Chapter 413: The Unfortunate End of the Pit and Arrested
Wang Xiulin and the eleventh prince Huang Fanyi had already set out for a few days. They got along well with each other along the way. They arrived at a small town near the inn.
"There is the headquarters of the Shadow Guards here. I'll go find someone to check it out. You can wait for me at the inn first." Huang Fan'er said as he assigned the task.
Wang Xiulin felt that he was stepping on her head to assign tasks, and said a little unhappy: "What do you mean, I will wait for you in the inn, it seems that I want to obey your orders, I want to go to the city to investigate
, let’s act separately.”
"No, it's dangerous for you, Sister-in-law, to go alone." Huang Fan'er said worriedly.
"What's the danger? I've already dressed up like a maid who goes out. With such a poor appearance, will thieves come to rob me?" Wang Xiulin couldn't help but vomited when he looked at himself in the clothes of a poor maid.
"Well, be careful yourself." Huang Fan's persuasion failed, so he had no choice but to let her go.
"It's you, you're dressed like an old lady, so you have a much greater chance of being robbed." Wang Xiulin got off the carriage and warned Huang Fan'er, who was dressed like an old lady.
"Hey, how could this happen? I am a man, no matter what you say, I will not suffer any loss." Huang Fan'er glanced at him and said with a smile.
"Okay then, we will meet at the inn at dusk to report."
"OK, all right."
So, the two of them acted separately.
Huang Fan'er wanted to find the headquarters of the Shadow Guards. The Shadow Guards in this city were more strict. The headquarters was located in Shifang, where jade was sold.
Pretending to be an old woman, he entered the vicinity of the stone square.
People here are all here to snap up the newly shipped jade stones. Everyone walks fast and there are a lot of people coming and going.
Miao Xiaoxuan targeted an old woman who was alone and easy to cheat among the crowd. Judging from the old woman's clothes, she must be an old woman who came out of the palace and spent her old money to buy high-quality jadeite.
Shi. So she is going to blackmail a sum of money to earn enough money.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" She pushed a cart of stones, and when she got close to Huang Fan'er, she deliberately threw a stone at Huang Fan'er's instep.
"Ouch!" Huang Fan'er bounced a few times in pain.
"Ah! I'm sorry! Old woman, did a rock from my car fall and hit you?" Miao Xiaoxuan said pretendingly.
"It's good to know. Be careful, hey!" Huang Fanbo stood on tiptoe on his aching feet and said angrily.
"My shop is nearby, how about I take you there to apply some medicine?" Miao Xiaoxuan approached him and supported him.
Huang Fan'er shook off her hand and said in annoyance: "No, I can still walk by myself."
Miao Xiaoxuan quickly hit another rock on the instep of his foot. The pain was not over yet, but a new pain arose. Huang Fan'er covered her feet and jumped, and when she was unsteady, Miao Xiaoxuan directly lifted her onto her cart.
"You're welcome, we'll be there soon." She didn't give him any room to get out of the car. She pushed him forward like an arrow and walked quickly.
"Hey! Where are you going to push me?"
"Old lady, don't be afraid, go to my shop, I sell stones too, and the stones are genuine and contain very high jade content." Miao Xiaoxuan said pretending to be a salesperson.
Huang Fan'er thought to himself that this person must have thought that he was an old woman who came to buy jade, so she came here to entertain her. Anyway, the instep of her foot was really painful from being hit, so she gave him some medicine before leaving.
Miao Xiaoxuan took him to a shabby bamboo shed that was built haphazardly.
"Selling stones here is really casual." Huang Fan'er couldn't help but say. He got out of the car, took a quick look, and couldn't help but say.
"I'm just selling stones. There's no need to pay attention to the appearance. The stones are not afraid of the rain. Old lady, please sit down." Miao Xiaoxuan said casually and gave him a stool to sit on.
Huang Fan'er slowly moved over and sat down. He pretended not to be able to walk at first, but his foot was injured and he walked with pain like an old man.
"Old lady, you came here alone, what kind of jade do you want to buy?" Miao Xiaoxuan came over with Tie Dajiu and asked.
"Bring me an emerald stone and show it to me. I can apply the medicinal wine myself." Huang Fan'er looked for some reason to move her away.
"Okay, old lady, take the medicinal wine and apply it slowly. I'll pick out a big piece and show it to you." Miao Xiaoxuan didn't think much and was immediately put away by him.
"You take your time and choose, I'm not in a hurry." He added.
After taking off his shoes, he found that the instep of his feet was red and painful when touched. He casually dipped some medicinal wine into it, smeared it on and put it back on.
Miao Xiaoxuan brought a cheap jade stone over and showed it to him.
"Old lady, what do you think of this piece?"
"Average. It seems that the goods you have here are very average. I'd better go somewhere else to have a look." Huang Fan'er said casually, looking for an explanation, got up and left.
Miao Xiaoxuan quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't go in such a hurry, old lady, I think you have a misunderstanding of jade. Don't look at the ordinary texture of the stone, but there is actually a lot of jade hidden in it. Why don't you go again?"
Sit down and take your time to see clearly."
Huang Fan'er said in annoyance: "I remembered that I still have some things to do. I'll come to your place next time."
