Chapter 242

Widow Tao's words embarrassed the two women outside.

Wu Wanqiong's face froze, but Osmanthus fragrans blushed immediately, and explained at a loss: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, I, I..."

At the end of the "I" I still said that sentence, and Osmanthus covered her face and ran away.

Wu Wanqiong glanced at the main room, then at Osmanthus fragrans who had run away, and walked slowly back to the room.

She sat in the room for a while, and went to the kitchen after her hands and feet were warmed up.

In the kitchen, Osmanthus is cooking.

The flames in the stove illuminated a large orange light in the dark kitchen. Osmanthus fragrans has a turban on her head, and there are faint beads of sweat on the tip of her nose.

It was very warm in the kitchen, and a gust of heat rushed towards my face.

When Osmanthus fragrans saw Wu Wanqiong, she trembled in fright, her thin shoulders slumped a little, and her head was buried deeply.

Wu Wanqiong didn't say anything, and went to the stove to light a fire.

Osmanthus fragrans glanced at her secretly, and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, I didn't really think about it... You have seen my man, he was sick from the womb, and he died within two years. My sister-in-law doesn't want to see me, My aunt took pity on me for not being able to rely on me, so she said she would pick me up to serve her in Beijing. I didn't think about it, I didn't think about it..."

Wu Wanqiong hummed lightly, unable to explain what it meant.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll be leaving in two days, I..."

Osmanthus fragrans began to cry, that kind of silent cry, with her shoulders trembling.

Wu Wanqiong cried like this before, and she knew what kind of situation could make her cry like this, and she felt an inexplicable sense of sadness in her heart.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you want to." She said softly.

Osmanthus looked up at her in surprise, with tears still hanging on her pretty face: "Sister-in-law, you..."

"He always needs a child. And I, married twice, have no children."

Speaking of this, Wu Wanqiong couldn't help but think of the baby boy in his memory, who gently pulled her and called her Aunt Wan.

But at the same time, she remembered how the child grew up, looking at her with a pair of clear and black eyes, and said in a clear and cold voice, "Aunt Wan is not like this in my memory, don't come here again, and I won't call you You, Aunt Wan. I know what you want to do, you make me feel sick."

Wu Wanqiong closed her eyes tightly, only to find that there were no tears in her eyes.

She stood up and went back to the small room.

Feeling very tired, she fell asleep and had a dream.

In the dream, she was also so tired, as if there was a huge mountain on her body, and what she did most every day was to sit by the window and look at the plantain tree.

Look at its yellow leaves, look at its green leaves, look at the snow outside, look at the rain outside, look at the wind outside.

It was as if she had always been alone and no one else.

"If there is an afterlife, I hope I will never run into you again!"

...

She woke up in a jerk and looked out the window, only to find that it was already dark.

She felt a little hungry, so she got up, put on her clothes, and went out of the room. As soon as she walked out, someone suddenly jumped out from the main room and stared at her: "What are you doing!"

"I'm hungry, find something to eat."

Widow Tao endured it, and then gave her a disgusted look: "There is leftovers on the stove, go and eat. Don't disturb my son, he is reading a book."

There was something wrong with her tone, Wu Wanqiong glanced at her subconsciously, followed her flickering gaze to the west wing, and suddenly realized something in her heart.

In the evening, Tao Yitong never went back to his room. In fact, Wu Wanqiong is already used to it. Widow Tao has always been in charge of her sharing the same room with Tao Yi, thinking that too much sex will empty her son's body.

Another dawn was rising, and Wu Wanqiong thought that this day would be no different from the countless days in the past. But when Amber came to see her, her heart skipped a beat.

"Amber, I want to get out of here."

*

Amber looked at his girl in surprise.

At the same time, he also saw Widow Tao sticking out her head from behind the cotton curtain in the main room, he laughed and said, "Old lady, the house has brought some things for the girl."

Only then did Widow Tao's brows brighten, she came out and looked excitedly at the cart behind Amber, and even thoughtfully asked Wu Wanqiong to invite Amber in for tea.

In fact, her meaning is very obvious, she just wants to arrange these annual gifts by herself.

Amber knew it, and Wu Wanqiong knew it too, but no one cared about her.

