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Xia Tong came to the prison and wanted to see Liu Mu, but he came several times, but was turned away. He only said that the magistrate had ordered that Liu Mu is now a repeat offender, and no one should approach him without his order.

Xia Tong and Zi Yan were not far from the prison when a jailer ran over looking around, "Master Xia, Mr. Liu is no longer in prison. After you left that day, I don't know what happened in the prison. Your Excellency didn't let anyone else in, except him and his two followers. At that time, there were indeed some noises in the prison. After Master Wen left, when I went to the prison again, Master Liu was already lying on the ground, and I didn't know Did I fall asleep or passed out? I wasn't on duty that night, and I couldn't stay too long to take care of Mr. Liu. I only heard from the guard who watched the night that Mr. Feng came to the prison again that night, and no one knew exactly what happened What, when I came back the next day, Master Liu was no longer in prison."

Although Zi Yan and the others didn't know what happened, they also knew that Feng Langqu and Wen Siren must be responsible for this matter.These people only thought that Feng Langqu and others hid Liu Mu somewhere else, so they sent people to follow Feng Wen and the prefect of Jinling, but after a few days, they didn't find anything suspicious about these people.

Besides, Liu Mu hid in the middle of the city for a few days, afraid of hurting the two former brothers, he did not dare to seek refuge with them, as for Zi Yan, Liu Mu did not dare to go there.Liu Mu was sitting under the city wall disheveled and disheveled, with noises coming from his belly, he was drowsy from the scorching sun at noon, his throat was parched with thirst, and his lips were chapped and white.

A woman walked by Liu Mu, seeing the pity of the beggars sitting in the corner, she dropped a few copper coins.

From the corner of Liu Mu's eyes, he saw the corner of the purple skirt passing by on the ground, his heart trembled, and he looked up and saw that the woman was Zi Yan.

When Zi Yan who dropped the copper plate saw the beggar's face, her hands also froze, "Willow..." Zi Yan couldn't believe that the unkempt and emaciated beggar in front of her could be Liu Mu.

Liu Mu resisted the pain in his throat, and uttered a few hoarse words, "Miss, you have identified the wrong person." After speaking, Liu Mu hurriedly lowered his head, stood up while leaning on the city wall behind him.

Zi Yan was emotional, her eyes turned red immediately, and she grabbed Liu Mu's shoulders with both hands, "Liu Mu, how did you become like this... Do you know that I have been looking for you, go, come back with me!"

Liu Mu shook off Zi Yan's hand, leaning on the wall and limping away, Zi Yan grabbed Liu Mu's arm again, "What's wrong with your leg, who, who made you look like this!"

"You have identified the wrong person! Get out of here, don't bother me!" Liu Mu's voice was still hoarse, and his throat would be torn apart without saying a word.

Seeing that Zi Yan was still pulling her relentlessly, Liu Mu snatched Zi Yan's purse, and threw out the broken silver and copper coins inside like flowers, and the beggars around rushed up like a swarm of beggars when they saw her Picking up the money on the ground, Zi Yan was surrounded by a group of beggars and couldn't escape. Liu Mu took advantage of the chaos and endured the pain from his legs and used Chengfeng Jue to escape.

Liu Mu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and slowly sat on the ground leaning against the wall, expecting that Zi Yan would not come after her.In less than a cup of tea, a woman threw a few copper coins at Willow's feet.

Suddenly I heard a man say, "Qingqing, there are so many beggars in the world, if you don't see any of them, you have to give them alms. I'm afraid that if you continue to give alms like this, even the dowry that father prepared for you will be included."

The woman sighed, "If the emperor is wise and the people have enough food and clothing, who would want to be a beggar?"

Liu Mu's heart trembled, and he naturally recognized Zeng Qing's voice.

Prime Minister Zeng covered Zeng Qing's mouth, "You little girl, you are talking nonsense again, be careful if people hear this, you will lose your head. You are really getting more and more presumptuous. Secretly manipulated to find someone to take the blame for Liu Mu, and now he dares to say such outrageous words."

