Chapter 11
The county magistrate does not believe in the strange power and chaos of the gods. Although the matter of the Li family is strange, it does not mean that it is the power of gods and ghosts. He thinks that these two thieves are fooling him.
"The bold and unruly people, dare to fool my official, are really bold. If someone comes, they will punish these two people in the court for thirty." The county magistrate was furious, especially when he recognized that one of them was a frequent cause trouble, Liu San became even more angry and "beat them hard."
As soon as the auspicious tree fell, the yamen runners below immediately pressed the two thieves to the ground and squeaked and screamed in the court.
The yamen runners said that they beat the board. Generally, they were afraid of being dirty and the county magistrate would pull down the second hall to beat the yamen runners. If they secretly stuff some money to the execution yamen runners, they would beat them lightly and less, depending on how much money they were given.
But you can't fool you if you beat me in class, let alone the county magistrate even asked him to beat me hard.
After a few strokes, blood was seen. Two big and thick men couldn't bear it anymore and rushed to confess. After a slap, they not only said that it was Zhang San who was instigated by Li Erlaizi, but also clarified the identity of another thief. It turned out that it was a bandit from Qingfeng Village, named Qi Liu.
Is this so great?
The county magistrate arrested the two of them in court, but the case was not over. The question of how Zhang San and the bandit fainted has not been clearly questioned.
The two big men were not reasonable to be restrained by a little girl, and the three of them said that they had never fought each other, and they didn't even see Li Qingyou before the two thieves fainted.
"Sir, this girl must have used the sweat medicine to fool me and the other two." The more Qi Liu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, otherwise it would be too unreasonable.
The county magistrate also thinks that's the case.
"There is no folk girl." Li Qingyou naturally refused to admit it.
After a while, the county magistrate found a coroner and two doctors to inspect Zhang San and Qi Liu, and sent a yamen runner to search the Li family, but found nothing.
The drug was not valid, but the two thieves fainted for no reason. This was really a ghost in the daytime.
The county magistrate frowned and looked at the three people in front of the hall. He was also from a noble family and knew that some pickled methods in the deep courtyards and some spices could charm the mind through smell.
But that kind of spice is very expensive and cannot be afforded by a woman. The ordinary sweating pills must be put into their mouths. No matter how stupid these two thieves are, they will never be able to go to someone’s house to be drugged.
It is really mysterious and mysterious, but it cannot be written like this in the file. The case must be settled and people cannot find faults.
"That's what you, the witch, use the magic..." The two thieves had no choice but to start talking nonsense.
The case has basically settled. Li Qingyou has no need to be afraid of when he has a clear mind. He sneered at the two of them, "Maybe you can't know if you hit your head."
Bumped your head?
The county magistrate's eyes lit up, and his eyes looked at Li Qingyou with a look that the child could teach him. The verdict was announced in court: "... Although you two failed to steal, they had accumulated a lot of cases and did not want to repent. They took you two to prison for ten years to serve as a warning to others."
The case file reads: Zhang Sanqiliu was drunk and went into the Li family to steal at night. He was short and fainted in the dark room, so he was captured.
The reputation of Zhang Sanqiliu and the two stupid thieves became jokes on the streets and alleys.
But some people don’t agree with it when they hear it. Anyone with discerning eyes knows that it is impossible, so there is only one possibility left: Li Qingyou is in trouble.
So, Li Qingyou became popular again with the two stupid thieves, and almost everyone in Qingshan County knew it.
Li Qingyou didn't care about this. She was worried about the unlucky child in the vegetable cellar. Although it was not very cold inside, the child was sick and injured.
At the same time, I also remembered what happened in the court just now. Zhang San said that it was Li Erlaizi who was instructed by him. Although Li Erlaizi was hateful, this also shows a problem that the Li family has not given up yet.
You have to think of a way.
As he walked, he glanced at the end of his eyes and Li Qingyou's eyes lit up and he had an idea...
By the time Li Qingyou returned home, it was already noon. He closed the door and quickly entered the house and looked around in front of and behind the house. After confirming that there was no one, he ran to the vegetable cellar.
The semi-underground vegetable cellar is black and full of uncomfortable moisture, moldy and rotten vegetable leaves, just like a boy's heart that is almost suffocating.
Even though he had made the worst plan, he was still full of uneasiness and fear, which came up and down with the arrival of the yamen runners twice before.
Just as he was waiting for the third time for the yamen runners to arrive, the light drove away the darkness, the fresh air swept away the strange smell, and Li Qingyou appeared at the door of the vegetable cellar with a shiny light.
The boy's heart was also tense to the extreme.
From fear, to calmness after fear, to the loss when seeing Li Qingyou, and to the relief when seeing the worry in her eyes, it seemed like a lifetime was spent in the ups and downs.
Until Li Qingyou took her back to the house and was stuffed with a cup of hot tea in her hand, the boy finally confirmed that Li Qingyou was back alone.
She didn't betray him.
The nerves that had been tensed for most of the day suddenly relaxed, and he gasped.
"What's wrong? This is?" Li Qingyou was shocked. She didn't know the boy's mental journey, and she thought he was being suffocated in the vegetable cellar.
The boy shook his head and threw himself into Li Qingyou's arms. Physical tears mixed with tears from his heart soaked her clothes.
He couldn't explain what he thought.
He was used to the darkness of human nature.
He was regarded as a pawn of game and power by his closest relatives. He was unable to resist and could only accept it indifferently despite his safety and wishes.
The boy cried very quietly, not the kind of person who was so wailing, and he cried silently. His thin little shoulders shook, and Li Qingyou's heart was about to melt.
She was in a very complicated mood at this moment. She knew that the child was a trouble. Although she couldn't bear to drive him away, she didn't have much psychological burden, but after experiencing last night, she could no longer do so calmly.
Thinking of the thoughts that flashed on the way back, Li Qingyou made a decision in her heart.
She took out the few experiences of coaxing her little niece in her previous life, rubbed her furry head in her arms, "Don't cry anymore, be good."
The girl's gentle movements and soft voices soothe the boy's fragile heart. He shook his head and rubbed the palm of his head. After a while, his emotions finally calmed down.
Looking at the boy's cat face, Li Qingyou wiped the tears remaining at the corners of his eyes with a veil, "Go and wash your face, I have something to tell you when I come back."
The boy's eyes were wet and misty. He blinked twice, nodded obediently and ran out.
Li Qingyou also calmed down her emotions. The past two days have passed, which is more exciting than when she first knew that she had traveled through time. Unfortunately, she didn't like it at all. She was afraid that she would die young.
Chapter completed!