Lu Zhaoan frowned and sent someone ahead to look.
Yao Niang curiously lifted the window curtain and peered forward. Bi Tao also peeked out from behind her.
The young guard pushed through the crowd, and Gu Yaoniang vaguely saw a person lying on the ground. She couldn't help but speculate and felt uneasy.
The crowd parted slightly, and Bitao, with her sharp eyes, exclaimed softly, then deliberately suppressed her surprise, "Madam! It's Madam Li!"
Gu Yaoniang didn't react for a moment, while Lu Zhaoan looked over when he heard the noise.
The young guard came over and reported: "It's a vagrant on the street who came out with a letter of divorce to sell his wife, saying he can arrange a ghost marriage for her."
I heard that she used to beat and scold people at home every day, but today she beat them even more severely for some reason. I think that woman doesn't have long to live.”
Lu Zhaoan frowned, his face showing reluctance.
Yao Niang was also filled with sorrow, feeling both pity and anger.
She looked at Lu Zhaoan, and their eyes met, both seeing reluctance in each other's eyes.
Just as the two were about to send someone forward to inquire again, the man pushed through the crowd and followed them.
They were dragging a person along, whose hair was disheveled and who was motionless, their clothes stained with blood. If it weren't for the strands of hair clinging to their face and swaying with each breath, they would have looked dead.
Bitao chimed in, "My lady, it really is that lady from the Li family!"
Gu Yaoniang couldn't remember who it was. Bitao said anxiously, "It's the one who makes candied cherries on Lebao Street! I saw her once when I went to buy some! It's her!"
The man's eyes swept over the group, finally landing on the young guard who had gone to inquire earlier.
As if confirming some information, he knelt down before Lu Zhaoan.
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