Wu Wanqiong led Amber into the house, and Amber asked: "Girl, why do you want to leave, but what happened?"

"Nothing, I just want to leave."

Amber fell silent.

After that incident, Amber was completely exiled, saying that he was going to take care of Jiangxi's business, but in fact, the Wu family had a mine there and asked Amber to watch it.

It took two years to go there, and when Amber found a chance to go back to Beijing, he found out that the girl was already married.

Naturally, life is not good, but now that he has lost power, he is not even as good as an ordinary servant, so there is nothing he can do about it. The most I can do is to find an opportunity to go back to Beijing every year, buy some things and send them to the Tao family, so that the Tao family can know that the Wu family still remembers the girl.

"Amber, you probably don't know. My father was arrested by Jin Yiwei. The Wu family is about to end. Widow Tao found a woman for Tao Yitong and asked her to give birth to a son for Tao Yitong. Amber, I'm tired. It's not a place where I can spend the rest of my life safely, and I want to leave." Wu Wanqiong couldn't hold back, and said what was in her heart.

"girl!"

When Amber returned to Beijing from Jiangxi, the first thing he did was to come to Tao's house. He didn't know what happened to Wu's house.

Seeing his girl's haggard appearance, Amber's heart ached unbearably, and he hated Aunt Feng and the Tao family who caused all this. But the most important thing now is to find out what happened.

"Amber, my father committed a heinous crime. Back then, in order to protect Wu Wenxuan and Wu Qian, he even had people dig the embankment of the river section in Yucheng County, and donated 200,000 taels in the name of the Wu family. This is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family. Although I am a married woman, if the matter has come to a conclusion, the Tao family will definitely divorce me and send me back in order to clear the relationship."

"Girl, this old slave just came back from Jiangxi, and I don't know what happened yet. Don't worry, wait for this old slave to find out."

*

As a group of criminal officials headed by Xiang Yu entered Beijing, it became an urgent matter to put the case on the agenda.

At the very least, before the new year, we need to find out the clues, otherwise, I am afraid that this year will be difficult for everyone.

According to the rules, when a criminal enters the capital, his identity must be checked first.

Several presiding judges were on the spot, and after confirming that they were correct, these people were sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"This is an extraordinary period. I hope Lord Yin will pay more attention to it so as not to cause complications." Before leaving, Xue Tingxiang said to Yin Nian.

Yin Nian is the minister of the Ministry of Justice, known for his hot temper, but he is a loyal minister, and he always takes the greatest pleasure in being against Mr. Wu Ge.

This is also the reason why after all kinds of mediation, it was decided to lock up all the criminals in the Ministry of Punishment.

Yin Nian was eager to overthrow Mr. Wu Ge, so naturally he would not let things go wrong, and Xue Tingxiang's words were just superfluous.

In the end is young.

Dali Temple Qing Wang Chongyao sighed in his heart, but on the surface he smiled and said nothing.

"Master Xue, don't worry, the old man just specifically explained that not a single mosquito will be let in." Yin Nian waved his palm and smiled, his face was flushed, as if he had encountered some happy event.

After a few more pleasantries, they dispersed.

*

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there is no sunshine all year round, so the only way to light it is by candlelight.

At the end of the passage, there are more than a dozen separate cells, which are specially used to detain serious criminals, and Xiang Yu is locked here.

As for the others, Xiang Yu didn't know where they were in charge, since he entered here he was alone.

In fact, he wasn't the only one, there were other people around him. He couldn't see each other, but he could hear some strange voices.

It seems to be crying, and it seems to be laughing, and some can sing ditties, crazy.

Xiang Yu has been an official for many years, and he knows what this is. They are all people who have been locked up for too long and have gone crazy.

It was already late at night, but Xiang Yu didn't feel sleepy at all.

He thought that maybe starting tomorrow, they would be interrogated. How would they be interrogated? I heard that the people from Jinyiwei were specially dispatched this time. His Majesty originally planned to let the people from Beizhen Fusi come for trial, but the courtiers resisted. Up to now, only Wu Ge has been locked in the imperial prison.

Elder Wu Ge definitely did not admit it, so he brought them for trial. As one of the culprits, it is the best result for him to survive this time.

