"Ah ah..." Zhao Mingyue looked up at the sky and howled, her cries were shrill and long, filled with grief and despair.
Zhang Xiantao hugged him tightly, her heart aching. "Mingyue, Mingyue, don't cry, don't cry. I'm here, I'm by your side."
After the overwhelming grief, Zhao Mingyue fainted. Zhang Xiantao struggled to support him, saying, "Dazhuang and Ze, what are you standing there for? Come and help us. Let's take Mingyue back first."
Xingxing was watching Xuetuanzi dig for earthworms in the soil next to the flowers and trees in the backyard of the yamen. Sometimes he would also eat other insects he found. This guy ate quite a variety of things.
“Yesterday I saw you catch a spider to eat, and today you’re digging for earthworms. You’ve become quite diligent these past two days. You don’t wait for me to feed you fruit anymore. Are you trying to rise up?” Xingxing found Yuanyuan’s diligence these past two days unbelievable.
But no matter how she asked, Yuanyuan couldn't answer it because it couldn't speak and seemed completely unable to understand what she was saying.
However, this snowball recognizes its owner and can find its way back even if it gets lost, which makes Xingxing quite happy.
"Quick, help her into the room!" Zhang Xiantao was very anxious. She ran ahead and quickly opened the door, letting Dazhuang and Daze help Zhao Mingyue into the room.
"What's wrong? Is Zhao Mingyue injured?" Xingxing ran over quickly with her short legs.
"I don't have time to explain right now. By the way, is Young Master Zhu here?" Zhang Xiantao wanted Zhu Chumo to come and take a look at Zhao Mingyue.
“You know that Fourth Senior Brother is out on business and hasn’t returned yet,” Xingxing replied softly.
Zhang Xiantao slapped her forehead hard. "Look at my brain, I'm so flustered. Zhang Yi, go and fetch a doctor right now."
Zhang Yi was Zhang Xiantao's only bodyguard, holding multiple positions, and at this moment he had no choice but to run errands to fetch a doctor.
Xingxing walked to the bedside and looked at Zhao Mingyue, but couldn't see where she was injured. Just as she was getting curious, Zhang Xiantao pointed to her heart and said, "The injury is here, let me tell you..."
After hearing what had just happened in the prison, Xingxing was also furious. "This Jin Chang is too heartless and inhumane. He's capable of doing anything immoral."
“Absolutely! Even being torn apart by five horses or sliced into a thousand pieces wouldn’t be enough to vent our anger. We can’t just let him go like this. We must find a way to torture him properly, otherwise how can we avenge Mingyue’s grandfather?” Zhang Xiantao clearly treated Zhao Mingyue as her own person, and the Zhao family’s affairs were her affairs.
Xingxing blinked and didn't say anything more. She couldn't help with this matter. Apart from helping to scold Jin Chang, that old bastard, there was nothing else she could do.
She's already in jail, what does she know about torture? She's still young.
Zhao Mingyue fainted in the morning and didn't wake up until lunchtime. Zhang Xiantao stayed by his side all day. In the evening, she couldn't hold it in anymore and went to the outhouse. When she came back, the person in bed was gone.
"Mingyue, Zhao Mingyue, where did you go?" Zhang Xiantao's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling and rushed out of the room, calling out and searching.
Xingxing and Zhulin were having dinner in their room when they heard the shouts and came out together.
"What happened in Xiantao? What's wrong with Zhao Mingyue again?" Xingxing asked loudly.
“Mingyue just woke up, but he ran out and we don’t know where he went.” Zhang Xiantao said anxiously.
Seeing that she was like a headless fly, without any idea, Zhu Lin suggested, "Go check out the prison."
Zhang Xiantao suddenly realized something and turned to run towards the prison. "Right, right, how could I forget? He must have gone to seek revenge on Jin Chang."
Xingxing was a little worried, so she called a bodyguard to go and check, and to come back and tell her immediately if anything happened.
Before long, the guard returned, bowing slightly and saying respectfully, "Princess, Zhao Mingyue took Jin Chang away from the prison, and his whereabouts are currently unknown."
At the time, the Jin family members and several jailers imprisoned in the jail watched him take the person away. Everyone thought he was going to torture Jin Chang in some inhuman way, but no one expected that he would just take the person away to who-knows-where.
"Brother Phosphorus, what do you think we should do about this?" Xingxing was undecided.
Jin Chang is a traitor, and in principle he should be escorted to the capital for execution. However, with the constant disasters, there is no manpower available to escort him back to the capital. It is acceptable to deal with him in Qingyang Prefecture.
However, Zhao Mingyue is not an official. He secretly took prisoners away from the jail, and we don't know what he wants to do, which makes things a bit difficult.
"It's not a big problem. Zhao Mingyue just wants to kill him, but she doesn't want him to die too easily. She'll probably take him to some secluded place and deal with him slowly." Zhu Lin analyzed with unusual calmness.
After a pause, the young man added, "We need to see him alive or dead. Jin Chang is definitely dead. We must confirm whether he is really dead to avoid future troubles."
Going out to look for him won't be so easy. Qingyang City is too crowded now, and no matter how well it's controlled, it's much more chaotic than before. Besides, Zhao Mingyue might not stay in the city; he might go to other villages or towns.
Neither Zhu Lin nor Xing Xing had time to continue paying attention to Zhao Mingyue's matter. Jin Chang was dead, so be it; he deserved to die. The most important thing right now was to deal with the plague and prevent it from spreading.
The original plan was to open the city gates two days ago and transfer the refugees from Xiyan City to the pre-selected locations. However, due to the outbreak of the plague, the city gates cannot be opened until it is confirmed that the plague has not spread to the people of Qingyang City.
Otherwise, if tens of thousands of people rush out, and someone secretly falls behind, and that person gets infected with the plague and spreads it to other prefectures, the consequences will be severe.
Zhang Xiantao was very concerned about Zhao Mingyue's situation. Every day, she would take three servants and a large group of servants to search for Zhao Mingyue's whereabouts throughout the city.
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