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Chapter 189
The guard was also worried. The men sent out were his subordinates, and very few people were arranged to protect Princess Yongfu's safety. Although he had instructed that safety was the top priority, Yan Shujin was still somewhat worried because she hadn't actually seen anyone return.
Aunt Yu brought over some tea and handed it to Yan Shujin. Yan Shujin lowered her eyes slightly, took a sip, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Prefect."
The prefect of Caicheng breathed a sigh of relief: "I was late. Thankfully, the princess was unharmed."
Yan Shujin said, "Please sit down."
The prefect of Caicheng then sat down, and Aunt Yu brought him tea.
Yan Shujin said, "The county magistrate should tell the prefect about the affairs of the town."
The magistrate swallowed hard and said, "Yes, it was after the princess arrived in town that that old scoundrel actually sent people to secretly monitor her and even tried to harm her."
The prefect of Caicheng was startled, feeling a cold sweat break out all over his body: "What old thief?"
Yan Shujin felt a headache coming on: "That's not how it works."
The prefect of Caicheng looked at the county magistrate and then at Princess Yongfu, and was momentarily confused.
Seeing this, Aunt Yu said, "Princess, why don't I explain it to you?"
Yan Shujin nodded.
Aunt Yu recounted the general events, glossing over the argument at the clinic and mainly mentioning the old shaman's deception and the use of human sacrifices.
The prefect of Caicheng suspected that Princess Yongfu might be involved, but since she didn't mention it, he wouldn't ask. However, he wondered what was wrong with the county magistrate, who was speaking incoherently. How could he say such things? The prefect quickly realized what Princess Yongfu was concerned about: "Human sacrifice? You, magistrate, are unaware of this?"
The magistrate pinched his thigh hard: "I really don't know."
The prefect of Caicheng wanted to curse him as a useless person, especially since these people had surrounded the inn where the princess was staying, yet he didn't forcibly expel them, but instead looked helpless.
Yan Shujin then spoke up, "Regarding those children, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble the prefect to make arrangements for them. If they were abducted, try your best to send them home. If their families don't want them, I'll take them back to the capital."
The prefect of Caicheng agreed.
"Even if they are taken back by their families," Yan Shujin said to the prefect of Caicheng, "you must register their family situation clearly so that you can explain it clearly if your uncle asks in the future."
This was a hint to the prefect of Caicheng, who felt that there might be some other things involved.
Yan Shujin cautioned, "These children might talk nonsense, so it would be best for the prefect to be cautious."
The prefect of Caicheng felt something was amiss and said, "Since the children were all found in the town..."
But looking at Princess Yongfu's ambiguous smile, he found himself unable to continue speaking.
Yan Shujin didn't insist, and said, "How about this, these children can stay with me for now, but you need to make portraits to help find the children's parents and interrogate the old swindler's apprentice to find out where the children came from?"
The prefect of Caicheng sensed a possibility from Princess Yongfu's words: that the children might indeed have a problem. He said, "Wouldn't this be too much trouble for the princess?"
Yan Shujin raised an eyebrow and asked, "It's very troublesome, why don't you do it?"
The prefect of Caicheng immediately fell silent.
Yan Shujin didn't intend to dwell on the matter. In fact, those children were a hot potato for Yan Shujin, but she couldn't just leave them unattended.
The magistrate hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard footsteps coming upstairs.
Yan Shujin suddenly stood up and looked over.
The county magistrate dared not speak upon seeing this.
The guard went over and saw five subordinates return, all of them wounded. Upon seeing Yan Shujin, they knelt down and said, "Princess, we didn't capture anyone alive, and the clerk escaped."
Yan Shujin stepped forward and said, "It's alright, let the imperial physician take a look at you first and bandage your wounds."
The five guards respectfully acknowledged and then withdrew.
Yan Shujin looked at the county magistrate and asked in a deep voice, "Does the county magistrate know that so many villains are hiding in the town?"
The county magistrate was unaware of this; he didn't even know what Princess Yongfu's guards had gone to do.
Yan Shujin breathed a sigh of relief. Although these people were injured, they had all returned safely. "I always felt that these people would not incite the people to surround the inn for no reason. They probably wanted to escape, so I arranged for people to guard it."
The prefect of Caicheng was startled: "Then the princess won't have many people around her?"
Yan Shujin did not deny it.
The magistrate quickly said, "Why didn't the princess entrust the matter to me?"
"I don't see many constables today." Yan Shujin didn't bother explaining why they weren't handed over to the county magistrate, and instead retorted sarcastically, "Where are the others?"
The magistrate looked somewhat embarrassed: "They have some family matters to attend to."
Yan Shujin asked, "I wonder how many of the people who came today are family members of the yamen runners, and how exactly did word get out that the old swindler was with me?"
The county magistrate found it difficult to speak.
The prefect of Caicheng immediately saw the magistrate's incompetence. He hadn't thought so before, since he didn't have much dealings with such a magistrate. He had heard about the old man's affairs when he was in Caicheng, but he had treated it as a joke. He never expected it to escalate so seriously. Judging from Princess Yongfu's attitude, there were probably many other things involved.
Yan Shujin said, "Besides that, there are also several of that old swindler's apprentices. I'm afraid we'll have to trouble the prefect to arrange for them to be escorted to the capital."
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