In Jinyang City, inside Prince Su's Mansion, Xiao Qi's crying was deafening.
Xiao Nianshen's expression was also extremely ugly.
Although he was dissatisfied with his mother's favoritism towards his younger brother, he never thought that he would suddenly lose his mother overnight.
Her mother's bedroom was so clean that there were no other clues except for the dried cement marks.
The news of Princess Su's death has been sent to the front line. As the prince of Su, Xiao Nianshen has the power to blockade Jinyang City and will search for the murderer at every checkpoint.
However, no one knows who the murderer is, so it is naturally very difficult to find the murderer.
He had a suspicion in his mind, but had no evidence to support it.
Wu Ye was shocked to hear the news of Pei's death, and couldn't help but think of Wan Jinlan who suddenly appeared in his room last night.
Wan Jinlan and Yu Song left Jinyang City without stopping and headed towards Liangzhou.
At the end of March, even in the northwest of Wei, there was a clear sign of spring.
Wan Jinlan and Yu Song seldom took official roads during their trip, and most often stayed in remote villages.
At this time, it was only two days' journey from Liangzhou.
In a village at the foot of a mountain, Yu Song went to a farmer's house to buy coarse bread and dry food. When Wan Jinlan was watching the horses feeding grass, a startling sound came from a distance.
Wan Jinlan shuddered all over and became alert instantly.
She tied the horse rope to a tree and went back to the village to find Yu Song.
"Did you hear that noise?"
Yu Song nodded, but he didn't understand why.
Wan Jinlan took out a firearm from his arms and said, "That's the sound."
She is sure!
Yin Wen had said before that Lu Yuan was Xiao Feng's uncle. The sound of this firearm was unique, and she instantly thought of Lu Yuan.
Yu Song had seen her take out a firearm and touch it, and had asked a few questions about it, but he had no idea about the sound and power of this thing.
The two of them rushed towards the place where the sound came from. After walking half a mile, they lay down in a poplar forest with a hint of green amidst the withered yellow trees and looked into the distance.
There was a bloodstain in the Populus euphratica forest. Seeing that there was no one there, the two men followed the direction of the bloodstain.
After half an incense stick of time, she poked her head out from behind a rock and saw a group of three people besieging a man in the dry sand ahead. It took her a moment to recognize that the person being besieged was Yin Wen.
Wan Jinlan took out his crossbow and shot an arrow at the right moment.
Yin Wen's face was covered in blood, his right eye was swollen and purple, and the power of his punches was getting weaker and weaker. When he was in despair, one of the people who was besieging him suddenly fell to the ground, and then two people suddenly appeared.
In just a short while, all three were dead beyond death.
The red birthmark on Wan Jinlan's face was too conspicuous, and Yin Wen recognized Wan Jinlan at once.
"Thank you for saving my life, little brother. I hope you can go and save Uncle Lu." Yin Wen panted and pointed in the direction behind him.
Wan Jinlan took out the long spike and said, "Lead the way."
Yin Wen was surprised. How could he remember that this young man was a mute? How come now it sounded like the voice of a young lady?
But now is not the time to worry about these things. The most important thing is to save Uncle Lu first.
The three of them followed the traces on the ground but didn't find anyone. Instead, they encountered a group of six men in black.
Although these people's skills are not as good as the secret guards, they are much more powerful than ordinary guards, and each of them is ruthless in their attacks.
Along the way, Yu Song had not used his true strength except for climbing on the roof and crawling through the window to investigate the situation. Now this group of people made his blood boil again.
After dealing with this group of people, he wandered in the valley for half an hour and finally found Lu Yuan in a mountain cave.
There was a patch of short red willow trees growing outside a cave, which blocked the entrance tightly. If it weren't for the snoring, the two men would not have noticed that there was someone here.
Wan Jinlan really admired that Old Man Lu could actually fall asleep at such a time.
When Lu Yuan heard the noise of three people walking, he woke up instantly and subconsciously aimed the firearm in his hand at Wan Jinlan.
Wan Jinlan was instantly frightened.
"Uncle Lu, it's us."
Yin Wen quickly spoke out.
He had already seen how powerful this thing was and didn't want to be killed by mistake.
Lu Yuan let out a breath and wiped the dirt off his cheeks.
He was wearing a gray linen gown, with a few strands of gray hair floating on his forehead. There were bloodstains on his body, but he was walking without any problems.
Lu Yuan had to admit that he was really old. He actually fell asleep while hiding.
Wan Jinlan spoke at the right time: "Uncle Lu, do you still remember me?"
The group was afraid that there would be more bandits chasing them, so they walked towards the path to the west while talking.
Although Lu Yuan didn't recognize him at first sight, he suddenly realized it after she spoke.
He asked, "Where are the others?"
Wan Jinlan knew that he was asking about Xiao Feng. After all, Lu Yuan had told Yin Wen that he was Xiao Feng's uncle.
Although she didn't know whether it was true or not, but because of their encounter a few months ago, she instinctively believed that Lu Yuan had no intention of harming them.
Wan Jinlan replied: "He is in Liangzhou."
She had been away for more than a month, nearly two months, and had no idea what was happening to their bandit den.
Lu Yuan nodded and said, "I am also going to Liangzhou on this trip, so I'd like to trouble you to escort me."
Wan Jinlan smiled and said, "Uncle Lu, you are too polite. You saved my husband and me. Besides, we are on the same path. I don't deserve your help."
She changed the subject and asked directly, "I wonder what Uncle Lu is doing in Liangzhou? Jinlan still has questions. I hope Uncle Lu can help Jinlan. I heard from Brother Yin that you are my husband's uncle. Why didn't Jinlan and my husband know this before?"
Yin Wen frowned on the side. He had already known the relationship between Wan Jinlan and Xiao Feng from Wan Jinlan's words. They were not brothers, but husband and wife.
Wan Jinlan glanced at his expression, clasped her fists, and said, "I hope Brother Yin will forgive me. The situation was critical at the time, and my husband and I didn't dare to trust you. When we get to Liangzhou, my husband and I will drink with you to apologize until you calm down."
Yin Wen brushed her off lightly and said, "Madam, don't worry about it. I am not such a narrow-minded person."
After the two of them exchanged words, Lu Yuan sighed and said, "It's not convenient to talk about this matter now. It won't be too late to talk about it when we get to Liangzhou. My son is in Liangzhou, and the world is about to be in chaos. I went to seek refuge with him, so I asked Yin Wen to take the risk and deliver me a report. I didn't expect that it would almost get him killed."
Wan Jinlan smiled and said, "Then I will shamelessly call you uncle."
What happened in the mountains made her see clearly that Lu Yuan was a capable man, otherwise the other members of the Lu family would not have wanted to capture him alive.
Now that she and Xiao Feng have nothing to ask for, of course she has to call him uncle with a smug look on her face.
Moreover, compared to the gloomy and resolute look on Uncle Lu's face when they met last time, she did not feel any bad emotions from him this time.
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, responding to her calling him "uncle".
By the time Deng Yisong brought Ma out of the village, Wan Jinlan already knew which force was chasing Lu Yuan.
From her uncle's few words, she learned that her uncle's niece Lu Xin's husband's family had joined the Chen family, and this Chen was the Chen of Concubine Chen Shufei.
The Chen family wanted Lu Yuan to build a batch of firearms. The core technology of firearms was in Lu Yuan's hands, so they naturally didn't want him to lose control.
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