Hearing that the old lady was doing well, Mu Changhuan nodded slightly, paused, and asked Mama Xu again, "Does grandmother know about Qiao Qingqian in the West Courtyard?" ”

When Mama Xu heard this, she smiled bitterly, lowered her voice and said, "I don't know yet," she said, she glanced at Qiao Jingduan again, "It was the eldest prince who asked her to hide it." ”

"That's good," Mu Changhuan didn't say anything more, and the three of them entered the warm pavilion together.

In the warm pavilion, the old lady was waiting earnestly, and when she saw Mu Changhuan coming in, her eyebrows and eyes were stretched, and she beckoned and smiled, "Changhuan, you are here." ”

Mu Changhuan and Qiao Jingduan walked forward, and the two sat down under the old lady, the old lady thought that Mu Changhuan was sitting far away, and said unhappily, "Come here, what are you doing so far away?" ”

Mu Changhuan had no choice but to get up and move to the old lady's side again.

When the old lady saw her sitting over, she patted her hand gently, and said, "How is this time going?" What happened to King Beijing? ”

When Mu Changhuan heard Xiao He's name, he wanted to say that it was not good, but thinking of the old lady's current body, he endured it again and said, "It's okay." ”

"That's good," the old lady nodded slightly, and said Susu, "the white rabbit, go around, the clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as before, if you husband and wife can release their old suspicions and renew their love, it would be great." ”

When Mu Changhuan heard this, he just lowered his head and didn't speak.

But fortunately, the old lady was really old and in poor health, so she was a little sleepy after saying a few words.

Mu Changhuan said in a timely manner, "My grandmother is sleepy, so I went back to sleep." ”

The old lady rarely saw Mu Changhuan once, but she was a little reluctant to let go of her, still holding her hand tightly, nodding her head and saying, "I can't bear you." ”

"Then I'll go back to the room with you and watch you sleep," Mu Changhuan thought for a while, tentatively appeasing the old lady.

The old lady nodded without hesitation, "Okay! ”

Mu Changhuan stood up and walked to the bedroom with Mama Xu.

Qiao Jingduan didn't follow, just sat outside and waited.

He waited for about half an hour before Mu Changhuan came out of it, and the two looked at each other and smiled in unison.

"My grandmother is already asleep," Mu explained.

Qiao Jingduan nodded, "I'll send you back to Qingfeng Garden." ”

Mu Changhuan did not refuse, although she didn't like Qiao Qingqian, but she was the only girl in Qiao Guogong's life, even for the sake of the old lady, the two uncles, and her cousin, she should stay and wait for her to get out of danger.

The two of them walked out of the South Autumn Courtyard, stepped on the moonlight, and slowly walked towards Qingfeng Garden.

When he was about to arrive at Qingfeng Garden, Qiao Jingduan suddenly said, "Do you want to pick another female guard for you?" ”

Mu Changhuan was stunned for a moment, she raised her head and looked at Qiao Jingduan, hooked her lips and smiled, "I'm not so easy to calculate." ”

"I know," Qiao Jingduan nodded, looking at her seriously, "I'm just worried about you." ”

"Then it's up to you," Mu Changhuan waved his hand and walked straight towards Qingfeng Yuan.

Qiao Jingduan stopped in place, he wanted to ask something more, but Mu Changhuan didn't give him this chance.

Qiao Qingqian woke up five days later, and in the past five days, Mu Changhuan would go to see her once a day.

"Why save me......" On the bed, Qiao Qing lay there without love, without a trace of blood on his face and lips, and whispered to Mu Changhuan on the side.

When Mu Changhuan heard this, he glanced at her coldly, "You think I want to save you?" ”

Qiao Qingqian bit his lip lightly and stopped talking. She didn't need Mu Changhuan to explain that she knew that she definitely didn't want to save her, but she was just entrusted by someone.

Thinking of being entrusted by someone, she suddenly changed her face again, looked at Mu Changhuan, and said tremblingly, "Yes...... Grandmother asked cousin to come over? ”

"No," Mu Changhuan denied it, paused, glanced at Qiao Qingqian again, and said seriously, "Remember your grandmother, you have a little conscience." ”

Hearing that the old lady didn't know about her suicide, the expression on Qiao Qingqian's face improved a little.

