Chapter 1674 Xia Yi, the Secret Guard
Meng Yunzheng and his companions quickly moved out of the two men's sight. Once they were alone, the bandit pulled Meng Yunzheng a few steps forward and asked in a low voice, "What exactly do you want? Weren't you looking for someone? Bringing a girl like this is just a burden."
"A burden? Not necessarily."
"What's the meaning?"
The two of them walked ahead talking, while Shu Yu and the girl named Yi'er lagged behind. Once they had created a small gap, Shu Yu asked in a low voice, "Where is Qi Lie?"
Yi'er suddenly looked up at her, her expression somewhat excited, "You are..."
"Lu Shuyu".
Yi'er exclaimed in surprise, "Lu Xiangjun? What brings you here?"
Shu Yu pointed to the people in front of her and briefly explained their purpose.
Just now, Meng Yunzheng whispered in her ear about Yi'er's identity. This girl is called Xia Yi, and she is a secret guard by the emperor's side. She has never shown her face in public. Meng Yunzheng knows her because Xia Yi once delivered a message to him on behalf of the emperor.
They all knew that Qi Lie had infiltrated the black market, and they also knew that he was probably not the only one who had done so.
But unexpectedly, Xia Yi was also involved. Xia Yi's identity in the black market... she couldn't possibly remain unscathed for so long.
However, this meant nothing to Xia Yi. As a secret guard, she would give her life without hesitation, let alone her chastity. Besides, this matter concerned treason; what was this sacrifice?
Seeing the admiration in Shu Yu's words, Xia Yi smiled and said, "It's rare that you didn't look at me with any strange eyes. That alone is enough."
She seemed somewhat pleased, and as she walked with Shu Yu in her arms, she said, "Lord Qi isn't here. A large group of people from the black market went to the neighboring county a couple of days ago, and Lord Qi was among them. He was worried that the neighboring county would encounter the same chaos as Cheng Gu County, so he specially exchanged him with someone. With him here, things might not be too bad."
Xia Yi paused, her expression turning serious. "Lord Qi was furious about what happened in Chenggu County. However, it happened too suddenly, and Lord Qi happened to be away from the black market with the steward at that time, so he couldn't make it in time. I... my abilities are limited, I couldn't stop it. How is Chenggu County?"
Shu Yu thought about everything she had seen after arriving in the county town, and her tone became somewhat depressed. "It's not good. Many houses have been burned down. Countless people have died or been injured, and they are still being held hostage in the county town by the magistrate of Chenggu County, who is not allowing them to leave."
Xia Yi's gaze fell on the bandits in front of her, her tone icy, "Once the reinforcements from the capital arrive, these people will definitely pay the price."
Yes, it will.
After telling her about Qi Lie's whereabouts, Shu Yu asked her if she had seen Uncle Meng and Meng Pei.
Unfortunately, Xia Yi shook her head and said with great regret, "Ever since the black market stopped accepting customers, we girls have basically been staying in the prison. I did manage to get out once, but that was four days ago. At that time, there were still many people in the black market, so our movements were limited and we couldn't move around much, so we didn't get much information."
After that, he was kept inside and had no chance of seeing Uncle Meng and Meng Pei, who had come two days earlier.
Shu Yu frowned; their information was still too limited.
She could only ask Jiang Kuanyu, but Jiang Kuanyu was rarely in the black market. However, Xia Yi knew his address there, and she also knew that Jiang Kuanyu had a close female friend there.
(End of this chapter)
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