allonlinenovel Chapter 191 1 o'clock
Chapter 191 1 o'clock
Shen Xianzhu also heard the footsteps at this time, raised his head and saw his sister holding the light and moving closer.
He pulled her up and said, "That's too fake. When you hear noise at night, your first reaction is to find out who the person is."
"Big brother is smart." Shen Lingzhu also realized that he was pretending too much, so he handed him the lamp and said, "Let's go to meet them. Maybe they will think we are going to pick them up."
Shen Xianzhu didn't want to get involved, but the two lights in the distance were moving towards him faster.
While he was still hesitating, a man came running up to him, shining a light in his hand, and pushed the light so close to his eyes that it dazzled him.
Shen Xianzhu subconsciously pulled the hem of his hood over his eyes and said, "You are so rude."
"I'm sorry, I thought it was the kid from home." The other party apologized and retreated quickly.
So she didn't notice Shen Lingzhu who was moving far away in the darkness. She clearly saw that when the eldest brother covered his eyes, the man's companions also covered one side with their cloaks and quickly passed by them and walked towards the Taoist temple.
Although she couldn't see the faces of the two people clearly, she saw the man in the big cloak stumble and said to the man holding the lantern beside him, "Hold me."
"Master, go slower." The man holding the lantern's advice was useless.
Shen Lingzhu had definitely heard that voice before. She returned to her brother's side and carefully searched her memory.
When Shen Xianzhu came to his senses, the owners of those lamps had already gone far away. He then realized that they were deliberately blocking his view.
Shen Lingzhu said, "Brother, let's make a bet. They came to see County Magistrate Wang secretly."
Shen Xianzhu nodded, "If we go back now, we'll probably bump into each other again.
The key is knowing that this is of no use to us.”
"Under what circumstances would someone secretly meet with the county magistrate in the middle of the night?
And he was the fourth master of the county government." The so-called "four masters" is the ranking people use today to privately refer to the chief officials of the government office.
The county magistrate is the chief official of the county, the county magistrate is the second chief official, the chief clerk is the third chief official, and the registrar is the fourth chief official.
Shen Lingzhu now remembered that the voice under the big cloak was that of Liao Dianshi, whom she met when she first entered the county town.
"Huh? How do you know it's him?" Shen Xianzhu could roughly guess that County Magistrate Wang deliberately stayed in the Taoist temple to lure certain people in the government office, but he didn't expect to actually meet him.
Shen Lingzhu: "I heard him talking."
Shen Xianzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "If it's him, we should go back slowly."
"Brother, they will definitely not talk in the lobby after they meet." It was enough for Shen Lingzhu to be sure that the person he just saw was Liao Dianshi. The fourth master surrendered to the new eldest master, and it seemed that he wanted to isolate the third master.
She took the lead and walked back slowly, "Perhaps we can ask the abbot for a cup of hot tea."
Behind him, Shen Xianzhu was once again led by his sister. He couldn't let her go back alone in the dark.
Even if the two of them were slow, it would still take them less than a quarter of an hour to enter the Taoist temple.
As expected, the temple master was standing alone in front of the chessboard. When he saw them coming back, he asked with a smile, "Did you find anything?"
"I found it. Thank you for your concern, Taoist priest." Shen Xianzhu said this with a guilty conscience, so he immediately asked if he could play a game of hands with him.
The abbot welcomed her naturally. After pouring tea, he added more charcoal to the charcoal basin and said to Shen Lingzhu, "If you feel sleepy, you can ask Mr. Shen to take you back to your room."
"No, I always go to bed late. Master, have the two fellow Taoists just now left?" Shen Lingzhu had to wait a while.
The abbot just smiled and said nothing, he didn't want to tell a lie.
Shen Lingzhu didn't need his answer. She sat obediently in front of the charcoal brazier, flipping through the roasted soybeans and peanuts on the rack.
Maybe she was too engrossed in flipping the pages, or maybe time passed too quickly, but the beans and peanuts she had on hand were all roasted.
Looking up, she saw that her elder brother and the temple master were too focused on their meal, so she didn't ask them whether they wanted to eat or not.
After a while, she heard someone coming outside, and hurriedly got up to open the door, then came face to face with County Magistrate Wang who was walking in front.
Shen Lingzhu smiled at him and clasped his fists with the man behind him who had covered the upper half of his face with a cloak. "Greetings to the County Master and the Dianshi."
County Magistrate Wang was still calm, but Dianshi Liao behind him froze: How did she recognize him?
Shen Xianzhu, who was playing chess in the room, heard his sister talking and wanted to stand up, but the abbot held his wrist and signaled him not to look back.
County Magistrate Wang, who was standing outside the gatehouse, smiled and said, "Young Taoist friend, you made a mistake. I'm here to see my friend off. Please hold the door open for me."
"No, no, no..." Liao Dianshi under the cloak was not so confident as to ask the county magistrate to send him home.
He raised his hand and asked his two followers to open the side door, then carefully said goodbye and left.
Magistrate Wang's advisor locked the side door and turned around to say, "Don't wait any longer, Mr. Dong. You should take a break."
But he waved his hand: "It's open, it's open. I'm not tired yet."
Shen Lingzhu took the opportunity to interject, "Could the County Master spare some time to meet with me?
I have a complaint here, please take a look and see if I can file a lawsuit or not."
"Who are you?" County Magistrate Wang had never seen the little girl in front of him in his memory.
But when Shen Xianzhu came to the door, he recognized him: "Are you Shen Wuhuai's eldest son?"
Shen Xianzhu bowed deeply, then stepped aside to invite him into the house: "Greetings, Your Excellency. This time, I am here on my father's orders to escort my sister to visit you.
But I never thought I would meet you by chance at Laojun Temple."
"Why don't you come forward?" County Magistrate Wang thought for a moment and didn't take him to his room to talk. The two children were not from the county government, so there was no need to report them secretly.
"Because my elder brother is worried that if he visits you at the county government office, he might attract the attention of certain people.
There are so many eyes on the surrounding areas in Zhending and Baozhou." If it's hard for her to say, Shen Lingzhu said it for her. It's good to meet by chance now, and she doesn't need to borrow Han Xian's name.
By the way, there has been no news from Mr. Han for such a long time, and I don’t know what’s going on.
After hearing this, County Magistrate Wang realized that Shen Huai had some concerns. He sat on the kang and asked the two of them to sit on the stools.
"Where is the complaint?" He went straight to the point without any formalities.
Shen Lingzhu nodded and immediately stated that Miao Sili had violated the court regulations and confiscated his aunt's dowry.
Moreover, these things were never stored in the county government warehouse, but were intercepted by him privately, and either given away or pawned.
As she spoke, she took out a stack of evidence from the messenger bag that she always carried with her when she went out. On it was Mr. Cai's testimony and a copy of the pawn receipt.
In addition, there were also lists of documents showing that Miao Sili used his identity to extort silver and valuables from different people.
There were even testimonies from several express runners and hangers-on.
Except for the clue that Cai Yuansheng was planted by her brothers and sisters, the rest of the witness testimonies were collected by her uncle through various means.
My wife's things are not included in the list. Shen Huai will try his best to get them back, even if it means doubling the money.
"Here is also a copy of my aunt's dowry list. There should be another copy left in the government office, which can be used for comparison." Shen Lingzhu took something out of her bag again.
Shen Xianzhu was stunned watching from the side. After a while, he heard his sister talking about how Song Zhubo's brother-in-law had set up a scheme through Miao Sili to seize his mother's shop.