After that, he didn't pay attention to Mu Changhuan anymore.

Mu Changhuan didn't bother to pay attention to her, she packed up the medical box and walked out.

Outside, the second lady happened to come in with the medicine, and when she saw Mu Changhuan carrying the medicine box and leaving, she panicked, thinking that Qiao Qingqian was hopeless, the medicine bowl in her hand smashed on the ground at once, grabbed Mu Changhuan's arm hard, and said quickly, "Changhuan, Qingqian is your cousin, you can't leave her alone, she, she will be fine, I beg you, don't leave her ......"

Mu Changhuan's arm was tingling when she was grabbed by the second lady, she raised her eyebrows coldly, pulled back her arm hard, and said, "Qiao Qingqian is fine, she has woken up." ”

"Huh? Woke up? The second lady let go of Mu Changhuan abruptly and asked in surprise.

Mu Changhuan snorted, "You go and see her, I'll go to Nanqiu Courtyard and say goodbye to my grandmother." ”

"Good, good!" The second lady agreed, and ran towards the bedroom without asking someone to pick up the debris on the ground.

Mu Changhuan raised her chin, a touch of gloom appeared in her eyes, she tried to think about the mother she remembered, but she couldn't think of anything.

A quarter of an hour later, she appeared in the Nanqiu Courtyard and bid farewell to the old lady.

The old lady looked at her and smiled kindly and lovingly, "Are you here to bid farewell to me?" ”

Mu Changhuan nodded.

The old lady didn't say much, just patted her hand gently, then took out a brocade box from the drawer of the low table, handed it to her, and said, "This is for you." ”

Mu Changhuan's first reaction was a silver ticket, she stood still and looked insensitive with respect.

The old lady has lived all her life, and she can't see her thoughts, she sighed slightly, and said, "You open it and take a look." ”

Mu Changhuan and the old lady looked at each other for a moment, stepped forward slowly, took the brocade box and opened it, but inside was a fish intestine sword.

"Grandmother, this is?" She withdrew her gaze and looked at the old lady.

The old lady smiled slightly, with a touch of reminiscence on her face, and said, "This is a magic weapon given to me by my grandmother when she was alive, but I don't like to dance knives and guns, I only like to make some poems, but let it be wasted for many years...... It's best to defend yourself with you now. ”

When Mu Changhuan heard the word self-defense, his face changed slightly.

The old lady's gentle eyes fell on her wrist, and everything was silent, but nothing was clear.

"Thank you, grandmother!" Having said that, Mu Changhuan could only accept this divine weapon.

Then she spoke to the old lady for a while before she got up and left.

At the fork in the road outside, as soon as she turned the corner, she saw a familiar figure, it was Qiao Jingduan.

"I'll send you back!" Qiao Jing stepped forward and said.

Mu Changhuan nodded and did not refuse.

The two of them left the Guogong Mansion and went straight to the carriage.

In the carriage, Mu Changhuan handed the brocade box in his hand to Qiao Jingduan and asked, "Do you know this divine weapon?" ”

Qiao Jingduan opened it and glanced at it, a touch of surprise appeared on his face, "Is it the Fish Intestine Sword?" ”

Mu Changhuan nodded, "My grandmother gave it to me, didn't she think about giving it to you before?" ”

Qiao Jingduan shook his head, "I remember that when I was a child, my father begged for me, but my grandmother refused. ”

"Do you still want it now?" Mu Changhuan thought about it and asked seriously.

When Qiao Jingduan heard this, he glanced at her deeply, and said helplessly, "You still don't think of yourself as the cousin of Qiao Guogong's mansion." ”

Mu Changhuan was silent.

This is Qiao's thing, and it is so precious, it is really inappropriate for her to hold it.

Qiao Jingduan wanted to know her thoughts, he gently closed the brocade box, handed it to her and said, "This fish intestine sword is not a thing of Qiao Guogong's mansion, it is grandmother's dowry, grandmother can give it to whoever she wants, you don't have to feel ashamed." As my grandmother said before, if anyone is dissatisfied, go to his grandmother. ”

"Oh," Mu Changhuan saw that he was so serious, and finally agreed.

