Seeing that Madam Qin was so worried that she couldn't eat, Su Yao couldn't help but smile: "Even if the sky falls, you still have to eat and sleep. Madam, there is really no need to be so angry. There is still a long way to go."
Mrs. Qin sighed in her heart.
She really liked Su Yao more and more. If it weren't for the difference in status, she couldn't help but touch Su Yao's hair. She didn't know how there could be such an approachable and emotionally stable person in the world. No matter how big the matter was, Su Yao never got angry, and would never take the opportunity to vent his anger on others.
This made Madam Qin feel very rare, and she couldn't help thinking in her heart, no wonder she is the Crown Prince's Consort at this age, and can still be so favored by the Empress Dowager, this demeanor alone is unmatched by few girls.
She smiled bitterly and said, "I know the truth, but I can't completely calm down."
It was naturally difficult to calm down, so Su Yao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Madam, nothing will happen."
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door. Jinping stood at the door and reported softly, "Crown Princess, Liujie is back."
Su Yao nodded, put down the book in his hand and asked Jinping to bring Liujie in.
As soon as he entered the door, Liu Jie bowed to Su Yao first.
Su Yao waved his hand: "Okay, tell me, have you found anything?"
Liu Jie is smart and very good at communication. He made great contributions when he first went to Hunan. Later, he gained some experience in Yunnan. Now he is more experienced in doing things. Su Yao can only feel at ease if he entrusts some things to him.
Mrs. Qin looked at Liujie twice more, but for no other reason. It was just that the young man was so handsome that people couldn't help but look at him twice more.
Liu Jie walked forward without looking away and lowered his voice: "Madam, I went to the place where those girls were imprisoned last night, dressed up as a coolie and infiltrated the guards, and found out a few things."
Su Yao raised an eyebrow and motioned for him to continue.
"Those people were captured temporarily. At the beginning, no one thought of burning those girls to death." Liu Jie said solemnly, "They said that Wujiabao did have a rule to burn girls who escaped from the Japanese pirates, but it was not carried out every year. After all, most of the girls who were abducted were from ordinary families, and there were not so many rules, so this kind of thing did not happen often in the past."
This time, the top leaders of Wujiabao suddenly ordered to kill those girls, and the people below were also very surprised.
But because the patriarch gave the order this time, everyone still followed the patriarch's order to capture the person no matter how sudden it was.
Some accidents happened in the process of catching these girls.
There was a woman with a five-year-old child. She had always been at odds with her mother-in-law. After she was kidnapped by pirates and came back, her mother-in-law drove her and the child out on the pretext that she had lost her virginity.
The woman and the child had a hard life and nearly committed suicide several times. Fortunately, the women who were also driven out felt sorry for them and took them to live in the dilapidated temple. They went out to beg for food during the day and gave the extra food to the child.
The tribe members went to arrest the man but ignored the child. Now no one knows where the child is.
Mrs. Qin felt uncomfortable when she heard this. She knew those women were pitiful, but she didn't know they were so pitiful.
Especially the child, who was only five years old. How could he survive without his mother
Su Yao was silent for a moment: "In other words, the decision to burn those girls to death was made temporarily, and the so-called rules are not hard and fast rules. Don't they kill all the girls every year?"
Liu Jie nodded affirmatively: "I have asked around, and asked the people around me, and it is indeed true."
Su Yao sneered.
It is true.
Madam Qin was very confused when she heard this. Seeing that Su Yao's face had turned cold, she couldn't help but ask, "Crown Princess, what does this mean? What about their rules..."
She still clearly remembered the looks on the faces of everyone in the Wu family. Didn’t they say that this was the rule of their clan? Either everyone in Wujiabao would be killed, or this rule could not be broken.
So what is this that Liujie has found out now
Su Yao raised his eyebrows: "What I mean is that this rule is made for me."
Those girls also need to be burned in front of Su Yao.
Some people knew that she was going to open a weaving workshop and that she would come to help these girls, so they used these girls to lure her to Wujiabao.
They figured she wouldn't sit by and watch the girls burn.
No wonder.
Su Yao tapped his fingers on the table and ordered Liu Jie calmly, "Send someone to look for the child. The child is innocent. Don't let him die in vain."
Liujie quickly agreed.
Su Yao added: "Also, send a few people to catch up with San Sheng so that he doesn't have to go to the garrison to borrow troops. I'm afraid he won't be able to borrow any."
Liujie also agreed, stood up and went out to do his work.
Mother Shen felt a chill in her heart when she heard this. After following Su Yao for a long time, she had become much more sensitive and could sometimes smell the approach of danger.
At this moment, she had that feeling again.
After Liu Jie left, she poured a cup of tea for Su Yao and called her worriedly: "Miss..."
There are tens of thousands of people in Wujiabao. If they really use those girls to bring her in, then when things get turbulent, what can Su Yao do with the few people he brings with him? It's clearly a drop in the bucket!
She asked hurriedly, "How about we send someone to deliver a letter to His Highness and the Marquis?"
Xiao Heng and Su Rong have to be informed of this matter. Otherwise, even if Su Yao has three heads and six arms, something bad will happen.
"It's useless." Although it has come to this, Su Yao still looked calm and composed: "Their target is me. I'm afraid that His Highness and my brother are no longer in Taizhou. Even if our people go there, it will be too late to find them."
Now that we have lured the people into the trap, the next step is to cut the Gordian knot. There is no way we can drag it out and wait for them to call for help.
Even Madam Qin was horrified by what she heard: "Then, what should we do? How dare Wujiabao be so bold? Are they planning a rebellion?!"
This is the Crown Princess! Are the people in Wujiabao crazy? Are they really colluding with the pirates and are they so crazy? Otherwise, how could they be so bold as to use the lives of those girls to lure the Crown Princess here
If this isn’t treason, what is
Su Yao knew that was not the case. She shook her head and said, "No, unless Wu Jiabao is crazy, if I die here, Wu Jiabao will not be able to deny the relationship. Someone must be interfering. There must be a traitor in Wu Jiabao who is trying to sow discord here."
And the person behind this is the one who really wants to kill her.