In Baifeng City, the most prosperous city in Yuezhou, in the government prison.

The father and son of the Xu family, who had been locked up here for nearly a month, swallowed a mouthful of stinky steamed buns that were as dry as stones.

A month ago, not to mention the steamed buns that had already stinked, even if the steamed buns had just come out of the pot and were still wrapped in meat sauce in front of them, neither of them would take a second look.

But at this moment, they only feel that the contents of their mouths are extremely precious, and they are not willing to give up even the little scraps that fall on the ground.

After a mouthful of steamed buns and a sip of cold water, the burning feeling of hunger in my stomach finally dissipated a little.

A big steamed bun, seeing that there is only the last small piece left, but the father and son have been hungry for two days and do not feel a trace of fullness.

Xu Changzhi swallowed his saliva, turned his head away from looking at the remaining piece of steamed bread, and said to his father Xu Zhiwen: "Dad, my son is full, and there is still the last bit of steamed bread left, you can eat it quickly." ”

Xu Zhiwen shook his head, didn't have the strength to say more, just stuffed the steamed bun into his son's mouth.

Xu Changzhi tried hard to push away his father's hand, he looked at the scars on his father's body, and there was hatred and resentment in his heart.

He didn't regret that his family helped Mu Qing escape from Yuezhou, but he resented that he was incapable, couldn't get fame, and didn't have the ability to seek justice for his fiancée and his family.

Obviously, his father taught him countless times to study hard and glorify his ancestors. But at that time, he was ignorant and playful, thinking that he could always live under the protection of his father.

Now that the family is in trouble, there is no way but to silently endure the oppression of this group of dog officials.

How innocent is his fiancée's family, and how innocent is his own family?

Just because they don't have the power of the Meng family, they deserve to be bullied, and even their lives are going to be lost?

Thinking like this, Xu Changzhi couldn't help but cry.

Xu Zhiwen saw that his son's eyes were red again, and he wanted to comfort him, but because he was still sick and his body was full of injuries, he couldn't say a word for a while.

He gasped slightly, wanting to raise his hand and pat his son on the shoulder, but the action of handing out the steamed bun just now had exhausted all his strength, and he couldn't do anything now.

Xu Changzhi quickly wiped away the tears on his face, stuffed the steamed bun into his father's mouth again, and fed him saliva by the way.

The group of servants knew that it was his father who arranged for Brother Mu Qing to leave, so he tortured him a little more these days, but he was spared and did not suffer too much.

His father's health was not very good, and Xu Changzhi was really afraid that he would not be able to survive.

But both of them are now in prison, and the government officials do not allow their families to visit them, and he himself has no way to find someone to treat his father, so he can only try to let his father eat as much as possible, so that his father can last longer.

Xu Changzhi carefully put the bowl to his father's mouth, and coaxed him while feeding him water: "Dad, if you hold on a little longer, Brother Muqing's eldest brother Ji Ren Tianxiang will definitely be able to find the big official to come back and save us." When we leave the prison, I will listen to you carefully, go to study, and go to the imperial examination. In the future, I will be a big official, and I will be a good official who asks for the people's life, okay? ”

Xu Zhiwen nodded silently with tears in his eyes, he didn't dare to think about what the ending of the two would be, he just fantasized about a better future with his son, even if they didn't know whether they could wait for such a future.

……

As soon as Su Hengyu and his entourage found a suitable inn to stay in, they began to let people publicize the name of the Su family firm.

She deliberately said that the Su family firm was a big business house from the south, and said that her family used to do business on the sea, and her family had strong assets.

This time I came to Yuezhou to open up the trade route.

She planned to wait until the reputation of the Su family firm spread a little, and then find an opportunity to contact the local wealthy families.

Li Wei's investigation must start from the yamen, and she will start with the businessman.

Since Meng Changhe is corrupt and perverts the law, he will definitely not let go of the local rich people, and I think these businessmen will have some contact with Meng Changhe.

Su Hengyu's plan was to ask the businessmen how to ask the officials in Yuezhou to open the door for her under the pretext that she wanted to do business in Yuezhou.

Maybe she can hear more inside stories about Yuezhou officialdom from here.

On the other hand, since she is here to do business, it is difficult to ensure that she has to contact the people of Yuezhou and inquire about the goods they need.

In this way, her people will not be so conspicuous when they move around the city and inquire about the news with the people.

Regarding Su Hengyu's thoughts, Li Wei did not have the slightest intention of interfering.

In his opinion, Su Hengyu took the initiative to give up starting from the officials, just because he didn't want to compete with him.

The other party has already retreated step by step, and if Li Wei can't get along with her again, he really doesn't know what to do.

As for the Praetorian Guards, they were naturally all following Li Wei, after all, judging from the previous batch of assassins, his presence was obviously more fearful of the people in the capital.

On the contrary, Su Hengyu didn't care much, and he didn't need so many guards around him.

On the first day of arriving in Baifeng City, Su Hengyu immediately changed into clothes that matched the identity of the son of a businessman, and took people to the Xu family that Mu Qing had said earlier to inquire about the news.

There are also people from the government office on the Xu family's side, and they feel that with Mu Qing's temperament, once it is clear that the Xu family's father and son are involved by him, they will definitely come back to save people, so for so many days, they have been guarding in front of the Xu family, waiting for Mu Qing to be arrested.

Their movements were not hidden, at least Yan Shen and the others found out at the first time.

"Childe, what should we do next?" The Xu family is being stared at, if they rush to the door at this time, I am afraid it will arouse suspicion.

This is also what Su Hengyu is worried about, after all, they are all fresh faces, at this time, the Xu family's situation is embarrassing, I am afraid that their relatives will not dare to come to the door.

If these people from other places had run away, they would have aroused suspicion.

Su Hengyu simply took someone to find a noodle stall close to the Xu family and sat down, everyone ordered a bowl of noodles, and Su Hengyu opened his mouth to say: "Little brother, what kind of family is that in front, the house is so big, and there are even officials stationed at the door." Could it be the mansion of one of our adults in Yuezhou? ”

When the little brother who cooked noodles heard this, the smile on his face that had been shown because of the money he had earned was a little stiffer, and he whispered, "What are you asking about this?" ”

"Harm, we came to Yuezhou from the south to do business, and we are thinking about finding a relationship with the adults in Yuezhou, don't we just happened to see it, and I want to ask." Su Hengyu said with a smile.

When the little brother heard this answer, his expression relaxed slightly.

However, he quickly showed a look of disgust, but the disgust was directed at the group of officials: "If that's the idea you're fighting, don't think about it." There were no officials in that family, but they were unlucky enough to offend the officials of Yuezhou, and the men in the family were all arrested and put in prison! ”

Su Hengyu looked surprised: "Oh, so scary? So what crime did they commit, and how did the government sentence them? ”

"Hmph, what crime have you committed?" The noodle boiler pouted, "It's a crime of not pleasing adults!" ”