Zhang Tuiguan was a young and inexperienced man, and he was already very angry at the servants of the Xu family. Naturally, he was not so nice to Grandma Xu, whom Happy rarely met. Seeing Grandma Xu in a daze, he stepped forward, frowned, and bowed, and deliberately raised his voice: "Grandma Xu! Did you live in Shenjia Village before? And did you know Taoist Xuanyuan?!"
As soon as these words came out, all the color disappeared from Qi's face.
But her temperament is very different from that of her aunt Qi Yunxi. Qi Yunxi is fearless, arrogant and reckless, while she is hesitant and indecisive, and is frightened by past events.
Tuiguan Zhang kept asking her questions, and she didn't know how to react for a moment. After a long time, she tried to walk past Tuiguan Zhang and enter the Tong family's gate with a pale face.
The maids and servants all reacted at this moment, and rushed forward to stop them, surrounding Grandma Xu and trying to go into the Tong family.
Zhang, the magistrate, snorted coldly and continued to pursue the matter: "Grandma Xu! This is not a secret, is it? Have you ever lived in Shenjia Village? Why can't you tell me? I am the magistrate of Daxing County, responsible for handling an old case involving an unclaimed corpse. I am now asking you to cooperate in the investigation and identify the corpse so that we can give justice to the deceased. Why are you shirking your responsibility? Is there something you cannot tell others?"
Zhang Tuiguan's voice was loud, like the annoying firecrackers on the streets on New Year's Day, which made Qi's head buzz. She turned around and scolded Manager Xu who was following her: "Are you dead? How dare you let me be questioned in the street like a criminal!?"
Manager Xu naturally attacked at the beginning, but Zhang Tuiguan somehow found strength to break free from him, and kept shouting, alerting the neighbors around him.
In addition, Zhang Tuiguan was wearing an official uniform, and his shouting here attracted many people to stop and watch curiously. After being scolded, Manager Xu also became angry, and subconsciously increased his strength and pushed Zhang Tuiguan hard.
Zhang Tuiguan fell heavily to the ground, looking at them angrily, sneering angrily: "Madam Xu, I am an official appointed by the court. How can you allow your servant to be so rude and commit crimes against an official appointed by the court?!"
Qi had already walked around the group of yamen runners and was about to go up the stairs without paying any attention. Tui Guan Zhang became more and more angry and got up to chase her, but he was suddenly kicked hard and fell to the ground. His waist and abdomen were in severe pain for a moment, so he couldn't help but curl up his body and cry out in pain.
It was the first time that everyone saw someone dare to attack a police officer. Many people could not help but step back in surprise, with horror on their faces.
Manager Xu was also surprised. When he saw the person who did it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He hurried forward and called him "Young Master".
Xu Yuanbo's face was very unhappy, and he opened his mouth to scold him: "Useless thing! How can a dog from anywhere bark at my mother?!"
After the fight with Sun Wencai, he had been under house arrest, staying at home for a few days. He was only released because of the visit from the Feng family. He had been holding a grudge in his heart.
He happened to be meeting a group of friends in the restaurant across the street. He heard the commotion and saw his mother being embarrassed.
All the anger accumulated over the past few days suddenly burst out, and Xu Yuanbo was a little angry: "Drive them all away!"
Since the last incident, Xu Yuanbo's temper has become worse. This is something that everyone in the family knows very well. Manager Xu's face is not very good, but he still hurriedly agrees and persuades in a low voice: "Sir, the prosecutor of Daxing County is really annoying, but he is an official appointed by the court after all. It's not good to be too..."
Xu Yuanbo sneered grimly, glanced at Zhang Tuiguan coldly, and then held Qi's hand: "Mother, I will help you in."
Qi's face was pale and she was almost shaky. She was supported by her son. She nodded reluctantly and patted her son's hand.
Xu Yuanbo helped Qi take a few steps and climbed two steps when he suddenly heard someone shouting, "Miss Li! Miss Li!"
Zhang Tuiguan looked in the direction of the person coming and saw Aunt Shen carrying a bamboo basket and a little girl walking towards him. He immediately shouted, "Aunt Shen!"
His waist and abdomen were still in severe pain. His face turned pale as he was helped to stand up by the yamen runner beside him. He gave Xu Yuanbo a cold look.
Everyone says that the descendants of Xu Ci Fu are all arrogant and domineering, and now it seems that it is indeed true.
But he worked hard to obtain the honors so that he could meet officials without kneeling, so that he could stand upright in this world, not to be servile and be bullied.
With a cold look on his face, he turned around and asked Aunt Shen gently, "Aunt Shen, who are you calling?"
On the other side, Qi quickly grabbed Xu Yuanbo's hand, not even caring that her nails had dug into her son's flesh because of excessive force, and urged him repeatedly: "Go! Go!"
Xu Yuanbo didn't understand why, but seeing his mother was so scared, he still responded subconsciously and comforted her gently: "Okay, okay, don't worry, let's go in right away, let's go in right away."
Qi was already shaking badly. Just after Zhang Tuiguan called out the name of Shenjia Village, she had felt a dull pain in her head. Now, when Aunt Shen called out like that, it was as if she was standing on the edge of a cliff, returning to the time when the future was unknown. At that time, every step she took was filled with fear, and every night before going to bed she had to worry whether she would be pursued when she opened her eyes again, or whether she would die.
It was a nightmare that she could not recall. She once thought she had woken up from it, but now it seemed that the shadow had always been with her.
She climbed the stairs in panic and nearly fell.
Fortunately, Xu Yuanbo was quick to help her up, frowning and calling her worriedly, "Mom?"
At Zhang Tuiguan's side, Aunt Shen had already pointed at Qi and said to Zhang Tuiguan: "Miss Li! That's Miss Li! She was Miss Li who lived with Miss Qi back then! If you don't know anything, you can ask Miss Li. They were very familiar with each other back then. Later, Miss Qi disappeared, and Miss Li also disappeared. Now we know that she is the wife of a high-ranking official."
Tuiguan Zhang narrowed his eyes.
No wonder the reaction was so big.
He bought the jewelry from the Prince of Zhennan’s Palace and was an insider at the time, yet he said it had nothing to do with the corpse
It’s obviously not that it doesn’t matter, but that he is guilty and dares not face it.