Bloody Kyoto

The Jingzhao Prefecture received the report in advance, and Zhao Rongyuan was already prepared to hold court.

Recently, Zhao Rongyuan has been under a lot of mental pressure, which comes from above. Everyone is watching him to find the person who used vines to commit murder.

But he was not allowed to follow the logical clues to pursue the killer, and these clues were naturally related to Huo Yunxia's death.

He was actually heartbroken because he clearly felt that Huo Yunxia's death was also related to him.

In his eyes, apart from being somewhat confused about his own private affairs, the emperor was a perfectly qualified ruler in every other respect.

But who would have thought that he would get involved in Huo Yunxia's affair?

He couldn't understand why!

If they knew Huo Yunxia's abilities, shouldn't they have treated her well?

Why would you think of killing someone?

The upright Zhao Rongyuan could never have imagined that someone with such an evil heart would commit such inhumane acts.

"Let me go, I'm not a human trafficker."

"I'm telling you, you'll regret this."

A commotion arose outside the yamen. Zhao Rongyuan sat up straight and nodded to the yamen runner beside him.

The constable went out and soon led a group of people in.

Upon entering the hall, the kind-hearted man threw the woman to the ground and then silently retreated outside.

Li Nanle carried the little girl to the hall. After putting the little girl down, she bowed slightly to the person at the head of the table.

"Please forgive me, Your Honor. My joints were injured and I am unable to bend and kneel."

Li Nanle's joints were naturally not injured; she simply didn't want to kneel. The reason she didn't go to the capital with Yunxia was because she was afraid of encountering powerful figures who would force her to kneel at the drop of a hat.

She would not kneel before any person or deity except Heaven and Earth and her grandfather.

Zhao Rongyuan narrowed his eyes, stared at Li Nanle for a while, and asked, "Are your joints injured?"

Li Nanle was in a daze, but she quickly came to her senses and looked at Zhao Rongyuan, her heart filled with turmoil.

This man is strange; he was just hypnotizing her.

"Reporting to my lord, I am injured."

Zhao Rongyuan nodded, "Since you're injured, don't stand there. Get a stool for this Madam Li."

As soon as Li Nanle sat down, he saw a yamen runner stare at the little girl for a while, then whisper something in Zhao Rongyuan's ear with a strange expression.

Zhao Rongyuan's expression changed drastically. He stood up, walked over to the little girl, and squatted down. The little girl was eating her cake with her head down. When she saw Zhao Rongyuan, she showed her tiny teeth and sweetly called out, "Grandpa Zhao."

Zhao Rongyuan took a deep breath, picked up the little girl, glanced at Li Nanle with a cold face, and then walked towards the woman who was half-lying on the ground.

"So you're the one who's going to kidnap Little Bean?"

Xiaodoudou's real name is Lu Jiangnan. She is the daughter of the eldest son of the Lu family, born to his first wife.

Zhao Rongyuan had a good relationship with the head of the Lu family and often visited the Lu residence, so he naturally met this cute little guy.

The woman lying on the ground went completely bewildered the moment she heard Xiaodoudou call out "Grandpa Zhao".

Hearing his voice, which sounded like that of a demon from hell, her strong will to survive brought her back to her senses.

"My lord, I am innocent! I am the second aunt of the young master's wife. The young master's wife felt that Xiaodoudou was a picky eater, which made her too weak, so she thought of sending her to my house to help her correct her picky eating habits."

After saying that, she pointed at Li Nanle again, "She, she is the human trafficker. She saw that Xiaodoudou was cute, so she used a piece of pastry to coax Xiaodoudou to go with her."

Upon hearing this, the people outside the hall suddenly remembered the little girl's words, "Aunt Gao Gao." Only then did they realize that it wasn't Aunt Gao Gao, but Aunt Gao Gao.

"So she was the human trafficker all along!"

"We've all been deceived, how hateful!"

"Not necessarily. If she were a human trafficker, why would she come to the yamen on her own initiative?"

"Is it possible that she felt Xiaodoudou would cling to her, so she was confident that no one would find out?"

"If that's really what she thinks, then she must be terrified right now, because she would never have imagined that Lord Zhao would know Little Bean,"

"Um, isn't Mrs. Lu's second wife someone she married about half a year ago?"

The scholar who first noticed Xiaodoudou's closeness to Li Nanle on the street just now timidly said something like this.

Everyone reminisced for a while.

"That's right, I married her six months ago."

"That means Xiaodoudou wasn't born to her; she was her stepmother!"

Everyone sighed and their minds raced, filling in the blanks. After they finished imagining what had happened, the way they looked at the woman on the ground changed.

"If I remember correctly, when that woman first held Xiaodoudou, Xiaodoudou was crying. Instead of comforting her, she covered her mouth with her hand."

"This woman certainly doesn't look like a good person."

Zhao Rongyuan then turned to Li Nanle, "What do you say?"

Li Nanle remained calm and composed, speaking slowly and deliberately: "This woman is selling cakes on the street..."

She lifted the cloth covering the basket at her feet to show everyone, revealing a golden, fragrant cake. Everyone couldn't help but take a few deep breaths; it smelled amazing.

"As I was walking, someone grabbed my leg, and it turned out to be a cute little baby."

She called me "Auntie" in her childish voice and asked what I was selling. I told her I was selling cakes, and then asked if she wanted to buy some.

She nodded in agreement, but the woman looked around and couldn't see her parents, so she asked where her family was.

Then she burst into tears, saying that her mother had sold her. The woman was about to ask her more details when…

She pointed to the woman on the ground, "She rushed over and picked up Xiaodoudou. Xiaodoudou was crying, and she covered her mouth with her hand to stop her from crying."

She then tried to leave, but the woman sensed something was wrong and stopped her. The woman then began shouting, "I'm a human trafficker!"

Li Nanle stopped there, because there were many eyewitnesses on the street who witnessed what happened next.

The person who first reported to the authorities has already recounted the whole story.

After listening, Zhao Rongyuan nodded, picked up Xiaodoudou, and turned around. Xiaodoudou struggled for a moment and reached out to Li Nanle, "Aunt Gaogao."

Li Nanle didn't reach out to hug her, but instead took a small cake from the basket and handed it to her.

Little Bean took the cake, smiled sweetly, and thanked her, "Thank you, Auntie Cake."

After thanking him, she put the cake into Zhao Rongyuan's mouth, saying, "Grandpa Zhao, eat this."

A strong fragrance wafted into Zhao Rongyuan's nose, and he couldn't help but chuckle. It smelled so good, no wonder Xiaodoudou almost ran away with someone.

He tilted his head and coaxed Xiaodoudou, "Grandpa Zhao doesn't like to eat it, but Xiaodoudou will."

Little Bean tilted her head and looked at him curiously, thinking to herself, "Grandpa Zhao is so strange. How come he doesn't like such delicious cakes?"

I feel a little sad.

However, Little Bean is a good child, and even when she is unhappy, she will not do anything that forces others to do something against their will.

"Then let's eat the beans."

Zhao Rongyuan carried her to the head of the table and sat her down. Then he gave the yamen runner a wink.

The constables understood and went outside into the crowd to ask them what they had seen.

Ordinary people are all talkative and warm-hearted.

When the emperor asked, they dared not hide anything and blurted out every detail.

Even Li Nanle's stamina was praised.

After the constable finished his report, he handed it over to Zhao Rongyuan, who listened and nodded, then looked at Li Nanle.

"Ms. Li, based on the people's description, you did indeed save Xiaodoudou, but it cannot be confirmed that you are not a human trafficker. I will now ask you some questions, and you must answer truthfully."

Li Nanle nodded, "Please ask, sir."