A sound of footsteps came from a distance, and after a while, Xiang Yuan saw two jailers approaching the cage.

They didn't speak to him, just looked at him, checked the lock on the gate of the fence, and then turned and left.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and Xiang Yu couldn't hold on any longer. He looked at the pile of straw behind him, and finally lay down.

It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, the coldest time of the year, and the clothes on his body were not enough to keep out the cold.

He moved, and moved again, and finally he got into the straw pile, and he was a little warmer.

Half asleep and half awake, he heard the door lock ringing.

...

A few oil lamps placed in the recesses of the wall are enough to illuminate the place brightly.

There was wine and meat on the square wooden table, but the jailers were not in the mood to eat or drink at this moment, but looked at the man sitting in front of the table anxiously.

A very frail man, but tall and handsome.

He was wearing a black hooded crane cloak, with only the hood hanging down, revealing a handsome face like a crowned jade.

When Xue Tingxiang appeared before, everyone was taken aback by him. I don't know how he got in, and it's because he doesn't sleep at night with his status, and why he came to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"I brought some wine and meat to drive you away from the cold." Xue Tingxiang explained the purpose of coming without them asking.

No one objected to these, but this person just sat down and refused to leave, and even said that he wanted to have a drink with everyone.

In fact, by this time, the guards had almost understood what Mr. Xue was here for, and they were probably worried about the criminals. Some thought it was nothing, while others were on pins and needles.

"What are you doing in a daze? Are you still being polite to me? It's also because I came here a bit abruptly, and I felt uneasy at home, so I came to take a look. You know, His Majesty attaches great importance to this case, and I am under a lot of pressure " Xue Tingxiang said with a wry smile.

Most of people's mutual understanding starts with complaints. Or you complain, and he listens, or listens, and he feels touched.

A jailer also said: "That's right, the higher-ups have ordered us to keep an eye on these people. In the past, two people watched the entire cell at night, but now these brothers are sent to patrol once an hour. Don't worry, my lord, there will be no mistakes."

"It's good that there are no mistakes, but the trial of this case can't be completed in a day or two. I don't know when the trial will end. You will have to work hard."

"Adults, don't work hard, little ones don't work hard."

Just like this, you come and go, and the pawns sit at the same table with the adults and drink wine.

The jailers stayed in this kind of place for many years, and they were greedy for alcohol, and the wine that Xue Tingxiang brought was good, so all the alcoholics committed crimes. But I also know that I can't get drunk at this kind of time. Most of them eat vegetables, but I drink less wine. I take a sip after a while, but Xue Tingxiang drank a lot.

Two jailers were fidgeting, they drank two glasses with them, stood up and said, "Boss, it's almost time, let's go patrol."

The head jailer was the main force accompanying Xue Tingxiang, and he had already drunk a lot of wine, so he was bleary-eyed. Hearing this, he scolded with a smile: "Why are you so active now, I urged you not to go before." But he didn't stop it.

The jailer took a peek at Xue Tingxiang, quickly picked up the key from the wall, and was about to leave when he was suddenly stopped by a voice.

"Wait a minute, why do I hear voices inside?"

Everyone was taken aback by what he said, and then the chief jailer smiled and said, "Some people here have been imprisoned for many years, and this place is a bit abnormal." He pointed to his head.

"Oh, so that's the case. It's still not right. I heard something wrong with the voice." As he said that, Xue Tingxiang stood up first and walked inside.

...

What happened next was completely beyond the expectations of these jailers.

After they entered, they found that the doors of some prisoners had been opened, and a group of demons danced wildly inside.

Probably these people are really crazy, they ran into other cells to attack the prisoners inside. And they beat anyone they saw, and when they saw someone rushing in from outside, they surrounded them.

It is a rare prison riot.

Only then did the guards realize that they forgot to take their knives. Fortunately, several of Xue Tingxiang's entourage had good fists and kicks, and they called the soldiers guarding the prison from outside to suppress the riot.

The casualties were heavy!

Most of the dead were inmates in the cells. The only thing to be thankful for was that after Xue Tingxiang and others came in, they went straight to the cells of several repeat offenders. The conditions of these high-ranking criminals were miserable. Was strangled to death.

Xiang Yu was almost strangled to death, almost not saved.