Mei Xiaoren asked rhetorically: "Why do you ask me?" ”

"You have tried this kind of thief the most in the past, and you can tell whether he is telling the truth or not."

Mei Xiaoren replied indifferently: "I have long since stopped being an official and do not try cases, not to mention that the general is smarter than me and needs my help?" ”

"Well, General Ben thinks he's lying, but in fact, he was instructed by the prince to come and steal the talisman."

Ye Zhi's understatement made Mei Xiaoren's face pale.

Mei Xiaoren was shocked in his heart, and he could no longer stand by coldly, and solemnly said: "Ye Zhi, this matter has nothing to do with Jiang Ei!" ”

"Why doesn't the facts matter, the important thing is that General Ben thinks that he stole the talisman, what do you think I should do with him?"

A wry smile appeared on Mei Xiaoren's lips. Ye Zhi knew that this was her arrangement, but she wanted to impose the charges on Jiang Ei, not only to warn her, but also to put pressure on Jiang Ei.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Ye Zhi calmly ordered: "Escort back to the camp, torture him, and make sure he spit out the prince." ”

Mei Xiaoren frowned, looked at Ye Zhi's eyes and said, "I said, ten days later, the jade seal will be in your bag, and you are still biting Jiang Rong, what are you trying to do?" ”

"You're not afraid that I'll kill him for nothing?" Ye Zhi said lightly, "Then I'll give you a reason." ”

The corners of Mei Xiaoren's lips rose a little again, and his smile became more and more sarcastic, "Ye Zhi, I found that I don't know you anymore, you tell me, what do you want." ”

"You went to my house yesterday and you should have noticed that nothing has changed everywhere, do you know why?" Ye Zhi asked with a smile.

Mei Xiaoren smiled suddenly. Ye Zhi pointed out that the unchanged means that the mansion is no different from before Wei Guogong lost power, and those big red happy characters and red silk used by relatives are still in their original places.

She stopped looking at him, turned to the side, and was silent.

"Xiaomei, I'm waiting for you to understand that you and I are not unconditionally negotiable, but you have been pretending to be confused, and you have to ask me to threaten you with Jiang Ei's life, which is not what I want."

Mei Xiaoren shook his head without hesitation, "I don't agree to this condition." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to answer me, you still have a few days to think about, these days are enough for that thief to bite the prince."

After Ye Zhi finished speaking, he got up and left, leaving Mei Xiaoren to sit alone in the empty tea shop.

After Ye Zhi left, Yao Fu Yin came out of the corner, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, bowed down and said, "Madam, it was a humble...... mistake."

"It's none of your business." Mei Xiaoren slowly stood up and walked towards the stairs.

She knew that Ye Zhi had changed a lot, and knew that he was suspicious and vigilant, but she still underestimated him. Moreover, she thinks she knows him, and he doesn't know anything about her, how many chances she can have of winning with such a move.

Yao Fuyin followed up and asked, "Madam, what is Ye Zhi's condition, how does Madam plan to deal with it?" ”

Mei Xiaoren stopped, glanced at Yao Fuyin, didn't speak, withdrew his gaze, and moved downstairs.

There were still many tea customers drinking tea on the first floor, and Mei Xiaoren walked through the lobby and heard a table of guests next to him discussing:

"Eh, there are two new bitches in Wanfangyuan recently, I heard that there is a young lady who used to be the daughter of the National Mansion, interesting, right?"

"As soon as Wei Guogong fell, the whole family was miserable, the son was beheaded, the daughter was sold as a prostitute, or a prostitute in the kiln...... Tsk tsk. ”

Mei Xiaoren didn't stop, just a few words, she could already tell from the words that they were talking about Ji Nanrou.

The Guogong Mansion has been raided, the Ji family is dead, the exiled are exiled, only Wei Guogong is still locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the Queen Mother is still under house arrest. As soon as the general's mansion was said goodbye that day, she didn't know where Ji Nanrou went, it turned out to be ......

She had promised that day, so some grievances could not be like this.

When night fell, Mei Xiaoren changed into men's clothes and came to a prostitution hall called Wanfangyuan in the corner of Xicheng.

This is different from the Qinglou frequented by dignitaries, it is just a dilapidated courtyard.

A woman in her forties was sitting on the edge of the courtyard gate, and when she saw her come in, she took a sip of melon seeds and said, "Ten cents at a time." ”

"I'm looking for the new Miss Guogongfu."

"Yo, that's not a penny." The woman held up a finger and glanced at her and said, "A tael of silver." ”

One or two pieces of silver, if it is placed in the Qinglou, it is not enough to even reward and pay for tea.

Mei Xiaoren took out five taels of silver and handed it to the woman.

The woman accepted the money, and then a smile appeared on her face, "Childe is really generous. Then he pointed to the innermost hut and said, "Go, it's there, but the cheap hooves are very strong, and the son must be careful." ”

Mei Xiaoren went all the way over, and it was really tormenting. There was no music or drinking, and her ears were filled with filthy sounds.

The door of the hut was closed, and Mei Xiaoren pushed the door in, and saw a woman curled up in the corner, unkempt, unclothed, and with iron chains on her hands.

The messy hair blocked his face, Mei Xiaoren closed the door and tried to shout, "Ji Nanrou? ”

The woman moved, the chain in her hand was heavy, and she struggled to raise her hand to pull away the hair that blocked her vision, and looked at her as she entered the room, and her eyes suddenly became hideous.

Ji Nanrou stared at her and gritted her teeth: "Mei Xiaoren, you can't die well!" ”

"I don't know if I have to die well, you can't anyway." Mei Xiaoren responded lightly.

If she was tortured like this by another woman, she would be very uncomfortable, except for Ji Nanrou. If she hadn't escaped that day, if Wei Guogong hadn't lost power, when Ji Nanrou was proud, it would have been her who had fallen into such a field.

There was only one table and one stool in the room, and Mei Xiaoren went over to sit down and looked at Ji Nanrou quietly.

After Ji Nanrou finished scolding, she leaned against the wall in despair and laughed: "If you really hate me, give me a knife." ”

"Yes, beg me."

"You!"

"That's what you said to me that day, you forgot?" Mei Xiaoren sneered, "People have to accumulate some virtue, so that they will not be retributed in the future!" ”

Mei Xiaoren took the tea bowl on the table and wanted to pour water to drink, but saw that dust had accumulated in the bowl. The guests who come here for recreation are poor people, and they don't waste time doing anything else when they spend money, so everything here is something that has been idle for a long time except women.

She put down the bowl and looked up to see that Ji Nanrou was still smiling.

"Your life is not easy, Ye Zhi will never forget you, will he let you be with your sweetheart?" Ji Nanrou mocked, "What's the difference between your fate and mine's." ”

"You want to say that we are all fallen people at the end of the world?" Mei Xiaoren also smiled and sighed, "Okay, then today's five taels of silver will be my farewell even if I sympathize with you." ”

Seeing that she was leaving, Ji Nanrou got up in an instant, knelt beside her and pulled the hem of her clothes, begging like crazy: "I beg you, I beg you to kill me!" ”