Helan Ruizhe was still dressed in his usual attire, without much change. After all, he was not a thief, and his superb lightness skills allowed him to be so arrogant.
He slowly lifted the tiles of the old general's house and carefully bent down to look at the scene inside the house.
But he didn't see anyone, so he opened the gap a little more and saw only the dim light in the house.
He opened the door a little further to accommodate a person's body, and jumped in, finding himself in a dim environment.
There was a lamp on in the room, and there was a musty smell because it hadn't been cleaned for a long time. He covered his nose.
There was no one in the room. Helan Ruizhe thought of something and his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, "Oh no!" When he was about to go back to Suxuan Courtyard, the cabinet next to the bed suddenly moved.
He stopped and listened carefully. The cabinet moved again, making a "dong dong" sound.
He squinted his eyes and looked back at the cabinet that could accommodate two people, then turned around, slowly approached, and opened the cabinet.
Inside, the old general was half-kneeling, tied up, gagged and blindfolded.
Helan Ruizhe was shocked that the fake old general had placed the real old general in the room so blatantly.
The tied-up old general had no strength left, so Helan Ruizhe immediately helped him up and untied him.
The old general, who had regained his freedom, barely took a breath before pointing outside the door and shouting, "Quick, quick, save Susu!"
He used up his last bit of strength to push Helan Ruizhe out.
At this time, Yuan Jing, wearing a nightgown, jumped out of the hole dug by Helan Ruizhe and walked towards the old general.
Helan Ruizhe hurriedly ordered, "Take good care of the old general." Then he turned and went out. He flew onto the roof and ran straight towards Suxuan Courtyard.
Helan Ruizhe almost rushed into the house, carrying the unconscious Jin Suting and preparing to escape as soon as he came in.
Not long after Helan Ruizhe left, the fake old general walked into Suxuan Courtyard and blew a sleeping pill to make Jin Suting unconscious.
The air was still filled with the scent of drugs. Helan Ruizhe's brows were filled with fierceness. "Put her down."
How could the fake old general, who had finally caught Jin Suting, be so obedient? He flipped over and jumped out of the window, but forgot that when Yuan Jing entered the general's mansion just now, he had surrounded the Suxuan Courtyard according to Helan Ruizhe's advance instructions.
Helan Ruizhe casually grabbed something on the windowsill and jumped out of it.
The place was already surrounded, and the fake old general was carrying Jin Suting and could not move, so he was soon forced into a corner.
There was a wall behind him. If he could climb over it, he would be able to escape. Unfortunately, Helan Ruizhe had already caught up with him.
He walked out from the dozens of soldiers surrounding the fake old general. The fake old general looked around and found that the only way out was the wall behind him.
"According to the laws of Fuding, kidnapping the emperor's wife is a capital crime." Helan Ruizhe stared at him coldly with an expressionless face.
The fake old general swallowed nervously, staggered his steps, and more and more cold sweat appeared on his head.
"That depends on whether you can catch me!" He calmed himself down. For the reward of 12,000 taels, he would fight for it!
He gathered all his strength and jumped up with all his might, but Helan Ruizhe was faster than him. He used his wrist to push the stone right into the fake old general's knee.
"ah--"
The man who jumped into the air let go of the hand that was holding Jin Suting and fell to the ground with a painful expression.
Helan Ruizhe cursed inwardly, took a few steps forward and steadily caught Jin Suting who was thrown out.
The fake old general covered his knee with his hands and shouted in pain. If Helan Ruizhe had used a little more strength, his kneecap would have been completely broken.
Helan Ruizhe's face looked very ugly. He looked at Jin Suting who was unconscious in his arms and regretted how he had missed this step of Suxuanyuan's defense.
"Your Highness, how should we deal with the thieves?"
"Tie him up. I will interrogate him personally after one stick of incense." Helan Ruizhe said in a cold voice and left with Jin Suting in his arms.
After settling the man back to Suxuan Courtyard and having someone prepare a bowl of soup containing aphrodisiac, specifically instructing him to add more sugar, Helan Ruizhe began to personally interrogate the fake old general.
He wanted to see who was trying to harm the general's mansion and who was trying to harm his crown princess.
Yuan Jing poured a basin of water on the fake old general who was tied up in the old general's study to wake him up.
The disguise on the fake old general's face has been torn off, revealing a middle-aged man with a frail appearance. This middle-aged man is none other than the thief who has been wanted in recent years - Fu Wan.
Fu Wan is 38 years old. He started stealing from the store five years ago. Later, he stole valuables from the homes of senior executives or the land deeds of merchants.
He values money more than his life, so he risked his life to kidnap Jin Suting for ten thousand taels.
Fu Wan woke up in a daze, with the water droplets on his eyelashes still wet. Helan Ruizhe's cold and handsome face gradually became clear in his eyes. After seeing it clearly, his whole body tensed up.
He instinctively stepped back, but kicking his legs desperately was of no avail because he was tied firmly to the stool.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I was just obsessed with money. If you knew she was the Crown Princess, I would never dare to kidnap her!"
What a joke! Notices were posted all over the city announcing that Jin Suting was the Crown Princess. How could he not know?
"Don't be nervous." Helan Ruizhe fixed his eyes on him, "As long as you cooperate well, I can spare your life."
"If you don't cooperate," Helan Ruizhe raised his chin towards the charcoal fire that Yuan Jing had just lit. A pot of red charcoal lay in the iron pot. The charcoal tongs touched the burning charcoal that was emitting heat waves, and sparks sizzled.
Fu Wan leaned tightly against the chair, staring in horror and swallowing nervously.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" Nothing is more important than life. I can lose the bounty but I can't lose my life.
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