Although Xie Xun said that he should behave well and not let Princess Guangling scold him when she came.
But when Chen Anning relied on the memories of the days when he was led by the bandits into the bandits' den, and estimated the reason why the bandits clung to the bandits' den, and that it was probably the abandoned den where they forged weapons, Xie Xun immediately Leaving her behind, he returned to the scene of the bandit suppression.
Chen Anning and Wen Huan couldn't let go of the children rescued from the Flower House. After forcing Xu Zan to arrange for people to send the children's information from Jinling County, they also dealt with the information while recovering from their injuries.
Therefore, when Princess Guangling arrived at Wuxing County, she immediately became angry when she saw Chen Anning and Wen Huan working with injuries.
Hua Jin and Hua Rong, on the other hand, smiled proudly.
Not long after the two of them were forcibly sent away from the capital by Xie Xun, they immediately returned to the capital after hearing the news of their departure. After confessing her mistake to Princess Guangling with tears in her eyes, she stayed again as a matter of course.
The visit to Wuxing County with Princess Guangling this time was also the result of their hard work.
Seeing that she was injured and still had to work, and Xie Xun hadn't stayed with her yet, Hua Jin's extravagant hopes that had been extinguished were revived.
"There's no need to say nice things to him!" After listening to Chen Anning's explanation, Princess Guangling said coldly, "The emperor has sent so many generals to suppress the bandits. Who does he think he is? He must compete with them. No?"
"Third cousin is not someone who competes for credit. Maybe it was an emergency, so he had no choice but to leave Miss Chen Er busy." Hua Jin pressed hard on the corners of his mouth that kept turning up, and persuaded with subtlety, "Now We're here, just take good care of Miss Chen Er for Third Cousin, and Auntie don't be angry."
"That's right," Hua Rong agreed, "Second Miss Chen has been injured for so long, and my third cousin took care of her until yesterday morning. I don't know how much things have been delayed."
"Miss Hua and Miss Hua San are right. Princess, please don't be angry anymore." Seeing that Princess Guangling's expression did not improve, Chen Anning said gently, "Besides, Xie Xun had no intention of leaving. I was the one who asked him to leave. .The princess also knew that I was taken to the bandits' den by bandits. Although I was blindfolded when I went there, I heard a lot of banging sounds on the way there. I suspected that it was the bandits forging weapons. The Forbidden Army generals have been suppressing bandits for nearly a month, and their experience is getting richer and richer. However, those bandits have been rampant in Jiangnan Road and Huainan Road for almost 20 years. They are already familiar with the terrain here than the Forbidden Army generals. They chose the place to stay. , and easy to attack and difficult to defend. If my suspicion is true, and those bandits are desperately guarding the bandits' den, and the Forbidden Army continues to fight in the current way, it may be difficult to break them."
"Of course, the most important thing is that I'm afraid that the Imperial Guards won't believe that I can still remember the way the bandits took me into the bandits' den even though I was blindfolded. So I want Xie Xun to take someone over to explore the situation first. If I If his memory is correct, then that road is probably a rare opening to break into the bandits’ den.”
"You can't tell the truth from the lie, so let the third cousin go. If something happens to the third cousin, you..." Hua Rong blurted out and was stopped by the cold eyes of Princess Guangling. Princess Guangling shook Chen Anning's hand and sighed softly: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work." Chen Anning looked at Xu Zan who came into the room and said with a smile, "Although Xie Xun has left, there is still Mr. Xu Wu who is here to help."
Princess Guangling looked at Xu Zan, who was much thinner than before leaving the capital, nodded, and asked the women and maids who followed to take over the work in his hands, and said: "You have lost a lot of weight, sit down quickly. Take a break.”
After Xu Zan handed the refreshments in his hand to his mother-in-law, he said: "I feel more energetic when I lose weight."
Princess Guangling smiled and said, "I used to be energetic and blessed."
Xu Zan immediately said: "What about now?"
Princess Guangling looked him up and down, "He is energetic now and has the spirit to run forward."
Xu Zan quickly glanced at Wen Huan and said, "Ah Xun said that he would also arrange an errand for me when he returns to the capital."
"I should have made arrangements for you a long time ago." Princess Guangling said, "It's because he can't bear to have you running around to help him, so he keeps detaining you until now. It's only because of your good temper that you tolerate him until now."
"No, no," Xu Zan quickly denied, "If Ah Xun hadn't taken me in, your father would have just found an insignificant job for me to hang out. He would never have valued me as much as Ah Xun and thought about my future."
