Before the house is confiscated, the enemy's warehouse is emptied and exiled

When he entered the guest room, he saw a man who looked like an official kneeling on the ground respectfully.

When the man saw him come in, he immediately crawled forward two steps and said, "Your Excellency, I have something to report!"

Zhao Bao, who was standing by, quickly added, "The captain has just checked on this man, and he is indeed working for the King of Qin."

Zhang Junshou nodded and sat down arrogantly. "You'd better tell me what I want. If you waste my time, you will be in trouble. Hurry up and tell me!"

"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, although I don't know what you have lost, based on my observations over the past month, I'm afraid the direction of your investigation is biased!"

"Ok?"

"The Fifth Prince is a cripple. He stays at home all day and can't go anywhere. On the other hand, Shen Qingge is very problematic!"

"Who is Shen Qingge?" County Magistrate Zhang felt strangely familiar with the name, but he couldn't remember it.

Zhao Bao came closer and whispered, "She is Shen Xiaolin's daughter, the former wife of the King of Qin. They were married just over a month ago."

"Oh... yes, yes, I heard about it in my sister's letter. She also joined the exile team? I thought Mo'er wanted to treat her like a canary and lock her up in the mansion to death!"

"That woman is very scheming and she asked to leave the house on her own initiative." Wang Gui added while kneeling on the ground.

Then he started talking about the strange things that happened to Shen Qingge.

They said that after she left, the Qin Palace was robbed and burned, and important items were lost; that anyone in the exile team who got close to the Shen family would be in trouble; that she was a powerful martial artist, and they had tried to get rid of her many times, but to no avail...

Everyone was skeptical after hearing this. They didn't believe that a girl could have such a skill. At most, she only knew some mediocre kung fu.

Wang Gui saw that everyone did not believe him, so he said:

"You adults don't believe it, right? I didn't believe it at first either. But in the end, it seemed too bizarre to explain. And the thousand guards sent by the King of Qin just vanished like that. Isn't that strange?"

Zhao Bao pondered for a moment and said, "My Lord, what the official said makes sense. It's better to believe it than not to believe it!"

After hearing this, County Magistrate Zhang did not say anything, but judging from his expression, he accepted it.

Zhao Bao continued to ask, "So, what is the mission that the King of Qin assigned to you?"

Wang Gui did not dare to hide anything and immediately narrated in detail that the task he had received was to eradicate the Shen family and the Fifth Prince, and he told everything about how to eradicate them and what kind of information he wanted to obtain.

As he spoke, he even took out a blue-glazed porcelain vase containing "Fire Trees and Flowers" from his bag.

After listening to this, County Magistrate Zhang nodded. It was indeed consistent with the news he had received. The King of Qin had previously sent a letter asking him to help get rid of the Fifth Prince and the Shen family. It also mentioned that the exiled official was the King of Qin's man.

But now, the thousands of personal guards sent by the King of Qin have not arrived yet, and he cannot force the fifth prince to stay here. This is a bit difficult, right?

At first, the letter he received only asked him to assist, not to participate in the action himself. But now it seems that if he wants to succeed, he can no longer wait and may have to mobilize his own garrison.

It would be fine to use his own garrison and help his nephew, and it would not matter if some soldiers were lost, but the difficulty was that he did not want the fifth prince to die on his territory.

If the fifth prince died here, the court would definitely send people to investigate. He was afraid that once the investigation started, some things would be revealed and he didn't want to get into trouble.

So he looked at Zhao Bao in embarrassment.

Zhao Bao immediately understood what he meant and ordered his men to take Wang Gui away. He approached County Magistrate Zhang and asked:

"My Lord, are you worried about this assassination?"

Zhang Junshou nodded helplessly and sighed:

"Well, you've been with me for so long, so you naturally understand me. Here, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. It took a lot of effort to build Anshan County into our own territory, and life is relatively comfortable. The mine just exploded, which is already bad enough.

Now that this kind of thing has happened again, if I don’t help my nephew to eliminate the dissidents, I will feel sorry for him, and my sister will not forgive me!

However, if the fifth prince really died in our territory, I'm afraid our good days would be over.

After all, Xiao Heng is still a prince, a legitimate royal bloodline. No matter what, the emperor will not sit idly by!"

Zhao Bao lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said, "I have a way to achieve the best of both worlds!"

"Oh? What's the solution? Tell me quickly!" County Magistrate Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this and urged impatiently.

"Just as the exiled official said, we can hold a banquet in the county government and let the Fifth Prince take a slow-acting poison. If the poison recurs after he leaves Anshan County, it will have nothing to do with us.

Send a few capable secret guards to follow him all the way and make sure he is dead before reporting the news back to the capital."

"As for Shen Qingge, I can tell her that the county governor, mindful of the Shen family's great achievements, has specially allowed the Shen family to dine at the outer table.

"The Shen family will surely be filled with gratitude. Then, we can secretly put the 'Fire Tree and Blossoms' in Shen Qingge's food, extract the information, and then kill her. She's just a fugitive, who cares?"

When Zhang heard this, he immediately burst into a shrill laugh. Zhao Bao also laughed and said flatteringly:

"Sir, do you think my plan is feasible?"

County Magistrate Zhang smiled with satisfaction, praising Zhao Bao generously:

"Zhao Juncheng, Zhao Juncheng, you really have something in your head. It seems that my love for you is not in vain! I will do as you say, but I must make proper arrangements to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"

Zhao Bao responded respectfully, "As you command, sir, rest assured, I will ensure that nothing goes wrong!"

Who would have thought that their conspiracy, word for word, was overheard by Shen Qingge in the backyard of the inn. She squatted among the crowd, a faint smile on her lips.

In the open space in the backyard, the interrogation was still going on, and the Shen family was about to be interrogated.

At this moment, a surprising scene appeared.

The sky, which was originally clear, was suddenly covered with dark clouds. The sky quickly darkened and the sun hid in the thick clouds.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, making people wrap themselves tightly.

Immediately afterwards, a sound of "Wow! Wow!!" was heard from the sky. The cry was so shrill that it made people's scalps numb.

When everyone heard the sound and looked, they saw a black flock of crows flying towards the open space in the backyard.

Seeing this, the convicts huddled together in fear. Even the soldiers nervously gripped their weapons and stared intently at the crows, fearing that they would suddenly attack.

However, strangely, the crows did not swoop down to attack the crowd as they expected, but instead surrounded the leading crow, obeying its command and circling at low altitude.