Chapter 76 The Fifth Princess's men want to use Qi Nanfeng to attack him
Ruan Mian smiled and disagreed.
"Sir, I only learned about these things by chance. It is precisely because I believe that you are an honest and good official who can uphold justice for the innocent that I spared no effort to reveal the news to you."
"It's just that I didn't expect you to encounter such a disaster. But no matter what, I have no ill will towards you, so please don't think too much about it."
After saying this, he remembered something and thanked him seriously several times: "During this journey, I have been helped out of danger several times by you, sir. I am very grateful."
"I know you have no ill will towards me, I'm just curious..."
"grown ups!!"
Before Xie Huaian could finish his words, Minister Dong's anxious voice was heard outside.
Ruan Mian got up to open the door. After taking the basin of hot water, he saw Minister Dong hurriedly running to Xie Huaian.
The Prime Minister who was once so high and mighty, noble and elegant, has now fallen to such a state.
Minister Dong blamed himself: "Sir, it's my fault for not escorting you properly."
Xie Huaian asked him to stand up: "How's it going at the post station?"
"Thanks to Madam Ruan's help, I've already burned down the post station. I'm sure they won't be able to do anything to us. But sir... we should leave this place as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they find out we're not at the post station, there will definitely be more trouble."
"Once you leave Runing, the sky is high and the road is long. Those people will definitely not be able to do anything to you."
At this point, Ruan Mian also expressed the doubts in his heart.
"What happened?"
She only heard that the Fifth Princess's men wanted to use Qi Nanfeng to attack him.
Minister Dong then told her the truth: "Your Excellency was impeached for something and displeased the Emperor, so he was demoted to Wuheng Longchang. Unexpectedly, there were villains along the way who were coveting you. After we discovered this, we found a substitute to stay in the post station in your place, and the result was as expected..."
Now Ruan Mian understood that the post station had used a trick to replace the prince with a cat, and had foiled their plan to poison them silently in advance.
The real Xie Huaian and the young man bypassed the post station.
The person who went to hand over and report was brought by Minister Dong, who pretended that he had arrived.
While thinking, the young man added, "Even so, my lord and I were still discovered. I guess they thought we were his servants and wanted to kill us. My lord was also... injured because of me."
His eyes were red, he bit his lips tightly and his face was full of guilt.
It's really heartbreaking to watch.
Xie Huaian stopped and took this opportunity to introduce him to Ruan Mian: "Madam Ruan, do you still remember Yun Xiu? You rescued him from the Colosseum and asked him to deliver information to me at the inn."
"He has been with me for a while now and has also taken Minister Dong as his master."
After he finished speaking, Yun Xiu solemnly bowed to Ruan Mian and said, "Thank you, Madam Ruan, for saving my life!"
Ruan Mian quickly helped him up. They were all friends, so there was no need to be so polite.
"Thank you, sir. Your injury is not too serious. I left some medicine. Minister Dong, please change the medicine for you every day. Just rest and recuperate."
"It's getting late now. As Minister Dong said, you should leave immediately to avoid any trouble. Lord Xie's injury cannot withstand any more trouble."
Behind the dilapidated house is the melted river water. Going downstream along the river, you can quickly avoid the eyes and ears of those evil people.
Once you leave Runing, there is a grassland that is difficult to track.
At this time, the post boat she looted at the post station came in handy!
He called out to Minister Dong, "I just saw another boat behind us, which can take you all the way downstream. It's over there. Follow me."
She urged them on and quickened her pace, arriving at the river one step ahead of them and quickly taking out the post boat from the space.
However, Xie Huaian asked Yun Xiu to follow Ruan Mian: "Although he is young, he is agile and can protect you at a critical moment."
"This place is not far from Wu Heng. We will meet again when we get there."
Without giving Ruan Mian a chance to refuse, Yun Xiu walked over to her side and looked at her with hope and joy on his face.
It was completely different from the pitiful feeling of being imprisoned in a cage and becoming food for wild beasts.
Even though he is now dressed in rags, his angular face is full of fierceness. He is worthy of being the apprentice of Minister Dong, and his eyes and eyebrows have the style of Minister Dong.
After watching the post boat disappear, Ruan Mian withdrew his gaze and spoke to Yun Xiu.
"Your name is Yun Xiu?" The young man nodded quickly. "My master gave it to me. He also taught me to read every day and always kept me by his side."
"Thank you, sir, you are a good man. When you come back with me later, pretend to be a homeless orphan I found. If others ask you anything, you don't have to answer. Just follow me at all times."
Yun Xiu nodded firmly: "Don't worry, Madam Ruan, the master has already told me."
"He told you a long time ago?"
Could it be that he had planned to have Yun Xiu follow him a long time ago?
This Xie Huaian is really confusing.
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At the same time, the fire in the post station had been almost extinguished, and everyone fell to the ground exhausted, completely oblivious to the cold wind outside the post station.
I even felt hot and tired from running around putting out fires.
They sat on the ground, and no one knew when Ruan Mian came back.
Until the officer called them out: "Rest for a while, we are ready to go early in the morning!"
The post station was burned down like this. If they continued to stay there, they might be ordered around or even subject to additional investigation.
Anyway, the handover documents have been signed, and the best policy is to leave this place as soon as possible. The officials don't want to get involved.
That's why he was busy counting the number of people and told them in a gruff voice that they would set off in an hour.
The chaotic scene just now made it impossible for them to pay attention to the people and things around them. It was not until they were about to leave that they suddenly discovered that there were two more people in the team.
One was Li Mao, who everyone thought had died at the foot of the cliff long ago, and the other was Yun Xiu, who was brought back by Ruan Mian.
Li Mao's appearance surprised everyone in Bo's Mansion.
Especially Yao, her face turned pale in an instant!
She didn't understand why he was able to come back to life when she had pushed him off the cliff!
When Li Mao looked at Yao, his eyes were filled with anger, and he wished he could tear her into pieces immediately.
Because of the presence of the officials, he could only suppress his anger temporarily.
He originally wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but the Xuanjia Army who rescued him didn't care about him at all and only agreed to send him to Runing.
He was a man without any identity, penniless and with his household registration cancelled, and he could not survive in Runing City.
At least Wu Heng still has his confidants. Now that his biological mother is gone, he is the master of the Li family. Once Wu Heng reunites with his confidants, things will get better!
That's why he found the team again.
However, I didn't expect that there would be a fire at the post station just after I returned. I worked as a laborer for several hours in vain and had no place to vent my anger.
He happened to see Ruan Mian rescuing an orphan for no reason, and he became unhappy on the spot, pointing at Yun Xiu and scolding him.
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