Chapter 73: The Prince is Injured
The man, however, had no idea of his feelings. "You're always so timid, and you can't achieve anything. The Ji family father and son are far away in the north, out of reach. What can the Queen Mother, a woman deep in the palace, do? As for the Changxing Marquisate, why would they start a fight over a newly married daughter-in-law?"
He actually didn't believe that the incident in Yama Palace had anything to do with Ji Yunshu.
Although it is a bit of a coincidence, the person in charge of the Ji family is not in the capital. The Changxing Marquis Mansion has been a civil servant for generations. How could it be possible that they have the power to destroy a killer organization?
Qin Fengwei felt that he couldn't reason with such a reckless man. He could only whisper, "Heifeng, don't forget what the master has instructed. Putting aside everything else, if anything happens to the wife of the Marquis of Changxing, the emperor will definitely order a thorough investigation. How can you be sure that you won't alert the enemy then?"
Heifeng was the assassin whose account book Lanting had stolen. When Qin Fengwei mentioned his master, he softened his tone and asked, "So what do you say we should do? We can't let the account book fall into the hands of others."
Qin Fengwei thought for a moment and said, "A living person can't just disappear into thin air. As long as we keep a close eye on the Huguo Temple, we'll definitely be able to find him."
As the two were discussing, a man hurried in and said, "Sir, the fugitive has appeared."
"Where?"
Qin Fengwei asked hurriedly.
The messenger took a deep breath before saying, "In the guest house, that man suddenly appeared, injured the prince of Changxing Marquisate, and then escaped."
"What did you say? Who was hurt?"
"Escaped again?"
The two people in the room asked at the same time.
The messenger repeated with a look of remorse, "That man kidnapped the son of the Marquis of Changxing and escaped down the mountain after escaping from our encirclement."
"So, was the Changxing Marquis injured?"
Qin Fengwei asked again.
"There's a cut on my neck, and it's bleeding a lot. I just called a doctor."
When Qin Fengwei heard this, his heart sank. He was killed by a slash on the neck. Could he be dead?
If that's the case, he'll be in big trouble regardless of whether he catches the person or not.
He walked out in a hurry and arrived at the courtyard where the marquis was temporarily staying. Sure enough, he saw maids and servants busy coming in and out.
One maid even brought out a basin of blood.
He was about to ask what was going on when a maid saw him and called out, "Lord Qin, the Jingzhao Yin, is here."
Ji Yunshu was originally in the room watching the doctor bandage the wound. Upon hearing Yin Ye's words, he stood up and walked out.
He said to Qin Fengwei bluntly, "Master Qin, I'm so sorry for not welcoming you."
Seeing her like this, Qin Fengwei felt a little bitter and hurried forward to ask, "I wonder how Prince Zhao is doing now?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, my Lord, but I'm still alive."
Qin Fengwei has been the prefect of Jingzhao for many years and has rarely been contradicted, let alone such continuous challenges.
After all, Ji Yunshu was not an official, and he did not hold any title, so he had no right to point fingers at him.
Suppressing his unhappiness, he said gently, "What are you talking about, Madam? I'm so happy that the prince is fine, how could I be disappointed?"
Ji Yunshu sneered, "I don't know when the patrol camp became so useless. They spent the whole day trying to capture someone but failed. Not only did they let the person escape and injure the prince. Do you dare to say you didn't do it on purpose?"
Even though Qin Fengwei already knew what a woman could be like when she was unreasonable, he was still very angry about these words.
He is not sick and he did not deliberately release a fugitive to harm the prince of the marquis's mansion.
"Madam, you're joking. When the patrol camp arrested people during the day, it was you who stopped the search. How come now that the prince is injured, you think I did it on purpose?"
Ji Yunshu stared at him and said, "So, you are sure that person is in my room?"
"I dare not."
"I think you're very brave. The patrol camp didn't catch anyone, so you want to put the blame on me. Could it be that I would harbor a fugitive and let him escape to hurt my husband?"
Ji Yunshu's tone was cold and stern.
Qin Fengwei felt that it might not be impossible. After all, the fugitive had indeed taken advantage of the opportunity to kidnap the prince and escape. However, he said, "It is my fault for failing to do my duty. I will definitely catch him and give an explanation to the Marquis' Mansion."
"That would be best."
Ji Yunshu seemed to be worried about Zhao Shen's situation, so he didn't continue to embarrass him and turned back into the house.
Qin Fengwei knew that Zhao Shen had only been scratched on the neck and the bleeding had stopped, so he was not seriously injured, so he said goodbye and left.
When he returned to his residence, he saw that Heifeng had not left and asked angrily, "Why are you still staying here?"
The expression on Heifeng's face was very ugly: "I went out to check, and that person has already escaped without a trace."
Qin Fengwei was shocked: "How could this happen? Didn't you say he was seriously injured? How could he escape so quickly?"
He was not in a hurry when he heard that someone had run away because there were still a group of people left outside the Huguo Temple.
Moreover, the man was seriously injured during the day, so even if he escaped, he couldn't get far.
Hei Feng frowned and said, "I personally took action during the day, and that person must have been seriously injured. Who knows if he has any healing elixirs on him? Now that he's escaped, what should we do?"
Qin Fengwei pondered for a moment and said, "What kind of healing elixir can make a person recover so quickly? I think there's something fishy going on here."
He actually had some suspicions that Ji Yunshu had done something, but it would be unreasonable not to say anything without any evidence.
Unless that person was Ji Yunshu's man, why would she take such a big risk to save him?
As for the possibility that the man was Ji Yunshu's man, he found it even more impossible.
After all, Ji Yunshu is a woman from the inner palace, how could she possibly get involved in these things.
Qin Fengwei thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Finally, he said, "I can use the fact that the prince of the Marquisate was injured to arrest someone in a big way. You can take this opportunity to see if you can find the person."
Heifeng was worried about the account book. If he lost such an important thing and his master investigated, he would be in great trouble.
But he didn't know who stole the account book, nor did he see what the person looked like, so it was very easy for him to find the person.
"Who knows where that person will go after coming down the mountain? We don't even have a direction, how can we find him?"
Qin Fengwei said, "Didn't you say he was injured? Go to the clinic or the pharmacy and check thoroughly."
"That's all we can do."
Just as Heifeng was about to leave, Qin Fengwei said again, "Leave a few of your men to me and continue to keep an eye on the wife of the Marquis of Changxing."
Hei Feng looked at him suspiciously: "Why are you always staring at a woman?"
He remembered that the prince's wife seemed very beautiful.
Qin Fengwei rolled his eyes at him and said, "Although there's no reason, I always feel like there's something wrong with her. I'd better keep a close eye on her."
Heifeng thought he was weird, but he was a killer and had instinctive intuition when faced with danger, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with Qin Feng relying on his feelings, and he readily left a few people behind.
Ji Yunshu looked at the bandage wrapped around Chao Qing's neck and scolded him, "It's ok to just pretend, but how could you really hurt yourself, especially in such a dangerous place like your neck?"
Slitting one's own throat is a very dangerous thing. If something goes wrong, someone could die.
Chao Qing smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry. Jingzhe knows his limits and won't really hurt me."
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