Chapter 63: Giving Out Porridge and Money
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The county magistrate was so angry that he pushed the cloth strip out with his tongue and roared at Qin Xiangnuan, "Vicious! How dare you plot against me like this? I won't threaten the Seventh Prince! He will know my loyalty!" At this point, he was still so naive. Qin Xiangnuan picked up the cloth strip from the ground and stuffed the cloth mixed with stones and sand back into his mouth. Qin Xiangnuan didn't want to hear any noisy sounds.
She rubbed her ears and looked at the county magistrate and said, "Gu Mingqi is a cautious person. He is not afraid of ten thousand things, but only afraid of one thing."
Qin Xiangnuan bent her little finger, measured with her hand, and said, "Even if there's only the slightest possibility, he won't let it go. The dead are always the best at keeping secrets. He even wanted to kill me in the beginning, let alone you. Your official position was only bought privately. Even if you make a fuss, no one in the capital court will care. You're just a small fry, but you always act so pretentious and try to get involved in our affairs."
"These few days, you have time to slowly wait for death."
Qin Xiangnuan counted the time on her fingers, calculating the progress of the letter. "I think Gu Mingqi's people will be here tomorrow night."
"Don't worry, he will definitely make your death quick and painless."
Qin Xiangnuan looked around and specifically asked Qin Feng to move the county magistrate to the roots of a tree near the wall, under the pretext of making it easier for others to assassinate him.
She was standing in the courtyard when a gust of wind blew, lifting Qin Xiangnuan's skirt.
Her long black hair danced in the wind, blocking Qin Xiangnuan's eyes. Even from a great distance away, the secret guards of Xiaoyao Hou's mansion shuddered, feeling the chill that penetrated their bones. They sensed a familiar chill and murderous aura from Qin Xiangnuan. It was the killing determination of a superior. They had experienced it before from Jiang Lin, and even Jiang Lin's aura was not as strong as Qin Xiangnuan's.
"Why do I feel a cold sweat starting to form on my back?"
"We've seen the letter sent back to the capital. The Third Young Miss's imitation of handwriting is so good that even the County Magistrate himself wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Where on earth did she learn all this?" The secret guard rubbed his arms and continued to lie in ambush, listening nervously to the surrounding movements. "During the time she followed the Third Young Miss from the capital, I always felt that our prince was overly worried. Even if we hadn't been with her, she wouldn't have suffered any harm."
This idea has been in their minds for a long time.
The secret guards exchanged glances, silently swallowing their words. After a while, someone fearlessly asked, "Tell me, if the Third Young Miss competed with our Crown Prince, who would win?" The question silenced several people. The culprit who asked the question shrank back and raised his hands in pleading, "I'm just curious, just asking casually. Of course, our Crown Prince is the best!"
"Yeah, that's right."
The other secret guards answered with guilt, but in their hearts they all supported Qin Xiangnuan.
Women are the most vicious, and that letter was already very clear. They looked at the moon from afar, hoping that the letter reporting the situation would reach the Xiaoyao Marquis's mansion as soon as possible. The prince should come and take charge! They were a little bit unable to hold on to this Third Miss!
Capital city, the Seventh Prince’s Mansion.
The secret letter with sealing wax was passed to Gu Mingqi. He tore open the envelope and became more and more angry as he read it.
[Seventh Prince, personally, I have followed your orders and detained the men from the General's Mansion. However, things went awry. Someone secretly colluded and injured the hired personnel, allowing them to escape and steal a large amount of property from the mansion, causing me losses. Seventh Prince, although there were errors, these losses were caused by the men from the General's Mansion. I hope you will forgive me... I have the audacity to raise this matter with you, hoping that you will, in recognition of my dedication, offer some compensation. I have worked in Nanfeng Town for many years and hope to be able to travel to the capital.]
"I have hidden all the letters you and I exchanged in secret, and I dare not burn them. They are hidden in my mansion. Rest assured, Seventh Prince, no matter who comes to ask me, I will not easily hand them over. I hope that Seventh Prince will consider my loyalty and help me plan my future career. I await your good news."
Gu Mingqi read the entire letter with gritted teeth, his face turning purple with anger.
He stood up, pacing back and forth in the room, sneering twice. "Great! Now a mere county magistrate dares to threaten me! Is there someone secretly helping me? I don't believe that those people are so powerful that they can beat back everyone we sent! Take my orders, select the most skilled warriors from the group of death squads stationed in the suburbs, find twenty of them, and rush them all to Nanfeng Town."
"This time, if you don't kill Qin Xiangnuan and the others, don't come back!"
Gu Mingqi grabbed the porcelain vase on the desk and threw it hard on the ground. The porcelain fragments flew up, cutting his palm and leaving a bloody mark.
"Seventh Prince, please think twice. Those assassins in the suburbs are really not suitable for use right now. If they are easily exposed and discovered by His Majesty, it may be disadvantageous to you!" The staff members advised him, but Gu Mingqi was so angry that he felt dizzy and could not listen at all.
In recent days, he's been having nightmares. In them, he sees Qin Xiangnuan approaching his bed, a bloody sword in hand. His father is also there, standing with the general defending the country. Qin Xiangnuan raises the sword, severing his head, and declares, "This is your end!" Gu Mingqi can't sleep every night, the dark circles under his eyes almost reaching his chin. The fear makes him unwilling to endure it any longer. No matter what, he must resolve the crisis.
"Also, tell them to kill the county magistrate directly."
Gu Mingqi threw the letter into the brazier and burned it. "What kind of bastard dares to threaten me!"
The staff knew that persuasion was useless, so they could only follow his arrangements and take the token to the death squad camp in the suburbs to select people.
On the other side, Nanfeng Town.
Qin Xiangnuan counted the gold and silver treasures she had found. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate had been greedy and spent little over the years, turning most of the looted wealth into gold and storing it in his mansion, a real miser. The people in the general's mansion were also a little surprised to see the mountain of gold.
"Master Xu, please go and find out how many people there are in Nanfeng Town and how many people are in each household. It would be best if you could give me a detailed statistic." Qin Xiangnuan turned and looked at Qin Feng. "Cousin, take a box to the grain store in the nearby town and buy as much rice and flour as you can. We'll take some away and distribute the rest to the people."
Qin Xiangnuan looked at the mountain of gold in front of her without any reluctance and quickly made all the arrangements.
In her eyes, these are useless things.
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