On the day of the granted marriage, the daughter of a general wept and was reborn!

"Shen Wantang! You, you put an official of the imperial court under house arrest! I, I want to file a complaint against you!"

The last syllable of Zhou Gengxin’s name is dragged out.

Only after locking the man into the room did Shen Wantang feel relieved.

"Miss Shen, I really don't know what you are here for. Now you have locked up the government grain and imprisoned our prefect. What's the next step? Are you going to put us officials in jail too?"

The officer who was standing nearby couldn't help but question.

Shen Wantang raised his eyes calmly, looked at the official in front of him, and slowly said: "I have my reasons for doing everything, don't worry, I will definitely not hurt your prefect, nor will I put you in jail."

"Go down." After saying that, Shen Wantang waved his hand.

Although everyone was angry, there was nothing they could do and they could only turn around and leave.

At night, the candle in Shen Wantang's room was still on, and Cen Xiao knocked on the door.

Qing'e was already fast asleep. Shen Wantang closed the door and walked out.

"What do you want from me so late?" Shen Wantang asked calmly.

"I asked Pei Qing to report the matter of the skyrocketing grain prices to Mo County." Cen Xiao raised his eyebrows and said this, as if seeking credit.

Shen Wantang raised his eyebrows, but there was a hint of suspicion in his eyes when he looked at Cen Xiao - could it be that he saw through my plan?

"By the way, I will ask for a day off tomorrow." Cen Xiao spoke slowly, thoughtfully.

"Okay." Shen Wantang agreed without hesitation.

Cen Xiao was stunned for a moment, and asked back: "You, you don't ask me why?"

"Prince Cen, you must have your reasons for doing this. I don't need to ask any more questions." Shen Wantang responded coldly.

But Cen Xiao felt jealous for no reason: "I noticed that you were very thorough in asking about Xia Huai'en, but why didn't you ask about me? We are all friends, why is there such a big difference?"

In the eyes of outsiders, the majestic general, the prince of the Zhenbei Marquisate, is now jealous in front of Shen Wantang.

If I tell this to others, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

"I...there is nothing wrong between me and Lord Xia. What we talked about most was the reform. Why does Prince Cen think so much of us!"

Shen Wantang frowned slightly, and a ball of anger suddenly rose in his heart for no reason.

Hearing this, Cen Xiao waved his hands and said helplessly: "Forget it, just think of it as my sincere love for you was wrong!"

After saying that, Cen Xiao turned around and left.

But before he took a step, Cen Xiao's eyes suddenly tightened, his ears moved, and he realized something was wrong.

He turned around suddenly, opened his arms and took Shen Wantang into his arms, then dodged to the side.

In the dark, a sleeve arrow landed squarely on the wall where Shen Wantang was just now.

Seeing this, the two of them jumped up and saw a man in black hiding on the roof in the dark.

Seeing the two people chasing after him, the man in black did not want to fight and turned around and prepared to leave.

Shen Wantang and Cen Xiao chased after him.

Although he couldn't see clearly at night, Cen Xiao had excellent hearing and he could hear the footsteps of the man in black as he chased after him.

Shen Wantang followed closely behind, looked at the path the man in black took to escape, and then went into the alley.

The man in black was only concerned with checking whether Cen Xiao had caught up with him, and did not notice that Shen Wantang was already waiting for him not far ahead.

When the man in black approached, Shen Wantang drew the soft sword from his waist and started fighting with him.

With the fighting power of Shen Wantang and Cen Xiao, it is no problem for them to deal with a small thief.

Cen Xiao didn't even need to take action, Shen Wantang captured the thief in just two moves.

With the soft sword at the thief's neck, Shen Wantang stepped on the thief's body and asked coldly: "Tell me, who sent you here!"

Before Cen Xiao could bend over and lift the man's veil, the thief was dead.

Shen Wantang frowned and quickly retracted his foot.

"I didn't use any force..." she whispered.

Cen Xiao leaned over to check, and when he took off the veil, he saw the corners of the thief's mouth were bright red. Cen Xiao sighed and said, "He committed suicide by taking poison."

"It's a dead soldier."

Shen Wantang's heart tightened.

Cen Xiao checked the thief's body and took the hidden arrow from his wrist.

"I don't have any enemies in Nanzhou. Even those people in the government don't have much money to support assassins, right?"

Shen Wantang couldn't figure it out.

Cen Xiao carefully examined the sleeve arrow and said, "It is an item from the capital."

Capital! ?

It seems that people in the capital want to harm them.

After hastily dealing with the thief's body, the two men walked towards the government office.

"This thief must be coming for you." Cen Xiao analyzed, "If I had reacted a little slower, that hidden arrow would have taken your life."

"Think about it, have you offended anyone in the capital?" Cen Xiao was anxious.

The offended person...

Naturally it was Lu Mingfeng, but now Lu Mingfeng was busy fighting with Xia Huai'en and had no time to consider Shen Wantang.

Shen Wantang couldn't figure it out.

Ji Xunchuan, that's even more impossible, he still needs Shen Wantang to help him.

Seeing that Shen Wantang had been thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, Cen Xiao comforted her softly, "Forget it, go back first, finish dealing with the affairs in Nanzhou, and then return to Beijing to investigate slowly."

This is also true.

After regaining consciousness, Shen Wantang raised her eyes and looked at Cen Xiao's worried face, her heart was touched.

"Thank you so much for today," she whispered.

Cen Xiao's frown suddenly relaxed and he raised his eyebrows: "Then how are you going to thank me?"

At that moment, Shen Wantang regretted saying that. She had known that Cen Xiao was this kind of person, but she still said it out loud. But now, it was too late to regret.

"I'll keep this favor for now. When I return to the capital in the future, I'll ask you for it." Cen Xiao sighed.

Shen Wantang also let out a long sigh of relief.

The next morning.

Cen Xiao went out early in the morning, and Shen Wantang was still sitting in the office, waiting for news.

But among the victims, there was a new face.

But when I took a closer look, he looked familiar - it was Cen Xiao pretending to be him!

As soon as the porridge stall opened, people rushed in.

The young and strong will naturally rush to the front.

Cen Xiao, however, was not in a hurry and stood at the end of the crowd, his eyes observing something.

Only after everyone had received their porridge did Cen Xiao find a corner and squat down.

"This porridge is really getting thinner and thinner! It's alright that we only give out one meal a day, and it can't be thicker!" a young man shouted angrily.

He drank the porridge in the bowl but didn't feel happy. He looked around and saw a beggar curled up in the corner.

The young man stood up and walked towards the beggar. His tall body standing in front of the beggar looked like a Rakshasa.

"You, give me your things!" The young man snorted coldly and ordered angrily.

The beggar was frightened and held the bowl in his arms, but did not dare to look up at the young man.

"Did you hear that? Are you deaf?"