The crowd looked at the servant on the ground in shock.

"Who are you? What do you want to do in our Zhou family?!" The third prince stood up and said fiercely.

The servant knelt on the ground and trembled in fear, "I don't know, I was just passing by!"

Zhou Ruiyuan grabbed his back and pulled him towards him, pinched his neck and said coldly: "Passing by? I just saw you sneaking outside the door."

The servant lowered his head, sweating profusely, and still argued: "My lord, I was really just passing by. I just saw some movement in the yard, so I was curious and wanted to take a look. I didn't expect that I would be caught by you just when I stood on tiptoe to take a look."

Zhou Ruiyuan saw that he refused to speak, let go of his hand, turned around and said to the two yamen runners who followed him: "Take this thief to the yamen for me."

If he was taken to the yamen, he would definitely be punished.

The servant knelt down and kowtowed in fear, saying: "My lord, I was just passing by, and I didn't violate any punishment. How can you take me to the yamen like this?"

He shouted loudly, hoping that all the villagers nearby would see it.

At this time, Wei Xun came out, "Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Ruiyuan looked up at him, puzzled.

Wei Xun whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing this, Zhou Ruiyuan waved his hand and ordered the yamen runners, "Let him go."

The Third Prince and Aunt Zhou on the side hurriedly said, "Ruiyuan, are we just going to let him go?"

Zhou Ruiyuan looked at them intently, then replied, "Yes."

The Third Prince and Aunt Zhou understood immediately and didn't say anything more.

The yamen runners heard Zhou Ruiyuan's order and let the servant go.

The servant saw that he had survived a disaster and ran away, fearing that Zhou Ruiyuan would regret it.

As soon as the servant left, Wei Xun immediately chased after him.

Aunt Zhou came over and asked Zhou Ruiyuan, "What did Xiao Wei tell you just now?"

Zhou Ruiyuan replied, "He said that this man is a stubborn person. It's impossible to get anything out of him even if we force him. It's better to let him go first, and then follow him all the way to find the person behind the scenes."

Aunt Zhou suddenly realized, "So that's it."

Du Wanchun on the side was silent. She raised her head slightly and looked in the direction where Wei Xun and the others had just left, thinking.

On the other side, Wei Xun followed the servant all the way to Cheng'an County.

The servant was a little smart. He didn't go directly to the inn to find the princess. He walked around the city and found a dilapidated temple to rest. He went to the inn early the next morning.

Wei Xun was also a smart man. He was not in a hurry. He patiently followed him and waited until early the next morning.

The princess had been waiting for news in the inn. When she saw the servant coming, she asked happily, "How is it, is the woman dead?"

The servant lowered his head, timidly and did not dare to answer.

The princess saw something was wrong and continued to ask, "Speak up, what's going on?"

The servant stammered, "Princess, we were discovered when we went to poison."

After hearing this, the princess raised her hand and slapped him, "Idiot, you can be discovered even when you poison."

The servant covered his swollen face and lowered his head and said, "Princess, we were very careful, but the chickens and ducks in the backyard of the Zhou family were so powerful that they pecked all our people to death!"

The princess came to listen, raised her eyes and sneered, "Do you take me for a fool?"

After speaking, she raised her hand and slapped the servant again, "A few guards are not as good as a few chickens and ducks?"

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