"Then what should we do? I won't agree to let you sneak in alone," Shen Yao said firmly.
"No matter what, even if I'm all alone, I'm going to sneak in..."
"I won't agree..." Shen Yao refused without hesitation.
"Lord Shen, how about we each take a step back?" Su Yan suggested.
"Impossible... There's no room for negotiation on this..."
Seeing that Shen Yao was unmoved by her words, Su Yan was furious and simply turned her back to him, ignoring him completely.
Just as the two were at an impasse, voices came from outside the door.
Bai Yunfei burst in carrying a large pile of tonics, "Master... Master, I've come to see..."
Before he could finish speaking, Bai Yunfei had already rushed into the house from outside, and instantly sensed the eerie atmosphere that filled the room.
Su Yan, in particular, had a terrifyingly gloomy expression, as if she were about to draw her sword and kill someone at any moment.
Are you two arguing?
Bai Yunfei looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, hesitating whether he should leave first, as the atmosphere between them seemed rather strained.
When Su Yan saw Bai Yunfei, her eyes instantly lit up. How could she have forgotten about Bai Yunfei?
Bai Yunfei is quite good-looking; he should be able to join me in infiltrating this decadent lifestyle.
Before Su Yan could say anything, Shen Yao, as if he had foreseen it, interrupted her.
"Don't even think about making a move on Bai Yunfei..."
"How...how did you know?" Su Yan didn't expect Shen Yao to have figured out what she was trying to say, but Shen Yao still disagreed. His face fell instantly as he pressed, "Why don't you agree...Bai Yunfei is my disciple, not yours."
Do you know who Bai Yunfei is?
"I know him, he's the son of the leader of the Canal Gang..."
"Then do you know who his mother is?"
Su Yan shook her head. She still hadn't inquired about this matter and really didn't know who his mother was.
"The Emperor's own sister, the only princess of the Great Liang, you sent Bai Yunfei to take such a dangerous risk. If anything happens to her, neither of us can bear the responsibility."
Su Yan was so shocked by the result that she couldn't recover for a long time. She really didn't expect that Bai Yunfei's birth mother was Princess Pingyang.
Speaking of which, she spent some time with Princess Pingyang when she was a child.
Princess Pingyang never married. At the age of twenty-five, she became a nun at Ganye Temple. She and her father, Su Ci, would go to Ganye Temple every month to have her pulse checked.
When Princess Pingyang saw her, she would always give her delicious food and fun things. Who would have thought that Princess Pingyang had a child without the knowledge of the world?
No wonder Bai Yunfei turned the capital upside down, yet no one dared to lay a finger on him.
Taking the current emperor's nephew and the only child of the eldest princess as her disciple, Su Yan felt as if her neck was about to fall off.
Even if she had ten heads, she wouldn't dare risk Bai Yunfei's life, so she decisively dismissed the idea.
Even though Su Yan dismissed the idea, Bai Yunfei became interested and kept pestering her, "Master, I want to go... I regretted not going yesterday, but I must go this time..."
Su Yan was on the verge of tears; she had truly shot herself in the foot.
Without a second thought, Su Yan made up a reason to brush it off, "Yunfei, you're still young. Undercover work should be done by experienced people... You'll go with Lord Shen this time..."
Bai Yunfei pouted, her face full of reluctance, "I won't... You always use being a child as an excuse... My mother always does that too..."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Bai Yunfei, Su Yan looked up at Shen Yao, her eyes full of pleading.
Shen Yao looked at Su Yan with a smile, but her words reminded him and made him think of another suitable candidate.
"You don't need to argue anymore, I know who to talk to."
Su Yan and Bai Yunfei looked at Shen Yao with blank expressions and asked in unison, "Who are you looking for?"
A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Shen Yao's eyes as he said in a deep voice, "Xie Yu, the head of the Surveillance Bureau..."
"Him! Lord Shen, are you out of your mind?" Su Yan stared wide-eyed in surprise, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.
Su Yan reached out and touched Shen Yao's forehead, looking puzzled. "You don't have a fever, do you? Why are you talking nonsense..."
Shen Yao smiled helplessly and patiently explained to the two of them, "I know Xie Yu. Although he's unreliable, his abilities are undeniable. I feel more at ease having him infiltrate the Drunken Dreamland with you..."
"Lord Shen, Xie Yu made things difficult for us just a few days ago. Asking him for help now is harder than climbing to heaven..."
“Actually… Xie Yu and I have known each other since childhood, and the reason why he is targeting you may also be due to me…” Shen Yao said with a smile.
"Lord Shen, do you really think that your relationship with Xie Yu is worse than mine? Would he agree to help? And aren't you afraid of stabbing me in the back?"
“No, Xie Yu isn’t that kind of person…” Shen Yao directly refuted Su Yan’s words.
Seeing how much Shen Yao defended Xie Yu, Su Yan said nothing more. She trusted Shen Yao's judgment; perhaps she had always viewed Xie Yu with prejudice and had never truly understood him.
"Lord Shen, are you confident you can drag Xie Yu down with you?"
Shen Yao did not answer Su Yan's question immediately, and fell into a long silence.
In truth, he was also uneasy, after all, the barrier between him and Xie Yu had not been completely resolved.
…………
Su Yan led Shen Yao and Bai Yunfei to the place where Xie Yu was in office.
At that moment, Xie Yu was sitting at his desk, wiping the bow and arrow in his hand. He seemed to have heard the noise outside the door, so he immediately nocked the arrow and aimed it at the door.
As the three reached the door, a whoosh was heard, and an arrow shot towards them.
Before Su Yan and Bai Yunfei could react, Shen Yao nimbly turned around, grabbed the arrow flying towards Su Yan, and cut his hand on his tiger's mouth due to the force of the arrow.
By the time Su Yan reacted, the arrow was only a finger's width away from her eye. The sudden turn of events left Su Yan's legs weak and she patted her chest, still shaken, lamenting that she had almost lost her life.
The culprit who shot the arrow showed no remorse whatsoever, but instead wore a smug smile, "Oh dear~ I almost hit it, what a pity..."
Upon hearing this, Su Yan was so angry that she snatched the sword that Xie Yu had shot from Shen Yao's hand and threw it back at Xie Yu.
Su Yan was weak, and although the arrow she threw back didn't hurt Xie Yu, it hit him on the head. Enraged, Xie Yu grimaced and clutched his head, "Su Yan...you..."
"What? Your Excellency, do you think it's okay for officials to set fires but forbid ordinary people from even lighting lamps?"
"You..." Xie Yu gritted her teeth in anger, but knowing she was in the wrong, she gave a haughty snort, "Hmph... What are you doing on my turf? You're not welcome here..."
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