I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

It was not until the afternoon that Chen Qingyun returned to the county magistrate's mansion.

As soon as he walked into the door and arrived at a corner of the courtyard, he still saw Jiang Zuo and the woman under the pavilion, drinking and having fun.

From afar, Zhao Ruodong was playing the pipa, and Jiang Zuo was listening to it with great fascination.

"Jiang Zuo, have you been drinking all day?"

Chen Qingyun frowned and stared at Jiang Zuo's drunken face.

"Yes."

Jiang Zuo looked lazy.

"You have an important position, how can you be so passive and lazy?"

Chen Qingyun's words were full of blame, and his face showed a bit of displeasure.

"After so many busy days, what's wrong with enjoying yourself a little?"

Jiang Zuo still looked indifferent.

Qiuyue, who was behind the empress, was extremely angry.

All the good impressions I had of Jiang Zuo before have disappeared.

As soon as the empress gave the order, she would immediately send people to castrate Jiang Zuo!

"Okay, then just concentrate on enjoying yourself."

Chen Qingyun looked indifferent.

"If you don't want to drink with me, then I can only find Miss Ruodong."

Jiang Zuo's cheeks were red, apparently he had drunk a lot again.

Zhao Ruodong stood quietly aside and said softly, "Sir, may I ask who this lady is?"

"Irrelevant."

Chen Qingyun cruelly said something and turned away.

"It's okay, don't worry about it, just keep playing."

Jiang Zuo didn't care.

"My Lord, you are drunk again."

Zhao Ruodong put down the pipa and looked around. A few servants walked by in the courtyard from time to time.

"is a bit……"

Jiang Zuo was about to stand up, but he was shaky and almost fell.

"Sir, are you okay?" Zhao Ruodong stepped forward to support and hugged Jiang Zuo tightly.

There was almost no distance between the two of them.

"I'm not drunk yet, not drunk, help me back to the room first..."

Jiang Zuo's voice was a little drunk.

With the help of Zhao Ruodong, Jiang Zuo returned to the room. He came to the bed and fell directly on it, with his hands tightly around Zhao Ruodong's waist.

Zhao Ruodong was stunned for a moment, but didn't know how to respond.

"What's wrong with me?"

Zhao Ruodong felt a little more hesitant in his heart.

As long as she kills Jiang Zuo, she will be free...

Why don’t you take action yet?

Zhao Ruodong let Jiang Zuo hold him and waited for Jiang Zuo's next move.

But after a moment, Jiang Zuo loosened his hand, closed his eyes tightly, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Looking at Jiang Zuo's heroic yet drunken face, Zhao Ruodong fell into deep thought.

The mission is at hand and I have no choice.

"I'm sorry, Master Jiang."

Zhao Ruodong said silently in his heart.

Then, she quietly pulled out the dagger from her sleeve, pointed it at Jiang Zuo's heart, and was about to stab it.

But at this moment, Jiang Zuo suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed Zhao Ruodong's hands tightly.

Zhao Ruodong panicked, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stab further down.

"Miss Zhao, why is this?"

Jiang Zuo looked indifferent and held Zhao Ruodong's hand tightly.

"Come in, everyone."

Jiang Zuo suddenly shouted.

Zhao Ruodong knew his identity was exposed, so he immediately dropped the knife, struggled hard to break free, and tried to escape.

At this moment, the door opened and a group of yamen runners surrounded Zhao Ruodong.

After several battles, Zhao Ruodong was still in the upper hand even though he was outnumbered.

But the appearance of Yang Feng made Zhao Ruodong completely unable to resist.

A moment later, several yamen runners had subdued Zhao Ruodong and made him kneel on the ground.

Jiang Zuo slowly walked in front of her.

"So you already knew that?"

Zhao Ruodong raised his head, his eyes were cold and his voice was low.

"No, I'm not sure about that now."

Jiang Zuo's expression was calm.

He would never have imagined that Zhao Ruodong would use so many means to get close to him.

The moment he came into contact with her, Jiang Zuo had already guessed the ending.

"So is your life story true or false?"

Jiang Zuo asked.

Zhao Ruodong did not answer, but just said: "Kill me."

There was a hint of pleading in her eyes.

Jiang Zuo remained silent.

Before this, there were clearly several moments when she could have directly assassinated Jiang Zuo, so why didn't she do it?

Jiang Zuo didn't understand and just felt helpless.

Previously, he felt a bit of pity for Miss Zhao's background, but now it seems that maybe this name is also fake.

Fortunately, he didn't really get carried away with lust, so he was able to maintain a bit of composure.

"Sir, how should we deal with Zhao... this assassin?"

Yang Feng said, sighing in his heart.

"Take her to the dungeon and interrogate her thoroughly. Seal the news and spread the word that the county magistrate was assassinated and the assassin has been killed by the government."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

The runners obeyed the order and took Zhao Ruodong away.

There was still no emotion in Zhao Ruodong's eyes at this moment, neither surprise nor fear.

Looking at Zhao Ruodong's departing back, Jiang Zuo suddenly fell into deep thought.

It seems that many people want to take his life.

Jiang Zuo sighed silently.

Soon, after some time, he will become a carefree landlord, away from all the right and wrong.

The commotion here attracted Chen Qingyun and Qiuyue.

When they saw Zhao Ruodong being arrested, they both looked surprised.

"It turns out that Jiang Zuo has been living a life of debauchery these past two days just to set up a plan and lure out the assassin. Miss, this guy is really bold and careful..."

Qiuyue praised repeatedly.

She almost wanted to let Qianqisi take action before.

Chen Qingyun remained silent and came in front of Jiang Zuo.

"So you're not drunk yet."

Chen Qingyun said coldly.

"Hey, Siyue, you also know this is fake."

Jiang Zuo smiled calmly.

"Oh? So it's fake?"

Chen Qingyun's face was calm.

"Didn't you understand my hint that day?"

Jiang Zuo was rather reserved in his words that day. He only told Chen Qingyun that he was preparing to act in a play and hoped that Chen Qingyun would cooperate.

Because I was worried that someone might eavesdrop, I didn't say anything clearly.

"I know. So what? You, Jiang Zuo, are the best at lying."

In fact, Chen Qingyun knew about it, but he couldn't suppress his anger when he saw Jiang Zuo being so ambiguous with other women.

Jiang Zuo raised the corner of his mouth, walked up to Chen Qingyun, and said: "Siyue calm down, everything is to entice the assassin to take action."

“Ahem…” Yang Feng coughed twice and said, “Sir, I will go back to the government office first and interrogate the assassin.”

After saying this, he left with the runners.

Seeing this, Qiuyue also wisely retreated.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo and Chen Qingyun were the only ones left in the room.

"So, this is all part of your plan?"

Chen Qingyun glanced sideways, not looking directly into Jiang Zuo's eyes.

"Of course, do you really think I'm attracted to that woman?"

Jiang Zuo quickly explained.

"You two were so intimate just now. I think you must have had some dirty thoughts."

There was a hint of jealousy in Chen Qingyun's words.

"I swear, absolutely not."

Jiang Zuo said this and put his arms around Chen Qingyun's waist again.

"erotic!"

Chen Qingyun said coquettishly, but did not resist at all.