Ruan Heng was a little cold at first, but when Shen Li finished speaking, the coldness on his face disappeared, leaving only anger: "A county magistrate actually indulged his son to such an extent that he couldn't tell right from wrong, and even forced a woman to be his concubine. This is simply too much."

"Mr. Ruan, I know you are a man with a sense of justice, so can you help me save my third brother?"

Ruan Heng returned to his previous indifference after hearing this: "If what you said is true, then the county magistrate of Gou County is indeed not a good official, but why should I help you? Although I have only met you once, I have heard a lot about your affairs from Yanyan. You have the heart to bully such a pure and harmless girl. You are not a good person either."

Shen Liang didn't know Ruan Heng, so he didn't interrupt, but now he couldn't help but said, "What are you talking about? Master Ruan, you don't know A-li, how can you say such slanderous words?"

Before coming here, Shen Li had already guessed this would be the result. Now that he had to ask for help, he could only lower his posture: "Second brother, I'll do it."

Then she said to Ruan Heng, "Mr. Ruan, I don't care what Shen Yanyan said to you, but time will tell what kind of person I am. I have already told you the purpose of my coming here today. If you can rescue my third brother, I will not let you help me in vain."

Ruan Heng got angry when he heard this: "What do you mean? Do you think I'm asking for favors from you?"

"Of course not, you misunderstood. We are helping each other. I will give you five thousand taels to help you out of your urgent need, and you help me save people."

"Hmph, that sounds nice, but do I need your few thousand taels?"

Shen Li smiled and said, "Mr. Ruan may not have been short of money before, but as far as I know, the prefect and his wife don't seem to agree with you and Shen Yanyan's relationship. You two are not very happy now, right? The prefect won't support you as much as before in terms of money, right? Then Mr. Ruan, you can't be short of money now, Yanyan's family is waiting for you to support them."

Ruan Heng was told about his situation and said, "Who said I have no money? I have money."

"Mr. Ruan, you are the one who brought Yanyan's family to the state capital. If you want to marry a beautiful woman, you have to be generous. So I said that we should help each other. If you think it's too little, we can discuss it again."

Ruan Heng stared at Shen Li: "You are really as smart as Yanyan said. You even know my situation very well. I admit that I have no money now, but if I want to make money, I don't necessarily have to look for you, so I can still refuse you, right?"

Shen Li nodded, his eyes sincere and said: "Yes, Master Ruan needs money, not necessarily from me, but the women in Gou County have been harassed by the county magistrate's son Shi Bin. Unmarried women dare not go out, for fear of encountering Shi Bin. He has few concubines now, only seven, but he has harmed many women, but he just didn't marry them home. Can you bear to see those women living in fear every day? If you don't do anything, more women will be forced in the future. This matter is not only to save my third brother, but also to save those women."

Ruan Heng was very surprised to hear Shen Li say this. He didn't expect that such a bad woman could have such a righteous side. But she was right, and he couldn't bear to ignore those women. People who bully others by taking advantage of their power should be punished.

He straightened his face and said, "I am not intervening in this matter because of your money, but because I don't want the bad guy you mentioned to continue to harm others."

Shen Li said happily: "You agree? Then what are you going to do?"

"If it's to save your brother, I can just tell him, but if you want to punish that bad guy, you have to go through my father. I will make it clear to my father and ask him to send someone to investigate. If the situation is true, Shi Bin will not come out to harm people again."

Shen Li put his hands together and bowed to Ruan Heng: "Thank you, Mr. Ruan."

Ruan Heng swallowed uncomfortably: "I've already said it's not for you. Anyway, go back and wait. I'll have someone notify you when there's a result."

"Okay, you can find me at the Anmian Inn." Shen Li said, and took out a five thousand tael silver note: "You can take this."

"No, I'm short of money, but this is what I want to do. What's the point of charging money?"

Shen Li didn't expect him to refuse to take the money. This was truly a pure young master's character: "I understand your thoughts, but I am here to thank you for my third brother. You are doing this for justice, and I am doing this for my family. There is no conflict."

Ruan Heng glanced at Shen Li. This man spoke and acted in a clear and measured manner. He didn't seem as bad as Yanyan said. "I will find a way to deal with the money issue myself. You should go back and wait for news."

At this point, Shen Li also understood that he would not accept the money, so he put the banknote away and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Ruan. I will wait for good news."

In the following days, Shen Li did not go out again. She stayed in the provincial capital waiting for news, then went to the store and replaced Li Daya. Time was tight and there was no time to waste in making money, so she asked Luo Qi to take Li Erya and Li Daya to Lingshan County and Yangchuan County to distribute flyers and sell ointment.

Shen Liang was also speeding up the construction of the workshop.

On the seventh day of Shen Xing's imprisonment, Ruan Heng finally sent someone to the inn to tell Shen Li that he could go to Gou County to pick up Shen Xing.

Shen Li and Shen Liang hurried to Gou County, and then saw Shen Xing at the gate of the yamen.

"Third brother, are you okay?" Shen Li looked at Shen Xing and found that apart from being a little dirty, he was not thinner.

"It's okay. After they locked me in there, they ignored me. It wasn't until today that someone let me out."

"It's good that you're okay. At least it was a safe bet." Shen Liang said.

"Brother, A-li, although I'm not hungry, the food in the prison is really not suitable for human consumption. It's too disgusting. I urgently need to eat a good meal to replenish my stomach."

"Okay, then shall we go back to the provincial capital? Or stay here?" Shen Li asked.

"Let's go back to the provincial capital. My clothes and everything are there. It won't take a while." Shen Xing said.

The three siblings hurried back to the provincial capital, and by the time Shen Xing had packed up and was sitting in the lobby, more than three hours had passed.

Shen Li ordered a table full of dishes. The three siblings sat at the table and ate slowly. At this time, Fang Tianya came back and also sat at the table.

"Third boy, you came out so soon?" Fang Tianya said.

"It's been several days, it's not fast anymore." Shen Xing said.

"You don't know, but Li girl is very worried."

Shen Xing looked at Shen Li: "Ah Li, was it you who saved me?"

Shen Li found his words strange: "Third brother, who do you think it is if not me?"

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