He told me to steal a secret letter and take it back!

"I'm just a servant. I have to do whatever my master tells me to do. I... that's all I know. Can you let me go now?"

The man's eager gaze fell upon the beautiful woman sitting in the chair.

Liu Yingying: "Xiao Ye, let him go!"

Xue Ye was very confused; "Really release?"

"Are you going to take a fake break?" Liu Yingying scoffed.

"As he said, he's just someone who runs errands for others; killing him won't do us any good!"

Besides, she has already confirmed that Gu Tao is unreliable, and that's enough.

Xue Ye used his sword to cut the ropes binding the man, and the man, now free, jumped out of the window.

Inside the room, the two looked at each other.

Xue Ye: "What are your plans?"

Liu Yingying thought for a moment and said, "I think there's something very wrong with this Gu Tao!"

"If he just doesn't want to help, then he can simply refuse outright."

"Why send someone to steal Lord Shen's letters from my place at night? Haven't you thought about why?"

"As far as I know, the position of the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is not very high. Could it be that he wants to get that list to curry favor with the Marquis of Yong'an?" Xue Ye offered his opinion.

"Xiao Ye is great!" Liu Yingying smiled with satisfaction.

I always thought this guy was an uncivilized savage, but I didn't expect him to pay attention to matters of the court. That's quite surprising.

Liu Yingying suddenly felt sorry for Shen Shangxu.

He wanted to be an honest and good official, but it was precisely this ideal that pushed him into a quagmire, where he might never recover!

The next morning, Liu Yingying went to the market and bought a lot of ingredients. She planned to start a trial business today or tomorrow.

After having breakfast, Zhang Hui brought a few of her sisters over to help.

Many hands make light work. All the ingredients were prepared in one morning, and we're just waiting to open for business tomorrow.

At first, Zhang Hui and the others didn't have high hopes for Liu Yingying's idea of ​​opening a snack shop.

This is the capital city, a place where the best of the world gathers. What kind of food is available here?

But after they tasted the skewers made by Liu Yingying herself, they were all completely impressed.

This gave everyone more confidence.

Liu Yingying announced, "Everyone can go back this afternoon and come back tomorrow morning."

Zhang Hui said to the two women traveling with her, "You go ahead, don't wait for me. I'll buy some things and then go back."

"Okay, then we'll be going now."

After the two left, Zhang Hui looked at Liu Yingying and said, "Yingying, my sworn brother replied to me and said we can meet tomorrow night."

Liu Yingying's heart skipped a beat; "Okay, then let's ask him to come over tomorrow after the shop closes!"

After parting ways with Zhang Hui, Liu Yingying took out a medicine box that she had prepared beforehand from under the counter.

Today is the day for Lord Pei's follow-up examination.

She walked out, holding an umbrella in one hand and carrying a medicine box in the other. The rain had been drizzling all night, resulting in very few pedestrians on the street.

Just then, a magnificent and luxurious carriage came into view, standing out against the dark sky.

People quickly moved aside, and as the carriage passed in front of Liu Yingying, the splashed mud stained her clothes.

I wonder whose carriage it is; they really have no eyes!

Liu Yingying was about to curse when she looked up and saw half of the face peeking out from inside the carriage, which made her tremble.

The carriage quickly disappeared from sight.

Liu Yingying didn't dare to chase after him; her feet seemed rooted to the spot and she couldn't move an inch.

"It's him! He's not dead!"

But how could that be?

The face of the person inside the carriage that she just saw bore an eight or nine-tenths resemblance to Meng Renhun from Xijiu Mountain!

If there's one thing that's different, it's that Meng Renhun has a beard, while the other person is fair-skinned and beardless, with a handsome appearance.

Are there really people in this world who look so alike?

If Meng Renhun is still alive, then who was beheaded back then?

Liu Yingying immediately remembered her past life; in her original world, similar things had happened before.

Once a person has gained a certain amount of power, they can substitute one thing for another and steal the other's essence!

But if that's the case, who would risk their life for a bandit?

Liu Yingying's mind was in a mess, and even after she entered the Pei residence with the help of servants, she was still somewhat absent-minded.

"Why does the county magistrate look so preoccupied?" In the flower hall, Prime Minister Pei had his head full of silver needles inserted, which was to help clear his blocked blood vessels.

Pei Yuan usually doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, but today was an exception.

Liu Yingying sighed softly; "Does Lord Pei know why I came to the capital?"

"I don't know, but I guess you must have come for a very important purpose!" Prime Minister Pei said with great certainty.

As she spoke, Liu Yingying removed all the silver needles from his head, walked up to Prime Minister Pei, and suddenly knelt down.

"What do you mean by this?" Prime Minister Pei asked in surprise.

Liu Yingying looked distressed; "This humble servant, Liu, begs Your Excellency to do justice for the people of Ningzhou County and give them a way to live!"

According to the laws of Xia State, commoners are not allowed to file complaints outside their jurisdiction; otherwise, they will be given one hundred lashes as a form of punishment.

However, this was not in a courtroom, but at the Pei family residence.

Prime Minister Pei did not appear angry. Instead, he asked calmly, "Lady Ning'an, what has brought you all the way to the capital?"

"Speak freely. Even if there is anything wrong, I promise you I will not pursue it!"

"Thank you, Your Excellency!" Liu Yingying prostrated herself on the ground.

Then he recounted in detail the deeds of Lin Shichang, the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Yong'an, in Ningzhou County, as well as his framing of Shen Shangxu and his imprisonment.

Pei Yuan was an honest official who had been wholeheartedly trying to do something for the people since taking office. Now, upon hearing such a thing, he was furious!

"Bang!" He slammed his hand on the coffee table. "That Lin Shichang! Ningzhou County is far from the capital, and the emperor doesn't think he's some kind of local tyrant."

Liu Yingying whispered again, "To the people of Ningzhou County, Lin Shichang is a local emperor who controls their life and death!"

Let alone ordinary people, even Lord Shen, who comes from a prominent family in the capital, was bullied by him when he went to Ningzhou.

Now he's even on the verge of losing his life!

When the topic of Shen Shangxu came up, Prime Minister Pei came to his senses slightly; he remembered this person.

A year ago, he won the title of Tan Hua Lang (third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination), attracting countless aristocratic families to try and find him as their son-in-law.

Unfortunately.

This man's long poem angered the emperor, and he was demoted from a third-ranking scholar to a minor county magistrate in a remote town!

"Lady Ning'an, since you came to the capital at someone's request, do you have any evidence that Shen Shangxu gave you?"

"Yes!" Liu Yingying handed over the list.

After reading through the names on the letter, Prime Minister Pei's expression grew increasingly grim.