“Many people are talking about us, wondering who we are, and who the person who took us away is. People downstairs are also talking about us, saying they saw us come up,” Zhou Quan said in a low voice.
Li Mai nodded, "Okay, after we finish eating we'll call the waiter, pay the bill here, and go down through the back door."
She noticed as soon as she came up that the restaurant had a back door from which she could leave directly.
After returning to the restaurant, the couple settled their bill and left Xiabei Town directly through the back door in their carriage, heading southwest towards Yongzhou City.
The Jiang family's main base is in Yongzhou City.
It takes two days to get there from here, and there is supposedly a small village along the way where you can stay overnight.
However, the couple has their own space and don't need to stay overnight; they can simply enter the space from a secluded place.
They continued their journey until it was completely dark, at which point they entered the mountains.
The mountain area was pitch black and completely silent at this time.
Li Mai got off the carriage, looked around to make sure no one was there, and then with a thought, she and the carriage went directly into the space.
Zhou Quan unloaded the carriage and fetched some spring water for the horses to drink.
The horse seemed very happy after drinking the spring water, and even neighed at Li Mai and Zhou Quan.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
After Zhou Quan tied the horse to the carriage shaft, he returned to the place where the two of them rested every day.
The sunflower seeds and snacks were still there. After the two finished eating the snacks, they chatted for a while while eating sunflower seeds, and then went to rest.
The more Zhou Quan learns from Li Mai, the more composed he becomes, unfazed by honor or disgrace.
Today, he witnessed Li Mai discovering a problem that the coroner couldn't. He wondered if there was something Li Mai didn't understand.
At this time in Xiabei Town, An Nanyang had already received a report from the guards that the two men had left Xiabei Town overnight in a carriage. They had accompanied them for a while before returning.
After a moment of surprise, An Nanyang nodded. "Then we don't need to worry about it. Those two people are probably not simple. They are more vigilant than us, and even quite clever. They have already guessed that after they left the government office, they would be followed or the Yang family would come looking for them."
"Master, what should we do about the Yang family?" the guard asked.
"Help me call Old Dong, the magistrate, over. Tonight, we're going to raid the Yang residence." - An Nanyang
Of course, the raid he mentioned wasn't an attack, but a routine inspection. After Li Mai and the others left, he didn't do nothing; he investigated some things and learned that there should be someone raising Gu worms in the Yang residence.
They went tonight; all they need to do is confirm this.
"Oh, by the way, bring along the wolf your wife keeps in the manor." An Nanyang glanced at the guard with a smile.
The guard paused, then nodded in agreement.
Just as the hour of Hai (9-11 PM) arrived, there was a sudden knocking on the gate of the Yang family mansion in town.
The old gatekeeper couldn't understand who would come to the Yang family at this time.
"Open the door! The government is investigating a case!" Old Dong, the yamen chief, shouted as he knocked on the door.
Upon hearing that it was the government, the gatekeeper was so frightened that he quickly opened the door.
As soon as the gate opened, Old Dong led his men inside, raising his sword at the servants who had already rushed in, "The dead are talking! Something's amiss in the case! Lord An is here to investigate personally! Go and inform your master immediately!"
Upon hearing this, the guard took off running.
At this moment, in a small courtyard to the east, a man was playing with a small insect in a jar when he suddenly saw a moth fly in and stop in front of him, buzzing incessantly.
The man slowly narrowed his eyes. "The officials have arrived?"
Hopefully, that woman can hold out for a while.
He quickly put the lid back on the jar and began tidying up the boxes and jars in the room. There were quite a few things, so tidying them up was a bit of a struggle.
Especially the fourth and fifth ones, they ate too much last night and are still awake. Otherwise, he could have sent them out to deal with those people outside.
Among the things the person had packed, two larger porcelain jars were placed at the very back, and other porcelain jars were used to block the back.
However, just as he finished tidying up, he sensed running footsteps approaching him.
He quickly got into bed, lay down, and blew out the lamp.
"Halt! Who dares to barge into our mansion like this?" came a woman's cold voice.
An Nanyang walked over unhurriedly. "I'm leading a team to investigate a case. Does Miss Yang have any objections?"
Yang Manzhen frowned and looked at An Nanyang, bowing respectfully. "So it's you, Lord Zhencheng. But isn't it rather inappropriate to come at this hour?"
“I don’t want to come out and cause trouble in the middle of the night, but the deceased has appeared and left some writing. The murderer is still in the Yang residence, so I have no choice but to investigate. Send White Wolf.”
After An Nanyang finished speaking, one of the guards behind him released the rope he had been holding, and a white wolf suddenly pounced on Yang Manzhen.
"Arrest him!" An Nanyang ordered immediately when he saw the white wolf rushing towards her.
The two guards moved at the same time, very quickly. As the white wolf pounced on Yang Manzhen, Yang Manzhen screamed in fright. At the same time, she was also acupunctured by An Nanyang's guards, tied up, and controlled.
The white wolf saw this, and the next moment, it ran off in another direction.
An Nanyang said, "Keep up."
However, the gate to that small courtyard was locked.
"Break through!" An Nanyang ordered.
The constables rushed up and kicked it away a few times.
As they rushed in, the white wolf led the way, heading straight for a house.
The person on the bed inside sensed something was wrong and pulled out a bamboo flute from under his pillow, intending to play it. However, the white wolf was quick. As the guards kicked open the door, the white wolf pounced on the person first, and the guards then snatched the bamboo flute and tied the person up as well.
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