she won't live to twenty

"Don't be afraid." Wuming's voice was very soft, but extremely gentle.

Her hands tightly embraced Nanyue, almost rubbing her into her body.

Nan Yue hugged Wuming back, but her small body trembled even more, tears finally welled out of her eyes.

"I was so scared just now..." Nanyue sobbed softly, her little head kept rubbing against Wuming's heart.

Wuming felt extremely distressed, and in the darkness, her eye sockets also turned red.She kept rubbing Nanyue's head, and gently patted her back with the other hand. After a while, the body in her arms gradually stopped shaking.

Wuming held Nanyue's cheeks, looked at her in the dark, and gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks with his thumb.

The corners of Nanyue's eyes were still red, her pupils were full of mist, and her expression was still timid.If it wasn't for the bad environment here, Wuming would instinctively lower his head and gently kiss the tears in her eyes.

Wuming hugged the little girl tightly, and moved his eyes along the top of her head to the rotten corpse that fell to the ground.

Before she said anything, Nanyue grabbed her clothes tightly and muttered, "Wu Ming... I'll go there with you."

Like a kitten afraid of being abandoned by its owner.

Wuming blamed herself for a while. If she had known that she had covered Nanyue's eyes and led her into the secret room just now, she would not have been frightened by this rotting corpse.

"If you are afraid, bury your head in my arms, don't look." Wuming said softly.

Nanyue nodded, her cheek was facing Wuming's shoulder, and her soft breath drifted to her neck from time to time.

Wuming didn't care about the itching, and used the sword to open the corpse, and observed it carefully for a while.

As expected, it was the corpse of a young man. According to the humidity of the dungeon, this man had been dead for about three months, which was the time when the Huang family left Kaiyang.

Combined with the fact that young men are rarely seen in Kaiyang City, and what the wine seller said, Wuming gradually guessed something.

I'm afraid this yellow landlord likes masculinity, and his methods are extremely perverted. He often selects young men in Kaiyang City and brings them back to the dungeon to savor them carefully.And the former magistrate Jiang of Kaiyang had a nest with the yellow landlord Snake Mouse, who helped him cover up so many dirty things.

The "young brother of the Luo family" that the wine seller called was probably captured and defiled by the yellow landlord. Sister Luo wanted to rescue her brother and sought help everywhere, but in the end only a cripple was willing to help her.However, in Kaiyang County, the Huang family and the Jiang family had good hands and eyes, and the lame Shensuan family was kicked out just like that.

As for the siblings of the Luo family... I'm afraid the ending will be miserable.Wuming even wondered if the unrecognizable rotting corpse in the dungeon was the body of the brother of the Luo family by coincidence?

Wuming didn't stay any longer, and took Nanyue back the same way. The trap had already been broken by her sword energy, and a big hole appeared at the top of the corridor.Wuming hugged Nanyue, jumped up lightly, turned over the window and returned to the garden, then passed the wall and went straight into the bamboo forest.

The smell in the woods was fragrant, and the two of them also breathed heavily.

Wuming noticed the small scratch on Nanyue's hand, and frowned in distress.

"No...it doesn't hurt." Nanyue shyly shrank her hands back, but Wuming grabbed her fingers.

"Don't move." Wuming tore off the handkerchief and carefully bandaged her wound with extremely gentle movements.

"Wu Ming, shall we report to the police?" Nan Yue bit her lip and asked softly, trying to divert her attention from the soft itchy touch on her fingers.

"Not going for now." After Wuming bandaged her up, he carried her towards the inn, "Go back and take a shower first."

Nanyue's cheeks flushed suddenly. After staying in the dungeon for a while, both she and Wuming were covered with a thick corpse stench, which has not dissipated until now.Especially her, who stayed in prison longer than Wuming...

Nanyue lowered her head and let out a shameful "beep".

Nameless's eyebrows and eyes are softly curved.

After returning to the room, the two still shared the same bathtub, but today there was no ambiguity between them.Having just gone through a crisis that was not considered a crisis at all, the atmosphere they got along with was only soft.

Wuming wore less clothes. After taking off her clothes in twos and twos, she saw that Nanyue was still untying the tie of her shirt, so she stretched out her hand and quickly helped Nanyue take off her shirt.

