When Shen Chunniang walked out, no one recognized her. Was this still the black, disheveled beggar from before? This appearance, even compared to Luo Lingwei and the other two present, was not bad.
"You … "You're Chun Niang?" At this moment, Luo Lingwei was dumbstruck.
"Niangniang, I am Shen Chun Niang." Being stared at by these few people, Shen Chunniang felt a little embarrassed. Her face was bashful, and she did not dare to look up at Luo Lingwei and the others.
Luo Lingwei nodded, pointing to the dishes on the table and said, "First come and eat something. After you finish eating, I'll take you to court."
Although Shen Chunniang was already dressed, her stomach was still empty. As a result, Luo Lingwei didn't care about the image of a lady from a noble family. She wolfed down her food, and not long after, all the food in front of her was swept away.
As Shen Chunniang ate, her tears fell. This was the best meal she'd had in the past few days. Ever since her father, Shen Lian, was sent to prison, Shen Chunniang had not had a day's rest. She first tried to find connections with other people, but her father was too noble and did not try to curry favor with the nobles. There was no official who was willing to speak up for him. The words of the commoners were of no use.
Thus, even though Shen Chunniang had spent a lot of money, she was still unable to solve this problem. At this critical moment, his mother was worried that his father was suffering from an illness, so there was another place in the family that needed money.
Moreover, this Huang Wen was also not a good person. As he sued Shen Lian, he also secretly messed with the teachers at the northern district's entrance, tricking the Shen family's property right away. And just like that, Shen Chun Niang went from a beautiful young miss to a beggar on the verge of death.
As a weak girl, Shen Chunniang had never learned any skills and did not have much money to earn, so she could only sell the valuable items in her hands one by one. However, she hadn't given up on saving her father and didn't want her aunt to be slandered. Thus, she didn't lower her head to the Huang Family. As a result, he spent a small part of the money he had on hand. Most of it would be used to pay for his father's punishment, so that his father wouldn't suffer in prison while the other side would use the money he had to pave the way for his father's death.
However, the Shangguan family eats people more fiercely than wild beasts, the wild beasts eat people and leave behind a corpse, while the officials eat people, even the rags on your body are all taken away by you!
Very quickly, Shen Chunniang had used up all her money. If she wanted to go to the pawnshop to pawn things, other than the clothes she was wearing, there was nothing else.
Helpless, Shen Chunniang had no choice but to borrow money from relatives and friends, as well as seek help from those who had received help from her father.
However, every time she sought out a father, he was either out of the house or without money. In short, he didn't want to borrow any money!
It was at this moment that Shen Chunniang realized the evilness of human nature. Those who came to curry favor with her father when his father was in his prime, those who were desperate to find her father for help, all avoided her at this moment. This made Shen Chunniang's heart turn cold.
Just like this, Shen Chunniang's days became worse and worse, until she finally ended up on the streets as a beggar.
Originally, Shen Chunniang was already very disappointed with human nature, but today Luo Lingwei and the others were so considerate to her that it gave her a new set of expectations for this world.
By the time he finished eating, it was already past noon. It was currently the hottest time of the day. However, Mount Pan County was still very cool.
Panshan County was located in the southwest. Because of its mountainous surroundings, it was known as the Long Coiling Mountain. It was a place where medicinal herbs flourished. Many of the more expensive medicinal herbs in Central Plains County were not rare items.
Therefore, there were also a lot of drug dealers in Pan Shan County. Previously, when Little Poria Cocos had accompanied his foster father to this place, he had also come to pick herbs due to the abundance of the herbs here. It was a herb storage that had been bestowed upon him by the heavens.
"Esteemed wangfei, can I go out and buy some things later?" For some reason, little Poria Cocos suddenly mentioned this.
Although Luo Lingwei was puzzled, she still agreed and told Zhang Long to accompany little Poria Cocos.
After giving out the order, Luo Lingwei brought Little Green, Little White, Shen Chunniang, and Zhao Hu to the Prefect's yamen.
As soon as Luo Lingwei arrived at the yamen's entrance, she followed her usual habits and was about to enter when someone at the door saw her approaching aggressively. Seeing how she was dressed, they thought that someone's wife had come to complain, so they cupped their hands and said: "Madam, may I ask what business you have coming to the yamen's entrance? If you don't have anything else, please go back. Don't harm this little one and get punished. "
Luo Lingwei saw that this messenger was very modest and polite, so she did not make things difficult for him. Instead, she took out the golden order representing Imperial Censor's messenger from her sleeve and said to him, "This young brother, I will have to trouble you to inform him that Imperial Censor sent Luo Lingwei to investigate this case. Get the Prefect and the prefecture overseer to cooperate in the investigation! "
Luo Lingwei said this lightly, but it was as if a bolt from the blue had struck into his ears. He was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly crawled towards the rear courtyard of the yamen. He was so nervous that he forgot to greet Luo Lingwei.
A short while later, the magistrate hurriedly rushed over. Upon seeing Luo Lingwei, he bowed deeply and greeted her. All the servants behind him also knelt down and kowtowed.
Soon after, a group of people entered the court. Luo Lingwei did not stand on ceremony and directly sat on the official's desk, while Prefect Jiang stood at the side and waited. After all, she was not only the messenger from the capital, she was also the royal concubine of the royal family. If she didn't offer to let him sit down, then he could only stand there for a day.
Soon, Lord Liao, the prefecture overseer of Lanzhou, came as well. The prefecture overseer's clothes were a little messy. His hair had not been completely tied up and was still a little messy.
"This official's prefecture overseer Liao Qingshan greets esteemed wangfei."
When Prefecture Overseer Liao came close and saluted Luo Lingwei, Luo Lingwei only slightly raised her eyes and nodded her head, indicating that she had heard it. However, she did not intend to get him up.
At this moment, Luo Lingwei was sitting in front of the case file. The more she looked at it, the more suspicious she felt, so she didn't rush him to get up, but wanted to kill this prefecture overseer for his prestige.
At this moment, the entire hall was silent. Luo Lingwei flipped through the case file, and no one dared to speak a word. After about an hour, Luo Lingwei finally broke the deathly silence.