The female supporting role never believes in fate

"It's nothing. I've already sent a letter to Dong's family and Cao's family. Let the squires in Tongcheng mobilize people to look for them. You don't need to be busy. Just follow me and wait for the news."

Yu Zhengming said coldly.

"Really!"

Zhao Yi regained his energy in an instant, "The Dong family and the Cao family are landowners. With their help, Cheng Yuguan must be transformed into an ant, and he can't hide it anymore. As long as you find someone, draw a bet, hehe..."

Zhao Yi trembled again in an instant, his arrogance visible to the naked eye.

Yu Zhengming looked at it coldly, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he didn't speak any more.

Zhao Yi also found a chair on his own, and sat down to the county magistrate to start drinking tea.

The sun rose higher and higher, and the light pierced obliquely into the lobby. Yu Zhengming closed his eyes and meditated, as motionless as a mountain.

Zhao Yi raised his hand to block the light, and frowned uncomfortably.

He didn't sleep well for several days in a row, his eyelids were extremely dry, he glanced at the magistrate, and was about to imitate the magistrate to close his eyes and rest, when a shadow broke in from the light, blocking the glare of the sun for him.

Zhao Yi couldn't see clearly from behind the light, but he could only see that the person was in uniform. Zhao Yi was overjoyed and thought he had good news, so he stood up excitedly, only to find that the person who came was not a yamen servant, but a city gate officer.

The bad premonition strikes again, and every unexpected event brings bad news. Zhao Yi's heart is fluctuating, and he is already exhausted to the extreme.

"What's the matter?"

Yu Zhixian was still calm, opened his eyes and asked.

The official envoy took a deep breath, pointed outside, "Imperial envoy!"

"The imperial envoy is here!"

"With soldiers and horses, it is said that he was ordered to suppress the bandits!"

With a "click", Zhao Yi broke the crossbar under the chair in excitement, showing his stiffness and shock.

Yu Zhengming couldn't sit still anymore, he got up and stared at the officers and soldiers through the official case, "Did you read it wrong, did the Tongcheng Navy come back from defense?"

Zhao Yi also reacted, and ran up to grab the officers and soldiers, "Yeah, you must have misread it! We are a small place in Tongcheng, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so how could there be imperial envoys? Why is it the turn of the imperial envoys? They only go to Fucheng! Yangzhou! How could it be possible to come to the little Tongcheng!"

Zhao Yi almost broke down and shouted.

He was originally a sloppy person, without conviction and determination. Under the impact of huge information at this moment, without external force, he couldn't bear it himself, and almost collapsed.

The officers and soldiers had already calmed down at this time, and retorted, "The naval guards are all in brown clothes, and the soldiers led by the imperial envoys are in black clothes. Moreover, the black dragon flag is still hanging, and it can be seen from a distance, which is very majestic."

The officers and soldiers were a little inexplicably excited.

In a small place in Tongcheng, he had guarded the city gate for more than ten years, and today he unexpectedly encountered the legendary imperial envoy, and he entered it as his substitute, and he was so excited that he couldn't understand.

At this moment, he looked at Yuzhi County, and said back, "My lord ordered the city gate to be closed, but the captain dared not make the decision. Let me ask you to show me whether the city gate will be opened or not? You have to decide quickly, I will When we came, the imperial envoy was not far from the city gate."

When Zhao Yi heard this, a surge of grief and indignation welled up in his heart, "Idiot, do you still need to ask? Who dare not open the city gate for the imperial envoy, is it to rebel?"

The imperial envoy descended, as if I came in person.

If you don't open the door to the emperor, what are you doing if you don't want to rebel?
Zhao Yi beat the city gate guards like crazy, venting his fear.

"Why are they all touching?"

Zhao Yi felt extremely wronged.

"Come here, Zhao Xunjian lost his mind and acted without reason. Shut Zhao Xunjian to the back office, and wait for the official to order, and then open the door to release him."

