Chapter 31: Annoyed Just Hearing Her Voice!
Li Yong shook his head: “This is not evidence.”
Another yamen runner, Zhou Qiang, immediately said: “Constable Li, which poor family can afford to eat these things? This is not evidence? Don’t forget the Assistant Magistrate’s instructions.”
Li Yong had always worked under the constable who served the previous County Magistrate, while he himself was a trusted aide of the Assistant Magistrate. He had always been a step behind Li Yong.
Now, the newly arrived County Magistrate might not value Li Yong, but he was still the Assistant Magistrate’s trusted aide.
This was a case that the Assistant Magistrate had entrusted to him to handle properly, so naturally, he no longer needed to regard Li Yong with any respect.
Li Yong: “It’s also possible that someone else gave it to them. We need to find the suspect and ask them clearly first.”
Hearing this, Li Shi said: “That bastard Shen Xingnong is not at home. I’ll go ask that little bitch Xingqing, where did that bastard go?! She must have taken the golden bead with her.”
Li Shi stepped into the dimly lit house.
Shen Mingzhu, standing beside her, also wanted to follow in, but after glancing at the dark room, she subconsciously covered her nose and ultimately didn’t dare to enter.
She didn’t know if there was any sour or foul smell; her nose was sensitive, and she couldn’t stand any unpleasant odors.
Inside the house, in a dark corner.
Shen Ruoxi hugged her head tightly, huddled in the corner, her whole body trembling, her mouth muttering incessantly, “Don’t arrest me for drowning in a pig cage, don’t arrest me for drowning in a pig cage, I didn’t, don’t arrest me.”
Shen Ruoxi struggled desperately, Xingqing held her tightly, comforting her: “Aunt, it’s okay, no one will arrest you.”
“No, don’t arrest me for drowning in a pig cage.” Shen Ruoxi couldn’t hear anything at all; she was already so frightened that her whole being was immersed in a terrifying world.
Li Shi covered her mouth in disgust, walked towards the two people in the corner, and said fiercely: “Shen Xingqing, where is that bitch Shen Xingnong?!”
“Don’t arrest me. No, I’m not a bitch.” Hearing this fierce voice, Shen Ruoxi’s whole body trembled even more violently.
She shrank back further, wishing she could squeeze herself into a mouse hole.
At this moment, she felt as if her whole body had fallen into an icy river; the bone-chilling water enveloped her completely, she was bound hand and foot, and no matter how she struggled, she couldn’t break free.
Xingqing held Shen Ruoxi tightly, shook her head, and said: “My sister is not a bitch, she went out! My sister wouldn’t steal anything, Great-grandmother, please go and talk to the constables!”
“My maid saw her holding a golden bead with her own eyes. If she didn’t steal it, where did she get it? I advise you to confess quickly. The Assistant Magistrate might still show leniency. Otherwise, you’ll be accomplices, and you’ll be arrested and thrown in jail, you bitch will be drowned in a pig cage!” Li Shi said, intentionally reaching out to tug at Shen Ruoxi.
“Ah!” Shen Ruoxi screamed in terror, in a state of extreme panic, she broke free from Xingqing’s embrace and ran out,
“No, I don’t know, don’t arrest me for drowning in a pig cage.”
Shen Ruoxi ran out in a flash.
Xingqing was pushed to the ground by Shen Ruoxi, she quickly got up and chased after her, “Aunt!”
Li Shi hurriedly chased after them: “Constable, they want to run away and inform someone, they’re fleeing because they’re guilty! Catch them quickly!”
The constables at the door, hearing this, quickly grabbed Xingqing.
Shen Ruoxi ran too fast, and everyone in the village knew she was crazy. As soon as she ran out, everyone made way for her.
She ran far away in an instant.
“Aunt, Aunt!” Xingqing was going crazy seeing Shen Ruoxi run so far, she struggled desperately, and said anxiously: “Constable, I’m not going to inform anyone, my aunt is not quite right in the head, I’m just going to pull her back, please let me go!”
