Originally, the two of them stayed up all night studying Liang Daoqian the night before. In addition, they were tired from going to the treasury to check the accounts during the day, so they planned to sleep until dark and then go to Lanxiufang to find Ye Ziyuan. Discuss this matter.
Shao Xi meditated for an hour. Every time he practiced recently, he felt that his meridians were always swinging at the peak of the fifth star. He was faintly about to rush to the sixth star, but he was always just a little short. He didn't know when he would be able to break through. to the sixth star position.
Now he understood a little bit why Lao Wu always stopped him and told him to mind his own business. It turned out that being busy would really affect his cultivation.
After practicing, Shao Xi fell asleep. He had been too busy recently.
By the time Lao Wu woke him up, it was already the middle of the moon, and he knew it was midnight without asking Lao Wu.
"Old guy, couldn't you have called me earlier? It's already late, don't you think it's too late? You want me to knock on the girl's door in the middle of the night?"
Old Wu scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I don't want to either. I've overslept myself. You can't stand it after all the trouble you've been having lately. Besides, I'm an old man and I don't call you every time."
Shao Xi thought about it, so he got up, washed his face, and left the post house with Lao Wu, heading towards Lan Xiufang.
After arriving at Lan Xiu Fang, Shao Xi first pulled a maid outside the door and stuffed her with more than ten coins. When he learned that Ye Ziyuan had complained of illness and did not receive guests tonight, he went around to the courtyard of Ye Ziyuan's residence behind Lan Xiu Fang. .
Shao Xi jumped into the courtyard and saw through the window that there were no lights in the house. He thought that Ye Ziyuan was not feeling well and had rested early, so he picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them at the door, making a "dong dong" sound. I hope Ye Ziyuan can open the door and come out after hearing it.
After throwing the tenth stone, Shao Xi saw that there was still no response, so he simply walked forward, raised his hand, knocked on the door panel gently, and shouted in a low voice: "Zi Yuan, Zi Yuan, are you there? If so. Just open the door! I need to see you if I need anything."
There was still no response, and Shao Xi felt a little depressed. He didn't pick up the guests in the middle of the night, and he wasn't in the room. Where was he?
Suddenly, Shao Xi felt his scalp numb and goosebumps all over his body.
"Broken! This girl must have gone to the treasury again. She must have been unwilling to accept Jiaku's failure last time, so she went to the treasury to try her luck today. It's okay. Once something goes wrong, all the previous efforts will not be enough. Is it in vain?”
Thinking of this, Shao Xi hurriedly jumped out of the wall to meet Lao Wu, and told Lao Wu about Ye Ziyuan's absence and his suspicions.
After hearing this, Lao Wu became anxious and said to Shao Xi: "Let's rush to the treasury now and sneak in quietly. If we bump into the girl, take her back immediately. We must not let her mess around again."
Shao Xi responded and rushed to the treasury with Lao Wu.
The two quietly sneaked into the courtyard of the treasury. Although people were patrolling and passing by from time to time, they could easily avoid them with their physical skills. They just walked around the courtyards around the treasury a few times, and walked around the rooms. , neither of them found anything, and finally had to meet outside the palace wall.
"It's weird, didn't she come to the treasury? Where would she go?" Old Wu wondered.
"Since she is looking for the account books, it is nothing more than Jiaku and the treasury. But Jiaku has been burned down. Where will she go if she doesn't come to the treasury?"
After a moment of silence, Lao Wu suddenly slapped his thigh and said anxiously: "It's bad, it's bad, she went to the place she shouldn't be."
Shao Xi became anxious upon hearing this and asked quickly: "Do you know where she went? Where did she go?"
"This girl is too courageous. The place where the account books can be kept is not only the Jiaku and the treasury, but also the county government office! She must have sneaked into the county government office. If she is discovered, can she still run away?"
"Come on, hurry up and get to the county government office."
After saying that, Shao Xi didn't wait for Old Wu, turned around and ran towards the county government.
Old Wu was also extremely anxious at this moment, and hurriedly followed Shao Xi in the direction of the government office with all his life.
As soon as the two of them arrived outside the government office, they heard the noise and chaos in the courtyard. They thought to themselves that something was wrong.
Just as they were about to go up and knock on the door, they saw the gate of the Sheriff's Mansion was opened from the inside, and a group of government officials were escorting a person out. Shao Xi and the two saw that it was none other than Ye Ziyuan.
Ye Ziyuan was dragged out of the door by two government officials. She was covered in blood and her legs were dragged behind her. She had obviously been broken. Her scattered hair was covered in front of her face, but she could still vaguely see the expression on her face. With scars and bloodstains, the whole person looked lifeless, and he was allowed to be dragged out by the yamen like this.
Walking out behind the government officials was the county inspector named Zhang. Seeing Shao Xi at this time, he quickly stepped forward and bowed his hands and said: "I have seen you two adults. I wonder if these two adults came here late at night to have something to do with the county governor? The county governor is in the mansion, and I have official duties, so I will I won’t accompany you two adults anymore.”
After saying that, he motioned to the government servants around him to take Shao Xi and the two of them into the mansion to see the county governor.
Shao Xi raised his hand to stop him and asked, "Who is this? Why were you dragged out?"
