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Su Mu said that but still got up early in the morning and pulled Wang Dong along, saying that he wanted to go out for a walk. Three people had died in this case and it caused quite a stir in a small place like Wu City. People were talking about it everywhere in the streets. Su Mu scooped up a wonton and held it up without saying anything for a long time.

"Prince Su." Suddenly, a person appeared beside him.

Su Mu raised his head and saw that it was Zhou Ye, the person who had saved her and Lin Yi a few days ago.

Zhou Ye held the hand of a little boy. Su Mu recalled what Zhou Ye had said before and knew that the little boy who had been cleaned up in front of him was probably that little beggar from that day.

"Zhou Yi, quickly say thank you." Zhou Ye pulled on Zhou Yi's hand.

Zhou Yi didn't say anything and only looked timidly at Su Mu. His black eyes were moist as if he could speak.

Su Mu didn't think too much about it. Even children were afraid of birth. Su Mu touched Zhou Yi's head. He recalled how he looked when he first met the group of students. He was surrounded by a group of fierce men. He could not hide his fear, but he still maintained his calm. Su Mu admitted that she had leaned towards that group of children from the start. Even questioning was just a formality. If not, how could those children be able to hide from her? It was precisely this kind of worthless prejudice of hers that had caused two more deaths. Thinking of this, Su Mu's heart became even more depressed.

"I don't have the energy to repay Young Noble Su for his help. I just hope that I can stay in Wu Cheng to accompany Young Noble Su and protect Young Noble Su's safety." As he spoke, Zhou Ye kneeled down, and Zhou Yi was pulled down by Zhou Ye as well.

Su Mu quickly put down the spoon and pulled up Zhou Ye, who was about to reject him. However, Wang Luo suddenly said, "I will not repay you for your kindness, not to mention that Young Master Zhou saved my life a few days ago. Logically speaking, the kindness should have been completely gone, but I do need a powerful martial arts expert by my side, so if Young Master Zhou is willing to help, I and my younger brother will definitely remember your kindness."

"I don't …" Su Mu didn't know why Wang had suddenly said that. Didn't he have Wang Yu by his side?

"My mother ordered me to go back for a trip. Maybe I'll leave in the afternoon." He had sent several letters home to his mother, so he should return home due to his emotions. However, he had been worried about Su Mu the entire time, and now that there was a martial arts expert willing to help him, he felt slightly more at ease.

The news of Wang Yu's return to the capital came in a hurry, causing Su Mu to be distracted, but in the end, he still nodded his head. There was no reason for Wang Fei to accompany her all the time.

Su Moyu kept it in her heart and couldn't eat anymore wontons. Wang Yu didn't force her and paid to let everyone go for a stroll, but after a while, they arrived at the yamen's entrance.

Wang Yu knew that Su Mu was still thinking about this case, so he brought her here.

There were quite a number of people gathered in front of the yamen. The student who poisoned the yamen had already confessed, and now there were four or five of his accomplices. Crying parents, the surrounding crowd, and the murderer whose heart was like dying embers were all gathered together.

The one sitting under the bright mirror was not Lin Yi, but the new County Magistrate Ge. Lin Yi only sat in front of the hall. When the order came down, his family had asked him to take care of the Wu family, but now, only Old Lady Wu was left. When he went to see her this morning, Old Lady Wu could no longer speak and her voice was already hoarse from crying.

How was he supposed to explain this to his family? Prefecture Overseer Ge was worried, but he was the one who had transferred them over. No matter what, he was still able to protect Lady Wu.

This case was not complicated. As the only son of Wu Lei, he was easily angered by Officer Wu's temper. Just half a month ago, a few kids in the private school had fought over a small conflict and accidentally injured Wu Lei. No one knew who gave Wu Lei a push in the chaos. Within a few days, the Wu family housekeeper arrived at the house of the children who were fighting and told them that the Wu family's land would not be rented this year.

Most of the children in the private school were not rich families. Most of them were farmers who faced the earth while the Wu family's land occupied more than half of the land in Wu City. This torture almost ended their livelihood. So the parents of the children together in front of Wu's house to kneel and cry, until official Wu loose mouth.

The ten-year old child already had a sense of self-esteem, and the Wu family's actions directly pressed the children's self-esteem against the ground, rubbing it against each other. If Wu Lei had a personality like Officer Wu, perhaps they would not dare to take action, but because of Wu Lei's weak personality and also wanted to get on good terms with his classmates, he would not speak of the grievances he had suffered. He was extremely easy to deal with, and the children tried to test him.

