"Hey, big brother is actually the apprentice of the Thousand-Faced Fox?" Ye Wanqing covered her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect that the character in the book would be so close to her!
"Yeah." Murong Yan's expression was gloomy. He hadn't told her that Yunnuan Pavilion was actually a killer intelligence organization that only judged life and death, regardless of good or evil. As long as someone was willing to pay a commission, even the Pavilion Master would be rewarded.
The price of Fu Yi's head has risen to 500,000 taels of silver. Countless assassins have taken orders, but none of them has succeeded in the assassination.
The price for the Thousand-Faced Fox's head is an exaggerated 10 million taels of silver, and he can only be captured alive. However, no one knows his whereabouts yet.
You have to know that if someone wants to post a reward in Yun Nuan Pavilion, the 10 million taels must be paid in advance to Yun Nuan Pavilion. Only by withdrawing the reward can the money be retrieved from Yun Nuan Pavilion. Even if you can retrieve it, not all of it can be retrieved. Yun Nuan Pavilion will charge a certain fee. The maximum you can get back out of 10 million taels is 7 or 8 million taels.
"Fu Yi, did I take you to kill someone today?"
Ye Wanqing shook her head and answered truthfully, "Take me to punish a noble villain who, like the Thousand-Faced Fox, distributed the rich man's money to the people."
"Heh, Fu Yi is quite free."
Ye Wanqing felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this. She knew that Murong Yan and Fu Yi had a bad relationship, but Fu Yi's actions today had won her favor. In him, Ye Wanqing found the shadow of her brother, who was also so gentle and reassuring.
After thinking for a long time, Ye Wanqing gave up the idea of putting Xu Wanrong's crimes on the Yunnuan Pavilion's bounty list for others to judge.
She wanted to take revenge personally, to understand her true purpose for the murder, and to put an end to it herself.
Obviously, as Liu Zhang said, he had no reason to make Xu Wanrong jealous, and her words in the Dali Temple were untenable. So what was her real purpose?
Murong Yan had already drunk quite a bit of wine and started to talk more. His face flushed as he propped his head on the table with his hands, muttering, "Miss Ye, I'm sorry. I and Liu Zhang are both sorry for you..."
"Your Highness, you have done nothing wrong to me. You have done a lot for me." Ye Wanqing gently pushed his arm and felt very uncomfortable listening to him apologize to her.
She learned from Ling Mo that when Murong Yan went to the outer city to investigate, he was assassinated by a masked master. He was stabbed in the chest and was in a coma for several days and almost died.
I didn't see her during those days due to sick leave. I really couldn't see her.
But as soon as his injury improved, he immediately thought of investigating the case for her, but he fell into Xu Wanrong's trap and was in danger again in the brothel.
Now that they knew who the murderer was, but had no way to bring her to justice, Murong Yan felt depressed, which was completely understandable.
"Your Highness, you really don't need to feel guilty. I should be the one to say thank you. Without your help, I really can't do anything." Seeing Murong Yan sad and blaming himself, Ye Wanqing couldn't help but comfort him with a few words.
But Murong Yan just kept talking to himself without responding: "But I am not as brave as Liu Zhang. I don't have the courage to love and hate, or the ability to let go... I am particularly cowardly and incompetent. When facing the person I like... I dare not say it..."
Ye Wanqing was slightly stunned, and the hand holding the wine glass froze. Her heroic phoenix eyes looked at Murong Yan's face. "Your Highness the Crown Prince, you said that you have someone you like. Who is she and why don't you dare to say it?"
"Ah Xu..." Murong Yan looked at Ye Wanqing with hazy eyes, raised his hand to touch the dimples on her face, "Before, I just regarded you as a smart but worldly-wise brother. I approached you... not because I liked you..."
Ye Wanqing frowned. When she heard him say that he didn't like her, she felt depressed.
"I've always had other motives for approaching you... I want to use you to gain support from the Southern Territory... I want everything you and Jiang Yu create to be used exclusively by me... I want you to stand by me and become..."
Murong Yan spoke intermittently, gently stroking her cheek, his face showing an anxious expression: "I have always only thought about gaining, but never wanted to give. Don't you think this is particularly despicable and shameless?"
"Yes, yes, despicable and shameless." Ye Wanqing nodded sadly in agreement, poured herself a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
The bitter and spicy taste choked her throat. She coughed uncomfortably a few times, but drank several cups in a row. The feeling of heat spread throughout her body, and her heartbeat suddenly became much faster. As her blood vessels contracted, her heart also began to ache.
To her, Murong Yan is a very important person, and Ye Wanqing likes him in her heart.
She liked him hanging around her, making her happy; she liked him speaking up for her and standing up for her; she liked him being able to guess what she wanted so well and bring her little surprises from time to time; she liked him always appearing at the right time to comfort her when she was most sad...
But these were just Murong Yan's kindness towards Chen Xu, and had nothing to do with her...
"But from that day on, I suddenly realized that I actually liked you. I wanted to be with you, and I was especially afraid of losing you, afraid that you would see my despicable face..."
"Like me?" Ye Wanqing panted, supporting herself on the table with her hands. The alcohol made her head hot. She raised her hand to touch Murong Yan's face, feeling his well-defined jawline. "Your Highness... I found that I like you too..."
Murong Yan mumbled, letting her touch his face. He covered his chest, trying to suppress his pounding heart. He spoke incoherently, "I'm afraid you'll think I'm abnormal, that I have ulterior motives... But I really like you. I don't want to see you sad and crying. I want to see you smile every day, and see your cute face when you get angry over a very small thing..."
Ye Wanqing stared at the handsome face in front of her with blurry eyes. The alcohol added a layer of red to her red cheeks. She stood up tremblingly, picked up the wine jug and poured it into her mouth. After drinking, she said without thinking: "Hey, Chen Xu, is he so cute?"
"I used to hate her so much. I thought she loved competing with girls. She was stingy, arrogant, and had poor martial arts skills. She wasn't a man at all!" She threw herself on Murong Yan, put her arm around his shoulders, sat with him arm in arm, and burped in a very indecent way.
"But I really envy her, even jealous of her... She has a father who is a god of war, and she lives a carefree life. She's also smart... She can make a crossbow... And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so kind to her..."
Murong Yan rubbed his aching head and let her lean on his arm like a soft kitten. He said drunkenly, "What's there to envy? I know everything. Ah Xu is not happy... His parents don't like him. No matter how hard he tries, he can't compare to Fu Yi..."
"Your Highness, I'm going to tell you a secret. Don't tell anyone else..." Ye Wanqing leaned her head on his shoulder, stretched out a finger, and said dazedly, "I finally know why her martial arts skills are so useless... I'm telling you... she actually..."
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