Early the next morning, Ah Liu came to the palace again and found the house where the Jiang father and son were temporarily staying. He saw two guards with panda eyes in front of the door. When they saw him coming, one had a resentful look and the other had an angry face. But when they heard that he was going to take Young Master Jiang away, they were stunned when they were about to curse.
"Take... take him away? Didn't he commit a crime, so he was locked up with his father who stopped Commander Du's horse and tried to commit suicide? Is he going to be taken back to the county government to be interrogated by General Zhu or Doctor Zhang?"
Young Master Jiang inside had also been restless all night, but he was awakened by Ah Liu's voice just after he closed his eyes. He rolled and crawled to the door, listening to the noise outside with his ears perked up.
"He didn't do anything wrong."
Ah Liu summarized the truth in four concise words. Seeing that the two guards looked unconvinced, he had to explain patiently, "He wanted to plead guilty and accept punishment for his father. The young master appreciated his filial piety and let him spend a night with his father. Now the time has come, of course he has to be taken back. The Jiang family is not the same as the families that attended the banquet with him last night."
The guards of the two Sharp Cavalry Battalions knew that Ah Liu was not a talkative person. Now that he had explained so much patiently, they were relieved and thought that they could finally explain to Commander Du. But even so, the more experienced guard still said with a smile on his face: "Then go see Commander Du first, and then come to our side to pick up the person."
But as soon as he said this, he saw Ah Liu, who had just been smiling, frown, and his eyes looking at them revealed a bit of sharpness. Just as he was about to explain himself, he saw a flash of cold light in Ah Liu's hand, and the next moment, the lock on the door that separated them from the Jiang father and son fell.
He watched helplessly as Ah Liu pushed the door open and directly picked up Young Master Jiang like an eagle catching a chick, but he didn't even look at Master Jiang who was struggling to get up, and turned around and walked out. Although he knew he had better step forward to stop him, his eyes only collided with Ah Liu's for a moment, and all his courage disappeared in an instant.
He looked at his other companion and saw that he was also standing there in silence, not even saying a word, let alone trying to stop him. Seeing this, he was so ashamed and angry that he couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Hurry up and chase him, or how are we going to explain ourselves?"
"It's strange that we can catch up..." The guard muttered quietly, "Don't look at his young age. I heard that he was praised by the emperor. Instead of chasing that evil star, we might as well report to Commander Du! The lock has fallen off, so we can just say that we dare not stop him for fear of causing a conflict and endure the humiliation, isn't that enough?"
Seeing that Big Brother was still hesitant, he emphasized, "If we try our best to stop them, but they still let go, isn't that the same as just letting them go?"
This really makes sense...
Since there was nothing they could do, the two guards finally chose to save themselves and reported to Du Heng that Ah Liu had taken Young Master Jiang away. Du Heng was reluctant to accept this hot potato from Master Jiang at first, but when Zhang Shou sent Ah Liu to take Young Master Jiang here last night, he acquiesced. But who knew that he would take Young Master Jiang away again in the morning.