Chapter 2: Check
Outside the screen, Xingnong didn’t even glance at the chaotic scene, and lifted her foot to leave.
Shen Mingzhu was in so much pain that she couldn’t get up from the ground. Seeing Xingnong leaving, she shouted loudly, “Grandmother, Grandmother, are you okay? Cousin Xingnong didn’t mean to dodge. Don’t blame her.”
That bastard is gone, how can this lawsuit continue? She’s still waiting to go to the capital to participate in the imperial selection!
Li Shi was helped up, the nail board still nailed to her body. Several constables surrounded her, at a loss as to how to remove the nail board, yet not daring to do so.
Hearing this, Li Shi looked towards Xingnong and saw that she actually wanted to leave. She hurriedly said, “Constable, catch that bastard! She actually caused a disturbance in the court, showed contempt for the court, arrest her and throw her in jail! Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it’s killing me! Constable, arrest her and put her in jail for life! I’m dying, someone’s going to die!”
Hearing this, a constable quickly came to Xingnong and stopped her, “You can’t leave!”
Xingnong slowly raised her head, revealing a pair of beautiful fox eyes.
Those bright and lively eyes were like shattered waves of light, sparkling with a captivating power. Xingnong looked calmly at the constable blocking her and asked calmly, “Why?”
The constable was stunned by those beautiful eyes and forgot to answer.
Magistrate Fang came out at this time and said in a clear voice, “Why? Do you even need to ask? You caused a disturbance in the court and even injured someone!”
The surrounding constables hurriedly bowed, “Magistrate.”
Xingnong turned her gaze to Magistrate Fang, her eyes clear, honest, and unhurriedly asked, “Your Excellency is wise and discerning, are you sure I was the one who first hit someone? That I injured someone?”
The girl’s voice was clear and ethereal, pleasant and captivating, yet very cold.
Despite her ragged clothes, she still exuded an air of coldness and dominance.
Magistrate Fang couldn’t help but mutter to himself, it was really strange, why was everyone he saw today so imposing?
But after all, he had been an official for many years, and he had also participated in the palace examination and seen the emperor’s face, so he wouldn’t lose his composure. He said coldly, “You kicked someone just now.”
Don’t think he didn’t see it!
Xingnong nodded, those eyes clear and bright, sparkling and lively, as if with a captivating power, making it impossible to look away, “Yes, but why?”
The girl’s voice was clear and ethereal, her eyes clear and lively, making people unconsciously develop a good impression and relax. Magistrate Fang thought of what he had just seen, “Because she pinched your butt.”
Xingnong nodded, “What happened next?”
What happened next? Magistrate Fang saw everything clearly. He recalled, “That woman pinched your butt, you kicked her, and then she snatched the constable’s board and chased after you with it.”
Xingnong continued to nod, her eyes becoming clearer and brighter, making it impossible to look away, “As a result, she didn’t hit me, but instead hit her own granddaughter and threw herself onto the nail board, right?”
Magistrate Fang nodded, “That’s right.”
Xingnong blinked, “So, who was it that caused a disturbance in the court?”
Magistrate Fang: “…”
After analyzing it like this, it seemed like it wasn’t her, “It was that old woman.”
Xingnong was satisfied. The corners of her mouth lifted slightly, her eyes brighter than before, shining like a thousand stars, “Your Excellency is wise and discerning, then can I leave?”
“Yes.” Magistrate Fang looked at those eyes, couldn’t help but praise in his heart, this child’s eyes were really beautiful.
Xingnong nodded, “Thank you, Your Excellency. Your Excellency is just and upright, remember to put the person who caused the disturbance in jail.”
Magistrate Fang nodded, “Of course.”
Xingnong lifted her foot to leave.
Magistrate Fang suddenly thought of something and called out to Xingnong, “Wait, you’re not reporting it to the authorities anymore?”
Xingnong turned her head and glanced at Li Shi, whose nail board had been pulled out and was screaming in pain. She shook her head, “No, I’m not reporting it. Reporting it means rolling on a nail board, it seems a bit painful.”
