His little apprentice has a soft and charming waist

Chapter 66 Prison
The abbot and the little novice didn't know what happened to the Shengyan Bell. Seeing her looking weak and about to fall backwards, they were afraid that something would happen to her—not really afraid that she would faint, but that Mrs. Li felt that her family had committed a crime with the Daxiong Palace Temple. Chong, I won't offer incense and silver in the future.

After all, Ning Shuo almost fainted here last time.

Seeing that Ning Shuo stretched out an index finger and lightly pressed against her back to stabilize her body that was about to fall, he stretched out his arms to let her support through the clothes, which made her stand still.

The abbot let out a breath of foul air slowly, and said hastily, "Do you want to call the doctor?"

Sheng Yanling came back to her senses and shook her head lightly, "No need."

Guan Gui and Mother Xu ran over in panic, tears streaming down their faces: "Girl, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Yanling pursed her lips and bowed her head, "I guess my body is still not fully recovered, and it's stuffy here, so my chest feels tight and short of breath for a while, and I can't stand firmly."

The hall is full of burning lamps, and it is indeed quite stuffy.

When the abbot heard this, he didn't dare to fool her into confirming the date and money for the work, so he said: "Then go to the hut to rest."

Mother Xu wanted to leave with the feast bell on her back, but the feast bell shook her head, then turned to look at the two flickering lamps of her husband, fell silent for a moment, and then slowly walked outside holding Guan Gui's hand.

She was very sure that someone in Kyoto knew that the husband did not pass away until this year, so they came to light him up.Then... the person who sent Mr. to Lingnan and sent someone to live in the alley to watch him is the same as the person who set up the ever-burning lantern?

Or a different person?

If it is the same person, then it can be guessed that Mr. Zhi is still alive, and he is the only one.If it's different people... then there are two people who know that Mr. has lived in Lingnan for four years.

Or not just two, but more people.

And she once studied at the knee of her husband for four years, do they know?Do you know that she is now in Kyoto?

Sheng Yanling felt that she had stepped into the mist again, one step deeper and one step shallower... She suddenly turned her head and looked into Ning Shuo's eyes.

His eyes were very soft, he looked at her as if he was looking at a treasure, and when he saw her turn around, he asked softly, "Cousin, what's the matter?"

Sheng Yanling: "...It's my cousin."

At that moment just now, she seemed to feel that her husband was looking at her, as if for many years, he accompanied her from the end of the alley to the end of the alley.

She said, "cousin, have you been following me?"

Ning Shuo nodded, "I'm afraid something will happen to you."

Sheng Yanling's heart warmed up.Cousin is indeed a good man.He is well-educated, good-natured, and right-minded, and now he cares about her so much, which is really touching.But her intentions were not right, and she had to use him in order to find out the case of the husband's family.

I am very ashamed."I'll repay my cousin," she said.

Ning Shuo knew what she was talking about, but he could only say, "Cousin, you're being polite. It's just a trivial matter, and it's also my mother's order to take good care of my cousin."

Then he paused and asked, "How does my cousin feel now?"

Sheng Yanling nodded hesitantly, "I want to take a walk outside...the stone forest that my aunt said hasn't been there yet, would my cousin take me to see it?"

Ning Shuo sighed, knowing that this road might be "Hongmen Road", but she was so worried that she couldn't rest assured, she might not be able to sleep, so she could only follow her, "Okay."

Xu's mother wanted to persuade Sheng Yanling to go back to rest, but Ning Shuo was here, she couldn't refute the girl's words, so she could only nervously follow behind.

Guan Gui glanced at her strangely, and then asked his old mother in a low voice, "Why are you so different now?"

Mother Xu said angrily, "The rules in the capital are different from ours in Lingnan. You have been here for so long to patronize the food, why don't you take a look at what the maids in the Duke's mansion are like!"

They are very well-behaved, and they have a set of rules for every action. In order not to let Sheng Yanling be looked down upon, Mama Xu learned it seriously.

She felt sad when she thought of this, "I don't think of the master as just a girl. To put it bluntly, she is my half daughter."

