Chapter 676 Is this a three-court trial? + People’s hearts are sinister
Chapter 676 Is this a three-court trial? + People’s hearts are sinister
Shangguan Guiqing's silence only lasted for a moment before he was met with a bigger backlash. The prison door was slammed by him, and he kept shouting at them to go back.
The violent roar echoed throughout the dungeon, waking many prisoners up and dragging their chains to accompany the roar.
However, the two old men seemed to have heard nothing and carried the little kid towards the real destination of this trip - Shangguan Wenyuan's cell.
Xiao Yining stared in the direction of Shangguan Guiqing for a moment, then turned away with worry. His vicious words just now cast a thick shadow over her heart.
You know, when she was at the Xie family, she gave the medicine to Liu Zhenying and Xu Niannian to save their lives, but now her good intentions have turned into a bad thing.
She couldn't help but ask subconsciously: "Dad, are the medical skills of the people in Medicine Valley really not as good as Grandpa Shangguan?"
Lin Yuzan sneered: "It's just the arrogant words of an old man. The way of medicine can integrate the strengths of hundreds of schools. How can it stop at the present?"
The kid listened to this irrelevant answer, pursed his lips, and muttered in a low voice: "It turns out that Dad doesn't know either."
Wang Cheng, who was standing by, saw this and quickly comforted her in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, Sister Qing. The life-extending pill that Doctor Shangguan gave you is with your uncle. The pill that was put in your bell was the one that Doctor Cui gave to your uncle."
Xiao Yining: ⊙▽⊙, why didn’t she notice it at that time?
Lin Yuzan noticed his daughter's mood change and couldn't hold back his temper. He took the opportunity to scold her: "How stupid! How can you take something that someone gave you for no reason?"
The little kid's worries had dissipated, and he immediately retorted, "That was given to Sister Qing by Grandpa Shangguan to repay him for saving his life. It wasn't given for no reason."
As soon as the voice fell, Lin Yuzan directly broke her self-conceit: "This person is good at calculating, otherwise the consultation fee would not be so high. Sister Qing, why don't you think about what his status was at that time, and why he needed to use this medicine to repay the life-saving grace?"
What do you mean?
Doesn't she deserve it?
Xiao Yining: <(`^′)>, that’s too much!
The little girl glanced at her father and said faintly, "It's because Dad is a scholar that Qing Jie was looked down upon by Grandpa Shangguan. It's all Dad's fault!"
The old man paused, and his fatherly love instantly disappeared. His eyes met the child's, and he saw that the child was puffing up his lips, full of dissatisfaction. His palms also moved involuntarily at this moment.
Wang Cheng saw that his old rival was getting itchy again, so he quickly spoke up to stop him: "Shun'an, business is more important!"
Lin Yuzhan: (▼へ▼メ), unfilial daughter!
The father and daughter temporarily made peace, and at this moment, Shangguan Wenyuan's cell had also been reached.
With the previous experience as a lesson, Xiao Yining calmed himself down and watched his fellow villager open the cell with bated breath.
This time, before opening the door, Pei Yi also greeted the little kid: "Sister Qing, everything you see is fake."
Xiao Yining was stunned when he heard this, and was still thinking about what he meant when the door was opened by the young man.
In an instant, a disheveled young man rolling around with his hands covering his head came into the kid's sight. His face was wrapped in a scarlet cloth stained with blood, revealing only a pair of frightened eyes and a pale mouth.
The little kid was shocked again by the scene before his eyes, and hurriedly asked his fellow villager: "Uncle, what happened to Brother Wenyuan's face? He, he..."
Before he finished speaking, Shangguan Guiqing on the other end returned to normal and shouted sadly: "Wenyuan, Wenyuan, what's wrong with you? Come back to your grandfather!"
Unfortunately, the only response he got was Shangguan Wenyuan's painful groans.
Pei Yi glanced at the rolling boy calmly, and replied to the little kid: "Don't be afraid, Sister Qing, his face is fine."
Xiao Yining turned his gaze back to Shangguan Wenyuan, and then quickly shifted his gaze to the new face of his fellow villager. Without thinking twice, he nodded and chose to believe him.
A gratified smile flashed across Pei Yi's eyes, and he looked down at the young man on the ground again.
This glance was like a magic medicine, and it immediately silenced Shangguan Wenyuan.
The young man raised his eyes, panting, and the moment his gaze met Pei Yi, he suddenly became crazy, stood up from the ground and was about to pounce on him.
At this critical moment, Wang Cheng on the side quickly took action, grabbed his torn collar, and prevented him from taking a single step forward.
