Tianxiang Tower is a large establishment, and as such, it is always short of fresh offerings. Sending Zheng Yutang there tonight would be a good opportunity to haggle over money with the madam.
[Zhou Bapi? Turns out he's a professional human trafficker. I thought Zheng Yutang had really found her Mr. Right.]
Well, to put it simply, I've found him, but not my lord, but a wolf king, hahaha.
[Zheng Yutang: From "soaring to the top" to "falling into the abyss," it only takes a few drinks.]
[Speaking of which, girls should really protect themselves when they're out. If they weren't so flirtatious, they wouldn't have fallen for this. What will happen next, tsk tsk...]
Although Zheng Yutang was already drunk and unconscious, just to be on the safe side, the men still stepped forward and pressed a handkerchief soaked in sleeping pills hard against Zheng Yutang's nostrils, covering them for a while.
Now, to ensure Zheng Yutang was completely unconscious, lest she cause trouble on the way and create unnecessary complications, the men carried her on their shoulders like a sack of potatoes.
Then, Mr. Zhou asked the waiter to pay the bill before leaving quietly.
Seeing that Young Master Zhou had succeeded, the waiter chuckled, "Master Zhou, you are truly amazing. Any woman who is virtuous and chaste becomes a harlot and a whore in your presence."
"What nonsense are you spouting? Haha, but I enjoy listening to it." Young Master Zhou gave the shop assistant some silver, and the shop assistant thanked him.
At this moment, the men who had carried Zheng Yutang had already gone outside. They had already seen the carriage parked there, and the three of them easily stuffed Zheng Yutang into a carriage that had been waiting for a long time.
The car was moving very fast, its wheels rolling, carrying the unconscious Zheng Yutang towards Tianxiang Tower...
On the other side, dawn was breaking.
A tiny sliver of light shone through the dormer window on the prison cell roof. He Yi sat on dry straw, her back pressed tightly against the cold stone wall. She had been in this position all night, but the cold wall was still chilly.
The three of them barely slept all night. Liu Yun closed his eyes to rest, seemingly dozing off, but in reality, his bright eyes were watching every move around him, always maintaining a state of alert readiness.
Qingju sat close to Heyi, side by side, looking pitiful. Exhaustion and fear overwhelmed Qingju. Ever since she became Zheng Heyi's maid, Qingju had frequently encountered danger.
But never before had she felt such fear. At this moment, Qingju was exhausted. She dared not rest, yet dared not not rest. She dozed off in a daze, like a chick pecking at rice.
Liu Yun frowned. "It's dawn. They should at least send us some food."
[The female tutor is starving, hahaha.]
What bad luck! What good food could there possibly be here?
"Yes, I'm afraid it'll be here soon." It's been a whole night, and the three of them still haven't come up with a good plan. What should they do?
Although they had evidence to prove that Sun Sanlang was murdered by him and not by them, no one was willing to listen to the three men's explanation.
At that moment, heavy and chaotic footsteps echoed down the corridor. Then, the three saw two jailers approaching. One of the jailers was carrying a bucket filled with stinky, moldy food that had been sitting for who knows how long.
The jailer behind had a rooster cart with countless dark, dirty empty bowls on it. Judging from the grime on the bowls, they hadn't been washed for over a decade.
The man arrived and roughly tossed the bowl through the gap in the fence like trash. The first man impatiently scooped up some of the sour-smelling porridge. Seeing that the three didn't speak, he kicked the fence and said, "Eat it while it's hot."
Liu Yun was furious, staring at your father's leftovers.
"Is this even fit for human consumption?" Liu Yun said angrily. Several heads immediately appeared in the opposite cell, all nodding. One of them even said, "Girl, please give it to me. I will remember your great kindness."
The jailer ignored him and muttered, "Is this all? Want something better? There will be braised pork for you before you go to the guillotine. Eat up!"
Although Qingju was a girl from the countryside, she had never seen anything so filthy. At this moment, none of the three of them looked at the disgusting "food" anymore.
If this thing could still be called "food," then the group of people opposite them were eating it with relish. One of them even said, "Miss, today's food is already good. The old concubine in the harem has bad teeth, so she only has some dried fish. Aren't you going to eat it? Tomorrow, you'll see that it's all red bean porridge. You'll eat it for a week."
[Well, as expected, this is where they cut costs.]
We must leave today, or we'll have to face this filth again tomorrow.
[The villainous female supporting character needs to think of a way to contact her brother.]
He Yi stood up and looked around. Since she couldn't eat anymore, she noticed a woman across from her staring at her longingly. He Yi pushed her rice bowl to the girl, who thanked her profusely.
He Yi looked at her, "How did you get arrested?" The girl looked very pretty, with beautiful eyes, and didn't look like someone who had done anything wrong at all.
Because He Yi and the others were wrongfully imprisoned tenfold, they now felt that everyone they looked at was also wrongly imprisoned. She stared at the girl.
The girl sighed, "I had an affair with my brother-in-law, and they arrested me. Now my brother-in-law has paid money to get me out, but I can't leave."
"Oh, you..." He Yi glared at the girl, while Liu Yun behind her clicked his tongue, "You bitch, it's no wonder you're being arrested and imprisoned."
The girl started sobbing, "I love my brother-in-law, I want to be with him."
[Haha, there's another one with a love-struck mind here, everyone come and see!]
【Girl, if your brother-in-law were a real man, he would have come to rescue you long ago. He paid for his own way out but just watched you suffer here; that shows he doesn't love you.】
[He Yi: What the heck? I didn't expect not all those arrested were innocent.]
After chatting for a while, He Yi saw that the two men had returned once again. The two jailers were carrying the wooden bucket back again, and the bucket was now empty.
He Yi seized the opportunity and hurriedly raised her voice: "Sir, boss, please inform the Prefect that I need to see him! We've been wronged! We were arrested without any explanation, and now I have important information! There's more to Sun Sanlang's death than meets the eye! We've been framed!"
"Yes, we didn't kill them."
"Hurry up and help me, I am a princess, I will definitely give you benefits." He Yi looked at the jailer and made up her mind. No matter who helped her today, Zheng He Yi would give that person the benefits he wanted.
No, no, as for savings and such, giving his brother half of the country wouldn't be a problem, it's perfectly acceptable.
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