The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

When the secretary arrived at the Fucheng prefectural government office again, it was already dawn.

There were many more people at the yamen gate, not just merchants. Even some ordinary people came to watch the excitement. Some people listened to the merchants' complaints and followed suit to help them speak out for justice.

Someone said, "Their goods were robbed! We ordinary people can't even buy needles and thread. Prices in this wealthy city are rising rapidly, and we're almost out of business. Adults, are you going to do anything about this?"

Some people also shouted: "They say officials force the people to rebel. You officials are forcing us to death. We can't survive, and you won't have a good life either!"

Some raised their fists and took the lead in shouting slogans: "We ask the prefect to send troops to wipe out Yanwangzhai immediately!"

"Yes! Destroy Yanwang Village!"

For a moment, the crowd was in an uproar, all shouting: "Destroy Yanwang Village! Destroy Yanwang Village!"

The secretary frowned, and while the yamen runners were trying to persuade the excited people, he quickly jumped over the wall and soon arrived at the main hall door.

In the main hall of the yamen, Wang Daoding was surrounded by several subordinates and was also in a very urgent situation.

"What's the point of you surrounding me? I've already told you that the wise king has ordered us to hold our troops in place and wait for news from him. How dare I disobey?"

When the secretary walked into the main hall, Wang Daoding saw the secretary at first sight and felt like he had seen a savior. He pushed everyone away and rushed to the secretary in two or three steps.

"What are your orders, my Lord?"

The secretary bowed to Wang Daoding and all the adults.

"Everyone, please be patient! The prince has ordered you to lead your troops to Jiaoyang Valley immediately!"

Before Wang Daoding could say anything, the deputy magistrate beside him stretched his hands toward the sky and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise! You should have destroyed that bandit's nest long ago!"

The secretary glared at the co-magistrate and looked at Wang Daoding.

"The prince doesn't want you to lead the troops to wipe them out, but to protect them. Protect the innocent people of Jiaoyang Valley! But on the surface, you have to pretend to be going to wipe them out, first stabilize the merchants in Fucheng and delay them for a while. Since these merchants keep saying how powerful and vicious Yanwang Village is, it's certainly not that easy to capture!"

Wang Daoding was in doubt: "Then what will Your Majesty do next?"

The secretary said, "When I left the mountain, the prince had already personally escorted the bandit leader, nicknamed Lord Yama, and another serious criminal to Liyang at full speed, handing them over to the Ministry of Justice for trial. Don't worry, with His Royal Highness Prince Cheng at the helm, a resolution will be reached quickly."

Wang Daoding and the officials in charge of the government office finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Daoding is guaranteed by the secretary.

"I understand. It's all about delaying! No problem! Under my command, delaying it for ten days or half a month won't be a problem!"

The secretary looked at Wang Daoding with admiration and bowed.

"Your Highness is right. Lord Wang is very resourceful. I will take my leave now. I have to hurry and reunite with Your Highness!"

At this time, on the official road leading to Liyang, Zhao Xuan was riding his horse in front, and Dongtian was driving the carriage closely behind.

In the carriage, Gu Zhanghua was almost shaken to pieces. He looked at the little medical fairy who was sitting opposite him, her face pale and her teeth clenched tightly as she tried to hold on.

"Girl, you don't have to go to Liyang with us."

Hao Xiong, who was sitting next to Xiao Yixian, lifted his butt and rubbed it with his hands.

"That's right, good medical skills don't mean a strong body. I'm thick-skinned and can hardly hold on!"

Little Medical Fairy bit her lip and whispered.

"Among the younger generation in Jiaoyang Valley, I'm the oldest. Hao Xiong, Hua Hua, and Dong Tian are all younger than me. I'm considered their older sister. I wouldn't feel at ease if I didn't follow them."

Gu Zhanghua said sincerely: "You are a good sister."

Gu Zhanghua lifted the car curtain and called out "Winter".

"Tell your boss to find a cooler place up ahead so we can rest, catch our breath, and wait for Shishu!"

After a while, Zhao Xuan got off the horse by a small river. She squatted down, scooped up the river water with both hands and drank a sip. It was cool and sweet. Then she stood up and shouted to the carriage coming from behind.

"Let's go here. The river water is quite clean, and there's a small forest next to it. Let's find a place under the shade of the trees to rest our feet!"

Gu Zhanghua, Hao Xiong and Xiao Yixian got off the carriage one after another.

Gu Zhanghua rubbed his waist, his legs almost out of control. He limped to the river, squatted down, and slowly washed his hands.

Hao Xiong saw the wild fruits on the tree at a glance and jumped to pick them.

Dongtian gave half of the cake to the little medical fairy. The little medical fairy took the cake, found a large flat rock, sat on it and ate the cake, then took out a medical book to read.

Seeing that Dongtian was alone, Zhao Xuan quietly pulled him behind a big tree.

Winter was chewing half a cake, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Boss, what's the matter?"

Zhao Xuan cleared her throat and chose her words carefully.

"I have one thing I don't understand..."

"Master, please speak."

"You and your patrol team were the only ones who didn't drink last night, right?"

Dongtian stuffed the remaining cake into his mouth and chewed it: "That's right."

Zhao Xuan leaned one arm on the tree trunk, pointed at her nose with the other hand, leaned close to Dongtian and asked quietly.

"Then tell me secretly, how did I end up sleeping in the same bed with the prince?"

Being completely unprepared for the winter, the boss would ask such a bizarre question. He swallowed half of the biscuit in one mouthful and nearly choked to death. He bent over and retched for a long time before finally spitting out a pool of biscuit crumbs before he could breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhao Xuan looked at the pool of vomit on the ground with disgust.

"waste."

Dongtian wiped his mouth and said, "How about I pick it up and eat it?"

"Stop disgusting me! I'm asking you a question!"

Dongtian stared at Zhao Xuan's face and asked, "You don't remember anything at all?"

"do not remember."

In winter, he leaned against a tree trunk with his arms folded across his chest.

"Then I have to have a good talk with you. I came back from patrolling the mountains, and everyone went back to bed one after another. Only you and the prince sat there chattering endlessly, and I couldn't make out what you were saying. Anyway, you kept calling Xiaowu Xiaowu, but I didn't know who you were calling. The prince also kept calling Sister Xuan, Sister Xuan, but I didn't know whose soul you were calling. Then you put your arm around the prince's neck and took him back to the house."

"and then?"

Winter was a little embarrassed and shy.

"Boss, I really don't... I really don't have the habit of eavesdropping..."

"So did you listen or not?"

Dongtian quickly raised his hands: "I swear! I didn't listen! Absolutely not!"

Zhao Xuan glared at Dong Tian.

"If you swear, I must believe it. Does that mean there was no noise in the house?"

"Master, you haven't forgotten what you did, have you? You and the prince were the only ones in the room last night. If you have forgotten, you can only ask the prince."

After saying that, Dongtian ran away.

Zhao Xuan nervously plucked the weeds on the ground, put one in her mouth, and lay on the grass, resting her head on her arms, swaying with her legs crossed. She thought, no matter what happened, no one else would know, and she would just deny whatever bullshit Gu Zhanghua said!