The guards hiding in the back saw the scene and darted off to report it.
After hearing this, the Third Prince rose to his feet, “Have you seen it clearly?”
“My subordinate saw it clearly.”
“Good, good, good.”
The Third Prince spun around in excitement, “Send word to Qingping County to send ……”
He wanted to say that he should ask the county magistrate to think of leaving Gu Qian behind, but then he thought of Gu Yi and Song Wan Yue, if they really left the man behind, they would surely bring the old man.
“Detain that shopkeeper, I want to meet him properly tonight!”
……
The lobby was in a mess.
The magistrate slapped the wood of the hall, “Silence, silence!”
It took the remaining three women a great deal of effort to calm the young woman down, and the older woman said, “Xiu Zhen, you are too impulsive, apologise to Master Gu!”
“He got someone killed and he still wants me to apologize to him, no way!”
After saying that, the woman spat again towards Master Gu.
Unable to do so, the older woman turned around and apologised to Elder Gu, “Their child is not yet a week old, Xiu Zhen is a bit overwhelmed, so please forgive me.”
“No matter, no matter!”
Master Gu bared his teeth as he climbed up and sat back down, the woman had used a lot of force in that hit, the back of his head hit the ground hard and his head was now buzzing.
He rubbed the back of his head with one hand while saying, “I understand how you feel, don’t worry, we will assist His Excellency in finding the person who poisoned him as soon as possible.”
Ugh!
The young woman spat at him again, “Don’t be a thief here! Which of you rich people didn’t earn your money by sucking human blood and eating human flesh!”
“Xiuzhen!”
The older woman scolded her and said to the magistrate, “Your Excellency, she is too emotional, so please allow us to take her down.”
The magistrate, who had a headache from the child’s crying, let the women take her down, and half of the people left at once, so that the hall was quiet.
The magistrate had an even bigger headache.
Master Gu looked on and lowered his eyes.
“Gu Qian, since the other party does not want your compensation, there is no more business for you for the time being, but you cannot leave Qingping County and will have to wait for your summons at any time. As for Shopkeeper Wei, he will be temporarily locked up in the main prison, and will be released back when the investigation is clear.”
“Your Excellency ……”
When Master Gu wanted to say something, the county magistrate tapped the alarming wood, “Retreat!”
A magistrate came up to escort Master Wei, who helped Master Gu up first, “Go back in peace, Master, I will be fine.”
Gu Qian grabbed his hand tightly, “Remember, nothing is as important as life.”
Master Wei smiled leisurely and walked out with the magistrates.
Master Gu stood in place and could no longer see his figure before his feet slowly walked outside, the onlookers made way, Master Gu walked outside and got into the carriage, looking back at the place where Master Wei had disappeared for a second before entering the carriage, “Go to ……”
The words left his mouth before he remembered that the original mansion was sold, “Go to the Song family mansion.”
The carriage driver whipped his whip and the carriage slowly left.
The people watching at the gate also retreated in twos and threes.
Several of the dead man’s family members also scattered separately and went back to the dartboard, telling Qi Wu everything that had happened in the lobby, including the one where Master Gu covered the side of his mouth.
After hearing this, Qi Wu raised a grim smile, turned around and went back to the inner courtyard, walked to the door, ordered the maid to bring two cups of tea, he took out a medicine packet and sprinkled it inside, after shaking it evenly, carried it in.
Madam Qi was lying haggardly on the bed.
She had fainted all night last night, and when she woke up at dawn she went to see Qi Yun again, but before she could look at him, she had fainted again, and only now did she wake up.
Qi Ying sat by her bedside with her eyes red.
Qi Wu came in with tea, “Ying’er, help your mother up and have some tea.”
Qi Ying got up and bent down and helped Mrs. Qi up, Qi Wu put the tray on the table and came over with one of the cups of tea, saying to Qi Ying, “Have a drink too, your mother still needs you to take care of her now that your big brother is gone.”
Qi Ying sniffed and reddened her eyes again, lowering her head as she walked to the table and picked up the tea.
Qi Wu sat down on the edge of the bed, “Madam, if you continue to grieve like this, you will only make our enemies look at you, listen to my husband and pull yourself together, we can’t just let Run’er die in vain like this.”
Lady Qi was already in tears and choked up as she tried to say something, Qi Wu handed the tea to her, “There will be plenty of time, we have plenty of time, the most important thing now is that you take care of your health, so that we can wait until the day we take revenge.”
“Okay, I’ll wait.”
Madam Qi took it and drained the tea in small sips, just as she was about to hand it to Qi Wu-
SMACK!
The tealight in Qi Ying’s hand fell to the floor and she slumped onto the table.
“Dangjia, you ……”
Before Madam Qi could finish her sentence, her eyes went black and she too fell onto the bed.
Qi Wu wrapped the blanket around her and picked her up, personally put her on the carriage in the backyard, then turned back and carried Qi Ying over as well, pulling the thin blanket to cover the two of them, and instructed the two dart masters, “Take Madam and Miss to the second young master’s place, remember, if they wake up on the way, you two can knock them out. Tell the Second Young Master that no matter what happens here, they should not come back, take the First Young Lady and the child and go far away.”
The two dart masters answered and drove the carriage out of the dart office through the back door.
……
Over there, after Master Gu went to the mansion, he went to pay his respects to the old man first.
“I had an occasional wind chill a few days ago, and I was afraid of infecting you, so I didn’t dare to come over, so please forgive me, old sir.”
“We are all family, there is no need to be so polite, please have a seat.”
Master Gu sat down, slightly lowering his head, not daring to meet the old gentleman’s eyes.
The old gentleman only thought he was like any other person and was in awe of him in his heart, not taking it to heart, asking him about the affairs of the public court.
“Boss Wei was temporarily imprisoned and I was ordered not to leave Qingping County.”
The old gentleman nodded, “Qingping County is still fair in its work, don’t worry, Boss Wei will be fine, he will naturally be released when the investigation is clear.”
“We are only merchants, we don’t know much about the law, I was worried, but I am relieved to hear this from you, Yi’er is staying here, he is not disturbing you, is he?”
“Of course not.”
Speaking of Gu Yi, the old gentleman was full of praise, “Yi’er is very understanding, he accompanies me every day and makes me happy, I’m happy to have such a great-grandson-in-law.”
Hearing him say this, Old Master Gu was also happy, “Thank you, Old Sir, for being able to approve, I hope you can teach him more in the future.”
“That’s natural.”
After speaking for a quarter of an hour, Master Gu got up, “Then I will not bother old sir, some day when it is fine, I will invite old sir to have a seat at my home.”
“Good, good, good.”
The old gentleman laughed in response.
Old Master Gu lowered his head slightly to go outside, but the corner of his robe somehow got hung up, and with a stab of force, a slit was torn in the corner of his robe.
Old Master Gu’s heart jumped violently.
“Don’t move!”
The old man got up and came over to help, taking the corners of his robe off, and the moment he looked up to see his face, he paused, “Do I know you?”