Chapter 285 Extra Jingtang Chapter 12

Xia Jingtang lay on the bed with his eyes closed but couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Xiao Yi reached out and held her waist, asked her to turn over and face him, and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you say you were tired just now?"

"I..." She hesitated for a moment, but didn't say what was in her heart. She just said, "I am very tired, but I still can't sleep."

"What are you thinking about?"

"Think... Brother Xiao, what will our children look like in the future?"

Xiao Yi seemed to have not expected her to suddenly ask about this. He was stunned for a moment and then said, "Based on your and my looks, the child shouldn't look too bad."

Xia Jingtang smiled and said, "You are right."

After all, she was attracted by his appearance at first sight, and she thought she was also good-looking.

Xiao Yi patted her shoulder gently, like coaxing a child, and said softly: "Don't think too much, there will be time in the future. It's getting late, go to bed quickly."

"Yeah." She nodded, found a comfortable position in his arms and closed her eyes.

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The weather gradually turned cooler after the beginning of autumn. Early in the morning of that day, Xia Jingtang left the princess's mansion, and Xiao Yi followed closely behind, but they went in different directions, one heading south and the other heading north.

Not long ago, Xiao Yi had just finished his breakfast and was about to go to the study when he was bumped by a servant. He thought the servant was just being reckless and careless, and although he was a little unhappy, he did not say anything to blame him. However, the servant suddenly slipped a small note into his hand.

He was stunned for only a moment, then he waved the servant away as if nothing had happened, found a deserted place and opened the note.

He was very familiar with the handwriting above. It was Luo Wanyun who wanted to meet him again, but this time the location was changed to a narrow alley in the north of the city.

He originally wanted to pretend that this incident had never happened, but before he destroyed the note, he caught a glimpse of the bloodstains on the paper, and felt that something might have happened to her. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to keep the appointment.

Xiao Yi rode a fast horse to a shop in the west of the city. After handing the horse to the waiter for care, he walked to the narrow alley.

The narrow alley, as its name suggests, is a very narrow alley with high walls on both sides, which can only accommodate one person.

Walking in, he saw a fork in the alley, where he could go straight or left. But he did not move, but stood in the middle, waiting.

After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps coming closer and closer.

He looked in the direction of the sound, but was stunned.

From the alley on the right, a man wrapped up in a brown linen shirt came out. He had a black turban on his head and a black scarf on his face, revealing only a pair of haggard eyes.

When the person came closer, he could see clearly that her eye sockets were slightly sunken, her pupils were filled with red bloodshot, and her body was thin, like a withered old woman.

He moved aside slightly and retreated to the alley on the other side to make it easier for her to pass.

Unexpectedly, the woman came to him, stopped, and stretched out her hand to grab his wrist. Xiao Yi immediately took a step back and avoided her touch.

"Xiao Yi, it's me." When she spoke, her voice was hoarse and slightly broken.

Xiao Yi was stunned as he watched the person in front of him slowly lift up the black scarf from his feet, revealing a face that looked extremely haggard and bloodless, his chin becoming much more pointed due to his weight loss. However, one could still see some of his original appearance.

"Wanyun?" Xiao Yi looked at her in disbelief: "How come you have become like this after just a few days of not seeing you?"

Luo Wanyun immediately shed two lines of tears and choked up, saying, "Xiao Yi, please save me. Only you can save me now."

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"I was told he wanted to kill me!"

He frowned in confusion: "Why would he want to kill you?"

"Do you still remember that you came to look for me the day after I was captured?"

"Of course I remember. I remember clearly that you said you would never have anything to do with me again."

She cried more and more sadly, and her frail body seemed like it might collapse at any moment. She slowly squatted down, holding her head and crying, "Mengqi saw us meeting that day, and he got the letters we exchanged from somewhere. He thought I had deceived him, so he wanted to kill me. You see, he has tortured me to the point where I am no longer human."

Whenever she recalled the purgatory-like life she had lived in these few days, she trembled even more violently. Meng Qi was simply a despicable person. He allowed the servants in the mansion to enter her bed and abuse her at will, and even made her serve several men at the same time...

Thinking of this, she covered her head in agony, her words were broken: "Xiao Yi, I don't want to die here, I want to go home, can you help me, help me go back, please, I beg you, please help me for the sake of our past affection, please..."

Although Xiao Yi didn't know what she had been through, he couldn't help but feel a little pity for her when he saw her like this. He squatted down, held her shoulders, and said, "I know you are in a difficult situation, and I want to help you, but you have to understand that if the hostage returns to China secretly, you may face a confrontation between the two countries. How will you deal with it then?"

Luo Wanyun said, "My eldest brother is the one who is in charge of Dongxu now. I will go and ask him for help. He will help me, as long as you can send me away."

Xiao Yi frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "You also understand that you and I are both protons. Although I have ways to help you, I have to consider myself and Tian Qian, so the only thing I can do is to help you leave Xuan Cang. As for how to return to Dongxu Pandu, it depends on your own ability."

Seeing that he agreed, she was overjoyed and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him, saying repeatedly: "Thank you, Xiao Yi, thank you..."

Xiao Yi hurriedly helped her up and said helplessly: "What are you doing? I said I would help you, but I can only do my best. Whether it can be accomplished depends on your own luck."

"Yes, I understand. I'm very grateful that you are willing to help me." She wiped the tears from her face and stood up tremblingly, leaning against the wall.

Xiao Yi held her arm and said, "Wait here. I will go down and make arrangements immediately. I will take you out of the capital after dark."

"good."

Soon, Xiao Yi walked out of the narrow alley and went straight to Yunjing Pavilion.

Yunjing Pavilion is an ordinary jade and jadeite shop on the surface, but secretly it is the base of Tianqian people. Most of his subordinates stationed in Xuancang are here.

Xiao Yi entered the room, pretended to ask the shopkeeper for permission to use the toilet, and then walked towards the back hall. After turning a few circles, he arrived in front of a door.

Behind the door was another courtyard. After he entered, he entered a private room where someone was already waiting.

It was already getting late when he came out of Yunjing Pavilion, so he went to another shop, found the horse he had ridden today, and returned to the princess's mansion.

Xia Jingtang returned home only an incense stick of time earlier than him. The couple sat down to have dinner together, and neither asked the other where he had been that day.

After the meal, Xiao Yi went to the study again, while Xia Jingtang stayed in the main courtyard.

Everything seemed calm, but Xiao Yi couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. He opened a book, but stayed on one page for a long time. With the irritation rising in his heart, he simply closed the book and went out to the yard to get some fresh air.

This feeling of uneasiness lasted until the fifth day, when it was finally relieved after a carrier pigeon landed at the window of the study.

He untied the letter from the pigeon's feet, and there were only two words on it: "It's done."

However, what he didn't know was that at this moment, in the main courtyard, Xia Jingtang also received a note with the words "successful" written on it.