Chapter 439 Asking a Doctor

The first ray of dawn in the early morning broke through the darkness and appeared faintly in the east.

Shi Yuanzhong woke up particularly early today. When he heard his men knocking on the door, he let them in.

"Is everything settled?" he asked, yawning as he sat at the table.

Qingzhou is his territory, and it is never difficult for him to get rid of someone he wants to.

The answer he got left him stunned.

"Master, the guy named Hu in the inn... ran away."

"Run away?"

Shi Yuanzhong frowned, then said calmly: "He can't leave the city anyway, you can send more people to search the city, and throw him to Lao Miao after catching him. He knows what to do."

"yes."

"Wait." Shi Yuanzhong stopped him again and asked, "Has the Lu family made any moves recently?"

"There's been no news from Lu Feng, but the young lady from the Lu family has been going out a lot recently. She said that Lu Feng's condition hasn't improved, and she wants to find a doctor to come back and see him."

"Did you send anyone to follow her?"

The subordinate's tone was somewhat awkward and embarrassed:

"We sent someone to follow them once, but they were discovered by Miss Lu, who pointed fingers at our brothers in the street... She even scolded you, the master.

After all, she is the daughter of the magistrate, and we were afraid that if things got out of hand, it would end badly, so we stopped following her so closely. "

After listening to this, Shi Yuanzhong rubbed his eyebrows.

"No, at this moment, we must not let our guard down."

The subordinate asked carefully: "If we want to search the whole city for that Hu Ping'an, then the Lu Tongpan family..."

"We have to search too."

…

There was a thick layer of snow on the street in front of the Lu Mansion. The door of the Lu family was open, and more than a dozen constables from the county government walked out.

The last one to come out was Lu Yiner. She was wearing a white velvet hat, with her hands tucked into her warm sleeves, and a hint of anger on her pretty face.

"Now that the search is over, can we leave now?" she said coldly to the captain.

The head constable smiled and said, "Miss Lu, please don't be offended. The prisoner who escaped from prison is extremely vicious, and he is also good at light work and disguise. County Magistrate Miao also considered the safety of the mansion, so he sent us to check."

Lu Yiner sneered, not wanting to say anything more to them, and walked out.

After taking two steps, the captain of the police stood in front of her again.

"Where are you going, Miss Lu?"

Lu Yiner raised her eyebrows, obviously irritated.

"Is it your turn to ask where I'm going? Get out of the way."

"Oh, Miss Lu, please don't embarrass us..."

"Will you move out of the way?" Lu Yiner asked, staring into the other person's eyes. Seeing that the other person did not move, she turned her anger into a smile.

"Where is your Miao County Magistrate now?"

The captain was a little lacking in confidence, "The master is naturally in the county government office..."

Lu Yiner walked towards the county government office, "Okay, I want to ask him what he means."

Lu Yiner rushed straight into the county government office. When County Magistrate Miao heard that she was coming, he hurried out to greet her.

"Oh my, what wind brought Miss Lu here? Come quickly, serve tea!

Ms. Lu, please take a seat."

"No, sir. I'm here to surrender. How dare I take the seat?"

Lu Yiner dragged out her tone a little, looked around, and said, "How do I get to the prison? I don't know the way. How about asking Magistrate Miao to lead the way?"

County Magistrate Miao was stunned for a moment, "Why did Miss Lu go to the prison?"

"Didn't I break the law?" Lu Yiner looked at him and smiled.

“Although my father is not a high-ranking official, he is also an official appointed by the imperial court, and is also your superior, Master Miao.

If there is no violation of the law, but the house is searched and the house is confined, that is called insubordination."

Lu Yiner acted as if she had to get an explanation today.

Seeing her like this, County Magistrate Miao could only secretly groan and blame Shi Yuanzhong for throwing such a hard task to him.

Lu Feng is a prefectural-level official, holding a higher position than himself. His daughter is well-educated and very eloquent, so he is really a difficult person to deal with.

Magistrate Miao rolled his eyes, immediately thought of a response, and smiled as he asked Lu Yiner to sit down.

"Miss Lu, you misunderstood. It's because a prisoner escaped from the prison in the past two days and has not been caught yet. The county government is worried about everyone's safety, so they have to resort to this desperate measure.

In this way, Ms. Lu can go wherever she wants, and I will tell them not to follow her."

"Thank you very much, County Magistrate Miao."

Lu Yiner said this indifferently, stood up and walked out without looking around.

The head constable walked up to Magistrate Miao and asked for instructions:

"Sir, didn't you say that we should keep an eye on her..."

County Magistrate Miao waved his hand, "No need. Wen Yu has sent back news that the imperial envoy plans to leave Qingzhou in the next two days. She doesn't seem to be interested in Lufeng at all."

"But we still need to keep a close eye on the Lu Mansion and don't let any irrelevant people in or out."

"Are you worried that the man surnamed Hu will hide in the Lu Mansion?" The constable said and thought for a moment, "But he doesn't know Lu Feng, so how could he be so bold?"

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for the worst."

The captain hesitated for a moment and asked again:

"Sir, please forgive my stupidity. This guy named Hu doesn't have any evidence, so he can just run away. Why should we spend so much effort to catch him?"

Magistrate Miao rolled his eyes at him.

"You still have the nerve to ask?"

"Didn't you control the group of troublemakers at that time? How did he escape and even went to the capital to file a complaint with the emperor?"

"I tell you, if we don't deal with this kind of person properly and frighten those unruly people who want to make a name for themselves, more and more people in Qingzhou will imitate him in the future. By then, won't Lord Shi and Master Shen peel off the skin off our bodies?"

"Why don't you go and guard the gate of Lu's mansion!?"

…

When the captain of the police returned to the Lu Mansion, he happened to meet Lu Yiner who had changed her clothes and walked out.

"Miss Lu, the city is dangerous. If you must go out, you might as well send someone to follow you..."

Lu Yiner pointed at the two followers behind her and said to the captain indifferently:

"My servants are all very skilled in martial arts, better than you."

The captain looked at Lu Yiner's back and was choked for a moment. Recalling what Magistrate Miao said, he had no choice but to stay at the door and guard it.

Not long after, Lu Yiner came back, followed by three people.

The captain of the police immediately became alert and wanted to stop the man for questioning, claiming that the fugitive was good at disguising himself.

"This is Doctor Li from West Street. He's here to see my father."

The captain took two steps forward, recognized Doctor Li, then nodded and let the person in.

Not long after, Lu Yiner went out again. Just after sending Doctor Li away, she invited Doctor Sun to come over.

The captain felt strange, but Lu Yiner frowned and almost got angry again:

"My father has a special illness, why don't I find a few more doctors to take a look?

Otherwise, why don't you come in and treat my father?"

The captain of the police had no choice but to apologize again and let the person in.

In one afternoon, Lu Yiner went out seven or eight times, and each time she asked a different doctor to come home. Even the captain of the police was a little tired of it.

But he still performed his duties conscientiously and carefully checked every stranger entering and leaving the Lu Mansion.

As it was getting dark, Lu Yiner brought back another person, who looked like a quack doctor.

The captain of the police took a look at the man's face and found that he did not look like the Hu Ping'an described, so he had to let him go again.

As they passed each other, he suddenly noticed something strange.

"etc!"

He called the man, paced back and forth beside him twice, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab his face -

Then he tore off the other person's fake beard!