flstandardbreds Chapter 282: Helplessly Surrounded and Forced to Listen
Chapter 282: Helplessly Surrounded and Forced to Listen
Leng Xian and the carriage were surrounded by debt collectors and onlookers, unable to move at all.
Leng Xian stood alone on the shaft of the carriage, being stared at by everyone.
Among these looks, there is suspicion, speculation, ridicule, contempt, and disdain...
Even the looks from the ragged beggars standing by the opposite wall were meaningful, with sarcasm and ridicule in them...
Leng Xian's heart was filled with fear and despair.
The court's laws contain provisions to maintain the dignity of officials.
Anyone who talks about court officials behind their backs will be arrested and sent to the authorities and will be convicted.
But what about here?
The people actually surrounded him, a noble lord, and openly criticized and laughed at him.
He even spoke out his suspicions directly to my face, without any reservations!
They almost said it out loud: the former wife of Marquis Qinxing was killed by him, the Marquis, and his second wife in order to seize the mistress's huge dowry!
In order to completely seize the late lady's dowry, they also deliberately murdered Leng Rongyue, the eldest daughter of Marquis Qinxing!
Now that he failed to kill someone, he and his second wife devised a plan to falsely claim that the Marquis Qinxing's mansion had been robbed, creating the illusion that everything was stolen. They secretly transferred the late wife's dowry and then swallowed it all up!
Leng Xian wanted to refute and defend himself, but he only had one mouth and it was difficult for him to respond to everyone.
The discussions around them became louder and louder, and more and more outrageous.
Gradually, the discussion around Leng Xian turned into a buzzing sound that he could not hear clearly...
Leng Xian just felt dizzy and his body swayed a few times involuntarily, which caused a few exclamations from the onlookers.
Leng Xian reached out to hold onto the roof of the car, closed his eyes, and calmed himself down.
Leng Xian felt extremely sad when he thought about how he was standing here alone and helpless, being watched, accused, and speculated about by others, without any protection at all!
He is a marquis! Where are his guards? Where are his followers?
Yes, in order to save money, Leng Xian thought that the road from the capital to Banshan Manor was not too far and the official road along the way was very safe.
I'm going to travel quietly this time, so I won't make a fuss or bring so many people with me.
Leng Xian planned to go quietly to the Banshan Manor with a small entourage, so that it would be easier for him to cry poor, act miserable, and act pitiful when he saw Leng Rongyue!
However, he did not expect that when he went out with only a coachman and an attendant, he was surrounded by hundreds of people and was isolated and helpless!
Little Luozi had never experienced such a scene before. He stood beside the carriage, whip in hand, panicking, not knowing what to say or do.
Zhongshun was blocked by Leng Xian who was standing at the door of the carriage and could not get out for a while.
He was sitting in the carriage and could only see the lower half of Leng Xian's body blocking the door.
As for the curtains on both sides... he didn't even dare to open them.
He could hear the noise outside clearly.
He had once had the same guess in his mind.
But, that was his master and he was his servant, so he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb and keep silent.
Leng Xian forced himself to open his eyes and looked around.
The crowd surrounding the carriage just pointed at him casually and talked about him;
He didn't dare to defend himself, because no one listened to him;
When he wanted to leave, the carriage was blocked and couldn't move;
It seems that now we can only retreat back home.
Leng Xian was just thinking about telling Xiao Luozi to drive the carriage back to the mansion gate.
When he looked up, he saw a carriage approaching slowly from a distance, surrounded by seven or eight officials.
Is this Zheng Tong, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture?
Judging from the situation...it should be.
Leng Xian looked at it and felt frustrated.
When Zheng Tong, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, traveled, there were so many officials and attendants guarding outside his carriage.
And yet, as a marquis, he has to go out quietly and discreetly. Where is the dignity and aura that a marquis should have?
While feeling sad, a glimmer of hope welled up in my heart...
Zheng Tong is here. I wonder if there is any clue about the theft case in the Marquis' Mansion?
Or... or is he still just here to investigate the case and search for clues?
But no matter what, faced with this situation, as an official of Shuntian Prefecture, Zheng Tong should at least come over to help out his victim, right?
Leng Xian looked at the carriage in the distance with hope in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, the carriage, which was already moving slowly, stopped far away and did not move forward any further.
what happened?
Could it be that even Zheng Tong just wanted to stand far away and watch his own joke?
Watching the bustle of Marquis Qinxing’s Mansion from afar?
Leng Xian was filled with hatred, but he had no idea what to do.
He managed to calm himself down and pointed at Zheng Tong's carriage in the distance, "Everyone, everyone. Please be quiet!
Please look, that is the carriage of Mr. Zheng Tong, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, right?
I guess...it should be Lord Zheng who has arrived!
Maybe... maybe... there has been new progress in the case of the theft in the Marquis' Mansion.
Why don't you all... why don't you... go and ask Master Zheng Tong for me."
After hearing this, some of the onlookers turned around to look, and some stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks to look over there...
Sure enough, there was a carriage parked in the distance, with several officials following it.
However, the crowd did not follow Leng Xian's wishes and leave his carriage to surround Zheng Tong's carriage. Instead... they started a new wave of discussion.