Chapter 17 Asking the Reason

The two children's eyes were red, obviously they had just cried.

The crazy woman with messy hair had a paranoid light in her eyes and kept talking.

The officer frowned and took a step back, looking at her with suspicion.

"It's this woman. She and her two children secretly hid food. They are completely lawless and don't take you officials seriously at all. Punish her immediately!"

Her finger pointed at Shen Jinan tightly.

After hearing her accusation, Gu Yanqing's expression darkened slightly, and his originally handsome face was filled with anger.

He took two steps forward and stood in front of Shen Jinan.

Although he was sick and on the way to exile, his back was still straight, and the loose prison uniform could not hide his temperament. Now standing in front of the mother and her two children, his image was extremely tall.

"Is what she said true?"

The officer looked at the people opposite him with a gloomy face.

Seeing the white and tender child in the man's arms, I somewhat agreed with this statement in my heart.

Before Gu Yanqing could speak, Shen Jinan came out from behind him, looking at the officials with a smile on his face: "Of course it's fake, look at her like this, how can what she said be true? This crazy woman's words are not credible at all, officials, don't be fooled by her!"

In order to increase the credibility of his words, Shen Jinan also brought up an incident that happened some time ago as an example: "I don't know if this official knows Zhang Dazhu. He was harmed by this crazy woman. Official, don't follow in her footsteps!"

He was indeed a little nervous when he heard this. They had all heard about what happened to Zhang Dazhu.

This woman even harmed Zhang Dazhui. Could it be that she really wanted to frame me too?

"The officials did hide some food. Everyone in exile is pale and skinny, but look at her two children, they are fair, tender and lively. Isn't there something wrong?"

It was so obvious, but these two officials couldn't see it. Shen Xitang wondered if these two people were blind.

"Sir, my family all have naturally good skin. If you don't believe me, you can ask Commander Lin Xiaofeng. He manages things so strictly, how could we possibly hide food?"

Her words were pointed, and Gu Yanqing beside him coughed a few times in agreement. Shen Jinan said, "Look at us, everyone in this team is pale and skinny, weak and powerless. We are women and children, how dare we do such a thing!"

Looking around, most of the prisoners were hunched over, with no light in their cloudy eyes, like walking corpses.

Hearing the noise here, the prisoners around also gathered over and watched the farce happening here in a daze.

"Hiding food is impossible. Don't be so unreasonable."

As accompanying officials, there are some things that they all know to each other tacitly, so they can just turn a blind eye. But if you really look into it, no one can escape the responsibility.

What's more, this crazy woman reported Commander Lin, who was several levels higher than herself. This woman didn't want to live anymore, but his own life was still precious!

He looked unmoved.

Shen Xitang suddenly became anxious. She had made up her mind early on that she would not let Shen Jinan live an easy life.

"Sir, I want to expose it!" Shen Xitang suddenly remembered that he still had a trump card, "I..."

Before she could finish, the officer glared at her with a sullen face.

He was only covering for two days temporarily and didn't want to get involved in any trouble: "These two people are talking nonsense and their intentions are not pure. Take them away and keep them under strict supervision."

"It's clearly these two who made the mistake, why are you so unable to distinguish right from wrong?"

Shen Xitang suddenly became anxious. She kept shouting loudly, not caring about the occasion at all.

The officers had been tricked and were now angry.

The leader waved his hand, and several people dressed as soldiers walked up.

One person covered their mouths while the other dragged them forward.

Lin Xiaofeng, who was not far away, naturally saw everything that happened here, and he felt a little annoyed.

Why is it Shen Xitang again? It seems I have to find a way to keep her quiet for a while.

But even though he complained, he still walked towards those people.

When the officers saw Lin Xiaofeng approaching, they immediately stood up straight and shouted, "Commander Lin."

"Keep these men under strict supervision. I have something to ask them when we get to the next post station."

After saying that, she turned and left. The officers immediately stepped forward, covered their mouths, and tied them up.

Shen Xitang's heart tightened, but he couldn't break free, so he began to have wild thoughts.

Could it be that he wanted to question them about the incident of them hiding food?

Then she must exaggerate and tell a good story, and must convict Shen Jinan.

But she didn't expect that Lin Xiaofeng seemed to have forgotten about it, and she and Lin were dragged away for several days.

Finally arrived at the next station.

The people who were escorting her turned around and took her into a cell that was completely airtight.

This cell is different from the ones they lived in before.

The walls on both sides were covered with rows of torture instruments.

Shen Xitang started to feel fear after seeing it.

The air was filled with the smell of blood.

Lin Xiaofeng took a short whip and walked towards them: “Tell me, who asked you to frame Shen Jinan.”

"Sir, we really didn't make false accusations! They did hide the food."

Shen Xitang quickly defended herself, fearing that the whip would fall on her in the next second.

"Hidden food?" Lin Xiaofeng raised an eyebrow. "Then tell me what you hid?"

"It's a kind of fruit. The red fruit is very sweet!"

She couldn't wait to tell him everything she knew.

“Bang!”

The whip fell on Shen Xitang's body, frightening Lin so much that she trembled. She didn't dare to say a word from beginning to end.

"Tell me, there is no fruit in our daily food. Where do they get it from?" Lin Xiaofeng just sat there, waiting for her answer.

But Shen Xitang hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything.

She just snatched it from the two children, and she wasn't sure where it came from.

No wonder Shen Jinan didn't look afraid, it turned out that he had already thought of countermeasures.

Enduring the severe pain, Shen Xitang's brain began to spin rapidly.

"It must have been given to her by you, sir. Shen Jinan not only didn't cherish the fruit she got from you, but also gave it to her two little brats. This is a waste of your kindness!"

There was really no way, she suddenly remembered that Lin Xiaofeng took Shen Jinan away a few days ago.

There must be something fishy going on between these two people!

There was a sound of breaking air, and another whip hit her.

"Am I related to Shen Jinan?" Lin Xiaofeng asked with gritted teeth.