The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 139 The Criminal Woman

Chu Yanqiu was very dissatisfied with Shen Maofeng's brainless and tasteless behavior. He stared at Shen Maofeng coldly, making Shen Maofeng feel as if he was facing a great enemy, with sweat on his forehead.

Chu Yanqiu asked, "Why are you sweating? Am I that scary? I heard that you have been the magistrate of Qinghe County for three years. Haven't you seen what people call the power of an official? You have followed the orders of your superiors and have seen a lot. How did you become like this? How did you become the magistrate of Qinghe County?"

After saying that, he looked at Master Jiang and said directly, "A Qinghe County Magistrate and a Qinghe County Magistrate worked together under the same roof for three years. But when they returned to the capital, in front of everyone, their words and actions were more intense than the feud between two families. Can any of you tell me why?"

Jiang Duzhi was more in awe of Chu Yanqiu than afraid of him, but he was in no mood to tell Chu Yanqiu about their affairs at this moment, so he bowed and said, "Master Chu, you are worrying too much. Master Shen and I do have some disagreements, but it is not what Master Chu said. It's getting late, I won't bother you anymore, goodbye."

After saying that, he dragged Tian Liuer away.

Seeing him leave so easily, Shen Maofeng also said to Shen Wen: "Seventeenth brother, let's go too. Grandfather is still waiting for us at home."

Shen Wen didn't even glance at her. She looked at a wonton stand in the corner and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? I'm hungry. I need to eat. You know I'm a seriously injured patient. I can't treat myself badly."

As she spoke, she pulled Ji Zichu's sleeve and said as they walked, "Third Young Master... Third Young Master, look there, there is something delicious, let's go eat, but we agreed that you will treat me, I... I don't have any money."

Ji Zichu said: "Money is not a problem, but the stall looks a bit too shabby, and... that person is not clean..."

Shen Wen didn't care about what he was concerned about. She just pulled him to the stall and looked at the soup in the pot with interest.

Shen Wen glanced at the bowl beside him, which still had cilantro and chopped green onions, so he asked the old man who was buying wontons, "It looks delicious. Can I have two bowls, please? Can I have more cilantro and chopped green onions?"

The old man smiled and said, "Okay...Okay...I'll cook it for you right away. Please sew it for a while."

The old man moved slowly because of a pain in his waist, but perhaps he felt the sound coming and his heart was beating, so his hands and feet moved faster, but he inadvertently affected his injured part, so the old man stopped, bent down and supported his waist.

Shen Wen said, "Hey, old man, did someone kick you? That's why your waist is inconvenient."

The old man hurriedly said: "No...no..."

Shen Wen said, "How could there be none? I saw the shoe prints on your waist. It seems that a fat man weighing about 150 kilograms kicked you. This fat man was not very tall. He was wearing high-soled short-strap shoes with embroidered soles. The embroidery was very good. It should have been done by a skillful maid. The stitches are even and fine."

After she said this, Shen Maofeng and the servants who were following behind her looked unhappy, because it was one of the strong men who kicked the old man down on the way here just now.

The servant who had done the bad thing was so frightened that he stepped back involuntarily. However, his behavior was too obvious to Chu Yanqiu and Ruan Qingxia.

But Chu Yanqiu kicked the dog servant on the buttocks and said angrily: "Go away, you almost fell on me, you blind dog."

The servant turned around and saw that it was Chu Yanqiu who kicked him. He was so scared that he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Oh, please calm down, sir. It was me who was blind and didn't recognize you, but I really didn't see you just now..."

He knelt on the ground, and the prints of his feet were visible to everyone.

Ruan Qingxia stood behind him, looking at them and saying, "Oh! This dog slave's shoes are nice. You can tell at a glance that they were made by a young lady from some family for her lover. There is a lotus flower embroidered on the sole, and it looks like a pair of new high-soled shoes."

Then he deliberately asked the servant, "Boy? Who made these shoes for you? I will pay her one tael of silver and ask her to make me a pair of shoes. I want them to be made of the most fashionable black satin this year, just like yours."

Then he said to Shen Maofeng: "Oh! You wealthy families are so particular that even the shoes worn by your servants have to be made of this year's new cloth for the uppers, and have first-class embroidery... just like... the shoe prints left by the old man."

Shen Maofeng was shocked when he heard this, but he reacted surprisingly quickly. He immediately looked at the dog slave and said angrily, "Dog slave! Did you kick down the wonton seller? You are such a daring dog slave, why don't you crawl over and apologize to him?"

The servant was sensible. He immediately crawled over and kowtowed to the wonton seller several times. The sound of his head hitting the ground was so loud.

The frightened old man dodged immediately and waved his hands aside, saying: "Don't...don't...don't. We can't afford it."

At this critical juncture, the wontons that the uncle had put in the pot had already boiled. If they were not taken out in time, they would not taste good later. So the uncle did not care about the master and servant who had been performing. He hurried to take out the wontons, and scooped out bowls of them. Then he was busy preparing the ingredients, including onions and coriander.