"You do know how to praise him." Princess Guangling smiled and asked about the situation in Wuju County before letting him go.
"Actually, my injury is not serious," Chen Anning said quickly when her eyes fell back on her body.
"It's not serious, but you have to take good care of it!" As if her thoughts were revealed, Princess Guangling said without comment, "Let them do their own thing about rescuing those children."
Hua Jin said: "Second Miss Chen, please rest well. When we were in Jincheng County, Rong'er and I followed our third cousin to inspect the ranch, so you can rest assured to leave these matters to me, Rong'er."
Before Chen Anning could answer, Princess Guangling said first: "Then it will be hard on you two."
Hua Rong said quickly: "It's not hard to help third cousin solve his problems."
Princess Guangling didn't say much and went back to make arrangements for Chen Anning and Wen Huan to come.
Although Chen Anning and Wen Huan repeatedly assured them that nothing was wrong, in the next half month, Princess Guangling still kept an eye on them and did not allow them to participate in anything.
Good thing.
On the twentieth day after his departure, Xie Xun returned with the fourth leader of the gang headed by Fan Dahai.
The fourth in command is Zhou Ci, who works as an accountant in a bandit gang.
After Xie Xun checked the route she provided and led the imperial troops to break through, Zhou Ci was inspecting the mining area where copper coins and weapons were made. He came here on the first day when the Imperial Army was encircling and suppressing the gangster den where Chen Anning went. It was a routine inspection, but he didn't expect that there would be no return.
Zhou Ci was very calm about being arrested. Regarding Xie Xun's interrogation, there were also questions and answers.
Zhou Ci was originally a scholar in Yuyang County, Yongyang County. Because his family was poor and he failed three exams, he was looked down upon by others. Just when he was about to take the exam again and give up his studies and start farming if he failed, the new magistrate of Yuyang County fell in love with his wife. After several attempts to trade with twenty taels of silver but failed, the new magistrate of Yuyang County fell in love with his wife. The magistrate simply had his wife kidnapped while she was working in the fields, and forcibly destroyed her innocence. Zhou Ci's wife couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide by jumping into the river. Zhou Ci's son went to the county government office to demand an explanation, but was also beaten to death. Afterwards, the newly arrived magistrate threw twenty taels of silver to Zhou Ci who went to collect the corpse as a settlement.
Zhou Ci was not angry. After burying his wife and children, he went to Yongyang County to beat drums and complain. However, the new magistrate had already greeted the people from the prefecture. Not only did Zhou Ci not get an explanation, but he was imprisoned for two years on false charges.
After being released from prison, on his way back to Yuyang County, when he passed the river where his wife committed suicide, he shouted that the sky was unfair. A bandit who came down from the mountain to rob happened to pass by. He searched him and saw that he had no money. After beating him up, he followed the principle of robbing people if he couldn't get money and robbed him back to the gangster's den. .
After living helplessly in the bandit den for a while, he suddenly came up with the idea of using the bandits to take revenge, so he tried his best to express himself. He already had real talent and knowledge, and within two years, he was recognized by Fan Dahai. After learning about his experience, Fan Dahai took the initiative to kidnap the magistrate and let him take revenge.
Zhou Ci knew that Fan Dahai was openly avenging him but secretly testing his loyalty to the bandits, so he killed the magistrate without hesitation.
Because he would not be tolerated by the court if he hurt an official of the court, Zhou Ci was even more recognized by Fan Dahai. Soon after this happened, Fan Dahai asked him to manage the bandit's accounting room.
Xie Xun saw that he was so cooperative, so before the interrogation ended, he tentatively asked him if he had ever heard Fan Dahai mention the massacre in Yaowang Valley.
Zhou Ci's answer was that he had heard of it.
According to his explanation, Fan Dahai accidentally mentioned a few words to him once after he drank too much. Fan Dahai said that when he followed King Anbei to Fuhua Mountain to conspire with the general of Jin to overthrow the rule of Wei, he was bumped into by two disciples from Yaowang Valley. Later, according to the order of King Anbei, he led five thousand dead soldiers to massacre the entire Yaowang Valley.
Fan Dahai also said that it was a pity that the whereabouts of the two miracle doctors were unknown. No matter how they searched, they could not find anyone alive or dead.
After Xie Xun heard what he said, he immediately took him back to Wuxing County and asked her to interrogate him personally.
