469 Something is amiss!
Xiao Hanzheng naturally felt that Prince Yi’s attitude was different from before.
However, he didn’t think about it in any other way.
He guessed that it might be because he had brought his people here and his mother had saved Prince Yi, hence his attitude was like it.
“Let’s go down the mountain first,” he said.
Prince Yi nodded. “Alright!”
Mother Xiao said to her son, “Prince Yi’s injuries are not minor. He’s also having a fever. You can ask someone to carry him down the mountain.”
When Liang Yulin heard this, the corners of his lips unconsciously rose.
He turned his head to look at Mother Xiao, but unfortunately, she didn’t look at him.
Xiao Hanzheng was already prepared. “You guys carry Prince Yi down the mountain.”
Soon, two people came out and opened a folding roller. They said respectfully, “Prince Yi, please!”
Liang Yulin actually didn’t want anyone to carry him, so he was very satisfied with the roller.
This future son-in-law of his was really attentive and considerate. Very good.
So he went to the roller and sat down.
This was also because Mother Xiao didn’t know what he was thinking in his heart.
Otherwise, she definitely wouldn’t be able to help but spit on him for being shameless.
“Did you meet the people who were chasing me?” Liang Yulin asked Xiao Hanzheng.
“I met a group of them, and they all committed suicide,” Xiao Hanzheng replied.
However, he didn’t need to check.
He knew in his heart that Prince Jin sent them here.
As for Prince Jin’s motive, he could roughly guess it.
It was nothing more than to get rid of Prince Yi and then let the emperor vent his anger on him.
The most important thing was to sow discord between the emperor and the empress dowager.
If Prince Yi died, there would definitely be cracks in the emperor’s relationship with his mother, the empress dowager.
The sudden death of her beloved youngest son would be a blow to the empress dowager, causing her to be really ill.
Prince Jin had a good plan.
He suddenly came up with such a sudden move that caught everyone off guard.
Fortunately, Prince Yi’s life wasn’t over.
He met his mother and sister, who happened to come here to pick mushrooms.
Liang Yulin’s eyes turned cold. “In this short period of time, those remaining people probably won’t appear again.”
He naturally had to take revenge for this.
“What happened to the secret guards who were protecting us?” Mother Xiao looked at her son worriedly and asked.
Xiao Hanzheng gave her a comforting look. “Two of them are seriously injured, and the other two have minor injuries.”
The two people with minor injuries were the ones who had rushed down the mountain. Although there were many men of sacrifice, they had escaped relatively quickly.
Later, they happened to meet him and his people to rescue them.
The two who were seriously injured were the ones who had risked their lives to intercept the leader of the underlings.
When Xiao Hanzheng and the others arrived, the two of them were lying on the ground with several cuts on them.
There were also the bodies of several men of sacrifice.
The leader of the men of sacrifice was not there, he had gone to find Prince Yi.
Fortunately, one of the secret guards risked his life to kill the bird.
In addition, Mother Xiao didn’t run in a fixed direction, so these people couldn’t find them.
If it were not for Xiao Hanzheng’s aged ginseng and some emergency medicine, or if he had been a little slower, he would not have been able to save the two.
When Mother Xiao heard that no one had died, she heaved a sigh of relief.
She put her hands together and said, “That’s good.”
She looked at the green goose. “This is Dumby’s goose, right?”
Xiao Hanzheng nodded. “Yes, I don’t know if its gene is mutated. Besides having a different fur color, it was also talented in finding people and things.
“It was also under its guidance that I successfully found you, mother.”
He and his wife both suspected that Dumby’s geese were mutated, and it might have something to do with Dumby drinking the spiritual water.
According to his wife, it was some kind of genetic mutation that affected the next generation.
Because of this, the couple had been training the goose to find things and people, and constantly tapping into its potential.
As expected, it was really useful.
When Mother Xiao heard this, she happily touched the big goose’s head. “Dumby’s goose is so amazing.”
The goose obviously knew Mother Xiao. It rubbed against her hand affectionately.
Liang Yulin felt comfortable no matter how he looked at this scene.
The woman he had his eyes on was so good. She even liked the goose.
