The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

The next day, in order to ensure that the three family heads' plans would not fall through, Dongfang Jincheng and Li Muxia swaggered out early in the morning.

However, Li Muxia did not bring Hong'er and Cui'er. Firstly, she was worried that the scene might be a bit bloody and the two girls would be scared. Secondly, she was afraid that the two girls were not mentally strong and might alert the enemy.

Sure enough, as soon as they stepped out the door, Dongfang Jincheng and Yuze noticed the little tail behind them.

So, to make it easier for the little tail to move around, they specifically went to places with fewer people and more secluded areas.

This surprised the little tails following behind them, who were wondering why they were so lucky today.

Just as Dongfang Jincheng and his group arrived at a very secluded alley, the little tails finally couldn't hold back any longer and appeared one after another, surrounding Li Muxia and Dongfang Jincheng in the alley.

Li Muxia was secretly pleased when she saw the person leading the group.

Oh, it's someone I know.

Wang Laizi looked at the two of them and asked in a roguish tone, "I didn't expect you two to meet so soon."

Dongfang Jincheng stared coldly at Wang Laizi, while Yuze stood protectively in front of them.

Li Muxia: "Oh, isn't this Steward Wang? What's the meaning of this?"

Wang Laizi spat the foxtail grass in his mouth onto the ground, and while tapping the knife in his hand back and forth, he said, "He Yi, don't you know who you've offended?"

Looking at Wang Laizi's expression, Li Muxia deliberately provoked him, saying, "Manager Wang, you'd better be careful. That knife is an inanimate object; it doesn't have eyes. It doesn't know who you are, and it might hurt your precious hand again."

These words were clearly a sarcastic remark implying that Steward Wang was unaware that the person before him was the renowned and incomparably noble Prince Rui, and also a veiled criticism that Steward Wang was merely a tool being used as a tool.

Unfortunately, Manager Wang was indeed short-sighted and failed to recognize the person in front of him.

Manager Wang: "The first drop of blood to be drawn by this knife today will probably be yours, kid."

Without wasting any more words with Li Muxia, he said fiercely, "Go. Leave no survivors."

Next, Yuze fought ten opponents single-handedly. Such a small-scale battle really didn't require Dongfang Jincheng and Li Muxia to take action.

Watching his men being beaten to the ground one by one by Yu Ze, Dongfang Jincheng and Li Muxia stood calmly to the side, looking on with amusement. The two would occasionally point at their underlings on the ground and discuss something.

When all his underlings were on the ground, Yu Ze was rubbing his hands together and walking towards him, eager to fight. Wang Laizi raised the knife in his hand and pointed it at Yu Ze, saying in a trembling voice, "Don't come any closer. I am the steward of the Wang family. Offending me is offending the Wang family."

Seeing that Yuze remained unmoved upon hearing the name of the Wang family, Steward Wang panicked. He abandoned his brothers and turned to run away. But Yuze wasn't about to give him the chance. He pushed off with his foot, sending a stone flying towards Steward Wang. With a thud, Steward Wang fell to the ground.

Li Muxia subconsciously touched the back of her head; it must have hurt a lot.

The alleyway returned to quiet, except for a dozen or so more people on the ground.

Yuze returned to Dongfang Jincheng's side and said, "Your Highness, everything has been resolved."

Dongfang Jincheng: "Okay, go to the yamen and tell them to come and carry him out."

Yuze: "Yes."

Just as Dongfang Jincheng was fighting Wang Laizi, Jun Mochen's side also made their move.

Fortunately, no information was leaked before the arrests, which is why so many people were arrested; at least everyone on the list is there.

It was thanks to their split-up operation and simultaneous arrests of the three major families that there was no tip-off. They arrived very early, and many people were taken away in bed. Most of them were completely bewildered, and when they came to their senses, they were cursing and swearing.

Of course, Cao Wanjin was also brought under control early on; otherwise, it might not have been so easy to capture the people from the three major families.

The three major families were truly numerous; their members alone filled half the prison cells, not to mention the maids, servants, and shop managers.

Finally, since the prison could no longer accommodate everyone, Jun Mochen ordered that the maids and servants who were not of great importance be sent back and temporarily placed under the care of the three major families.

When Wang Laizi saw his master, the head of the Wang family, in the prison cell, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He wasn't so scared when he was arrested by the government officials before, after all, the county magistrate Cao was under his master's control, and he was only going to spend one night in the prison in Hailian Town.

It looks like I'll have to stay a few more nights now.

Even now, the three family heads in the cell are not very afraid. After all, the people above them are not people that anyone can afford to offend. They are even being picky about the cell's environment.

However, the other members of the family did not have the same composure as the three patriarchs.

Madam Wang: "My lord, what's going on? Why is Magistrate Cao arresting us?"

The others also started asking questions all at once through the cell door.

For a moment, the prison cell was as noisy as a bustling vegetable market.

Before the Wang family head could speak, the jailer objected. However, he knew who was inside and what the situation was, so he dared not offend them.

"Everyone, could we please keep our voices down so as not to disturb the important people upstairs?"

The jailer was still being relatively polite. The others fell silent for a moment when the jailer entered. Seeing this, the Wang family head's eyes darted around, and he tried to ingratiate himself with the jailer, saying, "Sir, what happened? Why were we arrested for no reason?"

The jailer said, "I'm just a jailer, I don't know much about this."

Seeing that he couldn't get any information from the jailer, the head of the Wang family said, "Then could you please pass on a message to Magistrate Cao?"

As he spoke, he stuffed a silver ingot into the jailer's hand.

The jailer, a money-grubber, took the silver and weighed it in his hand. He thought to himself, "This Master Wang is quite generous."

"Don't worry, I'll have someone go and inform Master Wang right away."

However, once they stepped outside, the jailer's expression changed.

Inform them, and wait.

At this moment, Cao Wanjin was kneeling tremblingly in front of Dongfang Jincheng and Jun Mochen.

Dongfang Jincheng: "Magistrate Cao, do you know why you have been imprisoned?"

Cao Wanjin was unaware that the members of the three major families had been arrested and still wanted to resist.

"Your Highness, I am unaware of the matter. Please enlighten me."

Dongfang Jincheng sneered and said, "I dare not offer you any guidance. Take a look at this yourself."

Jun Mochen glanced at the guards beside him.

The guard understood and placed an account book in front of Cao Wanjin.

Jun Mochen and Dongfang Jincheng had both seen this ledger. They were both astonished by the amounts inside. The sums were almost equivalent to half of the national treasury.

The moment Cao Wanjin saw the ledger, his face turned pale, knowing that he probably couldn't escape this time.