Chapter 30: Beauty Trap 8 "Your Highness, you are too kind."
The next morning, Zhu Song was having breakfast when Zhu Lingye hurried over and said to him mysteriously, "Brother, there's a letter."
Zhu Song handed him a bun. Zhu Lingye took it naturally but didn't eat it. He looked energetic even though he hadn't slept for two days. "Brother, guess what happened?"
Zhu Song looked at the light in his eyes that almost illuminated the night and said calmly, "Spy."
Zhu Lingye immediately lost interest and sat down across from him, holding the bun in his hand. "Oh my god, you knew this a long time ago."
Zhu Song wanted to say, it would be a miracle if I couldn’t guess it from the look on your face.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Zhu Lingye leaned forward and lowered his voice, saying, "I investigated the relatives Xue Caining mentioned and found that it wasn't what she said. Those people weren't her relatives at all. They were just paid to cover up her lies."
Zhu Song wasn't interested in the details. "Just pick out the key points."
"Aren't these the main points?" Zhu Lingye was puzzled. "How can I pursue her family? If I ask them, these are not the main points, right?"
Zhu Song put it more bluntly, "Just tell me who she is."
"Oh, about that, I don't know." When talking about this, Zhu Lingye became even more depressed and started eating the buns.
Zhu Song saw that his cheeks were bulging from eating and frowned slightly. "Didn't find anything?"
Zhu Lingye swallowed a big mouthful of steamed bun and took a gulp of water before explaining, "I can't find anything. I went to the prefectural and county yamen to check, but there was nothing. It's like she suddenly appeared."
Zhu Song listened to his description and laughed, "You mean she's a ghost?"
"That's impossible." Zhu Lingye said, "Why would a ghost use a honey trap on you? Right?"
Zhu Song remained noncommittal. He knew without a doubt who could achieve this. But the question now was whether Xue Caining needed to be kept for the time being.
Seeing that he was silent, Zhu Lingye asked, "What should we do now? Should we arrest him or throw him out of the city?"
Zhu Song raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Lingye. "She didn't do anything. You have no evidence. How can you arrest her?"
Zhu Lingye had something to say about this, "Didn't she seize power yesterday? How can you say she didn't do anything? If she had a knife, who knows what you'd be like now?"
It was unclear how far this topic could go, so Zhu Song stopped it in its tracks, "Keep it. Maybe it'll be useful later."
Zhu Lingye disagreed with his decision, "We all know that she has a mysterious background and ulterior motives, but you still keep her around. This is too risky."
Zhu Song asked him back, "Who said I want to keep her by my side?"
"Didn't she say she wanted to be your slave?"
"You know she has bad intentions, but you still believe her?"
Zhu Lingye was stunned for a moment. "Oh, it seems so. If not by my side, where else should I put her?"
Zhu Song looked at him with a puzzled look, "Are you just this stupid, or did you become stupid from staying up all night?"
Zhu Lingye replied nonchalantly, "It's possible."
Unable to continue the conversation, Zhu Song said directly: "Since she said she has nowhere to go, when she comes, just find her a job in the government office."
Zhu Lingye nodded halfway when he felt something was wrong. "If you want to find her, you won't find me. You don't need to tell me."
"Okay, okay, go do what you need to do." Zhu Song waved his hand and let Zhu Lingye go. Zhu Lingye yawned and stood up. "How long will it take for this to end?"
Zhu Song replied, "At this rate, it will be finished by tomorrow morning."
Hearing this, Zhu Lingye stretched and said, "I'm going to have a good sleep after tomorrow's end."
"Okay." Zhu Song smiled and joked with him. Zhu Lingye raised his chin at him, turned and left.
Zhu Song finished his breakfast and was about to go on patrol, but when he walked to the door he saw Wen Fengxuan coming back with a group of people. They were chattering non-stop, but it was too noisy and Zhu Song couldn't understand a word.
Zhu Song called out first, "Your Highness."
Wen Fengxuan also politely replied, "Sir."
"What's going on?" Zhu Song glanced at the people he brought back. They didn't look special and their faces looked very honest.
Xie Ningyuan stepped forward and replied, "These people came to collect their money, but after they gave their names, they found out they had already received it. Your Highness noticed something was amiss, so he rounded them up and brought them back."
Zhu Song frowned, "Impersonation?"
When the people who were brought back heard the blessing, they were extremely excited, and their voices became louder than the other.
"Yes, sir, someone has falsely claimed our life-saving money. You must take charge of this for us."
"This bastard even dared to take money for saving his life. If I find out, I will make him pay for it."
"There's no grudge between us in the past or today, who on earth would do such a thing?"
“…”
There were so many people, and everyone was talking, making Zhu Song's ears buzz. He raised his hand to stop them, "Stop arguing and follow me to the lobby."
A group of people followed Zhu Song to the lobby, and Zhu Song asked, "When did this kind of thing start happening?"
One person said, "I went to collect the money last night..." Before he could finish, someone else interrupted him, "Then I got there earlier than you. I got scammed yesterday afternoon." Another person said, "Then I got scammed yesterday morning."
