Chapter 171

The sky finally brightened.

Outside the courtyard of the Jiang Family's Second Branch, it was crowded with people again, all waiting for a result.

"There's no white cloth hanging on the door, they shouldn't be dead yet, right?"

"Not dead now doesn't mean they won't die later. Didn't you see how painful they were last night? They were vomiting blood!"

"Oh my, why don't you know how to get news? If you want news, I'm the most well-informed. Early this morning, I went to the Jiang Clan Head's house to ask. I heard from his granddaughter-in-law that the doctor from the town has already been here, half-dead, just waiting to see if they can survive these three days. And the doctor also said, even if they don't die, they're ruined, they won't be able to do any work in the future, and won't live past ten years!"

Ten years? Everyone heard this and sighed endlessly.

Not to mention the young ones like Jiang Cheng and Jiang Wan, even Zheng Shi wasn't old, not yet forty, how would they live in the future?

I don't know who was so ruthless, poisoning them like this...

Just as they were discussing, Jiang Li led a dozen Bu Kuai and walked out, heading toward the Lin family.

The villagers were all energized and followed behind.

Lin You Tian was standing at his door, talking to two Jiang clan members responsible for guarding.

Suddenly, with a loud *bang*, the courtyard gate was kicked open, and a dozen Bu Kuai rushed in like tigers and wolves, led by Jiang Li.

Lin You Tian's face turned pale, and he shouted sharply, "Jiang Li, what do you want to do?"

Jiang Li was expressionless. "Acting on the orders of the County Magistrate, arresting the suspect Lü Xiuhua."

After waving his hand, "Take her away!"

A dozen Bu Kuai rushed into the house and soon tied up Lin Shenzi and dragged her outside. Lin Shenzi struggled while jumping and cursing, "You thousand-cut killers, why are you arresting me? I didn't do anything, I'm wronged! Let me go, let me go!"

Her daughter, Lin Qingshuang, hurriedly chased after her, her eyes red as she defended, "Official, you arrested the wrong person, my mother is really innocent..."

"Innocent or not, it's up to the Magistrate to say, not you." Wang Bujiu pushed her away and said unhappily.

Originally, seeing this girl for the first time, he thought she was quite pretty, but he didn't expect her to be the same as that beauty snake Du Mingzhu, full of bad water.

Was there really no woman in this world who was good-looking, kind-hearted, and could cook?

Lin Qingshuang climbed up from the ground and, unwilling to give up, ran in front of Jiang Li and spread her hands to stop him.

"Jiang Eldest Brother, you can't just listen to Du Shi's one-sided words! Although my mother has a loud voice, she is the most timid, not to mention killing people, she has never even dared to kill a chicken. Jiang Eldest Sister-in-law slandering her for poisoning is clearly taking the opportunity to retaliate, don't be fooled by her!"

"Timid? Doesn't dare to kill people?"

Jiang Li smiled, his smile cold and distant. "Then do you want to ask her what she did to Wan'er three years ago?"

Three years ago, Jiang Wan?

Lin Qingshuang was shocked. Could it be that Jiang Eldest Brother already knew about that? But how could that be? Chunwang had clearly sworn a poisonous oath never to tell anyone about this?

Could Jiang Eldest Brother be deliberately bluffing her?

Lin Qingshuang steadied herself and pretended to be stupid pitifully. "Jiang Eldest Brother, what are you talking about? I really don't understand."

Jiang Li didn't have the patience to waste time with her and gave Wang Bujiu a look. Wang Bujiu came up and put a knife to Lin Qingshuang's neck.

"Officials are handling the case, bystanders retreat!"

Lin Qingshuang was scared out of her wits.

Lin You Tian was worried about hurting his precious daughter, so he hurriedly came over and pulled Lin Qingshuang to the side, saying with a dark face, "Jiang Li, you are acting recklessly and taking revenge for personal grudges, aren't you afraid that I will report you to the Magistrate?"

Just as he finished speaking, a sound of breaking air arose.

