It was already approaching Haishi, and Star City did not become dark at all due to the falling night.
Because of the salvage team, the river was full of boats and bright torches, as bright as day.
The salvaged fish, shrimps, carcasses, debris, etc. were piled in different places according to classification.
In every place where things are piled, there are several small dogs sniffing them, looking for the smell of bracelets in these things.
People on both sides didn't dare to go out, not to mention watching. They all closed their doors and locked their houses. He was afraid that Na Sheng would be in a bad mood and kill people for fun.
Na Sheng stayed here instead of returning to the palace, so all the officials could only follow him.
Several tents were set up on the shore, which became a place where Na Sheng temporarily handled government affairs.
Na Sheng sank completely into the armchair, holding his forehead with one hand, squinting at the candlelight on the table, with no emotion on his face.
Laiquan bowed and came in: "Your Majesty, the thin dog barked at the pile of fish that was just caught. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Na Sheng stood up lazily, his expression indifferent.
"Take me to see it."
When Laiquan arrived with Na Sheng, several thin dogs rushed into the fish pile like crazy and pulled out a large green-yellow grass carp nearly half a meter long.
The two thin dogs went up and bit the big grass carp, tearing the fish in half in a few blows.
A golden plain ring bracelet fell to the ground with a "clang" sound from the fish's belly.
Laiquan quickly picked up the bracelet, wiped it clean with his robe, and raised his hands in front of Na Sheng.
Na Sheng did not pick it up, but looked at the bracelet gloomily.
The opening of the bracelet was obviously opened by someone using the method of unlocking the mechanism, not by force.
He looked at the incense stick for half a full time, and his expression became increasingly ugly.
Ye Chuyan didn't know how to use martial arts, and she couldn't find a way to unlock the bracelet's mechanism all at once. It seemed that someone was helping her.
Na Sheng pinched the center of his brows, gritted his teeth and laughed twice, with a cold light in his eyes.
Ye Chuyan really gave him too many surprises.
Not only did he trick everyone into leaving the palace, he also found someone to help him untie the bracelet, and finally hid the thing in the belly of the fish.
I stayed here for nearly a day and two nights, spending tens of thousands of people, and finally caught only one big grass carp.
If Ye Chuyan in the past only made him want to conquer, now Ye Chuyan makes him look at him with admiration.
A woman who cheated on him twice made him unable to stop.
He quirked the corners of his lips evilly, put his hands behind his back, and said in a cold voice: "Stop the search! Go back to the palace!"
Na Sheng gave the order, and all the officers and soldiers on the river breathed a sigh of relief.
This torture-like search that did not allow anyone to rest was finally over.
After returning to the palace, Na Sheng immediately ordered that wanted notices be posted throughout the city overnight.
The wanted poster shows a portrait of Ye Chuyan in palace attire, with a few words written below.
【If the Queen returns to the palace voluntarily within three days, no one will be held accountable. 】
【Three days later, whoever helped the queen escape was cut into pieces on the spot. 】
【During this period, someone dared to accidentally injure the queen and execute the ten clansmen. 】
He wanted Ye Chuyan to realize that even if he could escape from the palace, he could not escape from Star City. In Beirong, he is heaven, and she cannot escape with her wings, so she can only settle down and be her own queen.
He hadn't figured out the reason for the three violent heartbeats, so how could he let her run away like this?
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the next day.
Wu Mu was worried that Na Sheng's people would come in at any time, so he slept very little all night.
As dawn was about to break, he heard the footsteps of a large group of officers and soldiers on the street outside, and his heart suddenly tightened.
Just as he was about to take Ye Chuyan away from him and go out to take a look at the situation, Ye Chuyan suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him with clear eyes.
"Where are you going?"
"There's something going on on the street, I'll go take a look."
"Well, be careful and go back quickly."
After Wu Mu got up, she quickly put on her clothes and adjusted the mask on her face. After confirming that everything was okay, he opened the door and went out.
As soon as Wu Mu left, Ye Chuyan took the opportunity to get up quickly and tidy up himself.
After washing, she stood by the window and opened a crack. She saw a group of people standing downstairs at Qizhao Inn, pointing at the things posted on the wall and talking about them.
She frowned slightly, hugged her knees and sat under the window in the room, thinking to herself that Na Sheng must have done something else.
While he was thinking, Wu Mu flashed in.
He felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Ye Chuyan sitting in a daze under the window with her knees in her arms like a frightened little animal.
"Ayan, why are you squatting here?"