The man didn't say anything after he finished speaking, so Zhu Song asked him, "When did you find out?"
The man replied, "It was almost midnight and everyone was serving food. I wanted to get the money quickly, so I begged the master to bring it to me. The master agreed, but when he checked the names, he found that the money had already been collected."
Zhu Song asked, "Isn't it possible that they have the same name?"
Xie Ningyuan replied, "We later checked and found that there were no people with the same name. Furthermore, there were 56 people who received the same amount, which is too many."
Wen Fengxuan said, "Now that it has been confirmed that there has been a case of fraud, this person must be apprehended to restore order."
Zhu Song nodded in agreement, "Your Highness is right. Falsely claiming a claim is a serious offense and should be severely punished."
The people agreed, "Your Highness is right. This kind of person is not a human being. He should be arrested and beheaded." "That's right." "That's right."
Xie Ningyuan said, "But there are so many people in the city right now, so it might not be easy to conduct a large-scale search."
Wen Fengxuan looked at the people and analyzed, "Since this person has the audacity to claim it, he must be a bold and greedy person. He can say your names, so he must know you. Think about whether there is such a person."
The people present looked at each other, realizing that many of them didn't know each other. "This...could it be Zhang San? He's a petty thief."
"I think it should be Li Si. He is very brave. He dared to swim in the Yellow River when he was only three years old."
"Swimming is nothing. Zhu Wu even dared to catch a bamboo green snake with his bare hands."
"That's nothing..."
"Oh, you're not as good as me. Zhang Ergou dared to cheat on someone, and she's his sister-in-law."
“.....”
Seeing that the conversation was getting more and more off track, Zhu Song noticed that Wen Fengxuan's handsome eyebrows were wrinkled. After not sleeping all night, his face looked even more haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Noticing Zhu Song's gaze, Wen Fengxuan looked over and asked, "Sir?"
Zhu Song blinked and said, "Your Highness."
Wen Fengxuan asked, "I see that you seem to be lost in thought, but do you have a good idea?"
"Oh, really." Zhu Song replied casually.
Upon hearing that he had a solution, Xie Ningyuan quickly stopped everyone's nonsense. Facing Wen Fengxuan's curious eyes, Zhu Song blinked again and smiled mysteriously, "Keep it a secret for now. Your Highness, go and rest first. I will definitely catch the thief before noon."
Hearing him say this, Wen Fengxuan was very considerate and did not ask any further questions, "Thank you for your hard work, sir."
Zhu Song said, "I'm still far behind Your Highness. I'll go catch the thief first. See you later, Your Highness."
Wen Fengxuan pursed his lips and smiled slightly, "See you later."
"Follow me," Zhu Song called out to the people present, and turned to leave with them. When he reached the door, he ran into Zhu Lingye who had hurried back. Zhu Lingye saw that he was still smiling, and was very puzzled, "Didn't I tell you about the chaos?"
His mood was interrupted, and Zhu Song suppressed his smile, "Yes, someone claimed it impersonatorily."
Zhu Lingye saw that his expression changed, "Brother, are you so angry that you're confused?"
Zhu Song rolled his eyes at him and didn't engage in idle chatter with him. Instead, he ordered, "You take the patrol team and follow behind."
Zhu Lingye asked: "And then?"
"I'll tell you what happens next."
"oh."
A group of people went out into the street. As it was Zhu Song who led the team, they were quite impressive. The people around looked over and whispered to each other, "What's going on?" "Parade them through the streets?" "What did they do wrong to make such a big scene?" "..."
The people looked at Zhu Song, and Zhu Song was also looking at them. When they were halfway through the journey, Zhu Song suddenly stopped and stared at a man, raised his hand and pointed, "Catch him."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Lingye rushed over with one quick step. The man tried to run, but Zhu Lingye kicked him to the ground.
Everyone around was frightened and moved aside. Zhu Lingye grabbed the man by the collar and lifted him up, saying to Zhu Song, "I caught him."
The man fell heavily to the ground, leaving bloody marks on his face. He quickly said, "Oh, sir, I'm a good man. Why are you arresting me?"
Zhu Lingye asked coldly, "Why are you running away, good man?"
The man replied, "Your Excellency's pressure makes me a little scared, but I definitely haven't done anything wrong."
"Whether he has done anything wrong or not will be known after a trial at the yamen." After saying this, Zhu Lingye nodded to the yamen runners. The yamen runners came over and took the man away. He kept shouting for injustice along the way, but no one paid any attention to him.
It happened so fast that no one could react.
"Is he the Li Wentao who helped out at the clinic before?"
"Hey, it seems to be him. I said he looked familiar."
"I went to the doctor before, and he prescribed me medicine. I had diarrhea for two days, and later I found out that he prescribed the wrong medicine. He gave me angelica instead of astragalus."
"Hey, I went to the clinic too..."
“I’ve been there too.”
When Zhu Song and his men returned to the Governor's Office, Wen Fengxuan was still sitting in the lobby. He stood up to greet him and was quite surprised to see Li Wentao being escorted by the yamen runners. "Your Excellency is truly formidable."
Zhu Song smiled modestly and said, "Your Highness, you are too kind."
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