Zeng Qing said, "If the emperor was a sage, he wouldn't favor that villain Feng Langqu, and Liu Mu wouldn't be framed by those two villains one after another."

Prime Minister Zeng said, "You and I are well aware of this matter, but that's not the case in officialdom. It's all right now, Liu Mu has escaped from prison, and his whereabouts are unknown. Even if Dad wants to save him, there is nothing he can do."

After listening to the conversation between the father and daughter, Liu Mu finally understood why Feng Langqu released himself from the prison.

Zeng Qing said, "This time Liu Mu must have been framed by those two villains. They must have been afraid that we would reverse the case for Liu Mu, so they hid Liu Mu."

Prime Minister Zeng's tone was a little more serious in comparison, and he said, "Even if you believe that Liu Mu is innocent, he is a prison escapee after all, and you have no evidence to prove his innocence. You'd better follow me back to Beijing quickly, don't Stop messing around."

"No! I must find Liu Mu! Otherwise, these two villains will definitely kill her."

"Hmph! I really don't know what our Zeng family owes this kid. He treats you like that, and you still think about him so much."

Zeng Qing begged and said, "Father, Liu Mu is the only one in my daughter's heart. If something happens to Liu Mu, my daughter's life will be meaningless. Even if she doesn't go with her, I'm afraid I will only be unhappy for the rest of my life. When my mother left Didn't you say that you should treat me well and won't let your daughter suffer any grievances, but now..." Zeng Qing started to cry while talking, and I don't know if this quirky little girl is really sad At the same time, she still played a little trick with her father.

Prime Minister Zeng was in power, and he had never seen any kind of scene, but he couldn't see his precious daughter shedding tears. Prime Minister Zeng immediately said in a low voice, "It's alright, alright, can't I promise you everything! Daddy will send someone to Start this matter, but you have to go back to Beijing with me first. If you stay in Jinling, Feng Langqu and others will definitely take strict precautions. If we leave, he will relax his vigilance, and he may reveal some flaws. Don't worry, Daddy will do what he promised you."

Although Liu Mu is now close to the straw, he really doesn't want to bother the Zeng family's father and daughter. The regret of the marriage last time made Liu Mu feel very ashamed of the Zeng family. Now, how can he drag the father and daughter to visit him now Muddy waters.

Liu Mu knew that after Zeng Pu's father and daughter left, Feng Langqu would definitely not let him go.So if you want to save your life, you should leave Jinling at this time.

Liu Mu walked to the gate of the city. The officers and soldiers guarding the city were very strict in interrogating the people who came and went. One of the officers and soldiers limped up to Liu Mu. Liu Mu raised his head. The two of them were stunned when they saw each other. The officer and soldier turned out to be Zhou Dahai .

Liu Mu lowered his head again, feeling bad, he had broken Zhou Dahai's leg back then, causing him to suffer from lameness, now the government ordered a strict investigation of the people in the city, just to prevent him from slipping out, if this In terms of public and private, I'm afraid that today is a day of bad luck.

Liu Mu was beating a drum in his heart, only to hear Zhou Dahai say loudly, "Yesterday early in the morning, a stinky beggar begged for money at my house, and my dog ​​that had been raised for more than ten years died that night. How unlucky you are, sir, I am now Seeing you stinky beggars makes me angry! Uncle has no money to give you alms, go as far as you can, don’t embarrass us Jinling by begging in the city.” Zhou Dahai limped and kicked Liu Mu out of the city door, took advantage of the chaos and stuffed the money bag to Liu Mu.

Liu Mu gave Zhou Dahai a grateful look, and Zhou Dahai spat on the ground, "Smelly beggar, what are you looking at, and be careful, I'll castrate you, get out of here."

That night, after the third watch, a message came from Zhou Dahai's house, saying that Feng Langqu sent him to the prison.

