Chapter 59 Looking for Someone

Wang Lang looked at Xiao Jin's pale face as he got into the car and saw a look of surprise. "Your Majesty, you are really okay. That's great."

"Yeah, I'm fine." Xiao Jin felt bad seeing his former subordinates become like this.

"Why don't you come to me?"

Wang Lang's eyes turned red when he heard this, "When I just left the capital, I wanted to look for Your Majesty..." But at that time, his mother knew that Xiao Jin had both legs broken and became a cripple, and she refused to let him go looking for anyone for fear of being dragged down. He insisted on looking for them and made a scene, which attracted the whip of the officials. He couldn't bear to see his family members being beaten by the officials, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being.

Later, he was suddenly attacked and was stabbed during the counterattack. He has been in a daze until now. During this period, Aunt Sun and the others said they would go to find Xiao Jin, but he was so injured that he was afraid of dragging Xiao Jin down, so he kept stopping them from going. It was not until he was about to collapse that Aunt Sun came to him cursing.

"Your Highness, I am incompetent. Not only did I fail to protect you, but I have become a burden to you. Your Highness, please don't worry about me. I beg you to help my mother and the others and give them a way out."

Xiao Jin patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you will be fine."

Wang Lang knew his own body well, so he thought Xiao Jin's words were just to comfort him. He was also prepared to end his life at any time without dragging anyone down.

"Did you see anyone else along the way?"

Wang Lang frowned and thought for a while, "I met Chu Yun before I was injured, but he was quickly driven to the front of the team, and I never saw him again after that."

Chu Yun was Xiao Jin's retainer and had always enjoyed Xiao Jin's trust. After the situation stabilized, Xiao Jin did ask Jiang Yang to go look for someone, but perhaps because they strayed in time or something went wrong, they never found the person.

"You should cultivate yourself first and don't worry about other things."

After Xiao Jin comforted Wang Lang, he got off the carriage.

Wang Furong, who was standing nearby, quickly glanced at Xiao Jin and then lowered her head. Her movements were so quick that they did not attract anyone's attention.

Su Ying, who was enjoying the cool under a large rock, saw Cheng Yang and Xiao Jin walking past her and couldn't help but call out to them, "Where are you going?"

Cheng Yang stopped and said, "Go find the official."

Su Ying stood up and asked, "What?"

Xiao Jin said: "I'm asking about someone's whereabouts. I asked Jiang Yang to look for him before, but he couldn't find him."

Su Ying raised her eyebrows and said, "What do you want me to do? I'll go." No one was more familiar with dealing with the police than she was.

"Chu Yun, a former retainer of mine."

"I'll go ask. You wait."

Su Ying said this and walked towards Li Da.

Li Da wiped the sweat from his forehead. The hot sun made him feel irritated. He was about to take a nap when he saw Su Ying coming towards him.

Li Da quickly hid the purse in his pocket tightly, otherwise this evil star might take a fancy to his little fortune and his trip would be in vain.

When Su Ying approached, Li Da stood up subconsciously, "Why is the princess here?"

"Let me ask you a question. Is there a man named Chu Yun on the list in your notebook?"

"Chu Yun?"

Li Da curiously asked his subordinate to take out a notebook, which recorded the prisoners who died on the road and those who escaped.

Su Ying was impatient with his dithering and took the book directly from him, "I'll return it to you after I finish reading it."

"Hey, Princess, this book is very important, don't lose it."

"knew."

Su Ying took the notebook to Xiao Jin and asked him to look for it himself. "This is the list of prisoners who escaped and died. See if the person you are looking for is in it."

Xiao Jin took the notebook and started flipping through it.

When he came across some familiar names on the death list, he felt an unbearable tightness in his chest, but after looking through it, he found that Chu Yun's name was not on the book.

"No Chu Yun."

Su Ying raised her eyebrows. "If there is none, it means he is still in the team. I will go look for him with you guys while he is resting."

Xiao Jin nodded, and Jiang Yang carried him and Su Ying into two groups to search from the front and back of the team respectively.

But when the three of them met, they couldn't find Chu Yun.

Su Ying returned the booklet to Li Da, "Are you sure that your record is comprehensive and there won't be any omissions?"

Li Da nodded confidently, "Princess, I have been doing this for many years, and I will not make mistakes in such a small matter."

The name is not on the roster, but the person is nowhere to be found. This shouldn't be the case.

Su Ying began to count the number of people. When she counted a man, she found that his eyes were evasive and a little strange.

Su Ying came to him and stopped. The man looked up at Su Ying quickly and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Su Ying squatted down and looked at him straight in the eye. "You look like you know where Chu Yun is."

The man's eyes flashed, and he said calmly, "I don't know what you are talking about."

Su Ying curled her lips slightly, but she wasn't smiling. "Don't lie, or you might die ugly, ok?"

The man's lips trembled. He never thought that he would be so unlucky. He just picked up a dead person's things and ended up being shot.

"I, I really don't know anything..."

"Snap"

A green jade pendant fell from the man's body. Before he could pick it up, Jiang Yang rushed over and picked it up, saying, "This is Chu Yun's jade pendant. It's his." He grabbed the man's collar and shouted angrily, "Where is Chu Yun?"

"Please spare me, please spare me, I, I saw that he was dead last night, so I took this thing away, I didn't know..." The man was so scared that he collapsed to the ground, almost crying out loud.

Su Ying glared at Li Da coldly. Li Da felt his back tingling. He turned around and slapped his subordinate on the forehead. "You idiots, you don't even know that one person is missing. What are you doing?"

"Where? Where did you find him yesterday?"

"Just last night, in the open space where I stayed last night, I found him lying under a big rock, motionless. He might be dead, so I took the things from him."

Su Ying saw that the man was so scared that he was about to faint, so he must be telling a lie.

The three returned to the carriage to discuss.

"Your Majesty, please let me go. I will go on horseback and will be back in less than two hours if everything goes well."

Su Ying glanced at the family’s old, young, sick and disabled members and fell silent.

Xiao Jin thought for a moment and nodded, "Well, be careful on the road."

"yes."

Jiang Yang removed the horses from the carriage, then jumped on the horses and left the team.

Su Ying will explain the situation to Li Da. Although this is against the rules, Li Da does not have the power to refuse and can only let Jiang Yang leave temporarily.

"I just looked around. How many familiar ones did you see?"

Xiao Jin frowned slightly, "Not much."

(End of this chapter)