The Time Traveling Prince Consort Plans to Rule the World for Me

The guard trotted into the front yard with Zhao Wude, who was panting and looking miserable.

Zhao Wude had just been searching house to house with the yamen runners for the assassin in the north of the city, when someone from the General's Mansion came to report that the assassin had been caught. He then rushed to the General's Mansion in the east of the city with his men.

He had just fallen asleep with his wife in his arms last night when a bailiff came to report that Mu Jin had been assassinated again.

The servant outside the yamen hadn't finished speaking when Zhao Wude shouted angrily: I don't care about wood, metal, water or gold, don't even think about disturbing my sleep.

The yamen runner heard Zhao Wude scolding him angrily, and could not help but continue to report with a bitter face: "Sir Zhao, that Mu Jin is the Princess Yun who was assassinated twice by the bandits before~"

Seeing that the yamen runner was still talking outside his door, Zhao Wude got angry, sat up from the bed, and roared: "You also said it was in the past, then now......"

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Wude suddenly thought of something, and was so frightened that both his sleepiness and his temper disappeared. He then remembered that although Mu Jin was not the Princess Yun now, she was still a lady from the General's Mansion.

Recently, she saved the people of Dongyue Kingdom because of the plague. Now she is a popular figure in front of the emperor, and the emperor even allowed her to divorce her husband. What a great favor this is. Even if she is not Princess Yun now, she is still someone he cannot afford to offend.

"Princess Yun, oh~ no, Miss Mu, look at my poor memory, is the corpse lying on the ground the assassin who wanted to kill you last night?" Zhao Wude asked Mu Jin, pointing at the man in black lying on the ground.

"Your humble servant greets Lord Zhao." Li Yansong saluted Zhao Wude with a flattering smile.

When Li Yansong saw Zhao Wude entering the courtyard, he wanted to greet him, but Zhao Wude didn't even glance at him.

Zhao Wude was a fourth-rank official, while Li Yansong, as the prefect of Heyang, was only a sixth-rank official. When he saw Zhao Wude, he had to bow and greet him.

"Who are you?" Zhao Wude was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Yansong interrupting him and Mu Jin, and asked Li Yansong in a bad mood.

"I am Li Yansong, the governor of Heyang. Ten fugitives have escaped from prison in Sishui County under my jurisdiction. After tracking them, I found that they had fled to the capital and entered the general's mansion by mistake, almost injuring Miss Mu. That is why I rushed to the general's mansion to capture these fugitives and bring them back to Heyang to report."

Seeing that Zhao Wude was unhappy, Li Yansong hurriedly said: "This is my dereliction of duty. I have reported this matter to the court. Fortunately, no innocent casualties were caused this time. I also want to thank the people in the general's mansion for helping to execute these fugitives on the spot."

Zhao Wude heard that Li Yansong had submitted a report to the court regarding the pursuit of fugitives. He also received a report from Li Xing, but after thinking about it, he found that he had not received any reports of fugitives escaping from prison recently.

"Which court should I report to? If we lose these fugitives, that means we lost ten of them, and they are serious criminals with tattoos. How could I not know about such a big thing?"

Li Yansong's heart tightened, and he secretly complained. He had just made up a few words to deal with Zhao Wude, but he never thought that Zhao Wude would actually analyze it.

He gritted his teeth and replied, "Maybe~Maybe we were delayed on the way."

Zhao Wude sneered, "Really? This urgent letter, which traveled eight hundred miles, hasn't even arrived yet, but your people have already arrived. How strange."

Li Yansong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he heard Zhao Wude's cold laugh. He stammered and whispered, "I don't know about this either. I will definitely check it out and report back to Lord Zhao when I get back."

Mu Jin was listening to the conversation between the two and couldn't help laughing. Maybe it was because Zhao Wude was fat and looked stupid on weekdays, which gave people the impression that he was not very smart and was easy to fool.

But how could a man who could become a fourth-rank government official in the capital be a stupid person?

Zhao Wude sneered: "Although these fugitives were lost in the area under the jurisdiction of Heyang, they committed crimes in our capital, so they should be taken over by our government."

"Yes, your Excellency is right." Li Yansong said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Does Lord Li look very hot? You shouldn't be sweating in such a cold weather like this." Mu Jin said, covering her lips.

"Miss Mu, you are joking. Maybe I was in a hurry to get to the General's Mansion just now."

Zhao Wude ignored Li Yansong and smiled as he told Mu Jin that he wanted to take the bodies of the assassins away. After getting Mu Jin's consent, he asked the bailiff to carry the bodies of the men in black out of the general's mansion.

When the bailiffs carried away the last body of the man in black, Zhao Wude couldn't help but turn around and ask Li Yansong.

"Why are there only nine bodies? Didn't Lord Li say that ten people escaped?"

"Perhaps one of the fugitives fled to another place and did not enter the capital. Miss Mu said that only nine assassins came yesterday."

"In that case, you will come back to the yamen with me later and describe to me the exact process of how these fugitives disappeared, and then we will go back to Heyang."

"Yes!" Li Yansong replied while wiping the sweat off his head.

"Wait for me at the entrance of the General's Mansion first. I'll talk to Miss Mu and then go out to find you.

"Yes!" When Li Yansong turned around and walked out of the general's mansion, he felt panic-stricken. What happened today was completely different from his original plan.

Today he really lost both his wife and his army. Not only could he not kill Mu Jin, but he also couldn't get those boatmen back. The most hateful person was Mu Jin, who not only stole his jade ring worth tens of thousands of dollars, but also played him around.

After seeing Li Yansong leave, Zhao Wude turned around and looked at Mu Jin with a helpless expression.

"Ms. Mu, this is the third time. Why are you so popular with thieves? Fortunately, you are surrounded by many experts and you are skilled in martial arts, so the thieves can't get close to you."

"Yes, I've been thinking about it too. I'm going to go to the temple someday to pray to the Buddha and ask him to bless me so that those thieves won't be able to catch me anymore." Mu Jin said self-deprecatingly.

Zhao Wude smiled and said, "Miss Mu, do you have any suspects?"

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Lord Zhao, for this matter. After all, arresting people and investigating cases is what you are best at, Lord Zhao." Mu Jin said with a smile.

"Okay then~ I have some official business to ask Zhao Yansong, so I won't bother you now. I'll notify Miss Mu when I find some clues."

"Then Sir Zhao, take care."

After Zhao Wude left, Mu Jin picked up Li Yansong's jade ring, placed it in the palm of his hand and tossed it twice, then threw it to Qing'er, who almost didn't catch it.

Qing'er was a little puzzled: "Miss, why did you accept this item from Li Yansong? If you tell him about it, wouldn't he say that our young lady is not good?"

Mu Jin snorted, "He wants my life, so what if I take one of his things? Take it, this ring is worth ten thousand taels! Find a time to take it to Zhao Yefan to exchange it for cash, along with the other things I told you to do before."

"Ajin has a good plan!" Applause rang out. The three looked up and saw Su Yi sitting on the roof, smiling like a cunning fox.