Chapter 115 (1/2)
”Oh, all I asked was the whereabouts of Liao Ge's daughter If you answer me, I shall be contented and let this er as he cleared his throat threateningly
”Liao Ge's daughter? I never knew he had a daughter!” The big burlyin different directions Most of the people who had co for Liao Ge were only concerned about the ahter Seeing a scene like this made the burly man hesitate
”Hly He picked up the u outside There was no use arguing with people like these Not only was it obvious that they were hiding so, it was certain that they would not help out in any way The best solution to this would be to order the bailiff to provide the infor to hurt Liao Ge's daughter, they should not bla rashly
Seeing Pei Zi Yun act this way, the big burly ed towards Pei Zi Yun, his fists clenched and raised, ready to strike, ”You want to make a fool out of me!”
Pei Zi Yun took a step back, and allowed the burly e, Pei Zi Yun then pointed an index finger to his chest The burly round with a loud thud His entire body then started twitching in pain, as he screaony
When the woround, she shouted out in fear, ”Hurry, coressive!”
The rain was still heavy and thus nobody from outside of the mansion came to intervene However, several people froht several other younger men out When they saw Pei Zi Yun, the older man asked fiercely, ”Who are you, why have you come to our Liao mansion?”
”I shall ask one hter? Before he died, he made a last request of me I've come to visit her and to see how she is So under what circu here anyht that Liao Ge's daughter ht have been bullied here and there He did not expect theer around
If they had done anything untoward against his daughter, Pei Zi Yun would not show any ht have treated these people as his blood relatives Pei Zi Yun would not hesitate to strike out against them
Hearing Pei Zi Yun speak, the oldto find trouble here? Liao Ge has been murdered outside by bandits unexpectedly He could not possibly have anticipated his own death and thus had the time to entrust anyone to fulfil his last wishes”
The old man was experienced and wise He then hurriedly shouted at his men, ”Go and report this to the officials now And surround them Do not let these cheats run away”
Chen Yuan was enraged and wanted to speak out but held his tongue when he saw Pei Zi Yun raise a hand Pei Zi Yun laughed
Before long, a constable arrived and entered thea raincoat and a straw hat On one hand, he carried a sword On the other, he carried so, who'strouble?”
The burly man had just been helped up to his feet by the wo out, the old man hurriedly welcomed him with a smile, ”Third Master Qian, Liao Ge died outside while on duty for the Governor This man here insists that he pro for trouble with us I plead with Third Master Qian to arrest this man And teach him a lesson”
The old man ise, and he subtly retrieved a tael of silver from his robes and handed it over to the constable The constable eyed it for a second before accepting it Although it was not considered
”It's you who's causing all the problems?” The constable's expression was fierce and hostile He stepped forward to arrest Pei Zi Yun and looked at them However, when he looked at the pair of the about their deht?
Pei Zi Yun cleared his throat as Chen Yuan retrieved a card and gave it to the constable, ”This is my Master's card”
Pei Zi Yun then said calhter just before he died And yet these people claio I want you to check this inforainst an official's daughter What is the punishment for that?”
He had only gone to the capital for a couple of months Who would've expected that when he returned, the little orphan girl had been harmed At this point he looked at the family before hio all out tountoward did happen to the little orphan girl
When the constable heard Pei Zi Yun speak, he knew that this Young Master was not just any nor was amiss When he received the card, he looked at it and realized that it belonged to Ying Prefecture's High Scholar, Pei Zi Yun His face then turned pale These constables froistrate's office were all extre profusely He then turned around and looked at the old iven him a tael of silver, and shouted, ”You have cohter of an official If not for Master Top Scorer here, this case would've gone unnoticed and not be investigated Worse still, you intended to bribe me? This makes your crime more severe”
As he spoke, he took his chains and stepped forward to arrest the old man
The old man's faced turned pale, unable to believe what had just happened and hurriedly shouted, ”Your excellency, injustice We did not harm the orphan Your excellency, we did not harm her”
At this point, he did not dare to refer to the constable as Third Master Qian, and had referred to hion the side, ”Your excellency, we did not harm her We are all from Liao clan My father is the clan leader When Liao Ge died, this house thus went to my clan, as no outsider should lay claim on it This is the law!”
The constable laughed, ”The law? Ever since the establishment of the dynasty, the laas that you're not allowed to s the assets of the deceased Do you think you can hide this froistrate's office you shall have plenty of time to explain the law to us”
The entire yard was silent after hearing the constable speak They knew that they were in deep trouble A youngbeside the old man stammered as he spoke out, ”Your excellency, I will speak I will speak The little orphan girl didn't die She's back at the village, and living a good life”
Pei Zi Yun heaved a sigh of relief before turning to the young man, ”Take us there”
Liao Ge was of a low birth and was born to a fa officials He had worked his entire life to achieve his ninth rank Although he had so as his daughter was still alive, Liao Ge's house and lands didn't matter to Pei Zi Yun at all In fact, he was able to provide so much more than what Liao Ge had left behind In future, when this orphan wished to get married, he could even offer up several hundreddeal to him?
The irl was safe and sound After hearing Pei Zi Yun gave the order, the youngto refuse
Pei Zi Yun waved a hand, ”Constable Qian, you shall follow us as well”
The constable was shouting expletives in his head, and yet could not disobey He thus forced a wide smile, ”Yes, yes, I shall follow”
As he spoke, rage filled his swiped his chains across the body of the oldhim up, ”Hurry, why haven't you prepared an ox-cart for us?”
Before long, a pair of ox-cart departed froh the muddy and wet streets
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