Arrest them both!
At Prefect Dong's command, cold weapons were immediately pointed at the two men.
Ye Dong wanted to resist, but Cheng Shanshan stopped him, saying, "They've clearly come prepared; they've even brought the corpse. There's nothing more for you and me to say. Just come along."
"Let's see how long you can keep up your stubbornness."
Magistrate Dong turned around first, and the group of people following behind dragged the two away.
However, he did not rush to try them, but instead imprisoned the two in the Dong family's jail. At the same time, news that the two had killed Wu Hunzi spread.
Those people felt sorry for Ye Dong: "It's all that outsider girl's fault. If she hadn't caused trouble for no reason, how could Ye Dong have ended up like this?"
"Yeah, Ye Dong really has bad luck; he's been ruined by this woman."
"Killing someone, this is going to be troublesome."
Every word the outsiders said reached the ears of the Ye family. They were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. Ye Xi kept pacing around in circles, saying, "What can we do! What can we do! I told you not to let my brother meddle in other people's business, what are we going to do now!"
Liu Liu found him annoying: "Stop spinning, it's making me dizzy."
"I'm in a hurry!"
Ye Xi has always had a short temper.
As she finished speaking, she turned to look at Fourteen, her eyes flashing with anger: "Your dead father harmed people while he was alive, and he'll continue to harm people even after he's dead!"
"……sorry."
Fourteen's voice was extremely soft.
It seems that this was the only thing he could say at this point.
I thought I had a new life, but now it seems like I'm about to lose it all again.
Ye Xi was annoyed just looking at him: "What's the use of being sorry? Can you get my brother back? A useless burden! What bad luck."
"Second brother, that's enough."
Liu Liu felt he had gone too far and retorted directly, "Why are you arguing with a child?"
"Alright, alright."
Ye Nan and Ye Bei waved their hands impatiently: "Now we need to think of a way to save Big Brother and Shan Shan. There's no point in you arguing like this. You should use that energy to think of a solution."
But what solutions are actually possible?
Wu Hunzi had just had a falling out with Cheng Shanshan and the others when he suddenly died.
The crucial point is that Magistrate Dong pretended to search and found two hundred taels of silver that Cheng Shanshan had given to Wu Hunzi as evidence, saying that she and Ye Dong had harmed Wu Hunzi for money.
In this situation, there was no way to defend ourselves. Even Ye Dong, who had remained calm throughout, realized that something was wrong: "It all seems to be a setup, a scheme to kill us. But what good would it do to kill us?"
"Is it fun?"
Cheng Shanshan took out a small bag of sunflower seeds and answered while eating them.
Seeing her like this, Ye Dong felt as if she had a treasure bag full of all sorts of small portions of food, and she had been eating all sorts of things since she came in.
While he was anxiously trying to find a solution, she had already eaten dried meat, meat jerky, and crispy candy, and now she was even eating sunflower seeds: "Why aren't you in a hurry at all?"
Why the rush?
Cheng Shanshan countered with a question: "Just wait."
"Wait for what?"
Ye Dong was a little confused.
Cheng Shanshan glanced outside before saying, "I suppose it's about time they interrogate us."
As if to confirm this statement, someone did indeed arrive.
The two were quickly brought before Prefect Dong, but this was not the main hall, but his reception room, where they were even given seats.
Faced with this situation, Ye Dong was extremely cautious: "Prefect Dong, what do you mean by this?"
"I want to talk to you."
As he spoke, Prefect Dong poured a cup of wine for the two men.
Ye Dong didn't move, but Cheng Shanshan sat down at the table without saying a word: "Let's talk."
Prefect Dong looked at Cheng Shanshan with a scrutinizing gaze: "Why aren't you afraid at all, girl?"
"What good would it do to be afraid?" Cheng Shanshan smiled faintly, then met Prefect Dong's gaze before continuing, "Prefect Dong, you've set up a perfect trap, pinned the charges on us, and even set up a trap. Do you think my fear would be of any use? Let's just speak frankly."
If he wanted to kill them, he could have just killed so many people yesterday without even giving them a reason.
After being detained overnight, they were not taken to court for trial but instead remained in the reception room, which clearly indicates that something was going on or had a purpose.
She just couldn't figure out what Prefect Dong was up to.
Prefect Dong was taken aback by Cheng Shanshan's directness and paused for a moment before continuing, "You're quite clever, aren't you?" He then added, "I think you all saw it yesterday, didn't you?"
Cheng Shanshan didn't say anything.
When Ye Dong heard the question raised by Prefect Dong, he asked the question that had been bothering him: "Prefect Dong, why did you give medicine to those living dead?"
"because……"
Prefect Dong took a deep breath.
Then, his eyes seemed to be filled with helplessness: "I have no choice, after all, I want to protect Ping'an City."
Ye Dong asked, puzzled, "What kind of protection is this?"
"I had no choice."
Prefect Dong poured himself a cup of wine, drank it all in one gulp, and then began to speak.
It turned out that he also knew about what was happening in the outside world, that there was famine everywhere, and that Ping'an City, the only safe haven, had been targeted by many disaster victims, which was why many outsiders had come to explore the area recently.
In order to prevent these people from disturbing him, he did not hesitate to break the iron chains that had cost countless manpower and resources to build back then, and even drugged those people to control them, hoping to make the outside world think that Ping'an City was also in chaos, so as to stop those who wanted to cause trouble.
After listening, Ye Dong's expression turned serious: "It's one thing for outsiders to take medicine, but why are the people of Ping'an City being given medicine as well?"
"They... all bumped into each other by accident." Prefect Dong sighed, his eyes filled with helplessness. "Ye Dong, I think you should know what will happen to this place after those outsiders come, right?"
Logically speaking, he shouldn't have let Liu Liu and Cheng Shanshan off the hook.
However, he felt guilty towards Ye Dong, so he didn't take action.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Shanshan looked at Prefect Dong and asked, "Since you have such a meticulous plan, why are you telling us all this?"
"Because...something happened."
As he spoke, Magistrate Dong stood up and said, "You two, come with me."
Ye Dong glanced at Cheng Shanshan, and after receiving a signal, the two of them followed.
Magistrate Dong led them to the entrance of an artificial hill in the backyard. After pressing a mechanism, a huge cave appeared, overflowing with a strong smell of blood and stench.
Upon entering, I discovered that there were hundreds of living dead inside!
They had lost all consciousness and were desperately struggling against the chains, trying to break free...
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