After traveling through time, she still led the villagers to make money as a county magistrate

You mean, "He Xiaoqian did not commit suicide." Gu Niannian's pupils dilated.

"Of course not. Why would mother commit suicide? My brother and I are still alive. How could she bear to abandon us?"

"Are these your own guesses?"

"Is this even worth thinking about? Don't you, an official, have any reasoning skills? He has two sons, seven or eight years old, waiting for their mother to come back. Do you think he deserves to commit suicide for that old man?"

"Oh, I forgot. You are not married yet and don't have any children. How can you understand the hard work of being a mother?" He Feng said sarcastically.

Gu Niannian is not married, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t understand. She has a mother, and she understands her mother’s good intentions towards her. He also knows that no mother who loves her child would be willing to leave her child and go to the underworld alone.

……

In court

"Mighty~"

He Feng kneeled below

Gu Niannian slammed the gavel, "He Feng, do you admit your guilt?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Who was this Chief Clerk? They didn't look alike at all. Could they have the same name?

But today, Chief He was not on duty. It was strange because he was usually the first one to arrive.

"Maybe he asked for leave for something." No one connected the ordinary man in front of them with the handsome and elegant He Zhubu.

"This is your He Zhubu" Gu Niannian said

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. County Magistrate Wu stepped forward, full of confusion. "Sir, what's going on?"

He Feng, with his hands and feet tied and a rag stuffed in his mouth, was whimpering as if he had a lot of grievances to complain about.

Gu Niannian glanced at He Feng sideways without saying a word, tapping the table with her index finger. She was waiting for something. What was she waiting for? Of course, evidence.

"Sir" Zhou Mi came in from outside, sweating profusely, carrying several large boxes. It seemed that he had gone out early in the morning.

When Gu Niannian saw him, her eyes instantly brightened. "How is it? Have you found everything?"

"Reporting to the Lord, they have all been found," Zhou Mi replied

Zhou Mi walked up to He Feng and kicked him, "You beast!"

Gu Niannian saw it but pretended not to see it. This He Feng really deserved the word beast.

The boxes were opened one by one. Gu Niannian walked down and looked through them one by one. There were human skin masks, rouge and powder, women's clothing, and some drugs that could cause hallucinations.

Although he risked his life, he could not tell his experience to others because she was a woman and her identity could not be made public.

So these evidences are crucial, but the women who were victims... they don't know what to do. If the case is made public, they will be ashamed to face people. Whether in ancient times or in the open modern world, the victims cannot escape the fate of being blamed.

Moreover, in this era of strict rules for women, there is a high possibility that the victimized women will commit suicide after knowing the truth. Gu Niannian cannot afford to gamble with so many lives.

She could only associate rouge and powder with drugs to convict him of the crime, but the crime was too light to warrant the death penalty. He would be released after three to five years at most.

Gu Niannian was very distressed, but she had no choice but to lock him up first and then think of a solution.

"If only a woman were willing to identify him, all problems would be solved. But how could that be possible? Who would be willing to sacrifice the rest of their life's happiness, or even... their life?"

Gu Niannian slammed the gavel and was about to convict He Feng

County Magistrate Wu said, "Sir, should we let He Feng speak?"

County Magistrate Wu's tone was very firm. They had been together for so many days, and he didn't quite believe that someone who worked with him every day could do such a thing. This could only mean that He Feng was acting well enough.

Gu Niannian didn't want He Feng to speak, because once he opened his mouth, he would reveal everything. But if she didn't let him speak, she was afraid that she would not be able to convince others.

After all, He Feng still has a pretty good impression in the hearts of the people.

Now Gu Niannian was in trouble again, and finally made up her mind, "Just say it, just refuse to admit it."

Zhou Mi took the rag from He Feng's mouth. No words came from Gu Niannian's memory, only the sound of "Uh, uh, uh"

He Feng grabbed his neck and tried hard to speak, but he couldn't.

Oh my god! Gu Yu, you are such a good person. You may seem unreliable, but you are actually very thorough in your work. You can even think of this, Gu Niannian cheered in her heart.

Gu Yulian, who was practicing swordplay at the moment, sneezed several times and sniffed, "Damn, who is scolding me! Needless to say, it must be Gu Niannian."

She guessed wrong this time. The person who said that was Gu Niannian, but he was just thanking her for the first time.

Gu Yu didn't plan to practice sword anymore. He walked to the door of Yiyi's room, kicked it open, and said coquettishly, "Gu Rujun, your family is really heartless. Your sister is also heartless. I saved her, and she scolded me."

Gu Rujun, who was writing in the room, had a face that was almost identical to Gu Niannian. He was a modest gentleman with a graceful demeanor. He was no longer surprised by her behavior and asked, "Niannian, what's wrong with you?" without even raising his head.

He didn't believe that his weak and frail sister could do anything to the strong woman in front of him, but what should he say? Even if he couldn't match her in terms of physical strength, she could definitely beat her in terms of brainpower.

