The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 31 Split up
"Brother, brother, were you hurt by the thieves?"

Xu Siyuan dismounted from his horse, walked quickly to Li Miao, held Li Miao's hands, and looked him up and down.

"Look at what this incident has caused. The Wu family has been a wealthy family in the local area for many years. They have never done anything out of the ordinary. Who would have thought that they actually hid a witch in their home!"

"If anything happens to you, I really don't know what to do!"

He received the news from his confidant in the morning and immediately rushed to Wu's residence. Seeing that Li Miao was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

No matter how serious the story of the ghost in the Wu Mansion was, it was just a rumor among the people and did not reach his ears for a while, so he dared to let Li Miao live in the Wu Mansion without any worries.

If something happened to Li Miao, he would be in big trouble.

Witchcraft and Jinyiwei, these two words are extremely sensitive if taken alone, representing the disaster of confiscation of property and extermination of families, but they are put together in his case.

What would the court think when a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard got into trouble in the residence arranged for him?
What would the emperor think if a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was harmed by witchcraft under his rule?
Did you do it on purpose or accidentally?

If he did it on purpose, it was a sign of disloyalty, and if he did it carelessly, it was incompetence and dereliction of duty. No matter how he explained, he couldn't expect to get away with it.

Even if Li Miao was fine, he would be in trouble as long as the court knew that he had someone who practiced witchcraft.

The more Xu Siyuan thought about it, the more frightened he became. He became furious out of fear and glared fiercely at Mr. Wu who was restrained by the soldiers in the yard.

He secretly planned in his heart that he must give this Wu a good lesson and let him know what it means to be a prefect who destroys a family and a county magistrate who wipes out an entire clan.

Li Miao smiled and patted Xu Siyuan's hand: "Brother, it's just a little thief, why worry about him?"

"I don't think we need to follow the witchcraft rules for this matter. Let's save ourselves the trouble of paperwork."

He winked at Xu Siyuan.

Xu Siyuan's eyes lit up, and he understood: "What do you mean, brother?"

"It's just a case of murder and robbery. Brother, ask your clerks to write a story and give me a copy when they're done. I'll change the wording and submit it. Just include the name Wu in the list. It'll be hard to suppress the matter if there are too many people involved." Li Miao pointed at Mr. Wu, who was looking listless.

"With the two confirming each other, there is no need to worry about any omissions."

"Oh, my dear brother!" Xu Siyuan patted Li Miao's hand: "You have done a lot for me!"

"Well, you and I are brothers and we hit it off right away. Why should we be polite?" Li Miao responded enthusiastically.

"But..." Li Miao frowned when he said this.

"Last night, when I was fighting with that thug who was carrying a poison, I accidentally got some of her blood splashed on me."

"The money my brother gave me yesterday was all stained by the murderer's blood."

"Oh, it was really careless... I wasted my brother's kindness..." Li Miao said this with a face full of self-blame.

“Ah? Ahahahaha…”

Xu Siyuan frowned at first, then laughed and said, "I thought it was a big deal, you don't need to worry about it. I'll give you a copy later, just to calm you down!"

"Thank you, brother." Li Miao was not polite and bowed to Xu Siyuan.

After the two of them talked it over, Xu Siyuan invited Li Miao to his house for dinner, and Li Miao did not refuse, and they left together.

When he came back in the afternoon, the Wu Mansion was empty; all the people had been captured by Xu Siyuan's men.

However, with Li Miao's words, there is no need to worry that Xu Siyuan will vent his anger on someone other than Wu Yuanwai.

At this time, Wang Hai, Xiao Si and Mei Qinghe were all waiting at the gate of Wu's mansion with their horses, and Youzi was sitting on the ground with his head drooped.

Li Miao walked closer and took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Xiao Si. Xiao Si took it, counted it carefully, and said with a smile: "Master, you knocked so much?"

"That Xu guy was afraid that I would expose the matter, so he naturally gave more gifts." Li Miao smiled and said, "I can spend and earn."

"Yes, yes, you are very capable." Xiao Si got the money and said nothing more. He happily put the money into his pocket, calculating how much he could deduct from it to use as his dowry.

Li Miao reached out and took out half of it and handed it to Mei Qinghe.

"Okay, let's divide the forces."

"Hai'er, take Xiao Si to Jinan Prefecture and bring You Ziang over. By the way, ask your family to send someone over."

Of course, Li Miao's mission was not to be done by just a few of them.

He planned to travel on public funds, saying that he was bringing people out to explore first, but in fact they were just walking, stopping and playing along the way, so he only brought Wang Hai and Xiao Si out.

It has been more than two months since he was released. It was just in time to send You Ziang to Shuntian Prefecture, so he asked the Jinyiwei to send the rest of the men over.

He also taught Wang Hai the method of suppressing the poison given to Xiao Si. With Wang Hai's internal strength, it would not be a problem for him to control it for a few months.

"You guys go east to Jinan Prefecture, Xiaomei and I will go south directly to Taishan Sect to have a look."

"You guys wait in Jinan Prefecture for someone from home to come over, and when they arrive, come directly to Tai'an to find me."

Xiao Si had her love taken away by Li Miao, and half of the money she had earned was lost, so she was sulking in anger.

When Wang Hai heard that it was serious business, he straightened his attitude, nodded, took Xiao Si, grabbed You Ziang, mounted his horse and left.

Seeing the two of them walking away with You Ziang, Li Miao turned to Mei Qinghe and said, "Xiao Mei, I want to tell you something."

Since You Ziang was present, Li Miao did not tell Mei Qinghe about the Plum Blossom Thief, for fear that Mei Qinghe would overreact.

Now that Wang Hai has taken You Ziang away, Li Miao tells Mei Qinghe everything about the Plum Blossom Thief's plan that he discovered on You Ziang last night.

After listening to this, Mei Qinghe closed his eyes and thought for a while, his hand unconsciously tightening and loosening the hilt of the sword.

After a while, she opened her eyes and said to Li Miao: "Thank you for telling me the truth."

"Senior told me this after he asked Brother Wang to take You Ziang away. Was he afraid that I would vent my anger on him?"

"That's what I meant." Li Miao spread his hands.

"You are old-fashioned and extreme. I don't know what you will choose when it comes to revenge for your mother's murder."

Mei Qinghe was silent for a while before saying to Li Miao, "Senior, you are worrying too much."

"When I heard that the Imperial Guards had killed the Plum Blossom Bandit, I naturally wanted to kill him with my own hands. But the debt is settled when the person is dead, and I will not put the debt on the head of someone who has nothing to do with it."

"But now that I know his plan, I won't let him succeed."

"If anyone ever again gets the name of the Plum Blossom Thief in the martial arts world, I will come to their door with my sword in hand. If they are evil, I will kill them with one sword."

"If it's a minor crime, I'll give him a minor punishment and give him a major warning, and then I'll give him other internal skills to practice."

Li Miao nodded: "Just think it through."

"Then let's set off now. Counting the days, it won't be long until the Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance Meeting."

Mei Qinghe nodded in agreement, and the two of them mounted their horses, rode out of the city, and headed towards the Taishan Sword Sect.

(End of this chapter)