Chapter 085 Face the Saint
The county magistrate transferred the person to a safe place and began the interrogation.
However, these people seemed to be made of copper and iron. No matter how harsh the punishment the county magistrate used, they did not say a word.
In the interrogation room, the smell of blood mixed with the sound of whips, and the air was filled with smoke for a while.
The county magistrate rolled up his sleeves, stood with his hands on his hips and panted, "Damn, these bastards are really stubborn."
To his side, a captain who had just talked with the Crown Princess in the prison lowered his voice and said worriedly, "Sir, will there be any trouble when they catch the prison robbers over there?"
The county magistrate hummed in a depressed voice, "It's not our business whether there is something wrong or not. If they don't allow us to intervene, then we shouldn't worry too much..."
As we were talking, there was a loud bang outside.
The county magistrate immediately took people out to check.
As soon as I went out, I saw seven or eight sacks lying in the yard. The sacks were bulging, and it seemed that there were people inside.
The county magistrate was stunned and looked around quickly.
Jixiang stood on the roof and said to the county magistrate below: "Go and claim your merit. I advise you to set off immediately so that you can arrive at the residence of the Minister of Justice before dawn. In this way, the Minister of Justice can report your merit to him in the morning court tomorrow."
This is a hint to him.
"Thank you..."
The county magistrate hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted Jixiang. Before he could finish his words, the head constable beside him pulled his sleeve and said, "Let's go, sir."
The county magistrate raised his eyes and looked towards the place where Jixiang had just stood. There was no one there in the dark night.
I don’t know what the Crown Princess is planning at this time.
The thought flashed through his mind and the county magistrate shuddered .
Not daring to delay, he immediately ordered his men to knock out the spies in the interrogation room with drugs. Just in case, he also poured drugs on the mouth of the sacks to ensure that the people in the sacks were completely unconscious. Then he disguised himself as a merchant and rushed to the capital overnight with a few men with good kung fu skills.
At this time, the principal wife of Rong'an Marquis Mansion in Kyoto.
Marquis Rong'an stood there with a gloomy face, and beside him was his wife, with disheveled hair, crying.
Several servants who followed the third young lady of Rong'an Marquis' Mansion out today were trembling and kneeling on the ground. The whole Rong'an Marquis' Mansion was filled with a suppressed tension.
The third young lady is missing.
Today, the third young lady of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was attacked in her own fish rice noodle restaurant, and a maid died. In order to express her gratitude to her maid, the third young lady decided to go to Zhending to look for the maid's relatives.
After arriving in Zhending, while the group was having dinner, the third young lady disappeared.
At first, everyone thought that the Third Miss was too sad and went to look for the maid's relatives. But when the entourage arrived at the maid's home, they had not heard that the Third Miss had been there.
They searched all over Zhending for the person but couldn't find her. Fearing that some scandal would ruin the Third Miss's reputation, they did not dare to report to the authorities in Zhending on their own, so they sent someone to rush back to Kyoto.
It would take an hour to travel from Zhending to Kyoto by galloping on horseback, not to mention that they did not have such fast horses.
By the time the matter was reported to the Marquis, it was already this time.
Marquis Rong'an was so frightened that he almost fell over.
"Gone? What do you mean by gone? You guys serve the master and eat, how come the master is the only one missing?"
The maid kneeling on the ground dared not breathe, and shrank back, "Young lady said she met an acquaintance and went over to say hello. She only took Ruyue with her, and didn't let the servants follow."
Ru Yue also disappeared.
"My Lord, what should we do..." Marquis Rong'an's wife was crying so hard that she was about to die.
Rong Anhou had a sullen face, breathing heavily and coldly , "What should we do? Of course we should go find him. He is gone now, why don't you report to the authorities first..."
Marquis Rong An was so angry that he could not speak. He simply walked out and said, "Lock up all those who followed the young lady out today and interrogate them."
He wants to go to Zhending to find someone in person.
The housekeeper hurriedly caught up with him, "My Lord, I will go and find the young lady. It will take you less time to go back and forth before the morning court."
With his daughter missing, Marquis Rong'an had no time to attend the morning court.
He walked out at a brisk pace, and without stopping, he ordered, "Report my sick leave. If the emperor doesn't ask, it's fine. But if he specifically asks, just say that the problem with my leg has worsened."
In his early years, Marquis Rong'an was one of those who rode a horse to conquer the world. However, he retired because of a disease caused by an arrow in the leg and he became older.
Unlike the Duke of Zhenguo who held military power, the Marquis of Rong'an retreated cleanly on the surface.
He personally selected a dozen skilled warriors and found three servants from Zhending. Marquis Rong'an headed straight to Zhending overnight.
It's not yet dawn.
As soon as the emperor opened his eyes, he heard hurried footsteps outside. Immediately afterwards, there was a murmur of voices at the door of the imperial study. As soon as the voices fell, the door of the imperial study was gently pushed open by the eunuch chief.
The emperor sat up, having just woken up, and his voice was a little hoarse, "What's wrong? Who was talking outside just now?"
The eunuch general had a rare look of panic on his face. "The Minister of Justice requested to see you. He said that a spy from the Southern Liang Dynasty was captured in Zhending."
The emperor's drowsiness after just waking up was instantly gone.
He looked at the chief eunuch in shock.
The eunuch lowered his head and hunched his waist. "The people who had the seven-pointed star tattooed on their shoulder blades were caught once two years ago."
The emperor remembered.
He was caught in Zhending two years ago.
The emperor was in a very bad mood when he encountered this terrible thing just after he opened his eyes in the morning, but he had to face it.
As the morning court had not yet begun, the emperor changed his clothes and sent someone in.
The Minister of Justice, Gua, walked into the imperial study with a pale face and knelt down, "Your Majesty, the case of the Xishan camp reselling military rations can probably be closed."
The emperor was stunned.
He never expected to close the case of reselling military rations at Xishan Camp.
He knew that the person behind the scenes was the Duke of Zhenguo. As long as the Duke of Zhenguo kept quiet, the case would be over.
Now, the Minister of Justice said that the case can be closed.
Thinking of the Southern Liang spies just mentioned, the emperor's already bad mood immediately became furious. He glared at the Minister of Justice with a sullen face.
The Minister of Justice knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the magistrate of Zhending County arrested eight spies from the Southern Liang Dynasty in Zhending yesterday afternoon. Immediately afterwards, the commander of the Xishan Camp, Fu Mingchang, went to the Zhending County Court and demanded that the magistrate release them in the name of this minister."
Fu Mingchang?!
"Because someone reported that the eight were pirates , the Zhending County Magistrate immediately led people to arrest them. During the arrest, one of the eight was sitting and talking with Fu Mingchang, who was disguised as a civilian. However, the arresting officers did not recognize Fu Mingchang, so they only arrested the eight.
Later, someone went to break into the prison at night. The magistrate of Zhending County had seen Fu Mingchang before and recognized him among the people who broke into the prison.
The emperor's rage soared to the top of his head.
But in the midst of his rage, he still had a trace of rationality, "Is there any expert in Zhending County who can subdue Fu Mingchang?"
