She drank the water that Nangong Chiyu had poured for her in one gulp.

"I've finished eating. Now you can talk about the hunting grounds, right? Were those assassins Ye Beihan's men?"

In Su Luo and Nangong Chiyu's minds, this was the good deed Ye Beihan had done.

"His Majesty and Chi Yi investigated and found that it wasn't Ye Beihan's man, but a former subordinate of the former Crown Prince."

The former crown prince's men wanted to kill her?

How could that be? Not only did she have no conflict with the former crown prince, but even if his subordinates were still willing to serve him, the person they wanted to kill was the second prince.

What benefit would killing her bring to the former crown prince? If she were to die, the one who would benefit the most would be Northern Liang. Only those who benefit would do things that are advantageous to them.

This timeless truth is absolutely correct.

"And whose men are those former crown prince's subordinates?"

Nangong Chiyu sat back down on the edge of the bed and tucked the blanket around her.

"There's no evidence, and those people are dead, so there's no way to prove anything now. But with me here, I'll make Ye Beihan pay the price for this."

He will continue his investigation. In Nanning, this is his territory, and even Ye Beihan can only walk with his back bent when he comes here.

"Alright! After leaving the hunting grounds, did you see Ye Beihan?"

“I saw him. He has been following the Third Prince and has never left his side, but his personal guard has disappeared.”

Among the people there today, there was one who looked a lot like Shuang Shuo, but he was standing too high up in the tree and the light was too strong, so Su Luo wasn't sure if that person was Shuang Shuo.

Tell me what happened.

"good……"

"With such an incident occurring during the spring hunt, it was naturally impossible to continue, and the Second Prince failed to hunt any sika deer."

Fearing there might be more assassins, the ministers quickly withdrew. However, when the imperial guards carried out the bodies of the assassins, one was missing.

"Wait a moment!"

Su Luo raised her hand to stop him: "You said there's one less assassin, which means he might still be alive."

"That's right!"

Su Luo carefully recalled the scene at that time; almost all of those who didn't die had been shot.

Suddenly, she thought of the moment when Nangong Chiyu fell. Her mind was on Nangong Chiyu. When she fired the first shot, she could tell that the enemy had been shot, but she couldn't be sure if he was dead.

“There is one, I injured his left arm, he must still be in the capital.”

It's not easy to find a person normally, but it's much easier to find someone who has been hurt. Wounds don't heal quickly in such a short time.

"Don't worry, the entire hunting grounds and the capital city have been surrounded by me. No one can get out."

"We are in the light, they are in the shadows, so you must be careful."

"Um!"

...

Inside the official post station, almost everyone had been bribed. Ye Beihan looked at the bullet casings he had taken from Shuang Shuo's arm.

This thing was small, yet it managed to injure both of them, even cracking their bones. Its power was greater than the crossbow bolts that the Red Feather Army had seen him carrying today.

"Master, the mission has failed. Please punish us!"

Shuang Shuo's entire left arm was wrapped up. He knelt before Ye Beihan and begged for forgiveness. If it weren't for his master saving him, he wouldn't have been able to return today.

"She was not destined to die. It's just that Nangong Chiyu was poisoned by me, yet he still survived. I underestimated Su Luo."

Su Luo didn't die, but most of his men did. Moreover, Nangong Chiyu survived the poisoned arrow. There's only one possibility: Su Luo can cure his poison.

What kind of woman could deceive him, possess such extraordinary medical skills, and cultivate double-cropping rice and cotton?

What an extraordinary woman!

"Master, can you tell what the Deputy Minister of Agriculture's weapon is?"

Ye Beihan shook his head, looking at the bullet casings on the tray.

"You said Su Luo was holding a black thing that looked like a handle. Approximately how big was it?"

Shuang Shuo could see far away and couldn't see the details clearly, so he could only gesture to Ye Beihan: "About two fingers wide, and about the length of a palm."

Ye Beihan flicked his index finger across his bangs between his eyebrows, his mind already conjuring up several different kinds of weapons based on Shuang Shuo's description.

"Small, powerful, and fast-moving, so fast that it can't be seen."

He couldn't imagine what they would use to fight Nanning if every soldier in the Nanning army had such weapons.

Its small size and portability are its biggest advantages.

So how should he deal with this? Should he use poison?

He was good at making poisons, but using herbs was extremely difficult, making it unsuitable for large-scale warfare.

"Today I learned that the crossbows in the hands of the Crimson Feather Army were also designed by Su Luo."

Ye Beihan leaned back in his chair, playing with the bullet casing in his hand, but his aura was unusually cold.

“Master, in that case, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture should be kept even less. She is not only skilled in agriculture and sericulture, but also in weapon manufacturing. I have seen her crossbows before, and they are more suitable for combat than bows and arrows.”

Moreover, she possesses such powerful weapons; she should not be underestimated.

As Shuang Shuo spoke, he pointed to the bullet casing in Ye Beihan's hand.

"Agriculture, sericulture, food, weapons, and silver—these are enough to build a country. What an interesting woman."

Ye Beihan began to take an interest in Su Luo. It turned out that his dislike of women wasn't because he disliked women, but because he liked intelligent women.

“Master! She is a widow.”

Shuang Shuo sensed that his master no longer wanted to kill Su Luo, and that this idea was too dangerous.

"So what? Whatever Nangong Chiyu likes, I will snatch it away. And this woman is different. With her, destroying Nanning will be a piece of cake."

As for her children, they will be used to feed my wolfhounds; the children she bears can only be my own.

Shuang Shuo couldn't understand why his master would take a liking to Su Luo. It was true that she was beautiful, but how many beauties in Beiliang had slept with his master?

In the end, all the bodies were dismembered and fed to the dogs. The owner didn't want any of them. He said that what he hated most was women.

“Master, she is not one of us.”

"roll……"

Shuang Shuo wanted to persuade Ye Beihan that they shared the same fate; he had been trampled on by countless people because of his ugly appearance.

Until they met their master, the two were taught a great deal of skills by the old medicine master. He was in charge of killing, and the master was in charge of poison.

He would support his master in liking any woman from Beiliang, but this woman was definitely not Su Luo. Su Luo was an untamable wild wolf.

The relationship between the master and her will not end well.

"yes!"

Shuang Shuo dragged his injured arm toward the back room when an official messenger arrived with news.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The official post station is surrounded!"

As soon as Guan Yi finished speaking, Nangong Chiyu and Chi Yi appeared at the door, dressed in golden robes and exuding a chilling aura.

"Why does Your Highness visit so late at night while you are injured? Do you perhaps wish to have a heart-to-heart talk with me?"

Ye Beihan's expression was both playful and fearless.

"An assassin appeared during today's spring hunt. To ensure the safety of the Northern Liang envoy, starting from this moment, this official post station will be guarded by the Red Feather Army to guarantee the envoy's safety."

This is a disguised form of house arrest; Nangong Chiyu is indeed still the same Nangong Chiyu.

"I am an envoy from Northern Liang. Is this how Nanning treats its guests?"