There was a little snow on Xiaolan's little head, but it melted as she entered the house, and her fur looked wet.

"Xiaolan, come here," Yan Ruyu peeled some hot chestnuts for it, "Warm it up."

Xiaolan was very satisfied. While eating, she glanced at the Tibetan fox lying on the chair with a provocative look.

The Tibetan fox swung its tail without even blinking its eyes.

Yan Ruyu nodded Xiaolan's head and said, "Be honest, don't forget the pain after the wound has healed."

Last time, Xiaolan was being mean and making fun of the Tibetan fox. She flew around and barked over someone's head, but the Tibetan fox ignored her and just lay down on the porch as if it was asleep.

Seeing this, Xiaolan cried even louder and flew lower, but was finally caught by the Tibetan fox's paw, which scared it so much that it screamed.

Since then, I have been very quiet for a while.

Xiaolan came back, and the silver ingot naturally came back as well.

I had just finished eating a chestnut when I heard Yinding talking at the gate of the courtyard.

Yan Ruyu put on her cloak and asked Linlang to prepare the carriage.

Yinding stepped forward to greet him, his eyes narrowed into a smile: "Princess, we have caught him, where do you want to put him?"

"Go to Wu's house."

"Yes!"

Linlang was driving, and Yan Ruyu was sitting in the car, holding a small hand warmer given to her by the boss.

In front, Yinding was riding a horse, and Wu Zhouce had his head covered and was tied up and placed on the horse.

When we arrived at Wu's mansion, it was sealed and the yamen runners on duty outside had already retreated.

We have checked the scene and brought back the bodies, so there is no need to keep anyone here.

Yinding dismounted and pushed open the door. He grabbed Wu Zhouce's belt with one hand and carried him into the mansion.

"Princess, where are you going?"

Yan Ruyu said, "Go to his study."

There was no movement here, it was dead silent, and the heavy snow seemed to be deliberately reducing the noise when it fell.

The door was pushed open with a creaky sound, Yinding threw Wu Zhouce to the ground, and pulled off the black cloth on his head.

Yan Ruyu sat down on the chair and let the silver ingot wake up Wu Zhouce.

Linlang rolled up her sleeves: "I know how to do this, I'll do it!"

She went up to him, grabbed Wu Zhouce by the collar, and slapped him four times on each side.

Wu Zhouce's face swelled up immediately. As he got older, his teeth became loose and he only had a few molars left. Two of them were knocked out by the beating.

Wu Zhouce woke up in pain.

Yan Ruyu asked: "Did you get the things?"

"I got it," Yinding handed over the book.

Yan Ruyu opened the book and saw that it was indeed a very old book. She did not dare to use too much force when turning the pages for fear that two pages would fall off.

There are quite a few water flow maps and some mountain topography maps, but these maps look a little different from the one Zhao Yan drew last time.

What is the secret behind this?

As she was flipping through the pages, Wu Zhouce slowly woke up. His eyelids trembled just now, and he slowly opened his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Linlang raising her hand and trying to hit him.

There was blood at the corner of his mouth, his face was hot and swollen, and there was a foreign object in his mouth. When he pushed it with the tip of his tongue, two teeth fell out.

Wu Zhouce: “…”

Seeing that he had woken up, Linlang snorted and let go, "You woke up so soon, you haven't beaten me enough."

Wu Zhouce felt uncomfortable all over, not a single part of his body was feeling good. He looked around dazedly and found that this was his study.

In the blink of an eye, I saw Yan Ruyu and the book in her hand.

Wu Zhouce's expression suddenly changed, and his eyes lit up, alert and greedy.

"Awake?" Yan Ruyu didn't look at him, still flipping through the book, and said in a light tone, "Tell me, what are you thinking about in secret?"

Wu Zhouce's face and mouth hurt, and he couldn't speak clearly: "You guys are harming my Wu family, of course I..."

"Linlang, give me two more slaps."

"Yes!" Linlang agreed crisply, and then he was slapped twice.

Even crisper than the sound of a yes.

"Wu Zhou's Book," Yan Ruyu closed the book and looked over, her cold eyes flashing like ice, "This princess has no time to waste with you, and I have no respect for you at all."

"After all, you intended to falsely accuse my palace. If I catch you and don't kill you, it would be considered merciful."

"So, don't think that I, the princess, don't have any means to do anything to you."

Blood was flowing from the corner of Wu Zhouce's mouth, and he wanted to scream in pain, but for the sake of his poor face, he had to hold it in. He wanted to clench his back teeth, but it touched the place where the tooth had just fallen out, and it hurt even more.

He wanted to say something in retort, but he really didn't dare. It hurt too much and he was really scared.

"What do you want?" Wu Zhouce asked weakly.

"Of course this princess wants to know what you are going to do and who asked you to falsely accuse the palace?"

"Didn't you catch the guy? In the lobby, the guy admitted that he was the blacksmith."

"He's just a blacksmith, a minor character, a chess piece at best, not even a player in the game."

"What this princess wants to ask is the person who rescued you from prison."

Wu Zhouce's eyes flickered: "He..."

Wu Zhouce did not recognize Su Wude at first. Later, when he was outside the city, he took a sneak peek and saw a jade ring on Su Wude's hand with the Su family pattern on it.

Coincidentally, Su Wude had met him when he was famous before, and he was impressed by the jade ring on Su Wude's hand.

But, should I say it now?

Su Wude is the deputy governor and holds great power. If he doesn't say it, maybe Su Wude can save him again.

If he told him, would Su Wude still save him if he knew that he had betrayed him?

Wu Zhouce was unable to make a decision for a moment.

Seeing him hesitate, Linlang couldn't stand it, so she rolled up her sleeves and said, "Hey, I have a bad temper."

Seeing that Linlang was about to fight again, Wu Zhouce leaned back in fear and said, "Talk about it, you must talk about it. Let's get through this first and then think about other things."

"I said, I said!"

Linlang pulled him over and said, "Tell me? You have to hit me twice before you can tell me. Have I rolled up my sleeves in vain?"

"Pa pa" two more times.

Wu Zhouce was about to cry: "It was... Deputy Governor Su. He said he would rescue me and even exchange me with another person. After he took me out of the prison, he sent me out of the city and told me to go wherever I should go."

"As for the rest, he didn't say anything, really."

Wu Zhouce explained quickly at the top of his voice, fearing that Yan Ruyu would not believe him.

"He had his head and face covered very tightly. If I hadn't seen his jade ring outside the city, I wouldn't have recognized him, seriously!"

Yan Ruyu asked again: "Didn't he tell you any secrets or anything?"

"No, really not. If you don't believe me, you can ask him when the time comes."

"If I tell a lie, I will admit it even if you slap me a hundred times."

"Dead." Yan Ruyu said calmly.

Wu Zhouce was stunned: "Dead? Who, who died? The one who exchanged with me?"

"That man is dead. Su Wude is also dead."

Wu Zhouce's eyes suddenly widened. He had expected the death of the person who exchanged the prisoner. It was not too surprising. He would be discovered sooner or later and there would be no other outcome.

But he didn't expect Su Wude to die.

He was the deputy governor and an important official in the city.

Wu Zhouce's expression was dull, his eyes were filled with fear, and his mind was quickly collapsing.

This is exactly the opportunity Yan Ruyu wants.

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