After a while, Qiao Jingduan talked about defining the Hou Mansion again.

"Yesterday, the old lady of the Hou Mansion was sent back, and her body, which had run out of oil, was indeed much better, and the other party didn't kill her."

Qiao Jingduan said, with a hint of doubt in his tone.

Mu Changhuan sneered, "He won't be so kind, he must have a plan." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Jingduan looked at Mu Changhuan, looking like he was waiting for her to solve his doubts.

Mu Changhuan thought of the scene when he fought with the black-robed man, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "He should be trying to use his medical skills as a gimmick." It's a little easier to do things in the future. ”

Qiao Jingduan listened to Mu Changhuan's speculation, lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then nodded, "This is very likely." ”

Mu Changhuan didn't say anything more, she was very confused.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in Nanshan Alley.

Mu Changhuan opened his eyes and looked at Qiao Jingduan, "Cousin, you don't have to come down, I'll go back by myself." ”

Qiao Jingduan hummed and watched her get out of the carriage.

Mu Changhuan entered the Ye Mansion directly, and she only entered with her front foot, Liu Ping immediately greeted her and said, "Miss Cousin is back, Shen Shaoqing has been waiting for you in the study for a long time." ”

"Shen Shaoqing?" Mu Changhuan raised his eyebrows, and asked Liu Ping while walking towards the study.

Liu Ping arched his hand and said, "Shen Shaoqing didn't say that he was here for something, but he just looked very anxious, if you don't come back, the servants will go to the Guogong Mansion to invite you." ”

Hearing the last sentence, Mu Changhuan suddenly quickened his pace.

She pushed the door hard and entered the study.

On the Taishi chair in the study, Shen Yusheng heard the voice, slowly got up and turned his head, and arched his hand and said, "Princess." ”

"What's going on?" Mu Changhuan didn't greet her, and asked directly.

Shen Yusheng was not polite, his face was slightly dark, and he said with a solemn expression, "Back to the princess, more than a dozen children in Huangjiao Village on the outskirts of southern Shangjing have disappeared overnight. ”

"Missing?" Mu Changhuan asked in a deep voice.

Shen Yusheng said, "Originally, this case would not have been reported to Dali Temple so quickly, and one of the missing children was the young master of Liu Shangshu's family, and the child went to the village to play in Zhuangzi in the countryside and ran to the village by chance." ”

"Let's go to Huangjiao Village now!" Mu Changhuan didn't say much, she turned around and walked outside.

Shen Yusheng hurriedly followed, "Does the princess have a way to find those children?" ”

Mu Changhuan turned his head and glanced at him coldly, "If you go to Huangjiao Village, you may not be able to find those children, but if you stay here, you will definitely not find them." ”

Shen Yusheng heard her say this, a gaffe appeared on his face, coughed lightly, and said, "What the princess said is true." ”

The two left the Ye house, got into the carriage of Dali Siqing, and galloped all the way to the south of the city.

In the carriage, Shen Yusheng's gaze kept looking at Mu Changhuan lightly.

Mu Changhuan noticed his gaze, his heart touched slightly, and he suddenly asked, "Are you really not my former fiancé?" ”

Shen Yusheng didn't expect her to suddenly mention this, her face changed suddenly, don't look around, and said, "No." ”

"Oh," Mu Changhuan replied, didn't say anything more, and after a while, he said, "You tell me about the case in Huangjiao Village again." ”

"Okay," Shen Yusheng agreed, and carefully explained the situation in Huangjiao Village, "Those missing children, their parents actually didn't think about reporting the case, it was Liu Shangshu's people who found out, and those neighbors test......ified about it."

After listening to Shen Yusheng's words, Mu Changhuan had a sarcastic smile in his eyes, "If I'm not mistaken, those who have lost a child have multiple children in the family." Their parents must have felt that it didn't matter if there was more or less. ”

"......" Shen Yusheng recalled some of the circumstances that Liu Shangshu told him, nodded slightly, and after a while, his face changed again, and said, "Ah Huan, you mean that those children are not missing, but sold by their parents......"

He was so shocked that he accidentally called the wrong old name.

