The Regent's Concubine is Crazy

Chapter 420

Lu Zhentian's eyes were evasive and he didn't dare to look directly into Bei Suqi's eyes.

"Master, I didn't do anything wrong! Did you misunderstand something?" Lu Zhentian stammered, trying to defend himself. However, his voice trembled in the cold wind, sounding so pale and weak.

Bei Suqi frowned and swung his sword towards Lu Zhentian's face.

There was a crisp "pop" sound, and the weapon hit Lu Zhentian's face which was swollen like a pig's head. Lu Zhentian covered his face and screamed, almost crying out in pain.

"Are you still not behaving yourself?" Bei Suqi said jokingly, playing with the dagger in his hand.

Lu Zhentian was so frightened that his body trembled even more violently.

"Ah... Master, spare me!" Lu Zhentian finally collapsed. He knelt on the ground, begging for mercy with tears streaming down his face.

Bei Suqi remained unmoved. He stared at Lu Zhentian coldly and slashed slightly with the dagger in his hand.

A blood mark suddenly appeared on Lu Zhentian's neck, and blood slowly flowed out, staining his collar red.

"Will you tell me or not?" Bei Suqi's voice was as cold as ice, making people shudder.

Lu Zhentian covered his neck with his hands, frightened to death. He could no longer bear this kind of fear and pressure, and said tremblingly: "Uncle, that... I'm just a toddler, I'm just a petty thief!" His voice was filled with fear.

Just then, Mo Feng came back.

Mo Feng reported a surprising discovery: "Master, Princess, there are many dirty little beggars locked up in the backyard of this courtyard."

Several people frowned slightly when they heard this.

Okra and Holly brought out more than twenty dirty little beggars.

Bei Suqi looked at these little beggars, then looked at Lu Zhentian with some coldness in his eyes. He swung the dagger in his hand again. Seeing this, Lu Zhentian was so scared that his whole body went limp.

"Uncle, please spare my life! Don't kill me!" Lu Zhentian cried, his voice full of despair and pleading.

Lu Zhentian's eyes widened, he was terrified, a pool of yellow liquid appeared under him, and suddenly, a foul smell hit him in the face.

Bei Suqi covered his nose in disgust and took a few steps back, as if even the air was tainted with filth.

Mo Shaoxie also hugged Shangguan Ziling and took a few steps back.

"Huh! A grown man, but you only have so little courage? How disgusting!" Shangguan Ziling said, covering her nose, her voice full of disdain and contempt.

Mo Shaoxie didn't say anything, but his eyes were sharper than words. He looked at Lu Zhentian, and a strong killing intent surged in his heart.

At this moment, a ragged, skinny child suddenly squeezed out from the crowd. His eyes were full of fear and anger, and he shouted loudly: "Kill him, kill him!" His voice was sharp and piercing, like a sword cutting through the quiet night sky.

As his voice fell, the children around him seemed to have found a resonance and shouted: "Kill him, kill him!" Some of these children were still young, with childish faces; others were almost teenagers, but their eyes were full of vicissitudes and despair.

Shangguan Ziling looked at the group of children, and an inexplicable sadness welled up in her heart. She looked at them and tried to make her tone gentle and kind: "Why are you here? Why are you begging and stealing?"

A thin little boy said with trembling lips and choking sobs: "We were all abducted by them and are under their surveillance every day. They want us to beg for money and steal money. If we can't steal money or beg for money, they won't give us food. If we escape and are caught, we will be beaten. Before, several of our friends escaped because they missed home and were caught and beaten to death by them. Those who didn't die were either beaten to disability or given poison to make them mute. They said that the more pitiful you are, the more people will give you alms if you go out to beg."

Listening to the little boy's story, Shangguan Ziling and his group were all filled with anger.

They really couldn't imagine that these children had suffered such inhuman treatment.

Shangguan Ziling was even more confused: just now at the inn, those men in black obviously knew martial arts, but the people here only had mediocre skills.

Shangguan Ziling couldn't help but ask, "Are those men in black at the inn tonight also your people?"

Lu Zhentian trembled when he heard this, and seemed a little scared. He stammered, "That was the thug that the county magistrate gave me... The thug that the county magistrate gave me."

Lu Zhentian felt sick to his stomach. He should not have let the thugs given to him by the county magistrate steal the jade pendant. He had no idea that this group of people were so powerful. He was really in trouble...

Bei Suqi yawned upon hearing this, and seemed not surprised by this answer. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Cousin, it looks like we have to go meet the county magistrate, but it's late today, we have to go back to sleep and rest for a night, and then go to the county government office tomorrow."

Shangguan Ziling snuggled in Mo Shaoxie's arms and said "hmm" softly. She looked up at the starry sky, with a gleam of determination in her eyes. These children are innocent victims, and they deserve redemption and help. And the source of all this is that cruel county magistrate.

Shangguan Ziling was somewhat thankful that Mo Shaoxie had his jade pendant stolen by the little beggar, otherwise they would not have investigated. If they left, these poor children would have been treated inhumanely.

Qiu Kui and Dong Qing stood aside, and Qiu Kui couldn't help but say, "These children are so pitiful at such a young age."

Holly nodded and said "hmm".

Shangguan Ziling took a deep breath and said, "Qiugui, Dongqing, you guys take care of these children. I'll check their bodies tomorrow morning to see if they've been hurt."

"Yes," Okra and Holly said in unison.

Mo Shaoxie ordered in a cold voice: "Tie them up and take them to the county government office tomorrow."

Mo Feng and other secret guards quickly found ropes and tied up Lu Zhentian and his group tightly.

Mo Shaoxie hugged Shangguan Ziling and quickly disappeared into the night.

Bei Suqi spread his hands, thinking that he was also sleepy, and he also jumped up and disappeared.

Mo Feng and other secret guards, seeing that their masters had left, began to clean up the mess!

Shangguan Ziling and Mo Shaoxie returned to the inn, washed up in the space, and lay down on the bed.

Shangguan Ziling's mind flashed with the pitiful appearance of those children just now. She felt very uncomfortable and lost her sleepiness for a while.

Mo Shaoxie gently stroked Shangguan Ziling's back, "Ling'er, don't think about it. It's getting late. Go to bed early."

“They are so pitiful!”

"When they met Ling'er, their fate was rewritten and they would no longer live such an inhuman life."

"Um…"

"Go to sleep!" Mo Shaoxie gently patted Shangguan Ziling's back over and over again.