After hearing this, his expression softened a lot and he waved his hand at Situ Zhao, "Get up."
Situ Zhao looked up at the emperor, his heart beating fast, but his expression remained firm.
The emperor glanced at him, was silent for a moment, and then said directly to him, "Well, since you consider our deep brotherly love, I won't make things difficult for you. Just take your team and return!"
After hearing this, Situ Zhao's face immediately flashed with joy, and he bowed to the emperor, "Your Highness, I thank you!"
After hearing this, the emperor nodded with satisfaction, waved to Situ Zhao, and closed his eyes.
"Be careful on the way back and don't let anything happen to you."
Situ Zhao agreed and winked at Cui Mixue behind him.
Cui Mixue met his gaze, then slightly raised the corners of her lips, thinking, I didn't expect Situ Zhao to be so smart!
"Where did you lose something?" Situ Zhao sat in the carriage, his eyes always on Cui Mixue.
I thought that if I followed her wishes, she would at least give me a good look, but I didn't expect that she kept her head down, and I didn't know what she was thinking about.
Cui Mixue then tilted her head and smiled at Situ Zhao, "You'll know when the time comes."
Under Situ Yao's strong pressure, the county government acted much faster and its efficiency was improved. They soon found a hideout where the thieves had been hiding.
When Situ Yao heard about this, he immediately put down what he was doing and took his men to rush to that place.
"Your Highness, why don't you take a rest before going? You have been..."
The county magistrate was halfway through his words when Situ Yao glared at him, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? So many young women are suffering, how can I enjoy myself alone?"
After hearing what Situ Yao said, the county government also shut up and stopped talking. Instead, it directly arranged for people to go with Situ Yao.
It seems that His Majesty was really heartless when he left, and he didn't even leave anyone for Situ Yao.
Situ Yao made some arrangements with the county government, and then took his men directly to the place they had found.
This place is indeed the hiding place of those thieves. It is a remote place where almost no one comes.
When Situ Yao and his men rushed over, they smelled the odor of a rotting corpse and immediately frowned.
"Your Highness, there is a body here!"
When Situ Yao heard the voices coming from the officers and soldiers who had entered first, his heart began to lift.
Could this female corpse be Su Mengyan?
His hands and feet immediately felt cold, and he rushed in regardless of the county government's obstruction.
The female corpse had been rotted beyond recognition, but her face was still somewhat intact.
He looked carefully and saw that the person was not Su Mengyan, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
The county magistrate followed Situ Yao in and saw the tragic state of the female corpse. He gasped, "Your Highness...this..."
Although the female corpse had already rotted, some deep and shallow marks could still be vaguely seen on her body, indicating that she had obviously been tortured to death.
Situ Yao looked at the tragic state of the female corpse in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. He waved to the people behind him, "Come here and carry the body away."
After hearing this, the people hurriedly agreed, found a piece of wood to lift the man up, and covered his face with clothes.
It's really pitiful that a teenage girl was tortured to death like this. I wonder what her family members would look like if they saw her like this.
Situ Yao led the county government to investigate here and indeed found many traces of people's lives. The bloodstains on the ground were frightening just by looking at them.
"Your Highness, those people may have stayed here before, but they should have left now."
Upon hearing this, Situ Yao nodded.
It can be seen from the bloodstains on the ground that those people have probably left for some time.
Thinking that Su Mengyan might also suffer such torture, Situ Yao's heart tightened and he clenched his fists.
The girl's body was carried back and placed in the county government office, waiting for her family to claim it.
A woman came to the yamen with a child. She trembled as she approached the corpse. Tears welled up in her eyes, "My daughter!"
When the child she was with saw this scene, he also started crying loudly. The mother and daughter knelt beside the corpse, crying so hard that they almost died.
The county magistrate, upon seeing this scene, also secretly wiped away his tears. Seeing that the woman seemed to be crying herself to the point of collapse, he hurried forward and said, "Auntie, please accept my condolences. Take her home and bury her quickly."
There were quite a few onlookers in front of the yamen, all talking and condemning the thieves for their abominations.
Upon hearing this, the woman trembled and stood up, bowing to the county magistrate. "Thank you, sir. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I'd still be lying dead in the wilderness, and I don't know when I'd be able to return home!"
The county magistrate's eyes reddened after hearing this, and he pointed in Situ Yao's direction, "I didn't help much. This is all thanks to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You should go and thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
After hearing this, the woman looked in the direction of Situ Yao, wiped the tears from her face, then knelt down and kowtowed to Situ Yao with her child.
"I, a humble woman, would like to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on behalf of my daughter."
After hearing this, Situ Yao felt a little uncomfortable. He waved at the person and helped him up. "It's okay, don't worry. As long as I'm here, I will get to the bottom of this matter!"
When the common people at the gate of the yamen heard this, they were all filled with righteous indignation. They cheered for Situ Yao and said that they wanted to skin the thieves alive.
Situ Yao looked at the people with a gloomy heart. He just hoped that Su Mengyan could be smarter and not be abused like that.
At this time, Su Mengyan was brought up by the man again. Because she didn't know what had happened, she felt very uneasy.
Seeing Su Mengyan like this, the man in black tilted his head and looked over. "Our master felt sorry for you, a woman, staying in that shabby house, so he specially ordered me to find you a better place to live."
Su Mengyan heard the word "young master" and raised her eyebrows.
When I heard him say that day, it seemed that he had some incurable disease.
Looking at Su Mengyan's expression, the man didn't want to pay any attention to her and turned around to leave.
Just as he turned around, he suddenly heard Su Mengyan speak, "Do you know what disease your young master has?"
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