Chapter 609: Night Trial
"Jade beads."
"How about your name be Yuzhu?" Lu Chaochao tilted his head and looked at her with a smile.
The skinny girl's eyes sparkled with a brilliant and dazzling light, and her eyes were watery, as if filled with tears: "Okay, your name is Yuzhen, and my name is Yuzhu."
It sounds like a girl surrounded by happiness.
She didn't like her original name.
Zhaodi, Zhaodi, the name clearly reveals the miserable situation she was in when she was born. No one welcomed her or looked forward to her birth.
At night, the officials invited the county magistrate here overnight.
Lu Chaochao had already returned to his room to rest. The county magistrate greeted him outside the door and kowtowed before leading his men up the mountain.
The whole village was under strict guard.
Nowadays, it is an indisputable fact that men have a higher status than women and women rely on men for their livelihood.
However, Northern Zhao also had relevant laws, which stated that parents could decide the life or death of a fetus while it was still in the womb.
If you are born and become a baby, you are a life.
Parents cannot deprive their children of their lives at will.
The county magistrate climbed the mountain with sweat all over his forehead, and kept raising his hands to wipe the sweat off his face, feeling extremely anxious.
I was so angry that I gritted my teeth.
He had no background and no money to bribe, so he came to this remote town to be the county magistrate.
Now that the girls' school has been established, he only needs to work diligently to get this done, and he will have the hope of leaving here. As luck would have it, such a big thing happened at this critical moment!
"My Lord, the baby ditch has arrived."
As soon as I climbed to the top of the mountain, I saw a lot of faint green lights appearing in the darkness. The officers drew their swords and protected County Magistrate Zhou.
"Sir, there are many abandoned babies here. Over time, many wolf packs have gathered here..."
It is extremely cruel to say that the baby was torn to pieces alive.
Fortunately, there were many people and they quickly drove away the wolves.
When County Magistrate Zhou arrived, the constable had already reported the reason to him. But when he actually stood in front of the baby ditch, the countless tiny skeletons illuminated by the torches made his heart tremble.
County Magistrate Zhou’s face was chillingly cold.
Whether it was the corpses all over the mountain or his career, it was undoubtedly a major blow.
Under his jurisdiction, so many innocent lives had been lost, and he was caught by Princess Zhaoyang...
Magistrate Zhou almost gritted his teeth as he spoke word by word: "Investigate thoroughly! Investigate this matter thoroughly in the village tonight! We must find out the result before the princess leaves!"
His eyes turned red with anger.
Although he cares about his career, he still has a conscience. It is his dereliction of duty that such an appalling thing happened within his jurisdiction.
"These bones?" The officer couldn't bear to look at them any longer. The bones were very small, so tiny that it made people cry.
Some people around were already secretly wiping away tears.
"It is said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs, but there are actually such cruel and merciless parents..." If this gets out, the reputation of the entire Pingguan Town will be damaged.
"Collect all of them and make sure to find all the remains of these poor children."
"Look for another opportunity to bury him again."
Officer Lin almost nodded, but sighed: "I'm afraid we won't even be able to find all the corpses." They were still young, and the wolves would share and eat them, so it was estimated that there would not be much left.
County Magistrate Zhou also understood, but there was nothing he could do.
"Ask the lawyer to keep an eye on the bottom, and you, Old Lin, stay upstairs to collect the remains. I will go down to try the case!" County Magistrate Zhou had a frosty face, looking gloomy and ugly.
Late at night, the village was noisy and brightly lit.
The cries and pleas for mercy continued.
Lu Chaochao was sleeping in a daze and only felt how noisy it was. I covered my head with the quilt and curled up inside with my butt sticking out. After a while, I could hear the little guy snoring in his sleep.
There was a slight ripple in the house, and the young man flicked his fingers and set up a barrier in the house.
Lu Chaochao, who was in her sleep, fell into a deep sleep.
The young man sighed helplessly, and used his slender hands to pull the little girl out of the quilt. Seeing that her cheeks were already flushed, but she didn't even open her eyes...
I couldn't help but laugh.
He placed two heavy boxes of gold and silver beside the bed before they turned into smoke and disappeared.
The second day.
As soon as day broke, someone knocked on the gate.
Yuzhu held a wooden board in both hands, on which were some farm snacks that were steaming.
Yuzhu's clothes were worn out, but they were washed clean and smelled of sunshine.
She stayed up all night last night, packing things and clothes at home with her mother.
I had just finished my work and had no time to rest before I made breakfast for my benefactor.
Before cooking, I washed up in a hurry.
She knew that the nobles in the capital all loved cleanliness.
Yuzhu knew that the princess didn't mind, but she wanted the princess to enjoy the meal. At this moment, she saw the fierce Zhu Mo opening the door, and Yuzhu said tremblingly: "Princess, are you awake? This is our local specialty..."
It was the meat that my mother secretly bought with her own pocket money last night.
When Zhu Mo saw her, his expression softened slightly: "Please come in, the princess is about to get up."
Yuzhu nodded, and felt that the maids in the house were dressed more luxuriously than the ladies in the town.
She didn't wear the clothes the princess gave her last night.
She was afraid that her rough skin would scratch her clothes, so she wanted to wait until she started school before wearing them.
Before Lu Chaochao opened her eyes, she smelled the overbearing fragrance in the air.
When I opened my eyes, I was almost blinded.
The head of the bed was decorated with gold and silver, and Lu Chaochao jumped out of bed without even putting on shoes or socks.
"Wow...it melted so quickly?" She held a pile of gold ingots and took a big bite. I didn't let it go until my teeth started to ache.
"Now, women won't have to worry about studying in the next five years!" As for five years later, as long as women rise up, everything will work out naturally.
but……
Although Lu Chaochao was a lawless person who did whatever he wanted, he owed himself the consequences of the court official's tomb being dug up.
She looked up at the sky: "Why don't you come out to see me? There's no point in hiding from me..."
"You have to admit your mistakes eventually."
"I know you can hear me."
The young man's muffled voice came from the sky: "Oh."
Lu Chaochao called Zhuifeng over and said, "Tell someone to send these two boxes of gold and silver back to the capital, and let mother distribute them to each female school. This will allow the female schools to ensure basic operations..." The pens, ink, paper and inkstones are all provided by the female schools, and the students only need to work to earn food.
As for the things for cultivation, there are many things that beginners can use in the space, so there is no need to worry.
Zhuifeng agreed and went out carrying the box.
Outside the door, Yuzhu came in holding a tray.
Lu Chaochao didn't like being served, so she simply pulled Yuzhu to have dinner with her. Yuzhu was nervous, but when she saw that Lu Chaochao was not arrogant and was as innocent as an ordinary child, she gradually relaxed.
"How old are you?" Lu Chaochao asked Yuzhu.
Yuzhu made the number eight.
Lu Chaochao's eyes widened: "Eight years old? You are actually older than me..." From the naked eye, the two were about the same height, but Chaochao...
Chubby.
Yuzhu nodded shyly. She was hungry at home, no, she had never been full. She was not even as tall as the stove, so she stood on a stool to work. Her father is a gambler and a drinker, so if she doesn't do it, her mother will do it.
She was naturally shorter than her peers, and looked about the same age as Lu Chaochao, who was five and a half years old.
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