Everyone tacitly ignored the master and servant. Ruan Qingxia and Chu Yanqiu also picked a seat and sat down.

Shen Wen glanced at Doctor Sun who was still standing at the gate of the yamen, looking at them with his hands in his sleeves.

She called him, "Dr. Sun! Come here! Come and have some wontons. The wontons here look delicious."

Doctor Sun was not in the mood. He glanced at Chu Yanqiu secretly, smacked his lips, and walked slowly towards the wonton stall.

Bowls of steaming and fragrant wontons were brought to the low table. Shen Wen couldn't wait to pick up the bowl, put his mouth close to the edge of the bowl, and sip the soup.

She swallowed it, and let out a sigh at the delicious taste.

Ji Zichu, who was watching this greedy cat-like behavior, felt distressed and amused, saying, "Slow down, be careful not to burn your mouth."

Shen Wen didn't listen to what he said, just smiled foolishly as a response. Then he scooped up a wonton, blew it carefully, and put it into his mouth to chew.

Seeing how happily she was eating, the other three also started to try it.

They ate the wontons leisurely.

Shen Maofeng, who was standing aside awkwardly, had already smelled the fragrance.

He couldn't help but look at the wontons still cooking in the pot, and told the old butler with his eyes to get him a bowl.

The old housekeeper had no choice but to quietly ask the old man selling wontons for a bowl.

How could the old man dare to be negligent? He immediately scooped out the bowl of soup from the pot, prepared it, and handed it to the old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper took it and was about to present it to Shen Maofeng when he heard Shen Wen say, "Hey... Old man! How did you cook this bowl so quickly? Someone must have ordered it in advance, right? I saw that this bowl of wontons you cooked also has an egg in it. Who is it for?"

The old man looked at the eggs still boiling in the pot, then smiled and said, "This young man has looked very carefully. This bowl of wontons is indeed reserved for someone, Liu the jailer of Yingtian Prefecture."

Just as he finished speaking, a person popped out from the gate of the government office and looked over here.

When Ruan Qingxia saw this man, he greeted him, "Liu Qingshan, come here quickly."

Liu Qingshan also recognized that it was Ruan Qingxia, and ran over without hesitation, smiling and saying to Ruan Qingxia: "It's really you. Just now someone said you were here, but I didn't believe it. Now that I see the real person, I'm so happy. Qingxia boy, are you coming to Yingtian Prefecture to be an official again? How come the higher-ups didn't reveal any news at all?"

Ruan Qingxia said, "I just received the emperor's oral order. The emperor said that I was too idle staying at home all day, so I might as well go back to my old position and stir up trouble. He also asked me to take up the position immediately. You see, I came here immediately. I'm still hungry, so I'll eat a few wontons before doing anything."

Liu Qingshan didn't know anyone, so he didn't care about the difference in status. He sat down next to Ruan Qingxia and said to Chu Yanqiu who was sitting opposite him: "Brother, get me a bowl and a spoon. They are behind you. Pass them to me."

Chu Yanqiu was about to turn back to get it, but the wonton seller hurried over and rushed to give the bowl to Liu Qingshan.

Ruan Qingxia asked, "You ordered a bowl of wontons just now? I remember you didn't like it before. You liked to eat pancakes with braised meat."

Liu Qingshan then said, "Yes, it's rare that you still remember this. These wontons are not for me to eat. There is a female prisoner in our prison who just gave birth to a baby prematurely. Both the adult and the child are alive, but they are too weak. I bought them for her to eat. This is the third time I have asked the wonton seller Bantan Wang for wontons in this place."

Everyone nodded.

Ruan Qingxia asked: "Who is the criminal woman? Is she a vicious criminal? If not, just move her and the child out and lock them up in a separate room."

Now he is the highest official in the yamen, and he can make the decision.

After hearing this, the busy King with the carrying pole stopped his work for a moment and looked at Ruan Qingxia.

Shen Wen swallowed the wonton in his mouth and said, "Is she bleeding heavily? She is so weak that you, a prison guard, can't bear to watch her. You are willing to spend your own money to buy wontons for her. I'm afraid it's not as simple as giving birth. I'm afraid the child will also carry the disease from the womb? If not, entrust the child to other relatives. If you delay for too long, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen."

Liu Qingshan saw Shen Wen asking these questions at this moment. Why couldn't he remember who this person was? Wasn't this the young man who just came out of their prison? I heard that he was a young man who could handle cases.

Liu Qingshan didn't want to talk more about the female suspect, but now he became interested. He said, "To be honest, this woman almost bled to death during childbirth. She finally managed to survive, but now she is half dead. When she was brought in, she was still an innocent girl, but now she is as withered as a withered peach blossom, withered and miserable."

Shen Wen asked, "What's this girl's name? Why was she arrested?"