Chapter 131: Imprisonment is just a trap
Three days later, the weather was fine and the wind was gentle.
Deng Youning took eighty taels of silver and went to the private room of the restaurant where she had agreed to meet with Manager Fan.
As soon as she entered the door, she took a step back in shock at the scene inside.
Shopkeeper Fan sat quietly in the main seat, with a knife stuck in his chest. Bleeding continued to flow from the wound, and the ground was covered with blood.
Looks like he's been dead for a long time.
Deng Youning forced herself to calm down, walked to Manager Fan and pushed him.
Deng Xuelian and Gu are really bold and dare to kill people!
Just at this moment, a waiter from the restaurant pushed open the door uninvited.
Seeing Manager Fan's appearance, he was so scared that he fell to the ground, and the wine jar in his hand broke. The loud noise attracted more people.
“Kill… kill someone!”
The guy pointed at Deng Youning tremblingly.
Seeing this, the crowd who came to watch the fun also conceded that it was Deng Youning who killed Manager Fan.
"What are you waiting for?"
"The Princess of Youning County has killed someone. Report to the authorities?"
Someone in the crowd shouted loudly.
Everyone seemed to finally know what to do. They rushed into the room and blocked all possible escape routes. They just stayed there to prevent the "real murderer" Deng Youning from escaping.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, everything was arranged in an orderly manner. It didn't seem like they were just enthusiastic citizens watching the fun, but rather that it was arranged deliberately.
Deng Youning sighed, looked at everyone in the room, and said helplessly:
"I am so wronged. He was already dead when I arrived!"
The guy who first broke in said dissatisfiedly:
"Who would believe your lies?"
"How can a murderer have the word murderer written on his face?"
Everyone thinks so.
Deng Youning narrowed her eyes and glanced at Shopkeeper Fan who was moving his fingers slightly.
It turns out that in this round, the mother and daughter Gu were framing someone!
The people from Jingzhao Prefecture arrived very quickly, as if they were waiting around the restaurant, ready to capture her and bring her into submission.
"County Master Youning, huh~"
When the prefect of Jingzhao saw that the person killed was Deng Youning, he chuckled. She finally fell into his hands!
"Take him away and put him in jail to await trial."
He ordered someone to take Deng Youning away.
Deng Youning knew that he had no way to defend himself, so he didn't explain.
"Sir, we have to take the body of Shopkeeper Fan back for further autopsy."
The captain felt something was not right when he saw Shopkeeper Fan bleeding so much.
Logically speaking, even if all the blood in a person's body was drained, there would not be this much blood on the ground!
Could it be that Shopkeeper Fan has a different physique from ordinary people?
"He's already dead, why bother doing an autopsy? Notify the family and bring the body back. If the family is not in the city, send it to the funeral home first."
The prefect of Jingzhao held a scented handkerchief and looked at the corpse with disgust.
When Deng Youning was brought in front of him by the officers, he turned around and exchanged glances with Deng Youning, as if he was speaking with his eyes, but it was only for a moment and no one else noticed anything.
"Come on, move the body!"
The captain called his men to go to Manager Fan.
The body was freshly dead and still warm.
Perhaps it was the illusion of these petty officials, but they always felt that the body of the dead man, who had stopped breathing, was moving from time to time.
*
Jingzhao Prefecture Prison.
Deng Youning was randomly pushed into a cell.
This was the first time she had been to jail in her two lifetimes.
The Jingzhao Prefecture Prison is not as humane as the Yinlongwei Prison, and it looks shabby everywhere.
Even in the cold winter, the walls are drafty everywhere.
Deng Youning sat down on the straw mat, looking at the small window diagonally above her. She wondered what was going on with Yingshi and the others.
Within an hour, Li Tianzhuo and his men arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture in a menacing manner.
"Master Li, you are so kind to visit us. I wonder if you have any advice for me?"
The prefect of Jingzhao quickly complimented him.
"County Princess Youning can't be the murderer. I will protect her. Let her go. I will investigate the real murderer!"
Any slightest disturbance in the capital will not escape the eyes and ears of the Silver Dragon Guards.
Li Tianzhuo was very angry when he learned that Deng Youning had put him in jail.
Is this the game she said she would play with Gu and Deng Xuelian?
Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of your own?
"Oh, I'm afraid I can't agree to this."
"We, Jingzhao Prefecture, took over this case first. No one can take the suspect away before the truth is revealed!"
The Jingzhao prefect knew that he could not afford to offend Lord Li, but he had also promised Princess Youning that he would accompany her in a play, so how could he let others kidnap the actor halfway?
"you……"
Li Tianzhuo pointed at his nose and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"If you don't let him go, I will have to take him away even if I have to force my way in!"
In order to force the prisoners to confess, they are usually tortured.
He was extremely scared, fearing that Deng Youning would be treated like this.
The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture is the prince's man. They want to take revenge on Deng Youning in the Jingzhao Prefecture prison. They will use thousands of methods to make her life a fate worse than death!
"Don't worry, Lord Li. Although I can't let you take the prisoner away, I can go to the prison to visit him."
The prefect of Jingzhao had a smile on his face, looking as if he was eager to make peace with Li Tianzhuo.
If he goes to the prison and the county lord doesn't go with him, then he won't offend either side!
He happily took Li Tianzhuo to the cell where Deng Youning was.
In the shabby and dark cell, Deng Youning's small figure huddled in the corner with his knees hugged, looking pitiful.
A cold wind kept blowing in from the small window in the cell, and even mixed with the snow that had fallen in the previous few days.
I don’t know if she has eaten anything?
You must be starving and cold now, right?
Li Tianzhuo felt as if a pair of hands were squeezing his heart. The heart-wrenching feeling made him swallow a mouthful of bitter water, and he finally spoke in a hoarse voice: "Ningning——"
Deng Youning, who was thinking about something, thought she was hallucinating when she suddenly heard Li Tianzhuo's voice.
"Quick, open the door and let me in!"
Li Tianzhuo ordered in a very bad tone.
The prefect of Jingzhao gave a look to the jailer beside him, and the jailer took the key to open the door, but the lock was broken or something, but he couldn't open it.
Li Tianzhuo was impatient, "Get out of the way!"
He growled, drew out the jailer's sword, and used some of his internal strength to break the lock.
Deng Youning was shocked. She stood up and looked at Li Tianzhuo who was running towards her.
Before she could open her mouth to speak, she was covered by the cloak that still carried Li Tianzhuo's body temperature.
After putting the cloak on her, Li Tianzhuo took her into his arms and hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.
"It's only been half a day since we last met, and you miss me so much?" Deng Youning teased.
Li Tianzhuo sneered. He was still in the mood to joke. It seemed that he had been worrying in vain.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Don't tell me that I was sent to prison just to deal with Gu and Deng Xuelian?"
"There are many ways to kill them. I don't believe you only have this one!"
Li Tianzhuo's gaze was scorching, like a door that was about to burn, and he was trying hard not to let the flames inside spread.
Deng Youning patted him on the shoulder. He was indeed Lord Li. He dared to say such words in front of the Jingzhao prefect and on the territory of Jingzhao Prefecture.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"Since you are here, please tell them that I am fine and that imprisonment is just a trap."
Deng Youning had a premonition that Deng Yan'an and Jun Chenyi would soon arrive to "break the prison".
We cannot let them bear the stigma of disregarding the law for their own sake.
"I can help you, but let me make a deal and tell me your plan." Li Tianzhuo bargained.
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