Guan Gui secretly laughed, "The girl didn't treat you like a slave either."

This is true!The girl still listened to her very much.Xu's mother took Guan Gui and took a few steps back, "The girl is good to us, we have to take care of her, you have to learn now, if she talks to other masters, we can't follow too closely." close."

Guan Gui still wanted to hear what the girl and Young Master Biao had to say, but now that he couldn't hear him anymore, he could only sigh, "Aniang, don't drag me, if I don't go over, I'll be obedient."

So Sheng Yanling found that she and Ning Shuo were walking in front, followed by the maidservant, but there was a certain distance, which was actually quite good!She happened to have something private to say to her cousin.

She tentatively said, "I watched the Muzhou Suijia Case with my cousin a few days ago... I am very interested. But I can't figure out some questions. I wonder if I can ask my cousin to talk to me about it."

Ning Shuo nodded, "Say it."

He was already planning to trap her in this case, and was thinking of setting her a trap, but she bumped into it by herself.Just today.

He pricked up his ears to listen, and began to fabricate a net in his mind, thinking about where to weave it tighter and where it could be looser, when he was thinking about it, he heard her say: "Have you seen Sui Lanshi, Sui Boying's son, cousin?"

Ning Shuo was taken aback, then looked at her calmly, "Yes."

Sheng Yanling: "He... what kind of person is he?"

Ning Shuo: "What does my cousin ask this for?"

Sheng Yanling didn't panic at all, she was calm and composed, "Because I found out that both families were involved in the Suijia case in Muzhou and the Suijia case in Jingdu, but Suilanshi shouldn't be involved at all... I was curious about him Who is it that no one convicts him."

She asked what she didn't understand, "——Sui Lanshi is Sui Boying's son, didn't he participate in the Jiangnan corruption case? Was he innocent in the Suizhou bribery case?"

"This is something that even I can think of. Naturally, I should also suspect him. However, I have read the case file these days, and I have heard other people say something about that year... I found that he was arrested in the case file. Those who are implicated in death have no proof of crime before death."

When Ning Shuo heard the words, he suddenly smiled, "What exactly does my cousin want to ask?"

Feast Bell's heart shrank.

What did she want to ask... What she wanted to ask, of course, was where the injuries on the husband's body came from.

Since he didn't do anything, since he is innocent, neither corrupt nor accepting bribes, even if he is implicated, his head will fall to the ground in the end. Why is his body damaged like that?
Obviously in the portrait, he is so reckless, and there is no slight resemblance to the appearance of the sick man later.

She took a deep breath, "It's nothing, I'm just curious... In such a home, but still able to get out of the mud without being stained, I always think it's commendable."

Seeing that her cousin was not willing to answer her words, she stopped beating around the bush, and asked him directly pretending to be curious, "Cousin, I am very interested in the prison...in the prison, like Suilan Will such a person be tortured?"

She pretended to be naive and ignorant of the world, "It's written in the scriptures I read that people in prisons are usually beaten up before they are proven innocent... With his identity, he will also be punished." fight?"

Ning Shuo didn't know how to answer.

After a while, he said, "It should be."

Sheng Yanling lowered his head, "That's right... It's said in the scriptures that he will be beaten. Eighteen kinds of torture will be inflicted on him in the same way. If the willpower is not firm, even the innocent body will be beaten. , In order to be able to suffer less punishment, I will also say that I did those things."

Ning Shuo was so soured by what she said, and finally agreed to say something along with her, "I just realized it when you said that - if you were tortured like that, you would still be bitten to death A person who has not been corrupted or accepted bribes and has been proven innocent in the end should be a good person who is upright and dedicated to the people."

He said, "Sui Lan Shi... is really admirable."

When Sheng Yanling heard this, tears flowed down her cheeks, and she felt that at this very moment, someone said something that admired her husband, which really made her feel happy for him.

But he was afraid of being suspected, so he could only explain aggrievedly, "The wind just picked up, and sand and stones got into my eyes."

Ning Shuo hummed lightly, and handed over his handkerchief, "Yes, the wind and sand are strong today, and it's easy for the sand and stones to blind your eyes."

(End of this chapter)