Chapter 161 Kneeling before her and begging her
When Luo Qing saw Yun Zhao and Wei Jingchen, he kept looking them up and down.
"What did you find at the Yuan residence yesterday? Why are you arresting people everywhere this morning?"
"We didn't find anything, but we encountered thieves when we came back last night. We're probably in trouble."
Wei Jingchen blatantly lied, pretending he knew nothing.
Luo Qing frowned immediately: "He wouldn't frame us for the theft, would he?"
"Ding Yan is investigating the Governor-General of Jiangnan. Does Lord Luo think that Xu Yangzhou is clean?"
Wei Jingchen didn't say much, but he had already alarmed Luo Qing.
Before Ding Yan found out about Xu Yangzhou, Prefect Yuan would probably try to find someone to take the fall.
They can't get involved.
"Your whereabouts yesterday weren't discovered, were they?"
"If they had discovered us, they would have taken us away just now."
Wei Jingchen said this.
We let them out, but we didn't get any useful information.
Luo Qing felt somewhat helpless.
Just then, news came from outside the door.
"Boss, Xu, the Registrar of Yangzhou, has arrived!"
"A Registrar of Households? What's a registered official doing here?"
Luo Qing quickly went outside.
Yun Zhao looked up at Wei Jingchen.
Both of them still remembered that this was the way out that Xu Yiyuan had found for Old Madam Xu and the others.
"Quick, quick, Brother Jingchen, let's go!"
Yun Zhao grabbed Wei Jingchen and ran outside.
Upon arriving at the door, they saw that Old Madam Xu and the others had already been led out.
Luo Qing hurriedly called the person to stop.
"Who are you? Taking away a prisoner exiled by the imperial court? Don't you value your life?!"
The newcomer turned to look at Luo Qing. Behind him, Old Madam Xu, like a victorious rooster, held her head high, seemingly much more emboldened now that she had a powerful backer.
"I am Xu, the Registrar of Yangzhou. The four sons of the Xu family once did me a great favor. I learned of the Xu family's misfortune..."
If someone comes to repay a debt of gratitude and sees that their benefactor's elderly mother is injured, why shouldn't they take her to see a doctor for her injured leg?
Or are you saying that your Dali Temple disregards the lives of exiled prisoners, knowing they are injured but refusing to take them to see a doctor?
Sure enough, the person who arrived was Xu Jiajie.
Having said all that, he's definitely going to take the person with him.
Luo Qing had no reason to refuse to treat the prisoner, but the Xu family had a history of causing trouble.
If we really let them out, who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause?
Upon seeing this, Yun Zhao stood on the second floor and began to raise his hand.
"Grandma! Zhaozhao wants to go too!"
Everyone's gaze immediately turned to the child on the second floor.
Madam Xu immediately frowned.
What does that brat mean?
Seeing that they can enjoy a life of luxury, they start clinging to them?
Yun Zhao ran downstairs, bypassing Luo Qing and Xu Jiajie, and grabbed Old Madam Xu's leg.
"Is Grandma going out? Zhao Zhao wants to go too!"
She tilted her little head back and smiled like a carefree little fairy.
Madam Xu felt disgusted whenever she saw her, and wished she could kick her away.
However, she was injured and couldn't lift her foot.
She struggled violently, cursing through gritted teeth, "You brat, let me go!"
"No, no! Zhaozhao wants to stay with her grandmother!"
Yun Zhao clung tightly to Madam Xu's leg, and Xu Qingshi, seeing this, quickly went up and pulled her away.
"Let go of my mother!"
"No, no! Auntie, I don't want to leave! I want to stay with my grandmother!"
Seeing Yun Zhao making such a fuss, everyone in the inn poked their heads out to watch.
This was the first time Xu Qingyi had seen her daughter act so violently. In the past, she might have gone up and brought her daughter back.
But now she understands that her daughter would never cling to Madam Xu like this.
There must be a reason.
Looking at the officials, Xu Qingyi seemed to have thought of something and shouted down from the second floor.
"Mother, Zhaozhao is still a child. If she wants to go, please take her with you!"
Madam Xu looked at her suspiciously. What was going on? Didn't she want to kill her just now?
Could it be that now that she has powerful backers, she's regretting it?
The mother and daughter are exactly the same, like leeches stuck to each other!
Thinking of this, Madam Xu couldn't help but laugh.
These people deserve it!
Didn't I look down on them before?
This time, she wanted them to kneel before her, weeping and begging her!
Luo Qing's thoughts shifted, and he suddenly changed his tune: "If Lord Xu wants to repay his debt of gratitude, we can't stop him."
Alright then, Lord Xu, take the man out, but we hope...
"If we can affix the seal to the document today and bring the person back with us, what does Lord Xu think?"
After saying that, he gestured for his men to bring out the documents.
Xu Jiajie raised an eyebrow at Luo Qing, probably not expecting him to suddenly make such a request.
In fact, it is not difficult to affix an official seal.
The problem is that the prefectural government office was robbed last night, and the situation on Yuan Shuchang's side is still unknown.
But he had to take these women with him.
"Lord Xu? Could it be that you have some other reason for not affixing the official seal?"
"Of course not."
Xu Jiajie took the documents and readily agreed.
"I will naturally explain to you, sir."
Immediately, Xu Jiajie turned around and prepared to leave with Madam Xu and the others.
"Lord Xu, this..."
Old Madam Xu couldn't break free from Yun Zhao and looked at Xu Jiajie with some difficulty.
Xu Jiajie glanced at Yun Zhao, a toddler of a few years old, nothing to worry about.
"Since the old lady's granddaughter likes to stick with her, let's bring her along."
They had to hurry back with their men to report, so one more baby wouldn't make a difference.
Seeing that Xu Jiajie was about to leave, Wu Lianzhen hurriedly advised, "Mother, let this brat come along if she wants, don't waste our time!"
"Yes, Mother, a mere brat can't cause any trouble. Let's hurry up and leave!"
Xu Qingshi followed up with words of advice.
Madam Xu thought they were right and glared at Yun Zhao fiercely.
"Alright, stop pulling me. If you want to follow me, then follow me all you want!"
"Okay, okay! Zhao Zhao is going out with her grandma~"
Yun Zhao immediately clapped his hands happily and turned to wave at Xu Qingyi.
"Mother, Zhaozhao will be right back!"
Xu Qingyi looked at Old Madam Xu and gave an unnatural smile.
"Zhaozhao, be careful, stay close to your grandmother. Your grandmother will definitely bring you back safely, right, Mother?"
Madam Xu said with a forced smile, "Of course, it's just a child!"
She didn't need to cause trouble here and upset Luo Qing, who wouldn't let them leave.
"Okay, okay!"
Yun Zhao excitedly followed the official out the door, skipping and hopping, seemingly without a care in the world.
Seeing her so happy, Xu Qingshi was seething with hatred.
"Hmph, trying to take advantage? No way! Mother, whatever Xu Sihu wants to give us, we can't let that brat get away with it!"
"certainly!"
Old Madam Xu holds grudges and naturally wouldn't let them off easily.
The group followed Xu Jiajie onto the carriage, which headed towards the city.
The Xu family remained unaware of what had happened until the carriage stopped outside the Yuan residence.
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