"You can't arrest me. I'm really here to report something. I'm not a wanted criminal. I'm innocent."

The yamen runner laughed and said, "Be honest. When you come to the yamen, I have the final say."

Cui Zhi suddenly realized that the bailiffs wanted to steal the credit, but now his leg was lame and his strength was only one tenth of what it was, so he was no match for these people.

"You...you guys let me go, this is all a misunderstanding."

The bailiff chuckled and said, "There is no misunderstanding. Take the man away."

The bailiff was so happy about his achievement of arresting a wanted criminal that he wanted to shout out loud. He had a good chance of getting promoted.

Cui Zhi and Yang Wumei were detained and awaiting a trial. In fact, it was just a formality. The Yang family had been convicted long ago, and only Yang Wumei had escaped. Now that she had been caught, she could be put on trial directly.

As an accomplice, Cui Zhi is naturally guilty of the same crime.

Cui Zhi cried and laughed. He didn't expect this ending. What would have happened if he had known that he would have helped Yang Wumei?

Yang Wumei woke up slowly, and in an instant she remembered what had happened. Then she saw that she was already in the cell, and she knew what had happened.

She looked at Cui Zhi in the cell next to her and felt so angry that her teeth were itching. It was all Cui Zhi's fault. Had she ever suffered such pain in her previous life?

"Cui Zhi, how could you send me to jail? How can you be so worthy of me? Your Cui family is prosperous because of me, and you are repaying kindness with enmity."

Cui Zhi sneered. He originally felt a little guilty, but now seeing Yang Wumei's attitude, he immediately felt that he had done the right thing.

"What favor have you done to my Cui family? It was me who saved you, and you are the one who repays kindness with hatred."

Yang Wumei was speechless, then she remembered that the third prince had not yet ascended the throne and she was still a fugitive.

"me……"

Cui Zhi laughed loudly, "I deserve it. Because of you, the entire Cui family is ruined, and my mother's life and death are unknown. Now you want to abandon me, I deserve it."

Yang Wumei frowned and said, "Cui Zhi, I owe you a favor in the past, and I will repay you in the future."

Cui Zhi didn't believe it at all. "What future do you have? We are all prisoners now. We may be beheaded tomorrow. What will you repay me with?"

Yang Wumei got angry after hearing this, "It was you who did it. Why did you knock me out? Now that we've been arrested, are you happy?"

Cui Zhi stopped talking. He just wanted to know how his mother was doing. The conditions in the cell were too bad and he didn't know if she could survive.

Soon the bailiff told him.

"Cui Zhi, your mother died in prison after three days. She was injured and had not recovered yet. She was bitten by a rat in prison and died of plague."

Yang Wumei was stunned. She didn't expect that Mei was already dead. She looked at Cui Zhi worriedly.

Cui Zhi had already burst into tears.

"Mom, why did you leave like this? Your death was so unjust..."

Yang Wumei also felt bad. Mei was really good to her. Since her mother died, Mei had given her maternal love. The Cui family was her second home.

Cui Zhi suddenly got up from the ground and reached out from the fence next to him to grab Yang Wumei.

Yang Wumei was startled and reacted quickly by stepping back, thus avoiding being caught by Cui Zhi.

"what are you doing?"

Cui Zhi stretched out his arm and reached towards Yang Wumei.

"It's all your fault. You killed my mother."

Yang Wumei's mind gradually became clear, "You can stay."

Cui Zhi was stunned for a moment before he realized what Yang Wumei meant.

"me……"

Cui Zhi's face turned pale and then red. He really shouldn't have followed Yang Wumei and left his mother alone. She must have been terrified facing the soldiers.

"Wuwu...I shouldn't have abandoned my mother, wuwu..."

Both of them fell silent and stopped arguing. Now they were both in desperate situation and there was no point in arguing about those things.

The trial was quickly concluded, and Yang Wumei and Cui Zhi were sentenced to be executed in the autumn.

Yang Wumei calculated the time when the third prince ascended the throne in her previous life, and felt very desperate.

The Third Prince will not ascend the throne until five years later. There is no time now. In five years, the grass will be so long on her grave, and she doesn’t know if there will be anyone to collect her body.

"Third Prince, can't you take the throne earlier? This way, my Yang family won't be wiped out!"

Cui Zhi just watched coldly. He thought Yang Wumei had gone crazy. How could an exiled prince come back?

……

Nan Xi fed the old emperor body-building pills on time. On the day before his execution in autumn, it was discovered in the harem that three concubines were pregnant at the same time. The emperor was overjoyed and therefore issued a general amnesty.

All those who were scheduled to be executed in the autumn were given mercy and their sentences were commuted to exile. Yang Wumei and Cui Zhi were exiled to the southwest.

Yang Wumei was surprised and happy, thinking that God was helping her.

"Cui Zhi, we are saved. Did you hear me? Southwest, we are going to the southwest..."

Cui Zhi didn't know why she was so happy. The road to exile was difficult and dangerous, and she didn't know whether she would survive to get there.

On the day of exile, Nan Xi went to see the two men on purpose. After several months of prison life, they looked emaciated and their clothes were tattered. The group of prisoners looked like a group of beggars.

Yang Wumei is still in good spirits, but Cui Zhi is like a walking corpse.

Not only that, Cui Zhi's legs were completely broken and he became a cripple. If Yang Wumei hadn't supported him, he wouldn't have been able to keep up with the team.

Yang Wumei had good eyesight and spotted Nan Xi in the crowd at a glance.

She cried out in surprise.

"Zhou, that's Zhou, she's not dead!"

Cui Zhi also looked towards Nan Xi. The two of them looked around and were whipped by the police.

"What are you two doing? Line up. If you keep making noise, I'll give you ten lashes each."

Yang Wumei had no choice but to swallow her anger and dared not shout anymore, but she kept looking at Nan Xi, wanting her to come over.

Cui Zhi also opened his eyes wide, with a look of disbelief. How could Zhou still be alive? Why didn't she go home if she was alive?

"Zhou, you are Zhou..."

Cui Zhi suddenly figured out why the soldiers came so quickly that day and came at night, hitting the target directly and catching Yang Wumei red-handed.

"It must be her. Zhou reported it!"

Yang Wumei also reacted and she gritted her teeth in hatred.

"How could Zhou be like this? What good would it do for her to report us? It's just like what my aunt said, an ungrateful person who can never be tamed."

Cui Zhi shouted loudly, "Sir, she is my wife, arrest her quickly, we are a family."

Everyone around looked at Cui Zhi. They had seen bad people, but they had never seen someone so vicious. Now he was about to be exiled. What good would it be to drag others into exile with him?

Cui Zhi became excited. He thought that he couldn't let this bitch Zhou go like this. It would be a good idea to let her take care of him on the way.

The escort looked towards Nan Xi. Could there really be a fish that had slipped through the net?

Several escorts have come to arrest the person. The young lady looks well dressed, so it would be great if they could get some silver from her.

"Please show me your household registration information."

Nan Xi took out her household registration, travel permit and divorce papers slowly and calmly. She had prepared all of these and was not afraid of being checked.

The bailiff checked it and returned it to Nan Xi after confirming it was correct. He did not get any benefit and angrily whipped Cui Zhi a few times.

"You coward! Your wife has already divorced you, yet you still want to get involved with her. You are not worthy of being a man. I'll use these few lashes to loosen up your muscles. Be a good boy next time."

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