Chapter 139: Birds of a feather
Liu Ruyu gently blew on the hot tea in her hand, took a sip calmly, put the teacup on the square tray held by the maid beside her, then raised her eyes to look at Xie Bantou and said softly.
"So, you are here to see Fan Xian."
Xie Bantou smiled and bowed.
"Uh... yes, ma'am, please forgive me. Someone actually accused him of murder."
Liu Ruyu replied softly.
"No one is here."
Xie Bantou said with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Um, ma'am, this is an order from the prefect himself."
Liu Ruyu raised her eyebrows and said seriously.
"Then go find it quickly."
Xie Bantou forced a smile.
"If it's convenient, please let us take a look at the inner house."
Liu Ruyu also gave a fake smile, then put it away again.
"inconvenient!"
Xie Bantou wanted to struggle a little longer.
"Ma'am, we are just following orders, you see..."
Liu Ruyu interrupted directly and said loudly.
"see a visitor out!"
Xie Bantou was disheartened and gave up decisively. He bowed to Liu Ruyu and turned away.
Fan Xian, who was hiding in the back hall watching the show, saw that people were about to leave, and walked out without saying a word to Fan Sizhe next to him.
"Wow, you have a visitor so early."
Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyu frowned and thought to herself, "Ancestor, you came at the right time. I just sent that person away."
Upon hearing the voice, Xie Bantou and others turned their heads to look over. After being stunned for a few seconds, Xie Bantou pointed at Fan Xian and spoke excitedly.
"Fan Fan Fan Fan Xian! Quick! Capture him!"
As he said this, he led the officers past Liu Ruyu and rushed towards Fan Xian. Fan Xian did not dodge, but stood there with a smile, waiting to be captured.
Versace didn't know. He was already depressed for failing to stop Fan Xian. When he saw the current situation, he looked around quickly and saw a broom left by the servants in the corner. He quickly took it, took a deep breath, and rushed out with the broom.
Just as the leaders of the Xie squad rushed to Fan Xian, before they could take any action, they heard a roar.
"Everyone get out of the way, here comes General Fan!"
Then they saw a man waving a broom and rushing towards them. Xie Bantou and his men quickly retreated, not daring to provoke him.
Fan Xian opened his mouth wide, stunned.
Liu Ruyu is not much better than Fan Xian. What happened to her son? Fan Xian is not even anxious at all, so why is he so anxious?
Versace drove the Xie class leaders out of the front hall and forced them into the courtyard.
"Get lost, go!"
The leaders of Xie Ban shouted while dodging.
"Second Master, Second Master, calm down. We are just following orders."
Versace swung his broom and chopped it down.
"You are still following orders. Do you know who I am? I am Versace. Get out of here. I get angry when I see you!"
Xie Bantou was helpless. He dodged and grabbed the broom when Versace swung at him again.
Versace glared.
"Hey, you dare to fight back."
Team leader Xie gave a bitter smile and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. This man was obviously not a reasonable person, so he simply turned around and looked at his servants.
"Hey, spread out and go catch Fan Xian!"
Seeing this, Versace became anxious and roared to the sky.
"Come quickly, surround them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of servants from the Fan Mansion rushed over with sticks and surrounded Xie Bantou and others.
At this time, Liu Ruyu slowly walked out of the front hall and spoke.
"Okay, stop making trouble!"
Versace was stunned for a moment and turned back to look at his mother. The servants also dispersed as ordered. Xie Bantou's face flashed with gratitude and he looked at Liu Ruyu.
Liu Ruyu said.
"I won't make it difficult for you. You said you wanted to find Fan Xian, so you have to have an explanation."
Upon hearing this, Team Leader Xie quickly strode forward, bowed and said.
"Second Madam, Mr. Fan beat up Mr. Guo Baokun last night."
Liu Ruyu said directly.
"Impossible. Fan Xian was at home the whole night and didn't go out. How could he hit someone?"
Thank you, Bantoudao.
"But the complaint submitted by the Guo family early this morning clearly states that it was indeed Young Master Fan who beat the person."
Liu Ruyu narrowed her eyes and said coldly.
"You mean, I lied?"
Xie Bantou froze for a moment and smiled bitterly.
"Second Madam, whether this is true or not, we must ask Master Fan to come to the hall and ask for clarification."
Liu Ruyu thought for a moment and asked.
"Mr. Guo, who handed in the petition?"
Thank you, Bantoudao.
"The housekeeper of the Guo Mansion."
Liu Ruyu smiled, then her face turned cold.
"The butler handed in a complaint, and we, the young master of the Fan family, are asked to deal with it? This is simply too much! I'm saying this!" Liu Ruyu walked down the stairs and said, "Let Fan Xian go to Kyoto Prefecture. When the plaintiff Guo Baokun comes to court..."
Liu Ruyu stopped in front of Xie Bantou.
"Our young master will naturally go and confront him."
After saying this, Liu Ruyu took out a silver note from her sleeve and handed it to Xie Bantou.
"Let's go!"
Xie Bantou said quickly.
"Second Madam, this...is against the rules."
Liu Ruyu responded immediately.
"This is the rule of our Fan family!"
Then he stuffed the silver bills into Xie Bandou's belt.
Xie Bantou looked down, looking embarrassed.
"this…"
Versace rushed up again waving a broom.
"Get out of here!"
