Don't worry, I have food, money and space.

Chang Ping looked at the soldiers guarding the city and snorted: "You'd better remember what you said."

Cheng Zimo and the Imperial Preceptor glanced at the soldiers guarding the city, then rode their horses into Nanli Prefecture.

There is a villa of Yang Wenyu in Nanli Mansion, so this time Cheng Zimo unceremoniously took his people and moved directly into Yang Wenyu's villa.

"My lord, Master Imperial Preceptor, you guys take a rest first. I'll go and make some arrangements." After saying this, Chang Ping led his men out directly.

"I've been working non-stop these past few days, but I'm so tired. You'll have to ask someone to cook a few more of my favorite dishes later." The national master collapsed on the stool as soon as he entered the yard, completely losing his image.

"Let's settle down first, and then we'll visit the prefect's mansion at night. This corrupt official must have some unspeakable secrets." Cheng Zimo started complaining after he sat down.

Thinking about the need to visit the prefect's mansion at night, Cheng Zimo thought of Xia Yanxin again. He wondered what Xia Yanxin was doing now and whether she was in danger.

Chang Ping took his men out and came back about two hours later.

"Chang Ping, how is the information gathering going? And why haven't the people we arranged here revealed any information?" Cheng Zimo felt more and more that the spies here had been exposed, so everyone had to be on high alert. Or to be more direct, someone inside had betrayed him.

Chang Ping wanted to get angry, but he calmed down and told Cheng Zimo what he had learned: "Master, the prefect of Nanli Prefecture is a corrupt official. When he tries a case, whoever has money is right. He is not polite to ordinary people at all."

"After this snowstorm, he even said that anyone who wanted to enter the city would have to pay five taels of silver. If you don't have money, don't come near here." Chang Ping became more and more excited as he spoke, and the more he wanted to kill the prefect.

Cheng Zi glanced at Chang Ping calmly, and his calm voice spread throughout his body: "When did you become so impetuous? Why don't you go back to the Dark Guard Camp and train again?"

Chang Ping lowered his head slightly and said, "My Lord, I was so angry that I said something irresponsible."

"Don't do it again." After saying this, Cheng Zimo went back to his room to rest.

It was a dark and windy night when Cheng Zimo was standing alone not far from the prefect, looking at the prefect's gate when the murder occurred over the wall.

When Cheng Zimo saw the right opportunity and was about to step out, the Imperial Master suddenly appeared beside him and said, "Before you leave, I told you a fortune. The fortune shows that if you go in tonight, it will be a bad omen."

Cheng Zimo lowered his eyes, making it unclear what he was thinking. The Imperial Master stood beside Cheng Zimo, waiting for his answer. Just when the Imperial Master thought that Cheng Zimo had chosen to give up, a familiar voice came from his ear: "Although your divination is very effective, I still want to go in and find out. Why don't you wait for me here? If I can't come out, you can go to Shanghe Village to find Xia Yanxin."

"Maybe he has a way to save me. Remember not to forget it." Cheng Zimo said, turned around and walked away.

"Can't you go in a few days? It's really dangerous for you to go in today." The National Master shouted softly at Cheng Zimo's back.

"I've thought about waiting a few days, but if we march into the city today, someone will definitely tell the prefect. Most importantly, the people I arranged here may have betrayed me."

"So in order to get ahead of them, I have to act tonight. I'm afraid of more trouble if I wait too long." Cheng Zimo rarely stopped and began to analyze calmly.

The Imperial Master opened his eyes wide, looked at Cheng Zimo and said weakly: "What you said makes sense, just do your work with confidence, I'll be watching outside."

Once Cheng Zimo made a decision, he would keep moving forward, so the national teacher sighed and did not step forward to stop him.

"I simply owe you the royal family. Don't worry, you have a narrow escape this time." The imperial teacher looked at Cheng Zimo's back and sighed helplessly.

Cheng Zimo walked around the outer wall of the prefecture and found a slightly lower place. He tiptoed and climbed up the wall of the government office with the help of a tree, then landed gently on the ground.

Cheng Zimo, wearing a nightgown, carefully looked around the government office. When he came to the outside of a dilapidated courtyard, he heard screams from inside.

Cheng Zimo carefully climbed over the wall and entered the yard. The yard looked desolate and dilapidated, and didn't look like a yard where anyone lived at all. Just when Cheng Zimo thought he had heard wrongly and was about to leave, the girl's voice came again.

"I beg you, please stop hitting me. I was wrong. I really know I was wrong." A woman knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Do you know you're wrong now? What's wrong with me asking you to go and have a drink with them? Huh?" A nanny raised the whip in her hand, dipped it in salt water, and whipped the woman.

"Mammy, please stop hitting me. I really know I was wrong. I won't dare to run away again next time. Please let me live, okay?" The woman knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but the mammy didn't pay any attention and continued to whip the woman.

"What bad luck! Who do you think you are? You're actually thinking of running away. It's not easy for a woman to raise you. It's just to let you marry an old man. What's wrong with that?"

"This old man is so rich. If you marry him, it means you will never have to worry about food and clothing in your life, and you can also have a son right away."

When the woman heard the nanny praising the old man, she couldn't help but reply, "Since you think this old man is so good, then let your granddaughter marry him."

"You bitch, do you want to listen to what you are saying? My granddaughter will not marry an old man." The nanny whipped the woman's face hard several times.

The woman's face was beaten to pieces and blood was flowing out, which was unbearable to look at.

The woman covered her face and lay on the ground, screaming in pain. Cheng Zimo, who was peeking from the roof, secretly struck an inch of internal force at the nanny's knee.

"Ouch, it hurts so much. Who is it? Who comes to interrupt me while I am teaching my servants?" The nanny immediately put down the whip, sat on the ground and screamed in pain.

However, the only responses she got were the whistling cold wind and the lady who was happily watching her suffer.

"I'll make you laugh! I'll make you laugh! Just wait and see how I'm going to deal with you later!" The nanny said as she stood up and took a whip to beat the woman.

Cheng Zimo hit the nanny's knee again. The nanny couldn't bear it anymore and left.

After Mo Mo left, Cheng Zimo quietly left here just like when he came and continued to look for useful things.

After Cheng Zimo left, the National Master stayed here waiting for Cheng Zimo and did not leave.