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Then, without waiting for Qu Ling to ask, Magistrate Zeng told him everything that had happened.

The Magistrate Zeng and his wife's relationship had been very good for many years. After his wife had given birth to her child, her health had not been very good, two months ago she accidentally fell into the lotus pond, and after salvaging the lotus pond, she was already on her last breath. The doctors who invited her were shaking their heads and sighing, telling Magistrate Zeng to prepare for future events.

Magistrate Zeng used a thousand-year-old ginseng to hang Madam Mu's life and placed it on the list to seek a famous doctor.

However, after several days passed, all of the doctors who came to the magistrate court were unable to do anything to his wife.

Just as he realized the despair of the truth and began to prepare his affairs, a man in black clothing came to him and said that he had medicine in his hand to save his wife.

He didn't even hold any hope anymore, but that black clothed man firmly indicated that he could. Thus, he gave that black clothed man a chance.

As it turned out, his wife was alive.

He was overjoyed, and gave the man in black a large sum of money. He also asked the man in black if he had used any elixirs or miraculous pills, and also asked if he could come up with something for future use.

Who would have known, that the black clothed man would actually tell him that it was not some miracle medicine, but a kind of Gu Worm, called Soul Borrowing Gu.

There was no cure for this Gu.

Magistrate Zeng sighed, "I've heard that the Miao Boundary is extremely evil, but I never expected it to be true. My wife came back to life by relying on this Gu, but before long, something strange happened. She felt cold all over, but she didn't know it, but she was able to frostbite anyone who touched her. Not only that, when the Gu Worm flared up, it would also cause people to wish they were dead … "

At this point, he could not continue.

From that moment on, he knew that there was no such thing as good in the world.

There was a price to be paid for seizing his life from the hands of Yama Minamiya.

Hearing that, Qu Ling's face became gloomy.

He had already predicted that someone would use the Gu Worm to make a windfall. He did not expect it to actually come true.

Qu Ling was quiet for a long time, then smiled and looked at Magistrate Zeng and asked: How does Magistrate Zeng want me to help you?

Magistrate Zeng suddenly stood up, cupped his hands and bowed: "I heard that Miao Ren is good at producing Gu and is good at dispelling Gu, I hope Mrs. Xiao can save my wife."

After Qu Ling heard this, he was overjoyed, "Lord Zeng imprisoned us here and you still want me to … You still want me to remove the Gu for your wife? "

"If Mrs. Xiao can help my wife remove the Gu, I can immediately give Mrs. Xiao back my freedom."

Qu Ling raised his eyebrows, "Then what about my husband and his subordinates?"

Magistrate Zeng's face sunk. After pondering for a long time, he said softly: "I will listen to your orders. I hope that Mrs. Xiao will not make things difficult for me."

After the negotiations were over, Qu Ling put down the teacup heavily. His expression darkened as well and he ordered coldly, "Since that's the case, please return."

She did not understand the matters of the imperial court, but that did not mean that she was brainless.

This was the territory under the jurisdiction of the governor of Tong Huai Palace, there was no way the Magistrate Zeng would not know of it. Since he knew and did not report it, it meant that he was in cahoots with the workers in the Ministry of Industry, or perhaps they had reached an agreement on something.

Or to be more precise, the Magistrate Zeng might even be the crown prince's man.

Magistrate Zeng raised his head and met Qu Ling's resolute gaze.

After being silent for a long time, he suddenly sighed and turned towards the door.

Just as he was about to step out of the door, Qu Ling suddenly said: "If Master Zeng detains the princes and successors of the Southern Guarding Prince, aren't you afraid that the imperial government and the Southern Guarding Prince Palace will make trouble for him?"

Magistrate Zeng did not turn back. After a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice, "When Mrs. Xiao came out from the depths of the Huai River, he must have seen the official silver as well."

Pausing for a moment, he said, "There is no way out for me."

The secret stash officials were already a crime against the nine clans. What could be more serious than the nine clans being executed?

The door was locked again, and the room was quiet again.

Qu Ling stared at the closed door for a long time, then picked up the cup of warm tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

In the dark, damp cell, the man sat cross-legged on the floor like an old monk meditating.