Mu Changhuan's five senses were so sensitive, he looked at Shen Yusheng with a smile, and snorted, "Don't you admit it?" ”

Shen Yusheng's face was a little embarrassed, a little distressed, "I'...... It's your former fiancé. ”

"Then why do you not admit it when I ask you so many times?"

Hearing this question, the expression on Shen Yusheng's face was even worse, he took a deep breath, and said after a long time, "King Beijing, he cares about me very much, the previous Ah Huan was too pure and kind, I don't want to, and I can't cause trouble to you." ”

After listening to his words, Mu Changhuan sneered lightly, "Do you think I will be very moved if you say this?" Are you even touched by yourself? I'm telling you, no. I just think you're a coward. ”

Shen Yusheng didn't expect Mu Changhuan to say this, and his face changed suddenly.

Mu Changhuan seemed to be deliberately poking the wound in his heart, and as if she was mentioning him, she looked at him coldly and said, "Don't you think that King Beijing has a lot of means than you?" Sometimes some of his practices are disgraceful, but in the end he gets everything! And you, you think you are moving yourself and others, but what do you get in the end? ”

"Shen Yusheng, Shen Shaoqing, if I were you, I would either use all means to grab the person I liked, or else...... Just forget about the prosperity. ”

Forget the prosperity ......

This second choice, Shen Yusheng naturally can't do.

But the first choice is more difficult than the second choice.

Perhaps, he is really an incompetent coward, and after a long time, Shen Yusheng laughed and laughed.

It was more than an hour before the carriage stopped.

"Shaoqing, Huangjiao Village has arrived!" Outside, the guards who were driving the car reminded.

Shen Yusheng looked at Mu Changhuan, and said with a flickering heartache in his eyes, "Before getting out of the car, can I ask the princess, you don't remember the past, how can you recognize me?" ”

"Because of it," Mu Changhuan pressed his heart and looked at Shen Yusheng for a moment, "It will hurt when it sees you." ”

With the sentence "It will hurt", Shen Yusheng's eyes turned red all of a sudden, he moved his lips slightly, his eyes were complicated, and he wanted to say something to Mu Changhuan, but Mu Changhuan stopped him and said, "Get out of the car." ”

"Well," Shen Yusheng didn't know what he could say at this moment, so he simply listened to Mu Changhuan's words, and the two walked out one after the other.

After jumping out of the carriage, Mu Changhuan didn't pay attention to Shen Yusheng anymore, she looked at the situation in Huangjiao Village, and looked very poor, from the head of the village to the end of the village, almost all of them were houses made of straw made of yellow mud, and there was no yard.

"Let's go!" After taking all the situation into view, Mu Changhuan looked at Shen Yusheng and reminded.

"Go to the Chief's house first?" Shen Yusheng asked Mu Changhuan.

Mu Changhuan glanced at him indifferently, "I'll go to the Elder Li's house, you take your people to those who have lost their children's homes, see if they have any windfalls in their families, if there is, take them to the Mayor's house together!" ”

"Good!" Shen Yusheng agreed, and then led people to the village.

Mu Changhuan went to the village chief's house, the chief's house is the only one in the village who has built a small yard, she stepped forward to knock on the door, and after a while, a gray-haired old man opened the door a crack, and saw a beautiful girl outside, he was stunned, and asked suspiciously, "Girl, who are you?" ”

"Come to Huangjiao Village to do something, is it convenient to beg for saliva to drink?" Mu Changhuan asked the old man.

The old man hurriedly said, "Yes, yes!" ”

As he spoke, he let Mu Changhuan in.

Mu Changhuan followed the old man in, but did not enter the main room, but stopped in the courtyard.

"Doesn't the girl want to drink water and not go in?" The old man stopped beside Mu Changhuan and asked.

Mu Changhuan found a clean stone bench and sat down, and said, "I'll wait here, and you can help me bring the water out." ”

"It's fine," the old man agreed, turning and limping towards the main room.

