After being forced to marry as a substitute, I became famous in the limbo

Jiang Ning suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, she stood up, walked aside and opened the window of the room.

In the early morning, the wind with dew and humidity poured into the house unscrupulously.Jiang Ning flinched uncontrollably.

The anguish on Mu Jingzhao's face eased a little. He looked at Pei Yu, and the expression on his face suddenly became fierce, "So, why do you hold grudges because of this, and continue to take revenge on those who betrayed you back then, and lure me to appear, in order to achieve the goal of killing the king?"

"No, Caomin has no such intentions! Caomin dare not!" Pei Yu kowtowed, his face trembling with fear on his face.

The wound on his neck burst open because of his kowtow, and the blood stained the gauze around his neck, winding down his neck and falling into his clothes, without a trace.

He was born frail and thin, and the clothes of the imperial army did not fit him well, which seemed a bit funny, and his stuttering voice because of being too nervous made the whole scene extremely comical.

Black clouds overwhelmed the city, and the last piece of blue in the sky was swallowed up by lead gray clouds. The strong wind brought raindrops into the house, slapping her face unscrupulously, Jiang Ning's cheeks hurt, and she closed her eyes tiredly.

Mu Jingzhao raised his head slightly, his expression slightly relieved.

"Then what do you mean, your goal is not me?"

"Even if the grass people were given eleven hundred courage, the grass people would never dare!"

"So." Mu Jingzhao's voice turned to a somewhat strange tone, "Your target is Mr. Shen?"

Pei Yu's expression froze for a moment, but he never denied it.

After a long time, he finally said in an inaudible voice, "Yes."

"But we never kill innocent people!"

"Qingshui County took office for three county magistrates, and all of them were killed. Isn't that innocent?"

"County, magistrate."

Pei Yu's voice gradually sank, and he looked at Mu Jingzhao, with a pair of warm almond eyes full of confusion and bewilderment without any impurity.

"The grassroots don't know about the county magistrate."

Mu Jingzhao raised his eyes with a surprised expression.

He knew in his heart that the Qingshui County incident was a trap, a trap, but he never expected that someone would sacrifice his reputation to create chaos and kill people with a knife.

If there is no such variable as Jiang Ning, firstly, Pei Yu and his group can be expelled from the crime of regicide, and secondly, they can use Mu Jingzhao's hands to kill people, and take advantage of the situation to wash away all the grievances and grievances of so many years.

Without Jiang Ning, Mu Jingzhao would not have believed the one-sided words of these desperadoes, and it was also difficult for Pei Yu to believe Mu Jingzhao because of the prejudice in his heart.

But Shen Tong had arranged everything, but he didn't want to be destroyed by the chess game he set up not long ago.

Does this count as shooting yourself in the foot?

Mu Jingzhao suddenly felt a little funny.

"How can I trust you?"

"The grass-roots sins are serious, and I don't ask the emperor for forgiveness, but I ask the emperor to forgive Le Yin. She has been away from her hometown for a long time and has nothing to do with this matter."

Mu Jingzhao turned his head slightly, and glanced at Jiang Ning's stiff back.

"What's your relationship with Concubine Ning?"

Mu Jingzhao's suddenly gentle voice seemed to make Pei Yu a little confused. He was slightly taken aback, and then continued, "My childhood playmate."

"Oh." His eyes darkened, and he muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear, "Childhood sweetheart."

"That's all." Mu Jingzhao rubbed his temples, "What happened after the disaster that destroyed the family back then."

Pei Yu's eyes were dull, obviously unable to keep up with Mu Jingzhao's fast-changing topic, "We were chased and killed first, and barely survived while fleeing and evading, but there is no place for us people in this place."

"We people are used to being pampered and respected since we were young. We are not proficient in literature, Taoism and martial arts. Once our family is down, we can barely find a job in a counting room. However, this Qingshui County has already changed the world. We are like bereaved dogs, and no one dares to take them in. In the end, we can only get together and do..."

Pei Yu's eyes dodged, his face blushed, "Do some robbery."

"But!" His tone suddenly became urgent, "But we have only robbed some merchants and officials, and never bullied the common people."

"Since we have lived in peace for many years, why did we suddenly start to retaliate wantonly?"

Perhaps the memories made him a little tired, so Pei Yu turned his body slightly, his expression a little absent-minded.

"Our looting outside the city finally attracted the attention of the local officials. The county magistrate began to conscript people to suppress the bandits. The two sides fought on and off for several months. Both sides suffered casualties, but they lived in peace. Until one day, the county magistrate was killed all over the house. The method was exactly the same as the tragedy we encountered back then."

The blood on Pei Yu's neck gradually dried up, and a crimson bloodstain lay across his neck, looking a bit hideous and terrifying.

"Naturally, we were listed as the number one suspect. Everyone said that this was the revenge of our group of desperadoes. They passed on the tragedy of their own family to others to calm their anger. From then on, we were like rats crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat them."

Then the development of things became natural, and after being wronged, there was a monstrous hatred that could destroy everything.Even if he didn't do it, he would be accused of killing courtiers and killed.

Instead of this, it would be better to fight with your back and avenge your family.

Mu Jingzhao pondered for a moment, "I never knew why there were bandits in Qingshui County."

His voice is very soft. In fact, it is not uncommon for some refugees to occupy the mountains as kings. Qingshui County is no exception. There is no need to deliberately conceal such things, and ordinary people will not pay too much attention to them.

Bandits and local officials often live in peace and do not invade each other.

How could people have expected that the bandits in Qingshui County would be descendants of the surviving salt dealers.

The bandits made trouble here in every possible way, with the purpose of forcing Shen Tong who was far away in the capital to show up. Unexpectedly, Shen Tong not only avoided seeing him, but bought the land of the old Jiangning house and rebuilt a house.

Until the conflict arose later, the court had to intervene in this matter. Shen Tong first lived in the Jiang family's old house openly, and then took the initiative to show up to collect the corpse of the disaster-stricken family.

He attracted the attention of the bandits, and successfully made the target of the other party lock on the Jiang family's old house, while he pretended to stay overnight and left secretly, thus creating the tragic scene of the bandits killing the king and exterminating their mouths.

Over the years, Shen Tong's way of doing things really hasn't improved or changed at all.

Mu Jingzhao frowned more and more, he lowered his head and stopped talking. (end of this chapter)