Chapter 288 Tonight is the day you die
Xiaotuanzi and Huo Linger were led into the front hall, and tea and snacks were soon served.
But both of them had just eaten too much and now had no appetite. They just wanted to find Bai Kou and the others as soon as possible.
The two of them stayed there bored, occasionally chatting, and were still worried about what would happen to the flowers.
At the same time, behind the rockery not far from the front hall, the soldier at the door was whispering to a man in exquisite clothes.
"Sir, those two children are..." Before he could finish his words, the man called sir changed his expression.
Obviously, this man is an official of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom.
"Yes, it's the princess!" The official's tone was very excited, but also a little nervous.
He patted the soldier's shoulder and ordered in a low voice, "Right away, contact the killer right away!"
"Yes!" The soldier's face changed and he turned around to leave.
The official stopped the man again and warned him with a trembling voice, "Tell the killer to come back in the evening. Find a way to have them stay here tonight."
"Yes, sir!" The soldier hurried to do it.
Xiaotuanzi and Huo Linger continued to wait in the front hall. After about two hours, no so-called adults showed up.
Huo Linger was getting a little impatient. "What's wrong with these people? Isn't the biggest thing in this city right now to find me? Now that I'm here, they're so busy that they've disappeared?"
"Don't worry." Li Suining also felt something was wrong. "Let's wait a little longer. If it doesn't work... we can think of another way."
Huo Linger nodded and looked at Xiaotuanzi guiltily. She just thought that she could finally help, but she didn't expect that the officials in the capital were so incompetent.
They waited for a while and finally someone came.
"Is your master back?" Huo Linger asked anxiously.
"I'm so sorry, our master has gone to the palace, and the palace just sent a message back that he won't be back today."
The officer looked terrified. "Is this okay? I'll arrange for you to stay here for one night. Tomorrow, when the master returns and confirms your identities, we'll go find your friends right away, okay?"
Huo Ling'er's expression turned colder. "You still want us to wait? That's too much. We won't wait any longer. Let's go find it ourselves!"
"Little girl, please don't make things difficult for me." The officer looked like he was about to cry. "If our masters come back and find out that the princess has come and gone, my head will be in danger."
He even knelt down and begged them, "It will only take up one day of your time. Our master will definitely be back tomorrow. Please!"
Huo Linger subconsciously looked at Xiaotuanzi and asked what he meant.
"Okay." Li Suining thought about it and nodded in agreement. After all, this place was the safest for them at the moment, and these people were the most trustworthy.
"Thank you, thank you, ladies." The officers and soldiers looked grateful and quickly took them to the rooms in the backyard.
"Ladies, is this room okay for you?" the officer explained carefully. "This is a government office after all, so not many people usually live here. This is where our masters occasionally stay and work. It's quite clean. Will you make do with it?"
Huo Linger frowned in dissatisfaction, "You want me to live in the room where your masters used to live?"
"Miss, we really can't afford another room in the government office anytime soon," the officer said, looking like he was about to cry. "Will you please just make do with this?"
"You should change your bedding and everything." Little Dumpling suggested, and went to coax Huo Ling'er, "Okay, Miss, it's just one night. Tomorrow... maybe you can go back to the palace."
Huo Linger pursed her lips helplessly. In fact, after all these days, she had nothing to complain about living in such a nice house.
However, she wanted Xiaotuanzi to live a better life and take advantage of her, but she failed again.
"Forget it," she said, waving her hand with a magnanimous expression. "Hurry up and change the bedding. You must change all the bedding, otherwise, I will not forgive you!"
"Yes, yes, I'll go right away." The soldier turned around and left quickly.
After he walked out of the room, he looked back, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he said silently in his heart: Be arrogant, I wonder how long you can be arrogant, tonight is the day you die!
On the other side, the man and Sakurako came down the mountain and received a letter from the government office.
The man is not just a simple killer. Over the years, he has dealt with many difficult characters for local officials, which is why he has been able to protect himself until now.
At this time, although he didn't want to pay attention to the task sent by the government office, he couldn't refuse it immediately. He could only accept it first and deal with it later after the princess's matter was resolved.
However, what he didn't expect was that the letter sent from the government office actually meant that Huo Linger was there.
"God is really watching over us!" The man looked at the letter in his hand, his eyes almost spitting fire.
Yingzi took the letter curiously and asked, "What's going on..."
After reading the letter, she was equally incredulous. "Really them? How could it be? This is too much of a coincidence... Could it be that the person who wanted to kill Huo Ling'er... is also an important official? Or even... someone in the palace?"
In fact, when she learned that someone had issued a warrant to kill Huo Linger, she found it unbelievable.
After all, Huo Linger was just a little princess and had no right of inheritance. She was deeply loved by the emperor, the royal family, and even the people. She couldn't imagine who would want to kill Huo Linger.
But at this time, Sakurako realized that the government office was also involved, so she had to think more about it.
"I don't care who it is. I'm only responsible for killing people." The man gritted his teeth, rubbing the knife on his waist repeatedly, wishing he could kill them right now.
Yingzi read the letter carefully again and said with some regret, "It's a pity... Sister Hua doesn't seem to be with them."
The man sneered, "Hua'er will be a waste and a fool if she comes down from the mountain. Even if we can't find her, she won't survive for long."
For so many years, he has trapped Huaer in the mountains so that Huaer will never be able to leave him.
But I didn't expect that this flower was so stupid that she actually wanted to help these two little beasts.
He originally thought Hua'er would flee with the two children, but he didn't expect Hua'er to send them to the government. It's a pity... the government is no longer a place they can trust.
It’s all God’s will!
He wanted to celebrate. "Come on, let's go have a few drinks and a nice meal. When it gets dark, we'll go get the princess's head... and from then on, we'll enjoy endless wealth and glory."
On the other side, officials in the government office were also planning with their soldiers.
"All of you stand guard outside the yard. When it gets dark and the killer strikes, rush in and catch him!"
"yes!"
The official curled his lips in satisfaction. After so many years of cooperation, he wanted to get rid of this killer, but he didn't expect... the opportunity would come to him like this.
He really wanted to thank their little princess.
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