next day
A sudden knock on the door woke Gu Qi up!
She stood up quickly, put on her coat and opened the door.
"Pei...Master Pei!"
Li Jinghao was out of breath, raised his hand and pointed outward: "Go and take a look!"
Before Gu Qi could speak, Li Jinghao grabbed her arm and started running quickly.
There was a high-rise house, and people gathered at the door.
"What's going on here?"
Gu Qi pushed through the crowd and pushed forward with all her strength.
The people in front turned sideways and she fell directly out!
"Bang"! Hitting a broad chest.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Gu Qi rubbed his forehead and raised his head.
A fair face with a thin stubble on his chin.
There seemed to be thousands of stories gathered in the dark eyes.
"Ahem," Yuan Zhe coughed lightly and turned his head away from looking at her.
Perhaps due to illness, the edges and corners of his profile were more distinct, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.
"Your Highness," Gu Qi stood firm and bowed slightly towards Yuan Zhe. He looked around and said happily: "It seems that His Highness is well."
"Um."
"Then..." Gu Qi grinned and leaned forward, wanting to talk about moving to the village.
But Yuan Zhe picked up the clothes behind his head, like a chicken, and pulled it aside!
"Stay away from me."
Gu Qi's eyes were filled with shock!
What did you do?
To be so despised!
He raised his head and stared at Yuan Zhe, but all he could see was his red ears.
"Brother Pei!"
Gu Qixun looked over at the sound and saw Zhao Dexun half-crouching in the courtyard with a man escorted under him.
Xie Ruoling stood nearby, carefully supporting a woman.
The woman was covering her arms, and her plain clothes were soaked with blood, which was particularly dazzling.
"This...isn't this," Gu Qi pointed at the woman and looked at Yuan Zhe: "Isn't this from the Zhang Dazhuang family?"
Yuan Zhe glanced at her but said nothing.
The county magistrate rushed over with his government officials to separate the people.
Suddenly, the people surrounding him knelt down one after another!
Gu Qi was startled by this battle and suddenly became at a loss.
"Sir! Please, let this great master let my son go!"
Gu Qi looked around, raised his hand in disbelief, and pointed at himself: "Me?"
"Sir! My son is only trying to save people and does not mean to hurt them! Please!"
The man started to kowtow, and Gu Qi was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Uncle! You can't do it! The man next to you is the Prince of Zhenguo, the current prince. Your Highness will definitely give you justice in this matter."
"Ah?" The uncle looked frightened and kowtowed to Yuanzhe: "Your Highness, forgive me! Your Highness, forgive me!"
Gu Qi didn't know what was going on and heard Li Jinghao exclaim: "Your Highness! You are injured!"
She pulled Yuan Zhe's body and saw that the clothes on his left forearm were torn and there were bright red cuts on his arm.
"Li Jinghao! Call Dr. Xu and Dr. Yan!"
Gu Qi yelled at Li Jinghao, gently held Yuan Zhe's arm with both hands, took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the blood around it.
When Yuan Zhe saw her like this, his heart immediately softened and he allowed her to take care of him like this.
After a while, Yan Churong and Xu Shuo ran over carrying medicine boxes!
Yan Churong stepped forward and pulled Gu Qi, and asked nervously: "Where is it hurt?"
Gu Qi shook his head: "It's not me."
After that, he took Yan Churong to the hospital.
Xu Shuo walked straight up to Yuan Zhe, held up Yuan Zhe's arm, and looked at it carefully.
Seeing that Gu Qi was not injured, Yan Churong breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at the woman and raised his hand to signal: "Your wound is still bleeding and needs to be treated. Let's go in."
The woman nodded, looked at Gu Qi, and bowed slightly: "Thank you, Master Pei."
Gu Qi nodded.
At this time, Xie Ruoling looked at Yan Churong in trance.
She had never seen a man so handsome.
Everyone praised Prince Zhenguo for his majestic appearance, but Yuan Zhe always showed the murderous determination and power calculations of a soldier. He exuded a murderous aura and was not easy to approach, let alone get along with.
The person in front of me was cold and cold, seemingly arrogant and disdainful, but there was still some compassion in his eyes.
Sensing the strange gaze, Yan Churong wrote his displeasure on his face, met his gaze, and frowned slightly.
"Oh," Xie Ruoling came to her senses, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she helped the woman walk towards the courtyard.
Gu Qi returned to Yuan Zhe and asked, "How is it?"
Xu Shuo smiled slightly: "The skin injury is not a problem."
"Then let's go in quickly!"
After saying that, Gu Qi made way, and Xu Shuo held Yuan Zhe's arm and stepped into the threshold.
"grown ups!"
The shouts of the people came from behind, and Gu Qi turned around.
Yuan Zhe also turned his head, looked at the crowded crowd, and sighed: "Pei Qihuan."
"I'm here."
"You will try this case."
After that, he stepped into the courtyard.
Gu Qi scratched his head and felt a mess in front of his eyes.
Li Jinghao whispered in his ear: "Sir, do you want to open a meeting?"
She took a deep breath and shouted, "Let's go! Go to the government office!"
He didn't have time to go back to the governor's office to change his clothes, and he was afraid that sitting in court would not be dignified, so he had to borrow the official uniform of the county magistrate and sit firmly in the government office of Xu Ting County.
Zhao Dexun escorted the man into the hall, and his father sat beside him on his knees.
After the woman was bandaged, Xie Ruoling slowly walked into the hall.
"mighty--!"
The government officials stood on both sides holding water and fire sticks, their faces serious and inviolable.
