C1 (1/2)
In Wu City Prefecture's yamen.
”Young master, that suspicious looking man has once again appeared by the side of the house.” A scholarly looking man dressed in a blue robe stood in front of the desk and respectfully reported.
His voice had just fallen when the young master, who was facing away from him through the window behind the desk, put away the folding fan in his hand and turned to look directly at him. ”Order, do not make a move. Do not alert the enemy.”
”Yes.”
The entire population of Wu City seemed to be in a state of unease because of the horrific murder that had taken place in the county. On the east side street, Zhu Xiucai's mother had been brutally murdered two days ago when the scoundrel had snuck into the house. More importantly, the scoundrel had not taken a single cent, but had only taken his mother's life.
The magistrate searched the entire Wu City, but didn't find any clues. All the suspects had an alibi.
”Have you heard? The Zhu Clan is dead, and their family is covered in blood!” Sliced into a thousand pieces by someone! ”Bang …” A woman said with a rather large throat in front of the wonton stall as she sat in a circle around them.
At the corner of the wonton stall, a burly man smiled at a petite man beside him and said, ”Look at this group of aunts, they seem to be talking about it as if they really saw it themselves.”
The petite man smirked, ”Although it's a bit exaggerated, she's right. She did die from excessive bleeding from a carotid artery cut.”
”You ran to the case again … ”Where is it?” Wang Luo opened his eyes wide and stared at the pale Su Mu as he spoke.
Three months ago, in order to evade the soldiers that were chasing him, Wang Mu had taken Su Mu and fled the entire night. Only after running many rounds did he finally arrive at Wu City, which was far from the capital, and settle down temporarily. However, no one could have imagined that on the night that the two of them stayed here, there would be a bloody murder case.
Su Mu lowered his eyes. His slender fingers were fiddling with the porcelain spoon in his bowl as he casually said, ”It's fine. No one noticed.”
”It would be too late if you wait for people to notice. Your body is getting weaker and weaker, and you can't take the running anymore!” Wang Yu sighed heavily, but he could not bear to admonish him.
Su Mu knew that Wang Lin was worried about her body, but her father had taught her that no matter where she was, she would have to ”mourn for the suffering of her people”.
”I will obediently take some medicine once we return to the inn. Don't worry about it anymore.” Su Mu raised his head and smiled sweetly at Wang Yu. The man's grey clothes couldn't cover up the elegance on his face.
The two of them grew up together, and Wang Qing couldn't help but feel pity for her when he saw her forced smile. The young miss, who was originally so pampered, actually became the victim of a battle between the government's factions, causing her to fall into the countryside.
”My lord, this official has been wronged!” Inside the court of Wu Cheng Ya, the commander of the court kneeled down under the table and cried out to the green-robed man who was holding onto a wooden stick.
This azure-robed man was the son of the Minister of Rites, Bao Fusheng, and sitting on the fan to his right was the crown prince, Lin Yi, who had been expelled from the capital by the Great Yan Emperor.
Hearing that he was being preposterous and disrespectful at the Emperor's birthday banquet, the Emperor became furious and sent him to this remote city to reflect on his actions.
Bao Liusheng slapped the Shocking Wood on the table, ”You are innocent? ”As a father and mother official, you have been unable to find the real culprit for more than three months. You have made the people in the city panic and you still dare to say that you are innocent?”