"Childe." Shi An looked at Shen Ke.

Shen didn't expect that the people from the county government would come to the door so soon, and he said in a deep voice: "Let people come in first." Fu looked at Jiang Cheng again, "You go to the dock and bring Xue Nuo back." ”

Jiang Cheng didn't ask anything, nodded and walked directly towards the courtyard wall, and disappeared outside the courtyard wall in a moment.

Shen straightened his sleeves, and then led Shi An towards the front yard with a calm face, and just after the verandah, before entering the front hall, he heard the voice of Mrs. Hu crying inside.

"My poor son, it's them, it's the people of Liuyuan, they must be the ones who hate my son for being coaxed and hurting their Shen family, so they made him like this......"

Mrs. Hu howled and cried, "Rong'er is only nineteen years old, and he was killed like this, how will he live in the future!" ”

The county commander Tao Ji was so noisy by her sharp cry that his brain hurt: "Mrs. Hu, this matter has not been investigated clearly, and it may not be related to Liu Yuan." ”

"Who else could it be, not them!"

Mrs. Hu is already old, and her well-maintained face has aged a lot, and her eyes are red from crying, "They broke into Hu's house last night and arrested people, and almost killed people in our house, and my son had an accident not long after!" ”

"According to the meaning of Mrs. Hu's words, your son colluded with bandits to forcibly kidnap people's daughters, and my son-in-law shouldn't take care of it, or is your Hu family's door too high, and no one will be able to board your Hu family's gate in the future, otherwise you can rely on others for anything in your family?" Shi An couldn't help but sneer.

Several people in the hall turned their heads when they heard this, and saw Shen walking in front of the door.

"Master Tao."

"Shen Gongzi."

Tao Ji hurriedly bowed slightly.

Shen frowned and glanced at Mrs. Hu, before he said to Hu Shenglin: "I have also heard about the affairs of Master Hu's mansion, and I am also very sympathetic to the second son's experience, but there are some things that please ask the people of your mansion to be cautious and slander the court officials, presumably Master Hu knows what the consequences are." ”

Mrs. Hu said angrily: "It's obviously your ......"

"Shut up!" Hu Shenglin turned his head and shouted.

Mrs. Hu was startled, and she didn't dare to speak out again at Shanghu Shenglin's anger, but she covered her face and cried.

Hu Shenglin's face was extremely ugly, he knew that the Shen family was not offended by them, but when he thought of his little son who was paralyzed on the bed and became a waste, his heart was full of grief and indignation:

"Shen Gongzi, I know that the Shen family style is strict, and Shen Gongzi will never do such a hurtful thing, but my son's injury is too coincidental."

"Although he is a bastard on weekdays, he has never had any life-and-death enmity with anyone, but yesterday he was confused and was deceived and killed."

"Although our Hu family is not a big family, but in Qizhen, it is not an ordinary family, except for Shen Gongzi, I really can't think of anyone else who has such great ability and ability to make my son look like that under the nose of the Hu family."

Shi An was furious when he heard this: "What do you mean by this?!" ”

Shen stretched out his hand to block Shi An, and only calmly said to Hu Shenglin: "Master Hu, if I want to deal with the Hu family, just relying on Hu Rong's crime of making friends with bandits and forcibly kidnapping the women of the good family, and collecting thin horses for others to buy people in the court, it is enough to make your entire Hu family unable to eat and walk around." ”

Hu Shenglin's face turned pale: "Hu Rong was deceived by someone......"

"Then does he know about Chai Chunhua's search for thin horses?" Shen hit the nail on the head.

Hu Shenglin opened his mouth and was blocked and didn't know what to do.

It was the second time that Tao Ji had heard them talk about the abduction of women, and he couldn't help but say, "Shen Gongzi, what's the matter with this abduction of women?" ”

Shen didn't hide it from him, and directly moved out the set of statements he had said to the Hu family before: "In addition to running an errand for Your Majesty this time, I also went south to find the lost relatives in the Shijiao Mansion, and finally found the whereabouts of the sister and brother in Qizhen, but who knew that the elder sister was forcibly abducted at the door of the Hu family." ”

"That person was ordered by the people in Beijing to come to Jiangnan to search for thin horses, and he made friends with the second son of the Hu family, and the Hu family did not stop him at all when he kidnapped people in front of the Hu family."

"The girl in my world friend mansion was forced to jump into the river after he was kidnapped, and I also sent someone to salvage the wharf all night, if Lord Tao doesn't believe it, you can send someone to the wharf to ask."