Captain Xie didn't dare to say anything more. This guy really dared to do it, so he turned around and left with his men.
Versace led his servants to drive them away.
Only then did Fan Xian slowly come out from the front hall, go down the steps and come to Aunt Liu's side.
Liu Ruyu looked at him.
"Tell me the truth, did you fight?"
Fan Xian nodded.
"beated."
Liu Ruyu was not surprised. "I'll ask the accountant to prepare more money and take care of what needs to be done. Beating someone up is not a big deal."
Fan Xian touched his nose.
"Uh... that was a bit heavy."
Liu Ruyu was shocked and asked hurriedly.
"How heavy?"
Fan Xian grinned sheepishly.
……
Mei Mansion.
study.
Mei Zhili slammed the petition on the table.
"Look at the kind of people you associate with. Why do you always get into trouble?"
Mei Cheng'an curled his lips, picked up the complaint, took a look at it, didn't see anything new, put it down, and smiled.
"It's just a fight between young people. Dad, why do you have to be so upset? Young people have great energy. It's good for them to vent their anger. I guess they will be at peace after venting it."
Mei Zhili glared.
"A Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and a Minister of Rites, which one is easy to deal with? This has been reported to the Kyoto Prefecture. Do you think your father, the Kyoto Prefecture, is just a joke? If it is verified, he will be convicted! No matter what the result is, one side will be offended."
Mei Chengan shrugged.
"Then it's settled. If you make a mistake, you have to admit it. As long as you are impartial and follow the rules, they will only hold a grudge against each other, not you. Hey, Dad, can I go to the hall to see what's going on?"
Mei Zhili uttered a "hey".
"Just stand there and watch the show. They are unlucky to have you as their friend. No, all three of you are bad guys. You are all birds of a feather."
Mei Chengan smiled.
"You have the final say, can I go?"
Mei Zhili rolled his eyes.
"Don't you have to go to the Honglu Temple to be on duty?"
Mei Chengan waved his hand.
"It's not a big deal to delay for a while. We can't spend the whole morning trying this case."
Mei Zhili thought about it and gave a reminder.
"Look, don't interrupt."
Mei Chengan smiled.
"Don't worry, Dad. You know the rules."
……
Guo Mansion.
He Zongwei fed Guo Baokun some water with a cow horn, then wiped his mouth. After putting the things down, he stood up and walked to Guo Youzhi.
"Sir, the young master is already so injured, and the Fan family still wants him to go to court. This is... ridiculous."
Guo Youzhi glanced at his son and said.
"Fan Jian is quite trusted by His Majesty, so I can't force him. If Fan Xian really wants to go to the classroom, Kun'er must also go."
Guo Baokun, who was lying on the couch, clenched his fists when he heard this.
"My Seven..."
Guo Youzhi and He Zongwei hurried to the couch.
"Kun'er, what did you say?"
Guo Baokun tried his best.
"My Seven..."
Before the two of them could think about it, the parrot raised by Guo Baokun started to cry.
"Five-seven, five-seven."
He Zongwei thought about it and suddenly realized it, and said to Guo Youzhi.
"Oh, I see, Wuqi, my wife, could it be that the young master wants to find his wife?"
Guo Baokun on the couch rolled his eyes when he heard this and thought to himself, you ghost wife, I'm talking about me!
Unfortunately, neither of them noticed his abnormality.
Guo You's way.
"Kun'er is still unmarried, where did his wife come from?"
Guo Youzhi thought about it and moved closer to his son.
"You mean you're going?"
Guo Youzhi looked at his son with concern.
"You are injured like this. It will be very painful for you to be carried to the classroom! Are you sure you want to go?"
Guo Baokun's eyes were full of hatred.
"My Seven..."
Guo Youzhi sighed.
"It seems that you are really angry with Fan Xian. Then, go ahead."
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at He Zongwei.
"It is not convenient for me to personally deal with this matter. You go find a Kyoto official. This matter must not be let go!"
He Zongwei said.
"Sir, before I came to Beijing, I worked as a lawyer. Over the years, I never lost a case."
After saying this, he bowed to Guo Youzhi.
"He, I am willing to serve you, my Lord!"
Guo Youzhi glanced at He Zongwei and said.
"I only have one request, to prove Fan Xian's guilt! He deserves death!"
Before He Zongwei could respond, Guo Baokun on the couch became excited again.
"Do, die, do, die..."
……
Fan Mansion.
Fan Xian said.
"He was beaten for a long time with a sack on his face. His speech became unclear and at least a few teeth were lost. I guess there are not many good places on his body left."
Liu Ruyu became anxious.
"It's just a small conflict, why is the fight so severe?!"
Just as Fan Xian was about to reply, Versace's voice was heard and the two turned their heads to look.
"He deserves to be beaten, and I think it's not light enough."
Liu Ruyu looked at her son in surprise as he walked up to her.
"Is there anything about you here?"
Versace raised his head.
"I was the one who beat up the guy named Guo. Fan Xian was put in a sack and kicked down. I did all the rest. If he hadn't fainted, I could have beaten him for another half an hour."
"..."
Liu Ruyu opened her mouth and looked at Fan Xian, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.
“He he he…”
Fan Xian smiled embarrassedly.
"I've practiced martial arts, and I was afraid that he would really cripple me, so..."
"..."
(End of this chapter)
