A middle-aged man pointed at the little boy fiercely and said, "Give me your things!"
The child trembled fearfully: "Uncle, I really didn't take that thing, I really didn't take it!"
Xi Ruoxuan also ran over at this time: "Hey! Why are you bullying a child!"
The middle-aged man looked impatient: "Who are you? What does it matter to you?"
Xi Ruoxuan shouted: "Let him go, otherwise I will never be done with you!" At this time, Su Shaokai also came over with the carriage.
When the middle-aged man saw Xi Ruoxuan's help coming, he pointed at the little boy and said, "Do you know what this kid does? He is a thief. Yesterday he stole our master's things. Now I ask him to hand it over. Otherwise, I will let him see the official!"
"I didn't steal anything, really not!" The child was so frightened that he almost cried.
The middle-aged man sneered: "Okay! Since you didn't steal it, do you dare to let us search you?"
The child became even more frightened and kept hiding behind him: "No, I didn't steal it!"
The middle-aged man waved his hand: "How about it? Are you afraid? If he didn't steal, what would he be afraid of? Come on! Search me!"
Several young people couldn't help but rush over to hold the child down and search randomly. Sure enough, they took out a cloth bag from the child's arms. The cloth bag was very delicate and flat, and it didn't seem to contain anything.
"You still said no, now everyone has the stolen goods, go to see the official with me!" The middle-aged man said and took the child away.
The child cried immediately: "I don't want to go to the official. I didn't steal anything. I just picked it up on the ground. I really didn't steal it."
Xi Ruoxuan stopped them: "Hey! He already said that he didn't steal it, but picked it up on the ground. Why don't you let him go?"
The middle-aged man looked at Xi Ruoxuan strangely: "Who is he to you? Do you know him?"
"I just feel sorry for him."
"Poor? You see he is quite pitiful now, but later he will be able to do all kinds of bad things."
"But no matter what, he said he didn't steal it, so just let him go!"
The middle-aged man said: "Miss, don't you trust your words? If you trust a thief, if such a person is not punished, he will steal even harder. Therefore, I must take him to see the official!"
Xi Ruoxuan wanted to say something more, but Su Shaokai came over and said, "Xuanxuan, just leave it alone. This elder brother is right. If the thief is not strictly disciplined, he will harm the party."
The middle-aged man chuckled: "This brother is sensible and must not be soft on bad people, even children." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he waved his hand and took the child forward. The child cried in horror: "Sister, I didn't steal anything, I really picked it up. I was wronged."
Xiruoxuan wanted to step forward to stop him, but Su Shaokai said: "Xuanxuan, please leave it alone, let the government take care of it!"
Xiruoxuan stomped her feet bitterly. She just felt that the child was innocent, but just now everyone had stolen the goods, so she couldn't say anything. Su Shaokai urged the carriage: "Come on! Get in the carriage!"
Xi Ruoxuan quickly got into the car: "Let's go! Let's follow and have a look."
Su Shaokai is really unwilling. This meddling is too outrageous. If we do this, when can we reach the grassland and when can we see our parents. But there is no way, Xuanxuan's decision is like an imperial edict, and he must execute it unconditionally. He drove the carriage in the direction where the group of people had left just now.
After turning a few turns, Xiruoxuan could no longer find its way north. There were several forks here, and it was impossible to tell which fork the child took. Su Shaokai was embarrassed: "Xuanxuan, I think it's better to go back!"
"No! We have to keep looking forward." Although Xi Ruoxuan also wanted to give up, she seemed to be fighting with Su Shaokai and let the carriage continue to move forward. Soon they entered a forest. Su Shaokai said confidently this time: "Xuanxuan, let's go. Look, it's getting dark now."
Xi Ruoxuan knew that if she persisted, she would be messing around. She was about to turn back when she suddenly saw some blood stains in the grass. Xiruoxuan took a closer look and was immediately shocked: "Kaikai, Kaikai, what was that then? It seemed like a person!"
Su Shaokai also noticed it, and they moved forward boldly. Sure enough, there was a body lying in the grass. The figure looked like that of a child. An ominous premonition came to Xi Ruoxuan's heart: "Kaikai, turn him over."
"Isn't this good! This needs to be reported to the official first!"
Xi Ruoxuan thought about it. If he moved the body, he wouldn't be able to tell clearly: "Okay! Let's go to the Yamen quickly!"
Xi Ruoxuan and Su Shaokai drove the carriage to find the Yamen. After asking a few passers-by, they quickly found Yunzhou Mansion. A government servant received them: "What time is it now? If you have any grievances, come back tomorrow morning!"
