Ah Cai looked bewildered: "Master, have you read too many storybooks..."
Ah Cai was there at the time, and he didn't see any ferocious guards around the girl.
If there was one, it was only a handsome young man, who was obviously very gentle and even poured tea for the girl.
"No! I have to save someone!"
Li Yao jumped up and was about to rush out, but just as he climbed over the wall, he was caught by the night patrol servant.
This matter was soon reported to Li's father.
At that time, Li's father was sorting out the personnel roster in the study. After hearing the news, he was furious. He immediately rushed to the yard as fast as he could and grabbed Li Yao's ear.
"Rebellious son! The task assigned by Prime Minister Xie has not yet been completed, what are you doing now?"
"Father! It hurts, it hurts..."
Li Yao screamed in pain, but he still explained: "This is a matter of life and death. The girl is very likely to be killed by the bad guys..."
"Shut up!" Father Li stuffed a handkerchief into his mouth to cover his mouth.
"Someone, lock this evil creature in the yard. No one is allowed to let him out without my order!"
Just like that, Li Yao was forcefully locked into the yard. No one let him out even though he screamed until his throat was hoarse.
Finally, he could not help but collapse to the ground in frustration, with a look of despair on his face.
If I had known earlier, I should not have angered my father and lied to him again and again. Now, I finally want to be a real hero, but my father doubts me.
Li Yao regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.
I don’t know how that beauty is doing now.
He was extremely anxious at this time, and automatically imagined in his mind a scene in which a rich girl was bullied by a group of scum and then forced to die unjustly.
When he thought of this, Li Yao's heart felt like it was bleeding.
no!
Absolutely not!
Li Yao seemed to have regained his fighting spirit. He stood up from the ground with a swish, his eyes rolled around, and he instantly came up with an idea.
"Ouch! It hurts so much... Ouch... It's killing me..."
The servant guarding outside poked his head out when he heard the noise and saw that Li Yao's face was pale and his forehead was covered with cold sweat, which did not seem fake.
"Master, wait a minute. I'll go get the doctor right away!"
"I can't wait any longer!" Li Yao tucked his legs together and jumped up and down, "Let me go to the toilet first!"
The servants hurriedly opened the door, and Li Yao rushed into the toilet and climbed out of the back window in a flash. He used his hands and feet to climb over the wall by stepping on the rockery.
…
A quarter of an hour later, the panicked voices of servants were heard in Li's mansion:
"Master! It's bad! The young master ran away!"
The wolf-hair brush in Father Li's hand broke with a "snap" sound, and ink splashed all over the table.
"This evil creature!"
He stood up suddenly and ordered, "Prepare the horses! We must not let him make trouble in front of Prime Minister Xie."
When Li Yao ran all the way to the posthouse, he found the door closed and only a sleepy-eyed waiter was still cleaning the door.
Li Yao hurried forward, grabbed the waiter by the collar and asked, "Who was the person who dined in this lobby last night? The... the girl with the veil?"
The waiter yawned lazily, recalled for a while, and suddenly said: "Oh, you mean them, they checked out in the middle of the night, saying that they wanted to reach Youzhou before the city gates closed."
Li Yao's heart tightened.
Youzhou!
That is the third prince’s territory!
He was turning around in a panic. At this moment, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. He turned around and saw his father and his servants rushing towards him in a menacing manner.
"Rebellious son!"
Father Li got off his horse, his face livid: "What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Get back home now!"
Li Yao stamped his feet anxiously, "Dad! That girl must have been kidnapped! They went to Youzhou!"
"Nonsense!" Father Li was angry and didn't want to listen to his explanation at all, so he waved his hand.
"Tie him up! Carry him back!"
The servants rushed forward, and Li Yao struggled desperately. In desperation, he blurted out: "I have seen the princess! The woman wearing the veil is Princess Zhaoyang!"
After he finished speaking, the air around him became quiet.
Father Li's face turned livid, he gritted his teeth, raised his hand and slapped Li Yao in the face.
"Rebellious son! Do you know what you are talking about?"
Princess Zhaoyang?
How could Princess Zhaoyang appear here? She was wearing a veil.
Didn’t Prime Minister Xie say that she was missing and held hostage?
How could he appear in the inn so brazenly?
This rebellious son must have gone mad or suffered from delusions.
Just when Father Li was about to take action himself, he saw a black shadow passing by him and rushing to Li Yao.
When Mr. Li looked again, he saw that Li Yao had been grabbed by the collar and lifted up.
"What did you say?"
"Say what you just said again!"
Li Yao was stunned!
He was shocked by the fierceness in Xie Yunqi's eyes.
"explain!"
Seeing that Li Yao didn't speak for a long time, Xie Yunqi increased the strength of his hands.
Li Yao felt his whole body go numb under his hawk-like eyes and stammered, "I... I'm not sure either. Today on the second floor of the inn, the pearl... the pearl earrings..."
As Li Yao spoke, he rummaged through his sleeves with shaking hands and finally found the pearl earring.
Xie Yunqi snatched it and rubbed the surface of the pearl gently with his fingertips.
Under the moonlight, he finally saw clearly that this earring was the one Chu Qingluan wore on the day of the autumn hunt.
He won't remember it wrong!
The next second, he grabbed Li Yao's collar again and asked coldly, "Who is with that woman? What do they look like?"
Li Yao swallowed and said truthfully: "Three, three guards. The young man in the lead looks very gentle, and always has a fake smile on his face..."
He suddenly remembered something, "Oh, that person has a scar on his right wrist, about this long." Li Yao gestured in the air.
That scar was actually Yun Yan's real scar. In order to impersonate him more thoroughly, Qi Che made an identical scar for himself, which led to the scene that Li Yao saw.
Xie Yunqi's pupils suddenly shrank!
Cloud inkstone?
The next second, he let go of Li Yao, picked up the guy beside him, and asked, "Which direction did they go?"
The guy was so shocked by the scene that he lost all desire to sleep and subconsciously told the truth:
"North City Gate! They left in such a hurry that they didn't even return the deposit..."
Xie Yunqi suddenly let go of him, turned around and ordered the black-armored guards sternly: "Send a message to the Youzhou secret line to thoroughly investigate all the carriages that entered the city last night!"
Then, he glanced at Li Yao who was lying on the ground, "What happened today——"
"I heard nothing!" Father Li quickly stepped forward and answered on behalf of Li Yao.
Li Yao also nodded and assured: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Xie, I, I didn't see anything either."
Xie Yunqi snorted coldly, then immediately jumped onto the horse, kicked the horse's belly, and disappeared in front of the inn in the blink of an eye.
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