Tao Ji didn't think that this kind of thing was still involved between Liu Yuan and the Hu family, there are many people in Jiangnan who raise thin horses, and it is not uncommon to cling to the powerful in this way, but once it is involved in Beijing, it is not a trivial matter, and listening to Shen Qi's meaning, I am afraid that the person is so arrogant.

He couldn't help but look at Hu Shenglin and frowned tightly: "Why didn't Master Hu mention this before?" ”

Hu Shenglin said forcefully: "This matter has nothing to do with my son, he was also deceived by someone......

"A sentence of being deceived can offset a human life?" Shen said in a deep voice.

Hu Shenglin's face turned pale, the person was taken away in front of the Hu family, and the person who kidnapped the person was out of the Hu family, this matter is not allowed for him to defend at all, and he can't say anything about Shen Qi.

But after hearing Shen say that the kidnapped girl jumped into the river, he felt more and more that his son's affairs had nothing to do with the people in Liuyuan, so he could only grit his teeth and say,

"Even if this matter is really related to my son, it should be the government's questioning, and it is not the turn of someone to lynch him."

Shen's face sank: "What evidence do you have for accusing me of lynching?" ”

Tao Ji also said on the side: "Master Hu, let's investigate the case to talk about evidence, it's not what you say, you said that Shen Gongzi hurt your son, but can anyone see it?" ”

Hu Shenglin's face was ugly, and he wanted someone to see what he said.

He knew that with Shen Qi's identity and no evidence, he couldn't help him at all, and Tao Ji would not help them to embarrass the people of the Shen family, and his purpose today was not him.

Hu Shenglin took a deep breath and said, "Master Tao, I have already said it just now, I never suspected that it was Shen Gongzi's hand, and I came here today for someone else." ”

He looked at Shen but said, "Shen Gongzi, what I'm looking for is the person who almost killed someone in Hu's house last night." ”

Shen Ke's eyes were slightly gloomy.

Shi An was furious: "Do you want to say that Xue Nuo made your son?" ”

"He was in Liuyuan all the time last night, and he almost fainted from crying when he knew that his sister was gone, and he was such an old child, how could he run to your Hu family and abolish your son."

"How could it be!"

Mrs. Hu couldn't help but speak, "That's a madman, he almost killed someone in our house yesterday, so many people saw it with their own eyes, he must have a grudge against Rong'er and his sister before he was ruthless to my son......"

Hu Shenglin pulled the manic Mrs. Hu towards Shen and said:

"Shen Gongzi, we have no intention of making trouble for you, but my son has become like that and he always has to find out who caused it, I know that Shen Gongzi disdains to hurt people, but it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take advantage of the Shen family's power to do evil things and hide behind Shen Gongzi."

He didn't wait for Shen to reply, then turned to Tao Ji,

"Master Tao, that man has a fierce temperament and is vicious, everyone in my house saw it with their own eyes last night, he was crazy because of his sister's affairs, and he almost skinned the culprit alive, and the blood stains in the courtyard of my house are still there."

"It's hard to guarantee that such a fierce person won't hurt my son by venting his anger, and my son should naturally be punished for his mistakes, but he shouldn't fall to such a point."

"I also ask Master Tao to uphold justice for my son and severely punish those who hurt people."

Tao Ji looked at Hu Shenglin and burst into tears as he spoke, remembering that he had just seen the bloody appearance of the second son of Hu in Hu's house with only one breath left, and he only felt tricky for them.

He didn't want to offend the Shen family, but the Hu family couldn't ignore it.

In the end, he could only look at Shen Qi: "Shen Gongzi, this ...... Why don't you call someone out and ask first? ”

Shi An didn't believe that Xue Nuo did the Hu family's affairs at all, not to mention that the kid was thin and small, how could he break into the Hu family and make people like that, just say that he stayed in Liuyuan all night and never went out, and stayed in the kitchen early this morning, how could he avoid the people who filled the yard.

He was about to speak, but Shen Ke stretched out his hand to stop him.

Shen looked at the pestering Hu family, and said in a deep voice: "Since Master Tao has spoken, I naturally won't stop you from asking." ”

"It's just that Xue Nuo knew that his sister fell into the water, and went to the dock before you came, and I have already sent someone to find it, and I will bring someone back later."

When Mrs. Hu heard this, she hurriedly said, "He won't be a thief and run away!" ”

Shen Ke's eyes were cold, and he looked at her.

Mrs. Hu looked slightly startled and hurriedly shut up.

