"Everyone, please calm down for my sake. These little brothers still have to help me with things, so don't be too ruthless."
Look at these few casual words, she raised her entire status and made the three of them become slaves doing work in the prefectural mansion.
Would Zhao Xin be happy with this?
"Go and bring the Imperial Guards who are temporarily stationed here to flank us. As for what to say, I think you probably know what to say. Just grab them by the neck and arrest them."
Heshen could not move around freely now, so this task was naturally handed over to Wang Xuance.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I promise to complete the task."
He suddenly felt a little relieved.
As they left, the prefect sat down in his chair, looking dejected. These bandits are here to rob the common people again. Last time, I had already taken out a small portion of his money and food to suppress them, but I didn't expect them to pluck the feathers of a goose to death!
"Miss Xiaoqiu, what do you want your uncle to do now?"
Isn't there a great general in this city who just returned from a battle there? I heard he's highly regarded by the Cui family and the old queen, and is a leading figure in the court.
"They may not necessarily help uncle."
"They've just returned from the war and are naturally short of money. Wouldn't it be easy to bribe them and take them to some brothels?"
"You are indeed my uncle's good niece."
The governor was about to send someone over to interview him when Qiu Chenqing, as if thinking of something, raised his hand to stop him. Then his eyes lit up and he spoke with conviction.
"Let Chu Zhan go. They got along really well at the Qiu family before, so let's become sworn brothers. That way, we can look after each other in the future!"
"Yes, yes, Chu Zhan is also fine. Anyone who can help him get through this difficult time will do!"
Qiu Chenqing left with a gloomy and cold expression in his eyes. In the peaceful days, he was a prefect but was still so timid that even the bandits in the mountains were afraid of him.
It also brought shame to the Qiu family, huh.
If she ever returned to the Qiu family compound, she would definitely tell her father to quickly delete this side branch and not bring shame to their legitimate descendants.
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There was a commotion outside the gate, and the sound of military drills could be heard. The governor, overjoyed, immediately emerged from his comfortable home, threw on his clothes, and got out of bed to meet the general standing at the gate, who looked so heroic.
"This general really seems to have an extraordinary bearing. If it's something like that, the young man next to Miss Qiu has also told you everything."
"This general does know that young man, but today the Emperor said there's an assassin on the run in the prefectural government. Since the Emperor is far away, he asked me to search here."
Then he waved his hands and surrounded the entire prefectural mansion.
"Find him for me! I heard his surname is Chu. I must capture him today and present him to the Emperor!"
"If I can capture the Chu people in this prefectural government, you won't even have time to live here. Just follow me into the palace to see the emperor. What a great opportunity!"
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This general's IQ has probably been simplified into his fighting ability, and the rest of his IQ that can be used is probably as big as that of a mung bean... Could it be that Miss Qiu didn't tell this stubborn general that the man was Chu Zhan for the first time?
Isn't this a big joke?
At this moment, Zhao Xin was walking in through the main gate, accompanied by the two junior civil servants. The captain noticed something but said nothing. He silently let the three of them pass and continued to stare outside.
"Prefect, please don't let this general down."
He stood by and watched with an expression of wanting to watch the fun. To be honest, he had also issued an announcement in the palace, asking Mr. Zhuge to attend court on his behalf for a few days.
Even if Mr. Zhuge were to commentate on the story, he couldn't let the Cui family regain power and push the Empress Dowager to the throne. After finally passing the Anshen Festival, he locked that old woman away in Yong'an Palace again. His intention was to make the Empress Dowager pray to the late emperor's ranking for the rest of her life.
It's good enough that the empress dowager was not sent to the tomb of the late emperor to burn incense, worship Buddha and copy scriptures every day.
He glanced at the corner where a small piece of white cloth was buried. Zhao Xin didn't believe that such a hidden place would be covered with grass just to hide a large piece of white cloth.
Before he could say anything, Chu Zhan came back with the wine he bought on the street and Qiu Chenqing, who was wearing a veil.
"You two are finally back, and little brother, we meet again."
"I left your place in a hurry before, but have you decided whether to go to Tianshan?"
"By the way, little brother, what's your name?"
When this question was asked, the governor's throat became choked, and his heart leaped with fear that he would be exposed and make everyone uncomfortable.
Being uncomfortable was no big deal for them. They were just afraid that if the emperor heard about it, not only would he be demoted to a prefect, he might even be demoted to a commoner.
After all, this is the emperor.
"The last name is not important. I heard there was a case of a woman being kidnapped here."
However, the captain was indeed a little afraid of the emperor, but it was a good thing to say that the emperor was far away and he would do it first and then do it. At worst, he could just reply that he couldn't catch him.
"Then little brother, you'll have to go with us to catch those bandits."
"Big brother's request is too much for me, youngster."
This back and forth fight made everyone laugh. This back and forth reversal made Zhao Xin completely confused. This protagonist is too strong. Not only is there always someone to take the blame for him, but if things continue to develop like this, he might even pry away one of his subjects.
"Well, everyone, come in and sit down."
The prefect's expression softened at this point. It was good that the moody lieutenant had stopped throwing tantrums. In the past, the prefect had treated the lieutenant like a mouse meeting a cat. While he didn't often provoke him, he probably couldn't stand the side-on nudging.
This captain is too suspicious.
But fortunately, he has a good relationship with the Qiu family and gets along very well with Qiu Chenqing.
"Okay, but what's wrong with you, little sister?"
Qiu Chenqing covered her face angrily, and then pulled the veil closer to her face. Could it be that others could see her ugly appearance?
"The doctor said we can't get angry."
She also tried to calm herself down, and then casually dealt with it with a few words.
He was bored standing there for a while, so he went back to the guest room. Then the two civil officials, one watched the situation outside while the other went into the room to give him advice.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Captain Li is in trouble."
"How do you know?"
Zhao Xin looked carefully at the ring on his finger and marveled at it. This minister was very thoughtful. Why would he give him such a thing?
Oh, to be honest, that's not a ring at all, it's just a ring of a set, but it's made of gold to look classy. And it's also shaped.
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