The lives of a dozen girls?

Shen Lian was stunned.

Fei Yuqing and the tribute case, is there another hidden story?

"If you tell the truth about this case, if there is a grievance, I will naturally report it to the prefect as appropriate and redress your grievances. ”

When Fei Yuqing heard this, she shook her head:

"If you can't guarantee it, then I can't tell the truth. ”

Shen Lian frowned secretly.

Getting the black box does not convict Fei Yuqing.

Only when Fei Yuqing confesses can the tribute case be closed.

"If you don't say it, how do I know that there are other grievances?" Shen Lian said in a cold tone.

Fei Yuqing was silent for a moment.

Raising his eyes and looking at Shen Lian:

"It's not that there is a grievance, but that if I tell the truth, I will endanger the dozen or so girls in the weaving workshop. ”

Shen Lian's face was calm, waiting for the following.

"If you can get the black box, you must be a capable person!"

Fei Yuqing praised and said:

"Compared with those corrupt officials in the yamen, you are a thoughtful person, I will believe you once and tell you the truth. ”

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

Fei Yuqing suddenly whispered:

"If you invite credit afterwards, you still hurt those girls, and after I escape, I will definitely not be able to spare you. ”

As he spoke, he pointed around the prison:

"I'm in prison, it's just a matter of delay. Don't say that it's your private prison, even if it's the prefect's yamen's prison, it can't lock me up. ”

Shen Lian looked at Fei Yuqing with interest.

This is true, you can dive into the bottom of the falling feather beach, dig a hard pit in the water with your bare hands, and leave safely. After the trial of the criminal division, it was delayed until he was acquitted.

Such a person is definitely not an ordinary person.

Even if Shen Lian himself has to use the technique of the Demon Beast Sage.

But Fei Yuqing's state shows that he is obviously an 'ordinary civilian'.

This doesn't make sense.

Shen Lian suddenly thought of a possibility.

A little secret about a cultivator was once mentioned by Han Tong during small talk.

"Have you ever eaten a very special fruit?" asked Shen Lian.

"Huh?"

Fei Yuqing was stunned for a moment, and her brows furrowed deeply: "How do you know?"

Shen Lian smiled slightly.

Sure enough, that's the reason.

"When you eat that peculiar fruit, you often suffer from physical pain. There are also some people, just like you, but most of them can't make it through and die as a result. ”

"In such a situation, you are still concerned about the safety of others. There is a way to steal, I admire you!"

Shen Lian's words made Fei Yuqing a little shy.

The two of them finally felt a little sympathetic to each other.

"Two years ago, I was catching fish underwater and stumbled upon Falling Feather Beach. ”

Fei Yuqing dispelled her wariness of Shen Lian and began to speak.

"My nickname is Green Snake, and I am best at wearing in the forest and swimming in the water. I heard the rumors of the falling feather beach, and I was curious for a while, so I slept on the beach to see if this falling feather beach could sink me. ”

"I never thought that I slept until midnight, and my waist hurt. ”

"I immediately woke up, looked around and found a black box. ”

Fei Yuqing pointed to the black box that Shen Lian was holding.

"I opened the black box and found a fruit inside. The aroma is fragrant and extremely attractive. I was bold, and I was a little hungry, so I ate the fruit. ”

"After eating the fruit, I found that the black box was dry and unsinking, even if it was buried in water. I thought I had found a baby, and I was overjoyed and hurried home. ”

Speaking of this, Fei Yuqing smiled bitterly.

"When I got home, I was poisoned. The whole body is like an ant insect biting, and the pain is unbearable. My family was poor since I was a child, my parents died early, and I was raised by the villagers. At that time, if I had been mad, I would have hurt my fellow villagers. ”

So I stayed away overnight and ran into the city. But he had no money on him, and he couldn't get a doctor. Then the poison was so severe that I passed out. ”

"When I woke up, I found out that it was a few girls from the weaving workshop who saved me. They didn't dislike me for being dirty, they sent food and water, and asked Lang Zhong to treat me. ”

Fei Yuqing's face softened, and she continued:

"In order to repay the favor, I stayed in the weaving workshop and worked as a small worker. Then I found that the more tired and hard I worked, the less poisonous hair on my body would be. ”

"What's even stranger is that my eyes, ears, hands and feet have become extremely sensitive and stretch freely. I became more and more fond of the weaving tools, and I decided to stay for a long time. ”

"And then, it was more than forty days ago......"

When Fei Yuqing said this, she paused, and seemed to be a little unwilling to recall.

"That day, after I finished my manual work, I was still secretly watching the girls spinning and embroidering in the weaving workshop outside the window, as I had done in the past. I heard that it was a tribute to the imperial capital......"

"My eyesight has far surpassed others, and after observing for a long time, I found that the fancy pattern of the dragon robe was wrong. ”

"As everyone knows, if something goes wrong with the tribute, it is a felony of killing the head. I deliberately reminded me, but there are differences between men and women, and besides, my identity is not easy to enter rashly. ”

"At this time, I discovered that there were actually a few other secret thieves who were also secretly spying on the production of tribute. I was furious, so I went to drive away ......"

When Shen Lian heard this, he didn't have to think about it to know that something must have gone wrong.

Sure enough, Fei Yuqing sighed:

"It was also me who was reckless, and those thieves fled in a hurry, but they startled the girls in the workshop. They knocked over a lamp and burned a corner of the tribute dress. ”

"The dragon robe is wrong, the xia dress is burned, and these girls are all going to be beheaded. I immediately covered my face in a black scarf, rushed in, pretended to be a robber, took the robe, and some jewels, and escaped from the weaving workshop. ”

"Later, if I thought about it, if it was destroyed, I was afraid that it would cause a big disaster. So I had to stuff it in a black box and bury it at the bottom of the falling feather beach. ”

Fei Yuqing said, looking at Shen Lian:

"Nothing falls on the Falling Feather Beach, and no one can imagine that there are tributes hidden at the bottom of the beach. Even if I am arrested, as long as I don't say anything, the case will be unsolved. ”

Shen Lian frowned and said:

"Are you so sure that you can survive torture and interrogation?"

Fei Yuqing smiled lightly:

"I have a wound on my body, and the more severe the punishment, the less painful the wound will be. If the officials in the prefect's prison want me to confess, they will definitely not beat me to death. ”

"What if you can't stand the torture and confess the truth?" asked Shen Lian.

Fei Yuqing's face didn't matter:

"It's just a death, and I owe those girls their lives. As long as I don't say it, the girls won't be implicated. ”

Shen Lian didn't believe that this thin young man would be tied up.

After eating the rare 'Demon Blood Secret Fruit', it is already equivalent to half a cultivator.

"I've told you all the truth, what are you going to do?" Fei Yuqing stared at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian closed the black box, held it in his hand, got up and said:

"I'll find a way to save your life. After that, let's see how you thank me. ”

With that, he turned and left.

。。

Xicheng Prefect's Internal Affairs Hall.

Brightly lit.

Shen Lian sat in the guest chair with a cloth package in his hand.

The sound of boots.

Ji Zhinan, the prefect who got the news, came slowly in civilian clothes.

"I've seen the prefect!"

Shen Lian stood up and saluted.