Chapter 679: The One Seeking Death Has Come (4)_1
Mu Zhongqing initially thought he wouldn’t escape incarceration this time, but, surprisingly, his danger turned into safety overnight. Even the two shops owned by his family and his field manor were unsealed, everything was restored!
The one picking him up from Ying Tianfu was Young Master Huo Yuan. Many days since their last meeting, yet Huo Yuan still looked stunning and elegant as before, his all-white robe with no pattern making him look like an ethereal deity who’s untouched by any dirt, though the plainness was overwhelming.
"Uncle Mu, you went through a lot, congratulations on getting through it safely!"
As soon as he saw Mu Zhongqing, Huo Yuan immediately got off the horse carriage and greeted him with a hand gesture.
Mu Zhongqing returned the gestures insisting: "I beg your pardon!"
He thought that once thrown into jail, even if he did not die, he would at the least suffer greatly from the torment. He had often heard reports of the brutal acts perpetrated by prison guards, therefore, he was mentally prepared to face the pain. But not only did he not go through any pain, but the prison guard, who had been responsible for his charge, even treated him to meat and wine, and respected him as if he were the presiding deity.
Huo Yuan was perplexed and only after persistent inquiries did the prison guard tell the truth.
It turned out that Young Master Huo Yuan had gratified the several prison guards in charge of Mu Zhongqing, rewarding each of them ten taels of patterned silver, and asked them to take good care of Scholar Mu overnight. All of these lower-ranked soldiers earned less than ten taels of silver in a year. As a result, the sight of such a tremendous amount of silver elated them. They itched to worship Mu Zhongqing, not only did they eagerly supply him with meat and wine but one of the prison guards also brought a clean set of bedding from home for him to sleep on!