Shengjing Noble

Chapter 238 Cut to pieces

Wang Tao's eyes rolled, and he quickly replied with a smile: "Of course the grain and silver given by the court have been distributed to the people, but it is only enough for them to survive, how can they continue to open a shop to maintain business."

"That's right...then where do I live?" He pretended to be distressed.

Wang Tao was waiting for this sentence, and immediately invited him warmly: "If you are willing, you can live in the county government office first."

"What? The county government? How can a commoner like me live in a government-owned place? This is not allowed..."

Su Shengming pretended to refuse, and Wang Tao quickly persuaded him.

"Don't worry, sir. The new county magistrate has not yet taken office, and there are not many people in the government office. You can't live here for free. You can give some money to the government office to help the people. In this way, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

He tried hard to act like a good captain who worked for the people. If Su Shengming had not seen his true face beforehand, he might have really believed his sincere face.

Yinyin was right, you can never know a person’s heart by looking at his face!

He nodded and took out a silver note from his pocket: "Well, here is a hundred taels as my accommodation fee. Remember to use this money for the common people."

Wang Tao's eyes lit up when he saw the silver note, and he thought: What the letter said is indeed true, this Su Shengyun is a genuine rich young man, I'm sure as long as they serve him well, they can get it done quickly.

"Let's go, let's go. I'll take you there. By the way, I want to ask your name, sir?"

"I am... Lu Ming."

"Mr. Lu, this way please."

Su Shengming followed Wang Tao to the yamen and stayed there, while in the other cell.

Su Lanyin and others first heard two footsteps, but followed by a bunch of footsteps of varying sizes, and even faintly heard the sound of sobbing and begging for mercy.

The five girls in the cell were already frightened out of their wits. They all huddled together in a corner, with fear and despair in their eyes. Only Su Lanyin stood at the door of the cell, looking out.

This dungeon is very hidden, with about three floors from top to bottom, and she is on the bottom floor.

Gradually, the footsteps became closer and closer, until two officers appeared at the entrance of the stairs and Su Lanyin could see clearly that there was a dark shadow not far behind them, and it looked like a lot of people were crowded together.

"What's going on?" The jailer in charge of guarding their cells on the ground floor asked with a frown.

One of the officers explained, "I heard that the new county magistrate has come to our place on a secret visit. The boss said that we should lock up these hostages in the dungeon first. We must keep a close eye on them. We would rather die than let them escape. Do you understand?"

"Yes! Got it!"

After saying that, the three men began to drag the civilians behind them in, and then locked them up in different cells one by one.

Some young and good-looking women were selected for Su Lanyin's cell, while the other cells contained both men and women.

The people who had just been imprisoned cried and begged to be released, but the jailers not only had no sympathy, but also picked up the whips in their hands and waved them around.

For a moment, screams and whipping sounds resounded throughout the dungeon, making people tremble with fear.

Some timid people were even frightened to the point of fainting.

After everyone huddled together obediently and dared not beg anymore, the jailer spat, turned around and went out to continue drinking.

Su Lanyin took a look at the situation outside, then walked up to a woman who seemed relatively calm.

"Girl, why are you locked up?"

"..."

The woman ignored him. She sat against the wall expressionlessly. There was no emotion in her eyes, as if everything that happened had nothing to do with her. She was just numb.

Su Lanyin felt a little embarrassed and wanted to ask others, but most of them were so scared that they held their heads and cried timidly, not daring to look up at anyone.

Even if we ask her, we won't get the answer clearly, and it might even provoke her to scream and attract a beating from the prison guards outside.

Thinking of this, she sat down next to the woman, looked her up and down, and then smelled a very complex scent on her.

It was a bloody smell mixed with a faint scent of frankincense.

Su Lanyin frowned and asked in a low voice: "Did you just give birth a few days ago?"

The woman's pale and bloodless face finally showed a hint of relaxation. She turned her eyes to look at her stomach, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Oh... so what?"

"Where is the child?" Su Lanyin had a bad feeling in her heart.

"my daughter……"

When the woman mentioned her child, her soul seemed to be sucked away. She cried silently and closed her eyes as if she had accepted her fate.

Su Lanyin couldn't imagine what would happen to a baby who was only a few days old and lost the protection of his mother.

These beasts really deserve to be cut into pieces!

"Don't worry, your daughter will be fine. But your body..."

As she spoke, she reached out to feel her pulse but was pushed away by the woman.

"Don't touch me! Also, my daughter's condition has nothing to do with you, so you should take care of yourself first."

After saying that, the woman wiped the tears from her face and turned her head away pretending to be strong.

Su Lanyin knew what kind of pain she had just experienced and understood her reaction, so she patiently said, "Girl, I'm afraid you won't live long. I can save you, really!"

“I know.” The woman turned around, her eyes filled with despair and desolation as if she had fallen into the bottom of the lake. “I don’t want to live. Rather than being tortured to death by those beasts, I might as well die of illness now. At least I can die cleanly.”

Su Lanyin frowned: "What do you mean?"

“Don’t you know?” The woman frowned, looking at her stunning face, and smiled bitterly, “Sister, you are so beautiful, but it’s a pity…you fell into the devil’s cave.”

"If you can listen to my sister's advice, you should end your life before they come. Otherwise..."

She didn't dare say anything more because she and her husband had accidentally run into a mass grave when they were out looking for food.

There were many corpses there, but most of them died of starvation. The most terrifying one was the corpse of a woman who was dragged out of the dungeon.

He was naked, covered in wounds, his lower body was stained with blood, and even the bones in his hips and thighs were bent in strange shapes.

I dare not imagine...what they went through in their lifetime!

There was one that was the most terrifying. Its arms were twisted off, its pelvis seemed to have been flattened by something heavy, its thighs and buttocks seemed to be connected only by skin and flesh, and the bones inside were completely broken.

When they were pushed to the mass grave on a flatbed cart, their legs dangled limply, as soft as two pieces of rags.

"That's all I have to say, sister. You can do whatever you want."

Su Lanyin knew that she must have seen something terrible to be so ready to die.

But since she is here, nothing will go wrong for anyone in this dungeon.

"Thank you for your offer, but I won't die, and neither will you or anyone else in this dungeon."

As she spoke, she took the woman's hand and began to feel her pulse.