"Make way." Youyi quickly followed Xiaobao to the notice board.
The notice did indeed state that the incident at the governor's mansion was the work of bandits, and that the bandits had been caught and the case was closed.
“They weren’t killed by bandits.” Leng Xiyue stared intently at the notice.
“I know,” Youyi said in a deep voice, “It was done by an assassin.”
Xiao Bao frowned and said, "Let's go to the county government office and explain the situation clearly, so that the government office can reinvestigate."
"Let's go." You Yi picked up Xiao Bao and Leng Xiyue and headed to the yamen.
Youyi held Leng Xiyue in his arms, and Leng Xiyue beat the drum to appeal for justice.
Upon hearing the drumbeat, yamen runners quickly came out and led the three inside.
"Was it you who beat the drum to appeal for justice?" the prefect asked, looking at You Yi.
"It is I." Leng Xiyue looked at the prefect and said, "I am Leng Xiyue, the daughter of the prefect. I have a grievance to appeal regarding the massacre of seventy-eight people in our prefectural household. The people who came to our prefectural household last night were not bandits, but assassins. I beg the prefect to do justice for my prefectural household!"
"Are you the daughter of the governor?" The prefect stared at Leng Xiyue suspiciously, clearly not believing her words.
Leng Xiyue raised her chin high: "My mother is Prefect Leng Qingning, and my father is from the Gao family. The neighbors around the Prefect's mansion have all seen me. If the Prefect does not believe me, he can ask them to come and verify."
She thought that after her explanation, the prefect would believe her, but instead, the prefect slammed his gavel and roared, "You audacious wretch! How dare you impersonate the prefect's daughter! Guards, give her one hundred strokes of the cane!"
Upon hearing the prefect's verdict, Youyi and Xiaobao were both stunned!
You Yi said urgently, "My lord, she really is the daughter of the governor. I rescued her from the cellar in the backyard of the governor's mansion. She is definitely the governor's daughter; she is not impersonating him!"
Upon hearing You Yi's words, the prefect narrowed his eyes: "So you were at the scene of the crime when the incident occurred at the prefectural governor's residence?"
You Yi nodded: "Yes, when we passed by the governor's mansion, we found that it was on fire and saw black-clad assassins running out of the mansion. I killed one of the assassins and then went into the mansion to check the situation. We found that everyone in the governor's mansion had been killed, and only this little girl was still alive. We found her in the backyard of the governor's mansion. She is indeed the daughter of the governor. Please investigate thoroughly, sir!"
Youyi was afraid that the prefect wouldn't understand the situation, so he described the matter in as much detail as possible so that these people would understand the truth and thus seriously search for the murderer.
"You found her? She's the governor's daughter?" The prefect squinted at You Yi, then suddenly shouted, "I bet you're the one who slaughtered the entire governor's family! And now you've brought a little girl to impersonate the governor's daughter? You scoundrel, how dare you!"
"What did you say?" Youyi looked at the prefect in disbelief.
Does she even know what she's saying?!
He explained things so clearly, yet she's still spouting nonsense!
Xiao Bao was also stunned. What exactly was going on with this prefect? Her master had explained it so clearly, so why was she still so confused?
The prefect ignored You Yi's explanation, slammed his gavel again, and roared, "Guards, arrest this murderer who slaughtered the entire prefect's family! Drag him to the prefect's mansion and behead him as a warning to the public!"
The prefect's words instantly enraged You Yi, who immediately stopped being polite and jumped up to yell, "You corrupt official! I was clearly saving people! How could I be the murderer of the governor's mansion! I told you it was an assassin! Instead of arresting the real killer, you're wrongly accusing an innocent person. You're not fit to be an official!"
The prefect didn't waste any words with them and immediately gave the constables a meaningful look.
The constables immediately stepped forward to arrest the man.
Seeing that things were going wrong, Youyi kicked one of the constables away, then scooped up two children with each hand. As he did so, the constables surrounded him.
Fortunately, You Yi was highly skilled in martial arts. Since his hands were busy, he used his feet instead, and the constables couldn't get close to him at all.
The commotion caused by the young master quickly attracted the attention of the yamen runners outside.
Xiao Bao hugged You Yi's neck, kicked the constable in front of You Yi away with his little leg: "Master, don't get entangled with them, let's go!"
Youyi nodded, then, carrying Xiaobao and Leng Xiyue on either side, teleported away.
Seeing Youyi's strange figure, the constables were stunned. It took them a while to react. They hurriedly chased after it, but it was too late.
Youyi flew out while holding the two children.
They flew all the way out of the city, and only when the constables stopped chasing them did Youyi breathe a sigh of relief and put the two children down.
The three of them sat down together on the large rock.
"What do we do now? That prefect is a corrupt official. It seems we can't rely on him to solve the case!" Thinking of the prefect's face, You Yi really wanted to go back and kill her.
Xiao Bao narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't think she's a corrupt official. The murder at the governor's mansion is very likely related to her."
Leng Xiyue had already explained things very clearly; she even suggested that the residents around the governor's mansion could verify her identity.
But the prefect still accused her of impersonating the governor's daughter without even distinguishing right from wrong.
The entire governor's family has been wiped out. Any official with a shred of humanity, if they knew that someone from the governor's family was still alive, would definitely try to protect them instead of denying her identity and even ordering her to be flogged a hundred times.
Such a young child, a hundred strokes of the cane would surely kill her; she clearly doesn't want Leng Xiyue to live.
That's why he guessed that the matter of the prefectural governor's office might be related to this prefect.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Bao immediately slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "That's it! If it really was the prefect who did it, then there's no one in this place who can seek justice for this little girl!"
Xiao Bao also frowned.
Who would have thought that this small border town of Xiliang would be so chaotic, that someone would even dare to kill a governor and wipe out his entire family?
Leng Xiyue suddenly stood up from the large rock: "Then we won't seek justice!"
"Not seeking justice?" You Yi looked completely bewildered. "You're not going to avenge your family?"
Leng Xiyue looked up at him and said, "I said I wouldn't seek justice, but I didn't say I wouldn't take revenge!"
Youyi and Xiaobao understood what Leng Xiyue meant.
This means you have to find the murderer yourself!
However, that damned prefect is indeed unreliable; it would be better to find the murderer yourself!
"Then let's go back first, and we'll think of something else."
Just as You Yi was about to pick up the two children, a hidden weapon suddenly flew towards Leng Xiyue.
"Watch out!" You Yi shouted urgently, then pulled Leng Xiyue to Xiao Bao's side: "Quickly hide behind the big rock!"
Xiao Bao immediately obeyed and led Leng Xiyue behind a large rock.
Just as the two had hidden themselves, countless men in black descended from the sky and surrounded Youyi.
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