A huge floor-to-ceiling bronze mirror was placed on the other side of the room. On the mirror, two white bodies hugging each other flashed past.

Wuming sat in the steaming hot water, with his arms resting on both sides of the tub.Nan Yueban lay on her body, resting her chin on her shoulder, and closed her eyes reassuringly.

Wuming also closed her eyes and took a nap. After a while, she closed her eyes and stretched her hand into the water, pouring water on Nanyue's hair, and scrubbing carefully with the other hand.At the back, Wuming took off the bandage on Nanyue's hand, cleaned it for her, and then wrapped it carefully.

With great care and incomparable gentleness, it was like treating a peerless treasure.

After taking a bath, Wuming jumped out of the bathtub and wrapped a large bath towel, then took another bath towel and pulled Nanyue out.They sat on the two ends of the bed from left to right, back to back and wiped the water on their bodies.

Wuming's body and hair were almost wiped dry, but Nanyue was still wiping it with difficulty, Wuming couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

"I'll help you." Wuming subconsciously turned around and took Nanyue into his arms.

But the little girl shook her head blushing, trying to get out of her arms: "No, no need, I'll just do it myself..."

Nameless held her down and didn't let her move.

"I wasn't shy when I was taking a shower just now, why are you shy now?" Wuming teased, accelerated the speed of wiping, and quickly dried Nanyue's hair before letting her out of his arms.

With a blushing face, Nanyue crawled into the bed to get dressed.

Wuming felt the warm and delicate touch remaining on his body, and shook his head slightly.She got up and put on her clothes quickly, her face was reddish from an angle that Nan Yue could not see.

After lunch, Wuming and Nanyue hurried to the county government office.Along the way, Wuming inquired about the situation of the Huang family by the way. As she expected, the landlord of the Huang family is fond of masculinity and always loves to rob. The young men in Kaiyang City are not sure when they will leave. On the way, he was spotted and taken back by the landlord Huang.Landlord Huang and County Magistrate Jiang had accumulated power for a long time, and even though they had been away for three months, the young men in the city were still afraid to go out on the streets during the day.

The common people didn't dare to say more, but Wuming could more or less guess a little bit.It is estimated that those men who were taken away by the yellow landlords are all bad luck...

The Kaiyang county government is very well-built, with high eaves and teeth.In front of the yamen is a small square with a bulletin board and peach blossoms on both sides.There are two yamen servants holding knives at the gate of the county yamen, and they are very imposing.

When Wuming looked at the servants, Nanyue's eyes turned to the corner of the mansion gate, and she gently tugged on Wuming's cuffs.

Nameless looked in the direction she pointed.

A young man with a pale face and disheveled hair stood in the shadows. His clothes and face were covered with mud stains, and his eye sockets were sunken in a large area. He looked a little scary.However, for some reason, not only was there no yamen servant to drive the young man away, but a bowl of clear water and a steamed bun were placed in front of him.

Wuming slightly raised his eyebrows: "Go and have a look?"

Nanyue nodded.

As soon as the two walked over, the young man felt something and rushed towards them suddenly.

Wuming hugged Nanyue lightly and flashed to the side. The young man fell and ate shit, but he was not angry. He stared at the two of them with bright eyes, and his voice trembled: "Two beautiful girls... Please help my sister, I beg you It's..."

"What's wrong with your sister?" Wuming asked softly, avoiding his involvement.

"My sister has been wronged and imprisoned for more than a month." Speaking of this, the young man looked back at the county government in horror, and the bloodshot eyes became thicker, "Girls, my sister was wronged, you believe me! I beg you You must help me..."

The young man kept repeating: "Sister, she was wronged, wronged!" He looked panicked and crazy, like a lunatic.

When the pedestrians around heard his voice, they turned sideways to avoid him, but Wuming and Nanyue's expressions did not change at all.

Nanyue raised her head and looked at Wuming. After seeing Wuming's affirmative gaze, she knelt down, took out a clean handkerchief, and gently wiped off the stains on the man's face: "What's your sister's name? Why did you go to jail?" ?”

After the man's face was wiped clean, although he was thin and out of shape, it could be seen that he was originally very handsome.

