So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

At noon, they arrived at the Pingyi government office and met with Luo Xing's uncle, Tongpan Lord Zhan. It was still early after lunch, so Zhou Yao suggested continuing on his way. Although it was a bit inhumane, since taking a shortcut was to save time and they had important matters to attend to, Lord Zhan would probably understand.

When Zhan Yingxie learned that Zhou Yao wanted to continue on his journey, he repeatedly urged him to stay for another day, saying that he would introduce the two of them to Chu Tongguang, the prefect of Pingyi. Zhou Yao really didn't want to stay, but seeing Luo Xing's expectant face, he didn't want to offend Chu Tongguang and Zhan Yingxie, so he agreed to stay for another day.

Chu Tongguang was enthusiastic and generous, and invited many local officials to join him. Zhou Yao calculated that there were many people attending and there would be many eyes. Even if he wanted to plot against him, he would not choose such a time. He would have to wait until after the banquet.

Zhan Yingxie was fighting at home, so he could not be completely unprepared as a guest here. In an unmanned place, he followed Zhao Congjian's instructions and sent out a secret signal to summon the Zhao family's secret guards. He went to the banquet only after making contact.

During the banquet, everyone was talking happily, but he was still tense. Chu Tongguang and others kept urging him to drink, so he had to drink a lot, and his mind became clearer. After the banquet was half over, he took the opportunity to pretend that he was drunk and let the servant help him into the room to rest.

As soon as he entered the room, he punched the servant on the brain stem. After seeing the servant faint, he listened carefully and heard no sound. He blew out the candle, used bedding to block out the sound, and used his fingers to stir his throat to vomit out all the wine he had just drunk.

He put the servant on the bed and gently pushed the window, but he found that both windows were locked from the outside. He went to look for the sharp knife he was wearing beside the bed, but the knife was nowhere to be found.

If it was just suspicion before, now Zhou Yao was sure that they would take action. He took out the hidden dagger from the sole of his boot and quietly hid behind the door, waiting for the good show that was about to begin.

After a while, the sound of Luo Xing and the woman flirting could be heard in the corridor. He shook his head secretly, not expecting that today was a honey trap.

The sound was getting closer and closer. He inserted the bolt, held the dagger, and hid in the shadow behind the curtain to watch what happened. The person outside pushed the door hard, but it didn't open. Luo Xing muttered, "Why is it locked? Brother Yao, Brother Yao! Open the door!"

He shouted incoherently, "Today I will take you to see the courtesan of Yicui Tower in Pingyi Prefecture. When we get to Yangzhou tomorrow, you will host the party and see which girl from Pingyi or Yangzhou is more attractive."

Zhou Yao was speechless about his drunken state, but Luo Xing was relentless and kicked the door open when no one answered. For a moment, the pungent scent of powder mixed with the strong smell of alcohol filled the whole room.

There was no light in the room. Luo Xing looked for a candle but couldn't find one. He didn't care much and just mistook the servant on the bed for Zhou Yao. He ordered the girl in red and green to serve him.

It was not known whether he had not hit him hard enough or the woman's gentleness had worked, but the boy actually moaned and woke up. Zhou Yao became nervous and clenched the dagger in his hand.

The woman was passionate and tender, and her natural charm was hard to resist. The servant said nothing more and began to make love with the woman half-heartedly.

Luo Xing was about to leave with the woman in his arms with satisfaction when Zhou Yao flashed out from the darkness and hit Luo Xing's temple with his fist, knocking him unconscious. The woman screamed, but dared not make a sound when she saw the dagger.

The sound of fighting startled the woman on the bed. She gathered her clothes and stood up, only to face a sharp blade that was flashing with a cold light.

"I don't want to kill you. Swords have no eyes, so you'd better not move." His tone was cold. The two women didn't say a word, but sat back on the bed shivering.

"Why is he quiet?" He pointed lightly into the tent with the tip of the knife and asked in a deep voice.

The woman answered in a gentle and charming voice: "I put the medicine in my mouth and fed it to you. After the poisoning, I became blind, deaf and unconscious, just like a living dead."

"I got it. You just stay here and do whatever they ask you to do." He walked out of the room cautiously, cut the screen curtain outside the porch and twisted it into a rope to bolt the door, then quickly left this place of trouble.

