The maid placed the food box on the table, craned her neck to look at the bed, and seeing that Jian Yang was still asleep, muttered, "Why isn't he awake yet?"
Seeing the maidservant approaching her, Jian Yang quickly closed her eyes.
"Miss, Miss," the maid walked to the bedside and gently patted her arm, "Get up and eat."
Jian Yang suddenly opened her eyes, grabbed the maid by the neck, and pressed her down on the bed before she could scream, threatening, "If you dare to make a sound, I'll break your neck right now."
Of course, she didn't have that ability; she was just trying to scare the little girl.
The little maid was indeed terrified by Jian Yang's fierce appearance and nodded with tears streaming down her face.
"Who sent you?" Jian Yang twisted the maid's arms behind her back. "Tell me the truth, or I'll kill you."
The maidservant said in a trembling voice, "It was Magistrate Zhou who sent me, Miss. I'm just a food delivery girl. I don't know anything. Please don't kill me."
Jian Yang's eyes darkened.
It seems she guessed correctly; Magistrate Zhou must have known her identity and deliberately detained her in Nanyang County.
She released the maid's hands and said coldly, "Go and summon Magistrate Zhou to see me."
The little maidservant scrambled out of bed and ran out quickly.
A moment later, Magistrate Zhou arrived with his advisor, Master Sun.
At this moment, Jian Yang was already sitting at the table, casually gnawing on a chicken leg.
Upon seeing the two arrive, she merely glanced at them, completely abandoning her previous politeness and courtesy.
Magistrate Zhou and his advisor Sun looked at each other, not daring to utter a sound.
“Tell me,” Jian Yang finished her chicken leg and picked up a towel to wipe her hands. “Why did you bring me here?”
Magistrate Zhou quickly put on a smiling face and said, "Miss Jian, what are you saying? You fainted at the city gate, but luckily I was the one who brought you back to life."
Jian Yang sneered, "If that's the case, why did Magistrate Zhou lock me up?"
Magistrate Zhou had already rehearsed the lines with Master Sun, so he calmly said, "Miss Jian, you may not know this, but the robbers' testimonies are inconsistent. As the one who reported the crime, Miss Jian is naturally also a suspect. I hope Miss Jian understands."
"Then why not lock me up in jail?"
Magistrate Zhou thought to himself, "Even if you gave me eight hundred lives, I wouldn't dare to lock you up in jail."
But he said, "I naturally pity Miss Jian because she is a woman and do not want her to suffer in prison. Miss Jian, rest assured, once I have investigated the truth, I will release you."
Jian Yang rolled her eyes at him and said indifferently, "Where is the caravan that was traveling with me?"
Magistrate Zhou rolled his eyes and smiled, "They have already returned to Qinghe County on their own."
Jian Yang scoffed and said, "Magistrate Zhou, I'm putting this out there today. If you don't let Uncle Ge and the others come to see me, you'll have to bear the consequences later."
Since her identity had already been exposed, she couldn't be bothered to give this person a friendly look.
Based on the people's reputation with him, Jian Yang concluded that this man would not easily let Ge Long's caravan leave.
Because he not only wanted to take away Ge Long's cartloads of silk, but also wanted to get back the money he had spent on buying the silk.
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Zhou felt a chill run down his spine.
If the empress were to impeach him before the emperor in the future, his future would be completely ruined.
So he quickly gave Master Sun a wink.
Master Sun understood and smiled at Jian Yang, "Miss Jian, our magistrate has made a mistake. Ge Long and his party are still staying at Tongfu Inn. I will go and invite them to come and meet you."
Jian Yang nodded.
Master Sun lifted his leg and ran out.
However, instead of running towards Tongfu Inn, he ran towards the county jail.
"Quickly! The magistrate has ordered that Ge Long and his group be released immediately, and that all the silk and silver notes be returned!" Master Sun rushed to the prison cell and gave the order to the jailer.
The jailer looked bewildered: "Huh?"
"What are you 'huh' for!" Master Sun kicked him in the leg. "If you keep dawdling, we're all going to lose our heads!"
The jailer said with a bitter face, "Magistrate Zhou has already taken the silver notes."
Master Sun spat inwardly and said, "Then we won't return the silver notes. Release the people quickly, and give them the silk too. Be fast!"
Half an hour later, Ge Long and his son arrived at the room where Jian Yang was being held.
Upon seeing them, Jian Yang quickly asked with concern, "Uncle Ge, Xiao Dongzi, is everyone alright?"
Just as Ge Dong was about to start complaining, Ge Long interrupted him, saying, "Everything's fine, Dr. Jian, are you alright?"
Jian Yang guessed that Master Sun must have said something to them, which was why Ge Long only reported good news and not bad.
She shook her head. "Uncle Ge, I've dragged you down this journey. Don't worry, I will definitely not let you suffer any injustice."
Ge Long sighed and said, "Dr. Jian, you're already in dire straits, so don't worry about us."
He remembered what Master Sun had just said: Jian Yang was imprisoned for allegedly poisoning multiple people, and he felt a pang of worry.
But they were clearly bandits; killing them should have been considered meritorious service, so how did it become a crime?
He didn't understand the law, and the only thing he could do was to stop causing Jian Yang trouble.
"Uncle Ge, are you going straight back to Qinghe County?"
Ge Long shook his head and said, "Let's continue south. I suppose Magistrate Zhou wasn't satisfied with this batch of silk and returned it to us."
Jian Yang immediately understood that Magistrate Zhou must want to swallow both the owed goods and the owed goods, but now he had no choice but to return the silk.
She smiled, then turned and said coldly to Magistrate Zhou, who was standing outside the door, "Magistrate Zhou, are you dissatisfied with our silk?"
Magistrate Zhou dared not say he was dissatisfied, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Satisfied, satisfied."
"Since you're satisfied, do you still want to return it?"
"I'm not returning it! I'm not returning it!"
Ge Long and his son: "???"
Why is the situation before them somewhat different from what they imagined?
Whether it was a misperception or not, they always felt that Magistrate Zhou was particularly wary of this Doctor Jian.
"Alright," Jian Yang said lazily, "Send a few more people to escort Uncle Long and the others back to Qinghe County. If anything goes wrong on the way, I will not forgive you!"
"I understand, don't worry!"
"Alright, you can go now. I still need to talk to Uncle Ge and the others for a while."
"Okay, okay, please call me anytime if you need anything."
Ge Long and his son: "!!!"
They looked at Jian Yang in surprise.
Jian Yang smiled wryly and said, "Uncle Long, I'd like to trouble you for a favor."
"Dr. Jian, please speak."
Jian Yang took a hairpin off her head and handed it to Ge Long, saying, "I would like to trouble you to go to Jiangnan and find Xiahou Riyue, the governor of Jiangzhou, and tell him that I am in danger and ask him to come to my rescue immediately."
She originally wanted to ask her father for help, but the journey from Nanyang to the capital was long, and by the time her father arrived, it would be too late.
Ge Long solemnly accepted the hairpin, thinking to himself that it turned out that Doctor Jian was the wife of a high-ranking official, which explained why Magistrate Zhou was so afraid of her.
Since that was the case, Magistrate Zhou would surely not dare to make things difficult for her, so he left with Ge Long.
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