Rebirth: Lie down with the system

At the mention of this woman, all eleven people's expressions became stiff and their breathing became stagnant.

This woman is everyone's nightmare. Except for the injuries on the fainted girl's face, which they heard were cut by the disfigured lady, all the rest were done by the old woman, torturing them and cutting their wrists to draw blood. They remembered each one clearly.

Chen Keyu took a deep breath to stabilize his mind before replying, "That woman is more vicious than that girl. That girl only wants our blood to refine elixirs, but that old woman takes pleasure in torturing us and will use a whip every time." After beating us, we couldn't even fall into unconsciousness. She would prick us with a knife and then cut our wrists with a knife. We would watch our blood flow into the bowl bit by bit, and she would always Repeatedly cutting and drawing blood from our scabbed wounds..."

Shi Qing knew that this must be to arouse their resentment. Fortunately, they arrived before it was too late. Otherwise, at the moment when these children's spirits collapsed, the woman would brutally kill them and let their resentment reach its peak.

These people seemed to have found an outlet to vent their anger, and they all told of the pain they had suffered.

After receiving Shi Qing's transmission note, everyone rushed to Hanlian Pavilion.

Mu Yiyi also asked Mu Shisan to inform the governor of the state and ask him to take the Yamen servants to the Li Mansion.

Zhao Kang was so excited that he stood up from the bed after receiving the notice. This was the murderer of a major disappearance!

Caught this? Was it really done by the Li family? Why do you need to take care of the Yamen? Could it be that the Li family and the Crown Prince are at odds?

Zhao Kang had mixed feelings in his heart, both excitement and guilt. No matter what, those children were found and they finally gave an explanation to the people. Now that they were facing each other with the Li family, they couldn't give in, otherwise they would lose it. His Majesty's people.

He immediately counted all the government officials and rushed to Li Mansion.

The door of Li's Mansion was closed tightly, and there was no sound inside.

Zhao Kang's heart tightened. Could it be that the Crown Prince and the others have been captured?

For a moment, they didn't dare to act rashly and looked at the closed door with serious expressions. Mu Shisan was held tightly by him even when he wanted to climb over the wall and get in.

"Impulse is the devil, don't go in yet, you may be ambushed!"

"Your Majesty, they are still inside!"

"Can I not know? How can I save the prince if I get caught now?"

"Let's check the situation first!"

After speaking, Zhao Kang ordered several government officials to hold Mu Shisan tightly, fearing that he would be impulsive and do bad things.

Mu Yi and the others had already found where Shi Qing and the others were.

Seeing the twelve people covered in blood, he was furious! I didn't expect that this member of the Li family could be so stupid and vicious.

Using human blood to make elixirs to restore appearance?

You actually believe such ridiculous things!

"Shi Qing, how are these people doing now? Can they walk?" Mu Yi asked, looking at the dozen people relying on each other.

Shi Qing shook his head, "Not yet, it will take some time to recover. They were all too weak before, especially the girl."

Tokiyo pointed at the unconscious girl.

She took the trauma pill, and the bleeding stopped and scabs slowly formed, but her body was exhausted and she would not be able to wake up in a short time.

"Oh" Mu Yi agreed, then there was nothing he could do but wait.

"When will the Li family wake up? Don't get caught in a trap then."

Mu Yiang was a little worried. During their exploration, they found that there were many guards in Li's mansion. If they didn't evacuate early and waited for those people to wake up, their fate might not be better than these people.

"Don't worry, I won't wake up before dawn."

"That's good."

After waiting for a while, Mu Yi saw that Mu Shisan and Zhao Kang hadn't arrived yet, and he couldn't help but frowned, "What is Mu Shisan doing? How long has it been? The informant hasn't come back yet?"

Mu Er also found it strange that although Mu Shisan had an out-of-touch personality, his ability to do things was still good, otherwise the task of protecting the crown prince this time would not have fallen on him.

"Your Majesty, there is probably something that has delayed you. Let me go check it out!"

"Well, go and see!"

Shi Jing, Shi Wen Shi Wu and others have comforted those people, and now they are all resting quietly relying on each other, and they all want to recover and leave here as soon as possible.

Everyone was idle for a while, and then they looked around in the basement.

Mu Yi was one step ahead of them. He was not curious at all in the execution room. Being in the royal family meant nothing.

"Tsk, tsk, look at this Xing Jia, it's soaked in blood!" Shiwen pointed at the dark red Xing Jia.

The thigh-thick wooden stake has been soaked in blood for so many days, and even the heart of the wooden stake has turned dark red. One can only imagine how much blood those people were put into to dye it like this!

