Chapter 50 Who does the Emperor care about more?
Shen Yue didn't expect Yong'an to be so hateful of evil, but hating evil is one thing, and meddling in other people's affairs is another. She is now a key protected person, so it is really not appropriate for her to cause any more trouble.
"Princess, we can't arrest anyone without evidence. These matters are handled by the government, so let's not get involved."
"No, this princess will take care of it!"
"Oh, alright."
Seeing that persuasion was useless, Shen Yue had no choice but to call Zhang Dayong and Bai Yunfei: "You two take people to Tiger Roar Mountain to investigate what's going on. If there are many people, set off a signal flare. If there are few people, just tie them up!"
"yes!"
The two men took the order and left, while Chen Yue took Yong'an to wait at the foot of the mountain.
The little princess seemed very excited, "Chen Er, am I going to make a contribution today? If we catch the bandits, not only can we rescue those girls, but we can also get praise from the emperor's uncle, isn't it killing two birds with one stone?"
"Haha, are you sure that's a compliment, not a scolding?"
Shen Yue glanced at her and said, "If it were up to me, Princess should have returned home earlier and reported this matter to the prince. Now that we're acting on our own, how worried the prince must be about you?"
"Will the Emperor's uncle worry about me?"
Yongan seemed to have thought of something, "Chen Er, do you think the emperor's uncle is more worried about me or you?"
...Why do girls like to ask such boring questions?
What’s the difference between this and asking, “If your mother and I fall into the water at the same time, who will you save first?”
"Chen Er, what do you say?" Yong'an looked like he was determined to get to the bottom of the matter.
"Of course it's you, Princess." Shen Yue's lips curled into a self-deprecating arc.
"I am just a servant. How can I be compared with the princess, who is so beautiful? What's more, you two are family."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Yong'an agreed.
“But Shen Er, you don’t have to belittle yourself. The emperor’s uncle is still very good to you. Yesterday he specifically told me not to be too harsh on you.”
Shen Yue: “Hehe.”
He had a conscience and didn't eat her peach blossom cake in vain.
The two waited at the foot of the mountain for a long time. Just as Yong'an was about to complain, he saw the shadow guards tying up several burly men and coming down the mountain.
"Here they come, they caught someone!"
Yongan was so excited that she started questioning the bandit as soon as he was thrown to the ground.
"Tell me! Why did you kidnap the girls from the city?"
"Girls?" The bandits were obviously a little surprised: "We are newcomers, we just occupied the mountain, and we haven't kidnapped any girls yet!"
Zhang Dayong also stepped forward to report: "It is true that our subordinates did not see any girls on the mountain."
"Yeah?"
Shen Yue came up to a one-eyed man and kicked him to the ground. "So what did you sneakily carry away from the city yesterday?"
She took out the Cold Moon Dagger and the tip of the knife gently moved around his neck, sometimes moving up, sometimes moving down.
"Think it over first, otherwise... you know what I mean."
The one-eyed man had never seen such a scene before, and was immediately trembling with fear:
"Young man, please talk nicely. We really haven't seen any girls. What we carried yesterday was Old Man Wang's...big fat pig."
"Pig?" Bai Yunfei suddenly realized, "No wonder I saw them eating the pig-killing dish when I went up the mountain."
Shen Yue frowned: "Really?"
The one-eyed man nodded frantically, "Yes, it's absolutely true! We only dare to do some petty thefts, not really committing murder! If you don't believe me, just take off my eye patch and see. Even this one eye is fake, just to scare people."
“…”
Upon hearing this, Shen Yue gripped the hilt of the knife tightly and picked off his eye patch with one stroke. Under the eye patch, there was indeed an intact eye.
"So you don't know the whereabouts of those girls?"
One-eyed dragon: "Oh my, we really don't know. We have only stolen chickens, ducks, geese and pigs. We really don't know anything else..."
Shen Yue saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so she put the dagger back to her waist.
"You can steal chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, huh? Why not do something else and become a bandit? Lao Zhang, send them to the government office and let the government punish them!"
"Wait a minute!" Yong'an spoke after being silent for a long time.
She rolled her eyes, took a few steps forward to Shen Yue's side, and whispered in her ear with a smile:
“Shen Er, I have come up with a good idea to find out who the emperor’s uncle cares about more.”
Shen Yue: "...I advise you not to cause trouble."
"No!" Yongan pinched her waist, eyes gleaming with anger, "This is an order!"
“…”
The setting sun was like fire, casting rays of brilliant golden light, which penetrated the gaps in the window and fell mottledly on the official documents. Only then did Xiao Yuheng realize that it was already dusk.
No one came to disturb us today, and no one came to peek, so it was so quiet that it was a little abnormal.
He smiled and shook his head, placed the jade pen on the pen holder, and stacked the documents neatly before slowly leaving the study.
"Long wind."
He called out softly, and Changfeng flew to his side with a "whoosh," "Prince."
"Go and call Yongan and Shen Er. I want to have dinner with them."
Chang Feng raised his eyes and said, "Your Highness, Princess Yong'an left the palace with Ersi this morning and has not returned yet."
"So playful." Xiao Yuheng curled the corners of his lips. "That means they get along well. No problem, no need to rush to serve the food. I'll just wait for them for a while."
Changfeng was about to say "yes" when suddenly, an anxious cry came from outside the palace gate: "Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Dayong, covered in blood, staggered into the threshold.
Chang Feng was startled and hurried forward to support him, "What happened? Tell me!"
Zhang Dayong's eyes were a little evasive. "Your Majesty, Captain of the Guards, we encountered bandits at the foot of Tiger Roaring Mountain. The dozens of shadow guards that the Second Division led out were completely wiped out. Now the bandits have kidnapped the princess and the director, and they want you to bring the silver notes and go and get them in person!"
"Are you saying that Chen Er was also kidnapped?" Xiao Yuheng frowned, seeming a little unconvinced.
Regardless of the fact that he had never heard of any powerful bandits in Tiger Roar Mountain, at least he knew Shen Er's skills. Shen Er was best at fighting, with unexpected moves. Now that he had practiced internal skills, there were not many people in the entire Sifang City who could beat him.
To put it another way, even if he couldn't beat the other party, he would still be able to escape.
Zhang Dayong saw Xiao Yuheng hesitated and said anxiously:
"Really, Your Highness, I've never seen such powerful bandits. They said they wanted to take the princess back to the mountains to be their wife, and they beat the chief half to death. His body was stained red with blood..."
"Half dead..." Xiao Yuheng felt his heart tremble suddenly and his pupils constricted instantly.
Without having time to think about the truth of these words, his body had already jumped like an arrow from a bow and flew towards the stable.
"Changfeng, bring your shadow guards and follow me to Tiger Roar Mountain!"
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