At this moment, Zhao Ashi was no longer dressed as an ordinary soldier in Suijin Town, but in a bamboo-green round-necked robe, a white waist belt, and a silver headband, looking every bit the elegant and handsome young nobleman.
"What...what are you doing here?" Song Liyun asked him anxiously.
I've been asking around about where Zhao Ashi went, and I never expected him to be in the county government office. How could he be here?
Zhao Ashi remained calm and said indifferently, "Why do you say that, young lady? Have we met before?"
"Ah!" Song Liyun exclaimed in surprise, "You're really angry? I had no choice back then, if I hadn't..."
Zhao Ashi frowned slightly, as if he hadn't understood what she was saying: "Miss, you've mistaken me for someone else!"
Song Liyun was immediately speechless: What's going on here? She drugged him and then lost her memory?
Is he still throwing a tantrum at himself, or is he trying to avoid suspicion?
Song Liyun withdrew her gaze, no longer looking at him, her mind wandering.
Jiang Feng coughed lightly beside her, and Song Liyun suddenly came to her senses, quickly bowing her head and saying, "This humble woman greets Lord Jiang!"
"Song Liyun, this is not a courtroom. Commander Luo also said beforehand that I should give you special consideration. There are still cases to be heard this afternoon, so please sit down and have some food first."
After Jiang Feng finished speaking, he raised his hand to the servant beside him.
The servant brought over a square stool and placed it on the table, gesturing for Song Liyun to sit down.
Song Liyun frowned as she looked at the serious Jiang Feng, then at "Zhao Ashi" who was lightly waving his folding fan and didn't even glance at her.
Yunzhou is a remote place with a bold and unrestrained culture, but the Wu Dynasty was a feudal society and still had certain prejudices against women's words and actions.
Would it be impolite for a young woman like myself to sit down and have a meal with a strange man?
While she was hesitating, Jiang Feng had already picked up his chopsticks and bowl, and Zhao Ashi also picked up a piece of plum blossom-shaped pastry.
Everyone is eating; if we wait any longer, we'll go hungry.
Song Liyun steeled her resolve and sat sideways on the stool.
One is a sixth-rank official, and the other is a beautiful woman. No matter how you look at it, it's a win-win situation for them to sit down for a meal together.
She had just picked up her bowl when a servant handed her a pair of serving chopsticks, his face grumpy, as if serving her was an insult.
Song Liyun was immediately seized by a playful impulse.
She put down her bowl, looking pained, and said, "Could you please bring me a spoon, sir? It's a bit inconvenient for me to eat."
As he spoke, he slightly raised his hand, and his sleeves fell down naturally, revealing his two arms, which were dazzlingly white... Of course, they weren't just pale flesh.
At this time, her arms were still wrapped in white gauze.
On the night of capturing Hong Jingtian, she was the only one injured. She risked her life to block those two knives, and her hand and fingers split open on the spot, her arm was fractured, and the medic said she needed to recuperate for a month.
Only ten days have passed, so she is naturally still recovering from her injuries.
Zhao Ashi put down his chopsticks.
Jiang Feng said to the servant, "Go and fetch a spoon."
The servant didn't dare say anything more and quickly ran to fetch a spoon, and also brought an extra bowl, indicating that he was an experienced servant.
This was in preparation for when the woman with the limited hand would drop the dishes, so he could hand them to her.
Song Liyun wasn't that bored yet, so she took the spoon and slowly drank her porridge.
Seeing that she was only drinking porridge, "Zhao Ashi" did not say anything, but used his own serving chopsticks to put some steamed soft vegetarian fish on her plate.
Song Liyun thanked her.
"Zhao Ashi" smiled faintly, as if he were a stranger: "How did you get this injury, young lady? Is it serious?"
Go ahead and pretend! If you can pretend, so can I!
Song Liyun frowned slightly and said in a mournful voice, "I went up the mountain to pick mushrooms a few days ago, and I had a stroke of luck, but... I slipped and fell!"
Jiang Feng chuckled, but held it back. He took out a plain white silk handkerchief to cover his mouth and said in a deep voice, "One should not talk while eating! Miss Song, you should eat quickly, the court session will start soon."
Song Liyun: ...Let's eat!
This time, the servant stepped forward to serve the dishes on his own initiative. Although his face was still sour, he was quite attentive. At Song Liyun's prompting, he put plum blossom pancakes and three-delicacy dumplings into her bowl.
After she had eaten her fill, she prepared to thank the two young masters who had already put down their chopsticks and bid them farewell.
Jiang Feng suddenly said calmly, "The court will be in session this afternoon. The credit for capturing the Di barbarians will go to the Broken Gold Guard. You are just a witness. Commander Luo will compensate you."
Song Liyun's lips twitched. She glanced at Zhao Ashi, who seemed completely unaffected, and lowered her eyes: "Yes, I will follow your orders, sir."
When she returned to the main hall, several constables were still dozing against the wall. Han Ming looked around anxiously, and when he saw her return, he quickly asked, "Miss, is something wrong?"
Song Liyun shook her head: "It's nothing!"
After thinking for a moment, she whispered what Jiang Feng had said to Han Ming, and then said, "Let's leave it at that for now. When we get back to town, I'll go to the garrison and ask Commander Luo again."
Han Ming nodded. Although he was a firsthand witness, he was still a member of the Song family.
Now, Lord Jiang is clearly trying to take all the credit for the garrison. The young lady doesn't object, and he has no right to object either.
Moreover, everyone understands that Zhao Ashi contributed the most.
To avoid attracting attention, the Di people gathered in the cave. No one expected that the cave was so small that none of them slept.
If Zhao Ashi hadn't broken through the three-person encirclement in a very short time and led Song Liyun into the cave, the three of them would have faced a fierce battle once the people inside realized what was happening and came out.
Zhao Ashi was a soldier, and the garrison should rightfully accept the credit for his service. As for him being drugged in the cave, that was just a minor mistake.
When the court session resumed, Hong Jingtian was given a few sips of water and some food, and he was now somewhat more energetic.
He stared at Song Liyun in the hall with a vicious look. She was still dressed in a flowing blue robe, while he himself was bound by a heavy yoke around his neck.
He was about to face the inevitable death penalty.
In the Yunzhou area, everyone hates those who collude with the barbarians and bandits.
Especially Broken Gold Town.
If he had been dumped in Shattered Gold that night, he believed he would have been torn to pieces immediately.
He was no longer afraid of death; the outcome was already sealed when Huo Lao Er went to the grasslands to find that group of people.
However, he still doesn't understand why things have come to this.
Hidden beneath his disheveled hair, Hong Jingtian's eyes were like chisels, as if he wanted to pierce through Song Liyun and dig out her internal organs to see them clearly.
Why would a small dispute over eating roasted lamb chops cause Tianxianglou to collapse and destroy his life's work?
After thinking it over and over, he could only think of one reason: Song Liyun!
It was this woman in front of me who brought about this misfortune.
It all started when she got into a fight with the fourth brother, Min Gande. The fourth brother wanted to steal grain, cloth, and other things worth tens of taels of silver!
These few dozen taels of silver cost two lives. Later, Tang Xiang raided Suijin Town when the Di barbarians broke through the pass, and never returned.
Later, he only wanted to win over the woman out of kindness. If he was wrong, it was that he didn't make a decisive decision to get rid of her at that time.
As a result, one wrong step led to another, costing several lives.
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