Chapter 452: Stuttering When Lying

"Sir, there is a letter."

In order to avoid exposing their identities on the road, the secret guards addressed Wei Qingyan as "Young Master".

Wei Qingyan took the letter and read it quickly.

The letter was written by Wei Shijun and sent to the envoy team. Wang Gang was then asking someone to pass it to her.

In the letter, Wei Shijun asked about her physical condition and attached Lin Qianning's anti-emetic prescription.

Nothing else.

Wei Qingyan asked Ah Chun again, "Are you sure Shi Yu received my letter?"

Ah Chun nodded. "If there are any problems on the road, we will receive feedback here."

So, when Shi Yu saw her letter and knew that she had come to Pu State, he not only did not reply to her, but also did not tell his third sister.

Wei Qingyan didn't give up, "Are there any other letters?"

Ah Chun shook his head again.

"Have you already informed Shi Yu about this?"

When Shi Yu suddenly learned that she had come to Pu State, it was impossible for him to have no reaction at all, unless he had known about it for a long time.

And angry.

Ah Chun hurriedly explained, "I am innocent. I dare not disobey the young master. I did not snitch."

"really?"

Wei Qingyan narrowed his eyes.

Ah Chun nodded vigorously, "Ah Chun can't lie. If he lies, he will stutter."

Wei Qingyan looked at the secret guards who had been with Achun all year round, and they nodded quickly, proving that Achun did stutter when he lied.

But just because Ah Chun and the others didn't tell on Shi Yu, that didn't mean Shi Yu didn't know. Could it be...

"Shi Yu already knew that I was coming to Pu Country?"

Ah Chun pursed her lips and shook her head.

Don’t you know this?

Still can’t say?

Seeing him like this, Wei Qingyan became more suspicious.

"The carriage was prepared by Shi Yu. He sent more than just the five of you to me. You've been in contact with him along the way, right?"

Seeing that Ah Chun was still silent, Wei Qingyan's face tensed up, "Speak."

The carriage she was riding in had an ordinary appearance, but was spacious and comfortable inside. Most importantly, the wheels were specially treated, so even if she went fast, it wouldn't be bumpy.

Therefore, she did not feel tired during the journey these days. She thought that the secret guards were acting carefully and did not ask any questions.

Now she guessed that Shi Yu might have seen through her intention to come to Pu State a long time ago, but he never said anything to stop her.

Then he would certainly make arrangements in every detail, with the carriage for travel being the first priority.

"The carriage was bought by your secret guards. The master didn't make any preparations, and he only sent... us... five... five close... guards... for protection."

After replying, Achun was about to cry.

The other four secret guards of Shi Yu covered their faces and knelt in front of Wei Qingyan.

What difference does it make whether Achun or not?

Wei Qingyan's guess was confirmed, and he felt a little panicked.

She was sure that Shi Yu was angry with her.

That's why he didn't reply to her letter, but he pretended to be calm and asked another secret guard next to Ah Chun, "Tell me the truth, what's going on?"

The guard lowered his head. Ah Chun, with a mournful look on his face, interrupted, "The master forbad us to tell you, otherwise we would have to send them to the herb garden to plant medicinal herbs when we return."

Since he was the one who exposed the truth, let him continue to talk. It is better than having five people carry hoes at the same time.

"We really didn't know at first. It was only after we left the two cities that we received a letter from our master, asking us to report your daily situation to him.

It was then that we learned that the master guessed that you would ask the secret guards to prepare the carriage, so he went to the carriage shop himself, had the carriage specially treated, and then asked the boss to guide the secret guards to sell the carriage.

There are only five of us with you, but there are about a hundred people following you, including Elder Jing, a doctor, and a midwife. The sour soup you drank was made by Elder Jing himself."

If he doesn't lie, he won't stutter anymore.

It turned out to be like this. No wonder Achun and the others prepared sour food so quickly and promptly when she just had morning sickness.

Wei Qingyan turned his head and looked behind him, but of course he couldn't see anything.

