After thinking about this, Qu Yutang smiled and felt that he suddenly had hope in his life.
He is like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
After all the hard work done by Magistrate Deng, it finally paid off for him.
Enduring humiliation now is nothing. As long as he thinks that Qianhuang City will be under his control in the future, he will be willing to endure any hardship.
.......
"How did you get caught in here too?!"
The officers stared at the guards being dragged in with their eyes wide open in shock.
They quickly looked at the yamen runners and shouted,
"Don't go, don't go. We want to see Magistrate Deng. We are the Imperial Envoy's men..."
"Yes, yes, please tell Magistrate Deng that we are officials, not spies..."
"We are here under the orders of the Imperial Envoy to secretly assess the public sentiment. We are not the enemy..."
The officers ignored the lifeless guards on the ground and all lay on the bars of the cell door, shouting at the runners.
The yamen runners curled their lips and sneered, not even glancing at them.
After sending the man to the cell, they left quickly.
With a bang, the cell door was slammed shut, and the light in the cell dimmed again.
The officers, shouting at the top of their lungs, were so angry that they rushed towards the prison door with a burst of bird calls and flower fragrance.
After venting his anger, the officials surrounded the guard who had his head drooped.
"You were always with the adults, so why were you captured? Where is the adults?"
"Yes, why didn't the adults come to rescue us?"
"Did you meet Magistrate Deng? Did you tell him that we are the Imperial Envoy's men?"
“…”
The personal guard sighed and sat up amidst the anxious shaking of the crowd.
"Okay, stop arguing!!"
The personal guard roared in annoyance.
The officers were stunned and closed their mouths unwillingly.
The guard glanced around.
"What Prefect Deng? The Qianhuang King of Qianhuang City is Chen Yong of the Shen family. He is not Prefect Deng at all."
"Chen Yong!!!?" The officers widened their eyes in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.
"How is it possible that Chen Yong, that idiot, could be crowned king?"
“Yes, wasn’t Shen Yong exiled?”
"Yes, I remember that I was exiled to Lingnan. How could I come to the northwest? Someone must be impersonating me."
“.......”
After being shocked, the officials analyzed the situation and refused to believe that it was Chen Yong who became the king of Qianhuang City.
At this time, a triangular-eyed officer said weakly,
"I heard that Shen Yong was rescued by the remnants of the Shen family after he left the capital, and the emperor sent many people to hunt down Shen Yong..."
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Triangle Eyes, "How did you know?"
The man with triangular eyes pulled the corners of his lips, "My cousin works in the palace, she told me."
"She overheard this when she was serving tea to the emperor."
"It is said that the emperor has sent many imperial guards to hunt down Chen Yong. When we set out, the imperial guards had not yet returned."
Who knows where the person has been chased after so long?
Anyway, before he came, he heard from his cousin that the emperor was very angry and had been keeping an eye on Shen Yong's affairs, so he didn't care about the drought in the northwest.
The drought will not last for a short time, and the local people can hold on for a while, but if Chen Yong runs away, the emperor will be unable to sleep or eat.
The personal guard stared at Triangle Eyes with wide eyes, "The Imperial Guards... are chasing after Chen Yong!?"
Everyone looked at the guard who suddenly raised his voice in confusion, "What's the problem?"
The pursuit of Chen Yong certainly cannot be done openly, so it would be safer to let the imperial guards do it.
"Heh!!" The personal guard chuckled bitterly, "What's the problem..."
"The problem is, those imperial guards have also defected to Chen Yong."
"Do you think anyone in the tiny Qianhuang City can keep me here?"
"That's because when I was delivering a letter outside the city, I encountered a group of imperial guards."
When he suddenly saw so many familiar faces, he was stunned.
According to his rank, he had to kneel when he saw these palace guards.
Before he could kneel down, he was captured by the group of palace guards.
He didn't even understand what was going on when he was sent to Shen Yong in a daze.
Now that I think about it carefully, the group of palace guards sent by the emperor to hunt down Chen Yong have obviously been bribed by Chen Yong.
So, the person he met was indeed the incompetent Chen Yong who was famous throughout the capital!!!
The officers stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.
They really couldn't understand how Shen Yong could reach Qianhuang City so quickly.
According to the time when Governor Liu of Bailong City sent the secret letter back to the capital, Chen Yong should have arrived in Qianhuang City more than a month ago.
But at that time, Shen Yong's family had just left the capital for exile not long ago.
At most, it will take only half a month.
Who could reach Qianhuang City in less than half a month with so many women and imperial guards?
The key point is, weren't those palace guards going to hunt down Chen Yong? Why did they all follow Chen Yong?
Aren’t these people afraid of having their entire clans exterminated?
Besides, everyone in Beijing knows that the Shen family is poor.
If Shen Yong hadn't had enough money to live a carefree life, how could he have gotten engaged to a merchant girl and become a laughing stock in the entire capital?
Could it be----
Shen Yong was able to do all these things because of the support of the merchant girl's family, otherwise where would Shen Yong get so much money?
However, that merchant was not a big businessman, so how could he have so much money to support Shen Yong in expanding the city wall?
The officers stared with their eyes wide open, completely puzzled.
"Then...what should we do?"
After thinking for a long time, the officers lost their direction and all looked at the personal guards.
No wonder the jailer didn't react at all when they shouted that they were the imperial envoy's men.
It seems that they were the ones they arrested and their identities were known long ago.
"Ah~" the personal guard sighed and lay down on the ground, "What else can we do? Wait!"
They are all locked up in the cell, what else can they do?
We can only wait for the people outside to get them out.
He didn't even send the letter that the adults asked him to deliver, so he definitely won't be able to wait for support.
Then we can only wait for the imperial envoy to come to Shen Yong for help.
After all, Chen Yong knew Lord Qu, so maybe he could give them some face and save their lives.
........
"My Lord, what is this!?"
Magistrate Deng looked at the sweet and fragrant food on the plate in front of him and looked at Shen Yong in confusion.
It was a rare opportunity for Chen Yong to invite me to have lunch, but the thing served looked so much like a pastry.
But it seems to be much more delicate than pastries, and it smells fragrant and sweet, but not greasy.
The golden color looks delicious.
"Try it!" Shen Yong smiled and raised his chin slightly.
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