When Jiang Jiuniang left, she sprinkled some medicine on those dwarfs. They wouldn't wake up without the antidote, so now you can ask the two people in the know.
After the Emperor Emeritus and Consort Liu calmed down, they recounted what they knew.
It turned out that they had been followed long ago, and it was only after arriving in Mingcheng that the other party found an opportunity to wipe out that team of elite guards and capture the two of them.
The people who were following them were from the Northern Flame, and they were handed over to these dwarfs after they were captured.
It's obvious that there's an inside agent on Bei Yan's side, and a traitorous one at that.
"Since you knew you were being followed, why didn't you contact us beforehand?"
Jiang Jiuniang was puzzled. Although they hadn't made any special contact since they parted ways in Changzhou, the secret guards had ways to reach them. Mingcheng and Cangcheng weren't far apart, and a round trip would only take five or six days. Why did they have to go to such lengths to ask for help earlier?
Upon hearing this, the retired emperor looked ashamed, his face filled with pain: "It's all my fault. The guards warned me beforehand, but I didn't take it seriously, thinking we could handle these people ourselves. But I never expected..."
He covered his face with his hands, too ashamed to face Jiang Jiuniang and her husband.
Jiang Jiuniang had nothing to say. Ever since the retired emperor became a hands-off ruler, he had been living a leisurely life in the palace. He felt that Beiyan was much safer than he had imagined, and there was not much intrigue. As a result, he relaxed his vigilance, which led to today's tragedy.
"This matter is more serious than we imagined. Bei Yan has its own people, and we don't even know if that person is in the martial arts world or in the imperial court. If they are in both, then it will be even more troublesome."
They arrested a group of people when they encountered them before, and even had the emperor send people to investigate, but there was no progress afterward. They even thought that the place had been blown up by her little black ball.
Unexpectedly, not only were they unharmed, but they were also able to cooperate with others at this time, almost costing the Emperor Emeritus his life.
"Did they write to the capital, or did they only notify us, all for the sake of obtaining the Pangu Jade?"
"They probably only notified you. The fewer people who know about this, the better, otherwise many people will come and compete with them."
The old emperor was just old, not completely brainless. The more people knew, the more difficult it would be for them to act. Anyway, everyone knew that the Pangu Jade was on the couple, so they went directly to them.
Lu Baichuan nodded to indicate that he understood, and then he said, "I'll send a letter to the capital first, and then we'll go together to arrest the island nation's leader and interrogate him to see what we can find out."
While Lu Baichuan was writing a letter, Jiang Jiuniang boiled water for Consort Liu to take a good bath, then fed them the food she had brought. After comforting them, Jiang Jiuniang and Lu Baichuan went out and returned the way they came.
When they arrived, the people who had been knocked unconscious had already been carried away, which was within Jiang Jiuniang's expectations, since those people were kept around to fish for her.
These people didn't expect them to return the way they came. At the height of their anger, they didn't care about their strategy and charged straight at them.
This was exactly the effect Jiang Jiuniang wanted; the more chaotic these people were, the easier it would be for them to carry out their plans.
The two grabbed their weapons and charged into the crowd, engaging in a fierce fight, neither of which resulted in a fatality, as they still had questions to ask.
"You guys! You're so incredibly bad!"
The short boy in the lead pointed at them and cursed angrily. Jiang Jiuniang mimicked him and said sarcastically, "You guys are really, really bad!"
The man felt humiliated, cursed "Baka!", and then charged at Jiang Jiuniang with his curved knife, his snarling expression suggesting he wanted to tear her apart.
Jiang Jiuniang quickly fought back against him, and soon she beat him until he defecated.
Jiang Jiuniang pinched her nose, her face full of disgust: "Ugh, you islanders are so unhygienic, it's really disgusting!"
The man hadn't expected to be treated so badly, and he couldn't help but poop. To make matters worse, Jiang Jiuniang's tone was so sarcastic, which drove him crazy.
This man and woman are not human, but devils. Despite sending so many people, they couldn't harm them in the slightest. Now that the Emperor Emeritus of Beiyan has been rescued, it's possible that even he will perish here.
He instantly felt that he had let down his country and the Emperor's trust, and that he had messed things up.
So, in anguish, he raised his scimitar, preparing to commit seppuku to atone for his sins.
But at that moment, Jiang Jiuniang struck out with a palm, knocking the man unconscious.
A foul stench emanated from beneath the man, which Jiang Jiuniang found unbearable. She couldn't possibly allow Lu Baichuan to touch him, so she simply fed him a pill on the spot to wake him up, and then began questioning him.
The little dwarf was given the medicine and was acting strangely, not knowing what he was doing. He answered whatever Jiang Jiuniang asked him.
What are you doing here?
"Take the Pangu jade."
What are you going to do with the Pangu jade?
"Treasure hunt".
Did you obtain any other tokens?
"No."
"Who told you that the Pangu Jade is in my possession?"
"As is well known."
"Whom do you cooperate with?"
"Thursday."
"What?"
"That man's name is Thursday."
Jiang Jiuniang was speechless. Her name was Zhou Wu!
But she was confident in her medicine and knew that the short man was telling the truth, so he must have used an alias to contact them.
"What do they do?"
"Tomb raiders."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiuniang frowned deeply, because the person behind the scenes couldn't possibly be just a small-time tomb raider. The real power was still hidden in the shadows, but now she couldn't get any information out of him, since that was all the person knew.
After asking him the questions, Jiang Jiuniang killed him without hesitation.
After that, I asked a few more questions, and the answers were all pretty much the same. The only useful thing was finding out where he was on Thursday. He's currently in Mingcheng, so I guess he knows more about him.
Under the cover of darkness, the couple dealt with all the dwarfs, avenging Consort Liu and those who died at their hands. They returned to their courtyard, where the Emperor Emeritus and Consort Liu remained too afraid to sleep, eagerly awaiting their return.
"how's it going?"
The retired emperor was very concerned.
"It's all resolved, but we didn't get anything very useful out of them. Tomorrow we'll go out and investigate who they identified as Thursday."
"What? Thursday?"
The Emperor Emeritus and Consort Liu were both shocked. Jiang Jiuniang asked, "What, you know each other?"
The retired emperor thought for a moment and said cautiously, "I don't know if it's a case of the same name, but Thursday is someone we rescued before. He collapsed in the mountains and would probably have died there if we hadn't met him. We rescued him, took him into the city, and gave him two taels of silver. He was very grateful to us."
Lu Baichuan immediately sensed something was wrong and asked, "Your Majesty, could you describe his appearance?"
Consort Liu immediately said, "I remember what he looks like, I can draw it!"
That would be perfect. Jiang Jiuniang found her paper and pen to draw, and prepared to take the portrait to compare it with tomorrow.
You won't believe it, but I got the flu the day after my wedding and was hospitalized. Some of my friends were sick at the wedding, and as a result, our whole group got infected. I'm so... heartbroken, sob sob...
In short, I'm still sorry to my sisters. I'll definitely catch up on the chapters I missed once I recover. I also promised my editor that I'd put my new book on the shelves this month. I'll definitely do my best!
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