Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 453: Giving You a Chance to Make Meritorious Service!

Chapter 453: Chapter 453: Giving You a Chance to Make Meritorious Service!

Long Yue saw Li Qingmu at the Yangxin Residence of the master, who was applying medicine to him.

His arm had a cut, the wound wasn’t big or deep, but the blood flowing out was black, indicating the weapon was poisoned!

"What’s going on?"

Long Yue stepped in and immediately wanted answers, glaring at Li Qingmu.

This man manages to injure himself every time he goes out; how are you so good at courting death?

Li Qingmu looked innocent: "I accidentally scraped it."

"You’re lying to ghosts?" Long Yue sarcastically retorted, "A scraped wound, with poison?"

"Yes!"

The man nodded as if it was expected, this obedient and innocent look, made one want to hit him.

"Yue’er doesn’t need to worry. He took the Baidu Pill in advance; the toxin has been mostly cleared. I’ll prescribe something, drink it for a couple of days and he’ll be fine."

"Good, thank you, master! A Mu, you’re just here to trouble the master!"

Long Yue glanced at Li Qingmu with disdain; this man shrugged again, pretending innocence, really infuriating!

Watching this lively couple, Duanmu Nan just smiled lightly.

"Ah!"

The you’er walked in with three fruits, biting one himself, handing one to Long Yue, and the other...

He looked at Li Qingmu, then at Duanmu Nan, and finally gave the last fruit to Duanmu Nan.

Li Qingmu’s face darkened; this kid had a grudge against him!

Although Duanmu Nan saved him last time, the you’er was already unconscious at that time, meaning he didn’t know Duanmu Nan.

Yet, he still gave the fruit to him.

Just giving the fruit is fine, but looking at me and then him, what’s the meaning of that?

Clearly despising me?

"Pfft!"

Seeing this frustrating man getting the short end, Long Yue couldn’t help but laugh.

Seeing him suffer is truly delightful!

"This child is very cute." Duanmu Nan rarely praised people. He bit into the fruit, its sweet and refreshing taste was delicious, deepening the smile on his face.

Yun Jin emerged with two medicine packets and caught sight of this scene, freezing in place.

The senior brother never liked to smile, never really did, but since acknowledging Long Yue as his disciple, his smiles had unknowingly increased.

Yun Jin felt a bit sour but also somewhat joyful.

In the past, she frequently saw her senior brother seem dejected, expression indifferent, even if he smiled, it was usually stiff. Such a natural smile, truly, she’d never seen.

Her senior brother’s smile is truly handsome, like an Immortal.

Yun Jin watched, entranced, forgetting what she was supposed to do until Duanmu Nan called out: "Junior sister, what are you thinking about?"

His voice was so alluring that Yun Jin’s soul nearly flew away, hurriedly snapping back: "Senior brother, I... I’ve prepared the medicine."

Duanmu Nan looked at her; his junior sister had been a little off lately. He knew why but didn’t want to explain.

Because, no explanation was needed!

He did indeed harbor unusual feelings for Long Yue.

Long Yue took the medicine packets Yun Jin passed over, thanked her, then left with Li Qingmu, scolding him the entire way back.

"Dear, I was wrong!"

Li Qingmu admitted his mistake obediently, his attitude sincere, leaving others without recourse.

You’re being so obedient, I feel bad being harsh on you.

That night, Li Qingmu enjoyed the sweet taste of his little wife before sleeping while holding her.

Early the next morning, at the court assembly, Zhao Mengran unexpectedly presented a memorial, discussing the matter of human trafficking.

It turns out, the traffickers confessed; they had more accomplices, five in total, scattered throughout Shengjing City. The children on that ship were their spoils of war over the past three months.

Shengjing City is prosperous; the people live abundantly, raising their children well. They originally planned to transport this batch of children via the Jinming Lake waterway to sell in remote rural areas, with each priced at no less than twenty taels.

Dozens of children amount to nearly a thousand taels of dirty money!

Unfortunately, just as the traffickers were about to finish this transaction and leave, Li Qingmu discovered and apprehended them.

"Emperor, your servant has another matter to report!"

Zhao Mengran raised the ceremonial tablet, appearing sorrowful. Some matters didn’t require a Capital Governor to report in court, but this was exceptionally inhumane and had to be addressed.

Qi Yun nodded, signaling him to continue.

"Emperor, I investigated, and found these individuals not only sold children to the countryside as maids and laborers, but also sent a small number to a place for..."

He glanced up at Qi Yun, hesitating, before saying, "transformation!"

"Transformation?" Qi Yun leaned forward slightly, intrigued, "Interesting, tell me more!"

"It involves brutal transformation of humans, for example, feeding them a certain poison to prevent normal growth, keeping them child-like. Additionally, some are poisoned mute or blinded, forced to beg, and some, more horrendously, have animal pelts draped over them, forced to mimic animals for entertainment..."

"Bang!"

Zhao Mengran knew Qi Yun would be infuriated, but hadn’t expected the Emperor to react so fiercely, abruptly interrupting him, slamming the table!

"Scoundrel, beast, what is this? Inhuman, devoid of humanity! Human trafficking is heinous enough, but to poison innocent children? Despicable, utterly despicable!"

"Bang bang bang," Qi Yun kept pounding the table, shaking with fury, then abruptly knocked over the table decor, shouting, "Execute, execute immediately, no, flay, flay them alive!"

The Emperor was once again angry, but fortunately, no one in the court objected because it was simply too inhumane. Saying flaying was too light!

"What about that place? Zhao Mengran, you said, where is it?" Qi Yun waved his hand, "Enough, send some officials to seal it, punish those who deserve punishment, kill those who deserve killing, and rescue those who need rescuing!"

Saying this, Qi Yun suddenly glanced at Li Qingmu, who was "resting with eyes closed" by the pillar, and couldn’t help but sneer.

This rascal, sleeping during the court assembly? Excessive, truly thinks I can’t handle you?

Hence, Qi Yun said, "Now then, since that place had this incident, the court knew nothing, indicating official dereliction, possibly collusion between officials and bandits, sheltering these evil men! Li Qingmu!"

Qi Yun raised his voice sharply, jolting Li Qingmu awake: "Emperor?"

"You, accompany others and go investigate; as Imperial Envoy, you should oversee officials. If there’s any dereliction, you know what to do, right? Hmm?"

After Qi Yun finished, he proudly glanced at Li Qingmu, as if saying: Young man, here’s your chance to make a mark!

Li Qingmu looked puzzled, but seeing Qi Yun’s good mood, he instinctively replied: "Yes, your servant accepts the decree!"