After searching everywhere with worn-out shoes, success comes effortlessly.
Zhao Lanzhi heard that the person who killed the eunuch Cao Yi had been caught and rushed to the cell to see several officers interrogating the suspect. Zhao Lanzhi took a closer look: a child's face, tanned boy, with a face full of grievance and ignorance, wasn't this Yuan'an's little slave boy, Mu Le who once saved his life?
The officers were interrogating him. When they saw Zhao Lanzhi coming in, they quickly saluted. Mu Le looked up at Zhao Lanzhi but seemed not to recognize him and lowered his head again.
Zhao Lanzhi also kept his expression and asked: "Is this the murder suspect who was just arrested?"
An officer replied: "That's right. He was the one who killed the nameless eunuch in the inn. The waiter was going to deliver wine and food, right when he had just killed the man. Before he could escape, several people went up and caught him. Look, this is the murder weapon."
Zhao Lanzhi: "Where are the stolen goods?"
The officer replied: "We haven’t found it yet."
Zhao Lanzhi said: "Nine times out of ten, there is an accomplice. He stayed to hold the bag while his accomplices took away the property and ran."
Why did Official Zhao, who never said a word before the case was solved, lay out the facts of the case so quickly? The officials hesitated a little but did not dare to say anything more, so they said: "Official Zhao probably has it right."
Zhao Lanzhi raised his head and signaled: "Continue to ask him questions."
The officers turned to Mu Le: "Boy! Hurry up and admit the truth. Do you have any accomplices? What are their names?"
Mu Le thought about it: "Nigu."
The officer was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red with anger, and he went up to beat me: "How dare you scold me?! Who are you talking about?! Your mother! Brothers, give him a beating. He won't tell the truth if we don't beat him!"
**(LOL Nigu means stick-in-the-mud)**
Zhao Lanzhi smiled secretly.
The officers rushed up to beat Mu Le, but Mu Le dodged a few times.
He suddenly became fierce. His posture was clumsy, and he had no tricks, but his energy was so powerful that he pushed everyone down in one fell swoop. When Mu Le got free, he ran out. The officers suddenly threw out iron chains and trapped him. Mu Le was tied up with several chains and could not escape.
The officers who had just suffered a loss angrily said: "Oh, didn’t expect this little bastard to be quite energetic. It is indeed the material of a murderer!"
Zhao Lanzhi, who had been silent, picked up an object that Mu Le had dropped to the ground, and then shouted to everyone: "Stop it! Come and take a look at this."
When Mu Le saw it, it was the waist badge with his name engraved on it, which was a gift from Yuan'an. He immediately became anxious, he grabbed the chain and rushed forward: "That's mine!"
The officers stepped forward and held him down fiercely.
Zhao Lanzhi pretended to hold the badge in his hand: "Mu Le, Ye Mansion, oh, this must be a servant of Minister Ye's household. Hm, brothers, I don’t think this kid can handled randomly. What if he has backing? Then, in this case, you take this badge and go to Ye Mansion to ask. The person who died has no name or surname, we shouldn't offend someone powerful over this, right?"
The officer immediately agreed: "Your Excellency is right."
Zhao Lanzhi looked at Mu Le: "Give him some food and drink."
Mu Le looked at Zhao Lanzhi without making a sound.
It is said that Mu Le's waist badge was quickly sent to Ye Mansion by Zhao Lanzhi's messengers, and was delivered to Yuan'an. Yuan'an holding Mu Le's waist badge and was shocked: "It was sent by people from Luoyang County office?"
Uncle Xia replied: "Replying to little owner, that’s right."
Yuan'an was anxious: "Tell me, what did they say?"
Uncle Xia rubbed his hands: "That Mu Le killed someone, he is currently in prison."
Yuan'an paced back and forth for a few steps: "Go reply to them, just say that this badge was lost by one of our servants a few days ago, and thank them for sending it back, but that the person inside has nothing to do with us!"
Uncle Xia went down to reply. Yuan'an held the waist tag and clenched her fist, but made up her mind in her heart, and angrily said: "This fool refused to come back with me, he has really caused trouble!"
That night, at the door of a wine shop in Luoyang City, a disheveled, ragged, and unscrupulous thief dragged a tall horse out. The horse was unwilling and neighed. Two officers from the Luoyang county office came out of the wine shop and shouted: "Hey! So bold! Are you blind? How dare you steal an officer's horse?!"
The thief wanted to run away but was stopped by another officer: "Let’s go! Catch him!"
The officers grabbed the thief and threw him into the county prison.
In Luoyang County prison, Mu Le was locked up and was bored. He was watching cockroaches fighting when he saw two officers pushing and shoving a disheveled short man along. The officers threw the man in the cell, and then they sat together to drink and eat pig ears. The boy was in a ball so Mu Le couldn't see his face, suddenly the boy walked up to him and lowered his voice: "Hey, you stinky kid! Do you still recognize me, your master?"
