"How could this happen?" Wen Ranran frowned deeply.
This Yuan Xu was half-dead after being beaten with fifty military sticks yesterday. Logically speaking, he should still be in the military camp, right? Who can justly move a half-dead man away and then escape directly?
On the side, Tao Yuanyuan also had a hint of displeasure on her face when she heard about this.
"I think highly of this guy, the so-called master of painting... ha!"
Wen Ranran frowned: "We can check in the military camp, but we can't find where the other party has gone... Let's go to the city first!"
Tao Yuanyuan nodded, unable to comment.
Chengyang County is small and full of the heroic spirit of the northern people. Together with the hearty folk songs and Erhuayin, Wen Ranran feels a sense of intimacy.
Along the way, Wen Ranran was not in a hurry and even took Tao Yuanyuan to sit at the wonton stall and eat a bowl of wontons.
"Hey? Have you heard? There are troops from the imperial court coming outside the city!"
"It is said that the Sheriff went outside the city last night..."
"I don't know what to do, tsk tsk, is the governor good or not? It's a pity, but don't face the people of the court, something will happen!"
Wen Ranran raised her eyebrows, stuffed the last spoonful of wontons into her mouth, and winked at Tao Yuanyuan.
"What's wrong?" Tao Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows.
Wen Ranran lowered her head, the expression in her eyes unchanged.
"I just always feel that this Ji Xuyuan is not that simple... Did you hear just now that he has a good reputation among the people? Even all the way to Chengyang County, the people are living and working in peace and contentment.
Such people..."
After saying this, Tao Yuanyuan also realized that something was wrong.
"But this man's behavior last night was clearly...a corrupt official or a loser who neglected his duties?"
"That is to say... the other party may have been pretending last night, deliberately asking you to punish him, and then deliberately... escaping?" When Wen Ranran said this, she felt like she didn't even believe it.
After all, this action does not conform to the logic of a person's behavior.
"Go to the Sheriff's Mansion again and take a look?" Wen Ranran raised her eyebrows.
Tao Yuanyuan nodded, and the two of them walked towards the governor's mansion together.
There is nothing special about Ji Xuyuan's governor's house. If it weren't for the big characters on the door plaque, Wen Ranran would have thought that it was a wealthy merchant's home.
This Ji Xuyuan is actually so honest?
Wen Ranran raised her hand and knocked lightly on the door knocker, but there was no movement inside. Tao Yuanyuan showed no expression and kicked the door open.
The mansion was quiet, not even a single person was there, as if everyone in the governor's mansion seemed to have disappeared.
Wen Ranran gasped and strode in.
Everything in the house is there, even the brooms in the yard and others, as if they have never been touched.
It's just that some valuable gold, silver and soft things are missing, and the rest is basically untouched.
What's more, even the water in the pen washer in the study was half used.
"This...what is going on?" Tao Yuanyuan's eyes widened, looking at the strange scene in front of her, as if she had not yet reacted.
"Escape!" Wen Ranran touched the non-existent dust on the table and spat out two words coldly from the corner of her mouth, "Moreover, it was a spur-of-the-moment escape last night."
Wen Ranran took a deep breath, "How should I put it... We were deceived. It's not wrong that the other party was Ji Xuyuan, but... why did Ji Xuyuan seem to be completely unaware of our origins, or why did he appear like that on purpose?
What kind of thing?"
"Fifty military sticks, serious injuries but not fatal, but the time difference is like deliberately covering up something."
"Just one Ji Xuyuan can stop our attack. The person behind the scenes is not simple."