Even though Mu Jingrui killed countless people while galloping on the battlefield, he felt frightened at this moment.
"Where did you bury the other barrels?"
Old Ding pointed to Mu Jingrui's feet tremblingly. "I also know that I'm doing unethical things, so I didn't dare to walk deep into the forest late at night. The others... are at your feet."
Mu Jingrui looked down and frowned, then his sharp eyes turned to Lao Ding again.
"dig!"
Lao Ding was so scared that his face was pale. He didn't want to dig out the buried wooden bucket, but he didn't dare to ignore Mu Jingrui's words, so he had to pick up a shovel to work.
He dug out all the three wooden barrels alone for an entire hour.
Mu Jingrui opened it one by one, and it turned out that there were dead young girls inside. However, their bodies had already begun to decay.
Lao Ding knelt on the ground like a exhaustion, closed his eyes and kept chanting "Amitabha" in his mouth."
Mu Jingrui was silent for a long time and took out a small firework from his arms and shot it into the sky.
Soon, several subordinates rushed over.
"grown ups."
"You set up these four bodies in a nearby charity house. Then take the old man away and lock him up."
When Lao Ding heard this, his legs became weak and kowtowed to Mu Jingrui.
"Give up your life...it's not my business. I just want to make some money to make life better. I am a lonely old man without children, and I can't do anything about it..."
Mu Jingrui did not listen to Lao Ding anymore, but turned around and hid in the darkness.
"Let's go, my lord locked you up to save your life."
Mu Jingrui's subordinates helped Lao Ding up. After all, he was an old man and always made people feel more sympathetic.
Lao Ding didn't know whether it was true or not, but he couldn't escape anyway, so he had to follow them obediently.
The next morning court, after the morning court, Mu Jingrui reported to Shangguan Yue what happened last night.
Shangguan Yue took Mu Jingrui back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the two walked into the study to have a secret conversation.
"I have always wanted to find an opportunity to tell you. I received a secret security. Not long ago, Ling Ruiying bought five girls from human traffickers. I originally thought I was going to the mansion to be a slave, but I didn't expect..."
"Five? Then there is one more?" Mu Jingrui was shocked, "I'm afraid... he can't escape the evil hands."
"It's a pity that the evidence we have now is not enough to convict the Ling family father and son. I hope..." Shangguan Yue sighed deeply, "I hope that after Lao Ding is taken away by you, the Ling family father and son can have it.
I am alert to killing people for the time being.”
Mu Jingrui felt that this idea was a bit self-deception.
He lowered his eyes, and his thoughts were rotating slowly and quickly.
"Jing Rui, during this period, you must not take any action."
Shangguan Yue saw through Mu Jingrui's thoughts. "I know you want to save that girl, but you don't know where she was locked up. If you rashly break into Ling Mansion, the chance of success is too small. Maybe you will still do it.
Go to your own life.”
Mu Jingrui understood that Shangguan Yue was talking about the facts. He wanted to say something but stopped several times, but in the end he had to choose to give up.
"But we can't do nothing. What we know are five girls, so what if we don't know? Maybe they will buy them again next."
"Don't worry. I'll deal with this matter. I'm going to make a shocking sound, so that the Ling family's father and son dare not act rashly anymore."
Shangguan Yue didn't want anyone to be harmed, so he sighed heavily. "I hope that Ning'er can get good news back as soon as possible."
Shangguan Wanning and Huo Gang found out from the files stolen from the government office that the previous magistrate was transferred to another prefecture.
After discussing, the two decided to go to him to ask if there were any other clues, just as they packed their bags and were about to set off...
The city has been closed.
The Turks gathered a large number of troops and were ready to go, and could launch an attack at any time. In order to ensure the safety of border towns, the prefectural government office issued an order to martial law throughout the city.
"Brother Huo, do you think... the court and the Turks will fight?"
Huo Gang was originally standing at the door of the room. When he heard Shangguan Wanning’s inquiry, he slowly turned around and shook his head in a daze.
"I grew up in the Southeast Prefecture Prefecture, and I have really seen the imperial court and the Turks fight very often. Since Ling Ruiying came to guard the border, he has opened up currency exchanges between the two sides and given many preferential policies to the Turks who came to the Central Plains to do business.
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"Ling Ruiying also represented the court to go to the Turks and met with the Turkic Khan. The relationship between the two sides has always been good. This war... was indeed a bit sudden."
Huo Gang's thoughts were vaguely, and he felt a little uneasy.
"But, Miss, this time we are not here. After nightfall, I will take you out of the city. I'm afraid...if the fight really starts and the city falls, you will be in danger."
Although the city was closed down, Huo Gang was still confident that he could take Shangguan Wanning away.
What's more, in addition to him, there are also a group of secret guards who can assist.
"No, Brother Huo, I don't want to leave for the time being."
"Why? It's very dangerous."
"Did you forget that after Ling Ruiying left, he did not arrange a candidate to take over as the garrison? In other words, there is no city guard general who can preside over the overall situation in the border area. The governor Liu, the governor, was a civil servant, and he was born in a court.
If the troops really fight with the Turks, I'm afraid... the border will be lost."
Huo Gang's heart skipped a beat.
Shangguan Wanning’s worries are not unreasonable.
"Miss, if this is true, you should leave immediately. Otherwise..."
Shangguan Wanning still shook her head and said that she would not leave.
Two days later, the Turks launched an attack, just as Shangguan Wanning was worried, because the imperial army had no leader, even when the number of people was dominant, they were still beaten by the Turks without any power to fight back.
The imperial court lost two cities in a row. If they did not stop the Turkic army, they would soon attack the prefecture.
If the state capital fails to protect it, it means opening the border gate.
"Miss, if you don't leave, it's too late." Huo Gang urged Shangguan Wanning.
Although he was unwilling to give up on continuing the investigation, he always put protecting Shangguan Wanning's safety first.
"Brother Huo, let me show you the files you took out from the state government office."
Huo Gang couldn't resist Shangguan Wanning and spread the file on the table.
She flipped through it carefully, silently, and finally, her finger pointed to a name.
Jin Ruhong.
"Brother Huo, you will take me out of the city tonight, and I will go find him."
Huo Gang asked curiously: "Miss knows him?"
"I don't know you. I know you when I go." Shangguan Wanning said with a smile, "I think he is a person who can turn the world around."