Chapter 245 I Want to Die a Full Death

"Brother Wu, I saw Song Wan yesterday. She was looking for Song Shucheng."

"So what?" Wu Yang sneered and didn't take this little thing to heart at all.

"You say, she won't really find out anything, right?" Xiao Liuzi showed some worry on his face.

"Why is a little girl so nervous? If she wants to see Song Shucheng, let her go to see Prince Yan." Wu Yang said impatiently.

Song Wan, who was eavesdropping from behind, almost screamed out in surprise.

She covered her mouth, her eyes widened, tears falling silently.

Brother, is he dead?

"What do you mean...?" Xiao Liuzi looked at him with some suspicion.

"If she brings trouble, kill her too. I don't need to teach you this, do I?" Wu Yang stared at him angrily.

Xiao Liuzi was startled.

Unexpectedly, Wu Yang even planned to not let Song Wan go.

But having killed a man, there was no going back.

He said with a playful smile: "I understand. Brother Wu, can you give me some more money? I don't have the energy to deal with the aftermath of hunger."

"Didn't I just give you money yesterday?" Wu Yang was a little dissatisfied.

This little follower seems a little too greedy.

"Brother Wu, please be kind and give me some more." Xiao Liuzi looked at him flatteringly.

"Okay, I'll give you some more. Don't come to me for more in the future. I still have to pay tribute to Lord Zhou." Wu Yang impatiently picked up a dozen copper coins and threw them to him.

Xiao Liuzi was a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything. He could only force a smile and said, "I know. Thank you, Brother Wu."

Song Wan didn't even dare to breathe.

It was not until Xiao Liuzi and Wu Yang separated that she collapsed to the ground.

It turns out that my eldest brother was really killed by them. From what they said, it seemed that someone higher up also knew about it.

No wonder my brother couldn’t sue the authorities, it turns out that the officials were protecting each other.

Song Wan couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.

After she finished crying, she didn't dare to delay any longer and got up to find someone to inquire about the "Mr. Zhou" that Wu Yang mentioned.

She can't be as impulsive as her elder brother, she has to think long-term about everything.

She wanted to find an adult to take charge, but she couldn't find those corrupt officials.

Song Wan got up, wiped away her tears, and started asking around.

Fortunately, there were not many adults with the surname Zhou in Kaiyang County, only two, and Song Wan remembered their names.

Then he asked around and found out that their boss was the county magistrate Zhang Zhongming.

Song Wan also included Zhang Zhongming in the list of suspects.

If you want to complain, avoid them.

She heard from the rich people in the town that a high-ranking official had come from the capital, driving a wheezing car, to provide disaster relief on behalf of the emperor.

I heard that the county magistrate bowed and nodded to him and called him Lord Qi.

I heard that Lord Qi was in a neighboring county that was hit even harder by the disaster, and when he met injured people, he would lend a hand and help them fetch water and build houses.

Song Wan thought about it and felt that this should be a good official.

If you want to file a complaint, you have to find him.

But now it was getting dark and she had to go home.

…

This day, Song Wan came back later than yesterday.

Dong Chunlan was worried that something might happen to her daughter.

"Mom, I'm back."

Dong Chunlan finally felt relieved when she heard this familiar voice.

"Why so late?" She groped her way closer to her daughter.

With the help of moonlight, Song Wan hurried forward to help her.

"I walked back, so I was a little slow." She explained to her mother.

She didn't know when Mr. Qi would return to Kaiyang County, so she had to save her money and try her luck in the county.

If she had to take the bus home at night, she would be able to go to the county even less often.

She was so hungry and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to walk in the future, so she walked more while she could.

Dong Chunlan stuffed the cold biscuit in her arms into her daughter's hands.

Song Wan did not refuse, but just like yesterday, she broke it in half and put it into her mother's mouth.

Hot tears flowed from Dong Chunlan's hollow eyes.

She did not refuse, and the mother and daughter finished the cake in silence.

After finishing the cake, Song Wan leaned over to her mother's ear and told her what had happened today.

She concealed the death of her eldest brother because she was afraid that her mother could not bear the blow.

"It's true that officials protect each other!" Dong Chunlan became excited.

But she soon realized that there were more people in the cave than just the two of them, so she lowered her voice and said, "Wan'er, you did a great job. When the imperial edict arrives, we'll go and complain."

"Yes. I will." Song Wan nodded gently.

"Maybe your elder brother discovered their secret and was found out. He was afraid of implicating us, so he hid and hasn't shown up since." Dong Chunlan murmured to herself.

Song Wan wiped the tears from her face and hummed again.

Dong Chunlan found hope again and looked more energetic.

The mother and daughter slept in each other's arms.

In the next few days, Song Wan went to the county town as usual.

After going there for five days in a row and not meeting the imperial edictant, she couldn't help but feel a little hopeless.

I'm afraid she can't redress her brother's grievances.

She is really hungry.

During this period, she has not had a full meal even for a single day. If this continues, she and her mother will probably starve to death.

She held the penny in her hand, looked at the steaming buns on the roadside, and swallowed.

Otherwise, use this last penny to buy a bun for mom.

I want to die a full death.

Just when Song Wan decided to spend her last penny, a wild cat suddenly jumped out.

"Hey, where did this wild cat come from!" The owner of the steamed bun shop was packing buns for customers when the wild cat jumped up and tried to steal the meat buns.

The boss was so angry that he wanted to hit it, but his hand shook and was hit by the wild cat, and the buns in his hand all rolled to the ground.

"Meow." The wild cat picked up a meat bun and ran away.

The boss looked at the wild cat disappearing quickly and cursed, "You damned beast, I'll beat you to death next time I catch you."

Song Wan cleverly picked up two meat buns and stuffed them into her arms without caring about whether they were hot or not.

"Damn it, who the hell stole my buns?" The boss took a closer look and found that of the five buns he had packed, only two were left on the ground.

When Song Wan heard this, her heart was pounding. She was about to leave when she was stopped by the boss.

"Did you steal my buns?" the boss stared at her ferociously.

Song Wanzhang blushed, but still shook her head to deny: "I didn't, it wasn't me."

"Who else could it be if not you, sneaking around like that?" The more the boss looked, the more he thought it was this ragged kid who took his buns away.

The buns can be washed, the skin removed and eaten by our family, so how can we give them to outsiders for free?

Song Wan had never done such a thing before. She stammered and was about to take out the buns when the previous customer spoke.

"Boss, are you still selling buns? My parents are waiting to eat them."

"Sell, sell, come right over." The boss didn't bother to teach Song Wan a lesson and hurried back to do business.

"Seven, please." The customer changed his mind.

"Okay." The boss hurriedly helped him pack the buns.

Song Wan took the opportunity to leave.

As soon as she walked to the corner and took out the buns, her belly turned red from being burned.

She was about to eat a bun when someone patted her on the shoulder.