When Zhou Dahai arrived in the prison, he was taken aback when he saw Liu Mu, and then said to Feng Langqu and Wen Siren respectfully, "I don't know why the two adults called the younger one here late at night?" Liu Mu had already left Jinling, Feng Langqu knew Liu Mu's situation People are scheming and afraid of causing trouble, so they have already sent their confidantes to guard all the roads outside the city early in the morning.Liu Mu deliberately waited until dark in a remote place outside the city before setting off again, but he was caught by the people Feng Langqu had already arranged.Liu Mu thought to himself, I'm afraid this time Zhou Dahai will be implicated.

Wen Siren pointed to Liu Mu and said, "Do you know this person?"

Zhou Dahai pretended to study carefully, and suddenly sneered contemptuously, "Hey, who am I? Isn't this the most capable young master Liu in Jinling! My lord, Liu Mu and I were studying in the same academy, so it can be regarded as Half a year ago, didn’t he escape from prison, how did he become like this.”

Wen Siren snorted coldly, "The gates in the city are heavily guarded, and the interrogation is also careful, but this fugitive actually slipped out of the city today."

Zhou Dahai said, "Your negligence, as the centurion guarding the city gate, you let this fugitive slip out. I hope you will forgive me."

Feng Langqu said, "It's a minor dereliction of duty. If you intend to let the fugitive go, it's a capital offense." After speaking, he threw Zhou Dahai's purse on the ground, and Zhou Dahai's heart tightened. Wen Siren said, "This is the money from the fugitive." bag, but I don’t know why there is a note in it that someone else owes Mr. Zhou 50 taels of silver.”

Zhou Dahai pretended to be surprised and said, "The little one disappeared today and is still looking for it everywhere. It's strange. How could it be in this kid's hands!"

Wen Siren said again, "But I heard from the guard at the north city gate that you let a beggar out of the city today, isn't it Liumu!"

"My lord, I did kick a beggar out of the city gate today. The beggar would steal if he couldn't get food. I did this for the sake of Jinling's security. Could it be that I didn't see clearly that he was let go?" That beggar is Liu Mu?" Zhou Dahai said suddenly, "I know, this guy must have changed too much, I didn't recognize him, and he took advantage of the chaos and stole my purse when he left the city."

Wen Siren said, "If you didn't tell me, I would think you let him go on purpose."

Zhou Dahai said, "My lord, you are really wronging me. When Liu Mu was in the academy, he often opposed me. Once he almost beat me to death. You see, my leg is the disability left at that time. I wish he would die early, how could I let him go on purpose."

"Okay, since you hate him, now is the time to take revenge." Feng Langqu took out a guard's saber and handed it to Zhou Dahai, "The time has come to kill the enemy, go, kill him."

"This..." Zhou Dahai looked at the knife in front of him in embarrassment, "My lord, since Liu Mu committed a capital crime, he should be punished by the government. The younger one is just a centurion, how can he have such power? Beheaded."

"I have my official to take care of it for you, what are you afraid of." Wen Siren impatiently snatched the knife from Feng Langqu's hand and handed it directly to Zhou Dahai.

Holding the handle of the knife in both hands, Zhou Dahai walked to Liu Mu tremblingly, and whispered, "If I don't kill you, they will kill me. Liu Mu, I'm sorry, if you become a ghost, don't come back to me , the big deal is that I will give you more and less paper money and ingots. Don’t you like drinking flower wine and gambling money, then I will burn another brothel and gambling house for you, and burn hundreds of beauties for you. If you miss Ziyan, I'll find someone to tie Ziyan and burn it for you."

Liu Mu smiled and said hoarsely, "Thank you. Let's do it."

Feng Langqu said, "Don't do it yet!"

Zhou Dahai stammered and said, "Yes... yes! I'll do it now, little one." After speaking, his heart sank, he took two deep breaths, closed his eyes, and stabbed Liu Mu's abdomen with a knife.