Chapter 446: Following
Chen Wan felt that it shouldn't be the Yun family. The Yun family had never been set on fire in the previous life, but for some reason, Chen Wan was worried.
After all, in her previous life, she married Xiao Yun, and the Yun family was on Xiao Yun's side, but in this life, the Yun family did not go against Xiao Yun.
Chen Wan was afraid that Xiao Yun and the Duke of Song would not be able to vent their anger on her and Xie Jingyu, so they picked on the weak and started with the Yun family.
The Yun family was in the north of the city, a bit far from the Jingbei Palace. Chen Ping waited for a full half hour before returning.
There was a knock on the window, "Master..."
"Come in."
The window was closed tightly. Shanhu opened it and Chen Ping jumped in.
Before Chen Ping could speak, Shen Wan asked anxiously, "Is it the Yun family that suffered the fire?"
Chen Ping nodded.
Shen Wan's heart, which was already hanging in the air, suddenly rose to his throat.
Xie Jingyu asked, "How is the Yun family?"
Chen Ping hurriedly replied, "The Yun family is fine. Only a few houses were burned. The Yun family hired someone to guard the house. Coincidentally, Prince Yuzhang had run into trouble at the Duke of Wei's Mansion. On his way back to Prince Teng's Mansion, he spotted an assassin climbing over the eaves and walls, so he quietly followed him and helped the Yun family..."
Prince Yuzhang had run into a wall at the Duke of Weiguo's mansion and was in a bad mood when he spotted a masked man in black.
Although not all those who climb walls and jump over rooftops at night are bad people, like him, even when he went to the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, he was upright and dressed in gorgeous clothes.
These people were dressed in black and had murderous looks on their faces, and it was obvious that they were going to kill someone.
I won’t be able to sleep if I go back anyway, so I might as well see if I can get some credit.
Well, if he can’t get married, if he does something meritorious, maybe he can ask the emperor to grant him a marriage.
Prince Yuzhang followed the assassins to see who they were going to kill, but he didn't expect that they were targeting the Yun family.
Before, Prince Yuzhang went to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion wearing a mask, he was alone. Later, his identity was exposed, and he was beaten black and blue by the Duke of Weiguo's Prince. Then when he went to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion again, he brought secret guards with him.
In case the Prince of Weiguo was too cruel, he would be beaten so badly that he wouldn't even have the strength to climb over the wall.
Furthermore, with Prince Yuzhang's martial arts skills, even if he couldn't defeat these secret guards, he would definitely have no problem escaping.
The Yun family is the maternal grandparents of Shen Li and Shen Wan. They are very close to Yun Yan and Yun Yue. They usually eat together, and as long as Yun Yan and Yun Yue are around, they will treat.
If the assassin wants to harm the Yun family, we must help.
If it weren't for the Prince of Yuzhang and the two secret guards he brought with him, the Yun family would definitely have suffered more than just burning down a few courtyards today.
Hearing that the Yun family was fine, Shen Wan's heart, which had been in his throat, fell back into his stomach. "Who sent the assassin?"
Chen Ping said, "According to the Prince of Yuzhang, the place where he discovered the assassin was not far from Prince Cheng's palace."
Originally, Chen Wan suspected that this matter was related to Xiao Yun.
Prince Yuzhang discovered an assassin near Prince Cheng's mansion. If it wasn't sent by Xiao Yun, who else could it be?
The second cousin was getting married soon, and the invitations were going to be sent out in the next two days, but at this critical moment the yard was burned down. Shen Wan wanted to skin Xiao Yun alive.
Shen Wanqi's chest was heaving. After Chen Ping finished his report, he left the room the same way he entered. Shanhu closed the window tightly.
Xie Jingyu was afraid that Shen Wan would get angry and get sick, "It's late, go to bed first."
Normally, Chen Wan would have gone to bed at this time, but he had held on until now because he was worried that the fire had broken out in the Yun family. Now that everyone in the Yun family was fine, Chen Wan felt relieved and his sleepiness returned.
The next morning, Shen Wan was still worried, so she asked Shanhu to go to the Yun family on her behalf.
After helping Chen Wan wash up, Shanhu went to the Yun family. When she came back, it was almost lunchtime.
Chen Wan repeatedly looked out the bead curtain, and finally heard Shanhu's footsteps. Yinchuan went to meet her, "Why did you take so long? You made the Crown Prince's Consort wait for you."
Shanhu stepped forward and said to Shen Wan, "The third young master is injured..."
