Chapter 159 Liberation
Cui'er received a generous reward and was so happy that she almost jumped up.
She was sold by her parents and didn't want to go home. She took the silver and planned to stay in Liujia Village and live with Aunt Liu San and the others.
On that day, all those who were in cahoots with Pang He in the county magistrate's office, including his legal advisors, thugs and runners, were thrown into jail and interrogated. The abducted women were mostly from nearby villages and counties, and they were also escorted home by the government.
At the same time, several ruffians suddenly disappeared, but compared with the major event of the emperor's personal presence, it seemed too insignificant.
The next day, Prefect Sun learned that such a thing had happened to the emperor in Pinghe County under his jurisdiction. He was nearly frightened to death on the spot. He rushed over immediately and knelt down in panic to apologize for his negligence.
Pei Yan looked at him without saying a word. Prefect Sun only felt a chill wandering on his neck. He trembled all over and almost wet his pants.
"I heard that you arrested someone recently."
Hearing the emperor's calm words, Prefect Sun felt his soul return to his senses. He remembered that when he was visiting the people's livelihood in disguise yesterday, he caught a man who molested a woman in the street. He hurriedly said, "Yes! There is one!"
Pei Yan didn't want to waste time talking to him: "Bring the person out to me."
This time, Magistrate Sun felt completely disappointed.
When we arrested that bastard yesterday, he was shouting that he had relatives who were high-ranking officials in the court, and if they dared to arrest him, they would be in big trouble.
At that time, Prefect Sun thought he was talking nonsense, but he didn't expect it to be true, and even His Majesty was alarmed...
He was about to cry, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me! I was blind and did not recognize a great man. I will personally take him out, bathe him, change his clothes, and then return him to Your Majesty in a sedan chair carried by eight people!"
Pei Yan:......
He was a little confused. Is this how the Ministry of Personnel appoints officials nowadays?
"He has committed a crime against me. I will cut him into pieces. Do you want to join me?"
Magistrate Sun was stunned, and then suddenly felt like he had come back to life.
It turns out that bastard is not your Majesty's relative!
He kowtowed excitedly: "I dare not, I dare not, I will tie up that beast and bring it here right now!"
Pei Yan: "Prepare a carriage, spread soft satin, cool mats, use orchid musk incense, and prepare ice cubes, melons and fruits. I will use them when I return to the capital."
He came here on horseback in order to be quick, and on the way back with Jiang Shuyi, he naturally would not let her suffer any grievances.
Magistrate Sun nodded repeatedly.
*
Jiang Shuyi was still saying goodbye in Liujia Village.
Everyone in the Liu family knelt on the ground, especially Aunt Liu San. She was so scared that she almost lost her life when she thought about how she had dared to order the imperial concubine around and asked her to take care of her niece.
Liu Wuniang has seen a lot of ups and downs in the capital over the years, so although she was surprised, she remained calm.
She pleaded guilty and begged Jiang Shuyi not to implicate her family.
Jiang Shuyi deliberately raised her chin slightly to scare her: "You kidnapped me, keep kidnapping me, isn't everything Taoist Wu said right? Now go tell His Majesty that you want to keep me here."
After all, Liu Wuniang had been in the entertainment industry for so many years and had met all kinds of people, so she could easily tell that Jiang Shuyi was not serious.
But she had to pretend to take it seriously, just like showing weakness to those people, pretending to be scared and crying to Jiang Shuyi for mercy: "My queen, I really know I was wrong! Please forgive me this time for the sake of our journey together and the fact that I have never had any bad intentions towards you!"
Seeing that she was really scared, Jiang Shuyi stopped threatening her and bent down to help her up: "Okay, the merits and demerits offset each other, I won't care about it, you all get up."
Only then did everyone in the Liu family dare to stand up.
Jiang Shuyi signaled Cheng Fu to give the silver to Liu Wuniang.
A tray of silver ingots, all freshly searched out from the county magistrate's office.
Liu Wu Niang could no longer remain calm and was so frightened that she quickly refused: "Oh, Your Majesty has said that merits and demerits should be offset. How can I take Your Majesty's money? Please take it back!"
Jiang Shuyi: "My merits and demerits have been offset. This is to pay you back for the money you spent on me. Don't say you don't have so much money. I won't settle accounts with you. Just take whatever you give me."
Liu Wuniang is not a stubborn person. Although she has been in the silver den for so many years, the silver is not hers. Now she has finally escaped and wants to find a job, but finds that she is not able to do hard labor at all.
Over the past decade or so, she has developed the ability to deal with beasts in human form, but this skill is of no use in a small county town.
You still need some money to open a shop in a place where there are many rich families, so that you can live a good life with your family.
Liu Wuniang was moved and wiped away tears: "Your Majesty's kindness, I will remember it in my heart. From now on, I will set up a longevity tablet for you and worship you every day!"
Jiang Shuyi didn't care about the memorial tablets. After sending away the Liu family, she asked what she had been curious about all the way: "Why did Taoist Wu help you so much? He dared to deceive the emperor. This time when I and His Majesty go back, he will definitely be sentenced to death."
Upon hearing this, Liu Wuniang's face turned pale, and she fell to her knees with a plop, her knees slamming heavily on the gravel-covered ground. She pulled Jiang Shuyi's sleeve and begged, "Please let Taoist Wu go, Madam. He is a good man, he really is a good man, and I am willing to sacrifice my life for him!"
Jiang Shuyi looked at her thoughtfully: "You guys..."
Liu Wu Niang shook her head with tears in her eyes, "No! It's not what the Queen thinks! This spring, I couldn't stand the dirty things in the building, and I knew I couldn't escape, so I wanted to find a clean place to commit suicide. It was the Taoist priest who passed by the river and saved me. He asked me why I wanted to commit suicide after enduring so many years and being freed was right in front of me. At first, I just thought he was being kind and didn't really believe it.
But later, he cured several sick and dying girls in my building. The queen didn't know that I secretly asked doctors to see them, but those doctors were full of disgust and avoided me. The Taoist priest and his disciples never had that. They only treated everyone equally with compassion. There was a particularly lively little disciple who surrounded my girls and called them sisters and brought them candy to eat..."
Jiang Shuyi thought of the little Taoist boy who broke her jade pendant.
She didn't know what to say. She looked at Liu Wuniang crying as she thought about the past. After hesitating for a moment, she slowed down her voice and said, "Okay, if he really has no bad intentions, I won't bother with him."
Liu Wuniang kowtowed and cried.
*
The emperor could not stay outside the capital for long, as it would cause unrest in the country, so he prepared to return to the capital that day.
Jiang Shuyi was a little absent-minded when she came back from Liujia Village. Pei Yan looked down at her and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shuyi was speechless. She hugged Pei Yan's waist, put her face against his chest and shook her head.
Pei Yan started to feel uneasy again as soon as he thought she was away from him for a while.
The carriage had just been prepared, and Prefect Sun had assigned palace soldiers to escort it. They were arranging the formation, and it would take some time before they could set off.
Pei Yan wanted to cheer Jiang Shuyi up: "Don't you like going out of the palace to play? Do you want me to take you for a walk?"
Jiang Shuyi didn't like this place, and snorted: "There's nothing to see here, just hug me, Your Majesty."
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