Xu Chong was furious. He had never taken this Zhang seriously before. In fact, he did not think that such a small official needed to be remembered, so he just ordered his subordinates to teach him a lesson. But he did not expect that this man would be so bold and repeatedly ruin his plans.
Now it seems that Zhang Gu is clearly here to go against him on purpose.
His face was livid, and he sneered at Zhang Gu with a face full of gloom: "You dare to bring up something without any evidence in front of the elder, who do you think you are?! Get out!"
Zhang Gu did not move, but instead spoke confidently to Xu Chong, "Young Lord, I am not without evidence. The witness is right in front of me. In fact, as long as you let your wife come out to confront this Aunt Shen, everything will be clear, and the identity of the corpse can also be confirmed..."
"Ridiculous!" Xu Chong rebuked him mercilessly with disgust and impatience. "Who do you think you are? How can you give orders here?! If a mad woman says something, my wife has to come out and explain it clearly. Doesn't that mean that no matter what people in the world say, my wife has to refute it personally?!"
He looked at Gao Ping and County Magistrate Qiu, suppressed his anger, and smiled an ugly smile: "Master Gao, County Magistrate Qiu, you two don't have to pay attention to the nonsense of this lunatic. I heard that there are people in this world who are only interested in fame and reputation. They are afraid of not being able to become famous, and they like to do things that attract people's attention. After all, I am a third-rank minister, and my wife is also a third-rank imperial edict. How can I allow such a person to meet and interrogate me whenever he wants?"
County Magistrate Qiu naturally had no objection.
It wasn't like he was tired of living. Xu Chong looked like he was about to eat someone, so how could he be mean to Xu Chong? He just looked at Gao Ping's heart, coughed, and went to see Gao Ping's reaction.
Gao Ping laughed, a smile that was very effective: "It's not that serious, not that serious." He paused, and then said: "What the young cabinet minister said is true. We can't just rely on the one-sided words of a few people and ask your wife to come out and confront you. Otherwise, how can we make order? It's like committing a crime against one's superiors. Wouldn't it be a mess?"
Unexpectedly, Gao Ping would say such a thing. Xu Chong's guard and suspicion immediately melted away. He nodded with a relaxed expression, "That's right. How can we ask someone about this just based on the words of a crazy woman? There is no room for negotiation. My wife is of noble status, not like those women in the market. How can she be questioned by the police?"
Gao Ping smiled, turned around and said to County Magistrate Qiu: "This murder case is now under your jurisdiction. I have to try these scoundrels as well."
Xu Chong's eyelids twitched, and he pursed his lips and said nothing.
Gao Ping didn't look like he knew much about the matter and wanted to get to the bottom of it. If that was the case, he wouldn't be able to find out anything. As for County Magistrate Qiu's trial of Deng Jidong's case, that was even more unnecessary. He bribed Deng Jidong's family, and there was no victim left. What was there for the government to try? By then, it would be an accident, and the case would be closed.
County Magistrate Qiu did not want to get involved. Since Lord Gao had said so, he naturally followed his instructions immediately. He turned around and bowed to Xu Chong, smiling and saying, "In that case, Lord Gao, I dare to ask you to cooperate with the investigation if there is any progress in the government office."
"Of course." Xu Chong said nothing, glancing at Zhang Gu standing beside him with disgust. Seeing that Elder Gao had turned around and taken Aunt Shen and the group away, his eyelids twitched. Seeing that Zhang Gu had also run away, he turned around and glared at Manager Xu, saying viciously, "If you don't punish him, you don't have to live!"
Manager Xu shuddered, his whole body trembling, and replied with cold hands and feet, then he ran away crawling away.
Xu Chong took a deep breath and returned to the house. Seeing Qi waiting there in fear, he let out a tired breath and said, "Send her away."
Qi's tense nerves finally relaxed a little. She walked up to him, took his hand, and asked him, "Should we tell our father?"
With such a big thing happening, it would be safest to tell Xu Shun about it. After all, even Gao Ping was alarmed.
But when Xu Chong met his wife's eyes, he hesitated - his father was already dissatisfied with his wife. If he knew that his son had caused such trouble again and even forced someone to death, he would probably be even more angry with Qi.
He quickly made a decision: "Forget it, there's no need to alarm father about such a small matter. I can handle it."
Those people didn't dare to betray him, and Gao Ping wouldn't be able to get anything out of them no matter how much he asked.
As long as Zhang Gu is dealt with, this matter will never be brought up again.
Qi was also more relaxed. Hearing what he said, she said gently, "The doctor is treating Yuanbo inside. He said Yuanbo is fine and just needs to rest well."
Speaking of this, Xu Chong was not in a good mood: "It is indeed time for him to learn a lesson! He is always like a child who never grows up, causing trouble everywhere..."
As he was speaking, Aunt Qi came running in and reported: "Master, Madam, Aunt is here!"
Qi and Xu Chong looked at each other and hurriedly asked someone to invite Qi Yunxi in.
Qi Yunxi indeed came very quickly. As soon as he entered the room, he looked at Qi and asked coldly, "What's going on? Why is that old woman here again?"
Qi shook her head. After hearing what Qi Yunxi said, she suddenly understood - her aunt meant to take action against Aunt Shen. Then why would Aunt Shen appear here
Xu Chong was also suspicious: "Why do you ask that? Could it be that..."
Qi Yunxi looked very unhappy: "I have sent people to Shenjia Village. Logically speaking, she shouldn't be here to cause trouble for you."
Xu Chong's heart skipped a beat: "What's going on?"
At this time, Xiao Heng was sitting in the private room of Baoding Building. After enjoying a good show, he looked at Su Yao with a smile and asked her: "Why don't you ask me what's going on?"
There was a tea table between the two of them. The two sets of cups on it were all treasures from the Jingdezhen official kiln. They were jade white and transparent, and shone with an oily luster in the sun. Su Yao rubbed them with his slender fingers for a while, took a sip of tea and said, "What else is there to ask? I can tell at a glance that this is your masterpiece."
Yang Bo and Old Master Yang Er agreed to form an alliance with the Song family, and one of the conditions was that Xiao Heng had to help teach the Xu family a lesson, or in other words, make the Xu family fall. Originally, Su Yao was going to accomplish this task by herself. After all, between her and Qi Yunxi were the two blood feuds of her maternal grandmother and her grandmother.
But Xiao Heng obviously wanted to intervene.