Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 888 If we can’t catch her, we can catch her brother
Everyone in the inn was confused and had no idea what was going on.

The patrol officer put his hands behind his back and walked into the inn arrogantly, shouting, "Boss, is Gu Paner staying here?"

"Sir, there is indeed a little girl named Gu Paner staying in our hotel." The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"That's right. Go and call her over to me." The patrol officer waved his hand and said.

The shopkeeper was about to run upstairs to the guest room where Gu Chan lived to call for help.

At this time, Gu Chan, who was sitting over there, stood up and said, "Boss, there's no need to call her. My sister went out of town last night to do some business."

"Oh!" The shopkeeper responded dully and stepped aside tactfully.

The patrol officer walked up to Gu Chan, stared at her and said, "You said Gu Pan'er is your sister?"

"Yes, my name is Xu Xian, and I'm her brother. I haven't asked for your full name yet, sir." Gu Chan said while clasping his fists.

"I am Zhao Jian, the patrol officer of the Kyoto Patrol Office. I'm here on the emperor's order to arrest your sister and bring her to justice." Zhao Jian said coldly.

Feng Hao and Fang Tianyi's faces tightened, thinking something bad had happened.

They just found out that Gu Paner went to the Imperial Guards camp last night and beat up the Empress's confidants. As a result, just after they had finished breakfast, people from the Patrol Office came to arrest them.

How could this not make them feel nervous for Gu Paner?

But in contrast to them, Gu Chan looked indifferent. Instead, she smiled and said, "Master Zhao, I'm really sorry. My sister has gone out of town for work. Now I don't know where she is."

"It doesn't matter. Since we can't catch her, we can arrest her brother and interrogate him, so that I won't be embarrassed to report to my superiors." Zhao Jian said with a sinister smile.

After saying that, he raised his hand and waved. Two officers immediately rushed forward and put shackles on Gu Chan.

Feng Hao quickly stood up to stop him and said, "Master Zhao, please treat him as a student. After all, he is recommended by Prince Leng himself to take the spring exam in a few days. If you injure his hands now and make him unable to take the exam, Prince Leng will blame you, and you will have a hard time explaining it, right?"

"This..." Zhao Jian was speechless.

Prince Leng is not a person he can afford to offend!
In this situation, he had to be more cautious to avoid getting himself into trouble.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand shrewdly and said, "Give him the shackle and treat him as a student."

"Yes, sir." The two officers responded and untied the cuffs around Gu Chan's neck.

"Mr. Xu, please come with me to the patrol office!" Zhao Jian said, clasping his fists and bowing.

Gu Chan was not afraid at all and walked out of the inn with a swagger.

Soon Zhao Jian led his men and took Gu Chan out of the inn and went to the patrol office.

Feng Hao and Fang Tianyi walked to the door of the inn and looked at Gu Chan who was being taken away, with worry on their faces.

Fang Tianyi said anxiously, "Brother Fenghao, we have to find a way to help him! Otherwise, he will suffer!"

"Don't be anxious. There will be a good show to watch soon. We can just follow them in the carriage." Feng Hao said calmly.

After saying that, the two of them got on a carriage and slowly followed the officials towards the patrol office.

After an incense stick of time, Gu Chan was taken to the court of the patrol yamen by Zhao Jian and his men. Because Gu Chan was a student, she did not have to kneel according to the laws of the Diyue Kingdom.

Zhao Jian sat behind the long table. He reached out and picked up the gavel, slammed it on the table, and said coldly, "Xu Xian, do you know that your sister Gu Paner beat up the empress's confidant last night, committing a serious crime and should be executed according to the law?"

"Sir, I really don't know much about this matter. I only heard my sister mention it last night. I never thought it would be such a serious crime. It was indeed my sister who beat people, but it seems that she beat the chief instructor of the Imperial Guards, Situ Kong, and the deputy generals of the Imperial Guards! It's not a good idea to put all the blame on her!" Gu Chan said seriously.

Zhao Jian was stunned when he heard this.

He only heard from the people sent by the Queen that it was Gu Paner who beat Yue Ruyan last night. As for why she dared to do such a thing, he had no idea.

Now that this matter has involved the chief instructor and deputy generals of the Imperial Guard, it may be really troublesome.

"Master Guo is here!"

Just as Zhao Jian was thinking about this and beginning to feel troubled, a loud shout suddenly rang out outside the courtroom. He was so frightened that his neck trembled and he quickly stood up and ran to the door.

Outside the court, Guo Pinchuan and Guo Yu came out of the sedan chair and walked over.

Zhao Jian stepped forward, bowed with a smile and said, "Patrol Officer Zhao Jian greets Lord Guo."

"No thanks. I heard that you arrested Mr. Xu, so I came here specially to listen in. You can continue with your trial." Guo Pinchuan said with a cold face and waved his hand.

After saying that, he led Guo Yu directly into the court.

How could Zhao Jian dare to be negligent? He followed in like a little follower, then ordered his officers to bring a chair, place it on the right side of the court, and invited Guo Pinchuan to sit down.

After Guo Pinchuan sat down, he glanced at Zhao Jian and urged him, "Don't just stand there, continue the trial!"

"Yes, Lord Guo." Zhao Jian said in a trembling voice.

Then he walked back to the long table and sat down, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

At this time, many common people gathered at the gate of the court. Feng Hao and Fang Tianyi also followed the common people and stood at the gate to watch the excitement.

"Gulu!"

Zhao Jian swallowed his saliva, then picked up the gavel with trembling hands, gently slapped it on the table and said, "Xu Xian, why don't you quickly confess the truth about how your sister beat up Master Yue Ruyanyue."

"Your Excellency, my sister and I only had a quick chat last night and we didn't have a deep conversation, so I'm not very clear about the details of this matter. I would like to ask Your Excellency to send someone to the Kyoto camp to capture the chief instructor of the imperial guards and ask him about it." Gu Chan said while holding back a laugh.

Zhao Jian's face turned pale and he was completely dumbfounded when he heard this.

How could he, a small patrol officer, compare with the chief instructor of the imperial guards? Normally, if he ran into Situ Kong, he would hide away from him. Now he was asked to send people to catch Situ Kong? Isn't this the same as asking for his life? How could he have the guts to do such a thing?

And most importantly, the guy standing in the court was obviously not an ordinary person! Otherwise, would Guo Pinchuan, the president of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and a third-rank official in the court, personally bring his daughter to listen in?

Thinking of all this, Zhao Jian just stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do at all.

Gu Chan said with a wry smile, "Master Zhao, don't just stand there! Since you want to investigate this case and give the Queen an explanation, you must enforce the law impartially. It's impossible that you would sentence me guilty when I don't know the specific circumstances and I didn't hit anyone, right?"

"This..." Zhao Jian was choked speechless.

At the same time, beads of sweat the size of beans began to appear on his forehead.