"No, we are here to report the crime." Xi Ruoxuan said.
"Report a crime? What crime to report?" the officer said impatiently.
"A child was killed in the wild woods. Go and have a look!" Xi Ruoxuan said seriously.
The yamen officer thought about it for a while and said, "It's really troublesome. Just wait, I'll go find some people on duty."
After waiting for a while, two more government officials came out: "Who reported the case?"
"It's me." Xi Ruoxuan said.
"You said that you saw the body of a child. Where is the body?" The yamen officer seemed to be a small boss.
"It's in the woods, I'll take you there." Xi Ruoxuan said positively.
"Okay! I'll just go with you!"
Su Shaokai got on the carriage again, and the three government servants also mounted their fast horses. They soon arrived at the woods. The child's body was still there, but his head was facing into the grass. The clothes looked very similar to the "thief" just now.
The yamen turned the body over, and Xi Ruoxuan was so surprised that he almost screamed. It turned out to be the child just now, so the group of people just now were probably the murderers of the child. Why do they do this? Even if the child is a thief, it won't kill him. There must be something hidden in it.
"Lord Officer, I know this child. Just now he was taken away by a group of people as a thief. They said they wanted to take the child to the Yamen. Unexpectedly, the child died in just a short time."
"A group of people? Do you know them?" the officer asked.
Xi Ruoxuan shook his head in confusion: "This is our first time in Yunzhou. We don't know anyone here at all. How can we possibly know them?"
"Okay then! Since you are witnesses, please come with us to the Yamen so that you can identify the criminal."
Su Shaokai became anxious when he heard this: "We have something urgent to do. How can we go to that place? We won't go."
When the officer heard this, his face darkened: "Why, you dare not cooperate with us in handling the case. This is hindering our handling of the case. I can arrest you right now!"
Xi Ruoxuan almost didn't give him a kick. These are bullshit rules. We are the ones reporting the crime. Can't you wait until you catch the criminal to identify him
"Hey! Please understand, we are not criminals, we are reporting the crime."
"Reporters, what are you doing out here in the wilderness for nothing? Why didn't anyone else find the body, but you did. Do you dare to say that you have no suspicion at all?"
Xi Ruoxuan was so angry that she almost sat on the ground. This is all bullshit logic. If the government officials handle cases like this, then who would dare to report the case? Su Shaokai was very calm. He looked at Xiruoxuan happily, as if he was telling you to mind your own business, but now you are in trouble, right
Xi Ruoxuan glared at him fiercely, and if several government officials weren't present, she would have kicked him. The government officials patrolled around for a while, then carried the child's body onto the horse: "Come with us!"
Xi Ruoxuan and Su Shaokai looked at each other and said to themselves that this is unlucky. If I had known this, why should we care about this shit!
They followed the yamen servants to the government office. The yamen servants led them into a room and locked the door: "I feel sorry for you two. When the lord comes tomorrow, the lord will deal with you."
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"Thank you for being able to laugh. We are almost becoming prisoners. Are you not worried at all?" Xi Ruoxuan said angrily.
Su Shaokai chuckled: "What's the point of being anxious? Let's just fill our stomachs!" Su Shaokai said and took out a few sesame seed cakes from his arms, "How about it? Do you want to eat it or not?"
Xi Ruoxuan angrily grabbed a sesame seed cake and started eating it frantically.
"Slow down, be careful of choking." Su Shaokai said, and went to find water. Not to mention, the facilities in this room are quite complete, and there is still some water in the water tank. Su Shaokai filled a bowl with it and handed it to Xi Ruoxuan, who took it and drank it.
Su Shaokai was very surprised: "Aren't you full at noon? Why do you feel like you have been hungry for three meals?"
Xi Ruoxuan is not hungry, she is angry. This incident has caused a lawsuit for no reason, which is as unlucky as it gets.
Su Shaokai saw Xi Ruoxuan's unhappy look and knew why she was angry. Su Shaokai patiently persuaded: "Don't think so much. What are we doing? The child is pitiful and died in a daze. Even if you don't care about this matter, I will also care about it. I have been thinking, why do those people We must kill them all, is there something hidden here!"
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Su Shaokai nodded and thought that Ruoxuan's analysis was right: "I thought so too. The bag those people found from the child looked like a delicate cloth bag. There was no way to hide large items in it. It was probably A letter. They were afraid that the children would read the contents of the letter, so they killed and silenced them."
Xi Ruoxuan had a clever idea: "If this is the case, things will be complicated. However, I don't know where these people are hiding now. Where can we find them?"