Ye Chuyan raised his eyes to meet Wu Mu, and his face was instantly filled with a smile.
She stood up and walked to Wu Mu, hugging his waist tightly with her hands.
Since meeting Wu Mu again, she found that not only had Wu Mu become calmer, but in the past six months, he had also grown a lot taller, and his shoulders and waist had become much thicker.
After changing his body, he became shorter than before.
With her arms around his waist, she could just put her face against his heart and hear his heartbeat.
She liked this feeling very much.
"I'm fine. I was just thinking about what other tricks Na Sheng would use."
Wu Mu hugged Ye Chuyan with one hand, took out a wanted notice from his arms and handed it to her.
"Then Sheng must be furious."
"He did not allow the officers and soldiers to rest. He searched continuously and caught the fish last night. He returned to the palace on the spot afterwards. He ordered this to be posted after he returned to the palace. Now the city is full of wanted posters for you."
Ye Chuyan took the wanted notice and looked at it for a while, feeling sad.
"He is forcing me to show up voluntarily so as not to implicate my accomplices."
When Na Sheng saw that the bracelet was opened using internal power, he must have guessed that he had an accomplice. This is using the lives of his accomplices to force him to return to the palace on his own initiative.
Wu Mu raised the corners of her lips when she heard this.
"Na Sheng must have never imagined that I am not your friend, but your husband. My wife is not interested in being his queen."
Ye Chuyan raised his head and met Wu Mu's face, and couldn't help laughing.
He was obviously wearing a naive mask, but he said such shameless words. He couldn't help but reach out and pinch Wu Mu's face.
"Yes, I will never give up my husband. My husband is a hundred times, ten thousand times better than Emperor Beirong."
The atmosphere that was supposed to be tense became relaxed after the two people's words.
Wu Mu suddenly laughed out loud.
"Actually, I really want to thank Na Sheng. He not only saved your life, but also allowed you to return to me safe and sound. Now he has given us three days to escape."
Ye Chuyan bowed his head and couldn't laugh or cry.
"Na Sheng's arrogance is both instinct and a shortcoming. He is so arrogant that he thinks I will never escape. He still wants to tame me and give me three days to force me to go back and find him."
Wu Mu saw Ye Chuyan holding the sickly boy's face, eyes shining, saying these words seriously, and found it interesting and cute.
He held Ye Chuyan's waist and came to the desk in the room.
"Madam, we must not let down the three days that Na Sheng gave us. Let's prepare to leave quickly."
The two of them stood at the table, Ye Chuyan studying ink and Wu Mu picking up the pen.
Wu Mu drew the work drawing according to his memory. Then list the tools and materials needed to make the wind-controlling flying object on the paper one by one.
After listing it, Ye Chuyan glanced at it and found that there were nearly thirty items of various sizes written on the paper, including brass, bamboo pipes, fire cloth, fishing line, saws, etc.
She was a little worried.
"These things are quite special. They are eye-catching when held in the hand, and they also make sounds when they are made. We are making these things in an inn room, so there is no way to hide them from everyone's eyes."
Wu Mu gently blew the paper dry.
"Who said I was going to do this in this room?"
"Then where are you going?" Ye Chuyan was puzzled.
"When I went downstairs just now, I asked someone about the location of an abandoned charity village. If I walked over the eaves and walked over the wall, it would take about two-quarters of an hour."
"I'm going to buy something to make this in Yizhuang."
Wu Mu put away the paper, straightened his expression, and raised his eyes to look at Ye Chuyan's face.
"Madam, I will stay in Yizhuang for the next two days. I will come back to eat with you during the day and make sure you are safe and sound before I go back."
Ye Chuyan closed her eyes and thought for a while, then opened her red lips lightly.
"It takes too much time for you to come back to eat with me. You can buy me some food later, and I can just eat whatever I want in the house.
"In the past two days, you can make this thing in Yizhuang with peace of mind, and come back when it's done."
In this case, it doesn't matter even if Na Sheng's people suddenly come and take him away, Na Sheng will not hurt Wu Mu if he doesn't find him.
As long as one of them is outside, there is always a way to save the other person.
Wu Mu immediately objected.
"No, if I can't see you, I won't be able to work with peace of mind."
"If you are afraid of wasting time by eating together, I will come back to stay with you for a while every night, and I will ensure that nothing is wasted."
Ye Chuyan felt sad when she saw Wu Mu insisting on coming back to accompany her.
They were too afraid of losing each other again.
She was no longer stubborn and nodded in agreement.
Wu Mu went out to buy a lot of food and came back to discuss more details with Ye Chuyan.
