"Let you go? My sister and I have been squatting here with you for several days. How could we let you go!" Jiang Quan said, twisting Wang Tiecheng's hands behind his back, tightening his wrist with one hand, and grabbing him with the other. By the back collar, he directly lifted the person up from the ground with one force!
"Why are you squatting on me? I haven't provoked you recently!"
Wang Tiecheng's hands were clasped behind his back, and he twisted uncomfortably, trying to break free from Jiang Quan's restraints. However, there was a huge disparity in strength. After struggling for a long time, he was still held in Jiang Quan's hand without moving at all.
Jiang Juan was afraid that someone would be seen passing by later and it would be difficult to explain, so she hurriedly pushed Wang Tiecheng into a hidden alley next to Jiang Quan.
"Wang Tiecheng, last time you and your mother-in-law came to my house and said you wanted to see Xiaobao, what did you do? You pretended to be confused, and I haven't forgotten it! My cousin and sister-in-law were tortured by you!"
When he heard about this, Wang Tiecheng was really convinced by the Hu family, and he came to him as expected: "Jiang Juan, don't be so silly, I don't know what you are talking about, when will I I have gone to see Xiaobao, but I have never been there, so please stop throwing dirty water on my house!"
"Never been here? Then let me help you think about it, who is doing this!" Jiang Quan didn't want to be as gentle as his elder sister. He had long wanted to teach this damn Wang Tiecheng a lesson, and finally got the chance. Why? Ken let it go easily, and after saying that, he pushed Wang Tiecheng's arms back hard.
"Ah! Let go, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
"Does it hurt? That's all it hurts! Only when it hurts you can you remember things. Do you need me to help you recall things?"
Jiang Quan said as he clenched Wang Tiecheng's arm with both hands, and was about to exert more force when he was interrupted by Wang Tiecheng's cry: "Don't do it, don't do it! Remember it, I remember it!"
Jiang Quan seemed dissatisfied that he gave up so quickly. Apparently he hadn't taught him enough yet, so he pushed the person to the opposite wall. Before Wang Tiecheng could react, he was pressed against the wall with his face It hurts from being rubbed against the rough wall.
"Hurry up and say it!"
"I, I did go to your house that day, but I didn't do anything and my mother-in-law took me away. Jiang Juan, you can't deny this, right? I admit that I was attracted to your things and wanted to take them away and exchange them." Didn’t you get nothing out of the money? What does your cousin’s misfortune have to do with me? "
"You admitted it! You just wanted to use the printing plate in my house to exchange money with the Hu family! It was you who told the Hu family what the printing plate looked like, so they made fake banknotes and paper money, causing my cousins to be killed. It’s unjust! Let’s go, I’ll go to the official to explain it to you!”
When Wang Tiecheng heard that Jiang Juan wanted to take him to see the official, he quickly denied it: "What Hu family? I don't know the Hu family. I just wanted to steal things to sell, but I didn't succeed. What about the Hu family, what about banknotes and paper money?" , I don’t know! I didn’t even succeed in stealing, why do you arrest me and go to the official!”
Seeing this, Jiang Quan pressed the person against the wall hard again: "Wang Tiecheng, you haven't had enough pain yet, have you?"
"I said I don't know anyone from the Hu family! Even if you... kill me, I still don't know you!"
"Wang Tiecheng!"
Seeing that Jiang Quanzhen was about to continue taking action, Jiang Juan hurriedly stopped him: "Ah Quan! Wang Tiecheng, it's useless even if you don't tell the truth. The official has now been traced to the Hu family. That day, he even went to Wufang Village and specified that he wanted to find someone. Huang Liang and Hu Shun, they can’t escape, they will be caught sooner or later, do you think they will help you hide it then?”
"You, I don't understand what you are saying..."
Seeing that although Wang Tiecheng was still speaking arrogantly, his tone was hesitant. Without the certainty just now, Jiang Quan also regained his senses and knew that the most important thing now was to help Chu Yi and the others clear their names: "My sister said , when the time comes, those two bastards will definitely expose you, Wang Tiecheng, as soon as possible, and maybe they will blame everything on you! Just help them carry it, who will be beheaded in the end anyway? , it doesn’t matter to us, as long as we can prove that my cousin and sister-in-law were wrongly accused!”
"Wang Tiecheng, if you are willing to tell us clearly now, you just stole something but failed to steal it. The government will not convict you. But if you are with the Hu family, it will be a serious crime of forging banknotes. Yes He’s going to be beheaded!”