Wu Lei had a lot of money in his hands, and most of it was bought by that group of kids to play with. But they liked to use the bamboo sticks left over from the candied fruits to stab people, and most of the wounds were covered by their clothes, so Officer Wu couldn't see them, but Wu Lei didn't say anything, and this kind of behavior continued for a long time.

It was only until the last temple fair when Wu Lei, as their wallet, was naturally pulled out. However, this time around, someone suggested a different play method and coaxed Wu Lei out of the city.

The ten-year old child was already beginning to be ignorant of the matters of men and women. Wu Lei was pretty and handsome with his mother's help. Wu Lei could not bear the humiliation and bit his tongue to commit suicide.

In the end, he was still a child. When he encountered such a situation, he immediately panicked. Until someone suggested hanging Wu Lei at the city gate. It was impossible for a child to have the strength to hoist a child of the same age up to the city gates, but a group of children could do it. Official Wu had made quite a few enemies, and no one would have thought that the murderer was a group of children.

But since Officer Wu wasn't normal and Wu Lei ended up with this group of children, this group of children would bear the responsibility. However, the children did not know that since Officer Wu was so decisive in capturing people, they started to suspect that someone had snitch on them. Since Officer Wu had apprehended only one less person, they took out their family's hunting arrows and killed the child that was not captured by Officer Wu at the start of the second tragedy.

The child was the kindest and most evil. In order to cover up their mistakes, they chose to frame the official and poisoned the tea set in his study, leaving behind a letter full of holes.

With the case closed, County Magistrate Ge ordered his life to be repaid.

Crying filled the entire yamen, the parents of the murderer. The onlookers were frightened by the viciousness of the children as they stood at the side without saying anything. The children were also kneeling on the ground, as if they had lost their souls.

Su Mu pursed his lips. To be honest, her theoretical knowledge far surpassed her actual skills. Although Father Su believed that his daughter wouldn't lose to a man, he would still deliberately hide something dark.

Lin Yi saw Su Mu.

Long ago, when the crown prince was still his older brother, there was a banquet at the palace and Su Mu was there as well. At that time, her face was still chubby as she hid in a corner to eat pastries while pulling her hair into a messy bun. He seemed to run over and ask her why she had to pull back such a nice bun. Lin Yi could not remember what she said. At that time, he only thought that this little girl was very cute. Later on, when the Yan family controlled the imperial government, most of the ministers' children did not dare to interact with the royal family in private. Thus, Lin Yi never saw Su Mu again.

Compared to that time, the current Su Mu was too thin, and only had a thin layer of flesh on his face. Perhaps now, he was more in line with the beauty of "cut spring onion roots, delicate steps and exquisite world steps", but Lin Yi did not like it.

He didn't know what was on his mind, but Lin Yi suddenly turned his head to ask Bag Floating Life, "If there's a woman who likes you, but her father had to kill your entire family because of someone else's coercion, then how could you possibly like her?"

Bao Fusheng's face was full of shock, he did not understand why Lin Yi suddenly opened his brain and asked such a question.

"Just answer, don't ask me why." Lin Yi pinched his fan bone.

Bao Fu Cheng pondered for a moment, but still didn't know what kind of answer Lin Yi wanted, so he could only casually say, "Where on earth is there no grass? Even if I had a brain, I still wouldn't like my father's enemy."

Bao Fusheng could clearly feel that Lin Yi was trying his best to restrain himself from slamming the jade bone fan on his head. It seemed that Lin Yi was not very satisfied with his answer.

Before the Su family's incident, Su Mu had only stayed in the Su family and the justice courts the most. He had never interacted with Bao Liusheng, and the explanation given by Su Mu and Wang Yu was very reasonable. Because of this, Bao Fusheng had never doubted that Su Mu was Su Shao's cousin, nor did he ever think that Su Mu was a real man.

Lin Yi was annoyed by Bao Fusheng, the Jade Bone Fan knocked on the armrest of his chair, stood up and left.

As a relative of the victim, he should avoid arousing suspicion, but there were only two rich people who could represent him, and they insisted on letting him go to court. Now that he had issued a judgement, the noble person had given him a slap in the face, was he not satisfied with his verdict?

County Magistrate Ge thought of many things. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He felt that his butt was unsteady.

Bao Fusheng could not bear to see this any longer. He kindly patted County Governor Ge's shoulder and comforted him, "Very good."

However, County Magistrate Ge could hear the threat in his tone.