C152 (1/2)

Although Qin Xiao felt sorry for the Ding family, he could not break the rules at this critical moment, so he sent her back to the Ministry of Justice's Prison. Along the way, most of the officials that the Ding Huang Clan met were people of noble character. Seeing Qin Xiao and Xue Yi's plan for him without a trace of malice in their eyes, and even calling him elder sister, the Ding Huang Clan was filled with gratitude. After Qin Xiaoliu had been dealt with, he went to see Chen Shuwen. Chen Shuwen's legs had been broken who knew how many times, and she was now crippled. The originally handsome scholar now looked disheveled, haggard, and deformed. Chen Shuwen had been wronged for many years, and there seemed to be no hope left for him. He was not excited at all by the arrival of Qin Xiaolian, and only by occasionally turning his bloodshot eyes around could he prove that he was still alive. As Xue Yi thought about the miserable state they were in, her eyes reddened and she started to sob. Mu Sheng wanted to comfort his son, but did not actually extend his hand. He only whispered ”Yiran —” and was no longer able to say anything else. Qin Xiao looked at the two of them and sneered. He patted Mu Sheng's shoulder and said, ”Brother Mu, you must be very good at introducing me to the Board of Justice and Xue Yi, right?” Mu Sheng saw Qin Xiao's fake smile and his face trembled. Carefully, he said: ”Sir, Sir, I have an official document here. I am here on the orders of Imperial Physician Jiang Shi to bring it up.”

”Oh? You are just an advisor, who will grant you such a position? Who gave you the right? ”Your family's Censor Zhou has already asked you to dress up and send him to the restaurant to play and dance for me. It looks like Censor Zhou really trusts you.”

”No, no, no. At that time, I only said that I was in the same hometown as this criminal woman and had some thoughts about her. Lord Zhou did indeed treat me rather kindly, but I did not know that I had met with Sir Qin in private.” Mu Sheng was covered in cold sweat.

”Oh, so this has nothing to do with Lord Zhou?”

”Alright!” Xue Yi interrupted Qin Xiaozui, ”I know what you mean, but don't you think that Censor Zhou is just giving you the hot case design? He's only responsible for supervising the trial, is there a need for that? Brother Mu and the Ding Huang Clan are from the same village, he only did these things for the sake of making these two innocent. Can you not think of everything so complicated? I still have things to discuss with Brother Mu, so it's not convenient for anyone to listen in. ”

Qin Xiao was rendered speechless by Xue Yi's blabbering. He could only look at the two of them in embarrassment. He spread out his hands and said: ”Forget it. This lord will go and give some more instructions to the both of you.” Before leaving, he shot a fierce look at Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng bitterly smiled as he looked at Xue Yi. Currently, he had already married into another's wife. What else could he think about? ”I couldn't save her from the sea of fire back then, but now I have to move her out to be a rescue soldier. Being a man to this extent can be considered extremely incompetent.” Is the manor lord nice to you? ”

”Good, of course it's good.” Xue Yi smiled bitterly. How could it not be good to be an esteemed guest?

”Then, Lord Qin —”

”Brother Mu, you think too much. Lord Qin and I are only close friends, nothing more.”

”Yiren, do you blame me?”

”How can you say that? Brother Mu, you were also powerless in the beginning. We had better think of a way to help Sir Qin with the case.” ”That's right, Big Brother Mu. As for Lord Censor — after all, it's not a good place to go —” Xue Yi thought back to everything that had happened before. She had originally wanted to entrust her entire family's life to this man, but now that she faced him, the longing she had for the past vanished completely. She had recruited him just to help her.

”This is not the time. We'll talk about it later.” She did not ask about her relationship with the Ding Huang Clan, nor was she curious as to why she would waste so much energy to help the Ding Huang Clan. Sometimes, matters between men and women did not need to be fully explained.

At this point, he didn't even dare look at her face. ”Anyway, thank you for helping me. If there is anything that Lord Qin needs, I will definitely assist you with all my might. ” Mu Sheng didn't want to further tarnish his image, so he only bowed deeply to her. This was considered a form of gratitude, and also a form of apology. He got up, brushed past the side of his snow robe, and walked straight out.

”Why did it have to be like that?” Xue Yi softly said as he looked at his figure.

Qin Xiao jokingly walked over and hit her shoulder with the snowy cloth to tease her: ”You see, I can't bear to see my old lover leave?”

”Move aside.” Xue Yi swung her shoulder and pushed Little Charmer Qin back. ”You're not taller than me. What kind of hoodlum are you learning?!”

”How can this be a hooligan? Aren't we good sisters? ” Qin Xiao was full of bewilderment. In the end, he couldn't help but ask, ”Hey, you and him —”

”The two of us are childhood friends, so we have no way of knowing.” After Xue Yi said this, she smiled and looked at Qin Xiao.