The victory in the war with Japan and the capture of the Japanese prince were like a signal that quickly exploded in Da Qi's court.
Everyone knows what this means. I am afraid that the conspiracy of some people behind this cannot be hidden, and those who have evil intentions in their hearts may not be able to sit still.
Xie Xun had already been prepared for this.
He set up his own secret guards at his residence in Xiaoshan and the residences of several officials who were closely related to Xiaoshan, guarding them day and night, never letting anyone go.
As expected, Xiao Shan was not ready to sit still and wait for death, just as Xie Xun had guessed.
The night after the Japanese prince handed over the letter, there was movement in Xiaoshan's mansion.
Xiao Shan was not confident enough to think that he could fight against the imperial army on his own. He did have some private soldiers under his command, but they were not large enough to make a big impact, so he was prepared to escape secretly.
Xie Xun had received the news a long time ago and thought that Qin Rushuang must be busy in the palace these days, so that night, he secretly left the palace with Qin Rushuang.
They didn't bring any palace or entourage with them, they just stayed together near Xiaoshan's mansion.
"Why did the prince bring me here?" Qin Rushuang was standing in a backlit corner, hugged by Xie Xun.
"Take you to have some fun."
Xie Xun's eyes fell on Xiaoshan's mansion.
It was already late at night, but the mansion was brightly lit.
Xie Xun explained, "Xiao Shan, this old fox, has escaped several court meetings on the pretext of illness since the fourth child was taken into the clan's mansion. Moreover, he spread the news that he was seriously ill and spent huge sums of money to search for people from all walks of life."
A famous doctor came to treat him. The price was very high, and any doctor would be tempted. Therefore, in Xiaoshan's mansion, people come and go every day during this period."
Qin Rushuang frowned, "He doesn't want to imitate me and fake his own death to escape, does he?"
Xie Xun sneered, "He doesn't dare. Even if there is only one corpse left for the crimes he committed, I will cut him into thousands of pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart."
Xie Xun looked coldly at the brightly lit mansion and said, "I guess he wanted to use the excuse of illness to escape while people were coming and going in the mansion. After all, he also knew that I must have an informant around him.
, he is pretending to be ill, and I can’t stop him from seeing a doctor when I don’t have definite evidence. When there are too many people, it’s easy to cause trouble, and if we can’t protect him, he will hide in a carriage and sneak out of the city.”
"Then the prince has received the news that he is leaving today?"
Xie Xun thought for a while and said: "It's almost nine times out of ten. The prison is not airtight. We got the news about the letter from the prince of the Japanese country. We can know it even if we come to Xiaoshan. He has a guilty conscience. If he doesn't leave now, will he return?
Waiting for me to catch him?"
Xie Xun was right. During the short period of time when he and Qin Rushuang stood in the dark, three carriages had already entered and exited Xiaoshan's mansion.
Qin Rushuang frowned and asked, "The prince stopped the carriage without ordering someone to stop it. How do you know if the person inside is Xiao Shan?"
Xie Xun smiled slyly and said, "He has spies here with me, and his own house is not made of iron."
After saying that, he winked at Qin Rushuang, as if to say, "Your husband, I am very powerful."
Just as he finished speaking, he saw another carriage coming out of Xiaoshan Mansion.
That horse was ordinary and unremarkable, no different from the previous three. It was still the butler from Xiaoshan Mansion who came out to see it off.
However, after the butler sent the carriage to the door, he gently made a gesture with his hand towards where Xie Xun was.
Qin Rushuang was a little surprised, "His old housekeeper must have been with him for many years, but he is actually yours?"
"He's not mine. It's just that he has helped Xiaoshan do a lot of dirty things over the years, and he has also taken people's lives. I promise him that as long as he helps me this time, I will only take his life and not harm him."
His family. You know, his son just gave birth to twins some time ago, and the old man is very distressed."
At this point, Qin Rushuang finally understood that Xie Xun had already made so many plans before she knew it.
Seeing the carriage slowly driving out from the door of Xiao Shan's mansion, she quickly pulled Xie Xun's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, the carriage has left, why don't your people chase after it?"
Xie Xun smiled.
He took Qin Rushuang's hand and walked out of the darkness, but did not chase the carriage. Instead, he said to Qin Rushuang, "Have you ever seen a cat catching a mouse?"
"When a cat is not hungry, when it catches a mouse, it will not eat the mouse directly, but will play with the mouse while applauding. It will first let it run away, and then catch it back, breaking the mouse's hope again and again.
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"Some mice caught by playful cats are dying in the end. They are not dead yet, but they are already lying on the ground, unwilling to escape anymore."
Qin Rushuang nodded, "I understand what the prince means."
The two people walked out of the darkness, and someone drove a carriage. They got on the horse and followed Xiao Shan's carriage leisurely.
In front of Xiao Shan's carriage, a group of Imperial City troops on night patrol suddenly appeared.
The Imperial City Army stopped their carriage for routine inspection.
Xie Xun secretly approached Qin Rushuang's ear and said, "This is the person I sent."
Sure enough, the driver of the car was a little nervous and accepted a lot of interrogations from the Imperial City Army. He thought that this would expose him, but he didn't expect that after the Imperial City Army saw it, he let them go.
The coachman breathed a sigh of relief and continued to move forward.
I don't know if they were just unlucky or if Xie Xun did it intentionally. Along the way, they encountered the Imperial City Army patrolling twice.
The coachman was frightened every time. Xiao Shan, who was hiding in the carriage, must have been frightened several times.
Finally, when the carriage was about to leave the city gate of Kyoto, Qin Rushuang couldn't help turning her head to look at Xie Xun, who was confident, and asked, "Why don't you stop? If you don't stop, it will be difficult to catch you after you leave the city gate."
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Xie Xun's smile became even worse, "You think so, do you think Xiao Shan thinks so too? Thinking that everything will be fine once you leave the city gate?"
Sure enough, when we arrived at the city gate, the soldiers at the city gate conducted routine inspections.
Because he had to check the documents of the people on the carriage before leaving the city, the coachman was very nervous all the way, and even more so at the city gate.
After checking for a long time, the two soldiers guarding the gate finally waved their hands and let the carriage go out, while the carriages of Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun followed closely behind, very close to each other.
I don't know if the coachman thought he could relax his vigilance after leaving the city, but he didn't notice them following them.
Qin Rushuang could even hear the coachman whispering to the people in the carriage: "Master, it's safe! We're out of the city!"
At this moment, Xie Xun suddenly said to their coachman, "Go forward and stop Xiaoshan's carriage!"
Just when Xiao Shan's carriage thought it was about to escape and ascend to heaven, a voice that Xiao Shan never wanted to hear in his life suddenly came from outside the carriage.
"Good evening, Xiao Aiqing! It's so late, why are you going out of town?"