A white-flashing horizontal knife swung in front of him, *swish swish swish*, shaving off half of his hair.

Amidst Lin Qingshuang's screams, Jiang Li calmly inserted the knife back into his waist and said lightly, "Obstructing the investigation and insulting officials, according to our Da Zhao laws, can be dealt with on the spot. If Village Head Lin is dissatisfied with this disposal, you can report it together."

After saying this, he dragged the cursing Lin Shenzi away.

"Father, Father, are you okay?" Lin Qingshuang pushed Lin You Tian, her voice filled with tears.

Lin You Tian finally came back to his senses from his daze, raised his hand to touch, and suddenly his eyes went dark.

There wasn't a single hair on his forehead, bald in the middle and messy on the edges, looking exactly like a mixed-colored rooster with a bald top!

So cold.

*Pfft*, I don't know who farted, or who laughed, and immediately after, the crowd erupted into a burst of uproarious laughter.

Some were doubled over, some were clapping their hands in admiration, and some wanted to save face for the village head, so they tried their best to hold back their laughter, holding it until they were twisted.

Lin You Tian's face turned red and white, and with his freshly baked Mediterranean hairstyle, he looked even more ridiculous.

"Too bullying!" He pointed his trembling finger in the direction where Jiang Li and the others left and said bitterly, "Jiang Li is arrogant and domineering, even if I have to risk this life, I will expose him and let the Magistrate remove him from his position!"

Lin Qingshuang lowered her head and remained silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

Lin You Tian dragged her into the house, kicked the door shut, and then said with a dark face, lowering his voice, "Shuang'er, tell Father the truth, was that matter really done by your mother?"

Lin Qingshuang's eyes flickered. "Of course not, how could Mother do such a thing? It's Du Shi framing her."

Lin You Tian didn't believe it. Having slept in the same bed for decades, he knew his own wife's character very well.

However, Lin You Tian didn't expose her; by this point, whether it was or wasn't didn't matter anymore.

"That's good, then you pack up, we'll set off immediately to save your mother in the county!"

As long as it was finally proven that Shuang'er's mother was wronged, then the one thousand taels of silver that Du Shi promised herself would have to be paid.

The Lin father and daughter rushed to the county, and Du Ruo, as the victim, naturally had to go too.

Fortunately, Zheng Shi and the others had already escaped danger and had taken the medicine for conditioning, so they would be almost recovered in seven or eight days, so Du Ruo wasn't worried.

She entrusted the house to the Jiang Clan Head and Gouzi, and went to the construction site to greet Lu Gong, saying she was going out for a few days, and any matters that couldn't be decided could be temporarily shelved, and they would discuss it when she returned.

Lu Gong had also heard about the tragedy that happened to the Jiang Family's Second Branch and comforted her a lot.

"Du Niang Zi, feel free to go, leave the house to me, I guarantee nothing will go wrong."

After Du Ruo went to the county, under Jiang Li's arrangement, she stayed in an inn near the Ya Men, waiting for further news about the case.

Wutou Xian was a small county, and there weren't many big cases to begin with. Usually, it was just small things like whose cow was lost or whose brothers were fighting over property.

In the past year, the biggest case was the arrest of the flower-picking thief Mei Ruxi.

There was another one, which happened at the Liuli Pavilion, where two patrons fought over the top courtesan Cao Qianqu, and as a result, one stabbed the other to death.

Now there was one more, the Bu Tou Jiang family was almost exterminated.

It had already spread in the county, with different opinions. Some stood on the Jiang family's side, scolding Lü Xiuhua for being insidious and vicious, heartless; others stood on Lin Shenzi's side, suspecting the Jiang family of bullying and framing.

Some even opened a gambling house, betting on whether the murderer was Lü Xiuhua. Don't mention it, there were quite a lot of people betting.

It could be seen how scarce entertainment was in ancient times.

After Du Ruo heard about this, she also went to join in the fun and bet on the Jiang family to win.

Such a bargain, not taking it would be a waste. ===== CHAPTER 172 =====