428. Xiaobao Project

After hearing Princess Anxi's answer, Ye Li stood up and prepared to go back downstairs. It seemed that she really didn't care about Princess Anxi's life or death. Such a reaction made the men present stunned. After all, they knew that Prince Ding was cold and ruthless, but Princess Ding was a very kind person. It was impossible for her to abandon Princess Anxi.

"Slow down!" the man said in a deep voice.

A man guarding the stairs heard the leader's voice and immediately reached out to stop Ye Li. However, Ye Li's face darkened slightly, and she raised her hand and grabbed the man's arm and twisted it back. With a click, the man who was blocking her way was pushed to the ground with a muffled groan. Ye Li turned around and looked at the black-clothed man in the lead coldly and said, "I respect your loyalty, but you'd better stop."

"Wait." The man in black said, "We can release Princess Anxi, but... why should I believe that you won't do anything in half an hour?" Ye Li raised her eyebrows and asked, "Then what do you want?" The man in black said, "Princess Ding and Prince Ding, please wait here for half an hour. After half an hour, we will release Princess Anxi. In addition, you two cannot see anyone in Ding Palace during this half an hour."

Ye Li lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay. Let me take Princess Anxi away first. We'll wait outside."

The man in black frowned, wanting to refuse. Ye Li said calmly, "Your Excellency's idea is not bad. If I and the prince spent half an hour with you, but you set Princess Anxi on fire, who can I appeal to for justice?"

The man struggled for a long time. Ye Li looked at his indecisive look, shook her head, turned around and walked out.

"Princess Ding..."

"If you agree, come out. If you don't agree, stay with me. If I don't come out within a quarter of an hour, Prince Ding will come in personally."

Watching Ye Li's figure disappear leisurely at the staircase entrance, the people upstairs looked at each other, "Boss, what should we do?" The leading man in black pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "Let's go out."

"But what if..." What if Princess Ding is lying? They can still use this house full of strong liquor to make them afraid to act rashly. Once they vent their anger, the Mohist army ambushed outside will be enough to shoot them like hedgehogs. The man in black smiled helplessly and said, "Princess Ding has come just now. We have already lost if we didn't kill her immediately. Moreover, Princess Ding is right. How much does the life and death of the Queen of Nanzhao have to do with the Ding Palace? Even if Nanzhao wants to be hostile to the Ding Palace because of this, if they want to cause trouble for the Ding Palace, they have to go through Xiling and Dachu first." He also doubted which country dared to cause trouble for the Ding Palace.

"Are we just going to leave like this?"

The man in black gritted his teeth and said, "Let's bet that Princess Ding will keep her promise. We're all going to die anyway, so being able to delay His Majesty for half an hour... is enough to show my loyalty."

The others were silent. Whether it was out of loyalty or some other reason, they had no way out after coming to this point. The leader was right. They could not escape death. Rather than being burned to death, they would rather die with an arrow through their hearts.

Outside the restaurant, Ye Li stood beside Mo Xiuyao, and Pua stood behind them, nervously looking inside. After a while, they finally saw Princess Anxi being escorted out of the restaurant.

"Anxi!" Pu'a called anxiously.

Princess Anxi shook her head to indicate that she was fine.

Mo Xiuyao glanced at everyone calmly and said, "Since you're already out, let them go." Several men looked at Mo Xiuyao warily but didn't move. Mo Xiuyao snorted disdainfully and said, "The princess has already told me. If I want to break the promise, you will die as soon as you leave the house. Why don't you let them go!"

The black-clad man holding Princess Anxi paused for a moment, and finally released his hand that was holding Princess Anxi. As soon as she was free, Princess Anxi immediately ran over here, "Pu'a..."

Pua excitedly hugged Princess Anxi into his arms, "Anxi, are you okay?"

"I'm fine..." Princess Anxi said excitedly, "But...but our child...Shuo'er is being taken away by Mo Jingli." Pu'a felt much more at ease after his wife returned safely. Although he was still anxious about his son's disappearance, he looked at Mo Xiuyao and Ye Li with more admiration and confidence, "Don't be afraid...don't be afraid, Shuo'er will be fine."

