In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

The three of them set out on their journey to the capital again.

As they walked, the three of them unknowingly arrived at a county town.

Su Zhizhi looked at the three huge characters on the city gate and read them out loud to herself, "Lotus County, that's a pretty nice name."

Xie Chengjin beside him also nodded and agreed, "Yes, it happens that we have been working for such a long time, we can also go here to rest, eat something and replenish our energy."

Xie Chengjin suggested.

"Indeed." Shen Wenjun also agreed.

Just like that, the three of them strode into the city gate.

The three of them were strolling around the busy and bustling streets. Just when Su Zhizhi was looking around and having fun, suddenly a group of yamen runners appeared and surrounded Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun.

"No? What are you doing?" Shen Wenjun said in confusion. He didn't know what was happening yet and was surrounded by people.

Xie Chengjin, who was standing aside, looked at the yamen runners calmly and asked, "Sir, is there any misunderstanding here? Please tell us and we can explain it."

Before Su Zhizhi could speak, the bailiff glanced coldly at Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun and said, "What kind of misunderstanding could there be? Weren't you two the flower-stealing thieves last night? If you have anything to explain, come back with me to the prison and explain it slowly."

After saying this, the bailiff waved his hand and said, "Come here, lock them up for me.

"No, sir, did you arrest the wrong person? They and I came here together. We just entered the city this morning." Su Zhizhi hurriedly grabbed the arm of the yamen runner and defended Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun.

The yamen runner glanced at Su Zhizhi meaningfully. "Miss, whether they were wrongly accused or not, we'll know after we take them back for questioning. But you're also a woman, how can you condone a flower thief to continue to harm other innocent girls?"

"But you don't have any concrete evidence to prove that they are the flower thieves?" Su Zhizhi continued to refute unwillingly.

"But you don't have any definite evidence to prove that they are not flower thieves! You want to clear them of suspicion just by your empty words. What are we, the yamen runners, doing then?" The yamen runner retorted without hesitation.

Su Zhizhi was speechless. Just as she was thinking about how to refute, Shen Wenjun spoke up. He said angrily, "You are slandering me. I am an honest scholar. How can I become a thief? That is an insult to me."

Shen Wenjun accused the other party while resisting fiercely.

Seeing that Shen Wenjun resisted so fiercely, the yamen runners decided to go all out and hit Shen Wenjun on the back with a palm, knocking him unconscious.

Compared to the extremely emotional Shen Wenjun, Xie Chengjin seemed calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him. Xie Chengjin's calmness immediately made Su Zhizhi even more confused. She felt that the other party was very similar to her husband Xie Chengjin, and Su Zhizhi became more suspicious of his true identity.

"Alright, alright, take them both away quickly so we can go back and report." The bailiff said impatiently.

In this way, Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun were taken back by the yamen runners.

night.

Seeing that there were fewer people on the street, Su Zhizhi took some small change and bribed the yamen runners to visit Shen Wenjun and Xie Chengjin.

In the prison, the guard saw Su Zhizhi walking towards him and immediately shouted, "Stop! What are you doing? Do you know where this is?"

Su Zhizhi smiled and took out her purse from her bag. She handed it to the yamen runner and said, "Sir, you are still on duty so late. You must be very tired. Here is some tea money for you. Please take it and have some tea."

Su Zhizhi's purpose is self-evident.

The jailer had been in prison for a long time and naturally knew all about these things. He immediately understood what Su Zhizhi meant.

"Okay, I'm a little tired now. I'll go over there and rest for a while. If you have anything to say to your friends, hurry up and remember not to think about anything else besides talking!"

The jailer beat Su Zhizhi.

As soon as these words came out, Su Zhizhi immediately vowed to the jailer, "Please rest assured, sir. I will just talk to my friend about the opportunity, that's all."

Hearing Su Zhizhi say this, the jailer turned around and left with peace of mind.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin who was imprisoned inside without hesitation and asked, "Where is Master Shen? Why isn't he imprisoned here?"

When Xie Chengjin heard that Su Zhizhi's first words were about her concern for Shen Wenjun, he immediately became furious.

"Oh? I separated from him. It seems that Mr. Shen is very important to Miss Su. I wonder if Miss Su still remembers that she has a fiancé."

Xie Chengjin couldn't help but ask Su Zhizhizhi.

When Su Zhizhi heard this, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. It seemed that Xie Chengjin finally lost his patience.

"Why are you so anxious? I'm just asking casually. After all, we're friends." After saying that, Su Zhizhi looked Xie Chengjin up and down, and finally asked, "Should I call you Master Song or Master Xie?"

Xie Chengjin was slightly stunned when he heard the voice. He didn't expect Su Zhizhi to still be obsessed with this issue. Now he was imprisoned, and he didn't want to play those roundabout games with Su Zhizhi. In addition, Xie Chengjin also wanted to see what method Su Zhizhi had to rescue him from this cell, so Xie Chengjin simply admitted it.

"Yes, I'm Xie Chengjin. I'm wearing a human skin mask. When you were caught and paraded through the streets, I was planning to disguise myself and rescue you. But Shen Wenjun got there first, so I just wanted to tease you and see how you would find me."

Xie Chengjin said truthfully.

Su Zhizhi nodded at the remark and didn't dwell on the issue any further. Instead, she advised Xie Chengjin, "Well, since you've been hiding your true identity for so long, why not hide it completely? I don't know if you have any other motives for doing this, but I still hope you can protect yourself and not let too many people know your true identity."

Xie Chengjin was slightly stunned, then nodded and agreed without hesitation, "Okay."

Just as Su Zhizhi was about to say something, the jailer arrived. He looked at Su Zhizhi and shook his head, saying, "Miss, your chat time is up. Don't keep it up for too long. If we find out, I'll be punished too."

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi could only nod repeatedly and said, "Okay, thank you, sir. I understand."

After saying that, Su Zhizhi handed the jailer a handful of silver and said, "From now on, I'll trouble you to take good care of my friend."