jdhmnovel Chapter 125 Cruel and ruthless
Chapter 125 Cruel and ruthless
The leader of the Xu family bowed to the magistrate and said, "I greet Magistrate Luo."
Magistrate Luo nodded slightly and said, "What are you all doing here?"
The man pointed towards Lingchuan in the yard and said, "Report to the county magistrate, these people kidnapped people in front of my Xu family compound. We are here to rescue them."
Magistrate Luo looked into the courtyard, and Duan Xifeng came to greet him. "Duan Xifeng, the chief of the Haizi Office of the Judicial Bureau, greets Magistrate Luo."
Duan Xifeng had revealed his identity to investigate the case, so he had already met Magistrate Luo, so Magistrate Luo bowed in return and said, "Captain Duan, is what Xu Kui said true?"
"true!"
Duan Xifeng replied: "But our Investigation Department has the right to arrest suspects when investigating a case."
Magistrate Luo snorted upon hearing this: "Then how did you determine that the person you arrested was the suspect? And on what basis did you kidnap him in the street? As the magistrate, I had no idea about this beforehand?"
"Uh, this..."
After all, the magistrate was a seventh-rank official, and Duan Xifeng was not good at speaking, so there was no way he could win an argument with him and he was speechless for a moment.
Originally, Ling Chuan didn't plan to show up, but given the situation, he had no choice but to show up.
"Ling Chuan, the chief of the Xuzi Office of the Criminal Investigation Department, greets Magistrate Luo."
The other party narrowed his eyes and perfunctorily cupped his hands: "Your people from the Judicial Investigation Department went to the local area to handle the case, but I, the local official, have no information at all. I would like to ask Wu Tiju of your Judicial Investigation Department whether he really takes the laws of the court seriously."
County Magistrate Luo started to put accusations on others right from the start and even used Wu Kun to put pressure on them. If it were someone else, they would have had no choice but to give in, but they met Ling Chuan.
"County Magistrate Luo knows the law." Ling Chuan sneered, "Then I want to ask County Magistrate Luo, within your jurisdiction, the Huang family had 13 members, but only two died within half a year. Did County Magistrate Luo investigate? Finally, Huang Dongquan and his son were killed on the way to Beijing. Did County Magistrate Luo find any clues? You are so derelict in your duty and yet you dare to claim to be following the court's laws. What do you regard the court's laws as?"
Ling Chuan's face was full of disdain. He was still not satisfied after he finished speaking, so he opened his mouth and snorted outside the yard. County Magistrate Luo quickly retreated, and Ling Chuan spat out: "What the hell is that?"
County Magistrate Luo was so angry that his face turned blue and he was shaking all over. Although he was only a seventh-rank official, in Ruyin County, he was the parent official. Even the people of the Xu family were usually polite to him and had never been humiliated like this.
"You...you...how dare you insult me, without any distinction between superiors and inferiors. I...I will file a complaint with the court...I..."
"Don't talk about your position. Just based on your crime of dereliction of duty, you won't be in office for much longer. You should think about what to do after you resign and don't embarrass yourself here."
"You...you..." County Magistrate Luo's face twitched and he couldn't utter a complete sentence after saying "you" for a long time. Foam was already coming out of the corners of his mouth.
Ling Chuan glanced at the yamen runners beside him and said, "Your master is ill, why don't you take him to see a doctor?"
The yamen runners finally reacted and hurriedly carried Magistrate Luo away. Duan Xifeng glanced at Ling Chuan with a look of shock in his eyes: "Brother Ling, this is a victory without fighting."
Ling Chuan waved his hands modestly and said, "Brother Duan, you are too kind. I don't have any other skills except my eloquence."
At this time, the man named Xu Kui shouted, "That's enough! Do you think I can't do anything to you when Magistrate Luo is not here?"
Ling Chuan crossed his arms and said, "Oh? Then I want to know, what can you do to me?"
Xu Kui snorted and waved behind him, and an old woman came over with the support of a young man.
Ling Chuan frowned as soon as he saw them. These two people were the landlords of this courtyard. Ling Chuan rented this courtyard from them at that time. Xu Kui was able to find these two people, and it seemed that he was going to play tricks on him.
As he expected, Xu Kui pointed at Ling Chuan and asked the old woman, "Did they occupy your yard and drive you and your son out?"
The old woman's eyes were a little evasive, and after a while she said hesitantly, "It's... it's them."
The young man next to him took over the conversation: "They are the ones who occupied my yard, Steward Xu, you have to take charge of it for us."
Zhang Tong on the side said indignantly: "You are talking nonsense. We rented this yard. Our master felt sorry for you, an orphan and a widow, so he gave you five taels of silver. How can you go against your conscience..."
Before he could finish his words, Ling Chuan reached out to stop him and laughed at Xu Kui: "Your so-called method is this kind of despicable method?"
Xu Kui said, "Why do you care what means I use? Do you think you are right to occupy someone else's house? Get out of the yard immediately."
Ling Chuan laughed and took out a silver ingot from his pocket: "Young man, I'll give you another five taels of silver as rent."
The young man looked at the silver, then looked at Xu Kui, and then his face turned serious: "Who wants your silver? Get out of my house quickly, I won't rent it to you."
Ling Chuan's smile remained unchanged as he took out another ingot of silver: "Ten taels."
The young man looked at Xu Kui again, then turned back. Before he could speak, two more ingots of silver appeared in Ling Chuan's hand: "Twenty taels!"
The young man's expression became conflicted.
"Thirty taels!"
"Butler Xu."
The young man turned his head to look at Xu Kui, but Xu Kui gave him a fierce look. He could only turn his head back and said with gritted teeth: "No matter how much money you give, we won't rent it."
"Fifty taels!"
Ling Chuan couldn't hold any more silver in his hands, so he placed the silver ingots one by one on the low wall and said, "We will only stay for three days. As long as you agree, you can take these fifty taels of silver."
There were ten silver ingots, each weighing five taels, arranged on the low wall. Although they were not big, they sparkled brightly under the sunlight. For a family like this mother and son, fifty taels of silver must be the annual income.
Not to mention the mother and son, even the large group of people from the Xu family had their eyes shining, and the noisy voices became much quieter.
When the young man was hesitating, the old woman spoke up: "Son, we can't do such a conscienceless thing. We can't take this money."
The greed and entanglement on the young man's face disappeared instantly, and he looked at his mother: "Mom, I will listen to you, whatever you say..."
Before he could finish his words, the old woman suddenly trembled all over and let out a sharp scream, and then a piece of sword blade was seen sticking out of her abdomen.
"Mom..." The young man cried out sadly and turned his head to look back.
But when he saw the person who made the move, the grief and anger on his face instantly turned into horror.
The man didn't even look at him, and kicked the old woman out.
"The police seized a private house and were stopped by villagers. They killed people in anger. I want to see how you can get out of Ruyin County."
He glared at the young man again and said, "What are you looking at? Your mother was killed by the police. Later, the Xu family will help you with the lawsuit and ask the police to compensate you with 500 taels. If it's not enough, our Xu family will pay for it."