Wang Tiecheng was silent for a long time, then hesitantly said: "Is what you said true?"
"Why are we lying to you? You are Xiaobao's father after all. I don't want him to have a beheaded father!"
After a while, as if he had made a big decision, Wang Tiecheng finally said, "Okay, Jiang Quan, please let me go, and I will explain it to you!"
Seeing that they were finally persuaded, both siblings showed happy expressions on their faces. Jiang Quan also let go of Wang Tiecheng's hand. Wang Tiecheng rubbed his sore arm, touched his burning face, and said He looked at the two siblings and said, "Take me there."
The three of them walked out of the narrow path one after another. Jiang Quan was afraid that Wang Tiecheng was cheating, so he followed him all the time. After exiting the path, he quickly walked to the position next to him.
In this way, the three of them walked all the way towards the main road in the village. Seeing that they were about to reach the outside of the village, Jiang Juan and Jiang Quan were studying whether to wait in front for the ox cart that went back and forth between the town and the village. While they were discussing, Wang Tiecheng beside them Suddenly, Jiang Juan was pushed hard. Jiang Juan was unprepared and fell towards the roadside. Fortunately, Jiang Quan caught her in time and avoided hitting her head on the big stone on the roadside.
In the blink of an eye, Wang Tiecheng had already run away far away. Only then did the sister and brother realize that they had been deceived by him. When Jiang Quan helped Jiang Juan and caught up, how could they see Wang Tiecheng? shadow!
She had no choice but to go home and make long-term plans. When Aunt Cui heard that Jiang Juan almost fell on a rock, she was so frightened that she refused to let her go to Wang Tiecheng again.
"No, you must not go to that bastard again. If he is really cornered and jumps over the wall, it will really hurt you. What will Xiaobao do in the future? It will be too late for you to regret it by then. Auntie knows You are anxious to help Ayi and the others, but you also have to pay attention to yourself!"
"Auntie, my cousins have helped me so much. If it weren't for me, because of Wang Tiecheng, he wouldn't have been unjustly arrested this time. How could I have ignored him!"
"Sister, why don't you take a rest at home first, and I'll just go and keep an eye on Wang Tiecheng. Don't worry, I won't let him escape this time!"
Jiang's father also didn't agree with the sister and brother's idea of going to Wang Tiecheng again: "After what happened this time, Wang Tiecheng must be more careful than before. Even if we squat him again, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch anyone else." .”
"Yes, your father is right, otherwise we will think of other ways. The officials are also investigating, maybe we will catch the two Hu family members tomorrow!"
Jiang Juan couldn't win over her parents, but she had no intention of staying at home and waiting. Her cousin and sister-in-law were still in jail, so how could she wait at home with peace of mind for news!
In the early morning, Jiang Juan quietly got up and kissed Xiaobao gently on the head, who was still sleeping soundly. Then she picked up the package she had prepared before going to bed last night, quietly opened the door, and walked on the road to the county town.
Aunt Cui got up at the usual hour and prepared to light a fire and boil water for breakfast. She had been working for a long time but did not see her daughter get up. She thought she had not slept well last night and was still asleep in the morning, so she did not disturb her until she heard her. Hearing Xiaobao's cry, he hurried to Jiang Juan's house.
Seeing that her daughter was not there, Aunt Cui immediately panicked and hurriedly picked up Xiaobao, who was still crying: "Xiaobao, be good, don't cry, don't cry, tell grandma, where is your grandma?"
Xiaobao sobbed and said, "Aniang, Aniang, go to the county, the county seat, woo woo hoo, grandma..."
Aunt Cui then learned from Xiaobao that Jiang Juan had packed her things last night and specifically told Xiaobao several times: "Auntie is going to the county town tomorrow. Xiaobao, please be good at home, okay?" , tell grandma, grandma has gone to the county town, don’t worry.”
Jiang Juan started on her way from early in the morning. After walking for a long time, she met an ox cart going to the town halfway. She drove the ox cart to the town. Since she had never been to the county seat, she was delayed for a long time in the town before finding her. Now, the ox cart that takes people to the county seat has been swaying for a day. By the time the ox cart stopped outside the city gate, it was already sunset.
Jiang Juan didn't have time to rest her body that was about to be shaken to pieces, so she rushed to the county government office after asking questions all the way, but by the time she found the gate of the county government office, it was already dark.
Before Jiang Juan could get close to the grand main entrance of the county government office, she was blocked by the officer on duty at the door: "Who is he? What are you doing in front of the government office?"
