Chapter 372: Chapter 372: Are They All Dead or What?

Huangfu Jingchen: “…”

He looked disdainfully at Huangfu Jinxuan. What kind of weird hobby is this?

Allowing someone to share his bed, did he think he was Xia Wenjin?

Uh, why did he suddenly think of Xia Wenjin?

Because when he heard these words, he automatically recalled the days when Xia Wenjin teased him. Back then, he thought Xia Wenjin was trouble, and he disdained him in every way. Now he really regrets it, how foolish he was!

Huangfu Jingchen’s face suddenly felt warm.

He was embarrassed by his sudden thoughts. How could he be so vulgar?

He glanced over, his gaze icy, and said, “Speak plainly!”

Huangfu Jinxuan’s expression immediately changed, and he switched from his previous nonchalant demeanor to a very serious one. He even solemnly cupped his hands and bowed, saying, “Brother Zheng, did you change your mind? Are you planning to stay and help me build Wangshan Town into the most beautiful town in Nanxia? Rest assured, I am prodigiously talented, extremely intelligent, with the people’s well-being at heart. If I wish, making Wangshan Town an earthly paradise would be nothing!”

Huangfu Jingchen: “…”

Seeing Huangfu Jingchen’s speechless look, Huangfu Jinxuan laughed heartily, finally finding something amusing.

Huangfu Jingchen said, “Stop fooling around, I have serious matters to discuss with you!”

Xia Wenjin returned to the manor, just walking through the door when someone shouted, “Who is it?”

Xia Wenjin stepped out from the shadows; the person who shouted was one of the sedan carriers from before. Xia Wenjin already knew that they were all followers brought by Kong Tixin from the County Government.

Seeing a young girl emerge from the shadows, the follower was also startled. They had seen Xia Wenjin when she got in and out of the sedan. The little Doctor Xia in the quarantine area was both beautiful and skilled in medicine.

More importantly, the Prefectural Governor often thought of her, and their master wanted to curry favor with Lord Governor, which is why he revealed his plan.

The same person had previously carried Xia Wenjin’s sedan.

He asked in surprise, “Miss Xia, what are you doing here?”

Wasn’t Lord Kong supposed to have sent her into Lord Yu’s room?

Xia Wenjin replied, “Nature calls, just came out for a moment!”

Follower: “…”

Indeed, daring to come out in public to heal others, the doctor was ravishingly beautiful but spoke too boldly. However, this follower, being a confidant of Kong Tixin, only had to glance at her before saying, “Then I’ll escort Miss Xia back to her room!”

Xia Wenjin nodded cooperatively and said, “Alright!”

This follower couldn’t help but cast a suspicious glance at Xia Wenjin. Any man would know Lord Yu’s intentions. Since this young lady named Xia entered the room, she could not have been unaware.

Now that she was out, why would she obediently go back in?

Which woman wouldn’t care about her chastity?

Or is there something he hadn’t considered?

Xia Wenjin turned back, “Aren’t you going to escort me back? Why aren’t you moving?”

The follower hesitated and said, “Miss Xia, please!”

He had just made a guiding gesture when he suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, a pain in the back of his neck, and everything went dark as he collapsed softly.

Without waiting for him to fall, Xia Wenjin caught his body and dragged him into the shadows behind the house, then took out a silver needle and pricked his acupoint before leisurely walking out of the shadows.

In less than a quarter of an hour, she had already scouted the entire manor.

Kong Tixin was indeed cautious; there were more than a dozen followers guarding the manor at night.

But now, those followers were all sleeping in the shadows by the corners of the house or under the trees.

Before returning to the room of Yu Shikui, she listened to the commotion inside, touched her face, quickly retreated a few steps, and left the courtyard.

In the Hongfu Restaurant, Kong Tixin had drugged the wine given to her with the Mandarin Duck Wine Pot. He thought he had done it flawlessly, and someone already half-drunk wouldn’t notice his little tricks.

But Xia Wenjin, having roamed the Jianghu and with her rich past experiences, found it all too familiar, practically child’s play. Besides, she and Kong Tixin were not on terms like Wang Bolao; she didn’t see a county official’s dinner invitation as an immense honor, defenselessly drinking herself into oblivion.

Naturally, she hadn’t drunk the wine.

Kong Tixin assumed she drank too much, but in reality, the ones truly tipsy were him and Yu Shikui.

Xia Wenjin lifted her eyes to the night sky. There were no clouds, no stars, a crescent moon hung high, a gentle night breeze blowing, making it quite pleasant.

Suddenly, chaotic footsteps from afar approached, sounding like there were quite many people.

The footsteps headed straight for this manor.

Xia Wenjin raised an eyebrow at the speed, quite quick indeed.

She spotted a lush tree inside the courtyard, swiftly clambered up, and settled in to watch the drama unfold.

The footsteps drew near, and outside the door, a voice shouted loudly, “Is anyone inside? Open up!” Shortly, the gate was knocked on.

Xia Wenjin had subdued only the night guards, while the others were soundly asleep. The person closest to the main gate was first awakened by the knocking, immediately grumbling, “Who’s the reckless fool?”

“Where’s the night guard? All dead or what?”

This person grumpily dressed and got up; it was Xue Wei, the Master of Finance from the County Government.

The County Government had three stewards and a Deputy County Magistrate. The Deputy Magistrate was the Deputy County Magistrate; the three stewards managed finance, penalties, and education.

Xue Wei opened the door, came out, having just bought this manor; it belonged to the County Magistrate Kong Tixin. It was no surprise to him, given Kong Tixin liked embezzling silver to buy estates. There were several properties he had acquired in Yanglu County.

This manor had been bought with real silver, mainly because the imperial envoy was present here, so he kept a low profile. For other manors, he didn’t even have to pay silver.

He and the other two stewards worked for two days to tidy up the manor. Today, the Deputy County Magistrate had also arrived. They accompanied him to Wangshan Town’s main points during the day, running around until exhausted, intending to sleep soundly at night.

Just as he was deep asleep, the noise woke him; amazingly, none of the night guards had intervened.

Infuriated, he strode to the gate and shouted through the courtyard with animosity, “Who is it?”

An indolent young voice replied, “What? Kong Tixin bought a new estate and didn’t invite this imperial envoy for a drink? Isn’t it allowed for me to come for a bowl of wine myself?”

The imperial envoy had arrived?

Xue Wei was taken aback, hurriedly opening the gate.

This Lord Imperial Envoy was truly notorious; confronting a powerful scoundrel could get one killed with no place to seek justice. As a steward, he had to have some tact.

Upon opening the gate, Xue Wei jumped in fright; there were so many people outside!

The Lord Imperial Envoy, his followers, Prefecture Lord Shang Jingwang, the Prefecture Government’s steward and followers.

There were even soldiers? The leader wasn’t the Colonel Zhou Mu left by Wen Hao? He even brought dozens of soldiers, and on the side, two soldiers were supporting a groggy Wang Bolao.

Even some townsfolk were present.

This grand assembly was nearly seventy or eighty people, right?

Were so many people really here just for a bowl of wine? Something wasn’t right.

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