Gu Qi sat in the hall, looking at the people kneeling under the hall, not knowing what to say.
Upon seeing this, the magistrate of Xuting County stepped forward, picked up the gavel, and slapped it hard!
"Snapped!"
The alarm sounded.
Gu Qi was startled, and quickly regained his stern look, imitating the county magistrate: "Who is here?"
The woman knelt down in the hall and responded: "The common man Zhang Wang is married to Zhang Dazhuang. The case of Zhang Dazhuang was tried a few days ago. I got justice from the elder and the truth of the matter was revealed. Today, the common man went out and was unexpectedly chased and killed. , I was able to escape only by meeting the great master who was interrogating the case that day."
Gu Qi looked at the woman with doubts in her heart.
The woman's oral narration of her experience was too bland.
It seems to have nothing to do with him, and he doesn't seem to want to pursue it.
Then, Gu Qi waved his hand towards Zhao Dexun: "Let him go."
Zhao Dexun nodded, stood up and handed over the dagger in his hand: "This is the murder weapon."
Gu Qi stretched out two fingers, gently picked up the dagger, and then gently put it down.
There were traces of blood on the blade, whether it belonged to the woman or Yuan Zhe.
"Tell me, why did you commit murder?"
The man was kneeling on the ground, his head touching the ground, sobbing.
Compared with the calm woman next to him, she looks more like a victim.
Seeing that his son was so sad that it was difficult to express, his father crawled forward two steps and knelt down.
"Sir, we are the people of Xu Ting County. Our surname is Xu. Our family has one son and one daughter. Last year, Lord Feng Ruifeng sent the girls to a nearby county to make a living in weaving and sericulture. , so that I could beg for food, so my daughter went with her..."
Before Xu's father finished speaking, he choked up. In order to seek justice, he held back his tears and continued: "Who would have thought! The man who killed a thousand swords was not doing a decent business! The woman he took away was actually Sent to Qinlou and Chuguan to be a prostitute!"
After saying that, he could no longer hide his sadness and started crying!
The man behind him echoed: "My poor sister is only thirteen years old! It's hard to imagine how much suffering she will suffer in that dirty place!"
Seeing the man beating the ground and crying bitterly, Gu Qi couldn't help but feel sad.
But in the end, this matter is Feng Rui's fault, and what does it have to do with Zhang Dazhuang?
"What does this have to do with the Zhang Dazhuang family?"
The man pointed at the woman and cried: "Zhang Dazhuang and his team are responsible for transporting the woman! If she hadn't turned against Feng Rui, this vicious woman would have concealed the truth!"
Gu Qi was shocked!
I don't know this at all!
She looked at the woman in the hall, her face still calm and her eyes empty.
"Ms. Zhang Wang, do you accept the words of Mr. Xu and his son?"
The woman said calmly: "Yes."
Gu Qi was furious. She raised her hand to cover the lottery tube, grabbed a handful of lottery tickets, and stood up angrily: "In that case..."
The woman closed her eyes and shed tears.
"My lord, my lord,"
Xu's father crawled forward a few more steps, getting closer to Gu Qi: "Now, punishing him again will not help. The common people hope that you, sir, can find those women back for our people! Even if it means death..."
He swallowed his tears. Although he didn't want to admit it, he was prepared for the worst: "Even if she dies, I want my daughter to be buried in peace. Don't... don't have a hasty burial. She won't even be able to go home." ..."
The people watching also shed tears, and their ears were filled with sobs that could not be dispersed for a long time.
Tears blurred vision.
Gu Qi raised her hand to wipe it and saw Yuan Zhe standing in front of the hall.
Without saying much, he put down his injured arm and walked slowly into the hall.
"Your Highness."
Yuan Zhe sat on an armchair and looked at everyone in the hall.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Gu Qi approached him directly: "Your Highness! Take a step to speak!"
He raised his head and looked into Gu Qi's red eyes: "I have said that you will be the one to try this case."
"But..." Gu Qi looked confused.
"Your decision is my king's decision."
Gu Qi met Yuan Zhe's firm gaze and felt confident. She took a deep breath, coughed twice, and walked steadily up to the hall.
"Ms. Zhang Wang, do you have the registration list of girls from each family over the years?"
"have."
"Do you have a shipping address?"
The woman lowered her head: "No, the address will be burned after reading and never leave any trace. I'm just afraid that someone would investigate it and cause a lot of trouble."
"How can this be good..."
"There is no address. I don't know where the woman is sent. How can I find it?"
The people watching started talking, causing a commotion.
"Snapped!"
The alarm sounded.
Gu Qi straightened his back, stood in front of the hall, and shouted: "Li Jinghao!"
Li Jinghao was startled and hurriedly stepped forward: "Sir."
"Inform the governors of all counties that from now on, within two days, the number of women who have run away within their jurisdiction will not be omitted, and there will be no mistakes!"
"yes."
"Zhang Wangshi."
"exist."
"Your husband Zhang Dazhuang has unshirkable responsibility for the abduction and trafficking of women. You are hereby ordered to hand over the registration list and make amends for your past mistakes."
The woman kowtowed to Gu Qi: "Thank you, sir."
"Everyone, if you have any clues, you can go directly to Governor Li. I will definitely bring the woman back and reunite your families!"
"My lord Shengming!"
"My lord is mighty!"
The sounds that came and went were like huge waves, beating over each other layer by layer.
Gu Qi peeked at Yuan Zhe.
I saw him sitting on the armchair, lowering his head and smiling.
