Abduct a shadow guard to investigate the case

"Catch him!" With a loud shout, two men who looked like criminal officers rushed to Xuan Qi's side, twisting his arms and pulling him up.

Xuan Qi did not resist.

"What's going on!?" Shen Yao stood up and asked.

"Hmph, as a medicine man, you wounded the guards and tried to escape, so I'll force you to go back to the punishment hall to question your crime!" Li Shouwei appeared at the door and said as he walked in.

"Nonsense!" Shen Yao patted the table, thinking that Xuan Qi was provoking a villain, "Xuan Qi and I have been sitting in the room chatting just now, why did we hurt the guards and try to escape?"

"Master Shen, my injury is still fresh." Li Shouwei stretched out his right hand, his wrist was red and swollen.

"Hmph, you really know how to turn black and white. Obviously you were the one who harassed Hongling first, but Xuan Qi just helped Hongling out of the siege and taught you a lesson, so you want to get revenge on the villain by suing him first!"

"Hey, hello," Li Shouwei shouted, "you can't wrong me, obviously just now Xuan Qi was trying to escape, but I found out that he hurt my wrist, just in time for you to come to see him, he is afraid that things will get worse, I just pretended to restrain myself and accompany you into the house. You see, you asked me to remove Xuan Qi’s anklet before. Even if you are afraid of getting involved, you can’t bring Hong Ling into it. Everyone knows that Hong Ling is going to get married soon Girl, if you say that, if it gets out and her in-laws hear about it, maybe something will happen!"

"You...!" Shen Yao didn't expect that in just a short while, Li Shouwei turned the whole thing upside down, and even himself was beaten up.

"Hmph, you are too courageous! Even if you and I insist on our own opinions, as long as Hong Ling testifies, you will have nothing to say!" Shen Yao sneered.

"You two," Shen Yao said to the criminal officer, "let's go to the Yaolu to look for Hong Ling and clarify this matter."

"We just come to detain the person, and we will go to the execution hall to judge the crime. If you have anything to say, you can call the person to the execution hall to talk about it." The criminal officer said expressionlessly.

"..." Shen Yao choked in his chest, and said, "I'll go to the execution hall with you first."

"Master Li," Xuan Qi, who had been silent just now, said to Li Shouwei, "Xuan Qi just wanted to go out for a walk in the yard, you may have misunderstood, so there was a conflict, Xuan Qi didn't mean to Hurt people, please Haihan, Xuan Qi is willing to go to the execution hall to receive punishment."

"Well," Li Shouwei rolled his eyes, snorted, and said, "I don't know if I misunderstood, but in short, if I hurt someone, I can punish him as I like."

"...!" Shen Yao felt that Xuan Qi was so strange that he pleaded guilty indiscriminately. Seeing the criminal officer dragging Xuan Qi away, he chased after him, only to see Xuan Qi winking at him slightly shaking his head.

Shen Yao became more and more puzzled, and after chasing him all the way, Xuan Qi said to him, "Master Shen, Xuan Qi is just going to get whipped a few times, you don't have to come here specially."

"Yes, yes, everyone has pleaded guilty, Mr. Shen, you don't have to come here specially." Li Shouwei also said on the side.

Shen Yao let out a bad breath, thinking how Xuan Qi is such a wimpy and fearful person.

He followed, and seeing that Xuan Qi was no longer looking at him, he said to the criminal officer, "You two, I'll go find Hong Ling, and I'll go to the punishment hall to confront Li Shouwei in person, can you invite the two adults to come and see the judge?" Just say, wait for me a moment."

One of the criminal officers squinted at him and smiled, with a slight sarcasm on his face, he said, "We can wait for you for a while, if you come late, we will directly torture you."

"Thank you!" Shen Yao said, he glanced at Xuan Qi again, seeing that Xuan Qi was also looking at him with a slight frown, he gave Xuan Qi an annoyed look, turned around and ran towards the medicine house.

When Shen Yao arrived at the medicine hut, after a little inquiring, he asked where Hong Ling was.

Walk along a path on the side of the stone house where the medicine is tested, and walk about 600 meters, and come to a courtyard, where the maids work.

Shen Yao entered a hall in the courtyard, and saw Hong Ling and Lan Yi fuming some utensils and utensils with herbs by the wall of the room.

The hourglass on the table in the room happened to be leaking light, the two quickly removed the wave of equipment that was being smoked, and replaced it with another wave, Hong Ling turned around and turned the hourglass upside down to restart the timer.

Shen Yao recalled that when they were asked about the alibi before, Hongling and Lanyi proved to each other that they had no time to commit the crime. After the church bell rang, the hourglass leaked eight more times, and the smoke lasted for an hour. It was Lan Yi's turn to deliver food to the pharmacist that day, so she left and went to the kitchen to get food, while Hong Ling stayed to clean up the things.

