Nangong Chiyu opened the imperial edict for Ye Beihan to see: "His Majesty has ordered a city-wide search for assassins, including official post stations. If anyone is found with a wound on their left arm, arrest them immediately."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Chi Yi led his men in a vigorous search, and Ye Beihan frowned but did not stop them.
"Ha! His Majesty in Nanning still listens to you, even issuing imperial edicts late at night. Prince Yu is the heart of the people."
Nangong Chiyu snorted and stepped forward: "His Majesty is benevolent and loves his people like his own children. He is not surprised even by the Northern Liang envoy."
He paused, then continued, "His Majesty has decreed that Nanning is dangerous and not suitable for the Northern Liang envoys to remain."
"Tomorrow, let the Imperial Advisor choose an auspicious day to escort the envoy back to Northern Liang. The marriage alliance can be discussed when the time is right."
What?
The marriage proposal hasn't even been discussed yet, and they're already being asked to leave. It seems Nanning is going to break the agreement.
"Is this His Majesty's will, or Prince Yu's own will?"
The Emperor of Nanning had always treated them with great courtesy, so why would he suddenly change his mind? Unless someone had done something behind the scenes.
"Treat those who are sincere with sincerity, and do not entertain those who use underhanded tricks."
Ye Beihan sat back in his chair lazily and fearlessly. There were some things he neither admitted to doing nor admitted not doing.
Without evidence, who can do anything to him?
"I will enter the palace tomorrow to personally discuss the affairs of our two countries with His Majesty."
Nangong Chiyu sneered. Tonight, he would send Ye Beihan a big gift.
Meanwhile, Shuang Shuo was hiding in a room in the backyard when Chi Yi's voice came from outside.
"Search here too. Regardless of gender, anyone with an injury to their left arm, arrest them and take them away."
"Yes, Vice General!"
He struggled to his feet. These people were making such a big move simply to arrest him.
He touched the bandaged wound on his left arm with his right hand. If he were captured, he would implicate his master. He had to find a way to escape this capture.
Thinking it over, he secretly climbed out of the back window. He figured he could hide forever, so he devised a way to eliminate the problem completely.
The Akabane soldiers went to check one by one and returned, all shaking their heads, saying they hadn't seen anyone injured.
Chi Yi's face darkened as he scanned the official post station.
"Did you see Shuang Shuo tonight, the guard who followed the Regent of Beiliang?"
Shuang Shuo was ugly, with skin on his face that looked like it had been scalded with boiling water. His appearance was so peculiar that anyone could remember him at a glance.
"No! Our men haven't finished searching yet, the assassin can't escape."
Chi Yi waited in the courtyard, gritting his teeth in anger. This man dared to assassinate the princess; once he caught him, he would make him pay.
"Is Lieutenant General Chi looking for me?"
Shuang Shuo came out wearing a loose black undergarment.
In the darkness, there was no sign of bandages on his left arm.
"Routine check, please cooperate! Someone, check his left shoulder."
Shuang Shuo just smiled, and when the two Red Feather soldiers approached, he turned around and dodged them.
Unfortunately, as he turned around, he bumped into a servant.
The servant was knocked to the ground while holding the brazier, and Shuang Shuo slipped and fell, landing between his shoulders and upper arms in the brazier.
"ah……"
A muffled groan and a scream, accompanied by the smell of barbecue carried on the wind.
The servant was about to help Shuang Shuo up when he slipped and fell down, landing on top of Shuang Shuo and burning his entire left arm with the charcoal fire.
"My lord, my lord, are you alright?!"
The servant quickly helped Shuang Shuo up, but his left arm was now covered in burns, making it impossible to tell whether he had been injured before.
"Quickly, go and get me a doctor."
"Yes, yes, yes... My lord, please hang in there."
The servant was dismissed listlessly by Shuang Shuo, his forehead covered in sweat, his eyes filled with provocation as he looked at Chi Yi.
"Lieutenant General Chi, my left arm is injured. You're not going to take me away too, are you?"
Chi Yi was so angry that the muscles on his face were trembling. The people of Beiliang were always despicable. Did they really think he couldn't see through their act in front of him?
"Hmph! That self-inflicted injury tactic was quite effective, but do you think we can't do anything to you just because you've done this?"
Shuang Shuo gritted his teeth and endured the excruciating pain in his body, his smile chilling.
"Hahaha... What are you saying, Deputy General Chi? What self-inflicted injury? My wound was inflicted by that servant just now. Once I'm healed, I will grind him to dust."
As for what Deputy General Chi said next, I really didn't understand it. I didn't do anything.
Chi Yi felt a lump in his throat. What he said was indeed true. So many people had witnessed him being burned and the wounds melting.
None of this proves that he was the assassin on the spring hunting grounds. There are very few people in the world who are so ruthless to themselves.
“Deputy General Chi, we’ve checked everything. Apart from him, no one else in the entire post station was injured.”
Chi Yi flicked his cloak: "Hmph! Let's go..."
After the troops had withdrawn, Chi Yi walked to the front yard and whispered something in Nangong Chiyu's ear.
Seeing this, Ye Beihan's heart tightened. He believed that with Shuang Shuo's reaction, he would definitely take the opportunity to escape or hide well so that he would not be easily discovered.
Looking at Nangong Chiyu's expressionless face, he knew that Shuangshuo must not have been found out.
"Let's go!"
Ye Beihan smiled wickedly and followed Nangong Chiyu to the door, calling out loudly.
"Your Highness, it's dark and the roads are slippery, be careful."
After Nangong Chiyu had gone far away, Shuang Shuo came over from the backyard, his entire left arm burned and mangled.
Ye Beihan frowned; he hadn't expected Shuang Shuo to evade the search in this way.
"Owner……"
“You’ve suffered by following me.”
They were kindred spirits, both isolated and shunned, growing up in places where they couldn't see the light of day.
“Master, my body has been rotting all over, so I don’t care about this little scar. As long as they can’t catch you, I’m willing to do anything.”
"Someone, bring the doctor here."
When Shuang Shuo came up with this plan, he had already sent someone to invite a doctor, because this kind of burn is more painful than a knife wound.
He really wanted to use the silver needles from Su Luo's sleeve arrow to prick him and numb him so he wouldn't feel pain, but unfortunately, even Du Xiuyuan's sleeve arrow had been taken away by them.
When the doctor returned and finished treating Shuang Shuo's wounds, it was already midnight, and the area around the official post station was full of Chi Yu soldiers.
Some people couldn't get in, so they had to hand the letter over to Ye Beihan's men.
"Your Majesty, there is a man outside who claims to be the steward of Lin Danjian. He sent his subordinate to deliver a letter to you."
Lin Danjian was the teahouse where he had planted his spies. They never contacted each other when nothing was going on, but now he was writing to him late at night. Something must have happened.
As expected, Ye Beihan opened the letter and found that, just as he had predicted, Lin Danjian had been sealed off by Nangong Chiyu, who had also arrested his people.
"Nangong Chiyu..."
Ye Beihan was so angry that he crumpled the letter into a ball. Nangong Chiyu had actually managed to find out about his informants and even arrested his people.
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