Prince Qi's Mansion.
Xiao Chengxuan's face was gloomy: "What did you say? Say it again!"
The secret guard knelt on one knee and tensed up: "Your Highness, calm down! Although the operation failed this time and failed to kill Zhao Hanguang, we sent dead soldiers and will never leak any information!"
Xiao Chengxuan's forehead was throbbing with veins: "You also know that the ones you sent are dead soldiers? They are just killing people in the sky prison, and you can't do this! What is the use of this palace raising you!"
The secret guard lowered his head: "This subordinate is incompetent. If you want to kill or behead me, I will leave it to His Highness's disposal!"
Xiao Chengxuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
It was useless to talk about it now. What he was worried about was that there was something fishy about the death of the dead soldier!
Zhao Hanguang doesn't know martial arts, so assassinating him would be a simple matter, but now...
"Go and find out! What happened in the prison today, and how did Zhao Hanguang escape this disaster!"
The secret guard breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said respectfully: "Yes!"
At this moment, hurried footsteps came from outside.
Xiao Chengxuan glanced at the secret guard, and the man quickly stood up and disappeared into the darkness quietly.
It was as if it had never appeared.
"Enter."
Xiao Chengxuan said deeply, and the expression on his face returned to normal in an instant.
A middle-aged man walked in, with a rare look of nervousness on his usually calm face.
Xiao Chengxuan frowned, feeling uneasy for no reason.
"It's so late, why do you want to see me?"
The man's face turned pale: "Your Highness, that Zhou You has retracted his confession! Just now, Su Wei of Dali Temple led someone to break into Han's house and took Han Tong away!"
Xiao Chengxuan stood up suddenly: "What did you say!?"
He originally planned to kill Zhao Hanguang today and bury those secrets forever, but unexpectedly, he failed and Han Tong was arrested again!
Once one of the two of them says something, then...
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" The man obviously knew the stakes and was worried. "How about I go to Dali Temple? Let them be accommodating-"
Xiao Chengxuan immediately objected: "No!"
Although many people know that Han Tong is his, if he pleads for Han Tong at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to openly tying himself and Han Tong to the same rope!
"Han Tong's crime can be big or small. If he participates rashly, he will only make his father unhappy." Xiao Chengxuan pondered for a long time, with a ruthless look in his eyes. "In the final analysis, Han Tong made his own decision in this matter and has nothing to do with others." Relationships cannot be blamed on others! He should naturally bear the responsibility for his own mistakes and just wait and see what happens."
The middle-aged man was stunned. What did His Highness mean by this... just giving up on Han Tong?
Xiao Chengxuan walked around for two steps and then asked: "Is there any movement at the Dingbei Hou Mansion recently?"
The middle-aged man came back to his senses and shook his head.
"That guy has been recuperating since he returned to Beijing. He doesn't seem to care about anything. I heard that he will go to Wulan Mountain to escape the summer heat in a few days."
Xiao Chengxuan raised his head: "Wulan Mountain?"
…
Early on the next morning, Ye Chutang took Xiao Wu to the city gate.
The morning fog has not completely dissipated, and a slightly cool humidity lingers.
Xie Anbai was about to ride out of the city when he saw a vaguely familiar figure of Pingting in the distance, and he hesitated and slowed down.
When he arrived, he had a look of surprise on his face.
"Miss Ye Er?"
Ye Chutang looked sideways when he heard the sound, and was slightly startled when he saw Xie Anbai: "Mr. Xie?"
Xie Anbai simply turned over and dismounted, looked back and forth, and asked curiously: "Why are you here so early?"
He raised his chin: "You still have Xiao Wu with you?"
Xiao Wu pursed his lips and smiled at him.
Xie Anbai's heart suddenly melted, and he couldn't help but pinch Xiao Wu's face gently.
"It's very foggy this morning. Can her small body handle it?"
"Thank you for your concern, sir." Ye Chutang nodded politely, "Although Xiaowu is young, he is in good health."
Xie Anbai didn't believe it.
That little breast is four years old and can't speak yet. It looks so pitiful. It can't be said that it's in good health, right?
But it was hard to say, so he didn't continue and changed the subject: "Are you... waiting for someone here?"
Ye Chutang responded: "Yes."
Xie Anbai became interested: "It's so early, who are you waiting for?"
There has been a lot of commotion in the Ye family these days. Who doesn't know that Ye Chutang and Ye Heng's family have broken up and separated.
Ye Chutang said that among these people, the siblings seemed to only know a few people in the capital. Who was worthy of her waiting here so early in the morning?
Ye Chutang paused and softened his voice.
"Sun Li'an."
Hearing the name, Xie Anbai reacted for several seconds.
"...Former doctor of the Ministry of Industry, Sun Li'an?"
This time it was Ye Chutang who was surprised: "Mr. Xie knows this person?"
Xie Anbai unfolded his fan with a "swish" sound and said softly: "In the Tongzhou embankment embezzlement case a few months ago, this person alone embezzled a full 130,000 taels of silver. It's like thunder. Who doesn't know it?"
This case was a big deal at the time, and more than 30 officials were arrested from top to bottom, among whom Sun Li'an was particularly famous.
Because he is very young, only thirty-seven years old this year, and has already been promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of Industry. He originally had a bright future, and because of his huge amount of corruption, I heard that when his house was raided, the backyard of his house was dug up. Looking into the sky, countless money was found.
So when it comes to this name, Xie Anbai also knows it.
but……
"What are you waiting for him here? If I remember correctly, he seems to be still in jail now, right?" Xie Anbai said, suddenly remembering something, and tapped his head with the fan handle, "Ouch! I almost forgot! He He is going to be exiled! Could it be today?"
Ye Chutang nodded, but did not hide anything.
"Uncle Xu mentioned it before, today is the day."
Xu Fengchi? How could he tell Ye Chutang this?
Xie Anbai was a little puzzled, so he asked the question in his mind: "Why is he telling you this?"
Ye Chutang paused and explained: "In the old days, he had a close friendship with my father, but later they broke off because of some things. When my father was alive, he mentioned it more than once, and always felt that there was a misunderstanding. Unfortunately, later...he came back again I didn’t have the chance to ask him clearly in person. So I came here today to understand something that was on my father’s mind during his lifetime.”
Xie Anbai suddenly realized.
"That's it..."
As an outsider, he naturally didn't know much about these things, but seeing Ye Chutang's calm and determined expression, he didn't ask any more questions.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from behind, accompanied by the sound of heavy shackles dragging on the ground.
Ye Chutang looked up.
A group of haggard and haggard prisoners dressed in prison uniforms were tied to a rope one by one and walked forward with numb expressions.
The man walking at the end was extremely thin, with only three fingers left on his right hand, which was shaking slightly uncontrollably.
