She was startled by the sight of corpses hanging from the beams. However, upon closer inspection, they were not corpses at all but puppets dressed in blood-stained clothes.
It does look scary at first glance.
Cai Kuo wanted to use these things to scare her and give her a warning?
Xue Huan sneered in her heart. The ancients were too reserved. The haunted house they created had no scary effect at all. In modern times, she was a woman who had entered countless haunted houses alone. Those haunted houses with many strange things didn't scare her. How could this one in front of her scare her?
She simply pulled down a puppet, stripped off the bloody clothes on it, sat down on it, and dozed off with her hands on her knees, bored.
The person next door was observing the county magistrate through a small hole: "..."
It seems that this show of force failed.
"Go and bring the person here."
Xue Huan was taken to the next room. When she entered, she saw the county magistrate sitting at the top with a serious look on his face. Two lackeys stood beside him, one was Cai Fu and the other was Bao Ming.
She didn't kneel either. "I wonder why the county magistrate went to such great lengths to invite me here?"
"How dare you!" Cai Fu, acting as a mouthpiece, shouted, "Since you know this is the county magistrate, why don't you kneel?"
During the previous lawsuit, Xue Huan took the opportunity to read the laws of the Daqi Dynasty. There was no explicit provision in the law that required the people to kneel when they saw an official.
Besides, "The Great Ancestor once said that when praying to the people, one should kneel before the Heaven and Earth Emperor above, and before parents and teachers below. Everyone else should not kneel. I am praying to the people, so naturally I must follow the Great Ancestor's words. The County Magistrate is neither my parents or ancestors, nor my mentor. You want me to kneel before the County Magistrate. Could it be that in your eyes, the County Magistrate is more comparable to the Heaven and Earth Emperor?"
This is truly heartbreaking! If it gets out, what will happen?
Cai Fu knelt down in front of Cai Kuo with a thud.
Cai Kuo was originally sitting calmly in a chair, pretending to drink tea, but he choked when he heard the words. He put the teacup down heavily and glared at Cai Fu unhappily.
"Miss Zhao has really sharp teeth." Cai Kuo looked at her with a serious look and said slowly.
Xue Huan smiled faintly, "Thank you for the compliment, sir."
Cai Kuo choked again. Was he praising her?
"There was originally a batch of chili peppers stored in the county government's granary, but a few days ago, they disappeared. I suspect that the chili peppers you sold to Yingxianlou were stolen from the granary! Zhao Xiaoxian, why don't you tell the truth?"
Xue Huan was speechless. This crooked official was so careless in framing her that he just made up an excuse to steal her chili pepper. Why couldn't he just go to heaven?
"Sir, if you can answer one question for me, I will tell you the truth, how about that?"
Cai Kuo raised his eyebrows and said, "You say."
"How did you become the magistrate of Fengchi County?"
"You! This is outrageous!"
Cai Kuo was instantly enraged and slammed the table, "Come on, take her away! Put her in cell number 18!"
Bao Ming took Xue Huan away.
On the way, he picked his teeth and asked, "Do you know who's in cell number 18?"
Xue Huan ignored him.
Bao Ming continued to talk, "Those imprisoned in there are all vicious criminals! There are bandits who have killed countless people, there are bandits who have committed countless crimes, there are thieves who have harmed countless women. In short, none of them are easy to deal with. If you, a delicate person, go in, you might be eaten to the bone in no time."
Xue Huan remained calm.
Bao Ming spat out the stick in his mouth in boredom.
At this time, they had arrived at the cell. As soon as they entered, they felt the temperature drop by more than ten degrees. It was already midsummer outside, but the cell was freezing cold.
Not only was it cold, it was also eerie and the air was filled with a foul stench.
Seeing Bao Ming come in with a woman, the prisoners in the cells on both sides looked over excitedly. Some whistled at her, some jumped on the fence to try to catch her, and some even took off their pants and urinated on her...
Although Xue Huan disguised herself into an extremely ordinary appearance, she had a slender and graceful figure, her clothes were exquisite and clean, and she even exuded a faint fragrance, which was particularly noticeable in this place full of stench.
In addition, it is rare for prisoners to see women, so wouldn’t their ugly face be exposed at once?
Xue Huan felt that she had greatly underestimated the dangerous environment in prison.
This is reality, not a costume idol drama. The ancient prison in reality is just like what she sees before her eyes, dirty, cold, and smelly, making people desperately want to escape.
Bao Ming knew that the county magistrate's purpose in locking Zhao Xiaoxian up was to scare her into handing over the chili peppers that were worth more than gold, not to really offend her.
"What are you yelling about! Behave!" He whipped the prisoners who stretched out their hands.
Bao Ming was notorious here, and most of the prisoners were afraid of him. When he got angry, the prisoners immediately became more restrained, but their sticky and smelly gazes were still firmly fixed on Xue Huan.
Seeing that those people had behaved themselves, Bao Ming felt proud and couldn't help but look at Xue Huan, with a hint of wanting to take credit for it.
I don’t know what’s going on, but although this woman is not very good-looking, she smells really good and has a nice figure. If I could hold her in my arms to sleep at night, I would be so happy.
What's more, she made so much money from chili peppers...
The thought of this made his mind active, and he even felt reluctant to send her to cell number 18.
When they reached a corridor without cells, Bao Ming stopped and put on a pose that he thought was handsome and cool. "Zhao Xiaoxian, if you agree to follow me, I will take you out. How about that?"
With him? Xue Huan just thought it was ridiculous. She didn't bother to say a word to him and walked past him.
Bao Ming stared at her from behind with a gloomy expression. What did this woman mean? Did she look down on him?
Humph, since he doesn’t want the face he’s given, then don’t blame him.
When they arrived at cell number 18, Bao Ming opened the door and roughly pushed Xue Huan in, saying, "Help me treat this bitch well."
The eyes of several people in the cell were immediately focused on Xue Huan.
Xue Huan glanced at the situation in the cell and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, because it was unexpectedly clean.
It’s not that it’s really clean, but compared to the cells I’ve seen before, this place is really much better.
At least there's no excrement everywhere.
The toilet in the corner still had its lid on, so the smell wasn't that strong.
The three prisoners each occupied a corner, staring at Xue Huan with interest.
Bao Ming did not leave immediately, but leaned against the wall, wanting to see how Xue Huan, the newcomer, would respond.
The short man in the southeast corner glanced at Xue Huan from head to toe with a lustful look and said, "Tsk, top-notch."
This man is the flower thief who has defiled countless women.
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