The ring connects the past and present, the exiled prince worships me as a god

Sun Xian, who originally felt that his eyes were dark and he was about to faint, suddenly felt his mind become clear. When he looked at the scene in front of him again, his heart ached.

"It's you. You brought people here on purpose. It's all your fault."

He struggled to get up from Qi Yu, pointed his finger at his face, and looked ferocious.

Qi Yu accepted his knife-like gaze head-on, curled his lips in a wicked smile, and said to the back: "I wonder how the magistrate will deal with this matter?"

The magistrate was already stunned. When he saw the scene before him, he thought he was hallucinating. He was certain that Yu Wenzheng had been deceiving him all along. His face, covered with flesh, was bared with teeth. "How dare you, Yu Wenzheng, do such a thing under my nose? Someone, take him down!"

"You are not allowed to touch me. This is my house. The stream found in my house belongs to me. I have the right to dispose of it as I please, so you are not allowed to touch me!"

Yu Wenzhen was so excited that he almost went crazy.

He snatched the sword from the waist of the yamen runner with one hand and grabbed a civilian with the other hand to take him as a hostage. Unfortunately, before the sword could reach the civilian's neck, Qi Yu hit him with the back of the sword. The machete in Yu Wenzhen's hand flew out, danced a sword flower in the air, and stabbed into the wall beside him with a clanging sound.

Yu Wenzheng was instantly frightened and said, "Prince, spare my life."

"How can there be a prince in a place of exile? I am just a criminal. I leave everything to the magistrate to decide."

Qi Yu turned around calmly, one hand behind his back, his aura naturally flowing. "I've heard that Huai Village has been offering children as tribute to beg for water for the past six months. Since there has always been no shortage of water, this must be a scam. May I ask where those children who were offered as tribute have gone?"

Qi Yu deliberately raised his voice, which quickly attracted many villagers.

Among them were the two old men that Qi Yu bumped into last night.

"That's right. If the water issue has been a hoax all along, where did all those tribute children go?"

"My child was originally offered as a tribute. My family has been without food and water for several days and can't bear it any longer. The village chief promised a few days ago that if I sacrificed the child, he would keep my family fed and clothed," the old man said. "In a famine year, no one wants to die, but who would be willing to sacrifice their own child? If the child wasn't seriously ill and incurable, we wouldn't..."

The old man burst into tears and could no longer speak.

He regretted why he had agreed to the village chief.

But he was even more grateful that his child was still with him and had not disappeared mysteriously.

"What? It's a scam? Then where did my Cui'er go?"

"And my Xiaomu."

"You damned Yu Wenzheng, give us back our child!"

Several villagers had contributed their children, but now they knew it was all a scam and rushed over.

Yu Wenzhen was punched and then had his neck strangled tightly, feeling like he was suffocating.

He stretched out his arms and begged with difficulty, "Sun, Sun Xian, save me."

"Bah! You even deceived me, and you still want me to save you?" The magistrate spat and ordered his men to lock Yu Wenzhen up in the government jail.

The people knelt on the ground and begged the God of Heaven to help them find their children.

Sun Xianding had no idea what Yu Wenzhen had done, so how would he know where those children had gone?

But someone was pinching his thigh and pulling his arm, and he was overwhelmed.

The arrogant fat face of Su Lai gradually panicked. "Investigate, investigate! I'll go back and conduct an interrogation tonight. I'll definitely give you justice, okay?"

Zhao Li stood beside Qi Yu and bumped him with his arm. "How did you find out?"

Qi Yu curled his lips, and his face, which was as gentle as spring breeze, became a little naughty.

"God's guidance."

He was right. When he got those words yesterday, he didn't find anything strange. It was the gods who told him that those were the children's birthdays and sizes. Then he suddenly thought that Yu Wenzhen actually dared to engage in the business of human trafficking.

There was a water shortage in Huai Village, but there was a stream in his home. He used it to lure families with terminal illnesses and asked them to use their children as tributes to pray to God for thanks.

He exchanged water and a small amount of supplies for lives.

Although he still didn't know where those children were, he thought that if they were still in Huai Village, they would not have been undiscovered for so long. They must have been transferred somewhere else.

As for the villagers, why would they agree if they could afford the treatment? He has destroyed entire families.

This beast.

"Don't be so mad at me."

Zhao Li did not believe in gods. Although he led people to build a temple, he was just following orders.

I used to think that the village chief’s communication with gods might really be a miracle, but now it seems that these are all fake.

"Don't worry, if someone helps you secretly, I won't expose it, but you don't have to lie to me."

Zhao Li was very serious.

He has always valued friendship and disliked deception.

When he saw Qi Yu expose Yu Wenzhen's lie about reselling children, he admired Qi Yu and would not make things difficult for him in the future. But today he had made great efforts and showed his sincerity, so Qi Yu could not fool him again.

"I'm not Yu Wenzheng. You'll know for yourself in the future if I'm deceiving you by using the gods."

"Ben... I never lie." Qi Yu finished speaking and walked ahead, his back looking a little lonely.

Now that Yu Wenzhen has been arrested, the Yu residence will definitely be raided. The affairs of the stream will naturally be under the jurisdiction of the government, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

Unexpectedly, the magistrate had not left yet, and seemed to be waiting for him intentionally.

"Your Highness?"

Jiang Zhi hurried over and interrupted Qi Yu's steps.

Qi Yu: "What happened?"

"The gold...all disappeared."

Jiang Zhi heard a commotion from a distance and thought something had happened. When he saw that his master was fine, he knew that the matter was done, so he lowered his head in guilt.

"disappear?"

Qi Yu was also shocked instinctively, but he quickly reacted.

The fingers inside his sleeves touched the jade token, and the soft voice of the god really came into his mind, "With so much gold, I'm going to be rich."

He smiled and whispered to Jiang Zhi in a sweet voice: "No problem, it's a god."

"Hey, Qi, Qi Yu, right?" The magistrate stood at the door and had been waiting for him for quite a while. Sun Xian was very unhappy to find that Qi Yu didn't come over when he saw him, but whispered to his servants first. "Don't think you have any merit just because you found water for Huai Village. You are a fugitive."

"The magistrate is right."

Sun Xian still wanted to make things difficult for him, but seeing that he was so cooperative and didn't refute, it was like punching cotton, and he felt deeply powerless.

He wanted to kick, but as soon as he moved his whole body, he couldn't help but gasp.

"You...I know it was you last night."

"I don't understand what the adults are saying."

"Just wait for me, don't let me catch you." Sun Xian was so angry that he blew his nose and glared. "I ask you again, do you know where my gold is?"

"I don't know." Qi Yu said openly, the gold having already been sent to the gods. "Of course, if you don't believe me, you can send someone to search for me."

Sun Xian was waiting for this sentence. He waved his hand and someone behind him immediately ran away.

"You can't go. Our food is still in your room." Zhao Li chased out and tried to stop him, but Qi Yu stopped him first.