The status of a talented woman is not for nothing

Gu Yu found a stool and sat down carelessly. He poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp. "What else? She scolded me from a distance!"

There was a hint of grievance in his tone.

"What?" Gu Rujun finally raised his head after hearing this.

"It's just... it's just that I watched the show for a little longer yesterday, and she was very angry. Today, she started to scold me when I was not around, and made me sneeze several times." Gu Yu rubbed his red nose, not realizing at all how unreasonable what he said was.

Gu Rujun understood what she wanted to say. "Maybe my sister isn't scolding you, but thanking you! Not necessarily. How can you be so sure that she is scolding you? You have helped her so much, she can't even thank you enough!"

Gu Yu scratched his head, "Oh, that's right! You will sneeze when someone misses you or thanks you."

"Alright! Consider it your way of thanking me!"

"Have you finished writing? Let's practice sword fighting together!"

Gu Yu didn't really want to pick a fight with Gu Niannian, he just wanted to find a reason to talk to Gu Rujun.

Gu Rujun also understood what she meant. He put away the paper with the words written on it and stood up. "Let's go!"

"I feel like my health has improved a lot recently!" Gu Rujun drew his sword with his right hand.

Gu Yu raised her hand to block it, and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Of course, my medical skills are such that even bringing the dead back to life is no problem."

"Thank you, Miss Xiaoyuer," Gu Rujun stabbed to the left.

Gu Yu moved his sword to the left, and the sound of swords clashing against each other was heard again. "Why are you being so polite?"

The two exchanged a few more moves, and it was obvious that it was Gu Yu who was basically feeding him moves and taking care of him everywhere.

"Now that I'm almost well, I should go back!" Gu Rujun thought for a while and finally said it.

"what"

Gu Yu covered his bleeding left arm

Seeing that she was injured, Gu Rujun quickly put away his sword, walked over, and asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"

"Let me take a look, don't move, I'll get some medicine to bandage you." Gu Rujun's eyes were full of anxiety.

After saying that, Gu Rujun helped the man up and sat him on a chair, then turned around and ran to the pharmacy to get the medicine. Having lived here for almost three years, he was already familiar with the place and could find which medicine was in which cabinet even with his eyes closed.

The fingers holding the golden wound medicine turned slightly white

Gu Rujun carefully cut open the bloodstained clothes with a pair of scissors, her eyes full of heartache, "Does it hurt?"

Gu Yu smiled and shook his head, "It doesn't hurt."

Gu Rujun blew gently on the wound and poured medicine powder on it, "Why don't you get out of the way?"

These moves were the ones they practiced on a daily basis. Their purpose was to allow Gu Rujun to treat his illness while strengthening his body. Logically, Gu Yu should be able to avoid them with his eyes closed.

After a while, Gu Yu slowly spoke

"Can you please not leave?" Gu Yu's almost pleading tone made Gu Rujun pause in bandaging his hand.

"What's wrong? It's not like you won't come back." Gu Rujun continued what he was doing.

Gu Rujun knew what she was worried about. After three years of living together with Gu Yu day and night, it would be a lie to say that he had no feelings for him. He just didn't know whether this feeling was love or just dependence after being together for a long time.

She wanted to leave for a while, on the one hand to try not to let her sister bear too much responsibility for her, and on the other hand to see her own heart clearly.

"I'm afraid you don't want to come back to my shabby house." Gu Yu tried to keep his tone light and said half-jokingly, making himself look like he didn't care that much.

Gu Rujun smiled, her smile unusually bright. "How could your place be broken? Those are all treasures. You wanted me not to come back, but I wouldn't agree. Now it's just that Nian Nian has been filling in for me for so long. She's a girl and has helped me bear so much pressure. As your brother, I can't hide here forever. It's not okay if I don't show up, right?"

Gu Rujun spoke in a soft and gentle voice, neither anxious nor impatient, and her words sounded like she was coaxing a child.

Gu Rujun's smile dazzled Gu Yu's eyes. Gu Rujun and Gu Niannian looked exactly the same, but Gu Yu could recognize them at a glance. Not only did they have different personalities, but their voice tones, smiles, and walking postures were also different.

Gu Yu rubbed his sore nose, looked at his face, and said with a nasal voice, "I know, it's so nagging."

"Cried?"

"No, I was hurt by you."

"Can you tell me how you teamed up with Nian Nian to fight the bad guys?" Gu Rujun tried to change the subject to distract Gu Yu from his sadness.

"You told me before that your sister also has a heart disease, the same disease as you. Didn't I disguise myself as Dad's servant to go see him?"

"I see her face is rosy, she doesn't seem to have any heart disease, but I thought you would never lie to me, so I will find a chance to meet her in the evening and tell her about my new storybook to see how the audience reacts." When he said this, Gu Yu smiled embarrassedly, and even laughed out a bubble.

Gu Rujun smiled dotingly and took out a handkerchief to wipe her.

Gu Yu turned his head away and said, "No, it's dirty. I'll go get some water and wash it myself."

After saying that, he ran straight to the well.