A genius girl with her own space

Chapter 135 Men in Black

The master's wife lowered her head shyly. Then she nodded. Yun Jizi hugged the master's wife and kissed her on the forehead.

"Okay, we want a baby of our own. You make little clothes and shoes for him. That's great." They were immersed in happiness.

When night fell, Zhou Jingze and his master changed into night clothes and headed towards the prefectural government office.

They arrived outside the government office. The secret guard gave Zhou Jingze a map with detailed drawings of the prefect's study and bedroom.

The secret guard disappeared into the darkness, and Zhou Jingze handed the map to his master. Yun Jizi looked over it.

"Let's go to the teahouse across the street first. It's very high up there and we can see the whole view of the government office." Yun Jizi said.

The master and his disciple flew to the roof of the teahouse and saw that many lights were still on in the government office.

"Master, we're here early. Many people are still awake. Let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea before entering the government office."

They landed on the ground, went to the top floor of the teahouse, ordered a pot of good tea, and drank it slowly.

Zhou Jingze stood at the window, looking at the government office. "Master, I just saw two people come into the study. His family has many guards patrolling. Why would a government office need patrolling? Is someone trying to kill him? I wonder what secrets they have."

Yun Jizi was also standing by the window, holding a teacup in his hand. Jingze, look, there's a man in black over there. What does he want to do? Zhou Jingze also saw it. The man in black, holding a sword, was heading into the study. As soon as he reached the outside of the study, he was discovered. The guards surrounded him, and three people walked out of the room.

"Who are you? Why do you come to my house? Do you want to assassinate me with a sword?" asked the prefect.

"You are unworthy of being a prefect. You caught my brother digging for gold for you. Wasn't he just trying to save that child? What did he do wrong? You were afraid he would reveal your secret, so you took him to the mountains to dig for you. He came to me, seriously injured, and told me that you killed him.

You are digging for gold, secretly refining gold bars and coins, and selling them privately without reporting to the court.

You are a ruthless person. I have investigated and you have killed many people. You chained those who disobeyed you and forced them to dig for gold, not even allowing them enough food. You beat or scolded those who disobeyed you. Give me your life in exchange for my brother's."

"Hahaha, you came to my house just to take revenge. Look at my guards, can you walk out of my government office? You can't kill me either. You catch him, put him in the dark cell, torture him enough, and take him to the mountains to dig gold for me. So what if you know it, what big waves can you make by yourself. I will kill you now, and no one will know. Humph, I just want to let you taste the feeling of wanting to die but not being able to." The prefect laughed wildly after saying this.

"Jingze, should we take action?"

"Master, we are waiting. Let's find out where his cell is and rescue him."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Wait a minute and make the prefect pay with blood." Although the master and the disciple were far apart, every word of their conversation reached their ears.

The guards surrounded the man in black and began to fight. The man in black was quite skilled in martial arts and stabbed two guards. He was also scratched on the arm, and blood was dripping. He was quickly captured by the guards.

The guards took him to the backyard, where there was a woodshed. They went in and didn't come out for a long time.

"There's a secret room in this room, a cell. "They left no one to guard it, so there must be a mechanism or a secret door inside," Yun Jizi said.

"Master, let's wait for a while. The men in black just went there, and they are very vigilant." Zhou Jingze ordered another pot of tea in the teahouse and drank it slowly.

The two men had not left yet and were still in the study.

They released their spiritual sense to listen to the conversation in the study, but they could hear nothing. They must be having a secret discussion, or there must be a partition in the study.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, everything was quiet and the teahouse was about to close. Zhou Jingze and his master went downstairs, walked to a deserted place, and flew to the wall of the government office. Seeing that there was no one, he asked his master to fly up, and they flew to the roof of the study in one breath. They did not hear any breathing. Zhou Jingze pushed open the door and walked in quietly, followed by Yun Jizi.

They entered the study and saw a large desk, but no one was in the room.

Zhou Jingze and Yun Jizi were looking for the mechanism separately. Zhou Jingze saw a small bowl on the bookshelf, which looked like a decoration.

Zhou Jingze grabbed it and turned it. The bookshelf opened from the middle, and there was a staircase below. The oil lamp on the wall illuminated the narrow staircase. Zhou Jingze was exploring the way ahead. The two of them slowed down their pace and made no sound.

They walked around in circles for a long time before they heard someone say, "I heard the prince captured and executed the county magistrate. He's also been replaced. I wonder if he'll reveal that we're over-collecting grain from the people? Why don't we stop digging for gold? That way, the prince won't find fault with us."

"Brother, what are you afraid of? The Crown Prince has been neglecting state affairs for years. We don't know what he's like now, so why should we be afraid of him? We have a good relationship with Wulin and often send them gold. If we have something to do, can they just ignore us?"

"You are all right, but I am the prefect. You can flee far away, but where can I go with my family? If the prince finds me, it will be troublesome.

In recent years, the magistrate has sent me grain and large amounts of gold and silver. I heard he was extorting money from the common people. I didn't know this at first; if I had, I wouldn't have accepted it. It's such a hassle.

We've only been mining for gold for a year now, and we've just unearthed gold. We've invested so much money in the mine, and we haven't even recouped it yet. Now that we've stopped mining, I still have to worry about feeding the miners. I feel bad about that.

I sent people to find out if the magistrate and his men had betrayed us, but there's no news. My servants haven't been able to find out anything. It must have been the prince's men who were interrogating them, but they haven't revealed anything. What do you think we should do?

"Brother, let's wait for a while, in case the prince finds something to hold against you and dismisses you from office, we will be in trouble. Besides, we have killed someone," the voice gradually became smaller and could not be heard clearly.

Zhou Jingze and his master slowly walked towards the sound. Soon they saw a large room in front of them, and the voices came from there.

"You two should hide for a while, don't let us all be wiped out. Here is some gold, you two should take it first, and don't come to the government office yet, in case the prince comes here that day. Brother, you take your nephew away, so that if something happens to me, I can still leave a root for him." said the prefect.

"Brother, come with us. We'll go to the mountains and you can let the master take care of it temporarily. Let's go together."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Ah, how did you get in? Who are you?"