mesbooks Chapter 101 Missed
Chapter 101 Missed
Liu Shan shook his head and kindly reminded him, "Think about it again, think it over carefully. Liu Xinian, him and me, hmm?"
The coroner surnamed Liu's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise, "You, you are..."
"Yes, yes!" Liu Shan nodded repeatedly. "That's right, I am Liu Xinian's father. I just dismissed and investigated this unfilial son of his a few months ago."
The coroner surnamed Liu turned ashen-faced. He remembered everything. At that time, Liu Shan was just a minor clerk, yet he had brought down Liu Xinian, not only dismissing him from his post and investigating him, but also exiling him two thousand li away.
Now that Liu Shangui is the county magistrate, he wields great power, and the Liu family is nothing more than a piece of his pouch...
Thinking of this, the coroner surnamed Liu's face twisted, and he stared at Liu Shan like a hungry wolf.
"What? You look like you want to bite me?" Liu Shan sneered, approaching step by step, his tone chilling: "The Liu family has committed countless evils, and today is the day of reckoning. If you dare to glare at me again, your fate will be even worse than Liu Xinian's! I will make you taste a fate worse than death!"
"Ah!" The coroner surnamed Liu's eyes widened in anger, his whole body trembled, and a low growl came from his throat.
Liu Shan snorted coldly, "Damn it, are you a dog? Did you get a rabies vaccine?"
The coroner surnamed Liu gritted his teeth. He didn't know what a rabies vaccine was, but that didn't matter anymore.
"Kill!" he roared and pounced on Liu Shan.
Liu Shan was prepared. Facing this coroner who was only strong enough to kill a chicken, he didn't even need to dodge. He directly knocked him to the ground with a palm strike and said coldly, "You think you can hurt me? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror and see what you are!"
However, the coroner surnamed Liu seemed oblivious to the pain. He struggled to his feet, his eyes bloodshot, and hissed, "The Liu family will not let you go!"
After saying that, he lunged at Liu Shan again.
Liu Shan used the same method, knocking him to the ground with another palm strike.
The coroner surnamed Liu got up again, was knocked down again, got up again... and so on, until he was exhausted. He was still not giving up and kept cursing incoherently.
Liu Shan watched coldly, his heart unmoved, and said indifferently, "You are indeed loyal. The Liu family is truly blessed to have a dog like you."
Liu Shan's provocation of the coroner surnamed Liu was deliberate; he wanted to break him down first and then extract more secrets about the Liu family from him.
In fact, the most direct method is to extract a confession through torture, but ever since he saw Ge Yuniang and Chen An, who were tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost, he has always rejected this method.
At this moment, the coroner surnamed Liu finally collapsed to the ground, his breath weak, but he still used his last bit of strength to leap towards Liu Shan.
Although he rejected torture and forced confessions, Liu Shan would absolutely not show leniency towards someone like the coroner surnamed Liu who had defied his superiors.
He seized the opportunity, launched a flying kick, and struck the man's side.
Liu Shan kicked with restraint, using only about half of his strength.
However, things took an unexpected turn for Liu Shan. The coroner surnamed Liu actually turned his body and offered his neck to meet the attack.
Although he only used about half of his strength, Liu Shan was, after all, a top-tier second-rate expert. How could the neck of the coroner surnamed Liu withstand the power of that kick?!
The coroner surnamed Liu let out a muffled groan as his neck instantly fractured, blood spurted out, and his body flew out like a kite with a broken string, falling to the ground and not getting up.
Just then, Han Chengjia barged in, grabbing the head of the Liu family by the neck.
Moreover, the two were followed by a large number of yamen runners.
Liu Shan cursed inwardly and asked angrily, "Didn't I tell you to take him to the main hall? Who told you to bring him here?!"
Han Chengjia glanced at the already lifeless coroner surnamed Liu, realizing he had made a terrible mistake, and grabbed the head of the Liu family to head out.
Seeing this, Liu Shan sighed deeply. This attempt to cover up the truth would only lead to further misunderstandings from others.
Sure enough, the head of the Liu family broke free from Han Chengjia's grasp, crying out, and threw himself onto the body of the coroner surnamed Liu, wailing loudly.
Liu Shan clenched his fists, feeling utterly humiliated.
He looked at the constables, but found that they avoided his gaze and dared not meet his eyes.
Liu Shan immediately flew into a rage and said, "Didn't I tell you to seal off the Liu family's residence? Why did you return without authorization?"
The constables were afraid of the Liu family's power and influence, so how could they dare to actually seal off the Liu family's residence?
But they were afraid of being blamed by Liu Shan, so they could only lower their heads and remain silent, pretending not to hear or understand.
Liu Shan snorted coldly, really wanting to dismiss and investigate all these cowardly good-for-nothings!
At this moment, the head of the Liu family asked in a hoarse voice, "Lord Liu, even if he was wrong, he didn't deserve to die. Why did you resort to such a cruel act?"
Liu Shan knew that explaining at this point would only make things worse, so he said coldly, "He intended to assassinate me, but I accidentally killed him. He can only blame his fate."
The head of the Liu family, filled with grief and indignation, pointed at Liu Shan and said tremblingly, "You are treating human life like dirt! My Liu family will never let this go!"
The constables looked at each other, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
Seeing that the head of the Liu family was only making empty threats and had not actually gotten up to fight, Liu Shan felt somewhat relieved.
With his official rank of eighth grade, if he accidentally killed someone who had defied his superiors, although it was a mistake and he would be punished, his crime would not be serious enough to lead to his dismissal.
He coldly swept his gaze over the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Take the body away. This matter needs to be reported to the prefectural government for the prefect to decide."
The head of the Liu family glared angrily, but dared not utter another word.
The constables lifted the body and were about to leave when they suddenly remembered that this was the morgue, so why bother?
Liu Shan patted his forehead, mocking himself for not being steady enough, and then directed the yamen runners to properly dispose of the body.
In the main hall of the county government, Liu Shan sat back down at his desk, beckoned Han Chengjia to his side, and whispered in his ear, "Go to the Li family quickly... be careful... there must be no mistakes."
Han Chengjia clasped his hands in acceptance of the order, then used his agility to dash out of the county government office like an arrow released from a bow.
Then, Liu Shan casually asked, "The person in charge of the Liu family, please state your name."
The head of the Liu family gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I am Liu Danian. My Liu family will remember what happened today and will definitely seek justice in the future!"
Liu Shan snorted coldly, "The Liu family has openly interfered in the affairs of the county government, showing contempt for the laws of the court. According to the law, they should..."
Liu Danian interrupted, saying, "This matter was done by the coroner alone. The Liu family was completely unaware of it. Please, Your Excellency, see the truth."
Liu Shan was utterly helpless. The situation he least wanted to see had still occurred. As long as the coroner surnamed Liu died, the Liu family could feign innocence, sever all ties, and completely absolve themselves of responsibility.
Although Liu Shan knew Liu Danian was lying, there was no way to prove it since he was dead...
Liu Shan felt so aggrieved that he wished he could use torture to extract a confession!
Otherwise, I really want to gouge out Liu Danian's eyes and make him keep staring at me!
Now, we can only hope that Han Chengjia can bring back crucial evidence from the Li family. Otherwise, if we cannot completely bring down the Liu family this time, it will be much more difficult to bring them down in the future.