In the carriage, someone was filled with murderous intent.
"You are so brave, how dare you come into the carriage!" Wang Xiulin glared angrily at Yan Ruocheng who was sitting aside as if nothing had happened.
"The second prince needs me to stay by his side. He has a discomfort in his throat and may have some inflammation in his body. I'm here to help diagnose him at any time." Yan Ruocheng said shamelessly.
Huang Chenling was very satisfied with her performance that she dared to confront Wang Xiulin for him.
In fact, Yan Ruozhen was trembling with fear in her heart. It was only because she doted on Huang Chenling that she had to bite the bullet and follow the carriage even to the death.
"You took advantage of Brother Chenling's discomfort to commit fraud!" Wang Xiulin got up angrily and wanted to pull Yan Ruocheng out of the carriage.
Huang Chenling stretched out her arm to block Wang Xiulin, pushed her back to her seat, glared at her, and signaled her to stop making noise.
Wang Xiulin naturally obeyed Huang Chenling. He gritted his teeth at Yan Ruocheng and moved back to Huang Chenling's side, holding his arm to encourage him.
Yan Ruocheng turned his head away and looked out the carriage window boredly, not daring to say a word.
The carriage arrived at the residence of an official who was responsible for street maintenance in the city.
Huang Chenling took Wang Xiulin into the hall and discussed with the official how the streets needed to be rectified on the Wanshou Festival.
Yan Ruocheng, like the guards, stood in the courtyard outside waiting.
After standing there for half an hour, the discussion inside was not finished yet. She was a little anxious and wanted to find a toilet to solve the problem.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, she quietly slipped out from the team of guards and searched for the toilet in the mansion.
The official's mansion was not big, and there were not many servants. She wanted to find someone to ask about the location of the toilet, but she couldn't find anyone to ask.
A little boy about five or six years old emerged from the grass and ran directly over to block her way.
"Huh?" Yan Ruocheng was stunned for a while, and the little boy took her hand, as if he wanted to take her somewhere.
"Kid, where are you taking me?" she couldn't help but ask.
The little boy smiled at her and continued to pull her away.
Yan Ruocheng was really helpless at this time. She was in a hurry to find the toilet, but she was dragged to the garden by a child.
"Kid, sister, I'm very anxious. Can you take me to the toilet?" She wasn't sure whether such a young child could understand her, so she gave it a try.
The little boy nodded, as if he understood what she said. He dragged her to a cell-like place.
"Halo, why did you bring me to the cell? To go to the toilet, not to the cell." Yan Ruocheng said helplessly, holding his forehead.
The little boy shook his head, but said nothing, and forced her into the cell to take a look.
Yan Ruocheng was also curious, so he went in to take a look.
The cell is not guarded like the usual large cells. There is no one there. It is decorated like a large wing. However, the light is very dark, and the atmosphere here seems to be gloomy. There is a large round cage in the middle.
with a woman in red.
The little boy opened his mouth and pointed at the cage, as if he wanted to say something, but like a mute, there was no sound.
Yan Ruozhen guessed that the person in the cage was someone like the little boy. She walked over step by step, and saw that the woman in the cage had long untied hair, her head was lowered, and her hair fell straight to the ground.
"Hello?" She said first to say hello to the woman inside.
The woman suddenly raised her head, her face was covered in ulcers, and even her white bones were exposed beneath the bloody flesh. Her eyes protruded from the surface of the wheel, looking like a half-eroded ghost in purgatory.
Yan Ruozhen was so frightened that she felt as if a soul somewhere had floated out. There was water flowing in her lower skirt at this time, yes! She was so frightened that she peed.
The woman was even more frightened. She pulled her hair with both hands to cover her rotten face and shrank her body to the side.
The little boy shook Yan Ruocheng, who was still petrified, and she came back to her senses. She almost wanted to cry and said to herself: "I don't have to look for the toilet anymore. It seems that it has been solved..."
She could clearly see the woman who was hiding out of fear. Her face had been severely disfigured. She didn't know whether it was burnt by fire or charcoal, or she suffered from some strange disease, which caused the skin to ulcerate and fall off to this extent.
She gradually calmed down and realized that this woman was a patient. Then she walked over to the woman, squatted down, approached the cage, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid of me, I am a doctor and I won't hurt you.
"
When the woman heard her voice, she backed away nervously, then shrank to the other side, leaning against the cage. The little boy walked over, reached out and stroked the woman's head, mumbling something.
Yan Ruozhen stood up and had to tell Huang Chenling about this woman. She extremely suspected that this woman had been subjected to heinous and inhumane abuse, and the prisoner was the official in the mansion.
"Children, my sister is going out to find her brother for help. She will be back later."
As soon as the little boy saw her leaving, he cried and tried to hold her back.
Yan Ruocheng had no choice but to pick him up and walk together to find someone.
Huang Chenling and others had finished discussing with the official and were ready to leave.