Next to them, Mo Xiuyao had already pulled Ye Li to sit down on a chair that the guards of Prince Ding's mansion had brought from somewhere. Mo Xiuyao's enemy also kept his promise, and sat in the faint sunlight, waiting for half an hour to pass.

The black-clad man on the opposite side looked at the white-haired Prince Ding leaning against Princess Ding and resting his eyes, and a complex expression flashed across his face. It was filled with awe, helplessness, regret and information. In fact, even when he decided to go out, he could not be sure that Prince Ding would keep his promise. Now that he can have such a solution, it is already very good. At the same time, it also repeatedly shows the difference between Prince Ding and Prince Li. He knows that if this matter was replaced by his master Mo Jingli, Mo Jingli would definitely not keep the agreement.

"Prince, Princess." A secret guard came hurriedly and whispered, "Master Qingchen has sent someone to ask Prince to return home immediately."

Mo Xiuyao opened his eyes and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

The secret guard hesitated for a moment and whispered, "We haven't found the young master yet."

Mo Xiuyao sat up and glanced at the group of men in black standing not far away who were watching them vigilantly. He lowered his eyes and said calmly, "I know. Let Master Qingchen take care of it first."

"This..." After all, it was the young master who was in trouble, but the prince was not moved at all, which made the dark guard a little worried. But when he saw Shang Mo Xiuyao's calm eyes, the dark guard was startled and said quickly: "I understand, I will take my leave."

Hearing that Mo Xiaobao had not been found yet, Ye Li frowned slightly. Looking down at Mo Xiuyao holding her hand, dry and steady, she couldn't help but relax a lot. Slowly leaning back in the chair, she waited for the time to come with Mo Xiuyao.

Half an hour passed, some felt it passed in a flash, others felt it passed like a year. When the time finally came to an end, Mo Xiuyao pulled Ye Li to slowly stand up. Brother Ping Jing looked at the man in black and said, "I will spare your life. Go back and tell Mo Jingli. Don't forget... his son is still in my hands." After that, Mo Xiuyao pulled Ye Li away without looking back.

Watching Mo Xiuyao's back as he left, the man in black let out a long sigh. When they were face to face, the pressure from Prince Ding was definitely unbearable. He raised his hand and wiped it. The sweat on his forehead had already wet most of his hair.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”

There were several sounds of arrows breaking through the air. The man in black jumped to the other side cautiously. When he landed, an arrow just hit his heel. When he looked back, the men who had been following him had all fallen to the ground. Not far away, a man in black holding a bow and arrow sat on the roof and said calmly, "Don't be afraid. The prince said he would spare your life. We won't shoot you."

Watching the man disappear quickly behind the eaves, the man in black felt a chill run down his spine. After a long while, he turned around and ran towards the intersection.

Mo Xiuyao and Ye Li returned to the palace, and Xu Qingchen was waiting anxiously in the study.

"Brother."

Xu Qingchen's handsome face was gloomy, and he asked unhappily: "Why did you come back just now?" Mo Xiuyao said calmly: "What happened?" Xu Qingchen picked up a note on the table and handed it over, saying: "Xiaobao fell into Mo Jingli's hands. Mo Jingli sent someone to deliver the note."

Ye Li took the note and saw that it was indeed Mo Jingli's handwriting. The words were full of malice and complacency. Xu Qingchen sat down, looked at them unhappily and asked, "What happened? How did Xiaobao fall into Mo Jingli's hands when so many people were watching him?"

Mo Xiuyao read the post Ye Li sent over and said calmly, "Don't worry, Xiaobao will be fine."

Xu Qingchen looked at Mo Xiuyao for a long while, snorted coldly and said, "Is this a trap set by you again? Be careful that your cleverness may backfire and you get yourself trapped." Mo Xiuyao smiled bitterly with some helplessness, "This is not a trap set by me." Mo Xiuyao looked at Ye Li eagerly, "Why do I feel so resentful?

Xu Qingchen frowned slightly and asked, "Mo Xiaobao?"

