The sudden sound of voices disturbed the silence of the party.
Zhou Ling frowned slightly, not knowing what was going on.
And Xu Qingnian frowned a little tightly.
“Is this guy still alive?”
Xu Qingnian muttered in his heart, he thought that this Lord Cheng would die in Ping’an County, but he didn’t expect to still be alive.
It seems that the South Yufu fugitive is just like that.
Putting away the thoughts in his mind, Xu Qingnian walked out, but Zhou Ling and Chen Xinghe also followed along with him.
They walked to the door of the room.
Xu Qingnian opened the door.
As expected, the sheriffs of the Southern Yufu were standing neatly outside the door, eight of them in total, wearing sheriff’s clothes, wearing long swords, with cold eyes, and the man at the head was the hawk-nosed man.
He looked the same as before, and gave off a sinister impression, not a good fighter.
“Greetings, Your Excellency.”
“I wonder what Lord Cheng is looking for me for?”
Xu Qingnian asked as he saluted towards the other party.
“Your Excellency’s affairs, how can we as subordinates possibly know about them, so I beg you to come with us.”
The latter clearly did not want to reveal anything, acting as if it was a business matter.
“Can you let me go home first?”
Xu Qingnian spoke slowly, making a request.
“Your Excellency is still waiting, so don’t delay.”
The latter’s tone was icy, not giving any face at all.
Xu Qingnian was a little embarra*sed, but just before he could continue speaking, Chen Xinghe’s voice rang out.
“Which lord is it that has an invitation? What a great official authority.”
Chen Xinghe took a step forward and stood beside Xu Qingnian, his gaze fixed on the eagle hook nose, his expression clear and cold, slightly arrogant, seemingly not putting the other party in his eyes.
Only when he heard Chen Xinghe’s voice did Hawk-Hook-Nose notice the two people behind Xu Qingnian.
He swept a glance at Chen Xinghe, dressed in brocade and Confucian robes, a man of learning.
But did not look particularly surprised, but calmly said.
“Southern Yufu, Trial Hundred, Cheng Lidong, Lord Cheng.”
The hawk-nosed man opened his mouth and revealed Cheng Lidong’s identity.
Quasi-hundred households?
This was an official position from the seventh rank, and it was considered a big person in the South Yu Province, and an existence that could run amok in Ping’an County.
The county magistrate is a seventh-ranking official, a little higher than Cheng Lidong, but the only difference is that one is managed by the county magistrate, while Cheng Lidong is a special agency, responsible for handling cases and arresting people.
The difference in rank is half a grade, but the power is greater than that of the county magistrate, and the above is naturally privileged to handle cases.
Xu Qingnian really didn’t expect that this Lord Cheng was a quasi-hundred household, he had previously guessed that he was a constable, but he didn’t expect it to be a quasi-hundred household.
“Quasi-hundred households?”
Chen Xinghe muttered a sentence, and then looked at Xu Qingnian and said, “Qingnian, senior brother will accompany you.”
He opened his mouth, not having the slightest fear of the quasi-hundredth household, but on the contrary, he was going to take the initiative to go with Xu Qingnian to see what the other party was up to.
When this was said, Xu Qingnian’s heart warmed up, Chen Xinghe accompanied himself over, just to give himself a show of support, and to avoid being bullied.
However, Cheng Lidong was looking for himself and was involved in a foreign art, Xu Qingnian still did not want Chen Xinghe to wade into the muddy water, so he said somewhat politely.
“Brother Xinghe, I can go alone, the other party is from the government office, it’s not easy to deal with.”
After all, Chen Xinghe was a scholar and could usually use his pen and ink, but he was afraid that he would not be able to accept it if he really went to the government office.
Just once this was said, Chen Xinghe looked very bashful and said.
“Does senior brother think that I am afraid of them?”
He asked so in a calm tone.
Xu Qingnian did not answer, it was not that he was afraid of them, after all, they were quasi-hundred households, real officials of the seventh rank, and they were also law enforcement officials, all of them were ruthless people.
Chen Xinghe was just a scholar, not even a merit badge, so he was naturally worried.
Seeing that Xu Qingnian did not say anything, Chen Xinghe became a little unhappy.
“Qingnian, senior brother is asking you, is Cheng Lidong a human being?”
Chen Xinghe asked.
Just as soon as this was said, the eagle hook nose few people’s faces did not look too good.
What did that mean? Was it a scolding?
But they couldn’t afford to get angry, after all, there was no substantial insult either.
“Yes.”
Xu Qingnian was also a little confused as to what this senior brother of his was up to.
After these ten days of contact, the only feeling Xu Qingnian had about her senior brother was that he was rather cold and arrogant, his heart was good, but his arrogance could not be concealed.
“Then won’t that do.”
“He Cheng Lidong is a human being, I am also a human being, he Cheng Lidong is an official, I Chen Xinghe is a scholar, why don’t you ask, does he Cheng Lidong fear me?”
Chen Xinghe’s face was clear and cold, and his eyebrows were even more arrogant.
Although he did not know what was going on, he knew that the other party was not good when he saw that they were raging, so he came to the aid of his junior brother.
What he didn’t expect was that his junior brother was worried that he was afraid of this mere Cheng Lidong.
It was not that Chen Xinghe was arrogant, but as a scholar, as long as he had reason in his hand, he would not be afraid of anything.
He said so much today, not to pretend to be arrogant, but to teach Xu Qingnian a lesson.
These words were spoken.
Xu Qingnian was a little dazed.
Good man.
This senior brother of his really has something.
I admire someone like Xu.
After hearing these words, the eagle hook nose and the others were also a bit confused.
It wasn’t that they hadn’t come into contact with readers before, but this was the first time they had seen such a situation.
They were really bold.
