Su Mengyan was so frightened by him that she took a big step back and said with a wry smile, "Sir, stop joking."
When they were at the inn, Situ Yao had asked them to share a room. He had said that deliberately to discourage Cui Mixue. For days, the two of them had slept in separate rooms.
But there is only one bed in this room now, where should she sleep?
Although she was a concubine, she was an unloved cannon fodder and had no chance to sleep with the emperor. Su Mengyan occupied this body, but she was not ready to sleep with a man. She politely refused, "Sir, I don't sleep well."
"Oh?" Situ Yao looked down at her, "How bad is it."
"I grind my teeth when I sleep." Situ Yao didn't move, but smiled instead.
"I also snore very loudly, which will disturb the young master."
"Alright, you don't have to expose all your shortcomings." Situ Yao smiled restrainedly, pushed Su Mengyan to the inside of the bed, and lay down with her clothes on. "Go to sleep. Go find Wang Shouli tomorrow."
"Young Master is going to confront him?" Su Mengyan said excitedly, "Will he be scared to death?"
"It's also possible that he'll just go all out and kill us all." Situ Yao poured cold water on her. After all, there weren't many of them.
Su Mengyan thought of Wang Shouli's madness and agreed with him deeply.
"Are you scared?" Situ Yao said, "You can stay here tomorrow."
"Let me follow you." Su Mengyan wanted to see what expression Wang Shouli would have when he knew Situ Yao's identity.
As for the fear of being killed, Situ Yao was a cautious person and would not take risks without being fully prepared.
"Wang Shouli kidnapped Miss Cui. If we don't respond for a day, will it be harmful to her?" Su Mengyan said with a worried look.
"Go to sleep." Situ Yao's sleepy voice came, "We'll discuss it tomorrow."
Accompanied by his whispers, Su Mengyan gradually fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, a dark shadow jumped over the courtyard wall, dodged the guards, and accurately found Su Mengyan's house.
Just as he happily opened the door, he was grabbed by the neck from behind. Situ Yao took him to the next room and sneered, "Wang Shouli is still ruthless and wants to take someone from me as a hostage?"
The man in black did not expect to be discovered, so he remained silent and was unwilling to give Wang Shouli up.
He is a good martial arts expert and a well-known killer in the martial arts world, but he was caught by Situ Yao and had no ability to resist at all.
Seeing that he was silent, Situ Yao didn't even bother to interrogate him, because he knew with his toes that he was Wang Shouli's man. So he had Qingfeng tie up the man in black and lock him up, and he returned to the house.
Su Mengyan was woken up by the noise next door. She rubbed her eyes and saw Situ Yao standing in front of her. She asked in confusion, "Sir, why are you awake? Is it daybreak?"
Situ Yao didn't intend to tell her what had just happened, so he shook his head and said, "Not yet, you can continue to sleep."
Su Mengyan was very sleepy and fell asleep in a short while.
It was not until the next morning that Su Mengyan discovered that someone was locked up in the yard and learned about what happened last night. She was still frightened. Fortunately, Situ Yao had foresight, otherwise she would have been at the mercy of others.
"Master, when are we going to find Wang Shouli?" Su Mengyan urged, "The only way to prevent this guy from causing trouble is to lock him up."
"No hurry." Situ Yao drank his porridge slowly, "Eat breakfast first."
While Su Mengyan was having breakfast, she took the opportunity to tell him about separating the patients.
"Leave it to Qingfeng to arrange it. Just do as you say." Situ Yao didn't ask any questions.
After breakfast, the two men took their guards to look for Wang Shouli.
The guards outside the city looked hurried early in the morning. "There was a fire in the refugee camp last night, and a lot of things were burned."
"Is anyone injured?" Situ Yao frowned and asked, "Have you found out what the cause of the fire was?"
"Everyone has been rescued. For now, we only know the fire started suddenly, but we haven't yet determined who caused it." The guard's expression darkened. "Because of the fire, the refugee riots have become even more intense than before. They tried to injure the guards and escape."
"They say the plague is God's punishment on the people of Chu City. Even if they survive, there will still be fires. In short, the only way to survive is to escape this place."
Feudal superstitions are harmful! Su Mengyan complained in her heart that the fire was deliberately caused by someone, and how could it be linked to a natural disaster? She suspected that someone was deliberately confusing the public.
"Where did this rumor about natural disasters come from?" Su Mengyan's eyes lit up. "Let's check it out. Maybe we can find some clues."
If the refugee camp were to become chaotic at this time, no one would trust Situ Yao any more. It would be very easy to bribe a few people and spread some rumors.
After her reminder, the guards suddenly realized what was going on and were about to say goodbye and leave.
Situ Yao stopped him and asked, "What's the situation outside the city? Can the people control it?"
"Master Gu is trying to persuade us. As long as there are no people deliberately causing trouble, things can return to normal."
"I'll take my leave first." The guard ran away quickly.
On the way to the prefect's residence, Su Mengyan asked curiously, "Sir, do you think the fire is related to Wang Shouli?"
"Not necessarily." Situ Yao would not easily draw conclusions about things without evidence. "There are other officials in Chu City who don't want me to interfere in this matter. It's possible that they did it."
"Pulling out the radish will bring out the mud. If we deal with Wang Shouli, the others will not be able to escape." After saying the last word, they stood in front of the prefectural government's mansion.
The yamen runners at the door saw Situ Yao and his personal guards armed with weapons, so they naturally did not dare to let them in.
Situ Yao was too lazy to waste time, so he had them knocked out and found Wang Shouli with ease.
When he saw Situ Yao striding towards him, he subconsciously stepped back, but recovered as normal a moment later and shouted angrily, "How did you get in?"
"Someone come here!" Wang Shouli shouted loudly, and a group of yamen runners came outside and surrounded Situ Yao and the others.
Wang Shouli thought the threat was gone and was somewhat pleased with himself. "You guys are here to die, so I don't have to do it myself."
"Sir Wang, it's still unclear who will live and die today." Situ Yao ignored the yamen runners in the yard and used his height advantage to suppress Wang Shouli's arrogance. "You secretly concealed the plague, causing hundreds of people to lose their lives. As a parent official, what crime should you be punished for?"
"How do you explain why you took advantage of your status and joined forces with others to extort money from the people?"
"You imprisoned the prefect and caned the county magistrate personally sent by the imperial court. How are you going to apologize?"
"Wang Shouli, no matter what the matter is, once it is presented to the Golden Palace, the only way to atone for the crime is with your head." Situ Yao spoke word by word, laying out the crime committed by Wang Shouli in front of everyone.
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