Not only would the government post a public notice praising him, but he would also receive a reward of fifty taels of silver. Fang Dongming was reluctant to leave.
But he didn't expect Su Ruojin to actually dare to sue her.
The constable glanced at Su Ruojin, thought for a moment, and waved his hand, "Take her away too!"
"Sir, I'm innocent! Sir!" Fang Dongming cried out in distress. He never expected that instead of venting his anger, he would lose out in the end.
As the aggrieved party, Su Ruojin naturally had to go to the yamen as well.
An noticed the commotion early on and, having received a hint from Su Ruojin, discreetly followed the group from within the crowd.
At the yamen, Xu Dayi and his nephew were taken away without any interrogation, leaving only Fang Dongming and Su Ruojin facing off in the courtroom.
Tong Mingshan sat in the hall, feeling very happy.
With Xu Dayi and his nephew apprehended, a weight was lifted from my shoulders.
As for Fang Dongming and Su Ruojin's case, the facts were simple. Fang Dongming did make a false accusation first, but he did help the government catch the fugitive. After the merits and demerits were balanced, he was sentenced to ten strokes of the cane and that was the end of the case.
The verdict was fair, and Su Ruojin didn't pursue it further. It wasn't her goal anyway; she just regretted not being able to see the prefect judge Xu Jinling's case.
When she returned to the inn, she opened the note that Xu Jinling had slipped into her hand. It read: "Under the fifth tree next to the big rock on the east side of Yunhu Lake."
"An Yi." Su Ruojin handed the note to An Yi, who took it and turned to leave.
The Xu family uncle and nephew were arrested, and room number two in the east wing is currently empty. They have already paid a month's rent, and the innkeeper is honest enough not to resell the room.
Su Ruojin had previously agreed to treat Xu Jinling mainly because she wanted to come to room number two to see if she could find any clues related to her third brother, but after all that happened, she didn't have time to take a closer look.
Room number two was now empty, so Su Ruojin pushed open the door and went inside.
Rooms number two and three have the exact same layout.
Su Ruojin carefully searched the room but found no hidden mechanisms.
She opened the window of the room. It was on the second floor, and outside the window was a quiet alley that looked perfectly normal.
Su Ruojin closed the window, then her gaze suddenly sharpened.
She saw a small "S" in the corner of the window, as if it had been deliberately carved into the corner of the window by some hard object.
No one in this dynasty understood the meaning of this mark, and that's exactly what she taught her third brother.
At that time, Su Wenzhou secretly told Su Ruojin about the special markings of the Su family army. Su Ruojin thought it was too complicated and there was no time to mark it in a real danger, so she taught him this mark.
The "S" is taken from the pronunciation of the character "苏".
So Third Brother did indeed escape from this house, and he even left a mark on her.
Third Brother must have predicted that she would come looking for him, otherwise only she and Third Brother would know about this mark.
Where did he run off to?
Looking out the window, you can walk out of the alley and you'll find yourself on Yulin's main street. There aren't a lot of people, but there are still quite a few.
Su Ruojin pondered her third brother's whereabouts in the inn, while in the prefectural government, Tong Mingshan reminisced about the beautiful young woman in the hall earlier.
Zhao Ruojin and Liu Mengru are completely different women.
Like a snow lotus on an icy cliff, pure and aloof, unapproachable.
Like a secluded orchid in the mountains, elegant and serene.
Regardless of which one, they are both Tong Mingshan's type.
"Someone, go and investigate Zhao Ruojin's background."
Tong Mingshan wasn't stupid. The other party was from Beijing, so he made sure to find out more before acting, lest he offend someone he shouldn't.
It's never too late to take action after you've thoroughly investigated the matter.
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