They must have been worried that she would find out, so Mr. Jing and the others kept some distance from her.

During this trip, she was worried that tiring herself would be harmful to the fetus, so she tried to think less and less, and because she was sleepy, she didn't notice any clues.

She understood Shi Yu's thoughts. He didn't stop her from doing what she wanted to do, but he was worried, so he arranged everything silently.

Thinking that he had even prepared a midwife, Wei Qingyan felt both amused and guilty.

I felt guilty for hiding it from him.

This time, her Prince Rong was probably using his true energy.

Wei Qingyan held up her chin and thought for a moment, then took out the brush, ink, paper and inkstone from the car, cut the rice paper into long strips, picked up the brush in one hand and wrote in small calligraphy with a flowery pattern, "Husband, I know I was wrong, there won't be a next time."

After thinking about it, she felt it was not enough, so she added another sentence below using a smaller font, "I miss my husband, I miss him very much."

After drying the ink, Wei Qingyan said something cheesy.

But after the mushy part, what followed was the longing that filled her chest, as well as the scenes of her daily interactions with Shi Yu. Her fingers couldn't help but touch the word "husband".

He rubbed the note in his hands for a long time, then rolled it up, put it into a special bamboo tube, and handed it to Ah Chun, "Send the letter by carrier pigeon."

Ah Chun knew the importance of the letter, so he used the number one carrier pigeon specially trained by the medicine shop, which almost never made any mistakes.

After receiving the letter, Shi Yu's lips curved up.

He really didn't reply on purpose.

But he was not angry. If he really wanted to be angry, he would be angry that he was not strong enough and that he needed his wife to run around for him while she was pregnant.

He didn't reply to the letter because he wanted Xiaoyan to be more cautious when she had such thoughts in the future. Even though conquering Pu State was imminent, he secretly hoped that she could have a peaceful pregnancy.

At least don't hide it from him.

But now that he had received such an apology and looked at the rough edges on the word "husband", his heart had already softened.

Unable to bear her worrying any longer, he picked up his pen and wrote back, "Be good."

Just as the secret guard sent out this brief reply, Dongzang, A'man and the others came back.

Ah Man said, "This man's legs and feet indeed stopped growing when he was five or six years old, but there is no trace of Gu in his body.

And I see that his legs and feet don’t seem to be born with defects, but rather acquired ones.”

"Artificial?"

Shi Yu's eyes were slightly surprised.

Ah Man nodded. "Acupuncture, medication, and poisonous insects can all cause legs and feet to stop growing."

Shi Yu lifted the cloth covering the corpse.

At first glance, the face was indeed Cao Yizhao's face. If there was any difference, it was that this face was thinner and more haggard than when Cao Yizhao was at home.

But it's normal to look thin and haggard while escaping, isn't it?

If he hadn't known that he was raising Gu and asked Ah Man to identify it, he might have really believed that this was Cao Yizhao's body.

It now seems that this corpse should be the substitute that Cao Yizhao had prepared long ago.

The legs and feet of the corpse remained at the age of five or six, which means that when Cao Yizhao was very young, he found a child who looked like himself, destroyed his legs and kept him by his side.

Because if the age difference is too big, it can be seen at a glance.

It's really frightening that he is so scheming and vicious at such a young age.

Fortunately, based on the corpse, it can be confirmed that Cao Yizhao only used a substitute to confuse them, and did not use evil magic to escape from his body.

Thinking of this, Shi Yu asked Abu to see Wei Qingyan, and then returned to Wei in time to inform the emperor of Cao Yizhao's situation.

Check out Cao Yizhao’s base in Wei during those years so that he can be destroyed in advance.

As arrangements were made here, a guard came over covered in blood. He had a complicated expression and said, "Your Highness, the Second Prince has killed someone again today."

The second prince mentioned by the guard was Xiao Zhian.

Xiao Zhian has killed several people recently. Although those people deserved it, the guards always felt that this was wrong.

Shi Yu also frowned, "Where is Zhian now?"