Mo Rongyan lazily raised his eyelashes and asked instead, "Do you love your son very much? Do you really want him to live?"
Xiao Haitang saves others so that she can survive.
Effective rescue means that the other party really wants Xiao Haitang to save people.
Otherwise, it will be ineffective in saving lives.
Cheng Zhou didn't hesitate: "Of course."
Mo Ronyan said in a casual tone: "Then just wait."
"However, City Master Cheng colluded with the River God and killed countless young girls in the past ten years. This account must be settled."
Cheng Zhou's hands in his sleeves tightened slightly.
He stared at Mo Ronyan closely and suddenly smiled, "Jingzhou, a land with poor mountains and rivers, can actually have the noble third prince coming here. It's really brilliant."
Mo Rongyan's cold white slender fingers were not surprised that Cheng Zhou guessed his identity.
His voice was clear and crisp, like mutton-fat white jade soaked in ten thousand years of mysterious ice, and it was cold to the bones, "The people in Jingzhou praise you, why do you still do this?"
"Why?" Cheng Zhou's smile grew thicker, gentle and elegant.
He gradually stopped smiling and looked up at the sky, "God is unfair and treats all things like stupid dogs."
"Since they are all stupid dogs, there is no need for the weak to survive."
The doctor and the servants seemed to have known about the deal between River God and Cheng Zhou for a long time.
They knelt down with pale faces, but could not find a reason to refute Cheng Zhou's words.
Everywhere, the strong are respected.
The weak do not even have the right to live.
Mo Ronyan narrowed his eyes: "Cheng Zhou, who is the person behind the River God?"
"I don't know." Cheng Zhou raised his hand, and the sun shone through his fingers, making his facial features dim and dim.
After a while, he slowly spoke, "Shu'er has been weak since she was a child. She became ill ten years ago and almost died... Fortunately, an old man came to his rescue and used Gu insects to extend Shu'er's life."
Mo Rongyan calmly accepted his words: "Do these Gu insects need to be raised by living people?"
Cheng Zhou nodded: "Yes, each voodoo can help Shu'er extend his life for one year, but this voodoo needs to be warmed and maintained in the girl's body for three months."
"What will happen to the girl who warms up the Gu insects?"
"Lingering on the sickbed for life."
Surprise flashed in Mo Ronyan's eyes: "You didn't kill them?"
The doctor sighed: "To be honest with you, Your Highness, I have never wanted to harm anyone's life. I have always only wanted your son to be healthy."
"After the old man rescued the young master, the river god approached the Lord. The Lord first paid a lot of money to hire a girl who was willing to raise Gu."
"But for those who raise the poison, life is worse than death while the poison is in the body. After two years, no one will volunteer again."
"Some people sold their daughters to the city lord for their sons."
He pointed to the maids in the courtyard: "These women were sold by their own parents."
The maid kneeled on the ground, her face pale and her eyes full of sadness.
"Your Excellency agrees that they will not use their bodies to feed Gu, but the premise is that the young master will live and everyone will live."
"If the prince dies, everyone dies."
The butler knelt down with a plop: "Your Highness, if you want to punish us, punish us. Your Excellency did not harm those girls!"
He explained with a wry smile: "The River God married a wife. In order to prevent the people from panic, you used illusion Gu to confuse the people."
"People always have a sense of reverence for God."
"After those girls who were taken away by the river god used their bodies to raise the Gu insects that the master needed, the adults would place them in the mountains and let people take care of them and their families."
Mo Ronyan said calmly: "Why don't you let them go home?"
The housekeeper smiled bitterly: "It's not that I won't let them go back, but I'm afraid that their families won't be able to accept it..."
Cheng Zhou raised his hand to interrupt the butler: "Your Highness, if you want to know the answer, please come to the backyard with me."
backyard.
Mo Ronyan looked at the busy women in the courtyard. Even though he had seen the brutality of the battlefield, he was stunned for a moment.
Cheng Zhou's face remained calm, but if he looked carefully, he could see the guilt in his eyes, "They are the women the River God has married over the years."
The woman in the courtyard seemed to have her face peeled off, which was extremely terrifying.
But there is an indifferent temperament about them.
A kind of peace that goes through hardships and still does not complain about life.
"They were once extremely beautiful women. They were able to accept themselves as disabled as they are now, and their minds were extremely firm."
"Most people choose to give up their lives."
Mo Ronyan's eyes were cold: "Cheng Zhou, you killed innocent people for your own selfish desires. Do you know your crime?"
Cheng Zhou lifted up his clothes and knelt down: "The guilty minister knows his guilt."
His face was full of bitterness: "The guilty minister has also been punished."
"The guilty minister's son doesn't even know what the guilty minister has done. I beg your highness not to vent your anger on him."
Mo Rongyan lowered his eyes and looked at him steadily.
Cheng Zhou clasped his fingertips on the ground and exerted force unconsciously.
The rough ground caused blood marks on his fingertips.
He seemed to feel no pain, and the strength gradually increased.
After a while, Mo Rongyan said calmly, "Cheng Zhou, what you did is enough to sentence you to death."
Cheng Zhou closed his eyes, the ends of his eyes were slightly moist, "I don't ask for forgiveness from Your Highness, but I only ask Your Highness not to anger the son of the guilty person."
"He didn't know all this. He was kind-hearted and always helped the people."
"The criminal is willing to accept any punishment."
Mo Rongyan's voice was cold and indifferent: "Who taught you the voodoo technique?"
"The guilty minister didn't know his identity. He suddenly came to the city lord's palace and never showed his true face for three months."
Cheng Zhou paused and continued: "The guilty minister suspects that he is from Xingming."
Mo Ronyan squeezed the little jade cat's fingers suddenly and hard.
His eyes flashed: "Jingzhou City is not far from Xingming, have you ever been in contact with them?"
Cheng Zhou hesitated for a moment: "The guilty minister accidentally overheard the old man's words before he left. The old Emperor Xingming was once assassinated while on a patrol incognito, and was rescued by a fisherman."
"He has a daughter with the fisherman."
"That baby girl, if you calculate her age, is similar to the imperial concubine."
Mo Rongyan's eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly.
His mother-in-law is not Liu Hao's biological sister.