Miao Xiaoxuan originally thought that this old woman would be easy to deceive, but unexpectedly she was a clever girl. She used a trick. She hooked up a broken jade pendant, and when Huang Fan'er shook her away vigorously, she deliberately dropped the jade pendant to the ground.
, it was already broken, but now it looks even more broken.
"Oops! Old lady, even if you don't sell it, why did you break my family's treasure - Cangtian Jade?" Miao Xiaoxuan shouted loudly.
Passers-by gathered around curiously.
Huang Fan'er didn't know if it was caused by himself. This situation seemed like he was being blackmailed.
"You did it on purpose, right?" he said bluntly.
"Old lady, why are you talking like this? Are you relying on your old age to show off your old age? It's so shameful to think at such a young age! You broke my family's treasure, so you should pay for it. Everyone here can see that you dumped me. Wuwuwu
This is a family treasure left to me by my parents, a unique one. There has been no business in the past few months, and you broke my jade pendant and refused to compensate me." Miao Xiaoxuan went from being reasonable to crying and arguing.
Huang Fan'er felt that he was extremely unlucky, how could he have gotten into such a thing.
"How much is it? I'll compensate you!"
"Although it is the treasure of the whole family, I won't lie to you. It is actually only worth nine thousand two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine."
Huang Fan'er took out ten thousand taels from his money bag and gave them to her, saying, "There's no need to look for them."
"Thanks."
Miao Xiaoxuan took the banknote and felt very proud. It was really easy to deceive this water fish!
Huang Fan'er limped and walked into the crowd angrily.
"It's true, the headquarters has been cheated even before we found it."
"Old lady, you dropped something."
"Again! Haven't you deceived enough?"
Huang Fan'er turned around angrily. Shangguan Moxuan looked at him in confusion and handed him a token he picked up on the ground.
Shangguan Moxuan looked him up and down, Huang Fan'er paused for a moment and took the token.
"Are you looking for a shadow guard?" Shangguan Moxuan said.
Huang Fan'er stopped and turned around again.
"What did you say?"
"I said, are you looking for a shadow guard?" Shangguan Moxuan said again.
"Do you know that I want to find a shadow guard?" Huang Fan'er approached him and asked.
"This token of yours is the token used by the Shadow Guards. Come with me!" Shangguan Moxuan said pointedly.
Huang Fan'er didn't think much and followed him. This time he was finally able to find the headquarters.
Shangguan Moxuan took Huang Fan'er to a deserted dead end. Then, someone hit Huang Fan'er from behind with a stick, knocking him unconscious.
"This person should also be sent by the imperial court to notify the Shadow Guards to arrest us. Leave him to me." Shangguan Moxuan said to his accomplices.
The accomplice nodded and agreed.
At dusk, Wang Xiulin was alone in the agreed-upon inn, waiting for Huang Fanyi who had not returned yet.
"What happened? It's almost evening and I haven't come back yet." She couldn't help but vomit and walked around the room. The two of them came out without any guards, only a groom.
After waiting for another hour, she felt something was wrong.
Huang Fan'er still hasn't returned, and there's no news at all.
However, at night, she did not dare to go out to look for him alone. In desperation, she could only wait until tomorrow before going out to look for him.
"Huh? Oops, it hurts! Hiss!" Huang Fan'er gradually woke up and was dropped into a dilapidated thatched hut.
"What happened? Why am I being hung? Who attacked me?" He was a little confused and looked around.
A fragrant smell of roasted chicken came from outside the door, and with a squeak, the door opened.
Shangguan Moxuan came in with the freshly roasted roast chicken. He saw him waking up and said, "Are you awake?"
"I know, it was you who asked someone to knock me out. Who are you?" Huang Fan'er shouted.
"I'm not a person, nor a bad person, I'm just a person who does things according to the mission." Shangguan Moxuan sat down and slowly ate the roast chicken and said.
Huang Fan's unsatisfied stomach growled when he saw him eating the delicious roast chicken.
"I'll let you down and let's eat together, okay?" Shangguan Moxuan said friendly.
"Okay." Huang Fanyi nodded.
Although he was let down, his hands were still tied.
"You tied my hands and told me how to eat."
Shangguan Moxuan tied his hands from the back to the front and asked him to hold the chicken legs to eat.
"Who gave the order to arrest me here?" Huang Fan'er asked while eating.
"An order from a high-ranking person." Shangguan Moxuan said.
"I only know that the most powerful person is the Holy Emperor. I wonder if you are talking about the Great Emperor?" Huang Fan'er said inferring.
"Just stay there for a while and then go back and recover. Don't ask about anything else." Shangguan Moxuan didn't answer. He just finished speaking, went out and locked the door.
Huang Fan'er slowly finished the roast chicken and waited until there was no movement outside before slowly starting to take action.
In the stone square, Miao Xiaoxuan is still waiting for Shangguan Moxuan.
Shangguan Moxuan walked over slowly.
"Moxuan, you've taken so long to come back. I've collected enough travel expenses today, so let's escape tonight." She said happily.
"You saved enough money so quickly. How did you get the money? Did you steal it?" he asked in disbelief.