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That morning, hundreds of people on the street were asking for justice. With a wave of his hand, the scholar called Wang Mo wrote the words in front of the yamen's entrance in a flamboyant manner.

However, no one came forward to chase him away.

At the same time, the Third Prince learned of this matter and bribed the bandits' families. In less than half a month, he had resolved this matter for the people, and after obtaining the hearts of the people, he had spent a thousand taels of silver to build houses on the streets.

Duan Chengrui's fame exploded, the Emperor personally bestowed a thousand taels of gold with countless awards.

As for Tianyan, it was also in the middle of summer. Gu Liuyan followed Meng Xu around in search of capable people, and only at the end did she hand over a list to Duan Chengxuan and Gu Cheng.

Gu Moyan sat upright on a chair and paid her respects in the middle of the night, as well as helping out the young doctor of the Hall of Relief. Gu Cheng had only been sleeping for less than two hours when he woke her up, so she hastily changed her clothes and rushed to the main hall.

"This Xu Gui doesn't seem to have much ability." Gu Cheng looked carefully, and upon seeing Xu Gui's essay, she frowned, as if she was displeased that Gu Danyan had chosen such a person.

Gu Danyan didn't say anything. He just yawned lazily and didn't try to dissuade her.

In the end, it was better to leave people like Xu Guihui to the Third Prince. Amongst so many capable people, there weren't many that Gu Cheng and Duan Chengxuan were interested in. They didn't even need mediocre people like Wang Mo, a talent that wasn't easy to control.

Duan Chengxuan had his eyes on that Zhou Da, so Gu Danyan nodded his head along with him, "I think he's pretty good. It's just that when facing big figures, he's easy to restrain his hands and feet."

Seeing that Gu Danyan was still yawning as he spoke, Duan Chengxuan closed the booklet in his hand. "It seems like you're involved in the Third Prince's business."

"Of course. The Hall of Healing has cleared almost half the courtyard for the people on the streets. I am extremely busy every day." Gu Danyan nodded calmly. Although she said so, she had communicated a lot with the hunters in private. She had also contributed a lot to the Third Prince's plans.

Duan Chengxuan could only nod his head in response. "If you're tired, go rest on the bed at the back."

"Then, I'll have to thank Your Highness." Gu Danyan smiled at him and slowly walked to the back of the screen. After a short while, he fell into a deep sleep.

Duan Chengxuan heard the steady breathing inside, and he didn't doubt it in the slightest.

However, Gu Cheng was able to clearly see the warmth in Duan Chengxuan's eyes. With a thought, he softly said, "Yan'Er is usually very flustered and flustered, so I'll have to trouble you to take care of her."

"Right." Duan Cheng Xuan nodded.

The two of them did not say anything else and only seriously talked about finding the person they were looking for.

It wasn't until it was late at night that Gu Pingyan finally woke up. The Phoenix Cry Garden that she knew was right in front of her. She thought for a moment before falling into a deep sleep.

Next to the door, Duan Chengxuan silently closed the door for her and left.

Cheng Shan walked to his side from outside and said in a low voice: "Miss Su told the prince to go and make a trip. She also told the prince to be careful of Gu Daiyan, saying that Gu Daiyan and the Third Prince will definitely collude to deal with you."

Duan Chengxuan's expression sank as well. Gu Danyan was extremely busy with all sorts of things every day, so how could he have the time to help the Third Prince? Not to mention that Gu Danyan didn't have this ability.

Thinking up to here, Duan Chengxuan was just about to leave when he heard the servant report that the Prime Minister had hurried over.

He had no choice but to go to the main courtyard where Su Yu Wan was and wait for Gu Cheng's arrival in the study.

Panting, Gu Cheng said in a low voice, "Your Highness, this is bad! "The book that Yan'Er brought back today was taken by someone on the way."

Only now did Duan Chengxuan notice that Gu Cheng's arm was bleeding. He quickly called for Doctor Mu Qing to help him bandage it, then dispatched Cheng Shan and Ghost to investigate the matter.

However, no matter how high their martial arts were, the territory in the mountains still belonged to the hunters.

Duan Chengrui and Yue Qing lit a bonfire as they waited for him. When they saw him approaching while panting heavily, the sabers in his hands were still dripping with blood, so they only brought the book over.

Yue Qing helped him clean off the blood on his blade before casting another glance at the hunter. "You sure are bold. You can do whatever you want with the prime minister."

"Otherwise, this really won't happen." The hunter furiously waved her away, "Didn't she already tell you who you were going to be hired? Why did you still go to steal from me? Those brothers of yours are almost unable to come back."

Duan Chengrui rolled up the book and looked at him: "If you don't snatch the book, then when I was fighting with Imperial Uncle, the first person he suspected was Gu Daiyan. He should take the risk."

Yue Qing's gaze darkened as she returned the clean saber to the hunter and walked to Duan Chengrui's side, "Your Highness, are we going back tonight?"

"Let's stay here for a day. I've pushed aside the morning assembly tomorrow." Duan Chengrui was already prepared. He sat on a thin blanket at the side and roasted the fire.

The hunter spat, then decided to stay.

"You've been running for so long in this past half a month, but you still don't know your name." Only now did Duan Chengrui remember, he was looking at him.

"My name is Zheng Qiankun." The hunter spat on the ground, wiped his hands, and picked up his saber. "I'm going to gather some things."

He was quite bold. Currently, Duke Jing was searching everywhere in the mountain, but this Zheng Qiankun had quite the courage as well.

However, Yue Qing looked down on him from the bottom of her heart. "Your Highness, this Zheng Qiankun doesn't know how to read. He's also a boorish person. If not for our men just now, he would have died long ago."

"It's not like he can't use his courage." However, Duan Chengrui had another idea.

In other words, he was a fugitive. People like him would not be able to hold on to him, and even if they used his weak points to threaten him, their first reaction would be to pounce on him and bite him.

Yue Qing did not continue speaking. After a while, Duan Chengrui seemed to have thought of something and he took out the booklet to carefully flip through it. He waited until Zheng Qiankun had caught a few fish and roasted it before standing up.

"What?" Yue Qing followed suit and stood up.

"The Spring Competition is not enough for the offspring of the Humble Class seat to be ranked." As he left, he did not forget to give two taels of silver to Zheng Qiankun. "If you meet her tomorrow at the Hall of Subjugation, tell her that the Autumn Competition is just around the corner, and ask her to give me all the names he has hidden."

Duan Chengrui and Yue Qing disappeared, but Zheng Qiankun held onto the silver in his hands as his chest heaved.

It was said that the Autumn Examinations were to find generals. It seemed like the Third Prince did not think that way!

Yet, a person like him, who was as weak as a blade of grass, could actually do so many things. How enjoyable!