Shengjing Noble

Chapter 252 Wait and see what happens

Who knows, maybe the emperor will promote him if he's happy.

Thinking of this, Su Yongcheng immediately made a decision. He waved his hand and ordered, "Catch Su Lanyin for me!"

"Yes!"

The officer came forward with iron cuffs and put them on Su Lanyin's hands. She did not resist at all, but just looked at Su Yongcheng with a smile, and was finally taken to the jail.

When the tall and thin man saw the person who poisoned the food being taken away, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

"Your Excellency is wise. I thank you on behalf of my deceased brother!"

Su Yongcheng glanced at the people behind him, then took out a bunch of copper coins from his sleeve and handed them over.

"Take this money and bury your brother properly!"

The tall and thin man saw that there was an unexpected surprise and immediately took it with both hands, his smile almost unable to be suppressed.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"

"No need to thank me, let's go."

The tall and thin man quickly carried his "dead" brother away.

The people were all moved when they saw this.

"I didn't expect Lord Su to love the people so much. The people of Qiu County are saved!"

"Sir, the person who poisoned the food has been arrested. What should we do with our disaster relief grain?"

"Yes, sir, we are still hungry. We have elderly and children at home, we can't let them go hungry any longer!"

……

Everyone knelt on the ground and begged. Su Yongcheng immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will open the granary to release grain. I will never let the people go hungry. You go back and wait. Come back tomorrow morning to get porridge!"

"Thank you, sir!"

"Your Excellency is truly a parent official!"

"I will never forget your kindness, sir..."

……

Su Yongcheng was feeling very happy amidst the constant flattery from the crowd, but he didn't realize that no matter how high he was flying at the moment, how painfully he would fall tomorrow morning!

……

Seeing everyone disperse, Su Lanxin hurriedly pulled Liu Ruyan around to look for the Ma family and the little girl named Tongtong.

I just searched around and still have no clue.

Liu Ruyan said, "Since your father asked them to go back and wait for news, I think the Ma family may have gone home as well. We will definitely find them if we go over and look for them!"

"Without further ado, let's leave now!"

The mother and daughter got on the carriage and left in a hurry.

Fu Wuyang walked out from behind a big tree not far away, followed by a secret guard.

He saw everything that happened at the city gate just now, including how the liar pretended to be dead and framed Su Lanyin. He knew it all clearly.

The reason why he didn't come forward was, firstly, he didn't want to reveal his identity, and secondly, he wanted to determine who was the woman that night.

Su Lanyin's voice and temperament were indeed very similar to what he remembered, but Su Lanxin looked sneaky, as if she was looking for something.

He was curious, so he ordered: "Follow Su Lanxin, and report any suspicious behavior to me immediately."

"Yes!"

……

At this time, at the door of the Ma family.

The lock on the door was gone. It seemed that Liu Ruyan guessed right and they went home.

Su Lanxin knocked on the door of the yard excitedly, and soon an old lady opened the door.

Her cheeks were sunken due to hunger, and she looked so weak that she could hardly see who was coming.

"Who are you looking for? I have no food at home!" The old lady looked alert.

Su Lanxin asked quickly: "Do you have a granddaughter around ten years old? Her name is Tongtong?"

The old lady frowned and immediately became alert: "What do you want to do? My family doesn't sell our daughters!"

"I'm not buying her, I'm just asking you, does she have this thing?"

Su Lanxin took out the paper with the jade ring on it. The old lady squinted her eyes and couldn't see it clearly. She shook her head and said, "No, no, if we had it, we would have sold it long ago!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a little girl about ten years old ran out of the house.

"Grandma, who is it?"

She curiously stretched out her little head, revealing the red rope around her neck.

Su Lanxin grabbed the person into her arms without saying a word and pulled the pendant off her neck.

It was a small half of a jade ring, as if it had been dropped again, leaving only half of it.

But looking at the texture, the lines and the faintly visible patterns on it, Su Lanxin was 100% sure that this was the jade ring that Crown Prince Fu Mingheng was looking for!

"Yes! This is it! Mother, I found it!"

Su Lanxin looked excited, as if the position of Crown Princess was already beckoning to her.

Liu Ruyan was also overjoyed: "That's great, Xin'er, now I can report to you!"

When the old lady saw her holding her granddaughter, she immediately picked up the broom by the door and shouted, "What are you doing? Let go of my granddaughter and get out of here! Don't even think about taking advantage of my child!"

Before Su Lanxin could retract her big teeth, she was slapped in the face with a broom.

The dust and dirt filled her mouth, which also had a foul smell. Su Lanxin stepped back in disgust and quickly wiped her face with a handkerchief.

"Ah! You shameless old woman, you dare to hit me! Do you know who I am?"

The old lady protected Tongtong behind her and glared at her fiercely: "I don't care who you are! Get out of here!"

After saying that, he slammed the gate shut.

Su Lanxin was furious, clenching her fists and her eyes full of resentment. She pointed at the door and shouted, "Just wait, there will be a day when you will kneel down and beg me for mercy!"

After saying that, he took Liu Ruyan back to the county government office to get help.

Anyway, she knew that the child was in the Ma family and Yuhuan was with the child, so she had nothing to worry about.

But she walked too fast and completely forgot about the jade ring picture that she dropped on the ground.

As soon as the mother and daughter left the secret guard, they picked up the map and went back to report.

……

Fu Wuyang looked at the picture with disbelief in his eyes. He asked, "Is she really looking for this jade ring?"

"Absolutely true!" the secret guard said with certainty.

"Is that half of the jade ring really in that child's possession?"

"She should be here. I saw Su Lanxin pull the pendant off the child's neck."

"Could that child be Zhuzhu's daughter..." Fu Wuyang's eyes flashed with excitement, and the paper in his hand was crumpled into a ball.

"Master, what do you want next?"

He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, as if thinking about something. After a moment, he calmed down and muttered to himself.

"I haven't confirmed whether the jade ring is real or not yet. I can't act rashly. If other people find out, the child might be in danger. It's better to use Su Lanxin..."

He seemed to have come up with an idea. He turned around and said, "Don't intervene yet. Wait and see what happens. You just need to protect the child's safety in this critical moment."

"As ordered!"

……

Su Lanxin brought the officers back to the Ma family, kicked the door open and had Tongtong taken away.

The old couple of the Ma family tried to stop it but were pushed to the ground. They could only watch their only granddaughter being snatched away powerlessly.

Su Lanxin walked forward slowly, her face full of pride. She looked down at the gray-haired old woman, bent down and raised her hand to hit her.

With a "slap", the old man was hit so hard that he saw stars and almost fainted.

She straightened up and wiped her hands with a handkerchief in disgust, cursing, "You old bastard, let's see if you dare to hit me again!"