His Royal Highness Prince Zhao arrived, and Huo Jincheng, Jin County Magistrate He Yiming and others came forward to pay their respects. He Yiming went to Shouzheng to borrow troops earlier than Huo Jincheng, and the two of them came together with the city defense troops.
After greeting, Huo Jincheng asked, "I wonder why Your Highness has come?"
Prince Zhao's eyes swept across Luo Junxian's face, and he said slowly, "I have come here specifically to apprehend that lunatic Luo Junxian. He has abducted a singing girl from my palace. This is too much for me. How can I tolerate him? Come!"
He waved his hand and said, "Take this lunatic away!"
"How slow!" Huo Jincheng sneered, "Recently, many children have gone missing in Jin County. We've now confirmed that this thief is to blame. Lord He, the county magistrate, is also here. The singing girl from the prince's mansion was abducted. She should also be handed over to Lord He for trial. That's the only proper way to handle this."
Prince Zhao snorted coldly: "Huo Jincheng, are you trying to teach me how to do things?"
Huo Jincheng: "I dare not. I am only discussing the matter at hand."
Prince Zhao: "If a singing girl in my palace is abducted, I won't even have the power to arrest and interrogate this lunatic. Wouldn't Prince Zhao's palace become a soft persimmon that anyone can bully? After I have interrogated him, I will hand him over to Lord He and take him away!"
Upon hearing this, several of his soldiers stepped forward and tried to take Luo Junxian away. He Yiming gave Captain Guan a look, and Captain Guan immediately stopped them with his sword.
Seeing this, his constables and runners also drew their swords and held them in front of them.
"How dare you, a mere constable, go against me?" King Zhao's eyes fell on Constable Guan like knives.
Captain Guan remained calm and said, "We work for the government. This thief is a high-ranking criminal the county magistrate has ordered us to apprehend within a certain timeframe. We are simply carrying out our official duties. How can we argue about whether we are doing the right thing or not?"
Everyone knew that if someone allowed King Zhao to take him away, there would be only one outcome: sudden death from illness.
County Magistrate He Yiming cupped his fists and addressed Prince Zhao with a calm demeanor, "Although I am a mere county magistrate, I am also an official appointed by the imperial court. I owe my loyalty to my sovereign. These thieves have unsettled the people of Jin County, causing great public resentment. I have submitted a report to His Excellency, and I'm afraid the memorial is already on its way to the capital. I hope Prince Zhao will reconsider."
Prince Zhao's face was extremely grim. "I only knew that he abducted my singing girl, but I didn't know that he also disturbed the people of Jin County. I don't know what he did to cause public resentment. Lord He, do you have solid evidence?"
"Here's the evidence." Wang Da came over, carrying Feng Qingzi and the other children. Ma Xiaomai followed behind, escorting the bound woman. Wang Da dropped Feng Qingzi at Luo Junxian's feet and reported to Captain Guan, "I have fulfilled my mission. These eight children were abducted by these thieves in order to use them to refine the Tianlong Regeneration Pill. The other three children have already been killed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Fuquan and Jian Ning carried the three children holding the copper candlesticks over with a door panel. Because Ah Man and the other eight children were there, the two of them covered the three children with clothes.
Huo Jincheng and He Yiming stepped forward to remove the clothes and took a few glances. Their faces changed color. He Yiming was furious and no longer cared about King Zhao. He waved his hand and said, "Take him back to the county government office!"
Originally, King Zhao was skeptical about what He Yiming said, that the memorial from Lord Zhoufu was on the way to the capital. But now that he saw the irrefutable evidence, he thought that they might have already targeted Feng Qingzi and Luo Junxian and their gang, and had certain facts in their possession. They were just here to close the net tonight, so they might have informed the Zhoufu in advance. So he didn't dare to confront them head-on. He just blamed these people for being too stupid. He had better go back and inform his third brother to prepare a countermeasure to see if he could intercept the memorial from Lord Zhoufu.
King Zhao cursed these people for being stupid in his heart, but he didn't know that the reason these people dared to act so boldly was actually because of him. If he hadn't taken on so much responsibility in front of them and said that Dazhou County was his fiefdom and that even if he poked a hole in the sky, he would be safe, how could these people dare to be so rampant and wanton?
He left angrily with his guards.
Luo Junxian was completely disheartened after seeing the death of his sworn brother Feng Qingzi. He still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that even if Jian Ning went down to the cellar, he would not be able to enter the last secret room. As long as Feng Qingzi was not dead, King Yong would never give up on them.
Because Feng Qingzi is Nanyangzi's senior brother in the same school and is the second most powerful strategist after Nanyangzi, the fact that Prince Yong's mother was favored by the emperor and Prince Yong was able to step into the emperor's eyes was all due to the planning that Feng Qingzi made for him and his mother.
Once Feng Qingzi died, he would be abandoned, so King Zhao left without even shouting, but just stared at Jian Ning. He really couldn't understand who this inconspicuous woman was. Not only could she sneak into the sixth secret room, but she also held a weapon with great lethality like Ma Fuquan, causing them to fail.
"Aman! Man'er!"
“Daddy!”
As soon as the King of Zhao and his men left, Huo Jincheng rode his horse towards Ah Man. He picked up Ah Man who rushed towards him and asked, "How did you get here? Who is that mother-in-law?"
Ah Man hugged his father's neck and looked at Jian Ning with a smile, "Grandma, is the mission over?"
When Jian Ning heard her call her mother-in-law, she loved her even more. She smiled and nodded, "It's over."
Ah Man cheered and continued, "Then can I call you auntie?"
"Sure." Jian Ning looked at Huo Jincheng with a smile, hands behind her back. "Your daughter is quite good. I'm really impressed by her."
"Of course, you don't even look at whose daughter she is." Huo Jincheng snorted. He had already guessed that the woman in front of him was Jian Ning. He thought to himself that this woman was really extraordinary. In addition to being a doctor, she could also join forces with Ma Fuquan to fight the enemy. The key was that their cooperation was seamless, and her calmness when facing the enemy was something that an ordinary peasant woman could not do.
Besides being amazed, the question mark in his mind also grew bigger and bigger. He had a feeling that the relationship between Jian Ning and Ma Fuquan was not simple. But he really couldn't think of any other relationship between the two except being neighbors in the same village.
Or were the people in Dingjia Village not simple? His mind flashed back to Ding Youtian, the blind man Liu who knew how to make wine, and the scene of them arguing with him that day.
It’s over. Why does he have the feeling that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in that village?
Seeing that Ah Man had actually taken advantage of her compliments and was so shameless, Jian Ning couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh!" "That's right, the disciple surpasses the master. Ah Man is brave and resourceful. I'm sure he wouldn't be afraid of injections, nor would he take his anger out on the doctor if it hurt."
Huo Jincheng's face suddenly turned dark.
"Auntie, is an injection a needle?" Ah Man said seriously, "Ah Man is not afraid of needles. I've had needles when I was sick, and it didn't hurt."
Jian Ning smiled, glanced meaningfully at Huo Jincheng, whose expression became even more tense, and walked towards Ma Fuquan and his son.
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