Chapter 363

His rough treatment immediately caused her to scream and struggle in fear.

In his anger and shame, Park Ki-eun even slapped Miss Qingyue.

Fortunately, Mother Hong heard the commotion in time, rushed to the scene, and stopped Park Ki-eun from going wild.

Then Park Ki-eun, with a face twisted in rage, began to attack with all sorts of vicious words.

When Su Qiao arrived, Park Ki-eun was at the entrance of Yi Hong Lou, cursing and making a scene like a shrew!

Yet his status was that of an envoy from the Kingdom of Joseon.

Even though Mother Hong and the others were angry in their hearts, they dared not act rashly.

They could only endure it helplessly.

After Su Qiao understood the situation, his heart stirred.

His guess was confirmed; the other party truly intended to deliberately provoke trouble.

Su Qiao did not believe that Park Ki-eun was unaware of the situation in the Great Ming Dynasty.

If he didn't know, how did he come here?

Even if he didn't know, once Mother Hong had explained, an ordinary person would not continue to argue unreasonably.

Moreover, he had previously claimed to have drunk two cups of wine and seemed as if he were drunk.

Su Qiao believed this even less.

Just now, when Park Ki-eun saw Su Qiao, he showed no signs of drunkenness.

Even though it had been over half a month, his mind still worked fast enough to accurately recognize Su Qiao.

A drunk person's mind is sluggish; their thinking is much slower than usual.

So, was Park Ki-eun truly drunk?

"Mother Hong, do not worry. I understand this matter now, and the Daoshihou Society will handle it."

Su Qiao said this to Mother Hong.

"Then many thanks to Young Master Su!"

Seeing the Embroidered Uniform Guard beside Su Qiao, and Su Qiao so unceremoniously using a rag to gag the Joseon envoy.

Mother Hong felt Su Qiao was not boasting; he could definitely solve this, and her heart felt much lighter.

"Young Master Su, come play at our Yi Hong Lou again sometime!"

"Um, let's talk about that later, later!"

Su Qiao was choked by Mother Hong's words.

Slurp... cough, cough, cough!

Turning around, Su Qiao walked up to Park Ki-eun and said to his eyes, "Can you explain why you are deliberately causing trouble?"

Park Ki-eun's eyes immediately bulged wide.

He then shook his head frantically, as if to say he was wrongly accused and deeply aggrieved.

"Enough. This is merely trying to cover up your guilt. Who can your acting fool? You should go back and read a book, like 'The Actor's Art of Self-Cultivation'."

Su Qiao was too lazy to deal with him and too lazy to interrogate.

If the Embroidered Uniform Guard used their methods, they could extract the truth from his mouth within a few hours.

But Su Qiao had no interest.

He was just a small lackey anyway.

Even if he implicated someone, Cui Linyu could simply brush it off by saying, "He acted on his own; we knew nothing of it."

There was no way at all to pin the crime firmly on Cui Linyu.

Someone might say, since the Embroidered Uniform Guard can directly arrest and interrogate people, and they know Cui Linyu is a man of the Joseon General Li Kangcheng.

Why not just arrest Cui Linyu directly and interrogate him thoroughly to get the truth?

First, it is unclear whether Cui Linyu is a death soldier; what if his bones are truly hard and he refuses to speak?

If he goes missing for too long, the impact would be too terrible.

Second, there is the issue of his identity, which is different from Park Ki-eun's.

Park Ki-eun is just a real extra; if he goes missing, no one cares.

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Cui Linyu is different; he is a named and very important vice envoy.

Although his secret identity is a man of the Joseon General Li Kangcheng, his surface identity also represents the Kingdom of Joseon.

Furthermore, if the crime against Cui Linyu cannot be firmly established, yet Cui Linyu is still arrested, it could trigger a conflict between the court and the Kingdom of Joseon.

Then certainly some "national Confucian scholars" would stand up and falsely accuse people.

Even the stability of the vassal states surrounding the Great Ming would be uncertain.

The impact would be very bad.

It is just like when the Americans wage war in later times; regardless of whether it is truly just, at least you must have a just slogan and voice.

Even though the Great Ming Dynasty is powerful.

But if you casually kill an envoy and then start a war against their country.

The impact at that time would absolutely be extremely terrible!

Zhu Youjian told Su Qiao to handle the matter as he saw fit, but Su Qiao could not handle it crudely.

Everything must have reason and evidence; solid proof must be produced.

"Where are the people of the Wucheng Military Office? Lock him up for a few days; release him only when he becomes sensible!"

Su Qiao beckoned to the Captain nearby and said.

The Captain of the Wucheng Military Office immediately respectfully replied, "Yes!"

"Hmm, no one is to be released regardless of who pleads for them, unless Your Majesty speaks!"

"Yes!"

"Let's go, let's head back, I'm hungry."

Su Qiao turned his head and climbed into the carriage.

217, the hot-to-the-touch Eastern Pearl!

"Mr. Su, are we going straight home? Won't you visit the Zui Xian Lou restaurant and Tongyue's fur shop?"

Ma Kui once again took the driver's seat, leaving the others to continue following on horseback.

Su Qiao shook his head, "No need to go. What time is it? If the meals are ready, I'm hungry, so let's go back to eat first. The other two places should be similar to this one; they are all causing trouble. Find people to lock them up as well."

"Oh, alright!"

This is the good thing about Ma Kui; he never asks why.

Whatever Su Qiao says is what happens; he just does it immediately, wasting no time and having no One's own thoughts.

Oh, that's not quite right; he has One's own thoughts but just doesn't speak them.

Knowing Su Qiao was hungry, Ma Kui returned at a speed that was still incredibly fast.

Two streets, dodging two passersby, and in a few moments they were back at the front door.

Jumping down from the carriage, he saw Liu Rushi smiling brightly as she came to welcome him.

"You're back, shall we eat?"

She helped Su Qiao brush off the dust that was barely there, then had someone bring hot water for him to wash his hands.

Su Qiao smiled and let her do as she pleased, "Is the meal ready? My stomach is already a bit hungry."

"It's ready. I thought you wouldn't be back for lunch."

"Matters can be done slowly, but meals must be eaten."

After Ma Kui and the others delivered Su Qiao's orders, they also ate inside the Su Fu.

Since Su Qiao was not going out, Ma Kui and the other Embroidered Uniform Guard members were very relaxed.

However, this was unlike the lively and joyful atmosphere on the Su Fu side.

In the post station, Cui Linyu, who had been waiting for news, suddenly had a bad feeling.

Why is it that of the people I sent out, aside from those gathering information, none of the others have returned?

"What are Pu Qien and the others up to? I heard earlier that things seemed to have escalated, so why haven't they returned? Could it be that things got out of hand and they were detained by the government officials?"

One of the subordinates spoke up at this moment.

Hearing this, Cui Linyu shook his head and said: