The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1062

Chapter 1062: 515 Jiaojiao (Two Updates)_3

"Master, please save us—they’re going to seize us and take us before the magistrate!"

The leading woman’s cry of "Master" utterly ripped away the false monk’s fig leaf of shame.

"Don’t listen to her nonsense! I don’t know them! I have no idea what tricks these imperial people have up their sleeves, to find a group of women to frame and slander a poor monk! Amitabha, this is a sin, a great sin!"

"Father—"

Behind the group of women, a child’s tender voice, tinged with tears, rang out.

There wasn’t just one, a rough count revealed at least seven or eight.

If it could be said that these women might have been impersonators hired by Gu Changqing, these children, each bearing a resemblance to the "living Buddha," surely weren’t just stand-ins.

There are many people in the world who look alike, but these few had a distinct borderland accent; with only so many children in the borderlands, seven or eight resembling the living Buddha—who would believe they weren’t his own?

The fake monk truly hadn’t expected the Gu Family’s forces to be so ruthless, not only unearthing him from the secret room but also finding his family in the cellar.

Now, he was irredeemably compromised.

With both human and material evidence present, Gu Changqing left the military advisor, Shao, in charge of miscellaneous affairs in Lingguan City, and dispatched General Zhang along with ten thousand Gu Family troops to guard Lingguan City.

Afterward, Gu Changqing hurried back to Yuegu City with the rest of his troops.

Indeed, the Chen Kingdom’s army was advancing on Yuegu City for a night raid; however, they encountered an avalanche on the way, delaying them by a full two hours from their planned arrival.

At that moment, Gu Changqing had already led his troops back to Yuegu City, and upon seeing the unfavorable situation, the Chen Kingdom’s army decisively retreated.

Having already undertaken two forced marches over long distances, for the Chen Kingdom’s army to turn around and attack Lingguan City would be akin to hurling eggs against a rock.

Gu Changqing was not concerned about the situation in Lingguan City; he led his troops into Yuegu City.

The first thing he did was to visit the infirmary to look for Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao had told him before that if things went smoothly, she would meet him at the Governor’s Mansion, but he had not seen her there, meaning she must have implemented the second plan—bringing the patients back to Yuegu City.

He arrived at the infirmary and immediately spotted Doctor Song, dressed in a leather-paper isolation suit, with a mask and gloves.

Doctor Song would not be wrapped up so tightly ordinarily, suggesting that Gu Jiao and the plague patients had returned.

It was good that they had returned.