After a while, he came out with a bowl of water and handed it to Mu Changhuan, "Girl, please drink!" ”

Mu Changhuan took the porcelain bowl and sniffed it, but he didn't drink it immediately, but put it on the wooden table on the side, "It's a little hot, don't worry." ”

The old man smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, he sat down beside Mu Changhuan and asked, "Huangjiao Village is a remote place, look at the girl, you should be a young lady from a big family, why did you come here?" ”

"Didn't I say that?" Mu Changhuan glanced at the old man impatiently, "Can't you come out to do something?" ”

"Naturally, it is possible," the old man shuddered for a moment, and hurriedly agreed.

After a while, he reminded Mu Changhuan again, "It's cold in winter, the water is about to be cold, so let's drink it while it's hot!" ”

"Oh," Mu Changhuan agreed happily, but the water in his hand did not move.

Seeing her like this, the old man's brows furrowed slightly, and he said suspiciously, "The girl came to our Huangjiao Village, can't it be that there is something else?" ”

"How?" Mu Changhuan glanced at the old man coldly, frowned and asked.

The old man gritted his teeth fiercely, not knowing where to start.

Mu Changhuan didn't pay any attention to him anymore.

The two sat in a stalemate.

After a while, the old man finally couldn't help it, and he asked Mu Changhuan irritably, "Do you drink this water girl?" ”

"What if I say I won't drink it?" Mu Changhuan sneered.

The old man finally couldn't pretend to be able to take it anymore, he glared at Mu Changhuan fiercely, and while picking up the bowl in his hand, he said, "Then I can't help you!" As he spoke, he was going to pinch Mu Changhuan's chin and pour it in.

Mu Changhuan is the most disgusting and unclean person, where can she bear it, she suddenly got up, dodged and dodged, and the next moment, kicked the old man's chest.

The old man didn't expect that a young woman would have such great strength, and she would be kicked out more than a foot away, spitting blood from her mouth, and she couldn't get up again.

Mu Changhuan saw that he couldn't move anymore, and she sat down on the stone bench again.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Shen Yusheng to come over with the villagers.

Suddenly, the entire courtyard was black and full of people.

"So much?" Mu Changhuan frowned, held back his anger, looked at Shen Yusheng and asked.

Shen Yusheng nodded, "There are a total of eighteen households, ten of which have lost one child, and eight have lost two children!" ”

"Brute!" Mu Changhuan scolded fiercely.

Shen Yusheng was speechless, and asked directly, "Is it a punishment now?" ”

"Well," Mu Changhuan nodded, "Starting from those eight families, first abolish your hands and feet before you start the punishment!" ”

"Okay," Shen Yusheng agreed, he slowly turned around, instantly restrained the gentleness on his body, looked at the subordinates beside him and ordered, "Abolish the hands and feet of Chen Sanba." ”

"Yes, sir!" The guards of Dali Temple agreed, and ruthlessly abolished the hands and feet of Chen San and others.

There are a total of sixteen husband and wife, and none of them have been spared.

In an instant, the courtyard was filled with the sound of crying.

Mu Changhuan was very annoyed when she heard it, and she suddenly shouted with full momentum, "Don't cry!" ”

Her voice was so threatening that everyone stopped crying for a while.

Mu Changhuan listened for a moment, and watched their gaze become even colder, flashing from the faces of those people one by one, and at the end, he said coldly, "The first to confess will end here, and those who don't want to confess will continue to be tortured!" ”

When she said this, she was a little timid, so she shouted, "I recruit, I recruit, ancestor, I will say whatever you ask!" ”

When Mu Changhuan heard this, he glanced at the person coldly, and said to the guards of Dali Temple, "Bring it in and let him say everything he can say." ”

"Yes, Princess!" The guard agreed, and the man was escorted away.

Before the two left, Mu Changhuan glanced at it again and threatened, "Say it well, if you let me know what you missed, you will know the consequences!" ”

The man was threatened like this by Mu Changhuan, and suddenly shuddered, and knelt down on the ground, "Ancestor, you put it down, I will definitely say it well, and I won't show a word!" ”

"The best!" Mu Changhuan said, and looked at Shen Yusheng again, "Go on!" ”

The criminal law of Dali Temple is not something that ordinary people can endure, plus those who can do it to their children, all of them are lazy to do, how can they bear it, and soon, they were taken away one by one, until only the group of people who sold a child were left in the courtyard.

"Do you still use me to torture?" Mu Changhuan looked at them and asked.