Genshin Impact: Liyue's Strongest Thousand Rock Army

Chapter 119: Case Investigation (Part )

Chen Baiwang still wanted to struggle and stared at Doctor Zhang fiercely, but the latter seemed fearless and just stood there, motionless.

Seeing that he had no intention of changing his words, Chen Baiwang snorted through his nostrils. His chest under his loose clothes rose and fell slightly, making people fear that his heart would explode.

Looking at Su Ping again, Chen Baiwang waved his sleeves and left. The strong young men naturally followed him. The group came in a hurry and left angrily.

Doctor Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, bent his upright body slightly, and said calmly, "Sir, I have no other testimony. Can I leave now?"

"Go ahead. Thank you for your help." Xu Xun put down the pen he was writing on and put it in his sleeve. He had already roughly organized the words.

"Thank you, sir!" Doctor Zhang's eyes fell on Su Ping. After their eyes met, he lowered his eyebrows, turned around and walked away quickly, as if he didn't want to stay any longer.

Su Ping seemed to understand the meaning of his eyes, that guilty look. He thought that the other party had promised Chen Baiwang something, such as the harm just now.

However, for some reason, the other party suddenly came to his senses and did not help the evil. Su Ping did not know why, so he could only think that the other party had a change of heart.

The bright moon hung on the edge of the night sky. Countless stars concealed their light, leaving the moonlight to dominate the sky. In everyone's eyes, only the bright moon was left.

Xu Xun hesitated for a moment and said, "Su Ping, it's getting late. You should go back. If I need your help tomorrow, I will come back to you."

"Okay." Su Ping replied.

"It's troublesome."

"It doesn't matter."

Su Ping left, but Xu Xun stayed where he was, and along with him, the last bit of doubt he had about the young man was also completely eliminated.

"Old Xu, what are you still standing there for? Come over and review the situation with us!" someone invited, and the others all looked at the middle-aged man.

Xu Xun waved his hand and said, "Here I come."

……

The next day, Su Ping did not encounter the General Affairs Department or the Qianyan Army standing at the door of his house. The old water tank behind his house had been moved away, while the new water tank stood there quietly, full of clear water.

When Su Ping came back last night, the place was already like this. He knew that Uncle Zhang probably asked a few young men to help move it, or it was possible that Uncle Zhang moved it alone.

Su Ping washed up as usual and went to the kitchen. He had just lit the fire, but before he could put it on the stove to cook, someone came.

Su Ping put out the fire, wiped his hands with the hanging cloth, and said with a smile: "Aunt Zhang, why did you get up earlier than usual today?"

"You're still talking about me, but you're not that late either." Aunt Zhang held the pot of porridge in her hand and grinned, "Your uncle Zhang went to Liyue Harbor yesterday and bought some good dried fruits, which I used to make eight-treasure porridge this morning.

It will save you from having to light the fire and cook it. Put it out quickly and have a taste together!"

"Wow, Aunt Zhang's cooking skills are definitely top-notch!" First, he said something that lived up to his reputation. Then, Su Ping spread out his hands and said, "You came with a pot, which was already burnt out."

"You're so smart and have a keen eye!" Aunt Zhang walked over to the table, not knowing whether it was a compliment or a teasing.

Su Ping took the bowl and chopsticks and ran to the table. He served a bowl of porridge to the strong-willed woman, then served himself a bowl before sitting down.

Not long after, Aunt Zhang asked him with a worried look in her eyes why he had been leaving early and coming back late these days, and always hanging out with the officials and gentry in Liyue Harbor. Was there something wrong?

Su Ping laughed and said, "Isn't it like this every day?" Then he explained seriously that there was nothing to hide.

"Is that so? Are you okay?"

"Of course it's okay, it wasn't me who did it."

"You're still kidding. Do you know that I was almost frightened to death these past two days?"

"I'm sorry to have made you worry."

"It's not your fault, why are you apologizing?"

"Yes Yes."

"Su Ping." Aunt Zhang spoke earnestly, as if she had some important life event that she wanted to entrust to the young man in front of her.

Su Ping also had a serious expression and listened attentively.

"Be a man, be tough. Don't keep saying yes and yes. It doesn't sound good. Do you understand?"

"understood."

"Eat it before it gets cold."

"It smells good even when it's cold."

"You're such a sweet kid..."

……

In the next few days, the General Affairs Department staff and the Qianyan Army withdrew from Nancun in batches, and this small village finally returned to peace.

But just because the village has returned to peace, it doesn't mean that everyone is safe. For example, Su Ping thought that he would not run into the official again too soon, but things in the world are unpredictable and man proposes, God disposes.

When he went out this morning, he unexpectedly met three officials, including Xu Xun, whom he had met not long ago, and Li Cheng and Li Jin, who had a black face and a red face respectively last time.

"Three of you, what's going on?" Su Ping raised his eyebrows, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Because generally speaking, sending one or even two to ask should be the limit, but this time three came, I'm afraid someone's whole family will be slaughtered?

