Knowing that Zhang Zifang would come to participate in the scientific examination, Meng Yi, who had been working hard to catch Zhang Zifang, was the most excited. He immediately sent people to surround the Yamen of Xianyang Order, waiting to catch the turtle in the urn.
On the first day, a group of them were in high spirits, waiting for Zhang Zifang to come and throw himself into the trap.
But that person was nowhere to be seen.
The next day, Meng Yi and his people came again excitedly, not daring to relax their eyes for a moment for fear of missing even a tiny bit.
But in the end...a group of people returned disappointed.
On the third day, Fusu couldn't sit still anymore. He personally gathered people around the yamen and ordered Huang Shigong to be brought over so that he could identify Zhang Zifang.
But on the last day, the ovary did not appear, and the expression on Huang Shigong's face was also light. His eyes kept scanning the people who came to participate in the scientific examination, but they never stopped at all.
Until the evening, when the scientific examination was over, there was no news about Zhang Zifang, which made Fusu very frustrated.
Could it be that the news from my father was wrong?
"Father's news has never been wrong. What exactly happened?"
Meng Yi, who was standing beside Huang Shigong, did not hear Fusu's words, but he knew that there was no hope of capturing Zhang Zifang.
He walked to Fusu with some worry, sighed and asked, "Master Fusu, how should I explain this matter to His Majesty?"
"How should we deal with this Mr. Huang Shi?"
"Is it possible that Cheng Cheng has been locked up in the house?"
"For such a long time, the ovary has never appeared, let alone secretly met this person at the minister's house. I'm afraid he has received the news a long time ago and doesn't care about his master's life or death, right?"
At this time, Fusu also had a fire in his heart. He studied Confucian classics, and what he despised the most were those who betrayed their faith and deceived their teachers and destroyed their ancestors.
His own master was imprisoned because of him, yet he could still calmly remain a timid young man. It was really disgusting!
"Huang Shigong, where is the ovary?"
"He doesn't care about your life or death so much, why do you still want to protect him?"
"As long as you tell him where he is hiding, or have his portrait drawn, then I can ask my father to forgive your crimes and let you leave on your own."
"how?"
It was obvious that Huang Shigong would not be affected by his words at all.
He already knew before that Ran Fang would never appear here if Zhang Liang was around.
Of course, he didn't want Zhang Liang to appear here.
So no matter what Fusu and Meng Yi said, he felt happy and a little grateful to Ran Fang at the moment.
"No need!"
After hearing this, Meng Yi, who had been holding back his anger for three days, couldn't help it anymore.
He angrily shouted: "You old man!"
"Since you don't want to tell the news about Zhang Zifang, you don't have to keep it anymore, just put him in the cell!"
After saying that, someone immediately came forward, preparing to escort Huang Shigong away.
At this moment, Ran Fang walked over from nowhere, followed by Cao Yangyun and Liu Bang.
"What happened?"
Seeing Ran Fang coming, Fusu was a little surprised. This was the first time he saw Ran Fang come out since Ran Fang was released from Xianyang Prison.
But after thinking about it for a moment, he immediately stepped forward to greet her, with an expression of joy on his face. In his opinion, where Ran Fang was present, many problems would be solved.
Presumably this time will be no exception, Ran Fang will definitely be able to find a way to catch Zhang Zifang.
"Sir, why are you here?"
"My father said that Zhang Zifang would also take part in the imperial examination today, so he sent me and Mr. Meng to arrest him."
"But after waiting for three full days, he was nowhere to be seen..."
"Now that the scientific examination is over, if I can't explain it to my father, I'm afraid I will have no choice but to imprison Huang Shigong."
Ran Fang seemed to have just learned about this, with an expression of sudden realization on his face.
He glanced at Huang Shigong without any trace, then turned to Meng Yi who was standing aside, and said calmly: "This gentleman looks familiar."
Just as Meng Yi was about to explain, he was interrupted by Ran Fang: "I just heard that Mr. Meng is going to put this old gentleman into a cell?"
"It just so happens that Xianyang Prison is now under my jurisdiction, so I took the person away."
After saying that, before Meng Yi could react, Cao Yangyu immediately commanded his men and brought Huang Shigong to Ran Fang's side.
Now it was Meng Yi's turn to be anxious. He didn't expect that one of his own people was not caught, and one of his people was lost.
He immediately said anxiously: "Ran Fang! Isn't this against the rules?"
"Huang Shigong was found by my people. He has always been imprisoned in my palace. Now he is handed over to you. What does this mean?"
"Don't you still want to rob someone?!"
Ran Fang was not angry, but turned his attention to Fusu.
"Master Fusu, what do you think about this matter?"
"I think it has been some time since Huang Shigong entered Xianyang, but there is no news about Zhang Zifang. Even no one was arrested during this scientific expedition. Do we still want to sit back and wait for death?"
"If that ovary never appears, do you really want to lock him up for the rest of his life?!"
"How should I explain to His Majesty then?!"
"However, since I took him away today, you can blame everything on me."
After saying that, he turned around and left with the people.
Meng Yi belatedly realized that Ran Fang came here just for Huang Shigong!
He really wanted to snatch Huang Shigong over at this moment, but because Fusu was here, he could only roar in Ran Fang's direction.
"Ran Fang! You are going too far!"
Fusu had a calm expression on his face. He turned his head and comforted Meng Yi: "It doesn't have to be like this."
"Since Mr. Huang Shi has been taken away by Mr. Huang, he will naturally be able to find a way to find Zhang Zifang."
"Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, you and I should still think about how to explain it to our father."
After hearing this, Meng Yi couldn't care less about being angry at the moment. He knew how much Ying Zheng valued Zhang Zifang's affairs.
Even though he had great confidence in his guards, he could not tolerate someone trying to assassinate His Majesty. This was an insult to him.
"But... Ran Fang would be too overbearing to take people away like this."
"Your Majesty has no complaints no matter how you punish me for what happened today, but is it a bit too much for Ran Fang to bully others like this?!"
"That ovary is so cunning, can he catch the thief?"
"I have talked a lot with Mr. Huang Shi these days, and soon he was willing to tell the truth. If Ran Fang does this, I am afraid that Mr. Huang Shi will be more wary again!"
"Then it will be even more difficult!"
Fusu knew why Meng Yi was angry, so he didn't always persuade him to relax.
However, he really felt that Ran Fang could do it, otherwise Ran Fang would not have taken the person away in full view of the public.
"I know your thoughts."
"We'll talk about it later. You can follow me into the palace first."
