"Guards, take these two men to the dungeon!"
Nan Zhi and Song Hanyan were taken to the imperial prison.
Seeing their composure, the jailer couldn't help but say, "Why did you get involved with her? You're all young people, your futures are ruined."
Nan Zhi: "Uncle, she has taken a liking to my husband."
jailer......
Okay, that's definitely unacceptable.
"Could this gentleman have met the county magistrate?"
Mu Tian'er immediately replied, "Of course."
Nanzhi took out two taels of silver from her bosom: "Uncle, could you please find me some pen and ink? I'd like to write a letter and ask you to deliver it to the magistrate, would that be alright?"
Mu Tian'er hesitated for a moment, but seeing that the two people had an extraordinary demeanor, she agreed.
Not long after the letter was delivered, the prison cell door opened.
Jiang Hongqu walked in with his head held high.
"What, do you want to beg for mercy? If you beg me, I'll let you go." As she spoke, her gaze fell on Song Hanyan in the corner.
“This young master is indeed quite imposing. If you come with me, I might consider letting her go back.”
The other person's outstretched hand was about to land on Song Hanyan's face.
Just then, a figure rushed in through the doorway.
Jiang Hongqu asked in surprise, "Lord Pei, what brings you here?"
Pei Jian didn't bother to speak to her and went straight to Nan Zhi, kneeling down in front of her.
"I, Pei Jian, am late. Please forgive me, sir."
Jiang Hongqu pointed at Nan Zhi: "Sir, you must be mistaken. She is just a peasant girl from Ping'an Village. Why are you kneeling before her?"
Pei Jian broke out in a cold sweat. He turned around and said, "How dare you! Kneel down now! This is the Imperial Envoy of Agriculture, a third-rank official appointed by the Emperor himself. How dare you interfere?"
He could turn a blind eye to some minor things, but this matter could not be taken lightly.
With a snap, the whip in Jiang Hongqu's hand fell to the ground.
The county magistrate was only a fifth-rank official, while the man opposite her was a third-rank official. She had offended someone.
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