Mu Le was startled and turned to look.
The man took off the messy wig on his head, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Mu Le with gritted teeth. That white face, dark eyes, and red lips, wasn't this Yuan'an, but how?
When he saw her, Mu Le suddenly became nervous and stammered: "Why are you here? How come it's you?"
Yuan'an covered his mouth: "Nonsense. If not to save you, why else would I be here? Don't make a sound!"
Mu Le didn't dare to make any more noise. Yuan'an looked around carefully and found that the window above had been sealed. Yuan'an said in a low voice: "These government officials in Luoyang County could still be considered to be earning their living. They were robbed by me last time, and as expected, the cell was completely blocked. Hmph, do you think everyone would keep using the trick? Fortunately, I have something new!"
Outside the cell, the two officers were eating, drinking, and toasting. Yuan'an took out a small blowpipe and blew two puffs at them.
Two small pills dropped into the wine and instantly dissolved, becoming invisible. The government officials drank it and fainted immediately.
Yuan'an chuckled, took out a small pair of tweezers from her sleeves, and opened them into two long tweezers and grabbed the keys from the officer's waist. She opened the cell door, Mu Le's hand and foot shackles, and the two escaped from the prison!
Yuan'an chuckled and took out a small pair of tweezers from her pocket. She folded and unfolded her two feet with the tweezers, turning them into long-legged tweezers. She grabbed the keys from the yamen officer's waist, opened the cell door and Mu Le's handcuffs and foot shackles. The two escaped from the cage!
Wearing the officers' coats, Yuan'an hastily walked out with Mu Le, but they ran into Zhao Lanzhi, Xiaohu, and others who were heading inside.
Seeing Zhao Lanzhi, Yuan'an thought, 'This is bad! Meeting enemies on a narrow road' She turned to Mu Le and whispered, "Lower your head!"
The two lowered their heads and walked past Zhao Lanzhi and the others.
Xiaohu stopped them from behind, saying, "Hey! You do not even greet your senior officers when you see them."
Yuan'an turned around, muffled her voice and whispered, "My lord, please forgive us. We two just joined the station as operational servants, so we lowly ones did not recognize those above us. Greetings, greetings."
Zhao Lanzhi asked, "Just arrived?"
Yuan'an replied, "Yes!"
Zhao Lanzhi continued, "What position are you in?"
Yuan'an said, "Cook."
Zhao Lanzhi remarked, "By the way, the food you served tonight was too salty."
Yuan'an replied, "I understand, sir. I'll use less salt tomorrow."
Zhao Lanzhi said, "Go."
Zhao Lanzhi didn't recognize them. Yuan'an breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took Mu Le away.
Little did Yuan'an know that Zhao Lanzhi was looking at their backs with a smile on his face.
An officer rushed over in a panic, saying, "Sir, it's not good. The prisoner, we lost the prisoner again!"
Zhao Lanzhi asked in a pretentious manner, "Who was lost? The kid who killed the eunuch?"
The officer replied, "Exactly! How did the senior officer know without going there? Our two officers were drugged, and the prisoner was kidnapped."
Zhao Lanzhi ordered, "Don't panic! Go and save the people! I'll go catch the criminal!"
Meanwhile, Yuan'an and Mu Le slipped away under Zhao Lanzhi's nose, running for their lives through the alleys. After running for a long time, they looked back and saw no pursuers.
The two stopped. Yuan'an bent down, gasping for air, and looked up at Mu Le. She deliberately kept her distance from him. He slightly turned away, glancing at Yuan'an. Under the moon, Yuan'an's pair of slanted round eyes were slanted and her cheeks were puffed up. Yuan'an was exhausted, meanwhile, his breath was calm and even, still looking unconvinced. Yuan'an suddenly became very angry.
She rushed forward, grabbed Mu Le's collar, intending to hit him in the face.
Mu Le didn't dodge, looking straight into her eyes and pursing his lips tightly.
Yuan'an couldn't bring herself to do anything, instead, she pointed a finger at Mu Le's face and gritted her teeth for a long time, before saying, "Alright! Why didn't they kill you?!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Le's mouth flattened, his jaw twitched, and he was about to cry.
Yuan'an became fierce, "Hold it back!"
Mu Le held it back, his eyes red.
Yuan'an shook him, demanding, "What's going on?! Why were you arrested and thrown into prison? Why are you causing trouble and getting involved in a life-threatening case? How did you end up like this? What about all the things you said to me that day? Weren't you happy? Weren't you comfortable? Weren't you unwilling to go back to the mansion with me? Oh, so you just wanted to go to prison?"
Mu Le said, "No, didn't"
Yuan'an became even angrier, "What's going on? Explain it clearly!"
Mu Le had held it in for a long time and finally cried, "I was lied to, I was deceived!"
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