Mo Xiuyao blinked his eyes innocently, so...it really has nothing to do with me.

Xu Qingchen looked at Mo Xiuyao and sneered, "Just let him do whatever he wants. If anything happens..."

"Brother Qingchen." Mo Xiuyao smiled faintly, "Xiaobao will be eleven soon. He is not a child anymore. If we don't let him do it, we will never be at ease. Besides, someone is watching him and nothing will happen to him. If something really happens, the people around him will come back to report it." Xu Qingchen shook his head helplessly and sighed, "Forget it, you as a father are not worried, why should I be worried?"

"Big brother is naturally doing this for Xiaobao's own good." Ye Li smiled and frowned slightly, "I am also a little worried about Xiaobao. They are a father and son... they really are father and son!" Normally, they dislike each other, but when something big happens, they find like-minded people who make people hate them.

Prince Ding, who was angered by his wife, rubbed his nose innocently and decided to put the blame on a certain reckless kid.

"A-choo!" In a dark corner, a kid in plain clothes sneezed softly. Someone beside him immediately covered his nose and whispered, "What are you doing?"

In the dim light, a pair of clever big eyes appeared, "Sorry, sorry... I think I have a cold."

"Don't worry about your bad luck, don't drag Qin Lie down." Xu Zhirui, who was also wearing a cloth shirt, whispered. Mo Xiaobao pouted and said aggrievedly, "I can obviously go by myself, why did Qin Lie insist on going with me?"

"Shut up!" Xu Zhirui rolled his eyes impatiently, "Don't you know that a gentleman should not stand on a dangerous wall? Do you want to be cursed by your uncle Prince Ding when you go back?" Mo Xiaobao blinked his eyes, looked at Xu Zhirui eagerly and said, "Cousin Zhirui, you are angry."

Xu Zhirui gave him a cold look. He must be crazy to accompany Mo Xiaobao to do such a dangerous thing. Does this madman know how old they are? If Qin Lie hadn't gone there first, Mo Xiaobao would have fallen into the trap and delivered himself into the hands of a madman.

Mo Xiaobao felt aggrieved. "It was obviously Qin Lie who was too anxious. Everyone else had already decided to change the plan, but he ran away without even discussing it with us. Now we have to work hard to save him."

Xu Zhirui glanced at Mo Xiaobao silently, and after a while he said, "Why didn't your aunt strangle you to death when she gave birth to you?" The ungrateful and ungrateful wolf refers to people like Mo Xiaobao. For whom did Qin Lie take the risk?

Mo Xiaobao smiled smugly, touched his nose and said, "My mother loves me the most, so I can't bear to let her go."

Xu Zhirui snorted and ignored him. When you go back and get tortured by your uncle Prince Ding, no one will pity you! The young master of the Xu family silently complained in his heart. However, young master Xu didn't know that there are some people in this world who are like indestructible cockroaches. The more they are tortured, the more they can be tortured, and the more perverted they become. Xu Zhirui, who had no idea that there was an evolving pervert lying next to him, climbed up carefully and slowly moved forward along the corner of the wall covered with dense vines. The most important thing for them now was to find the captured Qin Lie, not to quarrel with the heartless Mo Xiaobao here.

Mo Xiaobao, who was following behind him, rolled his eyes to the sky in annoyance. Did Xu Zhirui know that he was the older brother? !

Although Xu Zhirui and Mo Xiaobao are still young, Mo Xiaobao has been loved by everyone in the Xu family and Prince Ding's mansion since he was a child, but he has learned everything he should learn. As Mo Xiaobao's only cousin, Xu Zhirui naturally accompanied the young prince Mo to suffer. So Xu Zhirui became the second person in the Xu family to learn martial arts after Xu Qingfeng. Although the two are not very old, they are flexible because of the teaching of famous masters. If they can't beat them, ordinary people can't catch up with them when they run.

After a long time, the two finally moved to the gate of the courtyard. Mo Xiaobao looked at the mark left by Qin Lie not far away on the ground and asked in confusion: "Isn't this the Da Chu Inn? What the hell is this place?"

