Chapter 420: New Uses for the Pen

What the Lu family didn’t expect was that as soon as they left the Forbidden City, they were hunted down!

Several people finally escaped the pursuit and hid in a dark alley.

"Who were those guys just now?" Jiang Yao asked, lowering her voice and frowning. "Is the dog emperor trying to get rid of the donkey after it's done its work?"

Whenever something happened, her first reaction was to suspect the emperor.

Mu Qing shook his head slightly: "Probably not. Xin'er is still here, and she has the blank imperial edict in her hand. Even if the emperor is very afraid of us, he can't take action at this time."

"A blank imperial edict?" Jiang Yao was puzzled. "What is this?"

Hu Xin'er briefly explained the origin of the imperial edict, and Jiang Yao suddenly realized, "So, the person just now was the Crown Prince's man!"

She said to Hu Xin'er very rudely, "Although the emperor's suspicion has been cleared, your father is indeed not a good person. Otherwise, how could he have given birth to such a scoundrel like the crown prince?"

Hu Xiner knew that she was being hunted, and she was angry and didn't know how to answer.

But then again, her soul had nothing to do with the emperor. Even if Jiang Yao scolded her, it wasn't her that was being scolded.

After realizing this, she didn't bother with Jiang Yao anymore.

At this moment, she was being held in Mu Qing's arms. She asked anxiously, "Mu Qing, how are you? Are you hurt?"

Mu Qing said gently, "It's fine. I just don't know how Yun Jue and the others are doing."

Originally, several people were going to leave the palace together, but Yin Li and Lu Yunjue got separated from them in order to divert the pursuers.

When Hu Xiner thought about the reason why Yin Li was willing to risk his own life, she couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that what she owed him... was getting more and more.

Speaking of Cao Cao, here comes Cao Cao. The sound of boots stepping on the tiles on the eaves was heard, and Yin Li and Lu Yunjue appeared in front of the two men.

Yin Li spoke quickly, "We've temporarily shaken off the Crown Prince's men, but they'll definitely search the entire capital for us. Furthermore, we don't know how many ambushes he has in the city, so the situation is still very dangerous."

Although Jiang Yao disliked this man who was trying to steal her girlfriend, she was in no mood to be harsh with the enemy at hand, so she nodded and said, "Yin Li is right. We must find a safe place now."

Her eyes swept across the unconscious Lu mother and the pregnant Hu Xiner, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Aunt, do you have any plans?" Mu Qing asked seriously.

The suggestion to leave the palace was first proposed by Jiang Yao, so he believed that Jiang Yao should have planned an escape route long ago.

Jiang Yao hesitated for a rare moment. "My original plan was to go north and return to the Jiang family's former residence. I still have several properties there, but now the Crown Prince's men are hot on our trail, and that place could easily be exposed."

Taoist Master Yiqing shook his head slightly: "The prince's power may not be as simple as we imagined, and the emperor will definitely be able to follow the clues to find the Jiang family's former residence. Then it will be easy to surround them."

"...Then what good ideas do you have?" Jiang Yao was actually humiliated in front of her old lover, and she couldn't help but raise her eyelids to look at him.

Taoist Master Yiqing pondered and said, "Why not return to my sect? That place is extremely remote and is a perfect place for seclusion."

Jiang Yao looked at him in shock. She hadn't expected him to choose her own sect as his escape destination, and to live in seclusion...

"Wait, who wants to live in seclusion with you?" She quickly concealed the strange look in her eyes and said angrily, "Everyone in your sect practices the boy's skills. If you go back, you will probably be punished. Even if they accommodate us, it will definitely take a lot of effort. I don't want to let my sister and Xin'er suffer with you."

Taoist Master Yiqing remained silent in silence.

Everyone looked at Yin Li again.

Yin Li looked up at the moon and said, "Don't ask me. I have a cold personality in the martial arts world. You all know that."

Being aloof means having no friends, which means having no one to trust.

Just when everyone was worried, Hu Xin'er boldly suggested, "How about we go back to Shuangxi Village?"

"Shuangxi Village?" Jiang Yao looked puzzled.

Hu Xiner explained, "Shuangxi Village is the village where I grew up. There's no access to the roads there, and it's far from the capital. It's not very famous. Even if the prince and his men thought we'd run away, they probably wouldn't have expected us to return there!"

In this ancient time when information was delayed, as long as they could escape to Shuangxi Village, no one would be able to find them.

Moreover, the place carries the painful memories of Hu Xiner when she was a peasant girl. No one would have thought that Mu Qing, who cherished Hu Xiner like a treasure, would be willing to let his wife return to that place when she was pregnant.

However, Hu Xin'er is not as fragile as they imagined. To be honest, she actually misses her old friends there!

Everyone looked at each other, and Mu Qing was the first to agree: "I agree!"

Yin Li also hit his palm with the handle of the fan: "From your description, it is indeed a good place."

Hu Xin'er suddenly thought of something and said with some embarrassment, "Shuangxi Village isn't that close to here. What if the prince's men catch up with us on the way? My mother and I can't ride long distances, and the carriages are slow. Those pursuers are very skilled, so I'm afraid..."

Yin Li curled his lips: "What's the big deal? I can change my appearance!"

Everyone immediately placed their hopes on Yin Li. After all, he was a rare talent who could condense blue fire out of thin air.

Yin Li said, "Why are you looking at me? Only Hu Xin'er can do this."

"Me?" Hu Xin'er was stunned. "Although I know a little bit about makeup, I'm not good enough to deceive a martial arts master, am I?"

Yin Li rummaged in his bosom and pulled out a green bamboo pen, which seemed to be shining with a cool and delicate luster in the moonlight.

Hu Xin'er was very surprised when she saw the money: "When did you take this money?"

Yin Li shook the pen: "The hermit has his own clever plan."

Hu Xin'er asked quietly, "Did you secretly take a lot of things from the Liu family? Did you bring any money with you?"

Yin Li was speechless: "Do you think that this Pavilion Master is the kind of person who steals chickens and dogs?"

Hu Xin'er muttered, "You always need money when you go out. What's the point of bringing a pen with you?"

Yin Li raised an eyebrow: "Then I take it?"

"No, no, no." Hu Xiner quickly took the pen.

Yin Li snorted and laughed, "If it weren't for me, you would all be dead today. I'm lucky I didn't ask you to thank me."

Mu Qing suddenly spoke up: "You mean, this pen can help us disguise ourselves?"

This was not a fantasy of his, but Yin Li took out the pen as soon as he talked about the topic of disguise.

Combined with the previous special features of this pen, Mu Qing came up with this absurd guess.