Early in the morning, Zhan Yingxie could not wait to bring several subordinate officials to catch the adulterer. Seeing that Zhou Yao's door was locked, he thought that his nephew must have succeeded, so he made a gesture and hurriedly ordered people to untie the rope and open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, the pungent smell of alcohol and sex, accompanied by the woman's intermittent sobs, made people imagine a lot.

As Zhan Yingxie led the people in, he said loudly: "The laws of our dynasty stipulate that 'any official who has sex with a prostitute shall be punished with 60 strokes of the cane, dismissed from his post, and never employed again. If the official's descendants have sex with a prostitute, they shall be punished in the same way.' Lord Zhou actually went to a prostitute after drinking, violating the law. It is really..."

When he saw Luo Xing lying on the ground, his sanctimonious words instantly got stuck in his throat.

"Sir Zhan is worthy of being the judge and is well-versed in the laws." The man who should have been decadent in the bed appeared behind him with a refreshed look on his face, followed by a dozen secret guards wearing Zhao Mansion badges.

Zhan Yingxie was furious, and dared not take action in front of the people in the Zhao Mansion. He could only kick his incompetent nephew hard. The Zhao Mansion sent secret guards to escort Zhou Yao. Luo Xing did not know such important information, which wasted their planning.

Luo Xingcai slowly woke up, "Uncle, I..." He rubbed the place where he was beaten by Zhou Yao in a daze, and his face was already bruised.

"Lord Zhan said that according to the law, officials who visit prostitutes will be punished with 60 strokes of the cane, dismissed from their posts, investigated and never re-employed. Are you trying to sacrifice your own family for the sake of justice now?" Zhou Yao sneered coldly.

Zhan Yingxie was so angry that he paused and roared in frustration: "No one is allowed to tell anyone about what happened today! Go! Go!" All the officials nodded in agreement and hurriedly left.

"Lord Zhou," he stroked his beard, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Zhou Yao interrupted him directly: "Master Zhan, I have no grudge against you and Master Luo, and I don't want to kill you all. Master Luo's visit to a prostitute today can barely be considered an injustice."

He straightened his robes and used a long pause to put pressure on Zhan and Luo. "I have no interest in the person behind you, and I don't want to force you to ask and embarrass Lord Zhan. It's better to just take advantage of the situation and think that Lord Zhan has completed the task of poisoning me. This will also allow me to stay on my way and not be bothered by these waves of assassins' schemes."

Zhan Yingxie weighed the issue quickly in his mind. He couldn't understand how Zhou Yao could be so kind, so he didn't answer immediately.

"It's understandable that Lord Zhan has concerns. When we get to the capital, just think of it as finding a famous doctor to detoxify you, and then we can let it go." He said calmly, "It's a win-win situation for both of us. No," he glanced at Luo Xing, "it's a win-win situation for all three of us."

"Master Zhan, please think about it quickly. I don't have much patience. It's just a piece of cake for me, but it's a matter of life and death for Master Luo. If you don't agree, then we can only have your good nephew arrested and brought back to the capital for punishment."

When Luo Xing heard this, he hugged Zhan Yingxie's legs in fear and cried, "Uncle, you can't let him take me away! Uncle, my mother is your only sister, you can't just ignore me!"

"Stop making so much noise! ​​You good-for-nothing!" Zhan Yingxie kicked Luo Xing again, "Shut up!" He turned to Zhou Yao and said, "Just as Lord Zhou said."

"Very good, then follow your previous plan and spread the word that I have a sudden illness and am blind, deaf, and unconscious."

Zhou Yao looked into Zhan Yingxie's eyes and said viciously, "I'm taking your nephew away. Don't play any tricks or ruin my reputation."

Seeing that Zhan Yingxie didn't say anything, I just assumed that he agreed.

"Let's set off, Lord Luo." Zhou Yao glanced at Luo Xing, and two secret guards carried the slumped man and set off.

When Zhou Yao and his party left Qingzhou, Zhan Yingxie spread the news that Zhou Yao had suddenly fallen ill and was unconscious. Zhou Yao also cooperated very diligently. When he arrived in Yangzhou, he did not even enter his own house. He pretended to be deaf and dumb all the way and was carried through the streets, proving that the rumors were true.