I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 295: Bear

Shen Changsui thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps we can find a local teacher to meet Mr. Cheng first. He is not my granddaughter's wife, so he should be able to get her out."

However, before he finished speaking, the little black cat who had just woken up sent a message to Shen Xiaoye: "Why are there so many yamen runners rushing in from both ends?"

"?" The moment Shen Xiaoye looked up, two teams of yamen runners came over with swords drawn.

He also shouted, "Throw away the reins and surrender."

Master Xue Biao and his remaining men were all stunned and subconsciously formed a V-shaped defense.

Because they saw that on the walls of the houses on both sides of the alley, there were archers holding arrows ready to shoot.

The three members of the Shen family were even more puzzled. At Shen Changsui's signal, they did not reach out to take the short sticks on the horse. The two younger ones threw away the reins and quickly stood beside Shen Changsui, who was not holding the horse.

"May I ask you, why are you surrounding us?

I am Shen Changsui from Shuntian Prefecture, and this is our pass." Shen Changsui bowed and motioned Shen Xiaoye to show the pass in his bag.

But as soon as she put her hand on the messenger bag, the man in the police chief's uniform shouted, "Don't move, or you can blame the rain of arrows for being merciless."

"Okay, we won't move. Master Xue Biao, please move your horse out of the way." The commanding height and fatal point were controlled by someone else, and Shen Changsui didn't dare to gamble with his own people's lives.

"Boss, there are iron rods on their horses." The yamen runner who first took away the horses of the three markmen pulled out the iron rods.

The head of the police glared at him and said, "Tie him up!"

When the guards were about to pounce, Shen Xiaoye raised his right hand and said, "Wait!"

The token of the Guardian Division appeared again. "Look carefully, what is this?"

The captain of the police could read. When he came closer and took a look, he immediately asked the runners to stop, but he looked at Shen Xiaoye with suspicion. The word "defense" was written in the middle of the front of the token.

The three big characters "Gongweisi" on the upper part and the number on the left clearly show the identity card.

Shen Xiaoye turned over the back and saw the following written on it: All detectives are required to carry this badge and are not allowed to borrow or lose it. Violators will be punished.

The captain was sure that the token was real, but he still didn't dare to be careless, because he had never heard of a woman serving as a centurion in the Great Zhou Dynasty: "Century? You?"

He didn't know that Shen Xiaoye hurriedly summoned the token given to her by her uncle from the space.

Shen Changsui then said: "The token is mine." It was impossible to ask Xiaoye to change it at this moment.

The captain looked at him again and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Greetings, Captain Shen."

I heard the name the other party just reported.

"I wonder if the case we are investigating is just one?" The captain asked and immediately regretted it, and hurriedly said, "The family is now settled in the government office, why don't we go and take a look.

We have been guarding this place, so you should not stay here for too long."

Only then did Shen Xiaoye understand why the entire alley was so quiet. Perhaps the owners were not at home, or they were ordered by the hidden archers not to make any noise.

"Good." Shen Changsui took the token from Shen Xiaoye and motioned for them to follow.

Master Xue Biao who was behind looked at Shen Xiaoye repeatedly, and then looked at Shen Changsui who was walking in front of the captain of the police, wondering why they said they were going into the yamen to pick someone up.

In fact, as soon as Shen Changsui came out of the alley and left those archers, he exchanged his name with the captain of the police.

He added: “We have come here specifically to visit Mrs. Cao’s grandfather, Mr. Cheng.

But I heard that he was arrested and taken to the government office. He has the title of Juren, so you must know that, right?"

"Aren't you here to investigate the smuggling of salt?" Captain Shi paused and looked at him with great surprise.

Shen Changsui heard something, "The Cao family is smuggling salt?"

Captain Shi looked around and saw that no one on the road was approaching this side: "It's hard to say, but the master did not arrest Mr. Cheng, but placed him, his granddaughter and female relatives in Yin Hotel.

He kept clamoring to go to the capital to report to the imperial censor, but the case here hadn’t been concluded yet, so he jumped the chaplain’s rank.”

As for the specific details about the Cao family's report, which said that the food they carried turned into salt, but the half bag of salt they handed over was from the same place as the salt that escaped the last seizure, Captain Shi did not say anything.

Moreover, he led everyone on a long journey, and some yamen runners secretly took a shortcut and went back to report.

The little black cat told Shen Xiaoye that he had discovered that a yamen runner was missing, but she just patted it and didn't chase after it to take a look.

After arriving at the yamen, not only was there an official to greet him, but there was also a guard wearing armor from the Guard Division.

Shen Xiaoye thought to himself, it seems that the letter sent by the captain of the police still shows that he doesn't trust his uncle?

Shen Changsui took the initiative to show the token to the two men. The Tiqi was from the Zhuozhou Guard Division Branch, and he was completely sure of the authenticity of the token.

As a result, the prosecutor told Shen Changsui the whole story of the Cao family's involvement in the case before he visited the prefect.

He also said that it has been found out that the smuggled salt entering Zhuozhou was transported to Tianjin by the ships of the Li family in Linghe County and then distributed.

The reason why all the Cao family members were brought to the yamen was for their safety, because private salt dealers often killed people in large numbers to protect themselves.

The boy from the Cao family took most of the bag of salt by mistake. Someone will definitely find him and replace it with his own. There is no guarantee that there will not be murder to silence him.

As for the ambush that hit Shen Changsui and his men, the prosecutor naturally asked him to take some responsibility.

Shen Changsui was not an official to begin with, so he had to bear a lot of consequences for just using a token to scare people.

However, after paying the visit to the prefect, when he went to see Cheng Laosheng again, the old man actually refused to see him and said that he would go on a hunger strike if he and his relatives and friends were not released.

Shen Xiaoye smiled and said, "If you go on a hunger strike for five or seven days and lose your life, how can you rescue your relatives and friends?"

"What are you doing here, a little girl?" Mr. Cheng asked her unhappily.

Shen Xiaoye didn't care at all, "Of course I admire your knowledge, so I came to visit you specially to ask you to give a lesson about the exam to my uncle and cousin who are taking the imperial examination.

And you see, could the person who sent you and your women and children to this Yin Hotel to stay temporarily be a foolish official?

I believe that as long as the Cao family is fine, I will return home safely."

Mr. Cheng: "Who are you? Why are you speaking for the prefect?"

"Old sir, I sincerely ask you to guide my uncle and cousin. Two hundred taels a year." Shen Xiaoye stated his purpose directly.

He also said: "In three to five days, Bi Ding will go to the prefect to ask for an explanation and let your relatives go home."

"Why do you want to give me two hundred taels of silver?" After hearing the tuition fee, Mr. Cheng immediately changed the question. He really needed the money at the moment.

Shen Xiaoye nodded heavily: "I can give you an advance."

Shen Cungeng followed up: "Old sir, as long as you can help my fourth uncle pass the imperial examination, I will not only give you money, but also help you take all your relatives away from here within three to five days."

"Really?" Mr. Cheng was overjoyed. He only had one granddaughter here and he just hoped that she was safe.

When his uncle touched his forehead helplessly, Shen Cungeng said, "It's more real than pearls."

"Okay, I agree." Mr. Cheng was a flexible person. He said that he would wait for three to five more days and would start teaching as soon as his granddaughter came out.

Shen Changsui said at this time: "Old sir, they are talking about letting me pass the imperial examination next autumn.

Please stay in the capital for a year and teach me."

"Okay, but I only have a 50% chance of teaching you within a year. The rest depends on your luck." Mr. Cheng immediately changed his tone.