How abominable!

Just because of that ridiculous blood pill, he cruelly hurt so many people!

"Shi Qing, you said before that the woman was a demon cultivator, what's going on?" Shi Wen was also very curious after hearing what Shi Jing said.

This question made Mu Yi and the others look at Shi Qing. They didn't know about demon cultivating yet...

"Demon cultivator? What demon cultivator? Who is the demon cultivator?"

Knowing that if he didn't tell them, his ears would remain unclean, Shi Qing took them out of the basement without talking nonsense.

Pointing with her little hand, "Hey, it's that woman in black!"

Everyone looked up and down and saw that this ordinary middle-aged woman had nothing to do with the devil.

When they entered the basement, they saw an old man and a young man tied up and lying unconscious on the floor. They thought the woman was the nun who took care of Miss Li, but they didn't expect that she was a demon cultivator!

"Doesn't it look any different from ordinary people?"

"Then I look no different from ordinary people, so I'm still a cultivator!"

Everyone looked at his jade-like face, which looked a bit like Versailles.

That face doesn’t look like an ordinary person’s!

"Actually, to put it bluntly, demonic cultivators and cultivators are both human cultivators. The only difference is that demonic cultivators use anger and resentment as the source of their power. If you want to obtain anger and resentment, in addition to natural disasters, it is man-made disasters. Natural disasters are not mentioned. Man-made disasters are mostly Depriving others of their lives to extract vitality or torturing others to arouse their resentment are all cruel and bloody methods. Such people often have weird and suspicious temperaments. As they practice, their minds will become more cruel and numb, so they will Those who are cultivators are called demon cultivators."

"Cultivators use the aura of heaven and earth as their source, and cultivate their mind and nature as their foundation. Such people tend to have a gentler and more righteous temperament, and are less likely to kill. Therefore, this type of practice is more easily accepted by people, and there are more people practicing it."

Shiqing explains demon cultivators and cultivators very objectively.

"Actually, a person's ability to become a demon cultivator has a lot to do with his own personal experience and his upbringing environment. For example, if some people were abused since childhood, their psychology will be distorted by resentment, and then they will become another abuser."

"There is a saying that is right. Poor people must be hateful, and hateful people must suffer sadly..."

Everyone looked at Shi Qing blankly. The young man in front of him had a compassionate and holy face at such a young age.

This is what the gods in heaven are like!

While everyone was stunned, Mu Er led Zhao Kang and others into Hanlian Pavilion.

Zhao Kang's face was full of embarrassment, and Mu Shisan followed behind like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Mu Yi glanced at Mu Er, what's going on?

"Hui Shizi, my subordinate was about to go out to look for someone, but he was almost rubbed on the ground by the Yamen servant led by Mr. Zhao~" Mu Er held his sword and crossed his chest and looked at Zhao Kang.

Zhao Kang immediately stepped forward and saluted Mu Yi and said, "Your Majesty, this is all a misunderstanding. When the official arrived at Li's house and saw no movement inside, he thought... that the Crown Prince had been captured, and was about to rush forward to rescue him. Mu Er Your Excellency just came out, I didn’t mean to offend you..."

Mu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Kang. He understood that the reason why Zhao Kang and the others were so late was that they thought he had been captured by the Li family, so they did not dare to come in at the door of the Li family.

"Okay, Mr. Zhao, I am not so stingy. Let's discuss how to deal with the Li family's affairs next!"

Mu Yi knew that Zhao Kang had been fighting secretly with Li Jiaming for many years and was extremely wary of the Li family, so he didn't blame him for acting cautiously.

Hearing what Mu Yi said, Zhao Kang wiped the sweat from his head. Fortunately, the prince knew his justice and would not hold him accountable.

When he heard the prince talking about dealing with the Li family, he thought for a moment and then said, "This disappearance case is well known to everyone. If we don't give an explanation to the people, I'm afraid everyone will complain, but this Li family..."

"Master Zhao might as well speak up, so that we can find a perfect solution."

"Yes, the Li family is a big food family. They account for more than half of our country's food. This is an important reason why His Majesty relies on the Li family. Now the national treasury is empty, Ningyuan Kingdom has natural disasters from time to time, and the people are in need of food and clothing. If we deal with Li I am afraid that it will arouse the rebellious spirit of the Li family and lead to civil strife in the country, then our sin will be great..."

Shi Jing and Shi Wen Shiwu on the side frowned after hearing this. Even Mu Yi disagreed and said, "Then we have to let the Li family go. How can we explain it to the people?"

Zhao Kang quite admired these young people who were filled with righteous indignation.