Yu Zhengming walked up to Zhao Yi, put his arms around Zhao Yi's shoulders, and whispered in his ear, "The imperial envoys don't care about small things on the street, they are just passing by, and they are going to hunt for water Bandit, I'll leave right away. You'd better not show yourself, and I'll let you out when you calm down."

After finishing speaking, he threw Zhao Xunjian to the yamen servant, Yu Zhengming straightened his official robes, and strode out of the county yamen.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city glanced at the limp Zhao Xunjian, scratched their heads, and turned to follow Yu Zhixian.

Just now Yu Zhengming was as guilty as Zhao Yi, but after a while, he came back to his senses.

These days, news of water bandits has indeed caused people to panic, and the imperial envoy's presence should also be to suppress the bandits.

Thinking of this, Yu Zhengming regained his composure.

It's just that he couldn't help wondering, Tongcheng was too lively this year.

When Zhengming came to the gate of the city in a hurry, he saw the imperial envoy and his party set up camp at the Ximen Post Station outside the gate.

Yu Zhengming's heart skipped a beat, did he not stay for a short time, did he intend to stay for a long time?
Feeling apprehensive in his heart but not showing it on his face, Yu Zhengming took the county magistrate and his party who met on the road, and hurried to the post station to meet the imperial envoy.

"Meet the imperial envoy!"

"Get up. The prince is ordered to suppress the bandits, you wait for everything to go on as usual, just do things cheaply."

It turned out to be the prince!
Just now Yu Zhengming bowed after a few bows, but he didn't realize that the man in front of him wearing a pocket-handle and armor was actually the prince? !

Yu Zhengming peeped over, and he was indeed too young and graceful.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Yu Zhengming and the others stood up.

"Just now, His Highness saw that the gates of the city were closed tightly. What happened to Tongcheng? Could it be that water bandits seized the city?"

"No, no, no! How dare you knock down the city gate when you are a little Xiaoxiao."

Yu Zhengming quickly shook his head.

"Why is that?"

The superior asked.

The county magistrate and the county lieutenants all looked at Yu Zhengming with their eyes, as if they were declaring their position and had nothing to do with me.

These days, Yu Zhengming has been jumping up and down in order to get promoted, and today he is arbitrarily closing the city. When he meets an imperial envoy, it is also Yu Zhengming's bad luck.

The few people gloated, Yu Zhengming gritted his teeth, remembered it in his heart, and said respectfully, "There is a merchant in the city who has colluded with the gangsters. I wanted to summon her to find out what happened, but she actually escaped from prison. Now the city They are being searched for, and I believe they will be caught soon."

This excuse was also Zhao Yi's excuse for summoning Cheng Yuguan on the first day, Yu Zhengming was nervous, so he blurted it out.

"Oh? Colluding with the bandits? Since it is related to the bandits, I will ask a few more questions. What kind of business does the merchant do, and why can it collude with the bandits? What will you do next?"

The internal affairs of a county are dominated by the magistrate.The imperial envoy said this to avoid suspicion, showing that it was because of the involvement of bandits that the imperial envoy asked a few more questions.

Regret flashed in Yu Zhengming's heart for a moment, the excuse he made was too inappropriate, but he had no choice but to continue making it up as soon as the words came out.

"It's the Cheng family. Her family has more than a hundred boats, large and small, traveling between Jingzhou and Yangzhou and Yizhou. So if his family colludes with the bandits, the consequences will be disastrous, so the officials ordered the city to be closed."

Yu Zhengming praised his words, and felt that what he said was reasonable, and in this way, the closure of the city can be regarded as a circle.

"Oh? The Cheng family?"

Yu Zhengming, who was immersed in the story he made up, didn't notice the change in the imperial envoy's tone. Instead, he opened his mouth and spoke more confidently.