After going down the mountain, the group returned to the county.
In a direction behind the mountain, more than a dozen people in black appeared.
One of them was the leader of the men of sacrifice who had led the pursuit.
He ordered, “Mission failed. Send the news back to our master.”
They would not return to Northern City for the time being. They had to wait for their master’s next order.
After returning to the county, Xiao Hanzheng personally treated Prince Yi’s wound and prescribed him some medicine.
Prince Yi’s men weren’t all dead either.
About a third of them were still alive.
All of them were arranged by Xiao Hanzheng to stay in another guest courtyard that had just been renovated by the county government.
Prince Yi also used his injury as an excuse to stay.
In Northern City.
A few days ago, Prince Jin got someone to send the princess consort to Heyang County.
He estimated that Prince Yi would be killed by his secret guards soon.
It would be good if the princess consort went to see a corpse.
He didn’t know that Prince Yi had been saved by Mother Xiao.
He had received another piece of news.
“Master, the potatoes that the third prince’s men were escorting were successfully intercepted by the Ge Kingdom and all the potatoes were taken away.”
That was why they didn’t make a move.
Liang Yujun frowned. “Are the third prince’s men that bad? ”
According to his estimation, his people here would be as precious as the oriole to him.
“The third prince’s men saw that they couldn’t win, so they gave up on the potatoes and ran away,” the hidden guard replied.
Prince Jin furrowed his brows again. “Something’s not right!”
The third Prince had sent out the regulars, so how could they be so cowardly?
“Is Xiao Hanzheng trying to lure me away?” he asked suspiciously.
“We saw the Ge people open the bag with our own eyes,” the secret guard said. “They did take out what looked like the potatoes that our spies reported.”
Prince Jin felt that something was not right, but he heard that the potatoes had indeed been stolen by the Ge people.
“By the way, where did Shi Qingluo go?”
He had received news that Shi Qingluo had not appeared in the county town for a few days, which made things even more amiss.
“It’s said that she’s sick and recuperating in the courtyard, ” the secret guard replied. “But she hasn’t shown her face yet, so the people over there suspect that Shi Qingluo might have gone out.”
Prince Jin narrowed his eyes. “This matter isn’t simple. Something is amiss.”
He ordered, “Keep an eye on Xiao Hanzheng in the county and the people from the Ge Kingdom.
“Also, make sure they find out the whereabouts of Shi Qingluo and the goose.”
He had a suspicion that Shi Qingluo might have entered the capital.
That arrogant and despotic daughter of his was determined on killing Shi Qingluo’s precious goose and was even waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.
Based on Shi Qingluo’s personality, she would not sit and wait for death.
He couldn’t help but curse Liang Mingmin in his heart.
She was really an idiot who could do nothing but ruin things.
This was the result of his deliberate indulgence.
He really didn’t expect that after she went out to harm others, she would actually harm her own father.
He had originally wanted to find her a good family to marry into, but now he felt that it was better not to harm others.
The secret guard nodded. “Yes!”
On the other side, after Shi Qingluo brought Dumby out of the northern border, they sped up their journey.
After another ten days, they finally arrived at the boundary near the capital.
She was still a woman dressed as a man.
She went to find some porters and carried the sacks of potatoes directly into the capital.
As Shi Qingluo led Dumby and the porters through the city gates, a group of royal guards appeared in a low-profile manner.
Shi Qingluo was not surprised to see this.
The emperor’s eyes were all over Daliang, and the events in the northern border must have been reported as quickly as possible.
Her young husband should have also sent an urgent letter to the emperor.
Hence, she paid the porters a fee and even bought the shoulder poles they used to carry the goods so that they could leave the shoulder poles behind.
The porters were shocked by the guards appearance and quickly left with the money.
At this moment, the leader of the guards walked forward and said politely, “Mdm Shi, His Majesty has invited you!”
Shi Qingluo pointed at the carrying pole. “Alright, carry them on the shoulder poles and follow me into the palace.”
The guard uttered under his breath, she’s really capable.
However, he didn’t turn it down. He got his people to carry the load and escorted Shi Qingluo and the goose into the palace.