(Xiangyun horse, a celestial horse with a silver body and golden mane. Hua Qingcheng picked it up.)

On the ninth day of the third month, at the hour of Hai, it was overcast and rainy, and raindrops like a pearl curtain fell on the Laifeng Kingdom's palace.

However, at this time when everything was quiet and everyone should be going to bed, the lights in the Lingkun Courtyard of the East Palace were brightly lit, just like daytime.

"How is it? Boy Situ, is there any news about Xiao Chenchen now?" In Mu Lige's dormitory, the second elder Xuan Ming asked anxiously.

At this time, Longlong and Fengfeng had already fallen asleep, but Yu Xiaotian and Si Chengfeng, who were helping to take care of the two children, did not leave. Like the Second Elder, they were concerned about Han Yichen's safety and looked at Situ Ye with the same worry.

"Second Elder, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, rest assured. This morning I sent people towards Youzhou to search for Third Brother. He left in a carriage, and he used a Xiangyun horse. The wheel tracks are unique, so we should have news of him soon."

Situ Ye was equally anxious, but he was fully aware of his responsibilities at the moment. With Hua Qingcheng and Mu Lige both away, as the second brother and temporarily managing the East Palace's backyard, he had to remain calm and appease everyone.

Han Yichen had left the palace yesterday evening, under the pretext of visiting Feng Lingyan, and had not returned since morning. Situ Ye, assuming he had spent the night at the General's Residence, sent someone to investigate, only to be shocked to learn that Han Yichen had never been to the General's Residence in the east of the city.

Based on his understanding of Han Yichen's personality, Situ Ye deduced that this guy must have been anxious because he saw that Hua Qingcheng had been out for nearly ten days and had not returned, so he suddenly had an idea and set out north to Youzhou to find Hua Qingcheng.

So, Situ Ye not only had people search all over the capital for Han Yichen's possible destinations, but also teamed up with General Feng Cailan to send people along the road to Youzhou to inquire about him. Furthermore, knowing that Mu Lige was in Prince You's residence, Situ Ye sent a pigeon to Youzhou to let Mu Lige know about this matter.

After everything was arranged, all Situ Ye had to do was to calm everyone down and wait patiently.

With Situ Ye's comfort, Xuan Ming temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going out to look for Han Yichen. Worried that this stubborn old man might suddenly run away, Situ Ye specifically asked Xiao Lengyu to stay with Xuan Ming all the time, under the pretext of "looking after him."

However, Han Yichen, who was worried about by everyone, was now lying leisurely in an inn outside Qinzhou City and sleeping soundly.

However, the inn where he stayed was actually a black shop that specialized in robbing passing merchants. Both the owner and the waiters were bandits, but they had adopted a more cunning robbery method.

Han Yichen was handsome, handsome, and paunchy, dressed in rich attire. The carriage he rode in appeared ordinary, yet its interior was extravagant and clearly worth a fortune. Even more striking was the silver-colored horse, its mane gleaming with golden light, a truly remarkable sight.

Upon seeing this, the innkeeper suddenly became evil-minded and regarded Han Yichen as a lamb to be slaughtered, intending to rob him.

So, on a dark and windy night, the innkeeper personally led his men to change into black clothes and covered their faces with black scarves. While Han Yichen was sleeping soundly, they quietly approached the room where this "fat sheep" lived.

Inside the room, Han Yichen, the "fat sheep" who was originally fast asleep on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes. He turned his head to glance towards the door, and the corners of his lips curled slightly.

In the dark night, Han Yichen's pair of phoenix eyes were evil and charming, flashing with a cunning light. Then he slowly closed his eyes, pretending that nothing had happened, holding his breath and concentrating, continuing to maintain the illusion of being asleep.

The innkeeper took out a bamboo tube from her bosom, poked a small hole in the window with her finger, and then blew the smoke in the bamboo tube into the window through the hole.

After a while, after confirming that the smoke had taken effect, the innkeeper began to use a dagger to carefully remove the bolt from the door with a "clang clang" sound.

"Squeak", after some operations, the innkeeper opened the door herself. After several of her subordinates entered the room, she closed the door gently again.

Looking at the blurry figure lying on the bed, and remembering the handsome appearance of this man, the innkeeper's triangle eyes flashed with greed: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a pity! Such a beautiful woman, but already pregnant. Otherwise, I would definitely take you away and make you my husband!"

"Boss, this is easy. Looking at the appearance of this man, I estimate that the baby in his belly will be born in three or four months. You can keep him and then you can have a child. Isn't that wonderful!" A waiter said excitedly.

Upon hearing this, the innkeeper rubbed his chin slightly, as if thinking about something.

She was already 28 years old and had slept with many men, but none of them had laid an egg for her. After several visits to the doctor, she learned that she had a hidden disease that prevented her from getting pregnant.

Thinking of the man's captivating appearance in bed, the innkeeper suddenly thought her subordinate's proposal was a good one, as he knew his child would surely be good. After a few months, when the child was born, she would raise it as her own. If it was a girl, she would inherit the village. If it was a boy, he would receive a generous betrothal gift when he grew up, and she would also be able to sleep with handsome men every day...

"Boss? Boss?"

The more the innkeeper thought about it, the happier she felt. She almost drooled, so much so that she didn't even hear her subordinates calling her.

"Okay, okay, it's settled. When our daughter gets married, we'll have a three-day and three-night banquet. If it's a son, since he's as handsome as his father, we'll have to ask the girl's family to give us a betrothal gift of at least 100,000 or 80,000 taels..."

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