The two waited outside for a long time and found that the fat man from yesterday did not come out, so they had to walk into the cabin.

"Boss, it's me, I'm here to pick up the goods again."

"Sorry boss, I don't have it here. You can go and look elsewhere."

Qiao Xi looked at the people who were enthusiastic about them yesterday, but today they were eager to push them away, with a puzzled look on their faces.

While the two were pushing each other, a neat group of officers and soldiers quickly surrounded them.

"Arrest these bold gangsters selling illegal salt."

"Master Qingtian, I was wronged." The fat man immediately fell to his knees and cried.

However, Qiao Xi noticed that among the people watching outside the circle, he took one look at a hunchbacked man and left immediately.

She just went to give chase, but was stopped by officers and soldiers, "Selling illegal salt is the same crime as buying and selling, so we will take them away together."

Qi Anze turned sideways and quietly shook his head at her, signaling not to reveal his identity.

…

In the dark prison, people screamed strangely from time to time. Looking at this slightly different prison, Qiao Xi lay next to the man's ear and whispered,

"Master, this is not a prison cell in Haicheng."

Qi Anze nodded, "This place should have been set up privately by the Governor of Haicheng."

The government cells were used to separate men and women, but now the three of them were imprisoned in one cell.

Qiao Xi looked at the fat man squatting in the opposite corner and said with a cry on purpose,

"I just said this person is unreliable, what should I do now?"

"It's okay, don't be afraid," he held Qiao Xi in his arms and continued, "Brother, let's discuss it."

The fat man seemed to be having an inner struggle. He hesitated for a while before turning around and said, "Brother, I'm sorry for this. Please bear with me more."

"What do you mean by this? You have done bad things, why do you want to implicate us?" Qiao Xi stepped forward and said deliberately angrily.

Seeing the sudden loss in his arms, the man lowered his eyebrows and showed no emotion.

It wasn't until the fat man was irritated by Josie's words that he raised his head.

"Brother, don't be like her. She has never seen such a scene." He stood up and walked to the fat man and put his arms around his shoulders.

"When we go to interrogation later, we will say that we are here to buy the fish, and don't say anything else. No matter what punishment he uses, don't say anything. After all, buying is definitely not as serious a crime as selling illegal salt."

As soon as the fat man heard the torture, his legs began to tremble, and he couldn't stand still. The sweat on his forehead slid down his pale cheeks.

Seeing that he was almost frightened, he called the jailer who was watching over them, whispered something and gave him a bunch of silver.

The jailer nodded and accepted the money with a smile, "I will pass the message for you, little one. You are in trouble."

Within a moment, the jailer brought them food from Fengxianlou.

The fat man looked at the two people who were eating with gusto, swallowed his saliva, and stared at them intently.

Qiao Xi, who was covering his face, looked at Qi Anze with his round eyes.

Okay, you'll catch a cold if you eat like this.

Seeing that the man didn't respond, she just took a bite and gently lifted the curtain, and said to herself, "Wear a curtain hat next time you go out."

…

Looking at the beaten fat man, Qiao Xi and the others began to eat their dinner.

The fat man grumbled in pain. Looking at the dog food in front of him, he suddenly realized,

"Sir, I didn't say anything. Can you please stop letting them beat me? I have an old man and a young man."

Looking at the man crying with snot and tears, Qiao Xi suddenly lost his appetite for food.

Qi Anze put down his chopsticks, stood up and moved his body, "What I said, brother, I just asked the big brother outside to buy me some food, you can do it too."

Seeing the man's wry smile, Qi Anze squatted beside him and whispered, "If you don't have any money, I can lend it to you."

Seeing that the man was silent, Qi Anze signaled Qiao Xi to tap his dumb point.

[Blackening value 50]

Qiao Xi turned around in surprise when he heard the notification tone, only to see Qi Anze reach out from his arms and take out a small bag, scattering it on the fat man's wounds.

It's salt!

Seeing the fat man rolling on the floor in pain, Qiao Xi quickly clicked on her pain point.

"What are you doing?"

The man spoke casually, but his voice was as cold as a knife. It was the impatience of not being able to wait for the answer, and the anger of being disobeyed.

After Qiao Xi silently recited "Don't be afraid, I have peerless martial arts now, this is his nature" several times, he explained in a soft voice,

"We need to tie him up first, otherwise he won't be able to bear the pain and will hit the wall and attract other people."

Qi Anze looked at the fat man lying on the ground and kept squirming. After a slight hum, he asked Qiao Xi to untie his dumb hole.

"Answer my questions seriously and I can relieve your pain."

The fat man was really frightened by the pain just now and nodded hurriedly.

Qi Anze: "You know who we are, right?"

Fat man: "Coming from the capital...the imperial envoy."

Qi Anze: "Who told you?"

Fat man: "...Haicheng Supervisor...Xue Bin."

Josie: “???”

…

…

Looking at the fat man being carried away and the group of people taking off their official uniforms, Qiao Xi opened his mouth, pointed at the leading man and said in surprise, "General Xiao Cheng?"

When she got out of the prison, she realized that it was just a cellar for storing grain. No wonder she had to keep her eyes covered.

"I just want to know who is behind this scheme." Qi Anze sat on the Grand Master's chair with a lazy expression.

"No, why did he make such a fuss? When I went there that day, he was really about to drown."

Qiao Xi felt that Xue Bin should not have done this. He had already been punished and the capital had sent people, so he could not risk his life.

"It must be that the people sent before did not solve his problem, so he directed and acted out a scene that is very common in ordinary times but not seen when the imperial envoy came."

"Am I right, Master Xue?"

Qiao Xi looked at the people coming out of the cubicle with surprise on his face, "Twins?"

"Your Majesty, Xue Bin, attends His Highness the Crown Prince's visit. May His Highness be blessed with peace and prosperity."

"Get up and sit down."

Xue Bin sat on the seat with steady steps. Where was the frail man they had seen before?

Qiao Xi frowned, walked quietly to Qi Anze, and turned on the protection mode.

"Girl, you have good eyesight. You saved Xiaguan's younger brother, Xue Ying, before."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince guessed almost everything right just now. I am ashamed to say that I am not the first person to discover this matter.

At that time, because my family was poor, I adopted my younger brother to be educated by my uncle. It was not until three years ago that he contacted me because he couldn't get rid of the problem.

Only then did I learn about the atrocities committed by the Governor over the years.

However, every time the people came down, he knew about it in advance and arranged for them to go down early, leaving the people with no way to redress their grievances.
Chapter completed!