After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 349: Arresting Magistrate Gao

"I don't care if you are or not. I'm not leaving."

Lin Rusi gave a soft hum, her tone containing a hint of persistence.

Not to mention, Li Jingyang is going to be facing people from the Western Regions this time.

Besides, Magistrate Gao was hiding so well.

Even though they now know that Magistrate Gao is a spy from the Western Regions.

But she was still unsure, wondering what the other party might do.

This time, if it weren't for the divine doctor she had begged to come back, Lin Rusi and her companion probably wouldn't have been able to protect the people in the city either, and they still wouldn't have guessed that the water had been poisoned.

If the situation were any more serious, she and His Highness might have drunk the poisoned water, with unimaginable consequences.

Even when she was there, things were still like this.

If she were really gone, His Highness would have even more difficulty handling some matters. Therefore, Lin Rusi refused to leave no matter what.

Li Jingyang understood her personality all too well.

Even if I were to persuade her to leave, she would probably turn back halfway and say, "Never mind."

Thinking of this, he sighed deeply, somewhat helplessly: "Fine, if you really don't want to go back, then forget it."

“Then it’s settled, Your Highness, you can’t send me away!” Lin Rusi immediately smiled.

"Okay, I won't kick you out."

Li Jingyang stared at her intently for a long while before lowering his eyes.

Lin Rusi didn't take the matter to heart. She went out to survey the water source and made a show of it, so as not to arouse their suspicion.

Before leaving, Lin Rusi even put on a pale makeup on her face, making it obvious at a glance that she was sick.

Looking at her quirky and clever appearance, Li Jingyang could only sigh helplessly.

By the time Lin Rusi returned, it was almost evening.

Before she even stepped inside, she heard Li Jingyang's voice.

“Senior Zhang, now that you know the situation here, I would like to ask you to take Asi away. I know you came here because you care about Asi, so could you please take her with you?”

When Dr. Zhang heard this, he was stunned for a moment and didn't quite understand.

After hesitating for a while, he asked again, "Does Miss Lin know about this?"

“I mentioned it to Asi, but Asi definitely doesn’t want to leave, otherwise I wouldn’t have asked you for help.”

Li Jingyang spoke earnestly, knowing that this miracle doctor had a way to quietly take Lin Rusi away.

After thinking it over, he came to ask the other party for help.

"If that's what you mean, let me think about it!"

But no sooner had he finished speaking than someone suddenly pushed the door open.

Lin Rusi shook her head repeatedly as she looked at the two people in the room: "Senior, I don't want to leave!"

“When I invited you here, you said that you came because you couldn’t bear to see the suffering of the people. I can’t bear to see it either. At the same time, I also have my own selfish reasons. I want to be with Your Highness.”

Upon hearing this, Doctor Zhang frowned repeatedly, unsure of what to do.

He spread his hands, looking somewhat helpless.

Seeing this, Lin Rusi turned her head and said, "Your Highness, if you want to send me away, I absolutely disagree! I will not agree no matter what."

Her eyes were firm, with an unquestionable air.

Li Jingyang looked up, his expression complex.

Their eyes met, and he paused for a moment. Then, Lin Rusi heard Li Jingyang's low, hoarse voice in her ear: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Rusi, I have to do this!"

The next moment, everything went black before Lin Rusi's eyes, and she suddenly lost consciousness.

In the instant she was plunged into darkness, she caught a glimpse of Doctor Zhang sprinkling medicinal powder out of the corner of her eye.

Before Lin Rusi fainted, Li Jingyang quickly pulled her limp body into his arms, his eyes filled with guilt: "Senior, I'm leaving Asi in your care. Please apologize to her for me when she wakes up."

However, upon hearing this, Doctor Zhang couldn't help but click his tongue and said with a hint of emotion, "I reckon with her personality, she'll be worried about you when she wakes up."

"It's getting late. I'll go and take some men to arrest Magistrate Gao. I'll have Ye Qing escort you away."

Li Jingyang shook his head and didn't say anything more.

Instead, he had someone send Dr. Zhang and Lin Rusi away, while he himself, along with the guards who were lying in ambush outside Magistrate Gao's residence and his own men, surrounded Magistrate Gao's mansion.

As early as that night, after scouting the bamboo forest, Li Jingyang already had an idea in mind.

From beginning to end, he had no intention of keeping Lin Rusi around, nor did he intend to let Magistrate Gao continue to wreak havoc on the Northwest region.

They decided to go all the way and prepare to arrest Magistrate Gao.

No sooner had Lin Rusi left than Li Jingyang led his guards and stormed into the magistrate's mansion.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly launched an attack, and Gao County was caught off guard and arrested on the spot.

Seeing this, the cowardly Magistrate Gao didn't even struggle and immediately surrendered with his hands raised high.

Seeing his spineless appearance, Li Jingyang was too lazy to waste words and directly ordered his men to take him to the dungeon.

Magistrate Gao, seemingly resigned to his fate, still couldn't resist taunting, "Prince Jinglie, is it? You don't think that capturing me will solve the predicament in the Northwest, do you?"

"Whether it can solve the predicament in the Northwest, I don't know, but at least it can reduce the number of spies from the Western Regions in the Central Plains."

Li Jingyang gave him a cold stare, his eyes full of sarcasm as if he were looking at a fool; frankly, he didn't care at all.

But Magistrate Gao was not giving up: "Your Highness, how about we make a deal? I've heard that His Majesty is very wary of you. Why should you risk your life for him?"

Li Jingyang didn't speak, but flipped through the confession, his large hand carefully rubbing the paper.

Every action he took revealed that he had lost his patience.

But Magistrate Gao still didn't notice and continued talking excitedly.

"I have already seen the bamboo forest where you are stationed in the suburbs. Don't worry, I will wipe them all out without leaving a single one alive."

Li Jingyang gave him a cold look, and finally lost his patience, speaking in a cold voice.

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Gao's expression changed drastically, but he quickly put on a disdainful look: "So what? You don't really think you can take care of all my soldiers from the Western Regions, do you?"

Li Jingyang raised an eyebrow, said nothing, and gave a look to the guard behind him.

At this moment, a person emerged from the darkness behind him, and Magistrate Gao's previously disdainful expression immediately changed.

His eyes widened, filled with terror.

"Who...who are you? How come you look just like me?!"

Magistrate Gao stood up, but because he was bound by iron chains, he could only bend slightly and grovel.

The next moment, the person in the darkness spoke, uttering a perfect Western Regions accent: "Magistrate Gao, it is you!"

Magistrate Gao grew up in the Western Regions, so how could he not tell that no one in the Western Regions had a more authentic accent than him?

Moreover, if you listen carefully, the other person also has a slight accent.

Even if Magistrate Gao encountered this man, he wouldn't be able to tell whether he was from the Western Regions or the Central Plains.

Li Jingyang smiled and put down his confession: "Does Magistrate Gao still think I can't take them all down?"

This is a master of disguise that Li Jingyang spent a lot of money to find in the martial arts world. He is a master of disguise.

Even people who have lived together for half their lives might not recognize each other when the people around them have changed.