Chapter 149 Women's Intuition
Heifeng's forehead was already stained with blood. After hearing this, he seemed to have lost all his strength. He muttered in shock, "Officials and bandits colluding... No, that's not the case."
The Fourth Master frowned. Up to now, he still felt that there was a fog in front of him.
For unknown reasons, Liu Yu keeps saying he did it, even going so far as to threaten his own death. Heifeng, in turn, claims he did it to protect Liu Yu. Why are these two men acting this way?
The Fourth Master stared at Heifeng intently and said, "Heifeng, this food was originally meant for you in Jinyang. You don't need to do this. The people of Jinyang can get through this difficult time."
Hei Feng's face suddenly turned cold: "Get over the difficulties? That's so easy to say!" He sneered at the Fourth Master: "Fourth Prince, the food and grass have been delivered. I'm afraid you will only stay here for two or three days and then leave, right?
After you leave, can you still guarantee that this food will end up in the stomachs of the people of Jinyang?"
The Fourth Master frowned: "What do you mean by that?"
Jiu Ye also said, "What are you talking about? We transported the food and grass to Jinyang, and it was given to you. Could it be that someone else would steal it?"
Hei Feng smiled noncommittally: "Everyone, now that the world is united, I think the princes would not want to hear about collusion between officials and bandits, right?
It would be more convenient to pin all the blame on me. I'm not a bandit, just a thief. Although my brothers and I stole things, our purpose was to rob the rich and help the poor, and we have never done anything to harm the people.
The Fourth Master tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said, "He is quite clever."
Heifeng lowered his head and said nothing.
Jiu Ye was furious: "You are looking at me and refusing to confess even if you die. I can't do anything to you. I'm afraid you haven't tasted the taste of punishment yet!"
Heifeng only said: "Heifeng is telling the truth."
Jiu Ye gritted his teeth: "Fourth brother, why don't you let me interrogate you?"
"Please be patient." The Fourth Master glanced at Hei Feng and said, "I'll give you one day to think about it. After one day, it will be your last chance to tell the truth. Remember, this is the only chance."
The Fourth Master turned around and looked at the Ninth Master: "If he still has nothing to say after a day, then Ninth Brother can do whatever he wants with him."
Jiu Ye clasped his fists and said, "Yes." Then he looked at Hei Feng with a cold gaze.
"Take the man to the dungeon, along with his brothers, and lock them up separately. Keep a close eye on them and don't let them die." The Fourth Master gave the order and stood up to warm the wine.
"What's wrong? Are you scared?" The Fourth Master looked at the pale little face and couldn't help but frowning slightly. He shouldn't have been too fierce just now, right? Among the few interrogations, this was the most gentle one. Or did he scare the person? He didn't care about the crowd and took the hand warming the wine in his own: "It's okay."
The Ninth Master, who was still waiting for the Fourth Master's instructions, said: "......"
Fourth Brother is really becoming less and less like Fourth Brother. Little Fourth Sister-in-law just knocked down a few burly men not long ago. How can she be scared by this scene? Is this a joke?
It was really awful to watch, so Master Jiu just said, "Fourth brother, little fourth sister-in-law, I'll go question the others and leave first."
The Fourth Master nodded: "Go ahead."
He walked out again with the warm wine in hand: "If you are scared, why did you follow me? I don't know who gave you such courage."
Wenjiu said: "I'm not afraid." Does she look like she is timid?
The Fourth Master turned his head to look at her: "What's the matter?" His little face was pale, but he said he was not afraid.
The carriage had already been parked outside. Wen Jiu was helped into the carriage by the Fourth Master. Then he lay on him listlessly and said, "Don't be afraid. I just thought of something."
The Fourth Master felt a little itchy from her rubbing, and reached out to help her tidy up her hair: "Hmm? What did you think of?"
Wen Jiu sighed softly, "Just thinking, what could make a group of people risk their lives just to keep their food?"
"What do you think?" The Fourth Master couldn't help but look down at her, and saw her curled up on his shoulder like a boneless cat. Her clothes were also very thin, and there were no clothes in the carriage. The Fourth Master covered his robe over the legs of the wine-warming woman, and couldn't help but put his arms around her.
Wenjiu leaned comfortably in his arms, but the Fourth Master was stiff all over.
To be honest, this was the first time the two of them hugged each other while sitting calmly.
It's not that he hadn't hugged her before, in fact, he had hugged her quite a lot before. He had hugged her when they were resting, when she begged him for help, when she inexplicably snuggled into his arms, or when he was sleeping with her.
But this is the first time that I have been so quiet and purposeless.
The Fourth Master rarely gets this close to others. So far, this is the first time he has stuck with someone without doing anything.
In fact, before he met her, he had never held hands with anyone else.
Come to think of it, the last person who was so intimate with him was probably Wangcai, right?
The Fourth Master's mind was in a mess and one of his hands was stiff.
Wen Jiu felt a little uncomfortable and moved his hand away before saying, "Jiu'er was thinking, if the prefect's plan succeeds, what will happen? Will the court sow another batch of grain?
What would he do with the extra food? If he were a corrupt official, he might seek personal gain, but Liu Yu spends every penny in half, and his family doesn't even have a decent writing brush. What personal gain can he seek? Ultimately, he is only doing it for the people."
Wen Jiu propped up his head and said, "Master, do you think he is being controlled by someone?"
The Fourth Master was slightly surprised: "Why do you trust Liu Yu so much? His house might have been faked for show."
Wen Jiu only said: "I believe he won't forge it. I can't explain why. Maybe it's a woman's intuition."
The Fourth Master was quite amused: "How foolish! How can one judge things based on intuition?"
Lying on the Fourth Master's chest, Wen Jiu was also a little confused, and could only mutter: "I don't know, Master, you were not at home that day, and Master Bu Yan took people to search the prefect's house. I saw it by chance."
"Hmm?" The Fourth Master raised an eyebrow. "What did you see?"
"Hmm... I saw a room filled with portraits of a woman. She had a charming smile and was incredibly beautiful."
The sound of warming the wine was so soft and gentle that the Fourth Master unconsciously put his ear closer to her.
Then he heard Wen Jiu say, "Those are Mr. Liu's paintings, all of which are of his wives. I heard from the prefectural chancellor that he was not good at painting before, and only started learning after his wife passed away.
"You should have heard about this, right? Liu Yu has only married this one wife in his life. Now he is over fifty and has not remarried."
The Fourth Master was somewhat puzzled by what he heard: "What does this have to do with him deceiving the court?"
Wen Jiu only smiled: "I just feel that such an infatuated person must have a soft heart and will not do anything extremely evil..."
The Fourth Master frowned and thought for a long time. Although he also felt that Liu Yu was not a bad person, he still felt that what she said was unreasonable.
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