In the stillness of the night, Huan quietly went in through the window to find Huang Chenling and report on today's investigation.
"Shh, keep your voice down. She has just fallen asleep." Huang Chenling made a shushing gesture and pulled the quilt over to cover Yan Ruocheng, who was sleeping next to her.
"How's the check?"
"It was found that in this large tribe, there are people who are obstructing it and taking advantage of the superstitious weakness of the tribe to deliberately create an illusion so that the tribesmen believe it is true." Huan reported in a low voice.
"Is what you are talking about the result of the prophet named Fan Xuli Sotu?" Huang Chenling recalled what Yan Ruocheng had said before and said.
"He is just a pawn. I also found out that the clan leader has contacts with the Grand Prince's secret guards. I guess the rebellion is related to the Grand Prince's side." Huan continued.
"Okay, you can continue the investigation tonight and secretly protect me tomorrow. Get back." Huang Chenling lay back and gave the order.
"Don't I need to sleep? I will investigate at night and protect you during the day. Your feet should be lying down like this." Huan said disobediently and angrily slapped his injured foot that was hung up.
Huang Chenling jumped up and almost screamed out in pain. He tried his best to hold back the pain and pointed at Huan, almost wanting to curse.
Huan knew that he was afraid of waking Yan Ruocheng, so he made a triumphant gesture and said in a low voice: "I want to have a good rest tonight. As for tomorrow, I will come to protect you when I have time. If I don't have time, I will come over to protect you."
If so, I will let my men protect you. Do you understand?"
Huan didn't wait for his answer, and playfully pressed his two injured toes with her fingers. Huang Chenling's movements became even more exaggerated in pain.
"Huh? What's wrong with you?" Yan Ruozhen was shocked awake for a while by his movement, and said something confused.
Huan took the opportunity to run away, and Huang Chenling was so angry that she smoked.
"Go to sleep, I was just bitten by a mosquito..." Huang Chenling endured the pain and lay back and said.
"Mosquito, the mosquito has to kick it." Yan Ruocheng, who was in a daze, kicked his hanging calf with his foot. The hanging rope had been tampered with, and then the whole leg was injured.
He fell heavily on the bed.
Huan had already flown out of the house, and Huang Chenling's screams could also be heard.
"As a man like Ruo Li, it's really hard for him." Huan shook his head and said sarcastically.
In fact, the reason why he did this was because Yan Ruocheng posted a piece of paper for him outside the window, which read: Huan, if you come, help make Chen Ling more injured. Please!
After he saw it, he naturally listened to Yan Ruocheng's words and did the same.
In the early morning of the next day, Huang Chenling didn't sleep at all. There were big dark circles under her eyes, and she was so sleepy.
"Does it still hurt?" Yan Ruocheng asked, blowing his feet like rice dumplings.
"It's swollen like a rice dumpling, what do you think?" Huang Chenling said with a bitter face.
"I fell down like this last night, and it will probably take several days for the swelling to subside. So just lie down obediently today." Yan Ruocheng got up with a little joy. Unexpectedly, he left a piece of paper for Huan last night, and he really
Did so.
"Why do you look so happy?" Huang Chenling noticed her expression and asked, glaring at her slightly.
"Where am I? Your feet are swollen like rice dumplings. It's too late for me to be sad. How can I be happy?" Yan Ruozhen turned around, flicked his eyes, squeezed out a few tears, and said with a frown.
"How fake!" Huang Chenling slapped the bed angrily, propped herself up, and continued: "Don't you want me to follow you and the emperor to investigate?"
"Yes!" Yan Ruozhen admitted seriously, held his hand, and said: "I'm worried that it will be inconvenient for you to go out. Besides, I'm also afraid that the prophet doesn't know what he's up to. You'd better stay at home.
It will be safer. There are many guards here, and Yan Rongyan is also there. Those rebels dare not come in."
"You have said so much, and you think I am hindering you from being with the emperor. You know that he will not give up on you, and so does Na Xiao." Huang Chenling puffed up her anger and said angrily.
Yan Ruozhen held up his handsome face, looked at him and said, "When did you become so unconfident? You know my heart is with you, but you say such nonsense out of anger."
"The lack of self-confidence is also caused by your anger. You are good to Naxiao, even better to the emperor, and you are so kind to Huan. What about me? I feel very insecure." Huang Chenling even did the most embarrassing thing
He said it without saying a word.
"Why am I not?" Yan Ruocheng said softly.
Huang Chenling thought she would laugh at him, but she didn't expect that she would actually listen carefully and stare at her in astonishment.
Yan Ruozhen came close to him, put her forehead against his forehead, and continued: "Your queen is Wang Xiulin, not me. I am still a nameless woman, and Xiaoling doesn't know that his father is still alive and is the current emperor.
When it comes to feeling safe, I don’t have it even more than you do.”
Her words suddenly choked up the childish Huang Chenling, who turned into a petrified state for a moment.
Yan Ruocheng kissed his nose gently and said with a sweet smile: "What does it mean to feel safe? You are the best when you are in front of me. And now I am in front of you, and I even kissed you. Do you understand?"
Understand?"
Huang Chenling suddenly looked at her with admiration. These words deeply touched his heart.
"Okay, I'll lie down and rest, and you'll come back early in the evening. But before you leave, you need to give me a good kiss."
