Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

The shopkeeper babbled on for a long time, seeing that the girl just listened with a smile and didn't take much part in it. The shopkeeper was puzzled, and gradually became vigilant. He found an excuse and went down with the tray. Halfway down the stairs, Stretching his neck and looking up, he saw the girl walked to the window and looked down. She didn't know what she was looking at, since the prison car was obviously out of sight.

The shopkeeper shook his head and went down.

Ji Wuyan folded her arms and lowered her eyes to watch the people below swearing and dispersing. The hawkers set up their stalls again and yelled, but there was still egg liquid wrapped in rotten vegetable leaves in the middle of the road. The mess indicated that what happened on this street just now What.

It doesn't take an hour for someone to clean it up, and these messes will disappear, as if they never existed.

Perhaps after a while, the word "Yingzhou" will gradually fade out of the lives of these people.When they mention it, they will still be angry with this corrupt official who is dehumanizing, and sympathize with the innocent people who have suffered from disasters, but no one can really empathize with them.

No one knew that for the tens of thousands of people in Yingzhou, it was a long enough abandonment that could never be healed.They asked themselves, others, and the government over and over again, why did the court not allocate funds for disaster relief?Why didn't the imperial court open warehouses to release grain?Has the imperial court completely abandoned the people of Yingzhou?

That year, she went to Yingzhou with her grandmother for disaster relief. She saw with her own eyes one after another corpses that were carried out of the city gate to be burned every day. Floating over in the water, the whole skin was soaked white and wrinkled.It was too late for those people to be buried in the ground, because they were worried about the plague that might follow after the flood, so all the corpses were carried out and burned directly.

The black mist shot straight into the sky, and the sound of crying and howling shook the sky.

The air in the city is full of that disgusting smell.

That was the first time she faced death directly, and she felt her heart twitching.

There are also those humble people who are timid and cowering for fear of being rejected by others... The trip to Yingzhou was like a sharp knife piercing her heart.Over the years, even though the bleeding wounds had scabbed and healed, the scars like ugly tree roots never faded.

She looked at the peaceful fireworks downstairs, sighed softly, and after a while, she murmured to Cen Yan behind her, "Did Ning Xiuyuan enter the palace?"

Cen Yan nodded and grinned, "I went there early in the morning, wearing ragged clothes and old makeup, and looked like a noble son who has suffered so much. In the end, our people disguised themselves as village hunters. It looks like it was carried away. It is guaranteed that no flaws will be revealed."

Ji Wuyan nodded, turned around and went downstairs, and walked calmly while the shopkeeper was secretly exploring, and left the teahouse.

Guo Wen'an...was escorted back to Beijing after all, and this chess piece of the left minister is useless.

"I just don't know... Who will this mad dog catch and bite before it dies?"

Cen Yan didn't even think about it, he said affirmatively, "It must be the immediate boss, Master Bai."

"Well... I think so too." Stepping into the carriage, Ji Wuyan's brows and eyes were soft with a smile, and the cinnabar under the corners of her eyes seemed much softer. She was like stroking a beloved flower, Resting his fingertips on the car curtain and rubbing it carefully, he said casually, "It's just... Mr. Bai is not so easy to be bitten. If so, what should Guo Wen'an do?"

Cen Yan frowned and thought for a while, but he didn't know who else could be dragged into this matter to take the place of the dead ghost, and saw that Ji Wuyan had already stepped into the carriage.

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After Guo Wen'an entered Beijing, he was escorted directly to the Dali Temple for custody, and was tried by Mr. Qingyou of the Dali Temple himself.

The emperor didn't want to get involved in this war of words that was destined to take a long time at all, and he would only make a final decision after You Feng judged Chou Yinmao.It's just that I didn't expect that with the effort of front and rear feet, Guo Wen'an had just entered Dali Temple, and the missing person, Mr. Ning, was carried into the palace.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, everyone saw Mr. Ning, whose head was covered tightly, being carried all the way into the imperial study.Mrs. Ning was wrapped in a washed-out white clothes with many patches that obviously didn't fit well, she looked like a beggar.

According to the confession of four enthusiastic villagers, they were not from Yanjing City, but in an unnamed village at the foot of the mountain a few days away. While hunting in the mountain, they picked up Master Ning who had passed out in the mountain.

It was fainted by starvation.

There are also many wounds of different shades on the body, which have not been treated well, and some places have suppurated.In short, it was embarrassing.

Most importantly, he seems to have hit his head, and he doesn't remember who he is, nor where he came from.

In short, the villagers couldn't even think about sending him back.Fortunately, a few days ago, he finally remembered, the respect of the emperor, the honor of the Duke's mansion, and the humiliation of accidentally falling into the water.

Following Guo Wen'an's words was indeed a kind of humiliation to Ning Xiuyuan, so much so that now hearing people mention it, he couldn't help beating the bed angrily and gnashing his teeth.

The emperor was relieved at the side, and rewards were sent to Ning Xiuyuan one after another, gold, silver jewelry, jade antiques, personally verified that gold and silver treasures can really heal grief, if not, it is because there are not enough.

Even the four villagers each received a plate of gold ingots, which was not only a reward, but also a seal and warning.The villagers smiled and assured that they knew nothing and heard nothing. We are ordinary villagers who hunt for a living. We only know things like pheasants and hares.

The emperor was furious. The third son of Ningguo's mansion, his most trusted minister, was harmed by that wolfish and ambitious Guo Wen'an to such an extent... Hungry and dizzy?That's Ning Xiuyuan!Ning Xiuyuan is synonymous with the noble son of Qing Dynasty!When had Ning Xiuyuan been in such a mess?Starved, fell into the water, kowtowed, lost memory...

Immediately, the emperor ordered that Guo Wen'an be taken directly to the imperial study, and he wanted to interrogate himself.

No matter who it is, even if it is a traitor, a traitor, and a traitor, he must pay attention to a proper appearance when meeting the emperor.So, he bathed and changed clothes, put on new prison clothes, put on new shackles, and arranged a new prison car. Because he was worried that he would encounter people along the way and be thrown rotten leaves and rotten eggs, Mr. You even covered an oilcloth thoughtfully, so that the whole The prison van was airtight.

People outside can't see what's inside, and people inside can't see outside. Guo Wen'an didn't know what happened at all. He only knew that this treatment was roughly equivalent to the last meal of beheading, so he was terrified immediately. crack!