"The lower official knows that the prince and several young heroes are unhappy, but once the Li family rebels, I don't know how many people will be displaced. Countless people will starve to death and die in the war. Those twelve people are negligible in comparison. Got it!"

Shi Jing said bluntly, "Just because his family has a lot of food, everyone is conniving in every possible way, which makes the Li family even more arrogant!"

"Young hero is right. Just because his family has food, even if we want to punish them, we must consider the many. We cannot put more people in danger for a small number of people. This is not to share His Majesty's worries, this is It’s causing trouble to His Majesty!”

Zhao Kang also wanted to uproot the Li family and return the fertile land occupied by the Li family to the people, so that the people could live a life of adequate food.

But in the current situation, they cannot be willful, otherwise they will put the people to death.

Everyone stared at the two people on the ground with anger on their faces.

"Are we going to let these two people go? If this person has bad intentions to kidnap someone again in the future, wouldn't that be a vicious cycle?" Shi Wen asked.

Mu Yi was troubled after hearing Mr. Zhao's analysis. How should we solve this problem? This place is still ten days away from the capital. Obviously, it is impossible to ask the uncle for instructions, so what should he do?

Shi Jing was so confused that she asked Shi Qing, "Shi Qing, do you have any good ideas?"

Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this, and they all looked at Shi Qing.

Zhao Kang was very curious about this little boy. The Li family was heavily guarded. It was because of this boy that they were able to enter the Li Mansion easily and safely. They also successfully found the missing person and caught the murderer.

I wonder what solution this young man can take to solve this complicated situation?

Shi Qing was not timid when he saw everyone looking at him.

"The facts of the crime committed by the master and servant of Li Huaiyang were clear and they could not evade it. They found the head of the Li family and Li Xingshi, and in exchange for Li Huaiyang's life, asked the Li family to hand over half of their land to the court, and used the old woman to explain to the people..."

"What? Half of the fields are exchanged. I'm afraid the Li family won't agree!" Zhao Kang exclaimed. Shi Qing's method is good, but it's too bold. I'm afraid it won't be possible to exchange half of the fields for Li Huaiyang. would agree.

The family values ​​profits, and anyone who cannot bring benefits to the family will be given up, even if Li Huaiyang is the daughter of the Minister of Household Affairs.

"It's not up to them. The family values ​​profits as well as reputation. If the people in the city know that the person in charge of this disappearance case is the young lady of the Li family, and uses very cruel methods to harm those children, it will definitely have a negative impact on the reputation of the Li family. A big blow.”

"But most of the people also rely on the Li family's fields and business to make a living. Even if it hurts the Li family's reputation, those people will still choose the Li family!"

"Master Zhao, you have to believe that water can carry a boat and capsize it. The people rely on the Li family to live, so why not the Li family depends on the people to support them. If the Li family agrees to hand over the land to save Li Huaiyang, then the reputation of the Li family will be saved. In Cangjiu City, they will be the same as before, only losing some fields."

"If they choose to abandon Li Huaiyang and choose to kill their relatives for justice, they will inevitably push the Li family to the forefront. At this time, Mr. Zhao fanned the flames and aroused the people's anger against the Li family. In addition, it is the autumn harvest, inciting the people to refuse to accept food. , if the Li family cannot provide satisfactory care, then the Li family will suffer heavy losses this time, losing the support of the people and being unable to harvest food."

"Then...if the Li family is indifferent and the people really refuse to accept food, then the people will not starve to death?"

"Master Zhao, you also said that the family attaches great importance to profits. They will definitely see the pros and cons. Once the food cannot be harvested, the impact on the Li family will be much worse than starving to death."

"Please tell me, young hero!"

"The Li family, as a large food family, is valued by His Majesty, so they can be so arrogant. If the Li family can't provide food, then it will be derelict on His Majesty's duty. Then His Majesty will have enough reasons to hold the Li family accountable and take back all the fields under the Li family's name. , faced with such a situation, how would you choose, Mr. Zhao?"

On the one hand, you can lose half of your field and still maintain your reputation, but on the other hand, you can't harvest enough food and your Majesty will blame you and throw away the entire field. Anyone who is not a fool knows that the lesser of two evils and the greater of two benefits are the right.

This is forcing the Li family to choose to give up half of their land! At that time, the people in Cangjiu City will no longer have to beg for their lives at the hands of the Li family.

"Young hero is a great talent, I thank you young hero for the people of Cangjiucheng!" Zhao Kang said and saluted Shi Qing.

The others also looked at Shi Qing with admiration, feeling that everything came easily to Shi Qing's mouth.

Just say that they have the same brain as him, what's the difference?