Chapter 216 He deserves to die!
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Zhao Guang'an nodded sadly at the questioning gazes of his subordinates; he still remembered Li Shiyue's face.
After all, girls like the beheaded girl are quite rare.
So Li Shiyue offered a high price, called over a daring henchman, carefully told him the location of the paper shop, and left a message for Ma Zi and his gang.
After seeing Li Shiyue being taken away, Yan Jiuniang turned around and headed towards the back alley of Xingshenglou.
After knocking on the door, saying the code, and entering the building, they waited a while before seeing Manager Jin jogging over.
"Master! You..."
"We'll talk about it later. Give me paper and pen, and find a reliable person to deliver the letter I wrote to the General's Mansion and give it to Bai Lu, who serves the Madam."
Ignoring Manager Jin's anxious gaze, Yan Jiuniang simply picked up her pen and wrote a few lines on the paper in a flamboyant style, recounting how Li Shiyue had been taken away by Zhao Guang'an.
Before the ink had even dried, Yan Jiuniang handed the note to Manager Jin: "Quickly, send it to the General's Mansion!"
While Yan Jiuniang was trying to find someone to rescue Li Shiyue, Li Shiyue had already been taken into the women's prison along with the girl.
Logically speaking, Li Shiyue was a law-abiding citizen and the one who saved Liu Shu, or at least stopped the girl from acting. She had neither merit nor crime, and should not have been sent to prison like that girl.
Li Shiyue naturally asked the question.
The guard who escorted Li Shiyue to the prison cell explained the situation to her in a very polite manner.
"We need to find out why the young master was attacked before we can release Lady Li, right?"
"You know me?"
"I met Lady Li twice while following the general in Liujiatun."
Li Shiyue nodded. "General, who is?"
"I don't deserve such praise. I'm just a guard. Madam Li, please call me by my name, Jin Wang."
"Brother Jin, thank you very much."
Although she was sent to prison, Li Shiyue felt that it was better than she had imagined.
It was definitely dirty, but it was mostly just dust and cobwebs. There was a strange smell, and the smell of blood was quite noticeable, but for a prison, it was alright.
Li Shiyue and the girl were separated and sent to two adjacent cells, with an iron fence separating them.
After Li Shiyue went inside, she found a spot with some dry grass that looked relatively clean and sat down cross-legged.
Fortunately, the late summer heat was still lingering. Although it was a bit chilly in the shady cell, it wasn't exactly cold.
After sitting down, Li Shiyue called out to the girl who was slumped on the ground next to him: "Hey, why did you kill the prince?"
What bad thing did he do?
"Tell me about it, we've got nothing better to do anyway."
The girl seemed to move slightly after hearing Li Shiyue's words, but then remained motionless again.
The girl showed absolutely no interest in paying attention to Li Shiyue.
Li Shiyue then spoke to the girl again: "You probably won't survive. I'm acquainted with General Liu Tan, so I'm sure I'll live."
Tell me about it, and your story might start spreading around the world.
After waiting a while, the girl slowly sat up, propping herself up on her arms. She turned to look at Li Shiyue.
"You came out halfway and saved him!"
If you hadn't intervened, I would have killed him long ago!
He deserves to die!
Damn it!
Li Shiyue stood up and sat down again at the base of the fence. Then she whispered to the girl who was only an arm's length away from her, "I didn't want to save him, it's just that you were too slow."
The force you use to stab someone in the stomach isn't enough to kill them instantly.
You're wrong!
When you have the chance to get close to him, you should immediately and decisively slit his throat.
As he said this, Li Shiyue pointed his fingers like a knife and slashed it across his own neck.
What Li Shiyue said to the girl was also her true inner thought.
The girl was probably too weak and very nervous. When Liu Shu bent down and reached out to help her up from the ground, the girl was a little too slow to draw her knife from her sleeve, which was seen by the pageboy. Only after being blocked by the pageboy did the girl have a chance to chase after Liu Shu.
