Chapter 64: Mysterious Cellmate
Chi Yue followed the officials to the majestic county office, and saw the tall and majestic Wenxing in the lobby, standing in the center of the hall unhurriedly.
"Who are the people in the hall? Where do you come from? Wen Xing asked stiffly.
Chi Yue also rigidly reported her surname and hometown, but she couldn't see the slightest acquaintance in Wen Xing's eyes.
"There is a girl named Liu Lan, she sued you for spraining her wrist for no reason, can you plead guilty?" Wen Xing asked.
Chi Yue raised her eyebrows, "Didn't she tell the adults why I sprained her wrist?" ”
"Tell me about it." Wen Xing said with some impatience.
Chi Yue had to tell the cause and effect in great detail.
"Plaintiff, is what the defendant said true?" Wen Xing asked Liu Lan who was standing aside.
Liu Lan hurriedly shook her head and waved her hand, "It's not a big deal, you don't want to listen to this girl!" It is clear that she has a disagreement with the Liu family, so she targeted the folk girl everywhere, and she had to be accused of being lazy and slippery, and the folk girl had to be expelled from the workshop. But who knows, the folk girl works diligently, where is it as she said? The folk girl informed Mrs. Liu of these grievances, and Mrs. Liu Shao was charitable, and she couldn't see anyone bullying people, so she accompanied the folk girl to confront and reason. Where did you think, this girl couldn't even look at Mrs. Liu, not only beat the people's girl, but also planned to beat Mrs. Liu, but she could be blocked by the people's girl, so Mrs. Liu was spared! What the folk girl said is true, and I hope the adults will see it! ”
Seeing that Liu Lan distorted the facts so much, Chi Yue clenched her fists fiercely and asked in a cold voice, "Liu Lan, it was you who made the first move, I was just protecting myself, how can you say that I hit you first, and then beat Young Lady Liu?" Could it be that in the blue sky and daylight, more than fifty pairs of eyes in the entire workshop are watching, and you can still distort the truth of the facts? ”
"My lord, I hope that the workers in the Xuan Workshop will come here, so that they can testify to the people's daughter in person!" Chi Yue looked at Wen Xing solemnly.
"Hmph, you must have instructed those workers to help you say good things, but where can their testimony be credible?" Liu Lan argued with reason, pressing step by step, "You rely on the fact that it is your territory, so you can't even look at Young Lady Liu, which shows that you are dissatisfied with the Liu family's compound and even with Concubine Liu." Liu Guifei is such a noble person, the people under her are equal to her face, how can her face allow you to be so humiliated? is so bold, how can the county master not punish you for the following crimes! ”
Hearing Liu Lan's reprimand, Wen Xing immediately frowned.
At present, the imperial power is the heaviest, so if someone's words and deeds violate the imperial power, then no matter whether he acts right or wrong, that person will always be charged with disobedience.
But Chi Yue is good friends with Gu Han, if Chi Yue is convicted and offends Gu Han, how can it be good?
On one side is Gu Hanrong's friend, and on the other hand, Liu Guifei's close relatives, both sides are powerful, and he doesn't want to offend.
But I heard Chi Yue say coldly again: with some crying and laughing, "If you don't believe me, how can you make the county master believe you?" How do you not know that this is just your fabrication? ”
"You can believe what I said or not, but Young Lady Liu also said the same, is she also like me, a lowly person, fabricating lies and distorting the facts?" Liu Lan stared at her neck and returned her words, "County Master, look, she dares to insult Young Lady Liu in front of you, such a bold and reckless person, if you don't punish her crimes, she will dare to violate the imperial power and create a great crime of rebellion in the future!" ”
Wen Xing just quietly listened to the two of them angrily scolding each other, and suddenly a little girl walked up to him and said a few words in his ear, making him frown.
He looked at Chi Yue coldly, and slapped him in shock, "Chi Yue is bold and reckless, dare to deliberately hurt people, and commit the following crimes, it is really hateful!" Come on, take this woman to the prison, guard it carefully, and wait for the official to make the final decision! ”
Immediately, four officials rushed up and surrounded Chi Yue.
Chi Yue couldn't help frowning, she was worried.
What did that girl say to Wenxing? Why did you hear it with great interest, and you wished that she would be punished as soon as possible?
Could it be that Wen Xing didn't look at Gu Han's face at all, or saw that he was gone, thinking that he could do whatever he wanted and have no scruples?
It seems that no matter how dangerous the future is, she will have to face it alone.
Suddenly, her heart was like an ice cave, and she felt that she was in the middle of it, lonely and helpless.
Liu Lan was overjoyed on the side, looking at Chi Yue's eyes full of disdain and triumphant smiles.
The two officials wanted to hold Chi Yue's shoulders, but she threw them away, and said in a deep voice: "I will go myself." ”
She walked in front with her head held high, and the awe-inspiring momentum made people move.
Wen Xing returned to the inner hall and saw Wen Jing standing there waiting, frowning and asking, "What you said is true?" King Rong has really broken with Chi Yue, is it because he will never return? ”
"Daddy, can't you trust your daughter?" Wen Jing stepped forward, grabbed Wen Xing's arm, and said coquettishly, "When King Rong left, his daughter also sent him, but I heard with my own ears that he didn't want to see this Chi Yue, so he transported all the melons and fruits she gave him out of the house and fed them to the dogs!" is so resolute, isn't it true that the two of them have a conflict and break up? ”
Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, "So good!" This girl has embarrassed you so much before, and she should be punished and punished! It's rare that she doesn't have a backer, and if King Rong supports her, I really don't dare to touch her. ”
Wen Jing's eyes also burst out with hatred, "Dad, my daughter hates her to the bone, this time since she committed something and went to prison, then we can't let her go easily, we have to give her something powerful, tell her to have a long memory, tell her not to look at no one anymore, and commit the following crimes!" ”
Wen Xing nodded, "This is natural." ”
Chi Yue was taken to the prison by the officials, and seeing that it was dark and smelly, she couldn't help frowning and covering her mouth and nose.
