Chapter 182 It's My Turn

Xiao Wenniang was stunned, thinking that she knew the emperor's order.

She smiled and said, "You really can talk, you are not really a fool."

"Never mind. It's not important."

"You're asking me to explain? What is there to explain? My father loves me. It doesn't matter if I make mistakes or not. My father is the prime minister. He is nothing like you. Your father even accepts my money. He is just a servant."

"I agree with you."

Li Jijian said: "However, I don't agree with the first sentence. Is your father really that good to you?"

"Really? Then why didn't you marry your cousin?"

Xiao Wenniang was struck by lightning.

She initially liked her aunt's cousin, but when she accidentally overheard the conversation between her father and his retainers, she learned that Xiao Yun was the emperor's son.

Only then did she fall in love with Xiao Yun.

So she did not hesitate to lie and told Xiao Yun that it was she who helped to hire a doctor when he was sick.

Actually, it was Wang Duan who invited us.

When Xiao Yun was a child, only her mother was kind to her. They all looked down on her because she was an adopted child.

Because my mother couldn't give birth to a son, my father was always indifferent to them. She liked my cousin and my step-sister, and my father made the decision to marry my step-sister to my cousin. However, because of her liking for her, my father always scolded her for being shameless.

In fact, her father was not good to her at all. It was only because her mother's family background was good and Xiao Yun was good to her that her father changed his mind about her.

Of course, people outside didn't know about this. She always told others that she was the apple of her father's eye.

"How did you know that?" Xiao Wenniang was shocked and angry. "You slandered me, you slandered me, you must die."

"Someone come!" she yelled, "Kill them, kill them!"

【Misfortunes sent by heaven can be forgiven, but misfortunes brought upon oneself cannot be forgiven.】

【Don't blame me if your father beats you up. 】

Li Jidao said, "Is everyone done performing? It's my turn now."

Just when the archers were aiming their spears at her and Feng Ying, suddenly the sky and the earth darkened, and muffled thunders gathered strength in the sky, making hissing sounds, like monsters with bared fangs and claws.

There were shouts all around.

Xiao Wenniang was so scared that she covered her ears: "What's going on? What's going on? Why is there thunder again?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the first thunderbolt landed at her feet. She screamed and her hair caught fire.

Li Ji said: […Just say that the thunder from heaven is unreliable and it went astray again.]

"Prime Minister, go down and hide for a while, go down and hide for a while."

When the thunder struck, Xiao Jingze was on the roof of his house looking outside.

The rumble of thunder seemed to be very close, who knew if it would bring them down.

The servants wanted to escape but didn't dare.

Xiao Jingze didn't leave, "Do you think this thunder was meant for me?"

He roared, "What did I do wrong? If not me, there are others. I act according to the will of heaven and serve the monarch. How dare the thunder strike me?"

“Crack!”

A thunderclap sounded, and the ground beneath his feet shook. The house collapsed instantly, and the wooden structure quickly burned, emitting yellow flames that reached the sky.

The yellow flames can reflect human faces. At the same time, many people saw that there were not only human faces in the flames, but also large amounts of coins piled up like mountains.

…………

"Aying, Aying, we are here to pick you up."

In the Wannian County prison cell, the jailer opened the door for Feng Ying and Li Jidao, and Gao rushed over.

Seeing that Feng Ying's wounds seemed to have healed, she asked, "Are you really well?"

Of course.

She has a good daughter.

The reason why we didn't let her get better before was just for show. The more miserable she is, the more sympathetic people will be to her.

Now that it's not needed, she's fine.

"Madam Wen, Madam Zhao, Madam Chen, why are you here too?" Feng Ying was really overwhelmed when she saw so many noble ladies standing in the narrow passage.

"It's unlucky here, let's get out."

Wen smiled and said, "If a person must come to a cell once in his life, I have been there before. I don't need to come again in the future. Come in to broaden your horizons."

Zhao and Chen couldn't help laughing.

Chen said: "You are the only one who has many clever ideas."

They walked out chatting and laughing, as if they were not there to go to jail but for a spring outing.

When they got outside, A Liu raised his hand to help Li Jidao and Feng Ying throw the dirty clothes outside into the brazier and burn them.

She said, "Go back and take a bath, and then burn some incense to get rid of the bad smell."

Wen said: "Yes, yes, yes, this must be done."

Then Ah Liu whispered, "My wife, I'm in debt."

Li Jidao thought: [For such a big deal, it is normal to be in debt. ]

【It is impossible to motivate so many people without spending money. 】

Feng Ying understood that A Liu was in debt in order to save them.

All her money was taken by Tuzi, and she didn't know whether Liu had received it or not: "How much do you owe and to whom? It's okay, I'll pay it back when I get back."

Ah Liu said, "I owed it to the subordinates of the King of Luoyang. He said I can spend it as I like. It's all the King's. He doesn't feel bad about it anyway."

"I owe five hundred kan."

Feng Ying laughed and said, "It's because the King of Luoyang is so easy to talk to, otherwise this man would have been beaten to death long ago, right?"

Ah Liu said, "You're still laughing? I spent all the money you brought with you."

Feng Ying: “…”

Indeed, I can't laugh anymore.

Ah Liu added: "But I think life is the most important thing."

[A Liu was afraid of being blamed for spending a lot of money, but it wasn't her money after all. She had to save people and worry about spending money. It was really hard for her, but she was really courageous.]

Li Jidao wanted to pat A Liu on the head and comfort her.

Feng Ying understood that A Liu wanted comfort.

Feng Ying bowed to A Liu and said, "A Liu, I am indebted to you this time. You saved my life. The money is not important. What matters is that you are safe."

Ah Liu almost cried. She was really afraid that she, a servant, would be punished by her master for spending so much money.

"What's that sound? Why are they howling like wolves and ghosts?" After talking to A Liu, Feng Ying heard crying sounds on the left side of Zhuque Street.

Mrs. Zhao smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you that the Xiao family was confiscated and Xiao Jingze fell."

Feng Ying:?

Which fairy sister helped to create this evil?

She thought Xiao Jingze would be prosperous all his life.

Wen Shi saw Feng Ying's confusion and smiled: "I have to thank you for this. This thunder has something to do with you, right?"

"On the day they wanted to kill you, the two sides were confronting each other, and it was unclear who would win. Suddenly, lightning struck the sky and burned down the Xiao family's house."

"The courtyard wall also collapsed." Mrs. Chen reminded.

Wen nodded: "Yes, when everyone went to put out the fire, they found that a house was burned very cleanly, the soil underneath was burned black, and then the coins were exposed."

"Wu Hou came to dig and found more than 100,000 guan."

Madam Zhao sneered, "You still say that others are embezzling military pay. Even if Xiao Jingze were to be prime minister for a thousand years, he wouldn't be able to make that much money. It's all military pay and the people's blood and sweat."