A strong farm girl is busy getting rich

After Yingzi and the Xu family had finished their meal, Shen Qingqian and his party left Wangyue Tower and found an inn near the north city gate to settle down.

Shen Qingqian and Yang Zhong stood in front of the window on the second floor of the inn and could see a lot of people gathered at the city gate, and a long line of carriages.

The number of officers and soldiers guarding the city increased significantly compared to usual days. Some were shouting at the people who were trying hard to leave the city, while others were standing at the city gate like wooden stakes, motionless.

Yang Zhong said angrily, "As expected, we are not allowed to leave the city! How can this judge be like this? He does not allow anyone to leave the city because he cannot catch the person he is looking for. What is going on?"

Isn't there a prefect in Jinyang City? Why doesn't the prefect know how to manage things?"

"Ugh!"

The innkeeper happened to pass by them. Upon hearing what Yang Zhong said, he sighed and said, "Sir, are you from another place? You don't know that the city of Jinyang is controlled by Judge Wu."

Shen Qingqian was puzzled and asked, "Why is that? Shouldn't the highest official in this city be the prefect?"

The innkeeper looked around and saw that no one else was coming, so he whispered, "Since the original prefect was transferred, Jinyang City has changed three prefects in three years!

The first one died after more than a year in office, the second left after less than a year in office, and this is the third one, who has only been in office for less than three months. And Wu Tongpan has been operating in Jinyang City for many years, so he dares to do whatever he wants. "

Shen Qingqian and Yang Zhong looked at each other, both thinking that the water in Jinyang City is quite deep!

However, they just wanted to leave the city as soon as possible, and these things were not something they could control.

"Thank you for telling me, shopkeeper!"

Shen Qingqian still replied politely.

"You're welcome. This is something that everyone in Jinyang City knows. However, due to the authority of the magistrate, no one dares to discuss this matter behind his back!"

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he shook his head and left.

It was almost evening, and it was impossible to leave the city today. Shen Qingqian thought that she would go to Wu Tongpan first, reveal her identity as the county lord, and force them to be released from the city early tomorrow morning.

Thinking of this, he said to Yang Zhong: "Brother Yang, wait for me at the inn. I will go meet Judge Wu now!"

Yang Zhong was a little worried and suggested: "Why don't I go with you?"

Shen Qingqian said, "No need, Brother Yang, you just stay in the inn and take care of our goods. I will take Zhiqing and Zhizhu with me."

Shen Qingqian was about to turn around and leave when she suddenly saw a commotion at the city gate.

Looking more closely, it turned out that the soldiers guarding the city were fighting with someone.

The people at the city gate began to flee in all directions, and the carriage convoy that had been arranged neatly was now in chaos.

There were roughly twenty people fighting with the officers and soldiers. All of them had their faces masked and they all looked pretty good.

However, there are about seventy or eighty soldiers at the city gate today, and it is impossible to tell who will win or lose in the chaos.

At this time, a man flew out from the melee and jumped onto the high city wall.

There were also soldiers guarding the city wall, but there were not many of them. When they saw someone going up, they immediately ran over to attack.

Several officers and soldiers followed closely behind him, and the man was soon attacked from both sides.

However, this person seemed to be a master. Even with more than a dozen people besieging him, he did not lose the upper hand at all.

However, there were too many officers and soldiers. Every time a few were knocked down, more would come to surround them. There was no chance to relax.

Yang Zhong watched this scene and couldn't help but praise: "This man has great martial arts skills!"

Shen Qingqian frowned. Why did this man's martial arts look so familiar to her?

"It's him!"

Shen Qingqian slapped her forehead and finally remembered! She had just fought with her yesterday, so of course she looked familiar!

Yang Zhong asked curiously, "What's the matter, Miss Shen, do you know her?"

Shen Qingqian said: "Brother Yang, it's Zhou Qi! Those who are fighting with the soldiers now should all be Zhou Qi's men!"

"what?"

Yang Zhong looked over with wide eyes. He thought Zhou Qi had left long ago, but he didn't expect that he was also trapped in Jinyang City.

wrong!

Yang Zhong suddenly thought of something and said to Shen Qingqian, "Miss Shen, do you think the people that Wu Tongpan wants to arrest are them?"

"pretty close!"

Shen Qingqian also thought of this at this moment.

Before the two of them could digest this, they saw a soldier stabbing Zhou Qi in the back with a sword.

Zhou Qi obviously noticed something and quickly turned his body to avoid it.

But another soldier's sword also stabbed at him at the same time. Zhou Qi dodged again, but this time he was half a beat too slow and the tip of the sword scratched his arm.

However, he seemed to be oblivious and continued fighting.

Yang Zhong said anxiously: "Miss Shen, shall we go and help them?"

Shen Qingqian said: "Brother Yang, calm down, we can't just go out like this!"

Yang Zhong said: "Why is this? Miss Shen, I know that Brother Zhou has a bad temper and has prejudices against Miss Shen, but at this time, we should be of one mind and help each other!"

Shen Qingqian knew that he had misunderstood, and patiently explained: "Brother Yang, I didn't bother with him, nor was I unwilling to help him.

But if the people that Wu Tongpan wanted to arrest were really Zhou Qi and the others, then things would not be that simple!

Think about it, what is Zhou Qi's status? He is a member of the imperial guards! Even in the capital, dignitaries have to give him some face!

Although he is on leave and this trip is for personal matters, his status is clear, but Judge Wu is trying to arrest him. Have you ever thought about why?"

"why?"

Yang Zhong was already anxious, so he didn't expect to think so much.

Shen Qingqian said: "This means that Magistrate Wu has already known Zhou Qi's identity and is afraid that Zhou Qi will report him after returning to Beijing.

Generally speaking, when local officials meet someone of Zhou Qi's status, they will try to get close to him. Even if there is a misunderstanding and the two sides have a grudge, they will try to resolve the conflict, put aside the past grudges, and get closer.

But Wu Tongpan was making a big move and searching for Zhou Qi with all his strength. From this, it can be concluded that he had no intention of letting Zhou Qi leave alive!

Therefore, we cannot expose everything, we need to think long-term!"

Yang Zhong understood a little and asked in surprise, "Wu Tongpan is afraid that the dirty things he did will be leaked from Brother Zhou, so he wants to catch him and kill him to silence him?"

Shen Qingqian nodded, "It should be, but we still have to ask Zhou Qi himself about the specific situation."

After Shen Qingqian said this, Yang Zhong became even more worried about Zhou Qi and his brothers.

"Miss Shen, what should we do? If we don't go to help them, what if they can't defeat those soldiers and get caught? Wouldn't that mean they'll be dead?"

Shen Qingqian rubbed his brows and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yang, I will find a way."