Inside Liu's house.

Liu Qing was slowly sipping tea in the front hall, when he saw the housekeeper running in hurriedly and whispering to Liu Qing.

"Bring her in."

Then the butler led one of them into the front hall.

"Rare guests, what kind of wind blew Aunt Liu here." Liu Qing stood up and stepped forward to greet him.

Aunt Liu smiled and replied, "Lord Liu, don't play riddles with me here, don't you know what I'm doing?" ”

This old fox, knowingly asking, usually takes advantage of her.

"It's about our Fengxian Pavilion maid, it's obviously a trivial matter, and it's still a lot of work, and the old body is really embarrassed." After speaking, he put a brocade box on the table, opened it, and pushed it in front of Liu Qing's eyes.

Liu Qing's eyes lit up suddenly, but he still quietly pushed the brocade box aside, "Aunt Liu, what do you mean by this?" ”

The corners of his mouth twitched, what did this old guy want to do, if it was normal, he couldn't wait to accept it, after all, a hundred taels of gold is not something that can come casually.

"Lord Liu, the old body really wants to ask the adults for help, after all, this is the housework of the Fengxian Pavilion, and it should be decided after the pavilion master returns, don't you say? If these intentions are not enough, the old body can ......" The implication was concise, and seeing the embarrassed look on Liu Qing's face, Aunt Liu relaxed a little.

It's just that things didn't go as smoothly as she thought, and after a while, Liu Qing reached out and covered the brocade box and pushed it back in front of her.

"This is a murder case, the official must deal with it fairly, if the official shields the prisoner, where is the prestige of the official in the future, please take these back, and please tell the pavilion master, the official can't do anything about this."

Suddenly, Aunt Liu's gaze at Liu Qing was a little complicated, it seems that this matter is not as simple as imagined, there must be a driving force behind it, as for who it is, it remains to be investigated.

"Since Lord Liu said this, the old body also understood, so the old body will leave first." Picking up the brocade box, Aunt Liu said goodbye.

"Okay, I'm not going to send it far." Then Liu Qing recruited the housekeeper outside the door to see off the guests.

Back in the room, Liu Qing's mind was full of the golden gold, picked up the tea on the table and smacked it, it seemed to be not as fragrant as before, and sighed, I don't know what kind of character this Ling Xiaoxiao is, and I also provoked the person in the palace to instruct him.

"Lord Liu, is this sighing for the gold just now?"

Hearing this, the teacup in Liu Qing's hand almost overturned, and when he looked up, he saw a ghostly figure jumping down from the beam.

"You, you......."

Liu Qing looked at the closed door and window, when did this person arrive in his house, but he didn't have time to think about it, he saw this person leaning forward, the corners of his mouth curved, and said: "Lord Liu, what is this doing, isn't it a thief." ”

Liu Qing hurriedly stood up, nodded and said, "My lord's words are serious, how dare I disobey the tasks assigned by the above."

"Really?" The man chuckled and asked back.

"Of course, of course." Holding a handkerchief and wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead, Liu Qing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately he had just rejected the one hundred taels of gold, otherwise what would he do.

The man turned around and sat down, and said, "The Lord asked me to tell you to protect Ling Xiaoxiao's life." ”

"But the human and material evidence is all there, and today it has also been signed and drawn, according to the law of this dynasty, it should be beheaded, and the Lord also said before that he would cut the grass and eradicate the roots, isn't it-"

Before Liu Qing finished speaking, he saw the man's face change, and he quickly closed his mouth.

"How can the Lord's decision be questioned?" The man stood up and said coldly.

"Yes, yes." Liu Qing hurriedly responded, the person above changed his face faster than turning a book, at first he said that he would cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but after everything was dealt with, he would have to save his life, he really didn't understand.

"The Lord has His own arrangements, and you do what you are told." The man said this, and disappeared into the room in an instant.

In vain, Liu Qing stared blankly at the cracked table, and felt distressed in his heart, it was the rosewood table he spent a lot of money to build......

With a vague thought, Ling Xiaoxiao opened his misty eyes and looked at the place where he was, the dark, clammy and cold dungeon, only some dry straw in the corner of the wall could barely warm up.

The cell boss knocked on the cell door with a stick, "It's time to eat." ”

When I looked up, there was only a little rice and vegetables in the cracked rice bowl.

"Hiss-" As soon as he moved, there was a tearing pain behind him, and he struggled to move to the door, picked up the rice bowl and pulled it into his mouth, but as soon as he took a bite, he spit it out, and his mouth was full of rancid taste.

The cell boss knocked on the cell door again with a wooden stick, and said with a look of disdain: "They are all dying, and they are still picking and choosing here, whether they like to eat or not." ”

Ling Xiaoxiao glanced at the cell head, then looked down at the bowl of rice, and hesitantly picked it up.

"Eh, girl, you better eat, it's better than being a starving ghost."

A woman's voice came from the side, forty or fifty years old, with slightly white hair dyed on her sideburns, and although she was wearing a dirty prison uniform, her whole body revealed a graceful and elegant temperament.

"The Starving?" Ling Xiao asked. "Sister, are you saying that I have already been sentenced?" She hasn't pleaded guilty yet, so why was she sentenced directly.

Hearing Ling Xiaoxiao's address to her, the woman covered her mouth and smiled, "You little girl, your mouth is so sweet, I am at the age of being your mother, if you don't dislike it, just call me Aunt Xue." ”

"Aunt Xue." Ling Xiaoxiao shouted obediently, she had an inexplicable sense of intimacy with the woman in front of her.

The woman smiled with satisfaction, and then replied: "This is death row, and people who have already been sentenced to death usually come in. ”

Sure enough, I verified the idea in my heart, what crime was committed? She can't answer this question herself, what crime did she commit to be imprisoned, and she was sentenced directly without admitting her guilt, is this Governor Liu afraid that she has taken someone's advantage?

Wen Jie? shook her head, denying this speculation in her heart, she and Wen Jie have no grievances, and judging from her situation, it doesn't look like her, so who is it......

"Girl, girl......" The woman's cry pulled her out of her thoughts.

"Are you alright?" looked at her worriedly, after all, whoever goes to death row will not be so open-minded.

"Aunt Xue, I'm fine, I'm just a little sentimental, I obviously haven't done anything, but I was framed and framed so far." And she doesn't know who the other party is, she is probably the only one like her.

"Ah, you have been wronged too." The woman screamed suddenly.

"Are you too?" Ling Xiaoxiao asked.