After being wrongly married, I stabbed my husband to death and became famous throughout the world.

Li Chutian hesitated for a moment, recalling how unreasonable and domineering Ah Li had been earlier, and became angrier the more he thought about it.

If Ali isn't made to suffer a little, he might become even more reckless in the future!

“I noticed that this girl’s cell is much cleaner than the ordinary prison cell, but our family isn’t exactly wealthy. She’s tough and thick-skinned, so how can she accept such high regard? There’s no need to be so polite to her. She can handle whatever the other prison cells have!” Li Chutian reminded her.

Upon hearing this, the jailer understood and simply nodded without directly agreeing.

Seeing this, Li Chutian became a little anxious as well. He gritted his teeth and took out another ounce: "Thank you for your trouble!"

These jailers are like greedy locusts; they're asking for an exorbitant amount of money for such a small matter!

"It won't work during the day. We'll make arrangements at night. As for the outcome, that's not something we can decide. If she's unlucky enough to contract some kind of plague, don't blame us for it," the jailer said directly.

Upon hearing this, Li Chutian immediately nodded, relieved.

He knew his daughter well; she had never been very brave since she was little. This prison cell was dark and damp, and it would be even more terrifying at night. If the guards played some tricks, she would naturally be terrified.

The thought of being able to put his daughter's lawless arrogance to rest made Li Chutian's heart magnanimous, and he was no longer so angry. After exchanging pleasantries, he left.

Li Shu was, after all, imprisoned, his freedom restricted.

However, Li Shu didn't dislike this situation; he had food and drink and was rarely disturbed.

She wasn't in a death row cell, and the prisoners there were generally in relatively good spirits, so she could listen to the conversations of prisoners in other cells and gain a better understanding of the world.

The Great Zhou Dynasty is not very stable. It is said that the new emperor is young, and therefore the barbarians outside the pass have taken the opportunity to bully and oppress. In the past two years, there have been frequent wars. As a border town, Ganhe Town will inevitably be devastated and have no way out once Yunjing Pass is breached.

Even if she gets out of prison, she can't expect to live a peaceful life.

Store as many things as possible in case of emergencies.

Of course, it would be best if Yun Jing Pass could be stable, but I heard that in the recent battles, the Great Zhou has won by narrow margins. However, if there is even one narrow defeat in the future, it will cost countless lives. Therefore, she must be prepared to flee at any time and cannot be careless.

Night fell, and the cell was quiet.

The lamp oil on the corridor walls had dwindled, illuminating only a small area, making the cell even darker.

In the middle of the night, Li Shu heard some rustling sounds, which were different from the sounds made by the prisoners.

The sound was very close to her, more like the scraping of metal. Someone must have opened the cell door. She didn't get up, but lay there pretending to continue sleeping, occasionally squinting to look around. She could vaguely make out a dark shadow moving around in the next cell.

In the afternoon, the jailer took away the prisoner from the next cell, so it should be empty. Even if they wanted to put in a new person, they wouldn't wait until the middle of the night.

After a while, the cell door was locked again.

But Li Shu felt something crawling into her cell, and there were quite a few of them.

As he got closer, in the dim light, Li Shu could finally see that they were rats, and there were quite a few of them, at least a dozen of them chattering away.

The jailer had no grudge against her, and would not have deliberately caused her trouble unless he was instructed to do so. Moreover, the rats could not have killed her in just one night; at most, they would have only frightened her. Such methods seemed more like something Li Chutian would do.

In the original owner's memory, Li Chutian had also acted in this way.

When the original owner's grandfather was alive, life was alright, and the stepmother didn't dare to use any tricks. But after the grandfather passed away, the stepmother started to speak ill of her to Li Chutian. Li Chutian got annoyed after hearing it so much and thought she was a disobedient child. His way of dealing with such a child was very direct: he would make the original owner go hungry, or make her experience the winter snow and summer mosquitoes, and make her kneel in the courtyard for several hours at a time.

They would only give each other the cold shoulder every day, and it was only after the original owner of the child apologized countless times that the child would lightly offer a word of forgiveness.

He rarely lays a hand on people because there's no need to.

The original owner relied on his father for survival and was at the mercy of others. With just one word from Li Chutian, he would have nowhere to stand.

Now, it's the same again, letting her know that she's in jail, at my mercy, and that I'm the fish on the chopping block, so she'll know to restrain herself.

Li Shu had no interest in catching mice. She got up, took out a lamp from her spatial storage, lit a wisp of dry grass, and threw it directly onto the bed in the next cell.

"Fire!—" Li Shu shouted at the top of his lungs without any restraint.

In this cell, only the walls of the passageway were lit with lamps. Because the cell was small and the air did not circulate well, if a prisoner were to set himself on fire, it could easily cause a major disaster. So, Li Shu's shout at this moment directly startled everyone in the cell awake.

The spark that Li Shu threw out was weak, but it was particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

Seeing that the eerie flames were growing stronger, the prisoners who noticed them started shouting and banging on the cell door. The noise immediately attracted the attention of the jailers.

The fire was small and was discovered in time; two buckets of water were enough to extinguish it completely.

But things have gotten much worse.

If a fire breaks out in an empty prison cell, it will be difficult to explain.

The prison guards looked at each other, and the head jailer's face darkened.

Li Shu whispered, "It seemed like someone sneaked into the cell next door just now, but I couldn't see who it was... Could it be that some prisoner can move around on their own? I wonder what this person is up to. Maybe they want to set fire to everyone and kill them?"

"..." The jailer who had just released the rats panicked and looked at Li Shu in disbelief.

Li Shu sighed again: "This cell that was set on fire is the closest to me. Even if they want my life, they want mine. If I die, this case... won't even need to be tried, saving a lot of trouble..."

"..." The jailer's lips twitched, and he coldly glanced at the other guards. "Check all the cells as soon as possible. If you find even the slightest spark, you'll all be the ones in jail!"

Li Shu remained silent.

A prison fire is not something the warden can hide. If a prisoner accidentally lets it slip, the higher-ups will still hold them accountable.

Someone has to take the blame.

Since the prisoners were not capable of arson, such a large mess must have been made by their own people. Therefore, after having the cell thoroughly searched, a group of people were immediately gathered together.

The jailers responsible for night patrols here couldn't escape at all.

Looking at the large rat in the corner, Li Shu thought it was really fat and wondered what it ate to grow so big. After everyone else left, she took out some leftover steamed buns from her spatial storage and threw them over as bait, successfully catching one.

She tied the mouse up with grass and hung it on the cell door.

Make an example of her, so that no foolish rat will dare to bite her again.