Shengjing Noble

Chapter 259: Harsh Abuse

"Hmph, Su Lanyin, you can stay here if you want, but from today on, no one will give you a sip of water or a grain of rice. You will just have to fend for yourself here."

After saying that, Su Lanxin sneered and turned to leave the cell.

Su Lanyin was not in a hurry. After all, it was common for her to be hungry for ten days or half a month in her previous life. Once, she was so hungry that she even stuffed the mud on the ground into her mouth.

She could still bear it if she just went hungry for two or three days.

We cannot go out now, as the people outside are waiting for relief food. If we don't get it, they will force Su Yongcheng.

I'm afraid that even if she hasn't starved to death yet, Su Yongcheng will be forced to death.

Thinking of this, she became more confident.

……

into the night.

In the dark cell, there were only a few candles hanging on the wall, which could only illuminate a small area.

The jailers were so drunk that they fell asleep on the tables.

A dark shadow sneaked in and opened the cell door.

Su Lanyin, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes and relaxed her guard after seeing who was coming.

"Have you finished everything outside?" she asked.

A'mo knelt on one knee, took out the paper-wrapped cake from his arms and handed it to her, then opened the kettle hanging on his waist.

"It's all done. Miss, eat something and drink some water first, and I will report to you slowly."

Su Lanyin took a sip of water first before eating the biscuit bite by bite.

Ah Mo said: "I followed the person pretending to be dead all the way and found him. He was indeed sent by Wang Tao. I knocked him out and brought him to the government office while they were not paying attention."

"After the people learned the truth, they all asked Su Yongcheng to provide relief grain. He had no choice but to use the grain in the government warehouse to temporarily fill the gap. But from what I have observed, the warehouse is already empty. If the people start making trouble tomorrow, he will be helpless."

"But I have discovered something very suspicious."

Su Lanyin had just taken a bite of the cake and couldn't help but frown when she heard him say that: "What's the matter?"

"I found out that Su Lanxin had captured a little girl. Not only did she provide her with good food and drink, but she also coaxed the child every day. I thought there must be something fishy going on, so I lay on the roof and eavesdropped."

"That child also has a broken jade ring around his neck, exactly the same as the one on Xiaoyu. Not only that, that child seems to have some relationship with King Xiaoyao!"

Su Lanyin's eyes flashed with disbelief: "You mean, the other half of the jade ring is on the child that Su Lanxin found?"

"Yes! And I vaguely heard Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan discussing something. They seemed to be talking about an adopted daughter..."

"Adopted daughter?"

Hearing this, Su Lanyin was a little confused. She thought about it carefully, and suddenly a light bulb went off in her head as if she understood something.

"Could it be that the girl Su Lanxin found is the adopted daughter of King Xiaoyao?"

"This... doesn't seem to be impossible."

"What about Xiaoyu? Why does she also have that jade ring..." The more Su Lanyin thought about it, the more she felt that there were too many strange things about this matter.

Then she said seriously: "No matter what, hide Xiaoyu well, and don't let Su Lanxin and the others find out, understand?"

"Yes, I will definitely protect Miss Xiaoyu."

"Go check on that kid."

"Well, when is that girl going to come out?"

Su Lanyin touched her chin and thought for a while: "I can't go out for the time being. I have to wait for my second brother and the others to arrive. Su Yongcheng's dereliction of duty and his crimes are a foregone conclusion. If I go out, how can I punish him? As long as I am here, I am the evidence of his crime that cannot be shirked."

"Understood. I will go investigate the girl right away."

"Go."

A'mo nodded, then waited for Su Lanyin to drink the kettle in her hand and turned around and disappeared into the cell.

Everything returned to its original state, as if no one had ever come in, but Su Lanyin was already well fed and well fed.

……

the other side.

Fu Wuyang sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the small cracked half of the jade ring in his hand in the dim candlelight. It was not locked tightly together, as if there was something bothering it.

A gust of wind whistled past, there was a sound from the window, and then everything returned to normal.

But there was a dark shadow in the room kneeling on one knee.

"Your Majesty, I have already investigated everything. Here is the girl's birth date and her family relationship. Please take a look."

Fu Wuyang took the envelope from the secret guard, opened it and scanned it quickly.

Ma Xiaotong, eleven years old, his father Ma Gang died of illness, his mother... Liu Xiufen, was the culprit who kidnapped his adopted daughter!

"The age doesn't match. This child is not my adopted daughter, but she is definitely related to Liu Xiufen. Have you found out anything else?"

"I found the people in the village and interrogated them one by one. It turned out that Liu Xiufen did have two daughters. The eldest daughter was eleven years old. After her husband died, she was sent to her grandfather's home in Qiu County. She left the village for a year and returned with a baby girl."

"Not only that, she is wearing gold and silver and is much richer than before. People say that she got it by fooling around with other men outside, and that the child is also a bastard."

"Liu Xiufen was not kind to her little daughter. She always beat and scolded her, and abused her. Last year, she accidentally ate rat poison and died of poisoning. The child is also missing. Some say she is dead, while others say she was kidnapped. In short, I have not found the whereabouts of the little princess yet."

Hearing this, Fu Wuyang tightly grasped the small jade ring in his palm.

Although the child was not his biological child, he was an orphan entrusted to him by the woman he loved most.

He originally doted on her as his own daughter, but he didn't expect that she would be treated so badly by the heartless bitch Liu Xiufen!

When he thought of this, he was filled with anger but had no way to vent it.

After all, the culprit was dead, leaving only two innocent old people and a child who knew nothing.

But he was not so great as to treat his enemy's child as an adopted daughter.

He would question Su Yongcheng early tomorrow morning!

The secret guard looked at him hesitantly, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to.

"What else?"

"Your Majesty, I found something strange about this matter."

"Oh?"

"When I went to the village to inquire, I heard from the villagers that Su Lanxin had asked before, so this is not a coincidence, but..."

His words were brief but enough for Fu Wuyang to understand what was going on.

"Go check the prince's recent movements and report in detail."

"As ordered!"

The secret guard disappeared by the window in an instant like a gust of wind.

Fu Wuyang was full of doubts.

Su Lanxin is the legitimate daughter of a minor official and has no connection with him. Why would she take the initiative to look for his adopted daughter?

And she had no idea of ​​some details about her adopted daughter, such as her age.

Then there is only one possibility!

Su Lanxin is working for someone else!

This person can only be Crown Prince Fu Mingheng.

I heard that the two of them had met at Guose Tianxiang and had contact at a poetry gathering.

From this perspective, this matter is indeed complicated.