Late at night, the official took Bai Ling and Li Yiru to the dungeon of the state capital.

At the moment of this servant, Li Yiru endured and did not speak. When they arrived at the prison, the jailer took the two of them to a certain cell, removed the locks and turned to leave, Li Yiru finally breathed a long sigh.

"Who are these people!" He lowered his voice and said, "Why are they all so dark?" ”

Bai Ling patted him on the shoulder and shone the lantern in his hand towards the cell door in front of him, "...... Let's open the door first. ”

In the pitch-black prison, you can't see anything where the lantern doesn't shine.

"Brother Mu?" Bai Ling shouted softly, "Are you there?" ”

Li Yiru heard a slight disturbance from the corner of the wall in front of him, he took the lantern in Bai Ling's hand and slowly approached the other end.

When the lantern reflected a bloody face, the lantern in Li Yiru's hand also fell to the ground and almost burned.

Bai Ling hurriedly leaned over and ripped off the dirty straw covered by Mu Cheng's body, Mu Cheng was confused, and he couldn't recognize the person, but his right hand still instinctively grabbed the straw.

"Cold ......," Mu Cheng slurred, spitting out a word.

Bai Ling and Li Yiru both took off their cloaks to protect them from the cold and wrapped them around Mu Cheng.

"It's not cold, it's not cold," Li Yiru held Mu Cheng's hand, and his voice was a little choked for a while, "It's not cold when you cover your clothes......

Bai Ling stood up and ran out, and when he returned, he had an extra pot of hot water in his hand.

Mu Cheng also opened his eyes at this time.

"Brother Mu, drink some water." Bai Ling directly handed over the teapot, and in order to prevent his hand from holding the teapot, Bai Ling's hand kept holding the base.

Mu Cheng took a few sips with difficulty and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You ......" Mu Cheng frowned, his left eye had been covered with blood scabs, only his right eye was half-open, "What's ......?"

"Song Qing's friends seem to be doctors in the Chang family's army," Li Yiru replied, "and with their light, after we entered Tunlongpi, the Chang family army sent us to Zhuozhou...... Brother Mu, you are here, you hurt ......"

"It's all ...... Flesh wound ......"

"There are so many flesh wounds, if they are all infected, it will be very serious." Bai Ling said in a low voice, "Does Brother Mu still have strength in his feet?" ”

Mu Cheng glanced at Bai Ling with some confusion, "You guys are crazy...... Going to rob the prison? ”

Li Yiru and Bai Ling grabbed Mu Cheng with one arm and carried him on their shoulders.

"I can't rob ......," Li Yiru's voice was a little difficult, "Let's go back and tell you the details." ”

……

In the courtyard of the yamen, after Li Yiru and Bai Ling carried Mu Cheng into the house, the two of them helped him take off his old clothes that were already worn, and then Bai Ling cleaned the wound little by little, Li Yiru talked about what happened to the two during this time.

Mu Cheng listened quietly until he heard the conditions that Cao Xun proposed to the two of them tonight.

"He wants you to collect the grievances of the state capitals along the way?" Mu Cheng frowned, "What does he want to do?" ”

"It's probably for his own deliberations," Bai Ling said softly, "I have the black material of other local yamen in my hand, and I have more confidence when I enter Beijing." ”

"And you agreed?"

"Agreed," Bai Ling said softly, "Anyway, when we leave Zhuozhou, he can't control us, if we really encounter any injustices along the way, there is one more channel for feedback, why not." ”

Mu Cheng thought about it, and faintly felt that things were not so simple, but Li Yiru had already urged, "It's late, Brother Mu should rest tonight." ”

"The third brother is keeping vigil here tonight, I have to hurry tomorrow, so I'll go and rest first." Bai Ling looked at Li Yiru.

"You're leaving tomorrow?" Mu Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Bai Ling.

"Yes," Li Yiru nodded, "I forgot to say just now, General Chang promised to send Songqing all the way to Jingzhou, so tomorrow will be-"

"It's fine." Mu Cheng said in a low voice, "This way we can reunite soon......

This sentence was a little embarrassing to hear, Bai Ling suddenly remembered what happened to Mu Cheng, so he sat down on the chair at his bedside, "By the way, I haven't asked Brother Mu if he has found his sister-in-law and niece, where are they now?" See? ”

Mu Cheng shook his head.

Li Yiru was stunned for a moment, "There is no news in Zhuozhou City?" Or ......"

"No news." Mu Cheng said in a low voice.

"How can there be no news?" Li Yiru asked, "Which street or alley do you live in, even if you move, you can always find some clues by asking your neighbors, right?" ”

"No...... Mu Cheng said in a low voice, "Humble Jing and Xiaonu are not natives of Zhuozhou, they are from Yuezhou, just like me...... Come here. ”

"What?!"

Mu Cheng's eyes were lowered, and he leaned half of his body on the soft pillow behind him, his expression a little wooden.

"That Lord Cao has also told you about me." Mu Cheng said softly.

"Brother Mu was wronged." Li Yiru clenched his fists, "We already know." ”

"But why did the eldest brother run away at that time?" Bai Ling said softly, "And I want my sister-in-law and niece to risk going alone......"

"They don't go alone." Mu Cheng replied in a low voice, "Her two brothers followed her on the road, these two brothers used to walk long darts, and they know better than me how to cross this road of trekking through mountains and rivers. ”

Yuezhou, mother and daughter, dart master......

Bai Ling frowned slightly.

I always felt that the group of pedestrians described by Mu Cheng, she seemed to have heard it somewhere.

"The grievances between me and the governor of Yuezhou are really ridiculous, don't mention it." Mu Cheng said in a low voice.

"I went to visit the former prefect's house on the night of the Lantern Festival, or the news that the chief came to pass on, and the letter of recommendation was also handed over to me by the chief, saying that the Lord of the Mansion remembered that I was from the North, and the current construction period in the Yuezhou Yamen was approaching, and this letter of recommendation had been prepared half a year ago to let me return to my hometown.

"On the letter is the official seal of the yamen of the Yuezhou Mansion, and my name is written, I have no doubts, and I went to visit Lao Futai's house with wine that night - you will know the rest of the matter."

Even when talking about this now, Mu Cheng's expression was still extremely annoyed.

"When I was in prison awaiting trial, I came to visit," Mu Cheng said in a low voice, "and the chief went to her again and again to tell him that my death had been set outside...... She was so upright that she couldn't stand such an insult, and said that if I really died, she would take her daughter with me. ”

Mu Cheng said the whole thing in a hateful and obscure way, and Li Yiru was confused when he heard it, but Bai Ling had more or less understood it - this was nothing more than a story about the chief of the government coveting the wife of the family, so he secretly designed to frame and force him to comply.

Mu Cheng is a proud person, and he doesn't even want to talk about this kind of dirty thing.

"What's my sister-in-law's last name?" Bai Ling asked suddenly.

"The surname is Wu." Mu Cheng replied, "What, have you heard? ”

Bai Ling shook his head.

The surname is Wu, so she should have thought wrong......

"I can go to the garrison in Zhuozhou tomorrow to ask." "They should be better informed here," Bai Ling replied. ”

"They left half a month earlier than me, and I fled west for a while before I turned back to the north, so I don't know what their details were. It's just that they made an appointment to meet in Zhuozhou City in September......" Mu Cheng paused, "but in order to avoid the pursuers, they also changed their names on the road." ”

"It should ...... It's the surname 'Yan'. Mu Cheng said softly.