After an unknown amount of time, the man suddenly opened his eyes and lowered his gaze to look at the little green snake that was crawling on his leg. A trace of a smile quickly flashed across his eyes.

He raised his hand and touched Green Snake's head with his index finger.

Green Snake seemed to enjoy it. Closing his eyes, he used his snake head to rub against his finger.

Suddenly, the sound of faint footsteps could be heard.

Xiao Jingyue raised his gaze and looked in the direction of the voice.

It was a prison.

With one hand holding the lantern and the other holding the food box, the jailer approached from a distance.

When he arrived at the entrance of the cell, he respectfully bowed to the man inside before squatting down and opening the lunchbox. He then pushed the steaming hot food through a small hole beneath the door.

Putting down the food, the guard was about to leave when an arm reached out and grabbed his neck.

The jailer's eyes bulged in fear. He instinctively wanted to scream for help, but his neck was choked and he could not utter a single word.

Soon, his face turned red and his entire body began to tremble.

Xiao Jingyue lowered his eyes to look at the food by his feet, and suddenly clenched his fist with force.

With a "kacha" sound, his head tilted to the side as he breathed his last.

Xiao Jingyue released his grip, allowing the prison guard to fall onto the ground. He lifted his leg and swept away the food on the ground.

From his bosom, he took out the hairpin Qu Ling had previously stealthily given him, and with a few quick movements, he unlocked it and walked out of the cell.

At the same time, two men were sitting opposite to each other in a simple and crude restaurant on a certain street in Tong Huai Palace.

A man in green clothing drank the wine in his cup in one gulp. Suddenly, he turned his head to look at the cotton curtain that was being swept up by the violent wind. He softly said, "It's going to rain."

The man sitting across from him put down his empty cup and rested his cheek on one hand. He looked at the man with a smile and echoed, "That's right, it's going to rain soon."

When Murong Yan looked over, Chu Yu unwittingly gave him a coquettish look, and continued to say: "More importantly, why don't we go back and rest?"

Murong Yan did not budge an inch. As if he did not hear anything, he held up the wine jug and filled the empty cup in front of him and Chu Yu with wine, and said faintly, "According to the scouts' reports, the prefectural officials of TongHuai Palace have imprisoned Ah Ling, my sister, and the others within the Ya Mansion …"

"We're in a hurry. You and I haven't brought much silver with us. We can't share a room together tonight in order to save money."

"Magistrate Zeng belongs to the crown prince. The crown prince wholeheartedly wants his life, and if General Xiao gets involved with this matter, the Magistrate Zeng will definitely not let him leave …"

"I can dress up as a woman if you think it's embarrassing for two men to stay in the same room. You've seen Xi-er in a woman's outfit, right? I'm no worse than him. "

"In order to avoid any problems, we need to think of a way as soon as possible …"

Murong Yan's voice paused, and he expressionlessly reached out his hand, blocking Chu Yu's face that was moving closer and closer, "Are you listening to me or not?"

"I heard it." Chu Yu pulled down Murong Yan's hand, and winked at him with her pair of beautiful eyes. She indistinctly wiped the tip of her nose on the back of his hand, and purposefully said with a voice that had a certain kind of insinuation: "Say, you will be sleeping with me tonight."

Murong Yan, "..."

The owner of the restaurant was dumbstruck as he watched from the side. He didn't even know where to put his hands.

Murong Shan choked for a while, without saying a word, he took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, got up and left.

Chu Yu did not immediately give chase as she slowly walked in front of the owner of the wine shop. She bent down slightly and stared straight at the owner's cloudy eyes with her beautiful eyes, then spoke with a gentle and confused tone of voice: "Tonight, your wine shop is in no business, no one came to eat wine, and you did not hear anything either."

"Customer, you …"

After a brief moment of surprise, the owner's entire body suddenly trembled.

The unease and amazement in her eyes slowly faded as her unparalleled, alluring face was completely reflected in her eyes.

Shortly after, he slowly lowered his eyes and muttered, "Tonight, there is no business at my restaurant. No one came to eat. I didn't hear anything."

Chu Yu laughed with satisfaction, he raised his hand and pushed away the heavy curtain, then turned and left.