Chapter 197 Being Used as Bait
"Is it Yaoyao? Yaoyao is back, right?" Madam Li was immediately anxious when she heard it. "General, please tell her to leave Sifang City immediately and hide out for a while. Don't come back!"
"Madam, do you think that with Yaoyao's personality, she would abandon all of you and hide away by herself?" General Ning Yuan asked back.
Madam Li became even more anxious. "What should we do? She can't come back. Yaoyao has been pampered since she was a child. How can she live in a prison? Now all of us have been arrested and we don't know when we will be released. If she comes, she will suffer!"
Upon hearing this, General Ning Yuan couldn't help but sigh that the old lady of the Li family really loved the little girl as if she were her life, and even at this time, she was still worried that she would be wronged in prison.
"Since you are worried about her being caught, why don't you tell me first what happened, why you were caught, and where are the other members of your family? I haven't been to the military camp in the past few days. I wonder if Captain Li is still on duty?" General Ning Yuan was too embarrassed to explain why he hadn't been to the military camp in the past few days. The brat in their family saw him riding a horse with Bai Yaoyao from somewhere, so he went home and complained to his mother, saying that his father had an illegitimate daughter. So, Madam Wang grabbed General Ning Yuan without saying a word. If General Ning Yuan hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been disfigured!
Even so, he rested at home for a few days before the injuries on his face healed.
I didn't expect to encounter such a thing on my first day on duty.
"We don't know what happened. Suddenly, a group of soldiers rushed into the Li family and insisted that the Li family was hiding a criminal wanted by the court. They ordered us to hand over the criminal. If we couldn't, we would be punished with the same crime! My eldest daughter-in-law and the maids around us were locked up here. My third son was locked up with the twins from the second room, and the other servants were locked up together. As for our second son and his wife, they had gone out before we got into trouble. I don't know if they were caught!" said Mrs. Li.
"Hidden a criminal of the imperial court? What criminal of the imperial court?" General Ning Yuan asked immediately.
"How would we know? We have been locked up here since we were caught. No one has ever come to question us, let alone let us go." Old Madam Li lowered her head and shed tears. At her age, she was suddenly imprisoned again. It was really hard for her to let go.
"Don't be sad, mother. Maybe the city lord has arrested us by mistake. Once he investigates the matter clearly, he will release us." Seeing this, Yao immediately comforted her.
After hearing what they said, General Ning Yuan fell silent and thought carefully about the connection between them.
Suddenly, his expression changed, "Not good!"
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Li asked immediately.
"I understand. Their real purpose is not to capture you. The key is to lure Yaoyao out!" said General Ning Yuan.
Otherwise, why didn't they torture or interrogate people after arresting them? There is only one possibility: they were used as bait!
Madam Li's face changed in shock when she heard this. "Ah? What should we do then? General, please go out now and tell Yaoyao not to come!"
"It's too late. I can't get out." General Ning Yuan said helplessly.
"What...what does this mean?" Old Madam Li was confused for a moment.
Yao had already understood, "We are the ones who have caused trouble for the general. We are truly sorry."
"You are innocent. As the general of Sifang City, it is my duty to protect the people. There is no question of being implicated or not! But this matter is too strange!" General Ning Yuan said in a deep voice. It seems that Feng Shang was right. Maybe something really happened to the city lord.
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