Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 138 Efficiency

"Yes!" The man, who was not wearing a constable's uniform, answered and turned around and went towards the city.

The leading constable said to Song Ying and the other three, "You can leave now."

Song Ying and the other three agreed. After they walked out of their sight, Xiao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's finally over. I was so nervous."

These people were the police officers that they were afraid of every day. It was really stressful to travel with them. She didn't even dare to breathe along the way.

"Yeah, it's too scary to meet an official." Luo Yanxing deeply agreed. Not only are there many confusing rules, but they are also very profound. He has no idea when Wu Tixue notified the prefect.

Song Ying said: "Our status is too different from theirs. If our status were similar, we wouldn't feel so terrified."

Yuan Qing nodded in agreement and said, "I will go in through the East City Gate and return to the academy. What about you? Do you want to go directly through the city or go around?"

Xinghua Village is located in the south of Qingshui County, but the county town has only two gates, one in the east and one in the west. Most villagers enter the city from the west gate and go directly to the nearby West Street.

Xiaoxiang immediately said: "Let's go around from the outside. If we run into those three people when we enter the city..."

"But it would be much closer if we go directly through the city, and the detectives are here, looking for them. If they dare to come out, we can catch them." Song Ying thought that Yuan Qing had helped a lot today, and he had to thank him, so he tried hard to persuade Xiaoxiang.

"Besides, I asked my little brother to go home by himself today. I promised to bring him some snacks, so I have to go into the city to buy some things."

Although Xiaoxiang was very scared, she had to compromise and said, "Okay, let's go to the city."

The four of them walked towards the city. Song Ying said to Yuan Qing, "Thank you so much today. If you go back to the academy now, how are you going to explain? Why don't you stay in an inn for one night and go to the academy tomorrow?"

The reason they called Yuan Qing out was that his grandmother was dying, and they hurried back. Even if his grandmother had recovered, there was no reason for him to rush back to the academy that day.

Yuan Qing waved his hand, "No, I just tell you the truth. You were in trouble and wanted to ask me for help, so you had no choice but to make up a lie to lure me out."

"But what if He Zhaifu asks about the matter?"

"Of course they are using the Education Commissioner as a shield."

Since this matter concerned the Superintendent of Education, even if He Zhaifu had a hundred guts, he would not dare to ask any more questions. Song Ying felt relieved and said, "You have helped a lot today. Let us treat you to a meal."

It was already the afternoon of the twelfth lunar month, past the lunchtime in the academy, and after a busy afternoon, he was already starving. Yuan Qing said, "You are all rich women, so I won't be polite to you! Buy some meat buns so you can eat them while walking. Don't you have to hurry back to the village?"

"Okay!" Song Ying nodded. Although inviting people to dinner in a restaurant was more sincere, it was their first time going out to a restaurant and they were already unpleasantly followed.

Now, Song Ying and her friends have a fear of eating out and are happy not to go to restaurants.

I wasn't familiar with the place in the east of the city, so I asked around and finally found a small shop selling buns.

Unlike the steamed bun vendors on the street, this is a shop. Although the store is small, it is clean and tidy, much better than the Yu Ji restaurant on West Street.

There were no other customers in the store at that time, so they immediately changed their minds, sat down in the store, ordered a few bowls of porridge, and ate them with buns. Song Ying also packed a few steamed dumplings for Song Yuan before getting up and leaving.

When they arrived at Dongjiekou and passed by Zhichun Bookstore, they subconsciously looked inside, but did not see the constable. They thought he had already checked the place and went to Yuji Restaurant.

After walking through two more streets, Yuan Qing said goodbye to them and returned to the academy, while Song Ying and the other two continued walking straight and headed west.

When we arrived at Zhuangyuanfang, we saw a crowd of people surging and pushing in one direction.

Amid the noise, Song Ying and the other two heard a female voice, so sharp and terrified that it drowned out all the noise of the crowd.

"Officer, are you mistaken? I am a small business, I never cheat anyone, why are you arresting me?"

Officer, arrest the man.

The three of them looked at each other, all thought of something, and immediately got into the crowd and squeezed to the front.

There was a team of about ten people. The three in front rode tall horses and walked majestically in the middle of the road to clear the way. The rest of them surrounded the four people with their hands tied behind their backs.

It was indeed outside the East City Gate that the constables from the prefecture city separated from them, and the four people they were escorting were naturally the three fugitives and the owner of Yu Ji Restaurant.

"Who are these people? What have they done wrong?"

"I don't know the three men, but the woman is the owner of Yu Ji Restaurant, which has been running for decades. What crime has she committed?"

"Lao Wang, weren't you setting up a stall opposite her store today? Do you know what's going on?"

"I don't know. I was confused. Suddenly, a group of police officers came and stormed into her store. They arrested the three big men who came to the store every day to drink and eat, and then tied up Sister Yu as well."

"Hey, this officer looks unfamiliar. He doesn't look like someone from our Qingshui County government..."

The crowd was talking about it, while Song Ying and the other two were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

The first ones to be startled were the three fugitives. They thought they were unlucky to meet them in the restaurant. They were just unlucky to run into them when they went there to eat. Who could have thought that the three of them were in Yu Ji Restaurant every day.

They are fugitives. Although Qingshui County does not take it very seriously and only posted a wanted warrant at the request of higher authorities, they themselves should not take it lightly!

How can you go to the same place to eat every day, and do it so openly without any concealment!

I really don’t know whether to say they are arrogant or stupid!

Secondly, they were shocked by the efficiency of the city's police.

They set out a little later than the skinny constable and only stayed in a bun shop for a while along the way.

The constables in the city not only checked the two stores, but also notified the large force after discovering the fugitive, and the large force rushed over and arrested the man.

Do they walk that slowly?

Although they were shocked, the three of them were completely relieved. They watched the city police escort the fugitive out of the city and return to Shunqing Prefecture, and they hurried home.

It was already the 10 o'clock in the morning when I got home. It was completely dark, and I had to walk the last section of the way in the dark, so my pace was even slower.

Fortunately, tonight is a moonlit night, and with the moonlight, I can barely tell the direction.

When they reached the foot of the pine forest slope, the three were about to go up the mountain when a few people jumped out from the grass beside the road:

"You are finally back!"

The three were startled at first, and then they found out that it was Zhao Xiaocui and others.

Song Ying breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Why haven't you gone back yet?"

"You haven't come back yet, and the situation is unclear. How can we dare to go back? If your family asks us, we don't know what to say." After explaining, Zhao Xiaocui asked anxiously: "How is it? Did you see the education commissioner?"