HLnovel Chapter 122 Head-to-head confrontation
Chapter 122 Head-to-head confrontation
The Xu family had never expected that someone in Ruyin would dare to knock on their door.
After knocking for more than ten times, a few men came out from the corner door. When they saw Zhang Tong knocking on the door, they instantly became furious and walked towards Zhang Tong, cursing.
"Stop it, stop it. Where did you come from, you fat man? Do you think you can just knock on the door of our Xu family?"
After all, Zhang Tong is a reserve member of the Yulin Guard and has to learn martial arts since he was young. If he didn't have some skills, he wouldn't be able to enter the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
So when several servants of the Xu family came over to push him, they were all pulled and dragged aside by him.
"Oh, you dare to fight in the Xu family compound. You don't even know how to write the word death. Lai Fu, go call for help."
Zhang Tong took out his badge from his waist: "The Criminal Investigation Department is investigating the case. Go and call out your supervisor."
Several servants were stunned: "The Judicial Investigation Department? What is that? I have never heard of it. This is the Xu family compound. Even if the county magistrate comes, he has to wait at the corner gate over there and wait for us to go in and report. You dare to make trouble here? I think you are tired of living."
He spoke sternly but didn't dare to do anything. He just surrounded Zhang Tong and muttered dirty words.
Soon, more than a dozen big men rushed out from the corner gate on the other side, each holding a stick in his hand. The leader was a burly man with a waist circumference almost as big as his height. He had the loudest voice among the group.
"Who dares to act wildly in front of the Xu family? Don't you know where this place is?"
Zhang Tong had already retreated to Ling Chuan's side. The burly guy was yelling at Ling Chuan, which made Ling Chuan's ears numb and itchy. He couldn't help but stretch out his little finger to pick his ears.
"Are you the manager of the Xu family?"
Ling Chuan's lazy and nonchalant look still made the other party a little wary. The other party looked Ling Chuan up and down and said, "I'm the manager. What do you do?"
Ling Chuan took out his badge and flashed it: "The Criminal Investigation Department has been ordered to investigate the Huang family murder case in Hexi Village. Since you are the one in charge, come with me to the government office, Zhang Tong, arrest the person."
Zhang Tong pulled out a chain from his waist and was about to put it around the big man's neck. The big man quickly stepped back to dodge: "What the hell are you doing? You're arresting people. What kind of government office is the Judicial Investigation Department? Why do you come to our Ruyin County to arrest people?"
The people holding sticks behind the big man also stepped forward and pretended to stop Zhang Tong.
Ling Chuan stepped forward and said, "What? Are you going to openly defy the imperial court?"
The short and fat man snorted, "Don't put accusations on us. This is the Xu family compound. If you want to arrest someone, you have to bring documents from the imperial court."
"You are ignorant and stupid." Ling Chuan snorted. "The Criminal Investigation Department can arrest first and try later when investigating a case. This is a special permission granted by the emperor. Do you dare to disobey the emperor's order?"
"I'll give you one more chance. Go and call the person in charge of your Xu family. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Ling Chuan was not making this up, the Investigation Bureau did have this privilege, he just switched the concepts and added another half clause, which was that the Investigation Bureau could only arrest but not try people, and the interrogation had to be handed over to the Three Judicial Departments.
Although the short and fat man was fooled by Ling Chuan, he still insisted when he saw that there were only three people on the other side.
"Just arrest him if you say so. Lai Fu, go and ask for Third Uncle."
In fact, Ling Chuan was not here to arrest anyone at all. He just came to show his presence and provoke the Xu family to take action.
So he was not in a hurry and just waited for the other party's third uncle to come out.
After waiting for a long time, the third uncle that the short and fat man mentioned turned out to be an old man who was very frail. He sat in a sedan chair and was carried out by two young men.
Before the third uncle got off the sedan, the short and fat man snorted, "My third uncle is the elder of the Xu family. If you have anything to say, just tell him."
Ling Chuan narrowed his eyes. The old man had a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, and looked like he had the sequelae of cerebral thrombosis. It was obvious that he wanted to play with the rolling knife.
"Are you sure this is the person in charge of your Xu family?"
Ling Chuan showed a sly smile on his face, and the short and fat man said, "That's right, Third Uncle is the most senior person in our Xu family. Let me tell you, Third Uncle is a Jinshi. If you take him away, you won't be able to bear the consequences if something goes wrong."
"Can't afford to offend?" Ling Chuan laughed: "If you have the ability, go to the Criminal Investigation Department to find me, Zhang Tong, and arrest him.
Zhang Tong shook the chain open and just put it around his third uncle's neck, the third uncle raised his hand tremblingly, mumbling something in his mouth, and then foamed at the mouth, and then his eyes rolled back, his head tilted, and he passed out.
All of the Xu family members immediately became noisy and pushed forward, swearing.
Ling Chuan took a step forward and pinched Third Uncle's philtrum with his thumb. Third Uncle could not bear the pain and struggled to sit up straight.
"Third uncle, are you okay?"
Third Uncle kept waving his hands and still mumbling something, no one could make out what he was saying, but Ling Chuan pretended to move closer to listen.
"What did you say? You said that the murder of the Huang family was committed by your Xu family? And the leader was this shorty?"
When Third Uncle heard Ling Chuan's nonsense, he became anxious and muttered even faster.
"It has nothing to do with you, right? Okay, okay, I get it." Ling Chuan looked at the short and fat man: "You heard it, your third uncle said that you did it, come with me."
The short and fat man was stunned, he had never thought that there would be someone more shameless than him. However, more and more people gathered around, there were hundreds of people, more than half of them were members of the Xu family, and the man became bolder.
"Don't make a fuss here. Without the approval of the government, don't even think about arresting anyone from the Xu family."
"Correct!"
"Yep!"
A group of men holding sticks took another step forward, and Ling Chuan and the other two were surrounded.
Ling Chuan leaned close to Chu Yi's ear and whispered, "Can you catch this guy?"
Chu turned his body to one side: "It's easy to capture him, but it's hard to protect you."
"That's fine."
Ling Chuan shouted at the other party: "I will give you another deadline. Hand over the murderer within three days, otherwise I will not be polite. Let's go."
When everyone saw Ling Chuan admitting his defeat, they immediately burst into booing. The short and fat man was even more arrogant: "You want to take someone from the Xu family, but you don't even consider your own weight."
Amid a series of laughter, Ling Chuan and the other two walked out of the encirclement and got on the carriage.
"Zhang Tong was driving the car. He arrested someone on the first day of the first lunar month and ran away after arresting him."
Ling Chuan gave an order and the two responded at the same time. As the carriage started slowly, Chuyi jumped out of the carriage, passed through the crowd in an instant, and came in front of the short and fat man.
The short and fat man only had time to make an expression on his face, and before he could swing the stick in his hand, Chuyi had already cut his neck with a palm, and then he lost consciousness.
Chuyi bent down and carried the fat man on his shoulders. When he was running back, the others reacted and shouted, trying to stop him, but he was very fast and caught up with the carriage in three leaps and two bounds.
"Hurry, hurry, run."
Under Ling Chuan's repeated urging, Zhang Tong whipped the horse whip wildly and the carriage rushed out quickly.