So that's what the so-called medicine fumigation looks like, Shen Yao thought.

Seeing Shen Yao, Hong Ling froze for a moment, the corners of her eyes were red, as if she had cried just now.

"Master Shen..." Hong Ling said.

Shen Yao stepped forward anxiously, and said to her, "Hurry up, Hong Ling, follow me to the punishment hall. Guard Li slandered Xuan Qi because he wanted to escape, so he injured his hand, and let the punishment hall take Xuan Qi away. Just me It's not enough to prove Xuan Qi's opinion with him. As long as you testify, Xuan Qi will be fine. Come with me."

I thought that Hong Ling would immediately agree, but unexpectedly, she flinched back, hid beside Lan Yi, and said, "Mr. Shen, I don't know what you are talking about..."

"...!" Shen Yao felt that he was about to explode, he stepped forward to pull the red bell, but was blocked by the blue clothes.

Shen Yao stomped his feet and said, "Hongling, you were bullied by Guard Li just now, and it was Xuan Qi who saved you, I saw it all. How can you not know anything now?"

"I, I'm sorry..." Hong Ling apologized, her eyes were red again.

"Hey, Mr. Shen..." Lan Yi couldn't help but said at this time, "You let a girl come out and say that she was harassed by a man and rescued by a man. How decent is it to spread the word, not to mention that Hong Ling is about to get married Yes, her husband's family is very conservative..."

"...!" Shen Yao finally understood that Li Shouwei expected that Hong Ling would not dare to testify, so he was so unscrupulous.To say that Xuan Qi is pedantic, he really knows how to be pedantic...

"Heh..." Shen Yao smiled wryly.

Lan Yi thought that Shen Yao would still insist, so he said, "Mr. Shen, you have also studied, and you should know that women's innocence is the most important thing. Please don't embarrass Hong Ling anymore. How about this, Lan Yi will ask Director Dong to see Can you go to the punishment hall to ask Xuan Qi for mercy?"

"No need," Shen Yao raised his hand and said, he was already thinking about it, "I'm afraid it will be too late after you finish your begging. Let me figure out a way about this."

"Master Shen..." Hong Ling begged.

"Don't worry, since that person wants to save people to the end, I won't intentionally tear him down, and I won't bring you in again." Shen Yao quickly finished speaking, turned and left.

No matter how bright the sun is outside, the execution hall is always dark and gloomy as always, and the torches that have been lit all year round are like red lotus flames.

Xuan Qi knelt under the hall, motionless.The judge on duty today heard Li Shouwei's accusation and asked Xuan Qi, "Xuan Qi, can you plead guilty?"

Xuan Qi said, "This subordinate admits to injuring Master Li, but it's not because he fled. It's just a misunderstanding."

The judge asked Li Shouwei, "What do you say?"

Li Shouwei glanced at Xuan Qi, and met his gaze. He thought Xuan Qi's deep eyes would never waver, but now there was a stubborn chill, and Li Shouwei shuddered guiltyly. He said, "If you think about it carefully, there may be a misunderstanding. But as a medicine man who injured a guard, and he was born as a shadow guard, he must be punished."

"Well, it is indeed necessary to be punished. Take him to the execution room and give him thirty lashes." The judge ordered.

Li Shouwei secretly showed a smug smile on the side.

The criminal officer came over and pulled Xuan Qi up.

At this moment, a voice came from outside the hall, "I can't punish—"

Everyone was taken aback, and they saw Shen Yao walking in quickly.

"Mr. Shen," the judge said after recognizing him, "What do you mean? Do you want to interfere in the villa's internal affairs?"

"Don't dare." Shen Yao clasped his fists.

Li Shouwei rubbed his eyes, only to feel that Shen Yao's steps were windy just now, and now he seemed a little more serious than before.

Xuan Qi also showed some doubts in his eyes.

"Well, come here, take Xuan Qi down." The judge gave another order.

"People can't take it away." Shen Yao said again.

"Shen Yao, you!" The convicting officer showed a sullen look on his face.

"My lord," Shen Yao said, "I don't care what mistakes Xuan Qi made, but Shen can't punish him now." He didn't allow the judge to interrupt him, and continued, "Because he was an important witness in the case of Shi Bozhong's murder, the case is closed." In the past, others needed to be there at any time, and now Shen wants to take him away for questioning, and I hope that for the sake of the Wulin League, the Lord will make it easier for Shen to investigate the case."

As Shen Yao said, he took out a green jade tablet from his waist, with the word "Alliance" impressively engraved on it!

"...!" The judge was taken aback, "You, are you from the Wulin League?"

Xuan Qi also suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Shen Yao.

"Exactly, I am the investigation envoy of Qingji Pavilion of Wulin League——Shen Yao."

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