Shadow guard, he carried my cub

Six months ago, a bizarre arson case burned Liu's family to death, and it was also half a year ago that Mu Yuansheng entered the governor's mansion. Since then, the governor's family, which was still in harmony, was completely divorced.

After listening to the report of the shadow guard, Chi Ming was furious. In the land he governed, there appeared corrupt officials who ignored the laws and regulations. No emperor would look good, especially those like Chi Ming. The mighty emperor who didn't want a grain of sand was even more furious, wishing he could immediately behead all these black sheep for public display.

The knuckles of Chi Min's fingers holding the corner of the table turned white, and it seemed that he could break the corner of the table with a little more force.

The two shadow guards who were kneeling felt the invisible pressure in the air, and unconsciously lowered their knees down.

"Master calm down."

Yiying spoke at the right time, and Chi Ming came back to his senses, and then he did not lose his composure and really broke off the corner of the table.

At this time, a shadow guard brought a boy in his arms, and Yiying saw that it was Xiao Wu who met that day in a wheelchair, and Xiao Wu was still holding a small wooden box in his arms.

The shadow guard holding Xiao Wu got down on one knee and reported: "Reporting to the master, my subordinates found this child in the cellar of the governor's mansion. It is Xiao Wu whom the leader ordered his subordinates to look for."

Xiao Wu looked a little embarrassed at this time, he first looked at Yiying, and then saw Chi Ming sitting at the top, the smart child immediately judged that the person in front of him should be the one with the highest status in the room.

"Are you a senior official from the capital!"

He said the same thing as when he saw Yiying, but this time Xiaowu was more excited, he hurriedly crawled out of the shadow guard's arms, and crawled straight to Chi Ming's feet.

Chi Ming knew the identity of the child, and hurriedly asked the shadow guard to put Xiao Wu in the chair.

"My lord! Please save my brother, my brother is not a bad person!"

Xiao Wu was so anxious that he was about to cry, hugging the wooden box tightly as if seeking comfort.

Chi Ming comforted Xiao Wu softly: "Don't worry, tell me everything you know, so that I can help you."

Xiao Wu took a look at Yiying and said: "I tried to tell this lord what happened that day, and I didn't want my brother to find out and lock me into the cellar."

At this time, the shadow guard who carried Xiao Wu said: "This subordinate only knows that there is a secret cellar in the governor's mansion after hearing the movement."

"I threw things at the exit of the cellar desperately to make noise, only to be found and brought out. My brother treated me very well, even if I was locked in the cellar, he didn't do anything to me. Please don't blame my brother."

"You put the note in the folder?"

"Yes, although I seldom go out, the governor's office does not restrict my freedom. I heard that the governor's note was to be delivered to His Majesty the capital, so I secretly clipped the note in the governor's office when no one was paying attention. In the booklet, I hope His Majesty can help my brother when he sees it."

"You are very smart," Chi Ming noticed the wooden box in Xiao Wu's arms: "What are you holding?"

"My brother gave it to me. My brother said that if I go out, I will give this to Your Majesty."

"Can you show me?"

Xiao Wu nodded: "Yeah."

Yiying took the wooden box from Xiao Wu and handed it to the master. The wooden box was locked, and Xiao Wu took the key from his neck and handed it over.

Opening the wooden box inside was a stack of papers, to be precise, it should be the articles written by Mu Yuansheng and the evidence of the governor Zhou's bribery and embezzlement over the years. At the bottom was a letter with the words "suicide note" written on it.

Chi Ming opened the envelope, and after only a cursory look at it, his face immediately changed drastically. In the letter, Mu Yuansheng confessed all the crimes, including seducing the maid Qiaoer to fall in love with him, and taking the opportunity to instigate Qiaoer to poison Li. Mu Yuansheng gave it to Qiaoer.

What shocked Chi Min was the last thing, killing Zhou Zhonglin, Mu Yuansheng even prepared a suicide note at this time, which shows that he has long been determined to die with Zhou Zhonglin.

