Seeing the injuries on the two men, Su Ruojin immediately understood that Tong Mingshan was using torture to force them to hand over the ledger he had.
Now that the people have been rescued, Tong Mingshan will definitely send people to search the whole city for the two of them. It's only a matter of time before they find the inn. She needs to find a way to hide them first.
At this time, the person who went out to gather information returned and reported that the prefectural government had been calling for doctors to revive the unconscious jailers and yamen runners.
Su Ruojin wasn't worried at all. The poison in those people wouldn't kill them, but it would take them ten days to wake up.
Without these people, Tong Mingshan will also have fewer manpower.
The problem now is that it's already past midnight, and it's not very realistic to buy a courtyard to house the two of them, since they don't have any relatives or friends in Yulin.
Su Ruojin glanced at Xu Jinling and his nephew, who were still unconscious, then turned to Liu Jing and whispered a few words in his ear.
Liu Jing's eyes lit up, and he immediately clasped his hands in a fist salute, "Your subordinate will take care of it right away."
Su Ruojin took out the pills and fed them to Xu Jinling and Xu Dayi respectively. Then Liu Jing led his men in and carried the two away from the inn.
Yanluo was a little curious. In the middle of the night, where did Miss ask Liu Jing to take the person?
The only place Yanluo could think of was the dilapidated temple she saw on the way to Yunhu.
"Miss, did you ask Liu Jing to take the person to that dilapidated temple on the outskirts of the city?"
"No, if I were the bailiffs conducting the search, given their current state, I would definitely not let the dilapidated temple go."
"Then where do you want Commander Liu to put the person, Miss?" Yanluo's curiosity was piqued even more by her young mistress's question.
Su Ruojin smiled and uttered two words, "mortuary".
Yanluo instantly thought that her young lady was incredibly clever, to have thought of something like that.
She thought about the injuries Xu Jinling and his nephew were in, and that they wouldn't wake up for a while. Moreover, after taking the young lady's pills, they needed to sleep more to absorb the effects of the medicine and help their bodies recover.
For someone in a coma, what better place to hide than a mortuary?
Moreover, most people would think of the mortuary as an unlucky place and few would want to go near it. Usually, an old man or uncle would be assigned to guard it.
With such defenses in place, it would be incredibly easy for Commander Liu to put Xu Jinling and his nephew in that location.
Around 3 a.m., Liu Jing returned and reported that everything was arranged.
The caretaker of the mortuary was indeed an elderly man. When they arrived, he was already asleep. They put the body down without disturbing anyone.
To ensure the accuracy of the number of corpses, Liu Jing also moved two of the corpses out and placed them elsewhere, to be replaced later.
In addition, four people were secretly arranged to guard the area to ensure its safety.
Hearing this, Su Ruojin felt relieved, turned around and went to bed to rest. She had things to do tomorrow, so she wanted to catch up on some sleep first.
The prefectural government changed four or five doctors, but none of them could wake the person up. Tong Mingshan also realized that this matter was not simple.
But these people didn't wake up, and he couldn't find anyone to ask him anything.
Meanwhile, the housekeeper took the opportunity to bring the doctors he had invited aside to examine his son's leg. After examining the leg, several doctors said that his son had lost too much blood and although he could be saved, the leg could not be cured and he would be a cripple in the future.
Butler He was over thirty when he finally had this precious son, but now he was crippled. He was heartbroken and kept crying, wishing he could tear the person who hurt his son to pieces.
In his grief, Butler He also realized that his son had gotten into trouble because he went to see that Miss Zhao. He thought that his son's accident was most likely related to Miss Zhao.
Butler He thought for a moment, then walked to Tong Mingshan's side and whispered, "Master, when Constable Li arrested Xu Jinling and his nephew, Zhao Ruojin and her maid were treating their injuries. Now that the two have been rescued, and the jailer is unconscious, do you think this matter might be related to them?"
Since ancient times, medicine and poison have been considered to be one family, and Tong Mingshan also thought of this.
If Zhao Ruojin's maid knew medicine, then it wouldn't be surprising if she knew poison.
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