Lin Yuzan held her daughter in her arms, cleverly avoided the chaos, sat steadily on the bed, and sighed earnestly: "For people who study medicine, character is particularly important. Sister Qing, look at this person, he is so impulsive. Even if his medical skills are superb, if his character is impatient, he will inevitably delay the patient's treatment."
Little Yining glanced at the old man speechlessly: "Dad, Brother Wenyuan is not that old, how many people can he treat?"
Ten years old is the time when a child's character is formed, and it is also a time of great change. It would be strange if he was not emotional. This evaluation is biased and too subjective!
The old man glanced at her pretentiously, smiled meaningfully, and said softly, "Sister Qing, just watch."
A strange feeling arose in Xiao Yining's heart. She glanced at the three elders in the cell with some suspicion, and felt that there was an indescribable tacit understanding between the three of them.
It wasn't long before the kid's intuition came true.
After Wang Cheng subdued the crazy boy, Pei Yi took out a chair from somewhere and asked him to sit down.
At this moment, the boy also calmed down miraculously, even a little dazed and stupid.
After the two men finished doing this series of things, they sat down beside Lin Yuzan and his daughter.
This solemn look made the little girl sit up straight on her father's lap involuntarily. She looked up at the fellow villager and asked curiously: "Uncle, didn't you say that there is a way to know about Brother Wenyuan?"
Pei Yi gave her a "calm down" look and deliberately kept her in suspense: "Qingjie, just watch and you will know the answer soon."
The little boy pursed his lips and continued to stare at Shangguan Wenyuan, wondering how his fellow villager had made him speak.
Unexpectedly, she heard her father's questioning voice beside her.
Lin Yuzan asked the first question without warning: "Shangguan Wenyuan, do you have someone you like?"
As soon as the voice fell, the boy opposite the little kid uttered three words stiffly and firmly like a robot: "Cui Zhiyao."
Xiao Yining: (⊙?⊙), how could this person be so obedient? He said it without reservation?
Just when the little kid was having trouble understanding this person's cooperation, Wang Cheng nodded with satisfaction: "The medicine in this medicine valley is really as good as its reputation. It can make people speak the truth unconsciously!"
Xiao Yining: (wДw), when did he give her the drug? How come she didn’t see it?
At this moment, Wang Cheng noticed the little girl's gaze, turned around and gave her a gentle smile, "Sister Qing, according to seniority, this young lady from the Cui family should be his uncle, which shows that this person disregards the moral principles and is unacceptable to heaven and earth."
"And because of his own affairs, he bypassed Lord Cui and framed Miss Cui. This shows that he has a low character. He can even abandon the person he likes. This person must not be a close friend."
The little kid thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously in agreement, echoing: "Brother Wenyuan is not a good person!"
Seeing this, the three elders exchanged glances secretly and then all turned their eyes to the dazed Shangguan Wenyuan.
At that time, Pei Yi went straight to the point and asked the second question: "Shangguan Wenyuan, who are your parents, and where are they from?"
"My father is Shangguan Yiyang, he is from Yanjing, and my mother's name is Xinyi, she is from Medicine Valley."
From Medicine Valley?
Little Yining perked up, pricked up his ears, and waited for what was to come.
Wang and Lin also looked at each other, with a hint of thought flashing across their brows.
"How did your mother and your father meet?" Wang Cheng asked the third question.
"My father was sent to Ruzhou by his master, and my mother took a liking to him." Shangguan Wenyuan said briefly.
An idea flashed through Xiao Yining's mind, and he quickly asked the fourth question: "Is your mother still alive?"
Shangguan Wenyuan paused for a moment, then replied, "Killed by the master."
The little girl fell into deep thought. She seriously suspected that Shangguan Wenyuan was the son of the medicine thief in the first half of the year, and that he was the traitorous master who made the entire Medicine Valley work like slaves.
If my guess comes true, it would really be fate!
Just at this moment, the whispered conversation of the two old men behind her reached her ears.
"It seems that Marquis Xuanping has had close ties with the Nalan family for a long time." Wang Cheng murmured.
Lin Yuzan laughed sarcastically and agreed, "How could so many children go missing in a year with just that branch of the Nalan family? After years of operation and mutual protection among officials, the people in Yanjing must be deeply involved. Don't forget Jingchen Temple, there is also the handiwork of Marquis Xuanping, maybe those missing baby girls were sent to Ruzhou by the Iron Eagle Guards."
After two big news broke out in succession, little Yining's attention was diverted. He raised his head and looked at the two of them eagerly, waiting for the follow-up.
However, the little kid was destined to only touch the melon rind and not eat the core.
After the two old men finished their private chat, they looked at Pei Yi at the same time, then turned to her without making any noise and began to give their speeches.
"Sister Qing, according to what Shangguan Wenyuan just said, their family has been controlled by others for three generations, and his previous request for help from Miss Cui was actually intended to make Lord Cui obey his master behind the scenes." Wang Cheng analyzed slowly.