Xu Zhirui rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "It looks like the Zhao family's backyard."

"Zhao family?"

"It's the Zhaozhe family that Fifth Uncle said wanted to marry their daughter to Prince Ding's uncle. They also brought a group of people to the Lishan Academy to look for my great grandfather." Xu Zhirui said. Mo Xiaobao's eyes turned, and finally revealed a weird smile, "It turned out to be him." Don't think that Mo Xiaobao only knows how to be naughty every day. You should know that he has not missed a single thing. At least Mo Xiaobao has always remembered clearly which people want to snatch a man from his mother. Although he also dislikes his annoying father, he has no idea of ​​changing his father for the time being. Even if he does, it depends on what his mother thinks. His mother hasn't said no yet, whoever dares to snatch the young master Mo will be killed!

"What do you want to do? We are here to rescue Qin Lie." Xu Zhirui said vigilantly.

Mo Xiaobao looked up at the sky, "Who said we are here to save Qin Lie? Wouldn't it be more convenient to just let the Dark Guards and Qilin come to rescue Qin Lie? If Qin Lie gets injured, who among us can take him out?" Even though their fighting power is not much worse than that of adults, they are still the size of children. If Qin Lie is unable to move, no one can carry him back.

"I always feel that I will be killed by you at some point!" Xu Zhirui muttered in a low voice. Mo Xiaobao smiled like a cat that had eaten a fish, "Don't worry, cousin Zhirui, my cousin will protect you. After we go in, go and see if Qin Lie and the little emperor are together. I'm going to see if there are any secrets in Zhao Mansion. I've also seen Zhao Zhefang. With his courage, he would never dare to betray my father. "When Mo Xiuyao wants to torture someone, that is simply unthinkable. Way out. Even if Zhao Zhefang borrowed a hundred courage from him, he would not dare to betray Prince Ding in Licheng. Either he was caught with something that he had to do, or he was absolutely sure that he could get away afterwards.

Xu Zhirui hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said, "Be careful."

Watching Xu Zhirui walk away in a tucked-up state, Mo Xiaobao stood up and gestured to the guards hiding in the dark, whispering, "Protect Zhirui." Feeling someone leaving in the dark, he followed Xu Zhirui, who had already left. Mo Xiaobao then jumped onto the wall with a smile and disappeared behind it.

In the dark, he whispered, "The prince has gone in, what should we do?"

"Don't worry about it. The prince said that as long as the young master's life is not in danger, we don't have to worry about him." Another person replied.

"Okay, let's go in too. I hope the guards inside aren't too strict." If you want to protect the young master, you must follow him at all times. But once you enter the yard, it will be much more difficult to follow him secretly.

After a while, silence returned to the place where the conversation took place.

In a dark study room in a secret corner of the Zhao Mansion, the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhe, was sitting behind his desk with a gloomy look on his face, thinking about something. Just as he was lost in thought, a servant outside the door whispered, "Master, Master Li, Master Zhu, and Master Wang are here."

"Let them in!" Zhao Zhefang suddenly stood up and said.

After a while, the study door was opened, and several middle-aged men came in. The leader said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, why did you call us here at this time today?"

Zhao Zhefang glanced at them and said, "I want you to meet someone."

"Who makes Brother Zhao so cautious? Today is the one-year-old banquet of the young master and the little princess of Prince Ding's Mansion. Although we are insignificant, it will not be good if we are not." When the man said the word "insignificant", there was a strong sense of sarcasm in his words.

Zhao Zhefang remained silent, but turned around and walked inside. The other three looked at each other and followed. Entering the study, in a separate compartment for people to rest, two children who looked about ten years old were lying on the couch. One of them asked curiously: "Brother Zhao, this is... this is the little emperor of Da Chu?!" It's not that he is familiar with Mo Suiyun, but the dragon robe Mo Suiyun was wearing made it easy to recognize at first sight.

Zhao Zhefang forced a stiff smile and said, "Look at the other child."

The three of them looked at the child in brocade clothes lying next to Mo Suiyun, and couldn't help but exclaimed at the same time, "Young Master?!"