Chapter 609: Overnight trial
"Yuzhu."
"How about your name Yuzhu?" Lu Chaochao tilted his head and looked at her with a smile.
The skinny girl's eyes burst into a bright and dazzling light, and her eyes were watery, as if filled with tears: "Okay, sister's name is Yuzhen, and my name is Yuzhu."
Hearing this, she was a girl surrounded by happiness.
She didn't like her original name.
Zhaodi, Zhaodi, that name, all showed her unbearable when she was born. No one welcomed her and looked forward to her birth.
At night, the officials invited the county magistrate here overnight.
Lu Chaochao had already returned to her room to rest. The county magistrate greeted her outside the door and kowtowed before taking people up the mountain.
The whole village was strictly guarded.
Nowadays, men have a higher status than women, and women live with the support of men. This is an indisputable fact.
But Beizhao also has relevant laws. Parents can decide the life and death of the fetus in the womb.
If it is born and becomes a baby, it is a life.
Parents cannot deprive their children of their lives at will.
The county magistrate climbed the mountain with sweat all over his head, constantly raising his hands to wipe the sweat, and he was extremely anxious.
He was even more angry.
He had no background and no money to bribe, so he came to this remote town to be the county magistrate.
Now that the girls' school has been established, he only needs to do this thing diligently and he will have the hope of leaving here. But such a big thing happened at a critical moment!
"Sir, we have arrived at the Baby Ditch."
As soon as he climbed to the top of the mountain, he saw a lot of faint green lights in the darkness. The officials drew their swords and protected County Magistrate Zhou.
"Sir, there are many abandoned babies here. Over time, many wolves have gathered..."
It is extremely cruel to say that the baby was torn to pieces.
Fortunately, there were many people and the wolves were quickly driven away.
When County Magistrate Zhou came, the officials had already reported the reason, but when he really stood in front of the Baby Ditch, under the reflection of the torch, countless small bones made his heart tremble.
County Magistrate Zhou's face was cold enough to eat into his bones.
Whether it was the corpses on the mountain or his career, it was undoubtedly a major blow.
Under his jurisdiction, so many innocent lives had died, and they were caught by Princess Zhaoyang...
County Magistrate Zhou almost gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Investigate thoroughly! In the village tonight, investigate this matter thoroughly! We must find out the result before the princess leaves!"
He was so angry that his eyes were red.
Although he cared about his career, he still had a conscience. It was his dereliction of duty that such a horrific thing happened within his jurisdiction.
"These corpses?" The official couldn't bear to look at them any more. The bones were very small, and one of them made people cry.
Some people around were already secretly wiping tears.
"It is said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs, but there are such cruel parents..." If it gets out, the reputation of the entire Pingguan Town will be damaged.
"Collect all of them, and make sure to find all the remains of these poor children."
"Find another opportunity to bury them again."
Official Lin almost nodded, but sighed: "I'm afraid we can't even find all the remains." They were still young, and the wolves would eat them up, so it was estimated that there would be nothing left.
County Magistrate Zhou also understood, but there was no other way.
"Let the master take care of the people below, and you, Old Lin, collect the remains upstairs. I will go down to try the case!" County Magistrate Zhou's face was as cold as frost, and his face was gloomy and ugly.
Late at night, the village was noisy and brightly lit.
The cries and begging for mercy were endless.
Lu Chaochao was half asleep, and he only felt that the noise was terrible. He covered his head with the brocade quilt, curled up inside with his butt sticking out, and soon heard the little guy snoring in his sleep.
A slight wave appeared in the house, and the young man flicked his fingers and set up a barrier in the house.
Lu Chaochao, who was in a dream, fell into a deep sleep.
The young man seemed to sigh helplessly, and pulled the little girl out of the quilt with his slender hands. Seeing that her cheeks were already red, but she didn't even open her eyes...
He couldn't help laughing.
He put two boxes of heavy gold and silver beside the bed, and then turned into smoke and dissipated.
The next day.
As soon as it was dawn, someone knocked on the door of the courtyard.
Yuzhu held a wooden board in both hands, on which were some farm snacks, steaming hot.
Yuzhu's clothes were worn out, but they were washed clean and still had the smell of sunshine.
She didn't sleep all night last night, and she and her mother were packing things and clothes at home.
Just after she finished her work, she didn't have time to rest, so she made breakfast for her benefactor.
Before cooking, she hurriedly washed up.
She knew that the nobles in the capital loved cleanliness.
Yuzhu knew that the princess didn't dislike it, but she wanted the princess to eat happily. At this moment, she saw the fierce Zhu Mo coming to open the door, and Yuzhu trembled and said: "Princess, have you woken up? This is our local specialty..."
It was the meat that my mother secretly bought with her private money last night.
Zhu Mo saw her, and his face softened slightly: "Please come in, the princess is about to get up."
Yuzhu nodded, and felt that the maids in the room were dressed more luxuriously than the ladies in the town.
She didn't wear the clothes that the princess gave her last night.
She was afraid that her rough skin would scratch the clothes, and she wanted to wear them after entering school.
Before Lu Chaochao opened her eyes, she smelled the domineering fragrance in the air.
When she opened her eyes, she was almost blinded.
The bedside was magnificent with gold and silver, and Lu Chaochao jumped off the bed without wearing shoes and socks.
"Wow... It melted so quickly?" She hugged a lump of gold ingots and bit them hard. She didn't let it go until her teeth ached.
"Now, there will be no worries about female education in the next five years!" As for five years later, as long as women rise up, everything will work out naturally.
However...
Although Lu Chaochao was a lawless person who did whatever she wanted, she owed karma for the tomb of the courtier being dug up this time.
She looked up at the sky: "Why don't you come out to see me? There's no point hiding from me..."
"You have to admit your mistakes eventually."
"I know you can hear me."
The young man's voice came from the sky: "Oh."
Lu Chaochao called Zhuifeng: "These two boxes of gold, you order people to send the gold and silver back to the capital, and let your mother distribute them to the girls' schools. Let the girls' schools ensure basic operations..." The pens, ink, paper and inkstones were all provided by the girls' schools, and the students only needed to work to get food.
As for the things for cultivation, there were many things that could be used by beginners in the space, so there was no need to worry.
Zhuifeng agreed and carried the box out.
Outside the door, Yuzhu came in with a tray.
Lu Chaochao didn't like to be served, so she simply pulled Yuzhu to have dinner with her. Yuzhu was nervous, but seeing that Lu Chaochao had no airs and was as innocent as an ordinary child, she gradually let go.
"How old are you?" Lu Chaochao asked Yuzhu.
Yuzhu made an eight with her hands.
Lu Chaochao's eyes widened: "Eight years old? You are actually older than me..." From the naked eye, the two were about the same height, but Chaochao...
Chubby.
Yuzhu nodded shyly. She was hungry at home, no, she had never been full. She was not even as tall as the stove, so she stepped on a stool to do the work. Her father was a gambler and a drinker, so if she didn't do it, her mother would do it.
She was naturally shorter than her peers, and looked about the same age as Lu Chaochao, who was five and a half years old. (End of this chapter)
