Chapter 471: She Came Back
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
To play safe, Su Ying put her transportation vehicle back and chose to ride a horse back.
Su Ying hopped onto her horse and turned around to gallop towards the other end of the path. From the terrain images the drone had captured yesterday, there was another path here that would allow her to return to Luo City faster.
In Luo City, inside the government office.
After returning to the city, Wei Zhongming couldn’t sleep or eat in peace. He couldn’t figure out Xiao Jin’s identity. He wanted to bribe this guy, but he was worried that the other party wouldn’t fall for it. If he acted rashly, he might end up leaving behind incriminating evidence.
“My Lord, please stop pacing around. My head is going dizzy from watching you.”
Wei Zhongming glared at his subordinate. “It’s because all of you are so incompetent. Otherwise, why would I be so worried?”
“Yes, yes, yes. My Lord, you’re right. It’s all because I’m useless. However, don’t be anxious, my Lord. We have received good news now!”
“What good news?” Wei Zhongming’s footsteps paused and he asked with a puzzled expression.
“That young lady Miss Zhou Xiangrong. She really cured the plague patients!” “What? Really? Are you sure?” Wei Zhongming suspected that there was something wrong with his hearing. Otherwise, why would he hear such unbelievable news?
“Yes, my Lord. It’s definitely true! Today, many of the seriously ill patients in the city had fully recovered and were clamoring to go home.”
Wei Zhongming still didn’t believe it. Throughout history, it was well known that the plague wasn’t that easy to cure. The process would take at best a few months, at worst a few years, or even ten years. It had only been a few days. Could Zhou Xiangrong be a goddess from the heavens?
“I’ll go take a look.” Wei Zhongming didn’t believe a miracle could have taken place.
The caretaker brought Wei Zhongming to the dilapidated temple in the city that was used to house the patients. As soon as they arrived at the entrance, they saw many patients crowding around the door, shouting and making a ruckus.
“We have recovered. We want to get out.”
“Let us out. We’re not sick anymore. We have already recovered, yet you are still locking us up with those sick people. What if we get infected again?” “Stop kicking a fuss! Behave yourselves!” The soldiers tried their best to stop these people. If it weren’t for the fact that there were many soldiers, the patients would have barged out.
Wei Zhongming looked at the situation and quickly backed further away. He said to the caretaker, “Go. Look for the doctor and ask him what’s going on.” “Yes, my Lord.”
The caretaker walked to the door and shouted, “Everyone, don’t be anxious. Lord Wei is here to take a look at all of you. Lord Wei said that as long as the doctor confirmed that everyone has recovered, everyone can leave on their own.”
After the caretaker shouted, the patients calmed down at once.
“Where are the doctors? Go and look for all the doctors inside. Lord Wei wants to talk to them.”
The soldiers went in to look for the doctors. Before long, a few doctors followed them out.
“Greetings, my Lord.”
Wei Zhongming gestured with his hand and said anxiously, “Are those people really not sick anymore? Have they completely recovered?”
The doctors exchanged looks with each other. An old doctor with white hair and beard said hesitantly, “We can’t be sure about this, but judging from the pulses we checked, they are indeed fine.”
“Make yourself clear.”
“My Lord, it means that we can’t see any more problems with them.”
Wei Zhongming furrowed his brows and didn’t say anything. Could it be that these people had really recovered?
However, he still couldn’t quite believe it. He went to look for a few more doctors to check on these patients. These doctors’ conclusions were surprisingly consistent. There was no problem with the patients.
“They have really recovered?”
Wei Zhongming was overjoyed. The plague-infected victims were cured in less than half a month. This could be said to be unprecedented in the Chu State!
“Go. Immediately invite Miss Zhou back. I will reward her handsomely.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard ran to Wei Zhongming and reported, “My Lord, the Empress has returned.”
Wei Zhongming’s eyebrows twitched violently. “Back? How did she come back?” “On horseback,” the guard replied.
Wei Zhongming glared at him and said, “I’m asking if she was captured?”
The guard shook his head. “No. She rode a horse back by herself.”
Wei Zhongming couldn’t understand what was happening. Didn’t people go after her? Did they fail to capture her?
“Let’s go back to the residence first.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Su Ying returned on horseback. After entering the city, she had even gone to get a horse carriage and placed the corpse of the official and the unconscious Zhou Qing inside.
After returning to the government office, she told the guards to contact the official’s family and sent Zhou Qing back to her room.
After she had settled all these matters, Su Ying ran to the kitchen and got some water from her interspatial store. She then boiled a large bucket of water and prepared to have a good wash-up. She had not been able to take a bath for many days.
Wei Zhongming rushed back, and the staff in the residence told him that Su Ying was having a bath.
Wei Zhongming gave a scornful laugh. The commoners had no water to drink, yet she still dared to behave in such an arrogant fashion. “Go. Surround the guest room courtyard she’s in. We must not let her out.” He would wait for Xiao Jin to come back and capture the impostor like a turtle trapped in a jar!
After Su Ying closed the door to the bathroom, she took off her clothes and soaked herself comfortably in the hot water. The moment her body was enveloped by the hot water, she let out a breath of contentment.
She leaned against the edge of the wooden tub and closed her eyes in enjoyment.
After Wei Zhongming sent people to surround the guest room courtyard, he waited in the study. He was likely to accomplish something big this year. One was to capture the impostor empress, and the second was to tell Xiao Jin that he had already wiped out the plague!
As he thought of this, Wei Zhongming’s footsteps became sprightly with joy.
“My Lord, His Lordship from the capital city has returned.”
Wei Zhongming couldn’t hide the smile on his face. “It’s good that he’s back.
It’s wonderful that he’s back.”
He hurriedly went out to receive Xiao Jin. He saw the latter walking toward him with blazing dark eyes.
“My Lord, I have tricked her into coming back. She is now in the guest room courtyard. I have already ordered people to barricade the guest room courtyard. We can capture that impostor empress at any time and bring her to justice!” Xiao Jin froze and suddenly grabbed Wei Zhongming’s robe lapels. “What did you say? Where is she now?”
Wei Zhongming knew Su Ying was done for when he saw Xiao Jin’s excitement!
“She’s in the guest room courtyard. I’ll bring you there now.”
“Let’s go!”
Xiao Jin walked in front, and Wei Zhongming almost had to run to catch up.
When they arrived outside the guest room courtyard, Wei Zhongming panted and pointed at the courtyard door. “She’s inside. The moment you give the order, I’ll immediately instruct them to arrest her!”
“Get lost. Everyone, get lost.”
Before Wei Zhongming could come back to his senses, he saw Xiao Jin rush into the guest room like a gust of wind.
“Hey! My Lord… Don’t take any risks!” Could it be that Xiao Jin wanted to snatch the credit all for himself?
Wei Zhongming wanted to follow, but he was afraid of Su Ying’s fists. Thus, after some thought, he meekly hid outside in the courtyard.
Xiao Jin walked quickly to the guest room courtyard. When he reached the room door, his footsteps became soft, as if he was afraid that he would accidentally alert the person inside and she would disappear again.
He pushed the door open and walked in. There was no one in the room, but there was the soft sound of water coming from the bathroom.
Xiao Jin’s brows furrowed as he gently knocked on the door.
A sharp icy voice shot out a query from the bathroom. “Who is it?”
The moment he heard the voice, Xiao Jin felt as if his breathing was about to stop!