Nanyue's voice was soft, and the man was stunned for a moment, as if he was gradually regaining his senses.

"My sister's name is Luo... Luoyang. I don't know why she was imprisoned, but my sister is a very good person, and she will never violate the laws of the Great Qin!" The man's voice became excited, "It must be the county magistrate, He couldn't understand my sister, so he deliberately targeted her! Please save my sister, she is alone in prison, I don't know how to survive!"

At the end of the speech, a line of muddy tears mixed with blood streaked out from the man's eyes.

Siblings surnamed Luo, Wuming and Nanyue were startled, but they didn't show it.

"Don't cry." Nanyue felt his sadness, and her voice weakened, "We'll help you go to the county government to ask."

The man's eyes lit up, and he kowtowed several times to the two of them immediately, his forehead was broken.It wasn't until Wuming picked him up that he realized it, and thanked him one after another with a smile.

"You two girls, don't you want to report to the officials for that young master?" The yamen guard at the gate of the county government saw the two approaching, waved his hands helplessly, and sighed, "Young lady doesn't know something, that young master... he is crazy. Yes. We have only been in office for three months, and we have not arrested anyone at all. The cell is still empty. But since last month, that young man has been guarding the gate of the county government every day, saying that he will be rescued. Sister, this...is there anyone here who can save him? It is Mr. Liu who is kind-hearted, so he prepared water and steamed buns for him, so that he will not starve to death at the gate of the county government office. Sigh..."

As soon as the yamen servant finished speaking, the man stumbled forward and said in a hoarse voice, "Girl, don't believe his words! He told everyone that to prevent me from saving my sister!"

The yamen servant shrugged helplessly, noncommittal.

Wuming turned to the man and asked, "What's your name?"

"Luo Ming." The man said hastily.

"Okay, I'll remember. Your sister's name is Luoyang, and your name is Luo Ming. I'll help you enter the county government office to have a look." Wuming's voice was softer, and he turned around and handed a token to the government servant. Invite a girl into the government office to reminisce about the old days? We are her friends, you can take this token in and show her to know."

The yamen servant entered the county yamen with a token, and when he came out again, his expression had become extremely respectful: "Dian... Miss, please follow me."

The county government is another world.

In the small courtyard behind the main hall, there are small bridges and flowing water, with lush flowers and trees.Tang Chiyu and the young County Magistrate Liu were sitting in the pavilion in the garden chatting, their voices were passionate and they were obviously in tune.

Wuming suddenly felt a looming murderous aura, and she glanced at the roof of the county government with her gray eyes, only to see a red dress floating past.Wuming chuckled in his heart, looked away, and led Nanyue forward.

"Princess Changning, Miss Nan." County magistrate Liu saw the two of them from a distance, and hurriedly got up to salute, "I ran into His Highness the Seventh Highness on the street today, so I invited her to visit the government office. The next official will take office. I know a lot of things, so I asked her how to manage the servants, and His Highness was teaching me just now."

Tang Chiyu smiled and raised his head, showing his white teeth.

Wuming glanced at it, and saw that there were indeed pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the table in the gazebo, and County Magistrate Liu's expression was quite serious, as he was really asking Tang Chiyu for advice.

"Lord Liu is really diligent and caring for the people." Wuming praised, and got straight to the point, "I'm here to report to the government. Does your lord know the Huang family in the east of the city?"

"The first side of the Huang family is a rich family in Kaiyang County. The lower officials naturally know about it. But after I was transferred, the Huang family moved to the capital, and I have never met the Huang family... His Highness said that he wanted to report to the officials. Could it be that he and the Huang family related?"

Nameless said softly: "Yes, before noon today, Nanyue and I found a dungeon in Huang's house, and there was a rotting male corpse inside."

The Huang's family moved out long ago, and now there are only a few guards in the Huang's courtyard. Of course, Wuming couldn't have been invited in, and could only have broken in by himself.Master Liu's expression was horrified: "How could Your Highness break into Huang's house..."

Halfway through the speech, County Magistrate Liu suddenly adjusted his expression with difficulty, and brushed past the question.

"Murder is a major case, and I will bring people to investigate it." County magistrate Liu said very seriously.

