In the back hall of the Dragon King Temple, Zhao Hao and Xiong Dianshi were interrogating the prisoners in unison.

"You have committed a capital crime," Young Master Zhao said, making a gesture of wiping one's neck, "This county will execute all of you on the spot, and it won't be too late to report it later."

"That's right!" Xiong Dianshi understood what Zhao Hao meant, and said in a vicious tone: "That's what I planned! We'll beat them all to death later. No one will care about the life and death of the dike destroyers anyway."

"Hey, Mr. Dianshi, don't be so irritable. God is merciful. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I am going to release one of them and let him go home to celebrate the reunion festival."

Zhao Hao said, his cold eyes swept over the roast ducks in the hanging oven, and said word by word:

"Opportunities only come to the first one who speaks."

After saying this, he turned around and pretended to leave.

Before he reached the entrance of the palace, he heard several voices coming from behind him at the same time.

"I say!"

"I'll speak first!"

Seeing that the other party had guessed the identity of their master, the soldiers who had been stubborn just now rushed to seize the only chance to survive.

A smug smile appeared on Mr. Zhao's lips. This young master is really smart and handsome.

"We are the personal soldiers of the Duke of Wei's Mansion. We are here to break the dam on the orders of the young master!" Then someone rushed to give the answer.

"The young master is now in the Afang Garden in Huating. You can find him there!" Those who are slow to react can only confess other things.

"Uh..." Young Master Zhao tripped over the threshold and almost fell to the ground.

"Young master, be careful!" Xiong Dianshi and Gao Wu quickly supported him on the left and right, so that he did not fall to the ground.

Xiong Dianshi was still standing there, full of admiration, saying, "You really have everything under control, young master. You even know that the young master is in Huating now!"

Zhao Hao adjusted his hat. The fall just now just happened to cover up his expression of seeing a ghost...

I thought it was someone sent by Xu Fan, how come it became Xu Bangning?

Fortunately, they all have the surname Xu, and fortunately Xu Bangning is really in Huating, which made it possible for me to make the wrong move.

Otherwise, I'll be damned...

Young Master Zhao calmed himself down and said with a modest smile: "This is nothing, just a trifling trick."

I thought to myself that I must never open my mouth again, otherwise my image of being wise and brave would be ruined.

Fortunately, the confessions of the gang of thieves gave him a little comfort... They said that Afang Garden was the property of the third master of the Xu family, and the two of them were together all day long.

It turns out that you can’t write two characters of “Xu” with one stroke. I’m not wrong.

Ha ha ha ha.

~~

Once the breakthrough was made, the prisoners began to confess everything.

Master Zhao left Dianshi Xiong to watch the prisoner and make him confess, while he went back to the front hall first.

He felt a little bored waiting for the confession, so he kicked Miwa's butt.

The poor child had just fallen asleep again, so he had to sit up again rubbing his sleepy eyes. Seeing that it was still the same young man, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"What?"

"Kid, were those thieves discovered by you two?" Zhao Hao asked Mi Wa with a smile.

"Ah, what's the matter?" Miwa raised his head guiltily. In fact, he thought it was a rat spirit.

"You have made great contributions this time. Do you want some reward?"

"You have the final say?" Mi Wa looked Zhao Hao up and down and felt that he was only a few years older than herself, just dressed better and had whiter skin.

It was windy, rainy and cold today, so Master Zhao didn't try to pretend to be the Pirate King.

"Of course." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "Didn't you see that the fourth master in the county called me Master?"

"Really?" Miwa immediately lost her bad temper and said excitedly with her legs crossed: "Then give me one sausage each and two candies?"

"Captain, this is too much..." Goudan woke up at some point.

"Who is the captain between us? Listen to me!" Miwa glared at him.

But the young master laughed and said, "No, it's too little. I can't afford to lose that person."

"Then two for each person? Plus three pieces... and a bag of candy?" Miwa felt that she was as greedy as the village landlord.

"It's still too little." Zhao Hao saw clearly that poverty limited the imagination of the two young men, so he smiled and ordered Gao Wudao: "Send them home at dawn, and then send a few bags of rice and some meat."

The two children were stunned. Rice is given by the bag, meat is given by the fan? Is there such a good thing in the world?

Even if you take over all the rats in the county, you still can't get such a big reward, right?

They pinched each other and felt pain, then they were sure they were not dreaming.

Master Zhao smiled at the two stunned children and said, "Then I will grant each of you one request... Even if you want to go to heaven, I can send you there."

“Hmm.” The two children were completely confused and had no idea how precious this reward was.

"Tell the county gatekeeper when you've made up your mind, and he will tell me." Zhao Hao saw Xiong Dianshi coming, and he left the hall leisurely after saying this.

"Go home and discuss it with your parents. Whether you can change your fate depends on your choice."

The two children looked at each other, thinking that he was so young but had such a big tone.

After Zhao Hao left, Gou Daner asked in a low voice: "Captain, is what he said true or false?"

"I think he's just bragging. I want to eat white rice all my life. Can he make it happen?" Miwa's life ideal really matches his name.

"How is that possible? I'll be content if I can have a meal with him every festival." Goudan thought to himself that he was worthy of being the captain and was not so easy to fool.

He scratched his head and said, "As long as he can give us rice and pork, it will be fine. Otherwise, if I don't go home all night, my father will beat me to death."

"Yeah." Miwa thought so too.

~~

Outside the hall, Zhao Hao listened to the report from Xiong Dianshi.

The situation is still the same, nothing new.

After Xiong Dianshi finished speaking, he asked in a deep voice, "What should we do next? I still need the master and the young master to make a decision."

"What else can we do? Of course we have to arrest the criminal and bring him to justice." Zhao Hao said coldly.

"Sir, Xu Bangning is the most beloved youngest son of the Duke of Wei." Xiong Dianshi was a little hesitant. The Xu family, a founding duke and a family that had been favored by the emperor for two hundred years, was like a towering mountain to an official like him, daunting.

"If a prince breaks the law, he will be punished the same as a commoner." Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows and said fearlessly, "So what if he is the Duke of Wei himself?"

"Good!" Xiong Dianshi thought that Zhao Yanei was quite upright. He was a bachelor and had nothing to fear, so he took the initiative to plan: "They have horses, and those few fish that escaped the net must have already reached Huating and reported the news to Xu Bangning."

"Well, almost." Zhao Hao nodded.

"We have captured so many people, Xu Bangning must be panicking." Xiong Dianshi gritted his teeth and said, "I guess he will flee back to Nanjing immediately. We can intercept him halfway!"

"Yes." Zhao Hao agreed, looked at Xiong Dianshi, and said in a deep voice: "I will let the gunner battalion cooperate with you."

ps. Third update, keep writing...