Lu Baichuan didn't mean that Jiang Jiuniang had just given birth not long ago and her body had not yet recovered, so he had to handle these matters by himself. He also specifically told the prefect not to disturb his wife's rest if she had nothing to do.
But when the magistrate looked at Jiang Jiu Niang’s majestic appearance, it didn’t look like she had recovered!
Before you could recover well, you were able to capture so many Nantai people by yourself, and you only tied up two of them, while the others just tied their hands and followed them back obediently?
Looking at the man who was tied up, covered in injuries and unconscious, you can tell how ruthless this woman is.
The prefect couldn’t help but take a breath, then tried his best to raise a smile and pushed forward.
"Mrs. Lu, why are you alone? Where is the general?"
Jiang Jiuniang smiled at him and said: "You are injured and rest, I will give you someone. We've caught him. This man is the leader. His name is Xu Zhao. He's the man behind the two Ouyang brothers. The last house in Fulu Lane in the west of the city is his lair. That's where I caught him. I guess some things are there too. Over there, Mr. Laopan sent someone to check it out."
"It should be right, the general and his wife helped the official solve a lot of troubles. It is the official who should thank you two. That's right! When everything is settled, I will definitely host a banquet for you two!"
What he said was sincere. These two people have some skills, and one of them can directly find out Who is the person behind Ouyang Jing? The other person just tied him up and sent him here. If it were him, he would probably find out the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Fortunately, he didn’t listen to Chang Shi and didn’t play with them in the first place, otherwise he would probably be the one being tied up now.
"Okay, I'll leave these things to you, adults. I have to go back to take care of the children, so I won't stay any longer."
After saying that, she turned to leave. Thinking of what she said on the road, she added: "By the way, Mr. Pan, I just promised the people on the road that this case will be heard in public. When you open the court to try people, remember to allow the people to watch! After all, Ouyang The old gentleman is a person who is very respected by the people of Quanzhou, but he cannot be harmed just because he is so confused."
It is impossible for a prefect to achieve this position without knowing anything. Listen to Jiang Jiuniang So much, the magistrate immediately understood what she meant, and immediately cooperated and said: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely handle it impartially."
When the people nearby heard this, they felt a lot better in their hearts. They felt that these The official also took common people like them into consideration, otherwise how could he hold a public trial?
After Jiang Jiuniang left, she found a deserted alley to take her daughter out of the space, then wandered around to buy some food, and then returned to the inn.
The daughter just woke up. She was responsible for changing her diapers, and the dog went to make milk powder. She didn't feel anything was wrong with her mother at all.
Lu Baichuan slept very deeply and did not wake up until dark. Jiang Jiuniang ordered food and the family sat around to eat.
Lu Baichuan said: "I have to go out soon. The information I finally found cannot be allowed to escape. Although Nantai's meticulous work is not as abominable as Dongting's, it is still a disaster. It has to be uprooted.
Jiang Jiuniang didn’t take it seriously: “Your health is important, how many times do you want me to say this? "
She glanced at Lu Baichuan coldly, feeling that this man was really itchy.
Lu Baichuan glanced at her and did not dare to speak, but his eyes were restless.
Jiang Jiuniang ignored him and continued to eat her own food. Anyway, if the man disobeyed, she would beat him to death.
"My daughter's clothes are dirty. After dinner, you go and wash me. It's cold and I don't want to touch the water. ”
Lu Baichuan knew that his wife was deliberately making things difficult for him, but he still agreed to come down, wash up and go out.
After dinner, Lu Baichuan obediently went to the backyard of the inn to give birth to the baby As soon as he started washing clothes, he heard from the waiter at the inn that the official was here. Lu Baichuan thought he was looking for him, so he hurriedly wiped the water on his hands and went out, and it turned out to be the prefect.
"Master Pan , but are there any clues? "
The prefect didn't know that the clues he said were different from the clues he thought, so he nodded and said: "Indeed! What an unexpected surprise! A few couldn't bear the punishment, so they basically confessed! "
Lu Baichuan thought he was talking about the servants of the Ouyang Hao family, and asked puzzledly: "Is there any unknown transaction behind the Ouyang family's back? "
The prefect was stunned. He was talking about Nantai's detailed work. Why did the general involve Ouyang's family again?
"This subordinate has not been found out yet. "
The prefect thought for a while and answered very cautiously.
"Then what did you just say, Mr. Pan? "
"Of course he is from Nantai! Mrs. Lu is really good at it! Just serve it to someone in a pot, general, don’t you know? "
Seemingly thinking of something, the magistrate immediately said: "By the way, I heard Madam said you were injured, are you feeling better? ”
“Much better. "
Lu Baichuan's face was a little reluctant. He didn't expect that his wife had already taken care of everything while he was sleeping and didn't tell him yet.
The prefect looked at Lu Baichuan up and down. Without showing any signs of injury, I suddenly felt youngIt's so good to be light. I recovered so quickly.
"Since many things have been found out, is Mr. Pan here?"
The prefect immediately straightened his posture and said: "My wife said before that this case will be tried in public. , there were too many people at that time, and the subordinate could not understand what Madam meant, so he thought of asking for clarification so that things could be done more conveniently."
Lu Baichuan felt as if he had missed a lot of things after sleeping. He was confused and could only say: "Wait a moment, I'll go find the madam."
As a foreigner in the prefecture, it was naturally impossible for him to go directly to the inn room to find Jiang Jiuniang, so he found another wing. Waiting for someone, Lu Baichuan and his wife arrived soon after.
The prefect saluted her with great respect and said: "Mrs. Lu, those people have been recruited to disrupt our people's livelihood in Beiyan. It's best to let everyone know about the treasure. Then they recruited a few people to revolt and create civil strife, and they benefited from it."
"They have saved a lot of industries and power in Beiyan over the years, but they all use the names and identities of us Beiyan people. In other words, there are many people like the Ouyang Jing brothers, but they don’t know each other. Fortunately, those people have already provided the list, and we will check them one by one later."
Jiang Jiuniang listened to his report and said: "There must be strict investigation, and you can't just take whatever they say, to prevent one of your own people from being framed and implicated. In addition, when there is a public trial, let them know what should be known to the people, such as Nantai's The ambition and the news about the treasure are false. As for the other things, it’s up to you, sir. Don’t make it too ugly and cause unnecessary panic.”
Only then did the prefect understand what Jiang Jiuniang was planning. The public trial was used to tell the people that the treasure story was false. Mr. Ouyang was also deceived into saying those words.
"I understand, thank you madam for your advice."