Shen Wan was stunned, "Third cousin has returned to Beijing? Is he seriously injured?"
Shanhu said hurriedly, "My third cousin was assassinated at the post station last night. Fortunately, someone rescued him. He only suffered some minor injuries and is not seriously injured."
It’s not enough to send people to break into the Yun family at night, they even want to kill the third cousin who has not yet returned to Beijing. This is to wipe out the entire Yun family!
"Madam returned to the Yun family early this morning. Knowing that the Crown Princess was worried, she asked her to rest assured and take care of the baby."
How could Chen Wan not be worried? The Yun family was implicated by her in the previous life, and only the third cousin escaped. In this life, Xiao Yun targeted the Yun family, which must be because of her and Xie Jingyu.
Shanhu said, "The study of Old Master Yun and First Cousin Yun was burned down. Second Cousin Yun's wedding is imminent, and the Yun family doesn't have time to move elsewhere. Old Master Yun had a wall built to enclose the burned study, and will rebuild it after the wedding banquet..."
Shanhu told Shen Wan everything she saw and heard at the Yun family. A maid came in and said, "Princess Consort, Young Master Yun is here."
When Chen Wanying went out, she saw Yun Yan walking in. Chen Wan asked, "Why is my cousin here?"
Yun Yan said, "I have something to ask the Prince of Jingbei."
Xie Jingyu came out of the study. Such a big thing happened in the Yun family. Yun Yan would not come to him at this time if it was not an important matter.
Xie Jingyu invited Yun Yan to the study to talk.
After entering the study, Yun Yan took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Xie Jingyu.
Xie Jingyu took it, opened it, and saw a pattern on the paper.
Xie Jingyu frowned and then looked at Yun Yan, "Where did this pattern come from?"
Yun Yan said, "After the fire broke out yesterday, Chen Ping went to the Yun family to check for the assassin's body, but found nothing. Later, another body was found by the courtyard wall. It must have been killed by Yuzhang County Prince's men. I had someone check it out, and then I found this pattern on the assassin's body..."
After a pause, Yun Yan asked, "Sir, do you recognize this pattern?"
More than just recognition.
Xie Jingyu said, "The time I fell off the cliff, the assassin had this tattoo on his body."
The assassins that day were sent by the third prince of Beiyue. He knew that Xiahou Yi's men had hidden in Prince Cheng's mansion, but those who dared to plot against Duke Song and the Left Prime Minister would not be so obedient as to be ordered around by Prince Cheng. Prince Cheng would not trust Xiahou Yi's men that much, let alone kill the Yun family and use Xiahou Yi's men.
In other words, the assassin last night was done by Xiahou Yi's men.
Those people killed the Yun family so relentlessly that Xie Jingyu couldn't help but think about it.
Yun Yan also guessed, "Why does the Third Prince of Beiyue want to destroy my Yun family?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Xiahou Yi is ambitious and is waiting for the right time to start a war against our Ning Dynasty. The Yun family helped minimize the losses caused by the flood in Jizhou and the snowstorm in Yongzhou. This is most likely due to this reason."
As expected, the Yun family was in trouble because of her and Xie Jingyu.
The Yun family helps the imperial court. Although Prince Cheng is a prince, he protects the people of the Third Prince of Beiyue. In particular, the Third Prince of Beiyue even schemes against the Duke of Song and the Left Prime Minister in order to achieve his goal. Prince Cheng and Xiahou Yi are still able to collude with each other.
No wonder Xiao Yun sat in that position in his previous life, but was pulled down by Xie Jingyu. Such a person is not worthy of being the emperor.
Yun Yan came to deliver the pattern. After knowing who wanted to kill the Yun family, Yun Yan said goodbye.
Xie Jingyu sent Yun Yan out of the house and waited for him to return to the study room and Chen Guo, who had gone out to do business, came back.
After explaining everything, Chen Guo said, "The man who handed over the evidence of the Wen Mansion's crimes to my subordinates has gone to Beijing..."
Xie Jingyu asked, "Where did he settle down?"
"...I saw him on the way to the military camp. He was in a hurry to find the prince, so he didn't go up to greet him. I will go find him right away."
The man played an indispensable role in bringing down the Wen family so quickly.
To owe someone a favor, a man coming to Beijing must always show his hospitality as a host.
But Chen Guo went out to look for the man on the street but couldn't find him.
Xie Jingyu said, "It doesn't matter. With so much evidence collected, he will definitely go to watch the execution of the Wen family."
"I'll prepare a banquet for him."
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