The Guazhou ferry on this winter night is really thrilling. First, a boat caught fire, and then a "fire boat" crashed into the painting boat, and then the abducted woman jumped into the water to save herself, "Remembering Jiangnan" saved people with righteousness, and then the government arrested people, and the scene was closely linked to the scene, which made the people around them dizzy and dumbfounded.

The loud and small soldiers on the shore here were shouting happily, but over there, they saw Zhao Qiong Shi Ran, the director of "Remembering Jiangnan", stepping off the painting boat and walking slowly to the shore. The cold wind blew Zhao Qiong's hair and stuck to her face, but her back was straight, and her faint eyes looked so calm and indifferent in the torches.

She stared coldly at the officers and soldiers standing in front of her, and the little soldier suddenly fell silent and looked at her in a daze.

A soldier in the back kicked the soldier and shouted, "What are you doing? ”。 As if suddenly kicked awake, the little soldier touched his ass and retreated behind the soldier. As he walked, he muttered quietly, "This woman is very calm."

The soldier who kicked the man straightened his chest, looked at Zhao Qiong with slanted eyes, and said, "Who is the woman from the front?" ”

Zhao Qiong replied coldly, "Remembering Zhao Qiong, the head of Jiangnan." The military master set up such a big battle and told me to wait, but what advice do you have? ”

The military official said arrogantly, "You and others have abducted and sold women from good families without permission, and the family of the owner has already sued the yamen. ”

"Oh? Is it? In that case, then I will go back to the government with you and wait for your Lord Zhizhou to send you, okay? A hint of sarcasm flashed in Zhao Qiong's eyes.

The military official casually pointed to "Remembering Jiangnan" and raised his voice: "You want to go back to the government with me, but everyone on your ship has to go back with us, and no one is allowed to escape." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Qiong beckoned to the military official, "Come here, I have something important to tell you." ”

The military official looked at Zhao Qiong suspiciously, and looked her up and down, "If you have anything to tell a woman, just tell me here." ”

Zhao Qiong smiled, "Since it is an important matter, how can it be said in front of everyone?" ”

The military official was skeptical, secretly thinking that she was a weak woman, and she couldn't figure it out, if she didn't go, it would seem that he was cowardly, not to mention that there was a team of subordinates behind her. Thinking of this, the confidence that was originally only five points instantly increased to ten, and he slowly walked over to Zhao Qiong and asked, "What's the important thing?" Now it's time to talk about it."

Zhao Qiong straightened his clothes, and his long sleeves gently brushed the wrist of the military officer as if inadvertently, the military official was instantly numb, and suddenly felt that half of his body could not move, and he just wanted to open his mouth to call, but his chest was stuffy again, and the call was blocked in his throat. I couldn't help but jump, and my heart was horrified.

Zhao Qiong approached the military official and whispered without a smile, "No matter what I say, the military master only needs to nod, if there are any unnecessary actions, you can bear more consequences." Then he pretended to hang his head and whispered, but the military officer saw the opportunity quite quickly, and nodded his head busily.

After that, Zhao Qiong deliberately said loudly, "Ah, it turns out that we are waiting for the people to go back with you, it is your own idea, Master Jun?" The officer nodded hurriedly.

"For such an important matter, I need to report it to Lord Cao in person, and I don't need others to follow me, right?" The officer nodded again.

"Just send a few men to defend this shore?" The officer nodded again.

Speaking of this, Zhao Qiong continued in a low voice, "I'll unlock your acupoint now, if you dare to shout loudly, I can take your life at any time" The military official continued to nod like a chicken pecking rice, but secretly complained in his heart, "Only one person was arrested, how can I explain this time?" I'm afraid a board is indispensable."

Then Zhao Qiong seemed to wave his hand, and half of the soldier's body was able to move again, and then he swallowed a mouthful of phlegm in his throat, and the word "take" was about to rush out of his mouth, but he swallowed it hard.

Zhao Qiong saw that this military official also knew the current affairs, so he couldn't help but smile at him, the military official was actually cold, hurriedly took a few steps back, waved his hand backwards, and said, "Leave ten people to guard Yijiangnan, and the rest will follow me...... She goes back", several of his subordinates hurriedly took out the chains and prepared to take the people, and the military officer hurriedly shouted, "Don't lock the people, just let her go by herself." ”

There are many businessmen in Yangzhou, these businessmen are more profit-seeking, and they are accustomed to drilling camps, and they know how to pay tribute every year, and pay tribute during the holidays, so that they learned that the state Cao Mu Cao came to Yangzhou for less than three years, and a term of office has not yet ended, so he was fed with a bulging purse and full of oil and water.

Those businessmen are good at superficial things, claiming to use silver to help repair the government office, although the money for repairing the government is less than one-tenth, and the rest is all in the pocket of our Lord Cao, but this government office is also quite magnificent.

At this time, there were three people sitting in the inner hall of the mansion, one of them, with a square face, thick eyebrows and a round nose, looking loyal, but looking carefully, his eyes were quite turbid, it was Cao Mu, the governor of Yangzhou. On the left-hand side, a man in black, with falcon eyes and an eagle nose, was quite gloomy. On the right-hand side is the master of the Nafu Ya.

Cao Mu looked at the black-clothed man on his left and asked, "Secret envoy, after this person is escorted, can there be evidence to convict them, otherwise I am afraid of injustice, right?" ”

The man in black, known as the secret envoy, said, "Don't worry, Lord Cao, we have gathered enough evidence to convict them." ”

Cao Mu said, "Then tomorrow, the secret envoy will no longer have to wait in the public court, just sit in the back and listen to the trial, and the evidence can be sent."

The envoy said, "There is Lord Laocao."

"The secret envoy is polite, it is an honor to serve the queen mother." Cao Mu smiled flatteringly, and arched upwards with his hands in fists.

Then he said to the master bookkeeper, "Lord Wang, you personally arrange for the secret envoy to rest, and order him to go down, and when the time comes, he will be promoted to the court to hear the case." After the prisoners are taken into custody, they are first put in prison and remanded in custody pending trial. ”

The master nodded hurriedly, and then took the black-clothed envoy down to rest.

In the middle of the night, the iron door of the prison opened, and a soldier and a few small soldiers brought in a young woman, who pointed to the last cell at the end of the prison that looked fairly clean, and said to the cell leader, "Old Wangtou, take her in, just look at it, and Lord Cao will interrogate her tomorrow." ”

The old king hurriedly bowed his head and responded with "yes", and after unlocking the lock to let the young woman in, he locked the door of the cell again, and then sent the soldiers of the government to the general to return to their lives.

The lights in the cell flickered on and off, looking quite weird, and the young woman who was brought in was naturally Zhao Qiong.

At this time, there was only one bed made of yellow mud in the prison, on which some straw had been piled up for an unknown period of time.

Zhao Qiong didn't mind, she sat cross-legged on the straw of the yellow mud bed casually, closing her eyes as if she was meditating.

At this time, the cell door was opened again, and a person walked in with a quilt in his arms, and then put the quilt beside Zhao Qiong, saying, "This is the quilt in the prison, let's use it for one night." Zhao Qiong opened her eyes to look, but it turned out to be the cell head called the old king. Zhao Qiong nodded at him and did not speak. After the old king put down the quilt, he left the cell again.

Zhao Qiong pulled out the quilt and touched it casually, as if she had touched a roll of paper the size of her palm, she quietly held the paper in her hand, put it in her sleeve, and then shook the quilt and covered her body. Then there was silence in the cell.