Chapter 361 All dead

Shi Yong quietly crossed his arms and huddled aside, not daring to say a word.

The pitiful screams echoed through the entire courtyard, and even Dong Zeyou silently turned his head to the side.

Originally, he was worried that His Majesty would pay a private visit incognito and bring Concubine Li with him in danger, but he did not expect that Concubine Li would be dangerous enough in her own right.

The neat movements seemed like they had been done thousands of times.

Sun Zhimiao's voice was hoarse and his neck was red. Although his eyes fell on the face of the person in front of him, they were already in pain and had no focus.

Nan Zhen did not stop. The sights around her and Sun Zhimiao's roar could not affect her at all.

She gradually squeezed the other person's middle finger. Before she could exert any force, Sun Zhimiao shouted, "Stop—stop! I say, I say!"

Nan Zhen withdrew her strength slightly, raised her chin to look at him, and asked in a calm tone, "Where is Cai Ningning?"

"The entrance to the secret passage is directly behind the locust tree in my yard. You can find it by pressing the third brick from left to right."

What followed was Cai Ningning's surprised look.

The yamen who followed were still hesitating whether to take the lead, but Nan Zhen had already walked in with her legs up.

It's not meal time, so why would anyone come at this time?

I didn't expect that she was quite brave.

Nan Zhen glanced at the Yamen servant, who immediately froze and did not dare to move.

The officer had just had this idea in his mind when he saw Nan Zhen reaching out to him. He knelt down with a thud and said, "My dear, please forgive me!"

The scene of her questioning Sun Zhimiao just now was still vivid in his mind. He was afraid that the empress would be unhappy, so he chopped him up in anger.

"Um?"

At the beginning, I couldn't see my fingers with my hands out, but as I went deeper and deeper, little bits of candlelight gradually came out.

How dare the young man disobey, he hurriedly trotted to lead the way.

Although he did many wrong things, he was a completely filial son and had almost no intention of disobeying Mrs. Sun.

But the pain in his fingers kept him awake all the time, and he could only endure the pain.

Nan Zhen didn't have the patience to watch this dog-eat-dog drama, so she grabbed a boy from the Sun Mansion and asked him to lead the way.

When she got older, she no longer cared about the affairs of her descendants and only concentrated on worshiping Buddha.

"You...you actually used the dirty money to build a Buddha statue for me..."

But Sun Zhimiao was different.

"Ugh..." Cai Ningning's tears, which she had been holding back for a long time, burst out instantly. She wiped them away and ran over, "Madam, are you here to save me?"

Sun Zhimiao did not dare to look at her and gasped for air.

What empress?

Did she hear wrongly?

Nan Zhen ignored her questioning look, handed over the handkerchief, and said in a gentle voice, "Wipe it, you've become a little cat."

Nan Zhen was speechless. She took out the knife from his waist and slashed at the lock. The lock immediately cracked and the chain fell to the ground.

She didn't know who the visitor was, so she only tried to reduce her presence.

Hearing her question at this moment, he snorted coldly, "Without the income from operating iron mines, how can you build those Buddha statues? Just by selling a few pieces of rags? What a dream!"

Water seeped in all year round, and the bottom was wet. The shoes made a slight "squeak" sound when stepped on, which made Nan Zhen frown unconsciously.

After his appearance was ruined, his temperament changed drastically, and he was neither salty nor indifferent to Mrs. Sun, his grandmother.

Pale and feeble.

Staring at Sun Zhimiao, he didn't say a word for a long time.

Maybe after hearing the footsteps, Cai Ningning made a move, immediately hid the silver hairpin and shrank obediently into the corner.

With his bones broken and his tendons connected, he felt like he was about to faint.

Mrs. Sun's Buddhist hall is very large and extremely well built. The Buddha statues are all made of pure gold, unlike ordinary people's houses which are gilded.

Go down to the deepest point, keep walking inside, and then turn a corner and you will see a cubicle, like a cell, with a wooden fence and a lock.

The footsteps gradually came closer and finally stopped at the door.

Hiding iron ore secretly, kidnapping women, colluding with outsiders... everything was beyond her imagination.

Mrs. Su was still in a daze when she was brought out by the government officials, and she didn't struggle much, so she looked decent.

"Watch the road."

Thinking to myself——

She looked up hesitantly, and when she saw the person across the door, she blinked at first, as if she couldn't believe it.

The yamen servant looked embarrassed, waved his hands repeatedly, and took a step back, "No, no."

It was only when Nan Zhen smiled at her that she finally confirmed.

She looked at Nan Zhen, then at the apologetic yamen servant behind her, "Well..."

Mrs. Sun looked at Sun Zhi and Sun Zhimiao and became angry, "What the hell have you and your son done! What did I say when I handed over the family property to you? How can you be worthy of this old man?"

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His words added fuel to the anger in Mrs. Sun's heart, and she almost lost her temper.

She enjoyed the benefits herself, but she turned around and asked them, "How can there be such a reason in the world!"

It was discovered when picking the lock earlier, and all the red hairpins in the hair were taken away, leaving only this silver hairpin, so don't be caught again.

Sun Zhimiao retorted sarcastically, "Not only that, your food and clothing expenses are all contaminated."

There were many questions in my mind, but in the end the only thing on my lips was, "Where are Xiaoba and Xiaoliu?"

Nan Zhen looked slightly surprised and raised her eyes.

Sun Zhi turned his head to one side and did not look at her.

Nan Zhen's light words, without any emotion, made Cai Ningning dare not speak again, and could only look at the person two steps away from her with curious eyes.

Nan Zhen saw that she was not looking at him, so she called out softly, "Cai Ningning."

Hearing this, Nan Zhen finally let him go.

Nan Zhen followed closely behind and entered the yard, and immediately saw the locust tree in the corner.

Cai Ningning was crying so hard that she was out of breath. She was just about to complain when she suddenly saw the government servant next to her and she suddenly became vigilant.

After taking a few steps back, the pressure instantly became much less intense.

He choked and said, "Madam, don't believe him. I clearly saw him and the housekeeper of the Sun Mansion standing together talking before. They are in the same group!"

I thought that a young lady with such a background would be dejected and waiting for someone to rescue her.

She followed Sun Zhimiao's instructions, rubbed her fingers, and pressed down the third brick from the left. A stone door suddenly appeared from the side.

Cai Ningning took it slightly sluggishly, following suit.

Cai Ningning was dirty and her hair was half disheveled, but she was not depressed. Instead, she kept using the hairpin handle to pry the lock, trying to open the cell door and run out.

"..."

Empress?

"Um."

This is a secret passage leading underground.

From the outside, the secret passage is pitch black and eerie.

Now after listening to it for a long time, I finally come back to it.

Nan Zhen didn't expect that she would ask so soon. After a moment of silence, she said, "They are all dead."

Rao was well prepared, but when he actually heard the news, he was still choked with sobs and couldn't speak for a long time.

They are both young and have not been working as errands in the Cai family for a long time.

In particular, Xiaoba's family was in poor condition, and they even pointed him to take the moon money back to get medicine for his bedridden mother...
Chapter completed!