Chi Ming secretly cried out, and hurriedly asked the shadow guard to check Zhou Zhonglin's itinerary for today, while secretly praying in his heart that he would be able to make it in time.

On the edge of the cliff, Zhou Zhonglin was hung with his hands tied by a rope under the cliff, and the other end of the rope was tied to a tree trunk.

There was a bottomless abyss under his feet, and Zhou Zhonglin screamed in fright and kept begging for mercy. Mu Yuansheng, who was sitting on the cliff, took a jug of wine and poured it into his mouth, turning a blind eye to Zhou Zhonglin's yelling.

Mu Yuansheng has never drank alcohol before. I don’t know when he slowly fell in love with drinking. He still remembers the first time he was choked by strong alcohol and coughed up tears. Later, the strong alcohol could no longer choke him. I can't get drunk on him anymore, I wanted to use alcohol to relieve my worries, but I can't anymore.

The wind blew very lightly, shaking Mu Yuansheng's hair and clothes. Zhou Zhonglin at the foot of the cliff kept screaming heart-piercingly. Finally, Mu Yuansheng couldn't bear it anymore and threw the flagon in his hand on top of Zhou Zhonglin's head. .

"To shut up!"

The jug hit Zhou Zhonglin on the head, and then fell to the bottom of the cliff again not to listen to him.

"Are you scared? If I knew this, why did you, Zhou Zhonglin, be a beast back then!"

Mu Yuansheng lost control and roared down the cliff, his expression seemed to be either smiling or crying, like crazy.

"I wanted to take you to my parents' grave to apologize, but unfortunately you don't deserve it! This will only pollute their reincarnation circuit. Why should a scum like you be smashed to pieces and eaten by wild beasts!"

"All of this is your fault, you asked for it yourself, people like you are scum alive, I will send you on your way!"

Mu Yuansheng got up, and his thin body seemed to be blown down by a gust of wind. He walked to the big tree tied with a rope, and took out a dagger to cut the rope.

"Mu Yuansheng, stop!"

Two horses came galloping, and Chi Ming and Yiying dismounted not far from Mu Yuansheng.

Mu Yuansheng's hand paused for Chi Min's thick and thick sound, and Mu Yuansheng laughed softly when he saw the person coming: "Your Majesty still found it."

Chi Ming frowned: "Have you ever thought about Xiao Wu, what would he do if you died?"

Mu Yuansheng's eyes struggled a little, at this moment the shadow guard rushed over with Xiao Wu in his arms, and stopped beside Chi Ming.

"Brother!" Xiao Wu shouted.

"Xiao Wu..."

Mu Yuansheng looked at Xiao Wu with reluctance, distress, and guilt in his eyes.

Xiao Wu said while crying: "Brother, Xiao Wu, please don't kill anyone. Father and mother love you the most. They definitely don't want to see you kill people. Brother, Xiao Wu, I beg you. Xiao Wu has no parents." , I don’t want to have no brother anymore.”

Mu Yuansheng was deeply saddened, Xiao Wu always regarded him as his own brother, but it was a pity that he caused the destruction of Xiao Wu's family.

Mu Yuansheng raised his head and said two lines of tears: "Xiao Wu, I'm sorry for you, if I don't kill Zhou Zhong, Lin Quan will have no face to see his parents."

Mu Yuansheng looked at Chi Min again: "I hope His Majesty punishes Zhou Zhuo severely! Zhou Zhong was taken away by Lin Caomin."

Before the words were finished, Mu Yuansheng swung his dagger and cut the rope, and at the same time opened his hands and let his body happily fall towards the cliff behind him.

Seeing Xiao Wu's heart-piercing screams at this scene, even Chi Ming's pupils shrank suddenly.

Fortunately, in order to prevent Mu Yuansheng from jumping off the cliff, Yiying had already put his hand on the nine-section whip around his waist. The moment Mu Yuansheng fell down, Yiying quickly threw out the nine-section whip and entangled Mu Yuansheng in time. Yuan Sheng's ankle pulled him up from the cliff again.