The corners of Magistrate Fang’s mouth twitched, “It is very painful, then you can go!”
Xingnong nodded politely, turned, and left, her back indifferent.
It wasn’t until Xingnong walked out of the court that Magistrate Fang came back to his senses. He touched his nose, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes: Strange, why did he feel like he was being led by the nose just now?
But, he thought about it, what the girl said was right, it was the old woman who caused a disturbance in the court.
Shen Mingzhu was so annoyed by Li Shi’s screams that she turned around and found that Shen Xingnong, that little bastard, was gone!
She ran to Magistrate Fang, “Your Excellency, where’s that bastard… my cousin?”
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Magistrate Fang: “She’s gone.”
Gone? Shen Mingzhu gripped her handkerchief, so angry she blurted out, “Your Excellency, how could you let her go?”
“She’s not reporting it to the authorities, so of course she can leave.”
Shen Mingzhu was anxious, “Your Excellency, she hit someone and caused a disturbance in the court, and even caused my grandmother and me to be injured, she should be thrown in jail!”
Magistrate Fang said coldly, “Wasn’t it your grandmother who hit someone and caused a disturbance in the court? I think you should be thrown in jail for a few days, or be punished with ten strokes of the board! Someone, this woman is audacious, she snatched the constable’s board and caused a disturbance in the court, punish her with ten strokes of the board!”
“Yes, sir!”
Shen Mingzhu: “…”
So, soon, the sound of “pa pa pa” and shrill screams were heard again in the yamen…
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Xingnong walked out of the yamen.
There were many onlookers outside the yamen, they unconsciously made way for her, while looking at her curiously.
Among the onlookers was a tall man with a scar on his forehead, his eyes fixed on Xingnong.
Xingnong turned her head and looked over.
The man was very alert, when Xingnong looked over, he looked away as if nothing had happened, then he saw a black and a purple figure coming out of the yamen alley, he was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and quickly turned to leave.
At this time, Chu Tiankuo and Ren Zilin came out of the alley.
Ren Zilin whispered, “Did that girl just now know hypnosis?”
“I don’t know.” Chu Tiankuo’s gaze fell on the figure that hurriedly left, then he glanced at Xingnong again, those charming peach blossom eyes flashed a hint of contemplation, fleeting.
Ren Zilin sniffed and looked at the roasted mutton stall not far away, his stomach growling. He hurriedly said to Chu Tiankuo, “I’m going to buy some mutton skewers.”
Then he ran away.
Chu Tiankuo walked expressionlessly to a black carriage and looked back at the woman who was standing still in front of the yamen.
Songbai quickly sat upright, holding the reins and whip in his hands, “Master, are we leaving? Should we wait for Young Master Ren?”
“Investigate.” Chu Tiankuo threw down these words and stepped into the carriage.
Songbai was stunned for a moment, and couldn’t help but feel troubled.
Investigate?
Investigate what?
Can Master please not speak so vaguely, it’s very difficult for him to understand!
If only Big Brother was here, he would definitely be able to guess what Master meant.
Songbai thought for a long time but couldn’t understand what Chu Tiankuo meant by “investigate”, so he asked foolishly, “Master, what did you just ask me to investigate?”
Inside the carriage, Chu Tiankuo had one hand on the windowsill, playing with a gold bead and a silver bead.
He sat upright in the carriage, but his gaze fell through the carriage window, onto the weak and lonely figure in front of the yamen.
But that loneliness and weakness soon disappeared, replaced by firm steps, confidence and ease in her every move.
Even though she was dressed in rags, she was like a shining light, impossible to ignore.
“The man with the scar on his forehead in front of the yamen just now.” Chu Tiankuo’s gaze followed that figure, he added faintly, “And the girl who reported it to the authorities just now.”
When he was three years old, he had seen a very young and skilled guard in the Prime Minister’s residence, he remembered the scar on his forehead, but he had disappeared in recent years.
He didn’t know if that person was the guard from the Prime Minister’s residence, and what was the relationship between this woman who had no internal energy but was agile and him?
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