"Your Highness, Second Prince, please stay!" Yan Ruocheng ran in holding a child who was crying silently, calling him.
"Why are you making such a fuss? Are you making a child cry?" Wang Xiulin blocked Huang Chenling's path and asked first.
"Child!" The official immediately went over and took his baby away from Yan Ruocheng. He glared at her and said angrily, "What did you do to make my baby cry?" After saying that, he coaxed her.
Wa'er: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, dad is here."
"I'm not making him cry. Your Highness, the Second Prince, this adult locked a woman in a cage. Just now, the child took the villain to see the woman." What was Yan Ruozhen arguing with him about, and he first reported it to Huang Chenling.
What happened just now.
Huang Chenling listened to Yan Ruocheng's words and turned to look at the official, wanting to hear his explanation.
"What woman?" Wang Xiulin also asked curiously.
The official's face suddenly turned ugly, as if he had something to hide.
Yan Ruozhen whispered: "She is a severely disfigured woman."
"Master He, is what she said true? Tell me honestly and clearly!" Wang Xiulin asked majestically on behalf of Huang Chenling.
Mr. He hesitated for a moment and said, "She is the wife of a lower official, Yan Yan."
"Sir, why do you want to lock up your wife?" Yan Ruocheng asked anxiously.
Mr. He said angrily: "You also saw that she was unconscious. I didn't lock her up. What if she walked out!"
"Master He, don't be angry. This servant is so uneducated and easy to control, but she prefers to take care of other people's family affairs." Wang Xiulin walked over to Yan Ruocheng, reached out and squeezed her arm hard.
Huang Chenling immediately pulled Yan Ruocheng back to her side, away from Wang Xiulin, and showed the paper she had written on: "Master He, take me to see your wife, tell me in detail what happened to you and your wife
thing?"
"Brother Chenling, Mr. He has to take care of so much family affairs. We still have to rush to other officials, otherwise we won't have enough time." Wang Xiulin said.
Huang Chenling showed her another piece of paper: "Quiet, I have my own rules."
After Wang Xiulin finished reading, he almost wanted to beat Yan Ruocheng to vent his anger. She shut her mouth and stood back on the other side of Huang Chenling.
Master He had no choice but to explain in detail while leading them over.
"The reason why Xiaguan's wife became like this was caused by a fire many years ago. In order to save her child, the wife was drowned in the fire and her face was completely disfigured. Xiaguan spent a lot of money to hire famous doctors.
Medical treatment barely saved her life. However, the disfigurement shocked her so much that she couldn't bear the blow and gradually became delirious. It was also for her own good that she was locked up. She didn't like others to watch.
When she was so disfigured, she often forgot about her disfigurement and ran into the street, scaring passers-by. The story of her disfigurement had been rumored for a while. The subordinate had no choice but to lock her up. In this way, the official could not do anything.
She can work with peace of mind, and she is also safe in the mansion."
After Huang Chenling listened, she winked at Yan Ruocheng and asked her implicitly: "Do you think his words are credible?"
Yan Ruozhen held her cheek and analyzed what Mr. He said. Although what he said was quite reasonable and had good intentions. However, the injuries on the woman's face were not just burned by fire, but also by blunt objects.
It had been deliberately mutilated, and some necrotic black skin remained in the flesh and blood.
She secretly stretched out her hand, pinched Huang Chenling's fingers, and hooked her little finger, hinting that she didn't believe what Mr. He said.
Huang Chenling ignored her hint, but thought she wanted to hold her hand, so he pulled her close to her and held her hand tightly.
Wang Xiulin saw this small move and reached out from behind to squeeze Yan Ruocheng's arm. He withdrew his hand before Huang Chenling noticed it.
Everyone came to this cell-like wing room. As soon as Huang Chenling entered, he directly felt that the room was very uncomfortable. Wang Xiulin felt a little scared, so he huddled under Huang Chenling's armpits and carried him around.
When the woman in the cage saw so many people coming all at once, she was so frightened that she crawled around in the cage.
"Your Highness the Second Prince, Princess, you must be mentally prepared." Yan Ruocheng reminded.
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman in the cage got into them, revealing her whole rotten face.
"Ah——!" Wang Xiulin was so frightened that he didn't dare to look anymore, and went straight into Huang Chenling's arms. But Huang Chenling was so frightened that her feet were a little weak, and she stood still because of the weakness, feeling still frightened.
中. This was the first time he had seen such a severe disfigurement. He could no longer look human, and looked like a piece of stinking rotten flesh, twisted in a mess.
"Your Highness the Second Prince, Princess, please don't be afraid." Mr. He went over and picked up the unique red satin next to him and covered the woman's head, temporarily hiding her terrifying face.
Master He added: "It's better to go out first. Madam, she is very scared now. I don't want to provoke her anymore. I hope the second prince and the princess will forgive me."
"Brother Chenling, let's get out quickly. I don't want to see her anymore. It's too scary." Wang Xiulin pulled Huang Chenling's arm and insisted on leaving.