When everything was planned, he hugged Ye Chuyan tightly before going out.
"Madam, wait for me here."
Ye Chuyan raised his head and kissed Wu Mu, looking at him with sparkling eyes.
"Husband, no matter when and where, I will be waiting for you."
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Xiahou Huai didn't wake up until almost noon. When he woke up, he had a splitting headache.
After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't remember what I talked about with Wu Mu yesterday when I was drunk.
I only remember that Wu Mu laughed at himself for his poor drinking ability and even laughed at himself for breaking his foot while flying.
He lifted the quilt and got out of bed. He was about to go find Wu Mu when he walked to the door and stopped.
No, if I go to Brother Wu now to ask about what happened after being drunk yesterday, I will definitely be laughed at by Brother Wu again.
Brother Wu will leave here in three days, so he will take advantage of these three days to do two things.
First: Make a flying object, fly it in front of him and show it to him. Let him know how awesome the flying thing he made is.
Second: Practice your drinking ability, challenge him again before he leaves, and drink him down.
After secretly making up his mind, Xiahou Huai felt refreshed instantly.
He muttered to himself, "Master, I must impress Brother Wu!"
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Wu Mu came out of Qizhao Inn and found the abandoned Yi Zhuang.
Because it is located to the west of Star City, it is already desolate, and Yizhuang is an ominous place. There are almost no residents near Yizhuang.
After he entered, he found that this was a two-entry courtyard. It must have been deserted for a long time, and all the houses were in danger.
The main room where the coffins are placed in the Yi Zhuang is covered with cobwebs. Six coffins are placed crookedly in the room. It is not known whether there are any remains inside.
The portrait of Zhong Kui enshrined on the high table in the middle has long since turned yellow, and the corners have been badly eaten by insects and ants. The entire painting is in tatters and has lost all its prestige.
Wu Mu didn't believe in ghosts and gods. After finding Ye Chuyan this time, he began to believe that there really were gods and Buddhas in this world.
After confirming that there was no problem in Yi Zhuang, when I went out to buy things, I bought some candles, paper money and offerings.
He lit candles on the coffins, burned some paper money, and made a few offerings to Zhong Kui before he started making things for flying in the wind.
After Wu Mu left, Ye Chuyan was alone in the room, putting the quilt on the floor, practicing boxing in the room all day long, trying not to make any noise.
She has no internal strength or skills, so she can only train her body to be more agile, so as not to delay her when escaping.
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After Na Sheng issued the wanted order, in addition to the guards at the city gate and the riverside, Star City sent more than a dozen officers and soldiers to patrol the streets every day in the past two days.
He seemed to be waiting in the palace for Ye Chuyan to return obediently.
Ye Chuyan knew that as long as he showed up, he would be caught.
Therefore, she never stepped out of the house.
Here at Qizhuo Inn, Xiahou Huai did not go to Wu Mu, but silently made his own wind-controlling thing in the backyard.
Wu Mu would go back every night to make sure that Ye Chuyan was safe in the house, and then briefly talk about his progress before leaving in a hurry.
In this way, time quickly came to the third day.
Early that morning, Xiahou Huai received a reply from his fifth brother Xia Houyan.
He opened the letter and read it. Inside was a sentence written by Xiahou Yan to Haikou Dibu:
【Those who hold this letter are my best friends. I hope Brother Dibu will take care of you, thank you very much. 】
It is signed Xiahouyan and has his personal seal stamped on it.
Xiahouhuai read it carefully for a while and was sure it was Xiahouyan's handwritten letter. Then he happily took the letter and went to the sixth floor to find Wu Mu.
When he came to the door of Wu Mu's room, he found that the door was locked from the outside. He thought that since Wu Mu was not there, he would come back later.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard a slight breathing sound in the room. He leaned outside the door and listened. There was someone inside!
Xiahou Huai left the door quietly and found a waiter to ask about Wu Mu's room.
The waiter actually didn't remember Wu Mu's plain and honest face very clearly. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally figured out which room Wu Mu was a guest in after the disguise.
"The guest in the room on the sixth floor seems to have been busy in the past two days. He locked the door and went out every day, but was not in the room."
After Xia Houhuai heard this, he asked the waiter for a spare key, and then quietly went up to the sixth floor.
As he went upstairs, he was thinking: Brother Wu has gone out, who is in the house?
A thief actually entered Qizhao Inn!
Thinking of this, he immediately felt happy.
Xiahou Huai likes to catch thieves the most.
