The person who opened the lock seemed impatient and made the chain rattle.
The door was pushed open with a clang, hitting the wall and sending up a cloud of dust.
Dust was flying in the sunshine, and a tall figure stood at the door.
"Oh, why is my poor disciple here?"
The old man stood at the door and looked into the room. When he saw Jiang Yanning, he was smiling, even a bit like he was laughing.
When Jiang Yanning saw the person coming, his tense nerves relaxed.
Although I was finally saved, I felt a little empty in my heart. I couldn't tell whether it was because of loss or something else.
"What's the matter? Are you not happy to see me?"
The old man had his hands behind his back and had no intention of entering the house. He probably disliked the messiness of the environment inside.
Jiang Yanning twitched the corners of his lips, as if trying to force out a smile, but failed.
"Master, how did you know I'm here?"
He didn't speak for many days, and his voice was a little hoarse.
Jiang Yanning walked out of the house while holding on to the wall.
There were two women lying at the gate of the yard, whether they were dead or unconscious.
The old man took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket and threw it to Jiang Yanning.
"If it weren't for me, you don't know how long you would have been imprisoned!"
The old man stood far away, with undisguised disgust in his eyes, and even covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves.
Jiang Yanning: "..."
Jiang Yanning felt a little embarrassed and took out two pills from the porcelain bottle and chewed them.
He stinks from being locked up here for so long.
After leaving, Jiang Yanning discovered that the place where he was imprisoned was still some distance from the capital.
This is probably an abandoned farmyard.
There weren't many people watching outside.
All were solved by the old man using medicine.
Those people spent so much effort to capture him, but only sent a few people to guard him...
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Beijing, on a certain street.
Jiang Yanning changed her clothes and tidied up again.
Unexpectedly, the old man took out a fan and shook it slowly.
He stopped Jiang Yanning who was about to leave, "What are you going to do?"
Jiang Yanning suppressed the weirdness in her heart and said, "Go back."
"Heh, where are you going?" The old man laughed inexplicably, "The concubine's residence?"
"Um."
Where else could he go?
The old man stared at Jiang Yanning's face for a while, then stood up and patted Jiang Yanning's shoulder.
"Would you like to inquire about the situation first?"
"..."
Jiang Yanning didn't answer, but the uneasiness in his heart became more and more serious.
From the time he entered the city until now, he had found no sign of anyone.
The princess is missing, but no one is looking for her.
This is so abnormal.
Moreover, he had been missing for so many days and just returned like this. I don’t know what people outside would say.
Will she believe her innocence?
Seeing Jiang Yanning's worried and hesitant look, the old man took him to the teahouse and recruited a waiter to come over and ask questions.
Teahouses where people come and go are always the best informed, so of course the waiter knows everything.
"My concubine? My concubine went up the mountain to pray for blessings and was injured. Her highness went to pick her up in person!"
"I heard the injury was quite serious."
The city is so big, gossip spreads quickly.
"His Royal Highness, whenever he is free these days, he stays with you at the mansion."
I don’t know where this news came from, but the waiter said it very seriously.
"Many men in the capital are envious... I wish I could offer myself a pillow."
Jiang Yanning couldn't believe what she heard, "The princess is in the house?"
How could he be in the house when he was here?
But from the look of the waiter, it didn't look like he was lying.
The waiter looked at Jiang Yanning strangely. Jiang Yanning was wearing a veil, so she couldn't see his face clearly.
"The princess is not in the palace, where can she be?"
The waiter said a few more words, but Jiang Yanning couldn't listen to them.
A lot of things happened during the few days he was imprisoned.
The princess was in danger and the servant beside her was killed. The princess was very angry and ordered people to investigate the matter thoroughly.
As a result, before anyone could find out, they heard that there was a spy in the house.
Someone wants to poison the princess.
In the end, the two incidents were investigated together, and they were traced to the Fourth Princess.
This matter was brought to the attention of the emperor.
The fourth princess ordered people to poison her, and there are all witnesses and materials. She is now locked up.
Jiang Yanning didn't know whether the person behind it was the Fourth Princess. He was now more concerned about whether there really was a princess in the palace.
Jiang Yanning clenched his hands, as if his heart was being tightly grasped.
Obviously he didn't go back, why did Mo Qin spread this news.
Are you afraid that the princess's disappearance will bring scandal to her?
That's right, the concubine has been missing for so long, if anyone else knows about it.
The Fourth Princess was arrested...
She also took this opportunity to deal with the Fourth Princess.
Jiang Yanning was dizzy and her thoughts were in a mess.
He seemed unable to think.
The old man's eyes darkened, and he waved his hand in front of Jiang Yanning, "Do you want to go back?"
The waiter went out at some point.
"Master..." Jiang Yan came back to his senses, "There really is something in the Concubine's Mansion..."
Jiang Yanning didn't know how good the old man's martial arts were, but he was able to come in and out of the Jiang Mansion with ease.
"I can't enter the concubine's residence." The old man knew what Jiang Yanning wanted to ask, "But that day, they did bring someone back that day."
Not only that, but the imperial doctor from the palace also went to the Princess's Mansion.
Not just once.
The princess has not yet reached the point where she can cover the sky with one hand.
He speculated that there was indeed such a person in the Concubine's Mansion.
He originally planned to sneak into the concubine's house to find someone, but he didn't expect that he couldn't get in, but found out that the concubine was looking for something secretly.
Only then did he find Jiang Yanning by accident.
But he didn't say the next words.
"Yanning, this is an opportunity." The old man lost his smile and said seriously, "Are there not enough dirty things hidden in the family? The royal family will only have more."
Chance.
A chance to escape?
Jiang Yanning bit her lip and said nothing.
He thought about how Mo Qin was different from those people during this period of time together.
"Yanning, don't be confused."
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"Your Highness, our people arrived a little late, and the concubine has been taken away."
When Qin Hao led his people to find it, he happened to meet the people responsible for guarding it.
They lost someone and were in a hurry to go back and report.
After being tortured, those people admitted that they had indeed imprisoned the people in that place.
But just a few hours ago, someone broke in and the person was lost.
"Taken away?"
Mo Qin couldn't look for it in a big way, so he could only send people to look for it secretly.
She suspected that Mo Yang was responsible for this. She couldn't find anyone and was afraid that Mo Yang would do something to Jiang Yanning, so she had to trap Mo Yang first.
Then slowly find someone.
The time was so short at that time, the person must have been hidden somewhere nearby.
"They said that an old man took the person away."
Mo Qin was relieved after hearing this.
Old man, that should be Jiang Yanning's master.
A lot of time had passed since Jiang Yanning was rescued, so he should have entered the city by now.
(End of chapter)