"No, you can send a few trusted aides to collect the evidence. I still have something to ask you." Wuming said calmly.

With the testimony of an unnamed witness, the murder case of the Huang family is a certainty.What's more, Wuming knows clearly that the Huang family's hands and eyes are open to the sky. They can bribe the original Kaiyang county magistrate, and even go to Beijing to become an official, which means that there must be someone protecting them.It may be a high-ranking official, or a relative of the emperor. It's just a murder case. Even if it is confirmed, it will not punish them.

Therefore, the fact that the Huang family found the body was not important to Wuming.

When County Magistrate Liu sent someone to collect the evidence, Wuming asked slowly, "I wonder if Mr. Liu has heard the story about Mr. Luo at the door?"

County magistrate Liu was startled, then shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity that young master got mad at such a young age. The official suspected that his sister had been wronged elsewhere. Here in Yang County, the Kaiyang County Yamen is mistaken for the Yamen where my sister was wronged. Sigh...it's really pitiful."

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about, son and sister? Why can't I understand?" Tang Chiyu scratched his head in confusion.

Wuming told Tang Chiyu everything he met the lunatic Luo Ming at the door and what he said.

"There is such a thing?" Tang Chiyu frowned, "I visited the entire county office this morning, and I really didn't see where the sister surnamed Luo was imprisoned. That poor young master may have found the wrong place. "

Wuming shook her head slightly. She did not explain to Tang Chiyu for the time being, but looked at County Magistrate Liu: "Master Liu, can you show me the files from the county government office within two years?"

Although County Magistrate Liu was puzzled, he immediately sent someone to fetch the file.After half a stick of incense, the four of them sat in the study of the county government office, each holding a volume in their hands to read.

"I found it! Wuming, take a quick look, is this Luoyang?" In the end, Tang Chiyu turned to the relevant information first, and murmured while reading, "Luoyang, female, aged twenty, broke into Huang's house and was arrested on the spot Living in... Huang's house? Maybe this is the Huang's house where the body was found just now?"

Wuming didn't nod or shake his head, signaling Tang Chiyu to continue reading.

"Stolen some valuables, temporarily imprisoned in Kaiyang county government office. The woman was so ashamed that she hanged herself in the prison... May 15, the [-]th year of the Qin calendar." Tang Chiyu put down the file and murmured softly, "It turns out that the Brother Luo Ming did not find the wrong place, his sister was indeed detained in the Kaiyang County Government, but he found the wrong time."

"His sister died a year ago." Tang Chiyu's voice trembled slightly.

Magistrate Liu also clenched his fists, his back was straight but trembling uncontrollably.

Wuming and Nanyue looked at each other, they both understood the cause and effect of this matter.

At this time last year, Luo Ming, the younger brother of the Luo family, was taken by the Huang family and forced to return to the yard.Sister Luo found out that her younger brother was missing. Although she guessed that it was the Huang family, she was still not sure and kept asking for help in the city.But in Kaiyang City, who would dare to offend the local snake Huang's family?

Only the cripple Wang Xian is willing to help Luoyang. He may be helping Luoyang find out the whereabouts of his younger brother, or he may be helping Luoyang find a way to sneak into Huang's house to find his younger brother.But the final result was that Luoyang was arrested and put in prison, where he "hanged himself" bizarrely.

The cripple Wang Xian's family was also expelled from Kaiyang City because of offending the county magistrate, and became three refugees.

Later, Luo Ming was finally released by the Huang family, but when he learned that his sister had died in the county government office, he just went crazy.For some reason, the magistrate Jiang spared Luo Ming's life and drove him out of Kaiyang City.A year later, Luo Ming finally returned to Kaiyang City, and stood crazily at the gate of the county government every day, trying to rescue his wronged sister.The Huang family and County Magistrate Jiang have been in Beijing for three months, and the Kaiyang county government has changed a group of people, so naturally no one recognizes this lunatic boy.

Although there may be discrepancies in the details, it is generally not far from the unknown guess.

"Go and invite that Mr. Luo in." Wuming said softly to County Magistrate Liu.

County Magistrate Liu nodded heavily, and stumbled out of the study.

Wuming looked at Tang Chiyu: "He is not bad?"

