Lu Baichuan didn't mean that Jiang Jiuniang had just given birth not long ago and her body had not yet recovered, so he had to handle these matters by himself. He also specifically told the prefect not to disturb his wife's rest if she had nothing to do.

But when the magistrate looked at Jiang Jiuniang's majestic appearance, it didn't look like she had recovered!
You haven't recovered well enough to capture so many Nantai people by yourself, but you only tied up two of them, and the others just tied their hands and followed them back?
Looking at the man who was tied up, covered in injuries and unconscious, you can tell how ruthless this woman is.

The prefect couldn't help but take a breath, then tried his best to raise a smile and pushed forward.

"Mrs. Lu, why are you alone? Where is the general?"

Jiang Jiuniang smiled at him and said, "I'm resting after being injured a little. I've captured the man for you. This man is the leader, his name is Xu Zhao. He is the man behind the two Ouyang brothers. The last household in Fulu Lane in the west of the city is His lair, that’s where I caught him, I guess some things are also there, Lord Laupan sent someone to check it out.”

"It should be, it should be. The general and his wife helped Xiaguan solve a lot of troubles. It's my duty to thank you two! When everything is settled, I will definitely hold a banquet for you two!"

What he said was sincere. These two couples are quite capable. One of them directly found out who was behind Ouyang Jing, and the other directly tied up the person and sent him over. If it were him, he would probably Find the Year of the Monkey and the Month of the Horse.

Fortunately, he didn't listen to Chang Shi and didn't play with them in the first place, otherwise he would probably be the one being kidnapped now.

"Okay, then I'll leave these matters to you, sir. I have to go back to take care of the children, so I won't stay any longer."

After saying that, she turned to leave. Thinking of what she said on the way, she added: "By the way, Mr. Pan, I just promised the people on the way that this case will be tried in public. When you open the court to try the person, remember Allow the people to watch! After all, Mr. Ouyang is a person that the people of Quanzhou respect very much, and he cannot be harmed just because he is so confused."

It is impossible for a magistrate to achieve this position without knowing everything. After listening to Jiang Jiuniang talk so much, the magistrate immediately understood what she meant and immediately cooperated and said: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely handle it impartially."

When the people nearby heard this, they felt a lot better. They felt that these officials also took the people like them to heart. Otherwise, how could they hold a public trial?
Jiang Jiuniang left, found a deserted alley, took her daughter out of the space, then wandered around to buy some food, and then returned to the inn.

Just when her daughter woke up, she was responsible for changing her diapers, and the dog went to make milk powder. She didn't feel anything was wrong with his mother at all.

Lu Baichuan slept very deeply and didn't wake up until dark. Jiang Jiuniang ordered food and the family sat around to eat.

Lu Baichuan said: "I will go out soon. The information I finally found cannot be allowed to escape. Although Nantai's tricks are not as abominable as Dongting's, they are still a scourge and must be uprooted.

Jiang Jiuniang didn't take it seriously: "Your health is important, how many times do you want me to say this?"

She glanced at Lu Baichuan coldly and felt that this man was really itchy.

Lu Baichuan glanced at her and did not dare to speak, but his eyes were restless.

Jiang Jiuniang ignored him and continued to eat her food. Anyway, if the man disobeyed, she would beat him to death.

"My daughter's clothes are dirty. You can wash them after dinner later. It's cold and I don't want to touch the water."

Lu Baichuan knew that his wife was deliberately making things difficult for him, but he still agreed to come down and wash up before going out.

After dinner, Lu Baichuan obediently went to the backyard of the inn to wash his baby's clothes. As soon as he started washing, he heard the waiter at the inn say that Master Guan was here. Lu Baichuan thought he was looking for him, so he hurriedly wiped the water on his hands and went out, and it turned out to be the prefect. "Master Pan, do you have any clues?"

The prefect didn't know that the clues he mentioned were different from the clues he thought, so he nodded and said, "Indeed! What an unexpected surprise! Some of them couldn't bear the punishment, so they basically confessed!"

Lu Baichuan thought he was talking about the servants of the Ouyang Hao family, and asked puzzledly: "Is there any unknown transaction behind the Ouyang family's back?"

The prefect was stunned. Now that he was talking about Nantai's detailed work, why did the general involve the Ouyang family again?
"This subordinate has not been found out yet."

The prefect thought for a moment and answered cautiously.

"What did you just say, Mr. Pan?"

"Of course she is from Nantai! Mrs. Lu is really good at it! She served it directly to others. General, don't you know?"

As if he thought of something, the magistrate immediately said: "By the way, I heard Madam said you were injured, are you feeling better?"

"much better."

Lu Baichuan's expression was a little reluctant, but he didn't expect that his wife had already taken care of everything while he was sleeping and didn't tell him yet.

The magistrate looked at Lu Baichuan up and down, but couldn't see any injuries. He suddenly felt that it was great to be young, and he had recovered so quickly.

"Since many things have been found out, is Master Pan here?"

The magistrate immediately straightened his posture and said: "My wife said that this case would be heard in public. There were too many people at that time, and I didn't understand what my wife meant. I thought it would be easier to come and ask for details."

Lu Baichuan felt as if he had missed a lot of things after sleeping. Some monks were confused and could only say: "Wait a moment, I will go find Madam."

As a foreigner from the prefect, it was naturally impossible for him to go directly to the inn room to find Jiang Jiuniang, so he found a separate room to wait for someone, and soon Lu Baichuan and his wife arrived.

The prefect saluted her with great respect and said, "Mrs. Lu, those people were recruited to disrupt our people's livelihood in Beiyan. It's best to let everyone know about the treasure, and then recruit a few people to revolt and create civil strife. They gain from it.”

"They have saved a lot of industry and power in Beiyan over the years, but they all do it under the names and identities of us Beiyan people. In other words, there are many people like the Ouyang Jing brothers, but they are mutually exclusive. I just don’t know, but fortunately those people have already provided the list, and we will just check them one by one later.”

Jiang Jiuniang listened to his report and said: "We must investigate strictly, and we can't just take whatever they say, to prevent one of our own people from being framed and implicated. In addition, when there is a public trial, let them know what should be known to the people, such as Nantai's The ambition and the news about the treasure are false. As for the other things, it’s up to you, sir, to make sure it doesn’t make things too ugly and cause unnecessary panic.”

Only then did the prefect understand that Jiang Jiuniang planned to use the public trial to tell the people that the treasure story was false, and that Mr. Ouyang was also deceived into saying those words.

"I understand. Thank you madam for your advice." (End of Chapter)

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