The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Seeing Wen Rulan coming out, the little girl stood up, but she was looking behind Wen Rulan with anticipation.

Wen Rulan thought to herself that this little girl was quite smart. She actually guessed that King Dingbei might also be in the carriage and was waiting here.

Xiao Mubei came out of the carriage, but the girl didn't recognize him. She looked at Wen Rulan hesitantly. Wen Rulan said, "Didn't you ask to see the King of Dingbei? The King is here."

When the little girl heard that this was the King of Dingbei, she hurried down the steps, knelt down in front of Xiao Mubei, and kowtowed, saying, "Please, Your Majesty, redress the injustice for me and my parents."

If there really was a grievance, Xiao Mubei frowned and said, "Get up first, and go in and tell me if you have any grievances."

The little girl raised her head, tears streaming down her face. Chu Yunxi also came down at this time, stretched out her hand and pulled her up. This time the little girl did not act stubbornly and stood up obediently.

In Room No. 1 of Ruyun Building, Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi sat at the upper seat, Wen Rulan and Wu Lingqi sat at the lower seat. The little girl stood in the middle of the room, feeling a little helpless. After entering the room, she wanted to kneel, but Xiao Mubei stopped her and asked her to answer while standing.

She was still wearing the same clothes she had worn yesterday, with her toes exposed from her shoes. She lowered her head and tried desperately to pull her toes back, with her palms wrung in front of her, looking very nervous.

Xiao Mubei said gently: "If you have any grievances, just tell me."

The little girl mustered up her courage and raised her head, saying, "Your Highness, I am from Wushan and live in Wushan Town. My name is Yan Mingzhu and I am the only daughter in the family. Three years ago, my parents were poor and happened to meet Mr. Zhang in the town who wanted to buy a maid, so they signed a living contract with me and asked me to work as a maid in Mr. Zhang's house. Unexpectedly, after I entered Mr. Zhang's house, I was sent to Mr. Zhang's bed. He forced me to... insult me. I wanted to escape, but was locked up by the Zhang family and tortured for three days and three nights. I cried out to the sky and the earth but no one answered. In the end, I could only tell them that I would never escape again, and they let me out. I stayed in the Zhang's house for half a year and lived a life worse than death. I tried to escape countless times, but I could never find a chance because they guarded me too strictly."

Yan Mingzhu wiped her tears and continued, "Half a year later, one night, another group of people suddenly came and took me away from the Zhang family. My three sisters were taken away with me. We were blindfolded and walked in a carriage for more than ten days. During that time, we were... violated by those people several times. I heard them say that we were sold by the Zhang family to a family in Tianshui Town, hundreds of miles away. The son of this family was a fool and no one was willing to marry him. After they bought us, they were afraid that we would not obey, so they took off all our clothes, tied us all to the bed, and let that foolish son abuse us..."

Yan Mingzhu was crying and couldn't speak anymore. Chu Yunxi was so angry that she clenched her fists. Xiao Mubei, Wen Rulan and Wu Lingqi all pursed their lips. From the way they sat upright, it could be seen that they were also suppressing their anger.

Chu Yunxi took out a handkerchief and handed it to Yan Mingzhu, then moved a chair over for her to sit down. After calming down for a while, Yan Mingzhu finally continued speaking.

"Two years passed like this. We tried to escape several times but failed. Two sisters were caught and beaten to death because they tried to escape. We didn't dare to run away again. Not only did we have to entertain that idiot, but we also had to work during the day. That family didn't treat us as human beings at all. They dressed us in maids' clothes and made us do maids' work. At night, they tied us up and threw us on the bed. I discussed with my other sister that we couldn't go on like this and we had to find a way to escape. So one day, we hid the knives in the kitchen and went to the house. In the sleeping room, after the idiot fell asleep at night, the two of us worked together, cut the rope, secretly left the room, and crawled out of the dog hole we found before. After we got out, we ran for our lives. They soon discovered that we had escaped and chased us out. In order to protect me, my sister hid me in the grass by the roadside and told me not to go out. Then she went alone to lead those people away. I saw her being caught and beaten to vomit blood, but she never revealed my hiding place. In the end, she was also beaten to death by those scumbags. "

Yan Mingzhu's tears rolled down her cheeks. She choked up and said, "Those people didn't find me and finally left. So I finally escaped. I walked and asked along the way for three full months before I finally made it back home, but..."

Yan Mingzhu finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears. "But the neighbor lady told me that on the second day after I was taken to Mr. Zhang's mansion, government officials came and arrested my parents, saying that they were involved in a murder case. They took them to the government office and...beat them to death."

Xiao Mubei slammed his palm on the table, smashing the top-quality Eight Immortals Table into pieces, and angrily said, "How can this be possible!"

The other people were also very angry. This was an obvious collusion between officials and bandits. They forcibly abducted women and sold decent women. Yan Mingzhu signed a living contract, but was privately detained and sold, and her personal freedom was restricted. These people really had no law in their eyes.

Yan Mingzhu finally calmed down a bit before continuing, "Our Wushan Town is very close to Southern Xinjiang. People over there admire King Dingbei very much because everyone says that King Dingbei hates evil and is a man who can truly rule for the people. It's a pity that he has returned to the capital now. If King Dingbei was still in Southern Xinjiang, then County Magistrate Zhu would definitely not dare to so blatantly disregard the law and take human lives. I thought, since King Dingbei is in the capital, I will go to the capital to file a complaint. County Magistrate Zhu harmed my parents, and Mr. Zhang ruined my life. I must make them pay the price, so I came all the way to the capital to find King Dingbei."

She looked at Xiao Mubei eagerly, stood up from the chair, and knelt down again, "Prince, will you make the decision for me and redress the injustice for my parents?"

Xiao Mubei looked at her expectant eyes, slowly stood up, and said firmly: "Don't worry, if what you said is true, I will definitely make a decision for you and your parents, and make County Magistrate Zhu and Mr. Zhang pay the price!"

Yan Mingzhu's tears rolled down again, but this time they were tears of relief. She bowed her head deeply and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chu Yunxi walked up to her and pulled her up, saying, "Go back to your room and rest for a day, and we'll discuss how to help you make a decision next, okay?"

Yan Mingzhu nodded obediently, bowed to Xiao Mubei, and bowed to everyone present before leaving.