Chapter 151: The Second Prince of Yanyang, Nanmen Qing, Enters Shengdu City Gate and is Searched
Before Xu Nian could ask Mo Zhu what was going on, she was shocked by the scene in front of her. She didn't expect that the evidence Luo Jinan mentioned would be a person. She originally thought it was a letter or something else.
I saw a man tied with an iron chain against the wall of the cave. His hair was disheveled and his face could not be seen clearly.
Mo Zhu stepped forward and explained, "This is Nanmen Qing, the commander of the Yanyang Army and the second prince of Yanyang. It was he who colluded with the Wen family to start this war."
At this time, the Second Prince Yan Yang raised his head, and a hoarse laugh came out of his mouth, but his eyes were very sinister, and when he saw Xu Nian, he stared at her straight. Xu Nian's body trembled, and it felt like a snake was crawling on her body.
Mo Jian stepped forward to block Xu Nian, and Mo Zhu also hit Nanmen Qing twice on the back with the scabbard of his sword. It can be seen that Mo Zhu used a lot of force, and the person who was hit started coughing violently.
After Xu Nianxuan came over, he asked Mo Jian to drug Nanmen Qing and put him in a cloth bag. Mo Zhu was puzzled, as he originally thought that the young lady had drugged Nanmen Qing because she was afraid of him.
"I will take him away. You can go back to your Highness. When you need this person, your Highness knows where to find me."
Mo Zhu was a little hesitant. He knew that the closer he got to Shengdu with Nanmen Qing, the more dangerous it would be, not to mention that the young lady was alone with Mo Jian.
"Miss, His Highness probably doesn't know you're coming here, right?"
Xu Nian glared at Mo Zhu and said, "You either go back to your prince now, or let Mo Jian make you dazed as well."
Mo Zhu choked up and said nothing more. He thought it would be better for him to go back and tell His Highness.
Mo Jian walked in front carrying a cloth bag, Xu Nian led the horse in the middle, and Mo Zhu blocked the way at the end. After watching everyone get down the mountain safely, Mo Zhu hurried towards Baiyun City.
Xu Nian took Niu Niu off the horse, asked Mo Jian to harness the carriage, and then threw Nanmen Qing into the secret box at the bottom of the carriage.
Xu Nian felt sorry for the person in the cloth bag when he heard the sound, so he could only ask Mo Jian to try not to torture the person to death.
The drug on Mo Jian was quite powerful. At least the carriage was quiet along the way and there were no unusual noises.
There have been searches along the way, but so far no one has found the secret box in the carriage.
Nanmen Qing would only wake him up when he needed to eat. Xu Nian even asked Mo Jian to only give him one meal a day, and it was a bowl of porridge with clear water at the bottom.
Xu Nian’s idea was simple: as long as he didn’t starve to death, it would be fine; eating too much would be a waste of food.
As they got closer to Shengdu, they found that the searches at the city gates became more stringent.
Especially on the day they arrived in Shengdu, there were three teams of people searching at the city gate. Mo Jian held the reins tightly and thought of a countermeasure in his mind.
Seeing that their carriage was about to be searched, Xu Nian lifted the curtain and pulled Niuniu out of the carriage.
A team of guards with swords and their men surrounded them and started knocking and banging. The leader's order to let them go was interrupted by a guard who got into the carriage.
"Sir, there is a secret box in the car."
As soon as the guard finished speaking, everyone's swords were unsheathed. Xu Nian quickly stepped forward to block Mo Jian's action of whipping.
Xu Nian stepped forward and bowed, then whispered to the leader, "Excuse me, sir. I am the owner of the Treasure Pavilion. Can you please let me see what is in the dark box?"
The guard received the master's gaze, went in to search, and pulled out a cloth bag.
Mo Jian looked at the familiar cloth bag and clenched his hands a little tighter. However, after opening the bag, his heart skipped a beat. Why was Nanmen Qing missing?
"Sir, these are the herbs I bought. I wonder if they can be brought into the capital?"
Wen Shaoyu stared at the girl in the veil in front of him for a while, and sneered, "I wonder what kind of medicinal herbs are worth the boss putting in the dark box."
"Your Excellency might as well ask a doctor or pharmacist to take a look, and then he will understand why my daughter is so cautious."
Wen Shaoyu waved his hand and several guards ran out. Because it took time to find someone, the people and carriages behind were stuck in one place.
Even if the people behind were dissatisfied, no one dared to speak it out loud. Now the people of Shengdu all knew that although the current surname was Luo, the one who was in charge of the court was surnamed Wen.
After a while, the guards brought three doctors over. The doctors walked closer to the cloth bag as instructed, and before they could get close to smell the medicine, they all shouted in surprise.
Wen Shaoyu frowned and asked coldly, "Is there anything wrong?"
At this time, a doctor pointed at the bag with trembling fingers and said, "If I am not mistaken, these are Jade Face Vine, which is a magical item said in ancient books to have the effect of improving one's appearance. I am afraid that so many Jade Face Vine can't be found even in the Treasure Pavilion."
Although the old doctor spoke the last sentence in a very low voice, Wen Shaoyu still heard it clearly. It seems that this person is indeed the owner of the mysterious Treasure Pavilion.
However, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he thought of the man in the palace. He was a bastard's son and was not valued at home, otherwise he would not have been sent to search the city gates.
Looking at the herbs in the bag, he winked at the people around him, "There's something wrong with this bag of herbs. Take it back for inspection."
As soon as the guard grabbed the bag, Xu Nian stopped him and said, "No."
Wen Shaoyu’s patience ran out, so he turned around and wanted to give the man a lesson, but the scene before him frightened him so much that he almost fell off his horse.
I saw that the guard who went to get the herbs just now had his entire palm black.
Xu Nian shouted, "Cut off his arm quickly, or he will die."
Seeing this, the guard at the side hurriedly raised his knife and chopped down, but Xu Nian quickly covered Niu Niu's eyes.
With a scream, the guard fell to the ground in pain, sweat pouring out of his body.
Before everyone could react, Xu Nian complained, "I told you not to do it, why didn't you believe me? This unprocessed Jade Face Vine is extremely poisonous, otherwise I wouldn't have made a secret box out of the carriage, just because I was afraid someone would get hurt."
Upon seeing this, Wen Shaoyu no longer had any other thoughts and rode to the city gate. As for the guard whose hand was chopped off, he was carried away by others. The master he was loyal to did not even let anyone bandage his wound, even though there were three doctors on the scene.
Xu Nian curled the corners of his mouth coldly under the veil, took Niuniu's hand and got into the carriage. As for Mo Jian, he was full of doubts. He didn't know when the young lady had replaced Nanmen Qing, nor did he know where this person was now.
Xu Nian lifted the car curtain slightly, snorted coldly as he watched the searches one after another, then lowered the curtain and discussed with Niu Niu where to go for food, drinks and entertainment in the next few days.
Mo Ci had been waiting in front of the Treasure Shop for a long time. She had been looking forward to it since she received the letter from the young lady, and now her wish had finally come true.
Seeing the young lady getting off the carriage with a little girl, she hurried to meet them.
"Your servant greets the young lady. I hope the young lady is well."
Xu Nian smiled and helped Mo Ci up, "Thank you for your hard work these days."