Near the East Sea, there were two neighboring prefectures: one was Feng Prefecture, the other was Nan Prefecture.

Since the port of Nanzhou was closer to the island where the Hai Dong Army was stationed than that of Fengzhou, the East Sea Maritime Division was established within the territory of Nanzhou.

One day in May, Yue Dansheng just returned from work on her official ship, followed by a huge group of people. This time, when they were sailing, they intercepted a group of black boat dealers, and after a few days of fighting, they finally caught all of them.

Yue Dansheng asked again: "What's that person's name?"

The servant turned his head and said, "Surnamed Zhong …" Yue Dansheng's expression froze.

"It's called Zhong Pingya."

Yue Dansheng exhaled, her fingertips clenched, and she waved her hand: "Go."

Not long after, the servant brought Zhong Pingya, who was thin and about the same age as Master Zhang, both in his forties.

Yue Dansheng sat in the seat of honor, seeing that Master Zhong had bowed his head and greeted him, he put down the official business in his hands and said: "I will be troubling you for this period. I believe I have already informed you about Master Zhang's departure."

Zhong Pingya nodded, "Yes."

His voice was a little hoarse. It was unknown if it was innate, or if his throat was uncomfortable.

Yue Dansheng did not care about her subordinate's personal matters, and pointed to the table on her right side: "Sit here."

Zhong Pingya lowered his head and went over to sit down. He saw that there were already some documents on the table.

He flipped through them one by one and knew that he had captured quite a few people today.

The one in charge, Yue Dansheng, said: "Do you have anything that you aren't clear on? Ask Prison Head Li or ask if it's okay with me.

Zhong Pingya agreed, and only the sound of flipping pages could be heard in the study.

Yue Dansheng busied herself for an hour before she got up to go to the prison. When she walked to the door and saw that Zhong Pingya was still sitting at his master's seat writing, he frowned.

The guard who had been guarding the entrance of the study room coughed and reminded, "Master Zhong, you have to follow the lord."

Zhong Pingya returned to his senses and put down his brush. He stood up and pulled at his clothes before walking over with his head down.

Yue Dansheng almost did not see him raise his head, and could not help but ask: "Can you see the way?"

Zhong Pingya was stunned for a moment, then barely managed to raise his chin, allowing Yue Dansheng to see his face.

It was a very ordinary face. It was gentle and refined.

Yue Dansheng could not see his eyes, she only felt that this person was not very agile, and was even a little stiff. She did not know why Master Zhang would look for such a person to replace him.

The two of them went down the dungeon, and Yue Dansheng asked about the process of the interrogation.

As the East Ocean Pirates had been growing up recently, and these black boat traffickers had some skills, when Yue Dansheng caught people, she suspected that these people were part of the group of pirates. It was just that there was not enough evidence, so there was a need for further investigation.

When Yue Dansheng and the jailer asked about official affairs, Zhong Pingya recorded everything down on the side. He was way too lacking in comparison to Master Zhang, Master Zhang was old and experienced, and would occasionally ask about some tricks to encourage the progress of the interrogation. However, Zhong Pingya did not say a single word the whole time, and only focused on writing as if Master Zhang was not present.

He told Zhong Pingya to return to his study and continue working.

He then asked the leader, "When did Master Zhang leave?"

The leader said, "It was noon the day before yesterday."

"This Zhong Pingya was actually brought here by Master Zhang himself?"

"Indeed."

"The timing is too good."

Yue Dansheng's face was gloomy as she said: "I just caught a black boat dealer at the ocean, and now there's someone at the yamen who has never been in Master's business before. Are you sure Master Zhang left on his own at that time, and did not go missing?"

The leader's face turned cold, "Your excellency is suspicious, Master Zhang was kidnapped, that Zhong... Zhong Pingya, was he a pirate?

He wants to save us? "

"It's not impossible."

Yue Dansheng said, muttering to herself: "I'll find a way to try it."

At night, in the side courtyard.

Zhong Pingya fell asleep early.

Yue Dansheng was outside, but when he saw the candle in his room extinguish, and went closer to the door, she heard the sound of regular breathing from inside, thus quietly sneaking in through the window.

The person on the bed was still sleeping peacefully, not noticing anything amiss.

Yue Dansheng swept a glance over the bed, then walked to the side of the cabinet, opened the wardrobe, and started searching.

Just as he finished searching, there was a sudden movement from the bed. The person on the bed woke up and cautiously asked, "Who is it?"

Yue Dansheng's first reaction was to jump out the window, but she suddenly felt that something was amiss.

When Zhong Pingya spoke in the daytime, his voice was a little out of tune. It was a bit hoarse and his voice was a bit long, but when he said "who", he used a different kind of voice. It was somewhat familiar.

Yue Dansheng clenched her fists tightly and stood still.

Zhong Pingya, who was on the bed, jumped off the bed and quickly lit up the candles in the room. When he raised his head, he saw a familiar face across from him, staring at him without blinking.

Zhong Pingya panicked. The hand holding the candle trembled and almost smashed the candlestick.

Yue Dansheng and Zhong Pingya looked at each other. The other side still had the same plain and ordinary face but these eyes.

He would not admit it wrong.

Actually, two months ago, Yue Dansheng had received a letter from the capital. The letter was from Liu Wei, and she said that Zhong Ziyu had already left the prison.

However, in the past two months, he did not see, so he thought that he would not come to find him. After all, it was not as if he did not have anywhere to go.

Now, looking at the person in front of him, Yue Dansheng's emotions became complicated. He wanted to say a lot of things, but in the end, he could only say one sentence: "Is there any point in putting on an act?"

Zhong Pingya, no, Zhong Ziyu immediately lowered his head, as he was filled with regret and shame.

He was seen through. In just a single day, he was seen through.

He tried to open his mouth and mutter, to defend his weakness, "I just … "I'm afraid of you …" "Afraid of me?"

Yue Dansheng sneered: "Weren't you unafraid of the heavens or the earth?"

Zhong Ziyu gritted her teeth: "I'm afraid you don't want to see me."

Yue Dansheng did not say anything, she was quiet for a moment, then asked: "Where's Master Zhang?"

Zhong Ziyu hurriedly said: "He really has something at home and has already returned. But before he left … I pretended to be an old friend of his and offered to take his place. "I agree."

Zhong Ziyu's appearance changing technique was superb, Master Zhang could not be blamed for being deceived.

Yue Dansheng said no more and turned to leave.

He used both hands to prop himself up from the window. Just as he was about to flip out again, Zhong Ziyu called out to him from behind.

"Brother Yue …" Yue Dansheng turned her head around in displeasure.

Zhong Ziyu nervously pointed behind him. "Let's go."

Yue Dansheng: "..."

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