Xu Wanke thought sadly, he must never find out that he was not the assassin he found. If someone framed him and said he found him, that would be troublesome.
He then said under great pressure: "Your Majesty, I am familiar with the market in Yangzhou, why don't you let me come to the trial?"
Sure enough, Xiao Xian didn't believe him at all. Xiao Xian said: "Although Magistrate Xu is familiar with the market in Yangzhou, how do you know that these assassins are locals in Yangzhou?"
He looked at Xu Wanke for a moment, then smiled and said: "Prefect Xu, why are you still kneeling? Get up."
Xu Wanke stood up tremblingly, and other officials also stood up one after another. He was used to being pampered, but after kneeling for half a day, his whole body was numb. He staggered when he stood up and almost fell down again.
An official next to him had quick eyesight and helped Xu Wanke, and then quickly stepped back and stood aside.
Xiao Xian glanced at everyone, but there was no change in his expression, but it made people feel that the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped a few degrees.
He pulled Shen Mingzhu to sit in the front seat and said calmly: "You should stay here for the first time, lest the mob indiscriminately hurt people, and there may be others hiding in some corner waiting to be assassinated."
After saying that, he ignored those people and instead talked to Shen Mingzhu, asking her what she was doing behind the scenes, if it was interesting and so on.
The gentle tone was like coaxing a child, which made everyone feel even more frightened after hearing it.
At such a tense time, there was blood everywhere outside, but there were such soft words in the house.
Not normal at all!
Half an hour later, everyone in the house couldn't stay still, and the backyard was filled with cries. Some family members were making noises, saying they were dizzy or hungry or something like that.
Anyway, I can't stay any longer.
Soon someone from outside came to send a message. Commander Liu led the prefect's guards to protect the prince and Mr. Xu, but they were stopped outside the gate and not allowed to enter.
The one who stopped people was naturally Xiao Xian's bodyguard. Although he didn't bring many people, as soon as the incident happened, a signal was sent out, and someone arrived immediately, and the leader was Chu Ji.
If Chu Ji stops there, who can come in?
When Xu Wanke heard the report from his subordinates, he immediately looked at Xiao Xian in embarrassment, "My lord, do you think you should let Commander Liu bring people into the house and capture the assassins and put them in jail for the time being?"
Xiao Xian said: "No need, I will naturally have someone to deal with them. Magistrate Xu, please be patient."
Xu Wanke wanted to ask for permission to go on inspection first, and used an excuse to go to the backyard to meet Mrs. Xu and her daughter.
Xiao Xian ignored him. Xu Wanke thought he had acquiesced and wanted to go out. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by two Xuanyi guards at the door.
The two guards in black clothes showed their ice blades with a clanging sound, which made Xu Wanke tremble. "Your Majesty, this..."
Xiao Xian snorted lightly, and Xu Wanke had no choice but to step back, like an ant on a hot pot, not knowing what to do.
But be sure not to find out anything, otherwise, you really don’t know how it will end.
After another hour, Xuanyi Guards came to report and said that they had captured all the assassins, even those who were hiding outside the mansion to assist them. The prince, eldest lady and other officials were invited to go and check.
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The sweat on Xu Wanke's face was dripping down, and he couldn't wipe it away no matter how hard he wiped it off. It was clearly a cold spring season, but he felt as if it was a sweltering June.
Xiao Xian and Shen Mingzhu went out side by side, followed by Xu Wanke and others, and everyone came to the yard one after another.
