like you have just killed a person and been splashed with blood.
"Let one go, let one go." The young catcher shouted loudly to disperse the crowd, and Shi Manman saw that the crowd had relaxed and immediately rushed to Xiao Lei. The young man saw a figure suddenly appear in front of him, and was startled and thought that someone was making trouble. When the man stood in front of Xiao Lei, he saw clearly that it was a woman with a disheveled hair, and he couldn't help but show disgust, no serious girl would go out with her hair scattered, even if it was a girl in the Qinglou kiln.
Xiao Lei saw Shi Manman appear in front of him, although he had already known it, but he was also taken aback by seeing Shi Manman's hair scattered. He glanced at the onlookers, and saw that their eyes were looking at Shi Manman with disdain, disdain, sympathy, and waiting to see the joke.
"You ......" Xiao Lei still wanted to ask what was going on with the other party's hair, but Shi Manman took a step forward and took Xiao Lei's hand with a cold face to carefully examine his body. After finding that the other party was not injured, he put down Xiao Lei's hand and looked at Xiao Lei's eyes expressionlessly, Xiao Lei seemed to feel a trace of dissatisfaction and anger in Shi Manman's eyes.
"Go home." Shi Manman said and took Xiao Lei's hand and was about to leave.
"Wait!" The young catcher quickly stepped forward to block the way of the two, and his face was unhappy. Isn't it a resounding slap in the face to take the suspect away in front of him?
The blocking of the fast catch almost exhausted the only remaining patience of Shi Manman, and although her spiritual power was almost lost, it did not mean that she did not have it. Just as she was about to make a move, Xiao Lei grabbed the stone vine and shook his head gently at her.
Shi Manman looked at Xiao Lei puzzled, "It's okay, I'm just going to the yamen with this little brother." Xiao Lei stretched out his hand and hooked a few messy strands of stone vines behind his ears.
"This is not an occasion for flirting, Xiao Gongzi should go to the Yamen." The yin Zheng Zhutou suddenly appeared beside the two of them, and his yin and yang weird tone seemed to be mocking and ridiculous.
Shi Manman tied the long hair that was disturbed by the wind and obstructed his vision behind his head, looked at Zheng Zhutou and said, "He is not going anywhere." Shi Manman stood between the two of them, looking at Zheng Zhutou for a moment.
Zheng Zhutou looked Shi Manman up and down with a playful smile, "He can go." Although he smiled, his eyes were deep and there was no trace of a smile.
"Your Excellency!" The young man next to him looked at his boss in disbelief.
"You officials and businessmen collude!" The medicine boy cried and pointed to the three of them, thinking of the miserable death of the master, gritted his teeth and sat on the ground and cried, crying while talking about the general manager of the old doctor before his death, and crying that the murderer was officially shielded after his death.
The crowd of onlookers was suddenly driven by the words of the medicine boy, many of them had received the favor of the old doctor, and they also followed the medicine boy to accuse the arrester present, and even a few people wanted to rush forward to make a move on Xiao Lei, but they were all stopped by the officials brought by Zheng Zhutou.
"Xiao Gongzi, it's not that I don't want you to leave now, but the people don't let you go. Can you see this girl? Zheng Zhutou was not surprised by the scene that was almost out of control, but expected.
Shi Manman didn't know why the people present reacted so violently to Xiao Lei's departure, and she looked at Xiao Lei for the first time and felt overwhelmed. Xiao Lei saw the excited crowd, and admired this person's city government and scheming, he had long expected what kind of scene would be after he said that he would let him leave.
"You go back to the Xiao Mansion and tell my father about this,...... Don't let my grandmother know. You tell my father ......" Xiao Lei took a step closer to Shi Manman, lowered his body and whispered in Shi Manman's ear: "Let my father check three people, the old doctor, and the medicine boy...... There are ......" Xiao Lei struggled slightly, took a deep breath and continued: "Xiao Jia......"
The word Xiao family made Shi Manman's pupils suddenly gather and then spread, Xiao Lei's words were undoubtedly telling Shi Manman that his current situation was related to the Xiao family, but who it was related to Xiao Lei didn't seem to know.
"I'll go with you." Xiao Lei still gave Shi Manman a reassuring look before leaving.
Shi Manman watched Xiao Lei advance towards the yamen surrounded by the crowd, until she confirmed that Xiao Lei in the crowd was safe, she immediately turned around and flew over the nearest eaves, and jumped into the high wall of the Xiao family by flying the eaves and walking on the wall.
Until he entered Xiao's house and met a subordinate, he grabbed that person and let the other party lead the way. The ups and downs of the leap made the family almost frightened, and when they arrived in Xiao Yuan's courtyard, the family was thrown aside by the stone vines and vomited wildly.
Shi Manman's movement alarmed many people of the Xiao family, and Xiao Yuan, who was dining with Liu Yemei who had returned from Xiao Jin's courtyard at this moment, was attracted by the noise outside the courtyard. Liu Yemei asked the maid beside her to go out to see the situation, and before she left for a while, the maid appeared in front of the two with stone vines.
Shi Manman's dress was wrinkled by the wind during the hasty leap, Xiao Yuan looked at Shi Manman who came in with the wind and fire, and he didn't like it in his heart, but before he could speak, Shi Manman said a piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue to him.