Tang Chiyu came back to his senses, and said in a trance: "He is a good official who is dedicated to the people."

"He looks a bit like you." Wuming sat next to Tang Chiyu and said softly, "They are all good people through and through, and they are all innocent people who have never experienced wind and rain, and have never seen dirty things in the world."

Tang Chiyu buried his head in silence.

Soon, Magistrate Liu led Luo Ming into the room.

Luo Ming shrank uncontrollably, as if he was very afraid of the environment in the county government office. County magistrate Liu forced his sister's name out, so he reluctantly followed into the house.

"Luo Ming, are you literate?" Wuming asked gently.

Luo Ming nodded tremblingly: "I can read."

Wuming spread the dossier in front of his eyes, and said softly, "Let's have a look."

Luo Ming hugged the dossier and read it, and suddenly his whole body began to tremble violently. Before he was about to go crazy and tear up the dossier, Wuming quickly snatched the dossier back into his hand.

Luo Ming's teeth trembled, and his eyes were bloodshot. He squatted down and hugged his knees in a daze, crying loudly: "No——! My sister is not dead, she is not dead, she is still alive! She must be alive!" alive..."

Wuming bent down and said softly: "You remember wrongly, your sister has been dead for a year."

Tang Chiyu and County Magistrate Liu couldn't bear to look away, but Nanyue held her ring finger tightly and stroked it gently.

Wuming continued: "You saw on the file that your sister hanged herself in the prison cell."

"No, no—!" Luo Ming's voice was hoarse, his face became more and more dazed and pitiful, and his crying was extremely painful.

Wuming hugged Nanyue tightly, and sighed silently in his heart.

The shrill cry resounded throughout the study, and the corners of Luo Ming's eyes ooze blood again.

After an unknown amount of time, Luo Ming finally stopped crying and raised his head in panic.His cheeks were full of blood and tears. This time he didn't look like a lunatic, but more like a ghost.

Wuming took the handkerchief from Nanyue and gently wiped off the blood for him.

"The file is fake. My sister didn't hang herself to death." Luo Ming's voice was very low, and he had already regained his senses. "I've seen my sister's body, and it was covered with scars. She was clearly tortured to death by magistrate Jiang. Jiang County Ling, those government servants... are all murderous demons, they are not worthy of being officials."

Speaking of this, Luo Ming buried his head in his knees again, scratched vigorously for a while, and let out a regretful "ho ho" sound from his throat.

After a while, he calmed down again and continued to recall: "My sister died because of me."

"I was taken captive to Huang's house. She wanted to save me, so she was caught by the county magistrate for theft. If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't have died..." Luo Ming's voice was full of pain.

"Do you want to take revenge? Take revenge on your sister and yourself." Wuming asked.

Luo Ming was stunned for a while, and when he finally realized the meaning of Wuming's words, his painful and dull eyes lit up, and he said firmly, "I think."

County magistrate Liu hurriedly found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone: "I will help write the notebook and send it to the capital! The Huang family and magistrate Jiang are really worthless. Don't worry, Mr. Luo. As the magistrate of Kaiyang, I am now , will definitely stand by your side!"

"Who do you want to write the notebook to?" Wuming asked lightly.

"Naturally, it is reported layer by layer, first to the county guard, then to the relevant officials in the capital, and finally to His Majesty." County magistrate Liu said seriously.

"It's a matter of course." Wuming shook his head, "Landlord Huang and County Magistrate Jiang dared to act so arrogantly, there must be someone in the capital. You were stopped by someone in the process of reporting layer by layer. Not only the siblings of the Luo family If the matter cannot be reported, the Huang family's murder case can only be reduced to a minor one."

"Whether it's about the Huang family or Jiang county magistrate, just leave it to me." Wuming said softly, "I will help Luo Ming get revenge."

"This..." County Magistrate Liu frowned tightly, thinking, "What does your Highness mean, that you and His Highness the Seventh will directly report this matter to His Highness the Sixth?"

County magistrate Liu is indeed not deeply involved in the world, but he grew up in the capital, and he has been influenced by his ears and eyes, and he still understands the division of parties in the court.

"You think I belong to the Sixth Prince?" Wuming Fox narrowed his eyes and asked back with a smile.