Chapter 209: She went outside the city to explore. With the space in her hands, she always had more solutions.
Guard Liu was extremely anxious and couldn't think of a better solution for a moment.
Ruan Mian calmed down for a moment and then said, "You and I will split up. You are more familiar with the terrain inside the city, so you go inside to investigate, including the government office. I will go outside the city to investigate."
Guard Liu was a little worried, but there was no other way at the moment.
He handed a flare to Ruan Mian, not knowing that it was of little use to Ruan Mian.
She went outside the city to explore. With the space in her hands, she always had more solutions.
The two of them explored separately. She went all the way out of the city. Before leaving the city, she came to the inn she had been to before, found the familiar waiter, and gave him a lot of silver.
With such a high reward for finding someone, the men wandering around the city rushed to take the job.
The waiter patted his chest and assured her, "Don't worry, sir. I will do my best to find the person you are looking for. If I have any news, I will wait here for you to come back and tell you."
After explaining all this, she came to an uninhabited place and summoned the birds, beasts, and butterflies in the space, asking them to help search for traces in the city.
This golden finger must be used at the critical moment.
Only after she had finished her work did she feel at ease to leave the city.
But when she arrived at a village outside the city, she found that there were many refugees gathered outside.
There were men, women, young and old, all huddled miserably in a stable, eating the food they had snatched with great difficulty, their eyes full of vigilance.
One of the ragged women was ostracized by several people and her only food was snatched away. She rushed over in a hurry, still yelling.
"I'm the general's daughter. No one can take my things! Give them back to me, give them back to me!!"
She rushed forward desperately, but was soon kicked out of the crowd and beaten.
When Ruan Mian heard about the general's daughter, he immediately looked closely and found that many of these refugees were wearing Lanqiang clothes, not the current clothes in Dajing.
Could it be that... this group of people fled here from Lanqiang?
No wonder we can’t enter the city and can only gather here.
Ruan Mian grabbed the woman, but she unexpectedly held her hand back and shouted impatiently: "I am, I am the general's daughter! I am!"
She was like a madman, extremely emotional, and her unrecognizable face was covered with burn marks.
It was almost impossible to make out her original facial features.
Ruan Mian pulled her aside and soothed her a few times: "I can take you to find the general, are you willing to come with me?"
But the woman seemed not to understand what she said, and only repeated one sentence: "I am the one, the others are all fakes! I am the real general's daughter!"
Seeing this, Ruan Mian was too lazy to deal with her and slapped her with his palm. She then lost consciousness with both eyes turning black.
She brought the girl back to the inn and hired two people to watch her outside, serving her good food and drink, but not allowing her to leave the house.
Wait until she comes back.
As long as the money is in place, the waiter will bow and nod in front of her and will do anything for her.
Ruan Mian didn't want to waste time, so he went outside the city again, but unexpectedly found that a large group of people had gathered at the city gate again.
The leader stood on the observation deck and shouted loudly.
"Master Zhang has definitely been wronged! Master Zhang has sent countless poor students to the exam hall. He has taught for many years and never charged a single cent. How could he do such a thing as instigating students to cheat?!"
Then the group of people under the city wall shouted loudly, all to speak up for the justice done to Mr. Zhang.
"Mr. Zhang has dedicated his life to the country and the people. Even at his advanced age, he never forgets to teach and educate. How can such a scholar be arrested so easily?! Days later, the yamen refuses to open the court or release him. How can this be justified?"
"Mr. Zhang has been wronged. Heaven cannot forgive him!"
The voices kept coming out one after another, and it was likely that Zhang Daoyan had been wronged.
The group of people who were speaking up for him included men, women, young and old. They ignored the risks and, even if the officials came to drive them away, they would do their best to speak out about their grievances and try to let everyone passing through the city gate know about it.
Seeing this, Ruan Mian couldn't help but imagine what Xie Huaian looked like.
Mr. Zhang was his most respected teacher. Now that he was wrongfully imprisoned, he must be feeling very bad, so he rushed to Xingjia in a hurry and didn't even have time to say goodbye.
Ruan Mian's eyes darkened slightly as he joined the group crying out for justice, his gaze wandering over everyone. Meanwhile, the matter had also reached the prefectural office in Xingjia Prefecture.
Unfortunately, the prefect was about to welcome a distinguished guest and was very impatient with the person who brought the news, so he kicked him.
"Can't you see I'm going to meet an important guest?! Why are those people being so polite to them? Arrest them all! And give the ringleader eighteen beatings as a warning to others!"
"But sir, those..."
Before he could finish his words, the prefect swung his fist at him again. The messenger was immediately knocked to the ground, trembling. "Yes, I'll do it right away!"
The prefect shook his sleeves fiercely with a gloomy look on his face, quickly straightened his clothes, and asked the guards around him: "Has the princess arrived?"
The guard nodded, and the prefect immediately quickened his pace upon hearing this.
But before anyone entered the room, the manager came hurriedly with another piece of news.
"My lord! My lord!"
"What's the matter?! I have an honored guest today! Do you want to be beheaded for neglecting the princess? You idiots!"
The steward fell silent and quickly said, "Sir, it's... it's someone outside the palace who wants to see you. He claims to be the benefactor of the King of Yan and says that if you see the tattoo on his back, you will definitely see him."
"What?" The prefect's eyebrows knitted together immediately, his face full of confusion and shock.
At this time, Qi Nanfeng, who had escaped from Longchang Mountain and sneaked into the caravan, came to the residence of the prefect of Xingjiazhou.
After killing his mother that day, he fled the valley.
Knowing that no one would come to rescue him, he could only risk his life and make one last struggle.
The prefect of Xingjiazhou was once a subordinate of Prince Yan. Before he was transferred to Xingjiazhou, he had a drink with him in the Jiangnan area.
At that time, Qi Nanfeng was full of vigor and ambition. As the savior of Prince Yan and the man favored by the princess, he was able to walk sideways in the Jiangnan area.
If he doesn't fight to the death, he will just be waiting to die if he stays in Wu Heng!
So he tried every possible means to get on the caravan and come here.
However, Qi Nanfeng hadn't expected to see an unexpected person at the prefectural government gate—the Fifth Princess. A woman in gorgeous attire slowly stepped down from the carriage, accompanied by several servants and maids. Some even bent their backs and lay on the ground to serve as a stepping stone for the princess.
Qi Nanfeng raised his eyes and immediately recognized the princess's identity! An indescribable joy arose from his heart!
As expected, there is always a way out!!
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