"Someone's fainted! Someone's fainted! Make way, make way!"
A man carrying a pregnant woman strode out, and behind him were Cao An's elite soldiers, "Stop! Put her down!"
Just when the pregnant woman was about to be examined, she suddenly fainted.
When her husband saw this, he picked her up and ran away without saying a word!
Cao An happened to be in front of them. Seeing this, he immediately sent someone to stop them. "Catch them! Don't let them get out!"
You still want to run away when the time comes?
If it's not a guilty conscience, then what is it?!
Cao An personally followed behind, he had a hunch that the person the man was holding must be Madam Wen in disguise!
"Get out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way!"
The man knew nothing except that his wife kept crying out in pain in his arms. He and his wife were both farmers, but his wife was in poor health. They had sought medical help and treatment everywhere before finally having this child.
Even if he dies, he can't let anything happen to his wife and children!
"Stop it!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The elite soldiers stood in front of the man, drew their swords, and finally stopped him. Seeing this, the man's hands were shaking as he held his wife, but he knew he couldn't retreat!
If you retreat, there will be no way to survive!
"Please let us go, sir. My wife's stomach hurts so much that she can't wait any longer! If we stay here, something will definitely happen to the child!" The man wished he could grow wings and fly away, but the reality was that his straight legs slowly bent down.
"Sir, please let us go!"
He knelt there, his back as tall as a mountain, but it seemed as if it was being pressed down by a huge rock and he couldn't lift it up.
At this time, Cao An finally arrived and walked over with the help of everyone.
"He's a grown man with nothing wrong with him, but why does he walk like an old lady?" Zhuhong listened without turning around or even changing her expression.
This is not the time to meddle in other people's affairs.
But the people behind her clearly didn't grasp the tension of the situation and stood up. "Sir, we are also legitimate citizens of Shengjing, blessed by the Emperor and loved by our parents. You can arrest people if you want, but now that someone is about to die, you still refuse to release them. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
A young pregnant woman walked out quickly from behind Zhuhong.
Her belly was twice as big as Zhuhong's, but she walked freely, and didn't even need the support of anyone next to her. She walked in front of Cao An by herself.
Cao An frowned slightly, recalling the identity of this woman.
He seemed to have never seen it.
Cao An has extensive connections in Shengjing. As a favorite of the emperor, he knows all the powerful people inside and out.
If this woman was not a daughter of a noble family who had been raised in seclusion, then her status was so low that she had never caught his eye.
"How dare you! I'm investigating a case, how can you allow me to disrupt it?" Cao An's eyes were icy, and his men surrounded the two men tightly. "If you speak rudely again, I will arrest you as a rioter!"
"A mere eunuch! What a grand gesture!"
The people around the woman wanted to pull her, but failed. When Zhuhong turned her head, she met their eyes - helpless yet doting.
She felt a slight movement in her heart, called Chunxi, and got up from Liu'an's body.
Zhu Hong smiled and said, "I'm much better now."
She led the people in the mansion to the side, but Cao An still saw them at a glance. After all, when he went to the Marquis's Mansion, Cao An had some impression of this concubine, but now he had no time to care about her.
I don’t know where this country woman came from, but she actually wanted to delay his business!
This concerns his life and property, and no one is allowed to destroy it!
"Someone, come and take her down for me!" Cao An ordered his men to take the woman down, while at the same time sending people to check the pregnant woman in the man's arms. He stood in the middle of the crowd with his chin raised, not taking the people present seriously at all.
For the truly powerful and wealthy families, Cao An set up a separate tent and gave them priority inspection.
So even though they also disliked Cao An's trouble, those powerful families did not make a big fuss when they saw that they were treated better than others.
Logically speaking, the specifications of the Marquis of Changning should also be matched to the tent.
But who made Zhuhong just a concubine... Unless it was Shen Ruoyan who came, otherwise, even if it was Fang Rou, she would have to wait here obediently!
She is favored in the Marquis' Mansion, but outside, she is still nothing!
An aunt is just an aunt. In a noble family, she is just a toy for entertainment. How could she be looked up to by others?
Zhu Hong also understood this, so she took her people to the side. Apart from Cao An, she had the most people here, but Zhu Hong knew in her heart that these people were here to protect the child in her belly, not to support her.
"Sir, it's not..."
The examiner came to Cao An with great difficulty and took such great efforts, but he didn't expect that she was just an ordinary woman!
Cao An's expression instantly turned ugly. "How could it not be? How could it not be?!"
He has already captured all the pregnant women in the city and brought them here, but after so long, he still hasn't found anyone. How is he going to explain to the emperor?
"Untouchable! Since you are not an inferior, why are you running?!" Cao An couldn't swallow this breath. Hatred flashed in his eyes. He wished he could kill everyone present to relieve his anger!
However, there happened to be someone who could help him vent his anger. Cao An sneered, "Take all these troublemakers who are deliberately obstructing public affairs and put them in jail to await their punishment!"
"yes!"
The elite soldiers with swords directly arrested the man and his wife. The man was horrified and said, "Sir, we are not assassins. Why are you arresting us? My wife is pregnant. How can you put me in jail?!"
He kept struggling, and seeing that his wife was too weak to speak, he became even more anxious.
"Catch me if you want! Leave my wife alone!"
Cao An looked at him coldly, as if he were looking at a corpse, "Don't worry, none of you can escape."
"How dare you! What crime have I committed that you're arresting me too?" Before the elite soldier could even get close to the woman, the people around her attacked. The people around her didn't even see the moves clearly, only to hear a clang, and the knife in the elite soldier's hand suddenly slipped out of his hand!
"You are obstructing the investigation. I suspect you are connected to the assassin. If you are wronged, go and cry it out in the prison!"
Cao An gave the order again, and this time, at least ten elite soldiers surrounded them.
There were only two people around the woman, how could she hold off so many people?
Zhuhong couldn't bear to watch any longer and turned away.
She couldn't do anything, couldn't save him, she could only avoid his sight, neither looking nor listening.
"Eunuch! You're just a dog by the emperor's side, what kind of official are you?! You dare to catch me? Today I'll let you see the Beggar Gang's dog-beating stick technique, which is specifically designed to beat lapdogs like you who can't tell right from wrong and bully others by taking advantage of their power!"
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