Jiang Juan was startled by the sudden voice, calmed her mind, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "I am Jiang Juan from Zhutun Village. I am here to report to the official. Please help the official to go in and call." Lord County Magistrate!”
The guard guarding the gate rushed people away impatiently: "You don't even know what time it is now. How can you see my lord as soon as you say so? Why don't you leave this important place of the county government soon!"
Jiang Juan was not willing to leave easily without seeing anyone: "Brother, officer, please, I am really urgent and need to see the county magistrate for something urgent. Please help me!"
"You don't understand, don't you? If you don't leave, I'm going to take action!"
Jiang Juan found her way to the county government office with her obsession. At the moment, she only wanted to see the county magistrate and report to the official. She couldn't care about anything else. When the official tried to stop her, she knelt down in the street without hesitation. : "Please, just let me see the county magistrate. I'm really in a hurry!"
Seeing that the person was lingering and refusing to leave, the official became even more impatient. He stepped forward and pulled Jiang Juan's arm and threw the person into the street. Jiang Juan struggled desperately, and while the two were pulling, Ding An walked out from the side door of the county government office. He came out and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"What's wrong with this? There's so much fussing in front of the county government office. What does it look like?"
When the officer heard Ding An's voice, he quickly stopped his hand: "Ding Boss, this woman insisted on seeing the county magistrate. I told her to leave, and she started to mess around! Don't worry, I will never disturb the adults. If you have a rest, I’ll drive her away right now!”
Jiang Juan looked at Ding An and found that he was the official who came to her house last time to ask for printing plates. He seemed to be a boss. She hurriedly got up from the ground: "Sir! Sir, do you remember me? I was in Zhutun before. When we were in the village, you brought people to my house and took away the printing plate for banknotes and paper money!"
Ding An also saw Jiang Juan at this time and recognized her. He quickly stopped the official who was about to pull Jiang Juan away: "Wait a minute, I recognize her. You can go down first and I will tell her."
"Sir, you still remember me, right? Can you help me and let me go in to see the county magistrate? I really have something important to tell the county magistrate!"
Ding An looked at Jiang Juan who was a little embarrassed in front of him, and remembered the last time he saw her, and wondered if she came here for the couple in the prison: "My lord has resigned at this time, what can I do for you?" Why don't you tell me first, I will report to the adults tomorrow, but is it related to Chu Yi and his wife?"
Jiang Juan nodded: "Yes, it's something related to my cousin! I made that fake banknote..."
Seeing people coming and going on the street in front of the county government office, Ding An hurriedly interrupted Jiang Juan: "Miss Jiang Juan, this is not a good place to talk. Did you come by yourself or with others?" , I wonder if there is a place to stay?”
Only then did Jiang Juan realize that what she had just done with the official had attracted the attention of many people. When she thought of Ding An's question, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "I came alone. I thought I was here." When I see the magistrate, I can go back after saying what I need to say, but I didn’t expect that it would already be this hour when I arrive, and I haven’t even had time to find a place to stay.”
Seeing that Jiang Juan seemed a little embarrassed, Ding An stopped asking any more questions and instead suggested: "It's definitely too late to rush back today. If Miss Jiang can trust her, why not go with Ding? Ding will make arrangements for you." A place to go.”
Jiang Juan naturally had nothing to disagree with, so she nodded and said, "Thank you very much, sir!"
"You don't have to be so polite. I'm just the county government's catcher. Miss Jiang calls me Ding An."
"Brother Ding, thank you!"
Ding An took Jiang Juan all the way to Da'an Hutong, where he lived, and knocked on the door of his neighbor Aunt Luo: "Auntie, I'm here to pick up Yaya."
Aunt Luo glanced at Jiang Juan behind Ding An and asked curiously: "Anzi, who is this?"
"I was about to tell my aunt about this, but I have to trouble you again. This is Jiang Juan, a witness in a case in the yamen. I came in a bit of a hurry today and haven't found a place to stay. You also know my situation there, aunt. , it’s not very convenient, I was wondering if I could let her stay at your place for one night?”
Ding An's father and mother died early, and later his wife died of illness, leaving only him and his daughter Yaya, who was only six years old this year. Ding An was busy with the work in the yamen on weekdays, and Yaya was left to the neighbors most of the time. Aunt Luo helped take care of him. Aunt Luo was very warm-hearted and always took good care of him.
"Then what's the trouble? It's just a matter of adding a pair of bowls, chopsticks and bedding. Then, we'll eat at my aunt's place tonight. Come in quickly!"