"The situation is urgent. There is no time to explain. Come with us to Liyue Harbor!" Li Jin stepped out quickly and was in front of the young man in the blink of an eye, his voice urgent.

Su Ping had no time to react, so he could only nod and then follow...walking.

Yes, it was walking, not running, and there were no horse-drawn carriages or rickshaws to ride in. We just walked, and leisurely, as if we were strolling around the streets.

As for Li Jin, who asked this question just now, he held the back of his head with both hands and hummed a little tune from time to time. How could someone who didn't know him believe that he was not a playboy?

"Didn't you say the situation is urgent? This is..." Su Ping looked at the two people beside him. He had just woken up and only washed his face without eating. It was obvious that he didn't want to use his brain.

Li Cheng, who was very frugal with words, naturally would not answer. He just "pierced" someone with his eyes, which were so resentful that it seemed that they could drown the person.

Xu Xun, who was gentle and always handled official business impartially, said slowly, "There is a case from five years ago that has been overturned and retried. We need you, the client, to be a witness."

Su Ping's eyes widened. "That assassination case?"

"That's right, the real mastermind is not Liu Yucong, but someone else. And the person who made the final decision on the case at that time has now been released from office and is being tried!" Li Jin laughed.

Su Ping was shocked again, thinking that the matter was not as simple as he had originally thought. He actually caused a person to lose his job. But was it because of his poor handling of the case, or was it for other reasons?

Just as the boy was thinking, a snapping sound and a few wailing sounds brought his thoughts back to the soil he was walking on.

Li Jin was seen covering his head with his hands, looking as if he was about to cry, and gasping for breath, as if he had experienced something terrible.

Li Cheng wiped his right hand with his left sleeve and said briefly but reasonably: "Stop making noise!"

"What's wrong? Don't you also dislike that guy? He always boasts about his relatively presentable appearance, as if no one in the General Affairs Department looks down on him, as if he is a seven-star!" Li Jin cursed at him, but his hands did not stop moving, gently soothing the "injury" on his head.

Li Cheng frowned, hummed, and turned away without looking at his partner, who seemed to have mental problems in his opinion.

Li Jin took advantage of this opportunity and glared at his partner with a look of contempt at lightning speed, then quickly regained his normal expression and straightened his walking posture.

Su Ping and Xu Xun, who watched the whole process, smiled and shook their heads, showing some joy and a little helplessness. The middle-aged and the young are similar, although they may not be similar in appearance, they are similar in spirit.

The little incidents continued, but the team's pace did not slow down, although it was not fast to begin with.

Su Ping was a little puzzled by the pace of the stall, which was even slower than his own. But he was relieved immediately. Since the staff were not worried, he just followed their instructions.

It's one thing to talk about Li Jin alone, but if Li Cheng and Xu Xun are added, then there will be absolutely no problem. At least, that's how Su Ping sees them.

One is lively, one is silent, one talks neither too much nor too little, but always hits the point, and I don't have anything good to say, so that's all. There are four of us in this group, each with his own characteristics and merits.

After arriving at Liyue Harbor, they did not rush to Yujing Terrace immediately, but went to the snack street because someone said, no rush, don't rush, wait until after eating.

Su Ping didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Should he set up the stall or not?

In front of the unopened stall, Li Jin looked at the boy next to him and said with a grin, "Boss, give me four boxes of peach blossom cakes!"

"The stall is not even open yet, what are you looking at me for?" Su Ping was stared at for a while, and said helplessly: "I really don't have anything on me, I can't do it!"

Li Jin still stared at the food, with a determined look as if he would not leave until he could eat it.

Su Ping slapped his forehead and said, "Can we go to the General Affairs Department first? I'll treat you when you're done and come back!"

"You're right. A gentleman's word is as good as gold. Let's get to work." Li Jin clapped his hands, then walked with the other two to the back of the stall to the tables and chairs for customers to sit on.

"No, you three, don't leave!"

"Don't worry, it doesn't start until noon. We can eat something and you can set up the stall at the same time. It's a win-win situation, right?" Li Jinhuan looked back at him with a smile.

Su Ping looked strange, and then he seemed to have finally suppressed his resentment. He said quietly, "Those tables and chairs belong to the stall next door. Are you going there?"

A gentleman's words are as good as his words, and once Su Ping spoke, three people stopped.

They turned to look at Su Ping, and then their eyes were focused on the leader Li Jin, who felt embarrassed and quickly covered his face.

"No, with all your stuff, why don't you even buy a set of tables and chairs?"

“No need.”

Su Ping was running a dim sum stall, not a noodle soup or rice stall that required pots, bowls, and utensils, so why did he need to put all these things on display? So he gave the space behind the stall to the owner of the stall next door.

But in the end, Li Jin sat on the chair as he wished, holding the peach blossom cake he had long wanted to try in one hand and eating it with relish.

Li Cheng naturally still had a blank expression on his face, and he was the same to everyone.

Outside of work, Xu Xun is a peacemaker and a good-natured uncle, and what he says to Su Ping is the most pleasant and useful to the latter.

After all, who made the other two, one doesn't talk much, and the other talks too much nonsense?

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