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The most dangerous place is the safest place. Locking Su Qin in jail is the least likely way to expose her.

Zhao Liangchen waited until the carriage had gone far away and then took another alley. He needed to talk to Su Qin to prevent her from revealing her identity.

Zou Taineng was in a good mood after finishing his shift early. He hummed a little tune all the way to the government office.

The yamen runners at the government office knew Zou Tai and greeted him enthusiastically: "Master Zou, are you sending refugees again today?"

Zou Tai took Su Qin out of the carriage and threw her out. The pot still landed on the ground. When the pot landed on the ground, it spun a few times. Su Qin closed her eyes tightly to prevent herself from vomiting again. She didn't even have the mind to glare at Zou Tai.

Zou Tai pointed at Su Qin and said to the gatekeeper, "We've caught a refugee who sneaked into the city. Put him in your jail first. Wait for the court's letter on how to deal with him."

The yamen runner looked down and exclaimed in surprise: "Oh, why does the person sent this time look like a turtle?"

Zou Tai laughed heartily: "Right, you think she looks like a cuckold too, right? Well, no matter what she is, just keep an eye on her."

The yamen runner nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, Master Zou."

After saying that, he called someone over and two people lifted the ears on both sides of the iron pot and carried Su Qin to the prison.

Zou Tai asked the coachman to take him back home to change his clothes. He had to get off work early today, so he had to go to Qingchunlou to have a few more drinks.

Two yamen runners carried Su Qin into the prison and threw her into a large cell. The cells in this cell were filled with refugees who had recently sneaked into the city, as well as some thieves and scoundrels.

There are twelve gates in Shangjing City, and there are always capable people who can find a way to sneak into the city, so there are a lot of people in this cell.

Su Qin was wearing men's clothes, so the bailiffs didn't even look at her carefully before throwing her directly into the men's prison.

Fortunately, this time they threw it casually, and Su Qin, who had recovered her spirits, used the force to kneel on the ground, and was finally no longer in the upside-down position.

The two yamen runners closed the prison door and left without caring whether she was still tied up or not.

Seeing her strange appearance carrying the big pot, many people in the prison gathered around her.

"Hey, why did you come in with the pot on your back?"

"What crime have you committed to get here?"

"Is there anything in your pot?"

......

Everyone asked at once, and when she didn't say anything, someone poked her: "Hey, I'm asking you a question, why don't you answer?"

Someone slapped the man and said, "Are you stupid? Can't you see her mouth is blocked? How can you speak?"

The person being photographed slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I didn't react at all."

He reached out and pulled the handkerchief out of Su Qin's mouth: "Speak this time."

Su Qin's mouth was numb from being stuffed. She moved it a little, then stretched her bound hands forward and said in a low voice, "Help me open your hands and I'll tell you."

Someone was dissatisfied: "Hey, you're still talking about conditions? Believe it or not, with so many of us, we can crush you into a meat pie with one kick each."

Su Qin sat back, kicked her legs, and leaned the pot against the prison door. She said nonchalantly, "Then go ahead and step on me. If you step on me to death and cause a loss of life, I'm afraid you won't have an easy time either."

These people were not vicious people, nor did they want to cause trouble in prison. Someone reached out and untied the rope on her hands: "Now you can talk."

Su Qin flexed her wrist and reached back as she spoke: "Aren't you curious about what's in my pot? I'll show you."

Everyone's eyes turned to Su Qin's hand, even those who had not gathered around just now came over. Everyone stared at Su Qin's hand with green eyes, hoping that she could take some food out of the pot.

Su Qin felt around in the pot and finally found the hatchet. She quickly took it out and quickly put it in front of herself: "This is what's in the pot."

The first reaction of everyone seeing the hatchet was to subconsciously take a step back. Then someone was furious and wanted to grab Su Qin: "You are playing tricks on us."

Su Qin used all her strength to chop at the man's outstretched hand. The man was startled and quickly withdrew his hand, and the hatchet missed.

Facing everyone's horrified eyes, Su Qin showed a look of disdain and ferocity: "Don't you want to know how I got in? This knife is the answer. I got in because I killed someone. If you want to give it a try, I don't mind a little more blood on my knife."

The prison was filled with suffering civilians and some scoundrels who did not have the courage to do evil and could only steal and rob. So for a moment, many people were frightened and retreated.

However, there were also some brave enough to not believe it and said, "You are talking nonsense. If you really killed someone, it would be a serious crime. How could you be imprisoned with the rest of us? You must be bluffing."

Su Qin narrowed her eyes and stretched the machete forward again: "Is it just bluffing? You can try it."

The man didn't dare to try, so Su Qin just confronted the person in the prison, but her other hand was not idle. While she was alert to others, she fumbled to untie the rope on her feet.

Zou Tai didn't take her seriously, so he didn't tie her up seriously. She fiddled with it for a few times and untied her feet. Then she stretched out her legs and sat on the ground. She needed to replenish her strength now, but unfortunately, she had no food to eat. Her stomach ached with hunger. Otherwise, if she ate something, her strength would recover faster.

When Zhao Liangchen arrived, he saw Su Qin confronting the prisoner with a hatchet. He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that a girl who looked weak and vulnerable could have such courage and guts. And where did she get the hatchet?

He noticed the pot behind her and thought of how she put her hands behind her back as if trying to pick something up when they first met. He began to understand. It seemed like there was something else hidden in the pot.

The corners of his mouth curled up. Very good. Originally, he thought that this girl would be a delicate and slow-moving girl, but now it seems that this girl still has some means of self-protection. This is very good. Only people like this can survive in such a chaotic world. It also saves him a lot of trouble.

When the people in the prison saw him and the jailer behind him, they retreated in fear. Su Qin also heard the footsteps, but she didn't dare to look back for fear of a sneak attack from the prisoners.

Seeing the prisoners retreating one after another, she turned around and looked. When she saw Zhao Liangchen, her face suddenly darkened and she became even more nervous.

Zhao Liangchen said to the jailer behind him without any expression: "Open the door."

"Yes."

The jailer bowed and opened the cell door. Because Su Qin was sitting against the cell door, she had to step back when the guard opened the cell door. She didn't care whether the prisoners behind her were in danger or not, and looked at Zhao Liangchen with a knife.

Zhao Liangchen said to her, "Come out."

Su Qin frowned and asked nervously: "What do you want to do?"

Zhao Liangchen: "Don't do anything. There are some issues that need to be interrogated with you."

Su Qin: "If you have any questions, you can ask them here."

Zhao Liangchen raised his chin and pointed at the people in the cell: "Do you want to stay with so many prisoners?"

Su Qin looked back at the prisoners with different expressions. There was no good person here, and Zhao Liangchen was not a good person either. But between a group of bad people and one bad person, she would still choose a bad person. After all, one bad person is easier to deal with.

And if she followed the imperial guard away, she would have the chance to tell her father's name and leave this damn place.

She slowly stood up, paused for a moment before steadying herself, and then slowly walked out of the cell, but she never put down the hatchet in her hand.

Zhao Liangchen turned around and walked away as if he didn't see the hatchet: "Follow me."

Su Qin hesitated for a moment but still followed.