But in Li Shiyue's opinion, the girl shouldn't have drawn her knife so early. She should have pretended to be weak and leaned into Liu Shu's arms when she touched his arm. Then, when Liu Shu pulled her into his arms, the girl should have drawn her knife, raised her arm, and slashed hard at Liu Shu's throat!
This is one of the most fatal weaknesses of the human body.
The young girl had the chance to kill Liu Shu with a single blow!
Even if you only scratched the surface a little, that spot is a vital point, and he's bound to die in the end!
Even though he'll die, and you'll die eventually, it's a life for a life, so it's fair.
The girl was stunned by Li Shiyue's words for a long time. She never thought that Li Shiyue would say such a thing, or rather, she never thought that someone would say such a thing to her.
She stared at Li Shiyue, somewhat dumbfounded.
"Are you stupid?"
Regret it now?
Alright, hurry up and tell me, or the jailer will come and drag you out for torture. You won't be able to withstand it, and you might die today.
If you don't speak up now, you'll miss your chance.
Over the next 15 minutes, the girl told Li Shiyue a heartbreaking and infuriating story of a family's destruction and death.
The girl was born in the prefectural city and was born a servant, that is, a household child.
Her parents were bought into the royal palace to serve others, and naturally, they continued to serve others after she was born.
However, the girl had an older sister who was two years older than her. The older sister was beautiful from a young age and was a beauty in the making.
It was precisely because of her beauty that the ten-year-old was favored by eight-year-old Liu Shu, who chose her to be the head maid in her courtyard.
Ever since her elder sister became the crown prince's head maid, the young woman and her family's life in the prince's mansion has become better and better.
After all, with her elder sister by the prince's side, how could the servants of the Prince's mansion not give the young lady and her family face?
Not to mention, the girl's family were honest and straightforward people, and very easy to talk to.
Four years passed, and one day my sister suddenly ran back in a panic.
The servants did not live in the palace. Only the personal servants of the masters could live with their masters in the master's courtyard. The other servants lived in the houses in the back street of the palace. They entered and exited the palace through the side gate at the back gate every day.
That day, my sister and mother stayed in the house with the door closed until dark.
On that same day, after dark, my father, who never went out, secretly went out.
On that same night, the girl and her older sister slept in the same bed. In her half-asleep state, she seemed to hear her older sister crying.
The next day, she smelled medicine in her home.
In the evening, she smelled blood again in her home.
When she saw her older sister again, she was lying on a plank, covered with a white cloth, being carried back by people.
My older sister is dead.
They say that my sister suddenly fell seriously ill and died because she couldn't be saved.
The Prince's Mansion gave them one hundred taels of silver and said they would send the whole family to Dongmou to live a good life.
At that time, the old woman beside the princess stood arrogantly in the courtyard and looked at them sideways, saying, "This is a terrible disease, it's not good in the end."
Even if the three of you are not sick, you must still be suffering in your hearts to be working here in this government office.
"Considering your family's diligence, the Princess is kindly sending you to Dongmou to settle down. There, she has purchased a farm. Once you arrive, just listen to the farm manager and live a good life."
The family of three had no choice but to bury their elder sister hastily, then went to Sanshan Port, boarded a ship, and were sent to Dongmou.
But after arriving in Dongmou, her mother, who was grieving day and night, soon became unwell and passed away after less than half a year.
In the days that followed, Father became even more silent.
The girl knew there must be a secret she didn't know. She asked her father again and again, but he remained tight-lipped and didn't reveal a single word.
When asked in the end, the father only said one sentence to the girl: "Don't ask anymore. You can only live if you don't know anything!"
Six months ago, my father accidentally fell into the river while clearing a ditch in the field. After returning home, he developed a high fever.
The young girl spent all her family's savings and knelt on the ground, begging the estate manager for help. The manager, being somewhat kind-hearted, sent a doctor to her home.
But the medicine prescribed by the doctor was far beyond what the girl's family could afford.
Thus, his father could only wait to die.
It was at this moment that her father finally told the girl the truth about her older sister's death.
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