"The Cheng family is cunning. She was fooled by several times of summons. She even escaped from prison last night! She is still in the city right now, and I believe she will be arrested soon. After the official trial, she will hand over her confession as soon as possible. You review."

The voice of the superior was light, "Don't bother me so much, my prince will go back with you and try the case together."

"Your Highness?"

The prince is not allowed to make friends with civil and military officials, let alone meddle in local government affairs at will. Although this is not a clear law, it is also a convention.

Right now, His Highness, why doesn't he play cards according to common sense?

Yu Zhengming's eyes widened in shock.

"What? Not welcome?"

"How could this be? Your Highness is here in person, and it is full of splendor."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!"

...

Yu Zhengming followed the prince's imperial envoy, and went back to the official office with the courage to bite the bullet.

"Your Highness, this is where Cheng Yuguan was imprisoned, and she escaped here. Look at the corner of the wall, and there are her footprints over the wall."

Yu Zhengming couldn't wait to produce iron evidence to prove himself, but he had no evidence and no physical evidence, only the footprints belonging to Cheng Yuguan were iron evidence.

Yu Zhengming watched the prince step forward to check the water tank and bricks, and then glanced at the half footprint on the wall, which was regarded as the ironclad evidence, and saw a playful smile on His Highness's face.

Yu Zhengming felt uneasy, he didn't know why His Highness was laughing.

"Come on, let's go to the cell."

"Please."

Thinking that there is nothing wrong with an empty cell, Yu Zhengming invited His Highness to enter the cell.

...

"This should be the Cheng family that Yu Zhixian said? Isn't this in the cell? When Yu Zhixian said he escaped from prison, where did he come from?"

"Huh? What?"

Yu Zhengming walked with his head down, lost in spirit, suddenly heard His Royal Highness in front of him say this, some didn't react, looked at His Royal Highness's hand, and saw Cheng Yuguan who had disappeared, but appeared in the cell inside.

Rubbed his eyes, still there!

Yu Zhengming's usually majestic face was stunned at this moment, so funny.

"How did you get in?"

Yu Zhengming pointed at Cheng Yuguan and exclaimed.

Cheng Yuguan shrugged, looking innocent, "I've been in the cell, waiting for the adults to summon me for questioning, until now. I haven't asked the adults why they treat me so coldly, why did the adults see me like a ghost? Could it be that your lord also knows that my Cheng family is open and upright, and feels guilty?"

Yu Zhengming's thoughts were confused, and he was speechless for a moment.

In fact, Cheng Yuguan is a human being, and he will not let others take advantage of his shortcomings easily.

Last night, she would not refuse the magistrate's summons, and she would not escape from prison and give others a handle.

It's a female prisoner, inspector Zhao and Yu Zhixian have a guilty conscience and habitually think that Cheng Yuguan will run away.Seeing the footprints on the courtyard wall, he was even more convinced that Cheng Yuguan had really escaped, so he began to search for someone with great fanfare.

Cheng Yu shut himself up and hid in the room where the female prison guard was on duty.Cheng Yuguan asked about this cell yesterday, and the female prison said that no one else was detained.

Cheng Yuguan originally wanted to find an empty cell to hide in. After thinking about it, she hid in the female prison guard's room. When everyone ran out to find someone, she leisurely returned to her cell.

There were no prisoners here, and the only "prisoner" Cheng Yuguan ran away again, so no one came in during the hours Cheng Yu was locked in the cell.

Hearing the chaotic footsteps just now, Cheng Yuguan guessed that there must be someone coming over, and it is safe to have a large number of people.

Cheng Yuguan showed up on his own initiative, but unexpectedly ran into an "old acquaintance".

"Fourth brother, why did you come to Tongcheng?"

"Fourth Brother", His Royal Highness turned his head and looked at Cheng Yuguan with a smile, "I haven't seen you for two years, and I've become more and more angry, and I've sneaked into the prison cell. If I'm one step late, will you be beheaded and wait for the prison?" ?”

