Truly, those who remain utterly loyal to County Magistrate Cheng, to the point of sacrificing their family, are very rare indeed.
With the example set by Fang Qi’s attempt to fish in troubled waters, those following either had too firm a resolve or were too hesitant to entertain similar notions.
Shu Yu, with her probing and pressing, managed to shake the intentions of most people.
She did not plan to question each person individually, instead letting them speak for themselves. Those who revealed more would receive more rit, and everything would be docunted. The way each person would be dealt with would depend on the records and information provided.
Of course, so requested private conversations. These were either individuals with important intelligence or those with difficult secrets.
Shu Yu, understanding and accommodating as she was, fulfilled their requests.
By the ti she left the cell, Shu Yu had accumulated a thick stack of notes in her notebook.
Outside, darkness had completely fallen, but unlike previous days, there was so movent in the streets; the local residents finally dared to step out.
Shu Yu felt this was a good sign, thinking that Chenggu County would soon return to normal.
She took her notebook filled with records to the county office, where she handed it to Xia Yi. There was indeed a wealth of information, and Xia Yi might use it to pry open County Magistrate Cheng’s lips, possibly with unexpected gains.
She had spent most of the day in the cell, and now Shu Yu felt dizzy and exhausted, hastily returning to the ng’s family escort agency.
The number of people at the agency had dwindled; knowing the outside was safe, the families of the escorts had decided to return ho.
However, during the day, the escorts still worked with ng Pei, assisting in patrols and the aftermath within the town.
Seeing Shu Yu return, ng Han hurried to invite her to dinner.
"Sister Shu Yu, you must be exhausted. The food in the kitchen is kept warm for you, please eat and rest early."
Shu Yu watched her bustling about with amused affection. Having gone through this ordeal, ng Han seed to have matured and grown quite steady.
She and Ying Xi ate while ng Han accompanied them, discussing the day’s events at the escort agency.
"...I led the clean-up of the agency. The last ti those mountain bandits ca here, they left quite a bit of damage. We’ll have to find craftsman later for proper repairs. Though you all travel far and wide, we can still ready clean beds and hot als for you."
Hearing that ng Han took charge, Shu Yu felt sowhat comforted.
"And your mother?"
"My mother..." As she ntioned Ms. Tao, ng Han couldn’t help but feel downcast. "She insists on knowing where my father is, but I truly have no idea. After arguing with her this morning, she didn’t dare to trouble my brother or elder cousins; just sulking and refusing to talk to ."
To be honest, ng Han felt her mother was quite unreasonable. In such critical tis, when everyone was so busy, she insisted on adding trouble over such matters.
But as her daughter, though others could voice this, ng Han couldn’t speak it openly.
At least this way, her mother only gave her the silent treatnt instead of demanding to see her father.
"Oh, by the way, Tao Qin has gone ho," ng Han said.
Shu Yu paused her eating, Tao Qin went ho? Tao Feili of the Tao Family died in the black market, so what about the rest of the Tao family?
After the chaotic night, Uncle ng visited the Tao family once; back then, the place was empty.
But in the black market, all she saw was Tao Feili, and as for the rest of the Tao family, Lu Wu and the others claid they hadn’t seen them.
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