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The yamen runners and jailers looked at each other, and couldn't help but look at Governor Fang beside them, and then at Hua Ziyun and others.

Magistrate Zhou asked one last time, "This is your last chance. Which is more important, protecting the people behind you, or saving your life and the lives of your family?"

Murdering a prince is a serious crime.

The jailer was the first to give in. "Sir, I imprisoned them both in that cell because Constable Zhang told me to do so. He said someone above had given the order."

Constable Zhang's face froze, knowing he couldn't hide the truth. He confessed, "Sir, I'm only acting on Master Ji's orders."

"Master Ji?"

"Yes, Young Master Ji Xiufeng. Young Master Ji said he wanted to teach these two a lesson and ordered me to do this."

Hua Ziyun said lightly, "I remember this Ji Xiufeng is Mr. Zhou's nephew."

Governor Fang looked at him with a cold gaze, which frightened Prefect Zhou so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

This damn bastard actually dared to do such a thing.

At this moment, the coroner returned and reported to the officials, "Sir, after my humble inspection, I have determined that this man was not killed by a carriage, but rather by poisoning."

Hua Ziyun's expression turned cold. "To frame us two, he actually resorted to such cruel means to treat innocent people. He's truly cruel. He humiliated me in the academy today, and I didn't care. But he attacked me again. How despicable."

When the prefect Zhou, who was standing by, heard that his good-for-nothing nephew was bullying the prince in the academy, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

That child has been spoiled by the Ji family! If he offends the prince this time, even he can't protect him.

Murdering the prince was a grave crime. He was fortunate not to be implicated.

Hua Ziyun addressed Governor Fang and ordered, "That man also died because of me. Find his family and give him a proper burial. As for the perpetrator, there will be no leniency."

After saying that, Hua Ziyun took Xiao Zimo out of the cell.

Xiao Zimo glanced at the corpse covered with white cloth not far away, and a hint of dark light appeared in his clear and bright black eyes.

In order to frame others, a person is willing to sacrifice an innocent life.

Is human life so worthless in their eyes?

Ji Xiufeng is just a relative of the prefect, yet he is so careless about human life. What about other powerful people?

As soon as they came out, they saw Bei Yutang and Dai Xiang.

"Mother." Xiao Moer saved her.

Bei Yutang saw his actions and reached out to touch his little head, "Are you scared?"

Xiao Moer shook his head.

Hua Ziyun was very happy to see Bei Yutang, "Auntie Mu, you are finally back."

Bei Yutang smiled and said, "Let's go home and have dinner."

After dinner, we saw Hua Ziyun off.

The night sky was full of stars, and two people, one big and one small, were sitting on the roof.

"Mo'er, what's wrong?"

Although Xiao Moer didn't say anything, Bei Yutang could sense that something was wrong with him.

Xiao Moer was silent for a long time before she spoke: "Mother, is human life worthless in the eyes of the powerful?"

This question made Bei Yutang silent for a while.

"It depends! Some people might think it's worthless, but that's not the case for everyone."

"For example, on the battlefield, if you need soldiers to lure the enemy, they will most likely die. But if you don't use them to lure the enemy, thousands of civilians will die. If you were the commander, would you watch them die, or would you allow thousands of civilians to die as a result?"