A room full of people were sitting in the hall, and the people of the willow garden outside were standing in the courtyard.

Tao Ji actually didn't believe that Shen would hurt the youngest son of the Hu family, if it weren't for the Hu family's great entanglement, he wouldn't be willing to take this trip.

He whispered to Shen Ke and greeted his grandfather and father, showing favor undisguisedly, but Shen did not embarrass him, only whispered to him.

After sitting for almost an hour, Xue Nuo didn't come back outside, and the people of the Hu family couldn't sit still and wondered if Xue Nuo really ran away, and at this moment, there was movement outside, and Jiang Cheng led Xue Nuo in.

Xue Nuo seemed to have cried, and followed Jiang Cheng with his head slightly drooping, his eyes were red and swollen, and his face was also unbright.

"Why did you go for so long?" Shen asked with a frown.

Jiang Cheng stepped forward and replied in a low voice: "I didn't see anyone else when I went to the dock, and after looking for a long time, I found that he was hiding in a place where no one was crying alone, and it took me some time to find him, so I came back late." ”

He went to the dock and didn't find anyone, and he once thought that Xue Nuo had run away, but then he turned around the dock and found Xue Nuo crying in a corner downstream of the pier.

At that time, he was sitting near the river, looking at the water and shedding tears, and when he found him, he was embarrassed and wanted to hide.

"Childe..."

Xue Nuo let out a low cry, and with a nasal voice after crying.

Shen Ke's gaze circled around her, his gaze fell on her red and swollen eyes, and he paused, before turning his head to Tao Ji and saying, "Master Tao, he is the Hu family looking for Xue Nuo." ”

He paused before he said to Xue Nuo,

"This is Lord Tao of the county order here, he has something to ask you, just say whatever you ask later."

Tao Ji looked at Xue Nuo with a surprised expression, he originally thought that the person who was so powerful as the Hu family said must be vicious, but he didn't expect that he was such a delicate and good-looking teenager.

Hu Shenglin and the others also widened their eyes: "Is he the one last night?" ”

"Or else? You don't think my son-in-law just found someone to come? Shi An couldn't help but sneer.

"Shi An!" Shen turned his head to look at him.

Shi An shut up stupidly.

Even if the people of the Hu family don't want to believe it anymore, if they look carefully, the person in front of them is indeed the same size as the person last night, and even if Shen really wants to move flowers and trees, it is impossible to find such a beautiful young man so quickly.

Tao Ji looked at Xue Nuo with some doubts, and coughed lightly and said, "Your name is Xue Nuo, right?" ”

Xue Nuo hummed.

"This official came here today because he wanted to ask you something, do you know that the second son of the Hu family was killed last night?"

Xue Nuo shook his head when he heard this: "I don't know." ”

"Really?"

Tao Ji looked at her intently, not letting go of any trace of look on her face:

"The person who hurt people was extremely vicious, not only abolished the hands and feet of the second son, but also blinded him and pulled out his tongue, making him unable to see and speak, and he could only be paralyzed in bed from now on."

Xue Nuo's expression was a little dazed, as if he was absent-minded, and although he was a little surprised after hearing this, he didn't have much fear, just said "oh".

Mrs. Hu couldn't wait to scream: "Sure enough, it's him!" ”

"What is me?" Xue Nuo was puzzled.

"You're still pretending, if you hadn't hurt my son, why didn't you react?" Mrs. Hu's eyes were cracked.

Xue Nuo's white face showed doubt, and he tilted his head slightly to look at the strange woman who was hoarse and said, "He is not my person, why should I react?" ”

Tao Ji frowned and said, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

"Why should I be afraid?"

Her peach blossom eyes were still slightly red after crying, and her face was full of incomprehension.

Tao Ji was stunned: "But he is so miserable......"

"Miserable?"

Xue Nuo's little face wrinkled slightly, "Has Master Tao ever seen it really miserable?" ”

"During the Yanling flood, the flood broke the embankment, and countless people died near the shore, my sister and I fled, and all the people we met along the way were skinny and hungry people with missing arms and legs."

"I've seen such a big child, whose head was smashed by a falling rock and missing a piece, and whose brains collapsed and refused to swallow, and I have also seen people who crawled out of the water for a long time with their whole body rotting and tearing off their skin in pain."

"Before my sister and I came to Qizhen, we had been sleeping in the refugee pile, and we could smell corpses all around us at that time, and many people were alive one day, and the next day, and then they became rations for those who were hungry and crazy."

"He's just broken hands and feet and blind eyes, what's there to be afraid of?"