Li Residence
Upon receiving the command, arrest officer Guan led a group of governnt officials straight into the Li Residence to apprehend soone.
The house servant by the door panicked upon seeing the officers and quickly tried to intercept them, asking, "Governnt officer, brother, what’s happening? Please allow to inform them first."
One of the governnt officials swung his arm, pushing the house servant far away, "Stand aside, don’t delay the governnt officer’s duties; we are here to arrest Li Fugui!"
Upon hearing that the Eldest Young Master was to be arrested, the house servant scurried to the front hall to report to Master Li.
Master Li and his wife were leisurely warming themselves by the fire in the bedroom when they heard the house servant’s report, and quickly made their way to the hall, only to discover the governnt officials already waiting there.
Master Li, calm and composed, "Arrest officer Guan, good to see you well. May I inquire why you have personally intruded upon my ho today?"
"Master Li, sorry for the offense! The Magistrate requests your son to appear before the court; we would appreciate it if you would let your son co out to avoid us having to search for him."
"..." What on earth did his son do? Could it be the previous incident involving an arrest? Now that the governnt officers had co knocking, it truly was a blow to his dignity.
Master Li was furious, yet he didn’t show it on the outside, "Arrest officer Guan, what cri has my son committed that warrants your personal attention to arrest him? Please inform ."
In the County, Master Li was a man of stature, and his words naturally carried weight.
Therefore, arrest officer Guan said, "Master Li must have heard about the poisoning case causing an uproar in the County town, right? The perpetrator has been caught; we are here to arrest the person behind the scenes!"
"Cough! Cough!" Fugui was the mastermind behind the scenes? Master Li choked and coughed several tis, covering his chest with his hand, shocked by how bold Fugui was.
"Arrest officer Guan, could there be so misunderstanding? My son has been at ho recently and has never gone out. How could he be involved in a poisoning case?"
"Whether he’s involved is not for us to say, just bring the young master out quickly and co with us!"
Seeing that arrest officer Guan was determined not to rest until soone was taken into custody, Master Li sent soone to call Li Fugui out.
As soon as Li Fugui ca out, arrest officer Guan waved his hand, and two governnt officials imdiately restrained Li Fugui.
Seeing himself overpowered by the governnt officials, Li Fugui was clueless about what was happening and struggled desperately, "What are you doing? Let go of , let go of !"
"Take him away!" Arrest officer Guan saw that much ti had already been wasted, "My apologies, Master Li; with this, I take my leave."
Li Fugui was taken away just like that, shouting the whole ti, not knowing why he was being arrested, "Let go of , on what grounds are you arresting !"
After the governnt officials left, Mrs. Li, grasping Master Li’s arm, began to cry out of anxiety, "Master, what shall we do! You must save him! He’s our only son."
"Hmph! Look at what your well-raised son has done! Last ti it was an arrest, and now he dares to poison soone?"
Mrs. Li continued to cry, "It can’t be, it can’t be, my son would never do such a thing."
"Could the governnt office have wrongfully accused him? Let him stay in jail. I do not acknowledge him as my son," said Master Li, flinging his sleeve and leaving, not caring whether his wife fell from being pushed away, as he went back to his room.
Mrs. Li was left alone, with the words "Let him stay in jail" echoing in her mind.
No, she had to save her son; even if he had killed soone, he was still her son—her only son.
Hurriedly, she went back to her room, took out her years of savings and jewelry, determined to bribe her way through, to save her son.
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