The Little Lucky Girl

Hu Lincheng smiled bitterly, "The Fifth Prince is also a pitiful man. The former Crown Prince helped my family a lot in the past. How can I harm his only relative if I haven't repaid his kindness? It's just that the people over there pushed me too hard, so I had no choice but to choose this path."

"Why do they insist on having you assassinate him, and why do they want to do it a few months later? Do you have any guesses?"

"I don't know why the time was postponed. As for why they were looking for me, I think it was probably because of the Third Prince."

Hu Lincheng smiled sarcastically, "They know that I have a blood feud with the Third Prince, so they told me that if the operation fails, I must insist that it was the Third Prince who ordered it."

"Because my father was convicted of corruption and the imperial court has never found the stolen money, if I am considered to be a descendant of the Third Prince, then Your Majesty will have to suspect that the huge sum of money is related to the Third Prince."

"The Crown Prince is trying to make the Third Prince shoot himself in the foot." Magistrate Tao sneered, "So whether you succeed in assassinating the Fifth Prince, or fail and frame the Third Prince, the Crown Prince will be the ultimate beneficiary. Your Qi's crown prince has no talent for governing the country, but he is very good at conspiracy and intrigue."

"As to why the assassination was delayed, this county does have a guess."

Magistrate Tao tapped his fingers on the table and recalled, "During that period, the political situation in your Qi State was somewhat chaotic, and many things happened. The most famous of these was the rebellion of the former crown prince and the fifth prince's grandfather, Duke Wu'an."

"It is estimated that the Crown Prince's party has planned this unjust case in the past few months. They believe that even if the Fifth Prince is assassinated, the Emperor of Qi will not have any sympathy, but will completely abandon this lineage."

Hu Lincheng closed his eyes in some pain. "The prince is so vicious. If he ascends the throne one day, it will not be a blessing for our country of Qi."

Magistrate Tao nodded in agreement. Although they should be happy that Qi had an unqualified crown prince, it was not suitable for the three kingdoms to have a conflict now. And this prince had extended his tentacles into Dayu many years ago, which forced them to be on guard.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. County Magistrate Tao decided to invite Captain Jin to come over for a simple meal and talk to him about his confession.

Captain Jin thought they were going to discuss the opening of a roast duck restaurant, and thinking that Jia Yi would be in charge in the future, he took him along.

When he saw that Duke Wu'an was falsely accused of treason, Captain Jin could not help but crumpled up the paper in his hand. After calming down for a long time, he said expressionlessly again: "The prince's influence in your Dayu has not been noticed at all?"

Magistrate Tao looked a little unhappy, but he had to nod his head. "It was only after I came to Yuqing County that I realized that the imperial court's control over the southwest region is really weak."

"But I have arranged for people to investigate. The scope they are involved in is too large, so there will definitely be omissions. I think we will find clues soon."

Captain Jin nodded, "Okay, they will certainly arrange for a pick-up at the border of Da Qi, and my people will be in charge there. There is only one thing, I hope that after the Da Yu government catches those spies, they will hand them over to me to deal with in the future."

Magistrate Tao's eyes met his and then slowly looked away, he smiled and said, "Okay, let's do as Brother Jin said, after we have jointly tried the case, you will be the one to deal with those people."

"Thank you," Captain Jin clasped his fists, "Also, I want to meet Hu Lincheng."

"Brother Jin, do you have any history with him?"

"His father, Minister Hu, lent a helping hand to our Wu'an Army when it was in trouble. He managed to gather food and fodder for the army despite the pressure. He is considered to be indebted to us."

After Captain Jin left, Master He came in from the side room and said, "Sir, Captain Jin has surrendered to us and admitted that he is a member of the Wu'an Army."

Magistrate Tao had already guessed this and sighed, "I'm afraid his identity is more than just this. Oh, by the way, let's withdraw our people first. Captain Jin's words don't need to be monitored. Since we are allies now, we must give him enough trust."

Captain Jin looked at Jiayi who was always by his side, and regretted bringing him here without asking clearly, "Hu Lincheng has seen you before, why don't you wait outside."

Jia Yi shook his head, "How much do I look like now? Don't worry, he won't be able to recognize me."

"But, brother, you never mentioned that the fourth brother had encountered an assassination attempt. He is in such a dangerous situation, you should let me go back--"

"Stop talking," Captain Jin interrupted him harshly, "That happened before I came to Yu Country. Now he is protected by the brothers, so his safety is not a problem."

"As for you," he said in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible, "If you were in such an environment, we would be the most worried."

"I know," A's eyes turned red, "I have always been a burden to you."

"That's not what I meant," Captain Jin said angrily. "You have been kind and humble since childhood. You shouldn't have lived like this. It's all because of that damn emperor..."

He suppressed his anger and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. What do you think about Hu Lincheng? If you think he can still be useful, we can try to protect him."

"We have to protect him whether he is useful or not. Minister Hu was our teacher for a few days. We should do our best to have his offspring."

Captain Jin sighed, "You are still like this... Well, I'll do as you say. We'll go and talk to him after we meet him."

A few days later, Hu Lincheng was taken out of the cell and sent to the courtyard where Captain Jin lived.

The leader and his men also returned to the village and ordered the tribesmen not to talk about this person again.

The second uncle's family was told the truth. After Yan Hong locked himself in the house for a few days, he began to come to Ming Youyou's yard every few days, angrily put down a clay jar and turned away.

Ming Youyou and the others had no choice but to smell the aroma and swallow their saliva while struggling to move the clay jar to the yard next door, fill it with wine and feed it to Hu Lincheng.

"Your eldest uncle is really hypocritical," Feng Xu said, "You clearly care about me in your heart, but you say the cruelest things."

"I said I would beat you to death myself when you recovered, but look at this," he picked out the food in the bowl and showed it to everyone, "how many good things are in here? Are you giving this to your enemies?"

"Okay, stop messing around and feed him quickly. I'm going to give him an acupuncture with Brother Zheng later."

Hu Lincheng is a particularly good target for acupuncture. He has many hidden injuries on his body and all his internal organs need conditioning.

The old doctor brought his apprentices Zheng Song and Ming Youyou to give him acupuncture. Later, seeing that the two had learned well, he let them take charge.

The skills of the two rookies also improved a lot. In fact, Ming Youyou is no longer a rookie. She is not like Zheng Song. In addition to the old doctor, she also has her grandfather to ask for advice. More importantly, there are teachers at the research institute who tailor courses for her every day. With the combination of theory and practice, she is making rapid progress.