But astonishment was astonishing, but they still had to do something.
“The hour is getting late, so I hope you two won’t delay.”
The latter spoke, but with a little more respect than before.
“Senior brother, let’s go.”
Chen Xinghe spoke indifferently, and Xu Qingnian did not delay anything, following the other party to leave.
But before he left, Zhou Ling’s voice followed.
“Come back earlier, don’t delay for too long, I have invited Xu Qing, Master Xu to come over tomorrow, don’t neglect Master Xu.”
Zhou Ling’s voice rang out, saying the words Xu Qing Xu Fu Zi very heavily.
When the eagle hook nose few people heard this, their expressions changed slightly, obviously they knew who Xu Qing was.
A seventh-rank Confucian.
He had once spent time in the Imperial Capital’s Hanlin Academy, and now he had retired to his hometown, a big man who had no power, but had a lot of power of speech.
Zhou Ling’s words were another warning that it was okay to go over and investigate things, and it was okay to cooperate with the investigation, but people could not be in trouble, and if they did not return they would have to make a scene.
The hawkish nose swept a glance at Xu Qingnian, his heart was a little curious and surprised.
How come in just ten days, this nameless person has befriended a scholar?
And is it true that these days, readers like to mind their own business?
Although he was curious in his heart, he didn’t say a word outwardly and led his men out of the place in a deep voice.
Three quarters of an hour later.
Ping’an County Office.
There is a main gate and a side gate at the county courthouse. The main gate is usually closed, and will only be opened when someone beats a drum and sounds a grievance, otherwise the side gate is used.
Xu Qingnian followed the other side, crossed the side door and walked step by step towards the inner hall.
The court is the first to hear the case, and Cheng Lidong is seated first on the left in the inner hall, while the top seat is naturally occupied by County Magistrate Li.
Both sides’ respective constables and servants were standing behind them, each with a calm face, but it was the two lords who were drinking tea and laughing.
When Xu Qingnian arrived, the two men’s eyes fell on him in unison.
“Xu Qingnian, meet the county magistrate, meet Lord Process.”
When he saw County Magistrate Li, Xu Qingnian was full of smiles, while when he called out to Cheng Lidong, his smile was curtailed quite a bit and he only smiled lightly.
“Scholar Chen Xinghe, meet County Magistrate Li, and see Cheng Lidong.”
Compared to Xu Qingnian’s expression, Chen Xinghe looked a little more arrogant, as a scholar, although he had no merit or official position, he was at least a Confucian student who was about to enter the rank.
As a scholar, although he did not have any official title or position, he was at least a Confucian student who was about to be appointed to the rank.
“Chen Xinghe! Are you Chen Xinghe? I’ve heard of your exploits, the most talented person in Suicheng County.”
When he heard Chen Xinghe announce himself, Magistrate Li immediately showed his surprise, and then was full of praise.
“Lord Li has praised you.”
Chen Xinghe nodded his head, but still looked cool.
As for Cheng Lidong, however, he was a little curious, glancing at Chen Xinghe and then at Xu Qingnian, somewhat curious as to how Xu Qingnian, an errand boy, had climbed into a relationship with a scholar for good reason.
The eagle hook nose came to Cheng Lidong’s side, slightly lowered his head and whispered a few words, a trace of surprise flashed in Cheng Lidong’s eyes, but it was quickly collected again.
“Qingnian, it’s not a big deal that this officer is here to see you today, he just wants to see how your injuries are and ask some more minor questions.”
Cheng Lidong opened his mouth as he looked at Xu Qingnian, only the more he looked at him, the more he felt that something was not right.
Xu Qingnian gave him an indescribable feeling, he hadn’t seen him in just ten days, but Xu Qingnian seemed to be a different person.
But what exactly was going on, he could not say.
Was it the magic?
No.
Cheng Lidong instantly made a judgement that it was not a foreign art.
“The injury is fine, nothing serious, what does Lord Cheng want to ask?”
Cheng Lidong looked at Xu Qingnian again, Xu Qingnian was also stealing glances at Cheng Lidong, he wanted to see if Cheng Lidong was injured, only that he could not see it.
“It’s good that there’s no serious injury, Qingnian, this official would like to ask, at the case library that day, did the fugitive do anything or take anything away?”
Cheng Lidong asked casually.
“This ……. Let my subordinate think about it.”
Xu Qingnian did not answer directly, but pretended to think hard.
After a short while, Xu Qingnian shook his head and said.
“My lord, I am not sure about this matter, at that time when the fugitive appeared, I had already pa*sed out, so how could I know this.”
Xu Qingnian could see that Cheng Lidong did not want to ask this at all, he just wanted to see if there was anything different about himself, so he just made a random excuse.
Because of this, Xu Qingnian continued to play dumb, anyway, it would be to his advantage to say less if he said more than he was wrong.
“Understood.”
“In that case, we can only wait for the Prefect to send someone, this fugitive will be caught sooner or later, it’s just a matter of being caught dead or alive.”
“Alright, then I won’t bother little brother Qingnian.”
Cheng Lidong took another sip of tea and said very calmly.
“Your Excellency has spoken highly of you, it is within your duty to cooperate with the investigation.”
Xu Qingnian nodded his head.
Also at that moment, the voice of County Magistrate Li could not help but ring out.
“Qingnian ah, since you have recovered from your injuries, when will you return to your duties?”
The voice rang out.
Xu Qingnian instantly spoke.
“Your Excellency, I may not be able to return to my duties, Master Zhou has accepted me as his disciple and I am now studying intensively.
Xu Qingnian said the matter of his study.
At this moment, the inner hall fell silent, and all of them revealed their astonishment.
Especially the constables, each one of them showed a look of disbelief.
Reading?
Just you?
