Mr. Xu was also surprised that
Looking at Song Si, and then at Duke Ding, who not only did not feel the slightest bit of anger, but also had a faint smile on his face, a thought flashed through his mind.
“Old sir.”
The Ding Duke bowed towards him, and Old Mister Xu returned the salute with a slight nod.
A magistrate had already brought in a chair, and the Duke of Ding sat down in a grand manner, waving his hand, gesturing for Xiao An to come in, “This is a man from my government, at that time that miscreant hurt Yao’er, Xiao An kicked the miscreant against the wall in his haste, the people who had stalls there saw it, if the Lord Prefect doesn’t believe me, by all means go and investigate.”
If you don’t believe me, you can go and investigate.” “I believe you, of course I believe you, but the boy also made it clear, but he didn’t know it was someone from your house, so I couldn’t get any clues, so I asked Song Si to come and ask.”
“So what else do you have to ask now, feel free to ask, don’t be merciful, if my people are guilty, you can judge. The gang that hurt people together, you also go and arrest them as soon as possible, I’m waiting for you to give me an explanation on this matter.”
He was in charge of the law and order of the capital city, and someone had committed a murder in broad daylight in the bustling West Market, which was his lax governance.
“Your Excellency is unaware that there are no clues in this case, and it is really difficult for me to investigate, otherwise I wouldn’t have invited Song Si to come over and alerted the two of you.”
“I don’t care about that, I only know that my granddaughter went to the Western Market in good health and ended up coming back with an injured arm, and the head of the Taiyuan Hospital has said that if she doesn’t take care of it carefully, I’m afraid she will be handicapped in the future.”
Song Si’s heart shook, forcing herself to hold back, not raising her head to look at Duke Ding.
The Shuntian Prefect was also shocked, he did not expect Xiao Yao to be injured so badly.
“Your Highness, don’t worry, I will investigate this matter promptly and give you an explanation as soon as possible.”
“That’s best, in this way, we are all here, let the three of them go over the circumstances again, lest there is anything missing that will delay Lord Prefect from solving the case. ”
The Shuntian Prefect wanted to say that there was no need, he had already investigated very clearly, but just as he opened his mouth, he realised that he would be slapping himself in the mouth if he were to say that, if he had really investigated clearly, he would not have summoned Song Si over, and immediately changed his mouth, “Listen to Your Highness.”
“Xiao An, you speak first.”
“My young lady has taken a fancy to a book on the bookstall ……”
Xiao An started with Xiao Yao and Song Si wanting to take the same book and spoke in great detail, even about Song Si later hugging Xiao Yao outside the Western Market in his haste.
The Shuntian governor was dumbfounded to hear this.
Old Mr Xu, on the other hand, confirmed what was in his mind and stroked his beard as he thought about Song Si.
Song Si’s face was ruddy and his head hung very low.
When Xiao An finished, there was silence in the lobby.
The crowd of magistrates did not dare to breathe a word.
After such an incident, shouldn’t His Highness have kept it a secret? Why did he let his subordinates speak so clearly, without ruining his granddaughter’s reputation?
The Shuntian Prefect also thought the same thing and did not even notice the Duke’s intentions.
“Do you two have anything to add?”
The Duke of Ding Guo spoke out, breaking the silence in the hall.
“No, nothing more.”
Song Si’s voice stuttered.
“Neither did the little one.”
The boy returned.
“That’s how it happened, Lord Prefect, do you understand?”
“Yes, I understand.”
Duke Ding nodded, “In that case, I will not disturb Lord Prefect’s office, if there is anything that requires Xiao An’s cooperation, just have someone go to the residence and summon him.”
“Many thanks, Your Highness.”
Duke Ding nodded slightly, got up, lifted his feet and walked out, Xiao An followed behind.
The Shuntian Prefect was just about to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead when Old Master Xu also stood up, “Lord Prefect, if there’s nothing else, we’ll go back too.”
The Shuntian Prefect was busy saluting, “See the old gentleman off.”
“Song Si, let’s go.”
Song Si walked outside with Old Mister Xu, the boy following behind them.
The Shuntian Prefect watched them walk out of the courthouse before wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
He did not expect that an insignificant Song Si had alerted Old Mr. Xu and Lord Ding.
“Old sir.”
The Duke of Ding waited outside the door, and when he saw Old Mister Xu come out, he bowed towards him once again, “It’s been a long time, since we ran into each other today, can I invite Old Mister to have a seat in my house.”
Knowing what he was after, Old Mister Xu smiled and said, “I happen to have some free time today, so I will go to the palace to harass the Duke of State.”
“Nowhere, nowhere, old gentleman please.”
Old Mr Xu said as he got into the carriage, “Song Si, you accompany me there, little girl, you two go back first.”
“Good.”
Song Wan Yue answered crisply, smiling and squeezing her eyes towards Song Si, who instantly blushed.
When their carriage had left, Song Wangyue and Gu Yi also got on the carriage to go back to the inn.
“Do you think there is a possibility that that Xiao Yao girl will become my sister-in-law?”
She had felt that Song Si’s reaction was strange in the morning, but now everything made sense, her silly big brother was afraid that he had moved on to that girl from someone else, and that was why he had lost his mind when he returned to the inn.
“I don’t think it’s very likely.”
Gu Yi “deliberately” poured cold water, “The difference in family is too great, just like when I wanted to marry you at first, your family did not agree.”
“Is it the same? My elder brother might win the exam, there will be many girls who want to marry my elder brother, it’s possible to marry a princess, and it’s more than enough for the grand daughter of the Duke of Ding.
If he didn’t want to marry his granddaughter to his elder brother, he wouldn’t have asked the family’s subordinates to give such a detailed account of the situation.
“I still think it’s unlikely, but it’s useless for the two of us to talk about it, we’ll know when big brother comes back and we ask.”
……
When the carriage arrived in front of the Duke of Ding’s residence, several people got off the carriage, the Duke of Ding let Old Mister Xu into the flower hall, ordered someone to serve tea, and didn’t beat around the bush, he got straight to the point, “Old Mister, I invited you here today because I want you to be a witness, my granddaughter was ruined by Song Si’s reputation, and now she can only marry him.”
Song Si looked up sharply, unable to believe it.
Old Mr. Xu stroked his beard and looked at Song Si with a smile.
The Ding Guo Mansion was a pure and upright family, and did not look down on Song Si because of his origins, nor was he annoyed that Song Si had ruined Xiao Yao’s reputation.
Song Si’s heart almost jumped out of his chest, he did not expect that the Duke of Ding would betroth Xiao Yao to him.
“Silly boy, why don’t you thank the Duke of State quickly.”
Seeing his reaction and knowing that he was also willing, Old Master Xu smiled.
Song Si was busy getting up, a big salute to the end, and was about to say something when something suddenly flashed through his mind and he looked up at once, “Your Highness, can you let me meet Miss Xiao?”