Chapter 205 Everyone Knows How to Pretend
At this time, Zhao A Shi was no longer wearing the ordinary soldier's clothes as he did in Suijin Town. Instead, he was wearing a bamboo green round-necked robe, a white waist belt, and a silver headband on his head, looking like a handsome and elegant nobleman.
"Why...are you here?" Song Liyun looked at him anxiously.
I have been wondering where Zhao A Shi has gone, but I didn't expect that he was in the county government office. How could he be here?
Zhao Ah Shi's face was calm, and he said calmly, "Why do you say that, young lady? Have we met before?"
"Ah!" Song Liyun said in surprise: "You are really angry. I had no choice at that time. If I hadn't..."
Zhao Ah Shi frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand what she was saying: "Miss, you recognized the wrong person!"
Song Liyun choked: What's going on? I knocked him unconscious and he lost his memory?
Is he still throwing a tantrum at me or is he trying to avoid suspicion?
Song Liyun withdrew her gaze and stopped looking at him, her mind wandering.
Jiang Feng coughed lightly beside him, and Song Liyun suddenly came back to her senses. She quickly bowed her head and saluted: "This humble girl greets Lord Jiang!"
"Song Liyun, this is not a court. Captain Luo has already told me to take care of you. I have a case to hear this afternoon, so please sit down and eat first."
After Jiang Feng finished speaking, he raised his hand to the servant next to him.
The servant brought a square stool and placed it beside the table, indicating that Song Liyun should sit down.
Song Liyun looked at the serious Jiang Feng, then at "Zhao A Shi" who was lightly waving his folding fan and didn't even glance at her, and frowned.
Yunzhou is a remote place with unrestrained customs, but the Wu Dynasty was a feudal society and there were still certain prejudices against women's words and deeds.
As a young woman, would it be disrespectful for me to just sit and have a meal with a strange man?
While she was hesitating, Jiang Feng had already picked up the bowl with chopsticks, and Zhao A Shi also picked up a piece of plum-shaped pastry.
Everyone is eating, if we wait any longer we will starve.
Song Liyun made up her mind and sat sideways on the stool.
One is a sixth-rank official, and the other is a beautiful lady. No matter how you look at it, it's not a bad thing for them to sit together and have a meal.
She had just picked up the bowl when the servant next to her handed her a pair of serving chopsticks. He had a sour look on his face, as if serving her was an insult to him.
Song Liyun suddenly became playful.
She put down the bowl and said with a painful look on her face, "Please give me a spoon, it's not convenient for me to eat."
As he spoke, he slightly raised his hands, and his sleeves fell naturally, revealing two arms, which were dazzlingly white... Of course, it was not white flesh.
At this time, her arms were still wrapped in white gauze.
On the night of capturing Hong Jingtian, she was the only injured person. She fought for her life to block the two knives. The knuckles between her palms were broken and her arm was fractured. The doctor said she needed to rest for a month.
Only ten days have passed, so she is naturally still recovering from her injuries.
"Zhao A Shi" put down his chopsticks.
Jiang Feng said to the servant, "Go get a spoon."
The servant didn't dare to say anything more. He quickly ran to get a spoon and brought an extra set of bowls. It seemed that he was an experienced waiter.
This is to prepare for the woman with mobility issues to drop the dishes so that he can hand them over.
Song Liyun was not that bored, so she took the spoon and drank the porridge slowly.
Seeing that she only drank porridge, "Zhao A Shi" said nothing, but used his own serving chopsticks to pick up some steamed vegetarian fish and put it on her plate.
Song Liyun thanked him.
"Zhao Ashi" smiled faintly, as if he were a stranger: "How did you get this injury, young lady? Is it serious?"
Pretend! Just pretend! If you can pretend, I can pretend too!
Song Liyun frowned slightly and said in a sad voice, "I went up the mountain to pick mushrooms a few days ago. I accidentally got lucky and ended up... I slipped and fell!"
Jiang Feng chuckled, but held it in. He took out a white silk handkerchief and covered his mouth with it, saying in a deep voice, "Don't talk while eating! Miss Song, you'd better eat quickly. The banquet will be held soon."
Song Liyun: ...Eat!
This time, the servant took the initiative to serve the dishes. Although his face was still sour, he was very attentive. At Song Liyun's signal, he put the plum blossom pancakes and dumplings with three fresh fillings into her bowl.
After she had eaten her fill, she prepared to thank and say goodbye to the two gentlemen who had put down their bowls and chopsticks earlier.
Jiang Feng suddenly said calmly, "The court will open in the afternoon. The credit for capturing the Di Lu people will go to the Broken Gold Guards. You are just a witness. Captain Luo will compensate you."
Song Liyun's lips twitched. She glanced at Zhao A Shi, who seemed to be fine, and lowered her eyes: "Yes, I will follow your orders, sir."
When she returned to the hall, several yamen runners were still dozing against the wall. Han Ming looked around anxiously. Seeing her come back, he hurriedly asked, "Miss, what happened?"
Song Liyun shook her head: "Nothing!"
After thinking for a while, she whispered to Han Ming what Jiang Feng had said, and finally said, "Let's leave it at that for now. When we get back to town, I'll go to the garrison and ask Captain Luo."
Han Ming nodded. Although he had personally experienced it, he was also a member of the Song family.
Now Lord Jiang clearly wants to take all the credit to the garrison. If the girl doesn't object, he has no right to object.
Besides, everyone knows that the one who contributed the most is Zhao A Shi.
In order not to attract attention, the Di Lu people gathered in the cave. No one expected that the cave was too small and no one slept.
If Zhao A Shi had not broken through the siege of the three people in a very short time and rushed into the cave with Song Liyun, as long as the people inside reacted, once they got out of the cave, the three of them would have had a tough fight.
Zhao Ashi was a soldier, and the garrison should have accepted the credit for the victory. As for the fact that he was knocked unconscious in the cave, it was just a small mistake.
When the court session started, Hong Jingtian was fed some water and ate something, and now he felt a little more energetic.
He stared at Song Liyun in the lobby with vicious eyes. The other party was still wearing fluttering green clothes, but he was wearing a big shackle around his neck.
There is no need to think about the impending death penalty that awaits him.
Everyone in Yunzhou hates those who collude with the Di and Lu bandits.
Especially Suijin Town.
If he had been thrown into Broken Gold Town that night, he believed he would have been torn to pieces immediately.
He was no longer afraid of death. The outcome was already determined when Huo Lao Er went to the grassland and found that group of people.
However, he still hasn't figured out why he has come to this point.
Hidden behind his messy hair, Hong Jingtian's eyes were like chisels, as if he wanted to drill through Song Liyun and dig out her internal organs to see them clearly.
Why would a minor dispute over grilled lamb chops cause the collapse of Tianxianglou and ruin all his life's work?
What was the reason behind this? After thinking about it over and over again, he could only think of the reason, that was Song Liyun!
This is the misfortune brought by the woman in front of me.
At the beginning, she had a dispute with the fourth brother Min Gande. The fourth brother wanted to steal food, cloth, and other things worth dozens of taels of silver!
It was these few dozen taels of silver that cost two lives. Later, Tang Xiang rushed to rob Suijin Town when the Di Lu people broke through the pass, and never returned.
Later, he just wanted to win over this woman with good intentions. If I was wrong, it was because he did not make a prompt decision to get rid of her at that time.
As a result, one wrong step led to another, and several lives were lost.
(End of this chapter)
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