I farmed and raised children in ancient times

Gu Wei took a look at Shu Zhenzhen, thought it over and said: "She is not quite normal now, it's better for Zhen'er not to go to see her, lest she suddenly go crazy and scare her."

"...Alright!"

Xie Zhilan knew that Gu Wei was sincerely thinking about the child. After all, Shu Zhenzhen's previous situation was a little scary, and now she finally returned to normal. If she is frightened again, who knows if she can be cured?

Thinking of this, she squatted down to coax the little guy, "Zhen'er, listen to the godmother, go and play with Brother Huzi for a while, okay? Wait for the godmother to see her and ask her for you, the godmother will definitely help you!" Get it back."

Shu Zhenzhen nodded obediently, "Okay, godmother!"

Afterwards, Gu Wei summoned his personal servant to hand over Shu Zhenzhen to him to send him back to another courtyard, and then took Xie Zhilan into the dungeon.

As soon as she entered the dungeon, Xie Zhilan knew the real reason why Gu Wei didn't let Shu Zhenzhen in. Not to mention the dim light inside, many prisoners were locked up on both sides of the narrow passage. Some women came in and even reached out to pull her without any scruples, and some even said some unpleasant words.

Fortunately, Gu Wei and the jailer followed, and after a few whips were thrown, those people were scared after all, and finally retreated cursing.

The more you go inside, the quieter the detainees are. Maybe it's because all the detainees inside are women, so it's not as noisy as outside, and Mrs. Zheng is locked in the innermost cell.

Xie Zhilan stood outside the cell and looked over carefully. Although the cell was not big, it was neat. At this moment, Mrs. Zheng was huddling on the straw in the corner, motionless.

"Zheng Xiuzhi, someone is here to see you!"

The head of the prison shouted, and Zheng's body trembled in shock, and it took a long time before he turned around slowly.

Her originally gentle eyes with a bit of kindness have long since disappeared, but it's been a while since Xie Zhilan found that she was so thin that she seemed to be out of shape, and when she looked at her, there was still something in her eyes. She was very scared and uneasy, until she found out that it was her, and then there was some light.

"Thank you...thank you girl?"

Zheng Xiuzhi was very surprised, she stared at Xie Zhilan for a long time before she could make sure that she was not delusional.

Xie Zhilan hesitated for a while, and finally called out: "Aunt Zheng—"

"Thank you girl—"

Zheng Xiuzhi quickly got up and rushed to the edge of the cell. She held onto the railing tightly with both hands and pressed her face against the gap, looking at Xie Zhilan with a somewhat begging expression, and said eagerly: "Miss Xie, please help me! Please!" You save me! Someone is going to kill me, they want my life! I don't want to stay here—"

While shouting, she even reached out and tried to grab Xie Zhilan's arm.

Xie Zhilan avoided her hand without a trace, and then asked in a low voice: "You said someone wants to kill you, so tell me, who exactly wants to kill you?"

Zheng Xiuzhi's eyes flickered a few times, she shook her head subconsciously, "I...I don't know..."

"Ah--"

Xie Zhilan sneered, "You don't even know who is going to harm you, do you think I will believe you?"

"It's true! Someone really wants to kill me!"

After Zheng Xiuzhi finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at Gu Wei who had been silent all this time, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Miss Xie, there was poison in yesterday's food! Really! Those people just want to kill me!"

Xie Zhilan frowned, "How do you know there is poison in the food?"

"Yes..." Zheng Xiuzhi pointed to the corner, "I set aside some food every time to feed those little things. It was fine at first, but they died after eating the food for the past two days! If you don't believe me, look, they The bodies are still there—"

Seeing that what she said did not seem to be false, Xie Zhilan turned her head to look at Gu Wei, who was also a little surprised.

"I'll go ask the situation."

"Brother Gu, don't startle the snake."

Gu Wei nodded and went out with the jailer.

Only Xie Zhilan and Zheng Xiuzhi were left staring at each other.

"Okay, you said someone was going to harm you, and now Mr. Gu has checked it for you, don't you feel relieved now?"

Zheng Xiuzhi shook her head and murmured, "They won't let me go..."

"Since you say that, let me ask you, why don't they let you go? Who are they?"

As soon as this question was asked, Zheng Xiuzhi shut up and refused to say anything.

Seeing that she was so stubborn, Xie Zhilan didn't ask any more questions, but asked about the purpose of her visit this time.

"Did Shu Zhenzhen's mother give you anything before she passed away?"

Unexpectedly, when she asked about this, Zheng Xiuzhi froze slightly imperceptibly, then shook her head and denied it, "No!"

"To tell the truth, you took away the token that her father gave to my mother, I believe she will not lie!" Xie Zhilan looked at her firmly after finishing speaking.

The implication is that she believed Shu Zhenzhen's words, so the Zheng family must have taken away the Shu family's things!

"I... I don't know what you're talking about!"

As Zheng Xiuzhi spoke, she began to back away continuously, but Xie Zhilan grabbed the corner of her clothes, and then pulled her suddenly!
Just hearing a 'squeak', most of Zheng Xiuzhi's skirt was ripped off by Xie Zhilan!
Since Mrs. Zheng didn't want to hand it over honestly, she had no choice but to work and grab it by herself.

"what--"

Zheng Xiuzhi screamed and grabbed it with her backhand, but it was a pity that Xie Zhilan took a step back before her.

"You—you give it back to me—" Zheng Xiuzhi screamed, her sunken eyes widened, wishing she could eat Xie Zhilan.

Xie Zhilan gave her a cold look, touched the corners of her clothes and said, "Have you never thought that someone wanted to kill you because you took something you shouldn't have?"

Zheng Xiuzhi's complexion changed suddenly, and her clamoring voice came to an abrupt end as if someone had strangled her!

Seeing her reaction like this, Xie Zhilan knew it in her heart.

She fumbled along the edge of the skirt, and finally found a hard object at the back hem.

"Is this something from Shu Zhenzhen's mother?"

She raised the handful of small fish-shaped copper utensils in her hand.

Zheng Xiuzhi bit her lips and stared at the bronze vessel for a long while without making a sound.

"Do you know what this is?" Xie Zhilan asked her again.

If it was really because of this item from Shu Zhenzhen's family that he was killed, it means that the value of this item itself does not lie in its material. After all, it is not uncommon in ancient bronzes, and the price is not very expensive.

This time, Zheng Xiuzhi didn't hesitate for a long time. She sat softly on the edge of the cell like a deflated ball, leaning against the railing, "Although I don't know what it is, I heard from Zhen'er's mother However, this thing is very important. Her husband was hunted down because of this thing at the beginning, and then he left it to her while no one was paying attention, and her husband disappeared without a trace after that!"

Xie Zhilan frowned, and carefully inspected the copper fish with the faint light in the cell, but saw that there was nothing special about it other than the lifelike carving.

"Why didn't you hand it over after you took this?"

This made Xie Zhilan a little puzzled.