C7 Officials Protect Each Other

Lianshuang looked at the three kneeling people in the hall and looked around curiously as if she was looking for something.

The prefectural magistrate slammed the table with all his strength and everyone immediately shivered.

He sat there with dignity and shouted in a stern voice, "Li Fu, Li Ergou, Wang Zhuzi, the three of you know your crime!"

"A commoner knows his crime..." The three of them kowtowed in unison and answered.

"Good! It's good that you know your crimes. According to the law of Daye, the two of you will be sent to the border to serve as the army. Are the two of you convinced? " The prefectural magistrate pretended to be dignified and his voice sounded once again. The three of them exchanged glances as if they had been relieved of a heavy burden. Then, they kowtowed to express their gratitude.

Such a hasty judgement made the people who came to watch have some anger on their faces. Lianshuang could not help but frown.

Lianshuang was not surprised that Li Fu and the others were caught. It must have been done by the youth from yesterday.

Yesterday, the boy's extraordinary temperament and the expensive piece of jade on his waist made Lianshuang guess that he was definitely not an ordinary family's child. Meeting him could be considered Li Fu and the others' misfortune.

However, these three people were involved in the crime of killing their head. This preceptor's judgement was a bit too casual.

Lianshuang coldly looked at the prefectural magistrate sitting upright in the high hall with a complicated expression.

This case was clearly related to Shen Wanjun as well. It was probably that the officials were protecting each other and deliberately covering up for him.

This case involved Shen Wanjun, which aroused Lianshuang's interest. She wanted to see what kind of role Shen Wanjun played in this child trafficking case.

Lianshuang raised her beautiful eyes, and there was a trace of a playful smile in her eyes.

Glancing coldly at the plaque with the words "Righteous and Integrity," Lianshuang sneered and turned to leave.

"Elder sister..." A somewhat familiar voice entered her ears. Lianshuang turned her head in doubt and her eyes met with the boy's clear eyes.

The boy's eyes were filled with joy. When he found that Lianshuang also saw him, he became more and more excited. He excitedly shouted a few more times and then he wanted to squeeze towards Lianshuang.

Lianshuang's brows knitted as if she saw a ghost. She pulled on the ripple sleeve and squeezed out, ignoring the boy's non-stop shouting.

It was really like a ghost lingering in her soul. Lianshuang nagged in her heart and only wanted to leave quickly. She did not want to cause any more unnecessary trouble.

"What's wrong?" Being pulled out by Lianshuang suddenly, the ripples were very puzzled.

"It's nothing. It's just that I came out sometimes. It's time to go back." Lianshuang said softly, but her gaze passed the Ripples and looked towards the crowd.

Before the ripple had time to reply, Lianshuang had already pulled on her sleeve and walked forward quickly.

When the boy squeezed out of the crowd, Lianshuang had already disappeared.

There was a faint sense of loss in her beautiful eyes. She did not want to see herself. The sudden thought in her heart made the boy feel a little sad for no reason.

"Young Master - -"

A few men dressed like servants easily broke through the crowd and came to the boy's side. Seeing the boy standing there straight and thoughtful, they gave each other a look and did not say anything else. They just stood respectfully at the side.

Towards the boy's silence, none of them dared to disturb him.

"Young master?" After an unknown period of silence, a servant really couldn't restrain himself from calling out weakly. He still wanted to say something, but the boy glared at him, and then he swallowed all the words that had reached his throat.

On the way back to Qian Jiao Pavilion, Lianshuang was thinking about how the disappearance of the child in Yan City had anything to do with Shen Wanjun.

Lianshuang was very unwilling to not get an answer to the questions in her heart.

Her face darkened. She had a plan in her mind.

"Elder sister, I want to go and buy some things. You can go back first." Lianshuang suddenly stopped her footsteps and turned around to look at the ripples with a smile.

"I will go with you." Ripple lightly smiled and did not hear the key point in Lianshuang's words.

"But Young Master Liu asked me to go to his house to bring him along. You also want to follow him?" Lianshuang's brows lightly raised and a wicked smile appeared on her small face.

Ripples' ears turned red and she said in a lovable voice, "I'm not going." After saying that, she turned around and left. That panicky and fleeing look made Lianshuang laugh endlessly.

When Ripple walked out of her line of sight, Lianshuang restrained the smile in her eyes and replaced the silence with a glance.

Turning around, she headed towards the direction of the Marquis Estate.

Arriving at a corner of the manor, Lianshuang unhurriedly looked at the surrounding situation. Seeing that there was no one around, she gently squatted down to move the miscellaneous items in the corner. After the miscellaneous items were moved away, a one meter wide hole appeared in front of her eyes.

From that hole, she snuck into the manor and saw a pavilion and waterside pavilion. The layout was exactly the same as the one in her previous life. Only the west side was missing the "Fragrance Restoring Pavilion" built by Shen Wanjun to marry his mother.

Not knowing if it was because of the scenery or other reasons, Lianshuang felt that her eyes were dry and her tender fingers gently rubbed her eyes. She shook her head and her chaotic thoughts.

She didn't forget the purpose of her visit.

Lianshuang knew the Marquis's residence like the back of her hand. She knew where most of the servants were moving in and out of and where the guards were evacuated. So it was not difficult to sneak into Shen Wanjun's study.

Lianshuang easily avoided the patrolling people in the house and quickly arrived at the door of Shen Wanjun's study.

Pushing open the door, a dazzling collection of books laid out on the bookshelf.

Her sharp gaze swept across every corner and finally landed on a vase on the side of the bookshelf.

A faint light flashed in her eyes. She quickly walked in front of the vase. Just as her hand was about to touch the vase, there was a burst of hurried footsteps at the door.

Shocked, Lianshuang looked around and quickly found a place to hide.

Creak -

The door opened and the slanted sunlight shone in through the door. Lianshuang quietly laid under the bed and her gaze followed closely behind the pair of black cloth boots that came in through the door.

Who else could the owner of the shoes be other than Shen Wanjun? He was a paranoid person and the most taboo person in his life to barge into his study without permission.

Seeing the pair of feet standing in front of the bookshelf, Lianshuang's heart also slowly became nervous.

She nervously looked at the pair of boots. She could not see Shen Wanjun's expression, and her heart was in her throat.

She was not sure if she had left behind some clues just now. If Shen Wanjun found out, it was likely that she would not be able to escape unscathed today.

She could only watch Shen Wanjun standing there without moving. At this moment, to Lianshuang, time seemed to have frozen. It was an extremely long time.

"Second Master, the Lord has called you over!" At the door, a man was shouting outside, breaking the tense atmosphere.

Shen Wanjun paused for a moment and replied, "Tell Sir, I'll go over immediately." The impatience in his tone was not concealed at all.