It's already September, and although Dongjiang is located in the south, the night breeze is still cool.
Li Wen wrapped her robe tightly and looked at the sisters hugging each other for warmth, feeling a sense of absurdity in her heart.
Didn't he come to pick up his blind date? Why did he end up hiding on a hillside with an unfamiliar person in the middle of the night and blowing in the cold wind? It was only a few hours before they first met!
While he was in a daze, Yan Ling's voice came to his ears: "Prince Li, are you cold? How about... I can also help you block the wind?"
Seeing that he was about to hug her, Li Wen hurriedly took a step back: "No, I'm not cold."
It’s pleasing to the eye to see two girls hugging each other, but what does it look like for two grown men to hug each other? This second young master Yan is too...
Before he could finish thinking about it, he caught a glimpse of the smile flashing across Yan Ling's lips, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have been tricked.
This Second Young Master Yan is really...
"Here we come." Yan Ling suddenly straightened his face and whispered.
Xu Yin perked up and looked over intently.
Li Wen followed their line of sight and saw a shadow moving in the inn.
The man looked around, carefully avoiding the patrolling guards, secretly left the inn, and headed up the hillside.
Not long after, he arrived at a remote place, where he could use the rocks to block prying eyes from the direction of the inn. However, he did not know that he was very close to the four of them, and was actually being watched.
It's the waiter at the inn.
He looked in the direction of the inn and saw that no one was following him, so he took out...a pigeon from his arms.
Li Wen immediately became alert.
This is a homing pigeon, so whose spy is this guy? He was lurking in the inn early, waiting for Miss Xu to arrive? Li Wen wondered if he wanted to go up and catch someone, but the Xu sisters and Yan Ling both
at every turn.
They didn't move when the guy released the homing pigeon and turned away.
Li Wen was a little anxious and wanted to ask, but Yan Ling made a silent gesture, so he had to wait patiently.
It wasn't until the waiter's figure re-entered the inn that Xu Yin said: "Let's go!"
Li Wen was full of questions, so he followed them for a short distance and finally saw the Xu family guards. One of them was holding the shot pigeon in his hand!
"Eldest Miss, Third Miss." Wei Jun shouted.
"Keep your voice down!" Xu Yin stretched out his hand, "Bring it here."
Wei Jun took out a small bamboo tube, took out a note from it, and handed it over.
Xu Yin took it and gave it to Li Wen without even looking at it.
Li Wen looked at her in surprise.
"Let's take a look!" Xu Yin said.
The guard immediately took out the fire stick and blew it. A weak light shone over it.
Li Wen gave her a meaningful look, lowered his head and unfolded the note.
The next moment? His expression changed.
Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, Yan Ling raised his hand and took away the note. He saw four words written on it: People are here? Kill him or not?
He raised his eyebrows in surprise and glanced at Li Wen with sympathy in his eyes.
When a person arrives, at this point in time? Who does this person refer to? It’s self-evident.
I thought they just wanted to interfere with the marriage between the two families, but unexpectedly the goal was much greater than the prince had imagined.
"Prince Li, do you want to arrest someone?" Xu Yin asked.
Li Wen took back the note, burned it on the fire, and asked, "What do you know?"
Xu Yin said: "What do we know? Less than you think."
Li Wen glanced at her suspiciously.
It was unclear, so Xu Yin said: "Otherwise? You come with me to meet someone - you go alone and meet quietly."
Li Wen thought for a moment and nodded slowly.
…
The group of people quietly returned to the inn. Li Wen hesitated for a moment. Didn't he go find the captain of the guard after all? A man followed Xu Yin into the cellar.
When he saw the prisoner, he looked over in confusion.
Xu Yin said: "This is the bandit leader who attacked us that night."
The bandit leader noticed someone, opened his eyes and took a hard look at them.
He had not seen the sun for seven or eight days, and his expression was a little dull, but the moment he saw Li Wen, his pupils shrank.
Li Wen noticed it and asked, "Do you recognize me?"
The bandit leader remained silent.
Xu Yin raised his chin and said to him: "You must know who this is. You failed and were captured, and you can't go back to your master. He is your master's master. As long as he is willing to help, not only will
I can save your life and even hope to reunite your family. Don’t you want to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"
The bandit leader looked at her with surprise in his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "You, are you willing to let me go?"
Xu Yin smiled and said: "Of course I won't let you go, but if Prince Li wants someone, I have to give him face, right?"
"..."
Li Wen gave her a complicated look.
When he intercepted the note before, he thought the Xu family wanted to file a complaint, so he brought him out specifically to see with his own eyes the murderer who attacked them. Unexpectedly, after reading the content of the note, he found that the person was targeting him.
But now that she said this, she was clearly helping him tame the bandit leader.
After this back and forth, the status of both parties was completely different.
It's called a complaint. I hope that he can give the Xu family justice, and I think that I am a subordinate. However, by helping him discover the secret mastermind plotting his life and helping him, both parties are on an equal footing, even if he
I still owe a favor.
Li Wen recalled the words of the captain of the guard and couldn't help but smile bitterly. What's the point of setting up an ambush to scare people? This is called turning against guests.
He breathed out and cheered up. Although he was a little unhappy, the Xu family had no ill intentions and he still had to accept this favor.
"Who are you?" Li Wen asked.
In a short period of time, the bandit leader had already figured it out. When he took refuge in the Wei family, he had no way out. He was ordered to come here to rob and kill. In addition to obeying others' orders, he also hoped in his heart that Miss Wei Si would become the crown prince, so that he could
He has a good future. The person standing in front of him now is the crown prince himself, and there is still a chance to save his family. Why should he hesitate?
"I, Qiu Jin, have met the prince." The bandit leader said in a humble tone, "I was originally the brigade commander of the Huxiaoying Camp in the north of the Yangtze River. Because of Jiang Yi, he fled to the east of the Yangtze River and joined the Wei family."
Li Wen nodded. A few years ago, the emperor sent Jiang Yi, the commander-in-chief, to supervise the military affairs in the north of the Yangtze River to quell rebellions. The rebels who were originally their own masters died or fled, and Qiu Jin must have been one of them.
Xu Yin sneered and said, "Sure enough, what I said before about my name being Deng Dahai was all a lie."
Qiu Jin has decided to surrender, and his attitude is naturally different from before. Miss Xu is very likely to become the crown prince. If he wants to become the crown prince, he must treat the Xu family with respect.
"Miss Xu San, please forgive me. I have been ordered to come to rob and kill you. In order to hide my identity, I naturally used a false name."
Hearing this, Li Wen's eyes flashed and he asked: "By order? Whose order?"
Qiu Jin moved his mouth and looked back and forth between Xu Yin and Li Wen. After all, he didn't take the opportunity to negotiate terms and answered honestly: "Miss Wei Si."