"What crime did I commit? What crime did I commit-"
Zheng Yiming shouted in panic. Though he was not so weak that he could not truss a chicken, he was no match for the soldiers. However hard he struggled, it was useless.
"You'll find out what crime you committed when the Imperial Envoy arrives!"
Several soldiers hoisted Zheng Yiming up and dragged him straight into the inn's front hall. The guests scattered out of their way, while the innkeeper could only stare blankly. After Zheng Yiming was dragged outside and taken away, Ke Xiaofa rushed out from the back.
"Young Master Zheng-Young Master Zheng-"
"Xiao Fa, look after my books-"
Zheng Yiming barely had time to shout those words before someone stuffed a wad of cloth into his mouth.
Ke Xiaofa dashed out of the inn, but before he could give chase, someone seized him from behind, wrapping both arms tightly around him.
"Don't go! Don't go, child!"
Ke Xiaofa struggled violently. Only when he looked back did he realize that the innkeeper was holding him.
"Let me go, innkeeper! Please let me go! They've taken Young Master Zheng away..."
"What good would it do for you to go? We don't even know what's happened!"
Around the inn, not only were the guests watching, but the passersby on the street were staring as well. Even after the soldiers had gone far away, people were still discussing what had happened.
In the house behind the inn, Yu Xinmei had not rushed over or witnessed it herself, but she knew what had happened.
Young Master Zheng was arrested by soldiers! Was he implicated in a major Imperial Court case?
Yu Xinmei's first thought was of fraud in the Imperial Examination. She had been the one to deliver the secret letter to Capital