When I came to a cubicle, I saw four or five female prisoners squatting here, all of them disheveled, disheveled, dirty, and with distracted eyes. Apparently having been here for a long time, there is nothing to mention their interest.
"Get in!" Chi Yue was pushed hard and entered inside.
Chi Yue only felt that the smell here was unpleasant, and some people were even more unbearable, which made her even more unbearable for her who was a little clean.
She had to call out to a jailer who was patrolling outside, stuffed him with a tael of silver, and pleaded softly: "Trouble brother, can you help me change to a cleaner prison room?" If that's too little, I've got some here. ”
The jailer looked her up and down for a moment, looked around, and finally opened the door.
Chi Yue followed him, turned a few corners, and reached the deepest part of the prison.
"Well, there's only one person here, and it's the cleanest." The jailer pointed to the dark inside, "If you still dislike it, then I can't give more silver." ”
Pushing Chi Yue inside, the jailer muttered and left, "It's ridiculous to come in here and pick and choose!" ”
Through the small skylight, a little light was revealed, and Chi Yue saw a woman with a graceful figure lying among the messy wheat stalks, facing the wall inside.
Although the woman's skin is dirty and her hair is messy, her graceful posture, as well as her bare neck, legs and feet, still make people think about it, and I can't help but see how beautiful her face is.
The woman's body trembled, as if she was afraid, as if she had some kind of illness, which made Chi Yue inevitably curious.
She approached her and cautiously asked, "Hey, are you okay?" ”
But the woman did not answer, still curled up and shivering.
Chi Yue saw the woman's face clearly, and saw that her face was stained with mud, and she couldn't see the beauty and ugliness clearly, but her forehead and ears were red and red, as if she had a high fever.
Chi Yue covered her forehead with her hand, and sure enough, it was as hot as fire, telling her to quickly withdraw her hand.
"Girl, are you alright?" Chi Yue called out to her anxiously.
For a long time, for a long time, the woman finally responded, "My stomach hurts, it hurts......"
The color of pain overflowed, and he clenched his abdomen even more, but he no longer had the strength to turn his body.
Chi Yue observed her complexion and suddenly remembered the dysentery she had seen her brother suffer from in her previous life.
The performance of the two is average, could it be that this woman has dysentery?
"Water, water......" the woman murmured again.
Chi Yue looked around, where did he see a drop of water?
She hurriedly went to the door and called out to the jailer in the distance, "Hey, anyone?" ”
It was easy to call the jailer, and the jailer said impatiently, "Why do you have so many things to do, girl?" Others who have been here for a year and a half are not as troublesome as you. ”
Chi Yue pleaded calmly: "The girl here has a high fever, and the fever is very bad, if it is not treated in time, I am afraid that she will be worried about her life!" I still have to bother the eldest brother, find Lang Zhong to take a look. ”
The jailer snorted coldly, becoming more and more impatient, "What should I do, it turns out that you are a dog catching rats and meddling in things." You yourself are in prison, and it is difficult to say whether you can even save your own life, and you still have the leisure to take care of others? I advise you to stay honest and not ask for trouble. ”
"Why is this asking for trouble?" Chi Yue frowned, "This person is obviously in charge of you in charge, they have a disease, shouldn't you be responsible?" If I don't care about this fellow inmate, when I end up in such a situation, will I have to fend for myself here, and I shouldn't be cared for or even ignored by you? ”
But no matter how she argued, the jailer refused to do so, "You have taught Lao Tzu a lesson?" Are you the county master or the official master next to you, and you are qualified to teach me a lesson? Hmph, don't think that a tael of silver can make you step on Lao Tzu's head and, Lao Tzu won't eat you! ”
His cold-faced and ruthless words reminded Chi Yue.
Chi Yue dug into her pocket, and saw that there were still two taels of silver in it, so she simply took them out and handed them to the jailer, "No, you can always ask the eldest brother to take a trip and ask this girl to have a Langzhong, right?" ”
When the jailer saw these more silver taels, which was enough for half a year's salary, his eyes immediately lit up.
He wanted to take the silver, but he retracted his hand again, with a worried face, glanced at the woman curled up inside and said, "It's not that I want to make this money, but because of the special situation." This woman is an important prisoner, and the county magistrate has instructed that she must not be allowed to see anyone who is visiting the prison outside, including inviting Lang Zhong. ”
After saying this, he walked around for a while, and then kept silent.
Chi Yue couldn't think deeply, and when she saw that the jailer was leaving, she stopped him again, threw two taels of silver into his arms, and told him that he had to catch it.
"Big brother, please wait, you can bring me a glass of water first, and tell this girl to drink." Chi Yue said calmly, "Since you can't invite Langzhong, can you take this woman's symptoms to the medical hall, inform Langzhong, and ask someone to bring back the medicinal materials for treating dysentery?" ”
When the jailer heard this, he looked at Chi Yue incredulously.
How can Chi Yue be sure that this is dysentery?
Could it be that this young girl still knows how to do medicine?