"This plan should have come from Doctor Shangguan. He knew that he could no longer be effective and Shangguan Wenyuan would definitely be captured and secretly trained, so he let Shangguan Wenyuan escape and used this as an opportunity to break free from his control."
"If he succeeds, Lord Cui's family will be at the mercy of others, and Shangguan Wenyuan will still be a spare pawn. Even if he fails, it won't matter. Miss Cui is willing to go through fire and water for him. The man behind him wants to achieve great things, so he will definitely let him live in Yanjing City, which will ensure his temporary safety. By then, Doctor Shangguan will definitely find another way out. For example, relying on Sister Qing..."
As the conversation went on, the topic turned to the little kid.
Little Yining twisted her body unhappily and protested, "Sister Qing is not stupid!"
The two old men smiled at each other and shook their heads without comment.
Lin Yuzan lowered his eyes and stared at his daughter's unhappy little round face. "Dad, let me ask you, you heard from Miss Cui earlier that Doctor Shangguan was kidnapped and no one in the village survived. In Qingjie's opinion, who did this?"
The kid was stunned by this sudden question and answered as a matter of course: "Dad, it's a thief!"
Lin Yuzan nodded slightly and raised his eyes to look at the young man.
Pei Yi received the message and asked the fifth question: "Shangguan Wenyuan, why did the villagers who took you and your grandfather in die?"
Shangguan Wenyuan had no expression on his face, and his calm voice echoed in the quiet air: "My grandfather ordered me to sprinkle the maddening drug into the well, and ordered me to take some dry food and hide in the cellar he had dug. Six days later, I came out to see broken limbs and arms, blood-stained villages, and no one survived."
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Yining felt a bone-chilling chill running from the soles of her feet to her forehead. She looked at the boy in shock, unable to believe her ears.
The little girl unconsciously stretched out her fat hands and grabbed her father's collar, trying to find an answer, "Dad..."
Lin Yuzan stood up holding his daughter, patting her to comfort her: "When Sister Qing repeated her story, it was already full of loopholes. It's just that Dad and Uncle didn't investigate it carefully at the time. When children pass on messages, there will always be omissions. However, when the fairy talked about the old things with us, Dad and Uncle felt that this matter was not as simple as it seemed."
He gently lifted up little Yining, put her small round face close to his mask, and gently warned her: "Human nature is always complicated and unpredictable, not to mention that Doctor Shangguan was cruel and ruthless when he was young, and regarded human life as worthless. Don't think that he will become a good person as he grows older, and put down his butcher knife to become a Buddha. In my father's eyes, he has been a joke from beginning to end."
Xiao Yining looked at Shangguan Wenyuan with a complicated expression. Although she couldn't see his facial expression, the indifference in his tone also told her that this person was indifferent to life.
The little boy had mixed feelings and didn't notice the looks the two old men gave their fellow villager.
Pei Yi rolled his eyes secretly and walked forward to untie the cloth on Shangguan Wenyuan's head.
A face, stained with blood but intact, appeared in front of the little boy.
And an unexpected change also happened at this moment.
The boy, who had been quiet at first, suddenly returned to normal the moment his face was completely exposed. His face twisted hideously and he pounced on Pei Yi, shouting angrily, "Give me back my face!"
Little Yining was frightened by this scene, his hair stood on end, and he screamed, "Uncle, be careful..."
Pei Yi also reacted very quickly. He dodged the attack nimbly and easily subdued the manic young man in no time.
Shangguan Wenyuan was pinned to the ground, kneeling on his knees, unable to move. His scarlet eyes glared at them with hatred, "You want to harm my grandfather and my father. I won't let you go. Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go..."
The little girl was so frightened by this overwhelming hatred that her face turned pale. She quickly hid in her father's neck, hugged his neck tightly, and did not dare to look at the boy again.
Lin Yuzan stretched his head uncomfortably and glanced sideways at his old rival.
Wang Cheng understood what he meant and put the coat he had prepared on the little girl again to block her vision.
Then, he lowered his eyes to look at the boy on the ground, a teasing smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he praised sincerely: "This filial piety is really touching! But it's a pity that you can never escape from this dungeon."
After saying that, the three of them tacitly took the baby and left Shangguan Wenyuan's cell together.
In the silent and dim dungeon, Shangguan Guiqing's unwilling roar still echoed.
Pei Yi did not take off his mask. When he passed Shangguan Guiqing's cell, he gave him a wicked smile and advised him gently, "Grandfather, please stop arguing. In a few days, our family will be reunited."
Shangguan Guiqing paused for a moment, then let out a deafening roar: "Don't even think about it... Don't even think about it..."
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