Half an hour later, Yan Ruocheng and Huang Fengmo got on the carriage and set off to the city to investigate.
"Ruocheng, why are you dressed like this? You're still covering your face." Huang Fengmo looked at Yan Ruocheng, who was dressed in a plain white nun's costume, from head to toe, and covered his face with a white silk scarf, only revealing
A pair of watery eyes asked in confusion.
"Your Highness, I am bald now and it is not suitable for me to wear ordinary women's clothes. This looks more suitable and will not make people suspicious." Yan Ruozhen explained.
"There's no need to cover your face, right?" It was rare for the two of them to be alone. Huang Fengmo wanted to see what she looked like, but she only showed her eyes.
Yan Ruocheng said awkwardly: "A few red sores appeared on the corners of my mouth today. I was afraid that it would be transmitted to His Highness and affect my face, so I had to cover it up like this."
At this time, Huang Chenling was lying on the bed, knowingly thinking about how Yan Ruocheng explained to Huang Fengmo about covering her face. How dare she not cover her face? He left so many beautiful red marks on her
on her lips. Even if he is not by her side, he can still be alert to her.
Yan Ruozhen couldn't help but curse Huang Chenling: It's all that stingy guy's fault for coming up with this trick! He cheated me a lot!
"Is it serious? Let me take a look." Huang Fengmo leaned over worriedly and asked.
"It's not serious. It's in a concentrated state now. It's particularly ugly. Your Highness, don't look at it yet." Yan Ruocheng said immediately and vigilantly.
"Okay, I won't look at it. Don't leave any scars." Huang Fengmo said suspiciously.
"No, there will never be a scar. It will heal on its own, it's just a matter of time." Yan Ruocheng breathed a sigh of relief and said.
The carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the market street. After the two got off the carriage, they went in to take a look.
You can buy basically everything in this market. Most of the people are dressed like tribesmen, and there are fewer people from the Central Plains.
Huang Fengmo disguised himself as a tribesman, took Yan Ruocheng with him, found a shop that bought silk from the Central Plains, and went in to pretend to be a customer.
"Boss, the fabric you buy here is very good. Do you buy it from Dongcheng?" Huang Fengmo looked at several pieces of fabric and asked.
"Sir, you are discerning. These pieces of cloth are indeed newly purchased from Dongcheng. The price will be slightly more expensive than others. If the guest likes it, our store will deliver it to your door." The boss saw Huang.
Feng Mo had an extraordinary appearance, so he thought Huang Feng Mo was some big shot in the tribe and came over to greet him enthusiastically.
"Then I want these horses, but there is no need to deliver them to your door. I can take them away myself. Boss, I also want to ask some questions. Isn't it convenient for you to disclose them?" Huang Fengmo gave some sweet tips first.
This boss, let’s get back to the topic.
"Sir, please come in and sit down and talk slowly." The boss took them into the inner hall to chat and made tea to greet them.
"Here, this is the Tieguanyin from the Central Plains, of the highest quality." The boss handed each of them a cup.
"Boss, how many years have you been in this city?" Huang Fengmo took a sip of tea and asked.
"It has been more than twenty years. I have experienced this city from its prosperity to its decline and then to its plainness. Guest Sir, when I saw you wearing the clothes of those tribesmen, I thought you were also a tribesman. It turns out that you are also a tribesman.
You are from the Central Plains. Are you sent by the imperial court to inquire about the rebels?" the boss said without fear.
"From your tone, boss, it seems that other officials have already been here and asked the same question." Huang Fengmo asked.
"Yes, they all asked me if I had seen any suspicious people or if anything suspicious had happened. Nothing more happened after that. If you want to ask these questions, I will just say I don't know. Here
Life is very simple, and quarrels between people rarely involve overnight feuds. Therefore, I have never seen fights between tribesmen and Central Plains people. I have never seen any suspicious people. I have only seen various kinds of people.
Such a passerby." The boss continued slowly.
"Okay, boss, we're sorry to bother you. Thank you for the tea." Huang Fengmo thanked you politely and led Yan Ruocheng out.
"Your Highness, the tea just now was filled with sweat medicine. I pinched you, why did you take a sip?" Yan Ruozhi supported Huang Fengmo and asked.
"I just took a sip and didn't swallow it, but I wanted to show off for a while." Huang Fengmo pretended to be a little dizzy and asked Yan Ruocheng to help him back into the carriage.
The two of them quietly explored the situation outside through the wooden window of the carriage. Several tribesmen were lying in wait in a nearby alley.
"It seems that our whereabouts were discovered by the enemy all of a sudden, and now they are monitoring us." Huang Fengmo said helplessly.
"How could this happen? We were in disguise and came out through the back door." Yan Ruozhen asked puzzledly. Yan Rongyan had clearly asked the guards to confirm that no tribesmen were nearby before asking them to go out.
"Maybe they knew early on that we would come out to investigate and had already made a plan to trick us." Huang Fengmo analyzed it and said slowly.
"Do you want to go back immediately?" Yan Ruocheng asked.
"No, since they want us to be fooled, let's try to trick them and let's see what they want to do." Huang Fengmo suggested as he had some idea.
"Okay, just act well." Yan Ruocheng nodded in agreement.