Chapter 62: Darkened Prodigy
Chapter 62: Darkened Prodigy
Later, Liu Sheng still failed to eat wontons.
Instead, he was taken to the yamen together with his aunt.
Miss Wen was also taken there.
It was just that Liu Sheng and the aunt were invited as witnesses, while Miss Wen was escorted there.
However, it has not been confirmed yet that she is the criminal, but she is highly suspected and needs to be taken back for interrogation.
The victim was stabbed in the abdomen with a dagger, and the murder weapon was Miss Wen's dagger.
What's more, what is even more undeniable is that the deceased had been in a box on the top floor of Baihe Tower with Miss Wen before he fell from the building.
There were only two people, the door was closed, and one of them was stabbed and fell to his death, and the other one had no way to defend himself.
Miss Wen did not argue, and silently allowed the clerk to clasp her hands, lower her head, and follow her back to the yamen amidst the gazes and discussions of the crowd.
Liu Sheng never thought that the eldest daughter of the Wen family would one day become a prisoner.
Moreover, after not seeing each other for ten days, Liu Sheng had not expected that Miss Wen had changed so much.
I still remember when I first met her, Miss Wen was dressed elegantly and had a calm and arrogant look on her face.
But when Miss Wen was escorted downstairs by the yamen officials just now, Liu Sheng almost didn't recognize her at first glance.
At this time, Miss Wen looked exhausted, with a pale complexion, dark circles under her eyes, and her hair was not carefully combed into a bun. It was a little messy, and she was only wearing a coarse blue shirt, which was extremely simple.
Moreover, the strange aura around her is extremely strong!
The little tentacles almost popped out in glee.
It also told Liu Sheng that this strange aura was very familiar, but it didn't know where it came from.
Liu Sheng didn’t know what had happened to Miss Wen that caused such a big change.
When they arrived at the Qinghe government office, Liu Sheng and the aunt at the wonton stall simply asked a few questions, then they were released after signing their names.
After all, the two of them just happened to be hit by the corpse, so there is very little they can know.
"It's really bad luck! It seems that it's not suitable to open the business these days. We might as well go to Bishui Temple to pray for a talisman to feel more at ease. Miss, would you like to go with us?" As soon as she finished asking the question, the aunt patted her chest and said to Liu Sheng with lingering fear.
Liu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Thank you, Auntie. No need."
Having said that, he walked straight to the back yamen.
The aunt looked at Liu Sheng's back and shook her head in confusion. This girl was not afraid of bad luck and still stayed here. It would be better for her to leave first.
When Liu Sheng arrived at the prison in the back yamen, he happened to see a maid carrying a food box begging the jailer at the door.
"Big brother, please be kind and let me go in to bring food to my young lady. Please accept this little gift." The maid said as she stuffed a small brocade bag into the jailer's hand.
After hearing this, Liu Sheng realized that the maid's purpose was similar to hers.
The jailer pinched the brocade bag and put it into his sleeve, then said, "It's no use begging me. I want you to know that Miss Wen has been transferred to the weaving factory."
The maid was horrified: "Why are you going to the weaving house?"
The jailer sneered and said disdainfully, "You are her maid, don't you know? She is full of strange aura. Miss Wen has become a strange thing. Where else can she go if not to the weaving house? Don't pollute our government office."
"You too, hurry up and leave, maybe you've turned into a weirdo by being around her every day!"
After saying this, the jailer turned around and ignored the maid, and had no intention of returning the brocade bag to her.
The maid walked out in a daze, but when she passed by Liu Sheng, she was grabbed by Liu Sheng.
Liu Sheng led the maid away a little. The maid was in a daze at this time, so she let Liu Sheng lead her. "Now that you know about this, do you still want to see your lady?" Liu Sheng asked, staring into her eyes.
The maid said with tears in her eyes: "Of course I think so. I don't believe that my lady has become a ghost. I have to see it with my own eyes."
"Young lady has no one around her now, and I am the only one who remembers your kindness. If I abandon you, you will be too pitiful..." The maid took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears.
Liu Sheng nodded: "Okay, I'm from the weaving institute, I can think of a solution."
She took out the token of the weaving house, and the maid's tears stopped immediately. She looked at the token with surprise and hope in her eyes.
Liu Sheng saw that the concerned look did not seem fake, so he said, "Give me the food box, and also, tell me your name."
"And prove that you are really Miss Wen's maid."
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When Liu Sheng returned to Wanshitang, Su Yanjun was discussing something enthusiastically with Gao Yisheng.
Liu Sheng is on leave today, so Su Yanjun will naturally take his turn here.
"Why did you come back if you're not going to rest?" She turned around and saw Liu Sheng, very surprised.
However, she ignored Liu Sheng's answer and excitedly pulled Liu Sheng over: "Just right, you came at the right time! We are talking about the big news in Qinghe today!"
"Have you heard? The eldest daughter of the Wen family has killed someone!" Su Yanjun said in an exaggerated tone.
Gao Yisheng snorted, "If you ask me, there's no need to be so surprised. If it were me, I would kill him too."
As he spoke, he opened the fan with a "snap" and shook it.
Liu Sheng immediately pricked up his ears.
"That's Miss Wen! We, the children of Qinghe, have grown up listening to our parents praising Miss Wen. She has always been perfect in everything and always put herself first..."
Su Yanjun's tone dropped, perhaps as he recalled his childhood that was dimmed by Miss Wen's brilliance.
Gao Yisheng shook his head and said, "So what? Now the whole Qinghe knows that Miss Wen is now just a useless person who has lost all her cultivation."
Liu Sheng's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "When did this happen?"
She remembered that when the goods were delivered ten days ago, Miss Wen was still fine. How come she suddenly lost all her abilities?
"This is something that everyone in Qinghe knows. Didn't I talk about it a few days ago? Aren't you too oblivious to what's happening outside?" Su Yanjun said helplessly.
Indeed, Liu Sheng has been too focused on the things at hand recently. He has not been able to finish his own work, so how can he have time to listen to Su Yanjun's gossip.
"About five or six days ago, Miss Wen went out to hunt monsters again. As a result, she encountered some unknown thing and was found unconscious on the mountain by a herbal boy who was out collecting herbs. The boy then carried her all the way back." Su Yanjun simply told Liu Sheng again.
"That day, the whole of Qinghe saw Miss Wen being carried into the city without knowing what had happened." Gao Yisheng added, "Later, I heard that Miss Wen's foundation was completely destroyed, and her cultivation of the eighth level of the initial realm was gone."
"How do you know this?" Liu Sheng asked curiously.
Su Yanjun curled his lips and said, "I don't know where it came from. Maybe it was a servant of the Wen Mansion. Anyway, it sounds very convincing."
"They also said that Miss Wen was abandoned by the Wen family..."
This kind of abandonment naturally does not mean kicking her out of the house. After all, she is still a member of the Wen family. But as long as she is no longer valued and trained, it is like keeping an idle person at home. For Miss Wen, who was once a child of destiny, this is also an abandonment.
After hearing this, Liu Sheng compared it with what the maid Cuicui had just said and realized that the rumor was probably true.
(End of this chapter)