That's right, the person who came was the Fourth Prince Li Mian.

The first time Cheng Yuguan met Li Mian was when Li Mian was ordered to suppress the bandits in Bingzhou, and now the water bandits even alarmed Li Mian to come.

Cheng Yu was concerned and sighed, the rescuer she had asked for hadn't arrived yet, and the fourth brother appeared in front of her like a magic soldier descending from the sky.

The sound of "fourth brother" made Yu Zhengming's soul fly away, and the familiar appearance of the two made Yu Zhengming despair.He leaned against the pillar of the cell behind him to support his body.

He has been proud and arrogant for half his life, since he was named on the gold list in Chunwei, and after seeing the prosperity of the capital, his only desire is to re-enter Beijing as an official, walk on Qingyun Road, and finally climb to a high position.

Unexpectedly, his Qingyun road was completely cut off before it even started.

Looking at the fourth prince, Cheng Yuguan, and thinking of Liu Zeming, Yu Zhengming's heart was full of gloom, "Where is this capital city? Some people are born to be kings, while others are lying outside the city gate, unable to even step in. Even Cheng Yuguan, a woman, can play with herself between applause."

At this moment, Yu Zhengming's heart was extremely gloomy. For the first time, he had awe beyond envy for the bustling and charming capital.

"Let's go, it's cold and damp here, it's not a place for you as a girl."

Li Mian said softly.

However, Cheng Yuguan glanced at Yu Zhengming, "Don't you have to have the final say on Master Yu! If Master Yu speaks, I will be taken to the cell in the middle of the night. If Master Yu doesn't speak, how dare I leave without authorization? Then Isn't it a jailbreak?"

The word "Prison Break" was spoken out lightly by Cheng Yuguan, and Yu Zhengming almost collapsed on the ground with weak legs like Zhao Yi.

"Miss Cheng has been dismissed from office. There is a misunderstanding here. Fortunately, nothing happened to Miss Cheng, so I am at ease."

That's right, Cheng Yuguan didn't suffer any loss, and everything has not reached the point of irreversibility.

Yu Zhengming pulled himself together, disregarding his previous decency, and ran to the sleeping pig-like female prison guard's room, took the key, and closed the door for Cheng Yu himself.

"Miss, I've offended you. In the past two years since Cheng's family came to Tongcheng, the third son and I have gotten along well and complemented each other. In the past two days, Xiaguan's lard has spoiled his heart and left his heart. Fortunately, no irreparable damage has been caused. Consequences. Missy will be beaten and punished, and all the subordinate officials will admit it, but I only ask Missy to forgive me."

Yu Zhengming solemnly said with his eyes closed.

Cheng Yuguan waved his hand, "What kind of identity am I, and dare to ask the court order to ask for help? My lord, I didn't have to come last night, but my lord is Tongcheng's parent official, representing the public. I can't refuse your order." Listen. Today, I'm not a person who can't be bothered and unforgiving. I just want my lord to do business like me. According to the law of the court, I will be questioned by the imperial envoy. Who is right and wrong here? Conclusion, Mr. Yu, what do you think? Don’t say anything else, the door panel of my shop was almost snapped off, there is no explanation, let alone me, the neighbors and neighbors who were disturbed couldn’t agree.”

After hearing this, Yu Zhengming's face was as black as charcoal fire, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Miss Cheng, the mountains and rivers meet again, we must forgive others and forgive others."

Strangely, he didn't discuss it with Cheng Yuguan when he was in the first year of junior high school. Cheng Yuguan also gave him a gift, and when he was fifteen years old, Yu Zhixian seemed to have suffered all the grievances and humiliations of "don't bully the young and poor".

Humans are really dual-standard animals.

"What are you talking about?"

Li Mian's gentle voice came, and he looked at the two with a smile.

Yu Zhengming turned his head, but felt that the fourth prince's smile did not enter his eyes.Those deep eyes seemed to drag him into the abyss.