In the evening when the sun was setting on the west mountain, the sunset glow reddened the house.

Mu Yuansheng opened his eyes to see the familiar roof and the familiar soft bed under him, and then he laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

Chi Ming put down the unfinished article and asked Mu Yuansheng a question.

Mu Yuansheng didn't seem surprised by Chi Ming beside him, and replied lightly: "I'm laughing, but I didn't die."

"Would you be willing to die with that kind of person?"

"Death is dead, can you still manage this?"

Mu Yuansheng sat up and glanced at the thick pile of articles on the table: "What do you think of Caomin's articles, Your Majesty?"

"Very good, I won't lose to the number one scholar I hand-picked in the past, Tanhua."

Mu Yuansheng smiled. He picked up those articles and flipped through them roughly, saying: "The wish of the grassroots in life is to be able to participate in the scientific examination, to enter the Golden Palace and meet the emperor. Now, the wish can be regarded as fulfilled."

"If you are an official, you will definitely be a blessing to the people."

Mu Yuansheng laughed at himself: "I am a murderer."

"But I think you are affectionate and righteous, and you never forget to repay your kindness."

"Father and mother will be very happy if they know that His Majesty values ​​me so much, but it's a pity..."

Mu Yuansheng smiled miserably and didn't go any further, it was too late.He became a murderer, but he didn't know that his parents on Huangquan Road would not recognize him.

"Mu Yuansheng, I can..."

"Your Majesty," Mu Yuansheng looked at Chi Ming and smiled, "The Caomin no longer has any attachment to this world, and he is a walking dead alive. The only thing that Caomin is worried about now is Xiao Wu. I beg Your Majesty to help Caomin find a good one for Xiaowu." home."

The air suddenly became quiet, Chi Min pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, Chi Ming got up and finally said, "I promise you."

Then he turned and left.

Mu Yuansheng knelt on the bed, and kowtowed deeply to His Majesty's back: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Cao Min wishes your Majesty good luck and prosperity, and a long life!"

After Chi Ming went out, he saw Xiao Wu and Yi Ying waiting in the corridor, the two looked at Chi Ming, especially Xiao Wu with eager eyes.

Chi Ming approached the two of them and stood still, and said, "The law is not merciful, this is also his choice."

Xiao Wu didn't understand what His Majesty meant for a while, and was a little stunned.

Immediately afterwards, there was a "bang" sound in Mu Yuansheng's room, which seemed to be the sound of a chair falling to the ground.

At this moment, Xiao Wu seemed to have regained his senses, facing his brother's room and crying out in grief!

"elder brother!"

Chi Ming closed his eyes in pain.

Zhou Zhonglin fell off the cliff with no bones left. The evidence is conclusive. Next week, the governor pleaded guilty, and together with the county magistrate and magistrate, he was sent to death row to await execution.

Liangzhou lost three officials in a row, so it had to report to the imperial court to send a new official to take over. Unfortunately, Chi Ming couldn't return to Beijing for the time being and could only revise the book and hand it over to the Minister of Supervision.

Chi Ming intended to show Mu Yuansheng a face, and did not announce his crime to the public. He only asked the shadow guard to take care of it and buried him with the Mu family and his wife.

As for Xiao Wu's whereabouts, Chi Min found an orphanage and sent Xiao Wu in. He asked Yingwei to inquire about this orphanage. It is said that it was donated by a local benefactor, and all the conditions were good. , has adopted many children who are in a similar situation to Xiao Wu.

Chi Ming immediately went to find the benevolent man in person to clarify his identity, and said that the imperial court would bear more than half of the expenses of the orphanage in the future, but the orphanage was still owned by the benevolent man, and he only hoped that the benevolent man could continue to run the orphanage .

The great good man had tears in his eyes, and kowtowed several times in gratitude.

When sending Xiao Wu into the orphanage, Chi Ming only told Xiao Wu one sentence: To live, no matter what happens, don't despise life, because there are still many people in this world who are working hard to survive.