CHAPTER 168: CHAPTER 168: COULD THIS PERSON REALLY DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR?

At this moment, it wasn’t just Tang Zan’s people reporting recent movements in the Capital in their memorials.

Both the Capital Governor and the Ministry of Justice also submitted reports.

When the Emperor saw the memorials from both parties, he was so furious that his face turned livid, sweeping all the stacked memorials off the table and onto the ground.

"Outrageous, who created this folk song? Isn’t this mocking me?"

"Someone, investigate this for me! As soon as the person is found, lock them up immediately. I want to interrogate them myself."

Li Xide quickly said, "Your Majesty, calm down, this must be the work of the remnants of the War King."

"The Capital Governor has already found out who it is, and they can be arrested tonight."

The Emperor took a deep breath and smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground, shattering it. After several persuasions from Li Xide, he finally calmed down a bit.

He sat on the dragon throne, panting heavily.

After a long while, he returned to his dignified imperial demeanor.

"Find out for me, bring out the people behind this as well!"

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At this moment, the tavern where Pei Shu’er was staying was also surrounded, with soldiers holding torches and shouting at the people inside.

"Come, seal the tavern, no one is allowed to leave!"

"Those who leave without permission will be executed without mercy."

At that time, Pei Shu’er was staying in a space, and upon hearing this, she frowned involuntarily.

Now that it’s surrounded outside, she didn’t intend to leave and might as well stay in this space.

The Capital Governor’s people searched the tavern but did not find the figure of the Jade-faced Young Master.

However, after questioning the innkeeper, they were told that the young master had indeed returned to the tavern.

The innkeeper led the officials to Pei Shu’er’s previous room.

The innkeeper obsequiously said, "Lord, it’s here."

Everyone immediately opened the door to search, but found no trace of anyone, and upon opening the window, didn’t find any footprints on the windowsill either.

The Capital Governor frowned, could this person have vanished into thin air?

Upon hearing that the Jade-faced Young Master returned to the tavern, they immediately rushed here. How could the young master have escaped?

He was certain that the young master was hiding somewhere in the tavern, and if he just left, he would definitely fall into the Jade-faced Young Master’s trap.

"Search it for me, dig three feet deep if you have to, just get him for me."

After that, the officials’ search became more meticulous, with some even checking the tavern floor to see if there were any cellars or hidden spaces.

This search lasted for a full hour and a half.

The people in the tavern were in a panic, but the more the officials searched, the more they believed the young master had already left the tavern.

The tavern was just that small, it couldn’t possibly hide a person.

But they arrived so quickly, almost immediately surrounding the tavern as soon as the young master entered it.

The Capital Governor crushed the teacup in his hand.

"Useless! Did this person grow wings and fly away?"

Pei Shu’er, now in the space, had also regained her strength, her mind at its clearest moment.

He initially thought the Capital Governor’s people were leaving, but then the Governor spoke.

"Leave fifty soldiers here to guard the tavern tonight, everyone else, come with me to look elsewhere."

Pei Shu’er frowned, with the execution set for tomorrow, there was no time to waste here.

Therefore, if she wanted Tang Zan to live, she had to get out.

However, if she went out at this moment, those officials would surely capture her alive.

If she used brute force, it would be even worse; she was not confident facing fifty armed and well-trained officials simultaneously.

That wouldn’t be rescuing, it would be committing suicide.

Quickly, she exited the space and looked next door.

She remembered that a wealthy businessman was staying next door, perhaps she could disguise herself as that businessman.

With this in mind, she opened the window, intending to go to the next room through the back window.

She found some patrolling officials below, occasionally looking up at the windows.

Fortunately, she hid quickly; otherwise, she would have been spotted by those soldiers.

If she left through the window, it would be tantamount to seeking her own doom.

Pei Shu’er thought of the innkeeper.

In a tavern, the innkeeper is a special figure, able to enter and exit any room freely without raising suspicion.

With this thought, she immediately retrieved clothes from the space, matching the innkeeper’s attire closely.

She began applying makeup in front of the mirror, quickly transforming into a man with dark skin and prominent cheekbones.

Pei Shu’er even blackened her neck and hands.

At this moment, she opened the door.

Each room entrance was guarded by officials, and when Pei Shu’er opened the door, those two government officers paused.

Their hands on their drawn swords, they frowned upon seeing her.

"When did you go in?"

Pei Shu’er smiled in the innkeeper’s voice, her demeanor ingratiating.

"Lord, the boss asked me to check if this young master really escaped; he still owes us for the lodging and meals."

As soon as this was said, the two officials impatiently waved their hands.

"Alright, alright, go quickly, don’t interrupt our work."

Pei Shu’er quickly left the room, and as soon as she reached the corner, she saw the innkeeper coming up with a pot of wine.

Her heart skipped a beat, there was nowhere to hide around here.

Only within half a meter at this corner was a blind spot.

The innkeeper apparently saw her too, a flash of shock appeared on his face, followed by fear, and he opened his mouth, preparing to shout.

Pei Shu’er’s eyes narrowed fiercely, and she struck the innkeeper unconscious before throwing him into the space.

Before that, she even fed him a knockout drug.

Anyway, she couldn’t allow the innkeeper to wake up and see her space.

She then took the wine downstairs and handed it to the officials guarding the door.

"Lords, you must be exhausted, have some wine, there are peanuts here too."

The officials accepted the wine, then said, "No need, we’ll drink later."

Pei Shu’er hesitantly rubs her hands together.

"To be honest, Lords, I have a critically ill eighty-year-old mother and a nursing infant at home. My wife died in childbirth, I must return to care for my child."

Upon saying this, the official’s eyes turned fierce.

"Tonight, stay here properly! No going anywhere."

The innkeeper reluctantly handed half a silver coin to the officials.

"Lords, please have mercy. My elderly mother is ill, and my child is too young. This silver coin is my humble gift to you."

"After all, you are looking for the Jade-faced Young Master, and some officials have seen him here, but I am not him."

"Lords, please do a good deed, let me return to care for my family."

Saying this, tears welled up in the innkeeper’s eyes, as if about to cry.

What she said seemed sincere, as if her family indeed faced such hardships.