Xingnong ran closer and happened to bump into Shen Ruoxi, who was running towards the back mountain, screaming like a madwoman.
She quickly stepped forward and grabbed her, “Mother.”
Shen Ruoxi found that someone was pulling her, she waved her hands vigorously, and scratched Xingnong’s face.
Xingnong chopped down with her palm.
Shen Ruoxi closed her eyes, her body went limp.
Xingnong caught her, carried her horizontally, and walked back.
At this time, everyone noticed her.
A villager said: “She is Shen Xingnong!”
Li Yong walked up to Xingnong. He wasn’t surprised to see her because he recognized Li Shi as the person who had been nailed to the nail board that day.
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He was there that day too.
Constable Li said directly: “Miss Shen, someone reported that you stole a golden bead from a guest at Welcome Inn.”
Shen Mingzhu stood at the side and said anxiously: “Cousin Xingnong, quickly tell the constables that you didn’t steal anything! Constable, I believe my cousin Xingnong is not someone who would steal, there must be some misunderstanding, she probably found it.”
Shen Mingzhu glanced at Xingnong, she wondered if this bastard understood her hint? If she really listened and said she found it, then she would be unrepentant and her crime would be even more serious! She would have to spend a few more days in jail.
Xingnong wanted to throw her out, but she was holding Shen Ruoxi and didn’t have a free hand. She glared fiercely at Shen Mingzhu: “Shut up!”
She was annoyed just hearing her voice!
She directly hoisted Shen Ruoxi onto her shoulder, freeing up one hand.
Shen Mingzhu was completely intimidated by Xingnong’s fierce aura. Thinking of something, she was so scared that she took a few steps back, her face alternating between pale and flushed.
She didn’t dare to say anything more!
Xingnong didn’t even spare her another glance. She looked at Xingqing, who was being held by someone not far away, and said coldly to Constable Li: “Since you say I stole it, why are you arresting my younger sister?”
Xingqing saw Xingnong and Shen Ruoxi in her arms, and stopped struggling. She shouted: “Sister, I’m fine.”
Li Yong looked back, frowned, and said: “Let her go, why are you arresting people?”
Nothing had been clarified yet.
Zhou Qiang then released Xingqing.
Xingqing quickly ran to Xingnong’s side and said anxiously: “Sister, Great-grandmother’s maid said she saw you steal the golden bead from a guest at Welcome Inn, Great-grandmother brought the constables to arrest you. Quickly tell the constables that you didn’t steal it.”
“It’s fine.” Xingnong didn’t explain, she just said soothingly.
Explaining was useless now. It wasn’t a matter of her saying she didn’t steal it and people would believe her, especially since she did have a golden bead on her.
She carried Shen Ruoxi into the house.
The villagers made way for her, keeping a safe distance.
At the entrance of the house, there was a mess everywhere, there was no place to step. However, Xingnong seemed to not see it, her whole body radiating a cold aura, stepping on the broken tiles, she walked in unhurriedly.
Everyone: “. . .”
A villager looked at Xingnong’s murderous, fearless appearance, inexplicably felt a little scared, and quietly left.
Some people saw the person next to them leave, thought of something, and followed suit.
Xingnong carried Shen Ruoxi back to the house.
The cool mat on the kang had been thrown to the ground, Xingqing quickly picked it up and spread it on the kang.
Xingnong carefully placed Shen Ruoxi on the kang and said to Xingqing: “Help me take care of Mother, don’t touch anything inside or outside the house, I’ll go to the yamen and be back soon, tell Grandmother not to worry.”
Xingqing’s face was filled with worry, and she said anxiously: “Sister, will it be okay? Will you be beaten with the board again?”
Xingnong comforted her: “Don’t worry, it won’t happen this time. Wait for me to come back.”
Xingqing nodded and let go of her hand.
Xingnong walked out, pointed at the mess on the ground, and looked at the constable in charge: “Did you throw the things in my house all over the place?”
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