Inspector Zhang quickly replied: "Master Shao, you don't know that this is the female thief 'Flying Kite under the Moon' who has committed many thefts in Qingshan City recently and has never been captured. You two adults may not dare to I believe that this woman is Ye Ziyuan, the top oiran of Lan Xiu Fang, I really didn’t expect that she is the female thief."
After hearing the news, Shao Xi couldn't help but trembled, but he still pretended to be calm and asked: "Oh? She is the female thief who has not been captured? How could she be captured in the county?"
"This female thief is really daring. She actually entered the mansion to assassinate the county governor. Fortunately, your Excellency knew what was going to happen and ordered us to ambush in the mansion in advance. Because this female thief has extraordinary physical skills, we set up a snare array in advance for her to penetrate. It’s impossible to escape with wings. Now, this female thief’s legs have been broken and she can no longer escape, so she is sent to the prison to let the brothers there treat her well.”
Inspector Zhang looked quite proud at this time. After all, he had caught the key criminal. He was about to take Ye Ziyuan away again, but was stopped by Shao Xi again.
Shao Xi knelt down and pushed away Ye Ziyuan's hair hanging in front of her face. Looking at the pretty face covered with scars, her heart suddenly twitched. She felt unspeakable heartache, but she couldn't show it at this time, so she just used her thumbs. Wiped the blood on her face.
Ye Ziyuan, who was in a semi-conscious state, seemed to have sensed Shao Xi. She raised her head slightly and glanced at him. A trace of joy flashed in her eyes. The corner of her mouth twitched, and then she passed out again.
At this moment, Shao Xi couldn't help it anymore. His hand unconsciously reached to his waist to draw the sword, but he was held down by Lao Wu beside him.
Lao Wu sternly scolded Inspector Zhang: "Are you a bunch of fucking men? Even though she is a thief, she is still a girl. You beat her like this. Now you have to find a door to send her to prison. Carrying her and dragging her along like this? Have your hearts been eaten by dogs? God has the virtue of good life, and the current Holy One also has compassion for the world. Is it just to harm others by raising you guys?"
Inspector Zhang and the others were all panicked after being scolded by Old Wu. This was the master of the "Jingcheng Division". Who could handle such a big fire now? So he knelt down and admitted his mistake to the two of them, and quickly asked someone to carry a door panel over and put Ye Ziyuan on the door panel.
Shao Xi said to Inspector Zhang and others with a gloomy face: "I will leave her to you for the time being. After she is sent to the prison, she will be taken care of by the best doctor. Do not beat or abuse her at will. You must obey her until I go to the prison to interrogate her." Don't leave her side for even a step. If she makes any mistake, I will take off your head first."
Inspector Zhang was frightened when he heard that the "Jing Cheng Si" man said that he wanted to take off his head. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed like a chicken pecking at rice, and kept saying "Yes, yes." yes."
Shao Xi ignored him and walked towards the governor's mansion.
Old Wu followed behind, and when passing by Inspector Zhang, he reminded him, "You'd better do what Mr. Shao just told you. This man can joke about anything, except when he wants to kill someone." Never kidding."
After hearing this, the inspection officer trembled with fright and said quickly: "Don't worry, two adults. The younger one will definitely handle the things the two adults have told her well. Before the two adults arrive, this girl is My mother-in-law."
Old Wu said "You'd better do it" and walked into the county mansion.
As soon as the two of them walked into the county mansion, they saw Chen Mohuai trotting out to greet them. He came to them and bowed in front of them and said, "Why are you two adults here so late at night? I'm really sorry that the official didn't go out to greet them. I'm sorry, sir, please forgive me."
As soon as Shao Xi raised his hand, he had no time to be polite to him and asked directly: "What happened to the woman at the door just now? Why was she beaten like that? Your Qingshan County Sheriff's behavior was so rough. , It’s really unexpected!”
Chen Mohuai smiled and said: "That's what you are talking about, sir! It's just a daring female thief who unexpectedly broke into the county governor's house to assassinate Xianguan. Fortunately, Xianguan had already made arrangements and captured her. It was just a beating. She has both legs broken, so she won’t die for the time being. Once the trial is held in the future and she is convicted, she will be beheaded in the autumn of next year.”
"I didn't expect that your dignified county governor would not take issue with the abuse of lynching, but you often do it in daily life? You said that the woman stabbed you, how did she stab you? What weapon was used?"
Chen Mohuai smiled and said: "What are you talking about, Mr. Shao? She sneaked into the house late at night, and a fight broke out during the arrest, causing her legs to be broken. How can this be considered an abuse of lynching? Even if she entered the house without a weapon, But seizing the saber of a government officer with the intention of committing murder can naturally be regarded as an assassination, and there should be nothing wrong with the lower official's handling of it."
Shao Xi knew very well that Chen Mohuai wanted to force Ye Ziyuan to hand over the account books through torture, saying that he would be executed after the next autumn after he was convicted, but he would never wait until then and he would rush to kill these corrupt officials. There is no bottom line for dirty officials in doing things. Reasoning with them is like talking about benevolence, justice and morality with a group of ferocious jackals.
Thinking of this, Shao Xi turned around and walked out of the Sheriff's Mansion. Before leaving, he said, "I want to interrogate this person in person. You'd better not interfere. Otherwise, I'll kill him first and then report him. It's the imperial power's permission. You'd better think clearly before you come back to talk to me." say."
