Shen Yu chuckled. She didn't expect that Li Jifeng had such a temperament, let alone that he could fall in love with Xie Tingzhou.
The carriage walked for a while and then stopped moving.
“Your Highness.”
Before Xie Tingzhou could say anything, Li Jifeng raised his voice and said, "Detour? Why should we detour? There is a prince, a heir apparent, and another in this carriage..."
Li Jifeng glanced at Shen Yu and said, "Forget it."
Shen Yu: "..."
Xie Tingzhou opened the curtain and took a look.
There is an assassin in the palace. The curfew was just issued today. The government office posted another notice. The people blocked the road and watched.
"Let's take a detour." Xie Tingzhou made a prompt decision.
The carriage finally turned around, and the voices of people talking outside the carriage could be heard.
"So many domestic experts failed to catch the assassin and allowed him to escape from the palace. This shows that this assassin's kung fu is extraordinary."
"Yes, but now that Shengjing has closed the city, he can't escape even if he doesn't."
"The reward is a hundred taels of silver."
"Don't count on the reward. If you really see the assassin, your life will be gone. There will be no chance of getting any reward."
Shen Yu looked at Xie Tingzhou, "Assassin..."
Xie Tingzhou looked at her calmly, "The assassin escaped. It seems that the grounding is not without its benefits."
With just one glance, Shen Yu knew that Xie Tingzhou was sure of his success.
Shen Yu was silent for a moment, then suddenly opened the curtain and jumped out.
A large group of people gathered around the place where the announcement was made, and the road was packed to the brim.
"Excuse me, I borrowed it." Shen Yu said as she squeezed in.
Suddenly a hand stretched out from her side to separate her from the others. When Shen Yu turned around, she saw Xie Tingzhou's face.
Xie Tingzhou raised his chin and said, "Let's go and see it."
Shen Yu nodded, and as Xie Tingzhou squeezed to the front, she was stunned with just one glance.
The person on the wanted poster portrait was the same portrait Xie Tingzhou showed her, the old man Sanfu mentioned.
The wanted order states that this person is extremely vicious and has killed several maids and eunuchs in the palace. Anyone with clues will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.
Both men knew who the real "assassin" was.
After exiting the crowd, Shen Yu lowered her voice and said, "Someone must have framed this person."
Xie Tingzhou nodded, "They are looking for someone, but they don't dare to look for them in a big way. It just so happens that an assassin appears in the palace, and they can use this opportunity to turn Shengjing upside down."
"Then who is looking for him?" Shen Yu looked up at Xie Tingzhou.
"There are only three corpses of the Westerner, which shows that he has successfully escaped and is looking for him to kill and silence him."
Shen Yu said: "We have to find him before he is silenced. The other party is so nervous, so he must be a key figure. If he is really from Qichang, he might know about food and grass."
Xie Tingzhou looked solemn, "Now that I'm grounded, there are many constraints on many things."
"It doesn't matter, I can do it myself." Shen Yu thought for a while and said, "I want to go find Sanfu Xixi first, and then go back to the Shen family."
"Why are you going back to Shen's house?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Shen Yu looked down to the west and made sure there was no one there before saying, "I then carefully thought about what I said to Emperor Xu and Ge Liangji. It was the dispute between the princes that led to the defeat of Yanliang Pass. My father was recruited by them." The defeat at Yanliangguan must be due to a conflict, either because we can't win over him, or... or my father has chosen to take sides, and I want to go back to his study to look for any clues."
Xie Tingzhou looked at her and said, "Be careful. There is a curfew starting today. You must be back before midnight."
"Okay." Shen Yu looked at the carriage, "The Ninth Prince is calling you, please come back."
Just as she was about to leave, Xie Tingzhou grabbed her wrist.
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment.
"Don't let people worry about you." Xie Tingzhou said.
Shen Yu swallowed her saliva and felt Xie Tingzhou squeeze her wrist. When he let go, she felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.
"that……"
Xie Tingzhou turned around, "What's wrong?"
Shen Yu pursed her lips and said, "I, I'll be back in the morning."
"Okay." Xie Tingzhou smiled.
This smile seemed to capture the beauty of spring in her eyes, and at the same time put the spring water into Shen Yu's heart, causing her to still feel a sway in her chest on the way to find Sanfu.
Sanfu was at the inn today. When he saw Shen Yu, he hurriedly brought her in.
"Young Master is finally here." Sanfu said anxiously: "Young Master, have you seen the wanted notice posted?"
"Looked at it."
Sanfu said: "The yamen asked anyone with news to report that he has been to our inn. If everyone goes there, wouldn't it be a problem if I don't go alone?"
"You're not stupid." Shen Yu hooked her legs up on a chair and sat down. "If someone reports to the government, someone will definitely come to the inn to interrogate the whole story. But you should know what should and shouldn't be said."
Sanfu nodded repeatedly, "Let's just say that we met when we came to stay. But I won't talk about what happened that night, and I can't talk about the mass graves either, but..."
"but what?"
Sanfu chuckled, "Young Master, look, what I have recently..."
Shen Yu snorted coldly, "You want to use these two things to get an advantage from me, right?"
"No, no." Sanfu rubbed his hands nervously.
"There is no best." Shen Yu said slowly and calmly: "You can report the murder at the inn door and the corpses in the mass grave to the Yamen to see if you can survive."
Sanfu was so frightened that he knelt down quickly, "How can Sanfu have the courage? Whatever the young master says will be whatever he says."
Shen Yu threw her hand, silver light flashed, and Sanfu quickly reached out to catch it.
Seeing that it was an ingot of silver, Sanfu Le blossomed and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, I have been keeping an eye on it recently. If there is any news, I will report it to you as soon as possible."
After leaving the inn, Shen Yu returned to Shen's mansion again.
She sneaked in secretly and did not alert Shen Yan, otherwise she might cause trouble if Shen Yan knew she was looking for something.
Just as she told Xie Tingzhou, it was still the time of Xu when she returned to Beilin Palace.
She had something to talk to Xie Tingzhou. When she arrived at Qingpu Residence, Li Jifeng hadn't left yet. The two of them were sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.
"Come back?" Xie Tingzhou saw Shen Yu and said, "Come and sit."
Lanterns were lit in the yard, the moon was rising, and the breeze was blowing. It was a suitable night for moon-viewing.
Shen Yu sat down, and with Li Jifeng around, it was difficult to talk about many things. Xie Tingzhou saw that she had something to say, and inadvertently tipped the cup in her hand and poured it onto her clothes.
Xie Tingzhou stood up, and Li Jifeng immediately asked, "Why are you going?"
"Change your clothes." Xie Tingzhou asked, "What, you want to wait on me?"
Li Jifeng hurriedly waved his hand, "I decline politely. Although you are unparalleled in appearance, a brother is a brother, and I still have no interest in you."
Xie Tingzhou smiled and looked at Shen Yu, "You come with me."
