Seeing this, Shen Qingyan hurriedly whispered to comfort him: "Don't worry, just talk slowly. I have plenty of time to listen to you clearly."

I don’t know if it was his words that worked, or if it was due to Liu Lichun’s personal reasons, but she, who had just been extremely anxious, was slowly calming down.

After a while, Liu Lichun finally calmed down and repeated the whole process without hiding anything.

Finally, he looked at Shen Qingyan seriously and said, "Sir, you are very observant. You must not let Zhang Quan, this shameless man, go."

Zhang Quan laughed strangely: "Who are you calling shameless? You're still thinking about men at such a young age. Who is shameless between us?"

Liu Lichun: "You are shameless, you are the most shameless, you——"

"Alright!" Shen Qingyan stopped the two men before they could start cursing each other. He glanced at them and said coldly, "If you want to decide the outcome by cursing, then go ahead. If you want me to help you get justice, then stay here honestly."

The two people who were scolded immediately lowered their heads and stopped talking.

Seeing that the two had finally quieted down, Shen Qingyan began to carefully ponder what they had just said, trying to find loopholes in their words.

After a moment, Shen Qingyan raised his head, his eyes fixed on Zhang Quan. "You just said that Liu Lichun came to find you. So, where did she go to find you? When did she go to find you? Did anyone see her looking for you?"

When Zhang Quan heard so many questions, he was stunned for a moment and didn't know which one to answer first.

He lowered his head and pretended to recall the past, but his flickering eyes revealed his uneasiness.

When he felt that he had enough time to think, he raised his eyes and looked at Shen Qingyan: "She met me in Xuliu Village yesterday. No one should have seen us at that time."

In order to convince people, Zhang Quan tried to choose answers that were close to the facts.

Shen Qingyan frowned after hearing this, but didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at Liu Lichun and asked the same question.

Liu Lichun answered honestly, "I had just walked a short distance from my sister-in-law's place yesterday when I ran into Zhang Quan. He pulled me into a corner, and I was so scared that I didn't notice if there was anyone around."

There was not much difference between what they said, and Shen Qingyan was unable to make a decision for a moment.

He thought for a while, waved to Kuzhu, motioned him to come closer, and whispered something to him.

Then the people in the yard saw Kuzhu nodded, and then quickly left the yard.

Although a few people were puzzled, no one dared to ask.

Shen Qingyan glanced at them for a few times, and then suddenly seemed to remember something. His gaze fell on his good friend Xiao Yushan who was sitting next to him, and he asked with some dissatisfaction, "Why are you still here?"

Xiao Yushan, who was suddenly called out, spread his hands, somewhat helplessly: "If I'm not here, where should I be?"

He leaned closer to Shen Qingyan and whispered, "Even if you can't solve the case, you can't take your anger out on me."

Shen Qingyan glared at him unhappily and whispered back, "Who said I can't make a judgment on a case? Don't forget your identity. You are now a military doctor and must obey my orders. Please go and see how the patient is doing instead of waiting here to watch the fun."

They are all here. If Xu Yi wakes up, there will be no one to pour him water.

Besides, he is a doctor, so couldn't he think about how to wake Xu Yi up faster instead of just joining in the fun?

At this time, he was still thinking about Xu Yi, and Xiao Yushan knew that his friend really cared about Xu Yi.

Forget it, then he will just be a qualified military doctor for the time being.

Xiao Yushan sighed, stood up and walked towards Xu Yi's room.

As soon as he entered the room, Kuzhu came back from outside.

He walked quickly to Shen Qingyan, bent down, and whispered something in Shen Qingyan's ear.

Finally, Shen Qingyan nodded, and he stood up and returned to his original position.

I don’t know what Kuzhu said, but everyone noticed that Shen Qingyan’s eyes were a little different from before.

It seems even colder than before.

Then, Qiao Xi realized that her feeling was correct, because Shen Qingyan's voice was colder than his eyes.

"I'll give you one last chance. If you don't tell the truth, you'll have to go to the yamen with me. You know, once you're in there, it's not easy to get out."

Shen Qingyan's eyes were fixed on Zhang Quan and Liu Lichun.

Seeing that the two of them lowered their heads and neither of them was willing to speak, he sighed slightly and turned to look at Shen Liuguang: "Liuguang, take them both to the Lingxiao City government office and put them in jail temporarily. I will interrogate them when I return."

"Yes!" Shen Liuguang bowed and wanted to take down Zhang Quan first.

Zhang Quan saw Shen Liuguang coming over, and thinking of what Shen Qingyan had just said, he quickly took a few steps back, trying to avoid Shen Liuguang.

But no matter how fast he was, he was not faster than Shen Liuguang. He only took two steps back before being clamped by Shen Liuguang. Just as he was about to struggle, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm and could not move.

Seeing himself being escorted to the gate of the yard, Zhang Quan suddenly felt pain all over his body and was extremely frightened when he thought of the beating he had received before.

The fear was too much for him to bear. He finally gave in before leaving the hospital and shouted, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! Don't take me to the government jail!"

Shen Liuguang looked at Shen Qingyan.

Shen Qingyan gave him a look, and Shen Liuguang understood and let go of Zhang Quan.

Then Shen Qingyan looked at Qiao Qian and said, "Sister-in-law Xu Yi, could you please take Liu Lichun to the room? I have something to ask Zhang Quan alone."

Qiao Xi nodded, then glanced at Liu Lichun and waved for her to follow her.

Liu Lichun looked at Zhang Quan, then at Shen Qingyan, hesitated for a moment, and finally followed Qiao Xi into the room.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Liuguang knocked on the door. Qiao Xi opened the door and brought Liu Lichun to the yard again.

She found that Zhang Quan no longer had the indifference and arrogance he had just had. He didn't even dare to raise his head.

As soon as they came out, Shen Liuguang brought Zhang Quan into the room.

Shen Qingyan looked at Liu Lichun and said slowly, "Liu Lichun, Zhang Quan has said everything. But I think for the sake of fairness, I still have to give you a chance. What do you think?"

Liu Lichun was just a little girl after all. She had never even seen an official from Lingxiao City, let alone a third-rank official of the imperial court. The pressure from him made her tremble all over with fear, and she kept swallowing her saliva to try to relieve her inner fear and tension.

Xu Zhiliang was outside just now and heard everything Zhang Quan said. Seeing Liu Lichun like this, he couldn't help but worry about her.

After all, he had watched this girl grow up, and he didn't expect her to be so brave as to do such a thing.

He couldn't help but remind her: "Lichun girl, the adults gave you a chance, why don't you hurry up and tell me? Don't forget, your mother is not in good health and can't stand your torment."

After being shocked by Xu Zhiliang's words, Liu Lichun finally came to his senses. He knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed and begged for mercy while saying, "I will tell you everything. I will not hide anything. I hope you will have mercy and not arrest me and send me to the government jail."

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