Yesterday at the Huguo Temple, Li Hu saw with his own eyes the lady in front of him, looking at the eldest daughter of the Li family with disgust.
If his guess was correct, the man in front of him had a grudge against the eldest daughter of the Li family, or even against the entire Li family.
He was betting that the man in front of him also wanted to bring down the Li family.
Naturally, he was also gambling with his life.
Su Qingyu looked at the man in surprise, thinking about his words in her mind.
Jiang Qi reminded from the side, "Madam, someone is chasing us out of the woods soon."
Su Qingyu made a prompt decision, "Let him hide in the vegetable cart, behind those big baskets, and we'll continue on our way."
After giving the order, Su Qingyu turned around and got on the carriage.
Jiang Qiye quickly sent Li Hu to the vegetable cart, and then asked him to hide behind the large basket of vegetables and covered it with felt cloth.
After settling the people down, Jiang Qi asked, "Master, may I ask about your identity? What do you know about the Li family?"
He always had to ask for a general idea before he could judge how much risk he was willing to take for this person.
The monk hesitated for a moment and said, "I was the deputy general who served beside His Majesty the War King. My name is Li Hu."
"I know the truth about Prince Zhan's rebellion in Beijing, and I also know how Princess Yongning died."
Jiang Qi was shocked. His Royal Highness the King of War who had rebelled and entered the capital and was beheaded?
But the current situation didn't allow him to think too much. Jiang Qi got on the carriage again, and with a "Gee!", the carriage slowly began to move.
After walking a hundred meters, a group of guards rushed down the mountain.
Leading the group were Chen Ping and Jia Huai. Before Chen Ping could even see whose carriage it was, he shouted, "Stop."
Immediately afterwards, dozens of guards surrounded the carriage at Chen Ping's signal.
Su Qingyu looked outside through the car window, her brows furrowed.
Jiang Qi had already gotten off the carriage and walked up to Chen Ping. "General Chen, what do you mean?"
He did not mention who was in the car, but only looked at Chen Ping coldly. No matter who was in the car, Chen Ping had no right to stop them.
Chen Ping stepped forward, clasped his fists, and said to Jiang Qi, "We are here on the orders of Her Royal Highness Princess Yongjia to apprehend an assassin. Did Guard Jiang just see anyone coming down the mountain?"
Jiang Qi shook his head and replied seriously, "I didn't see him. I was in a hurry to return to Beijing and didn't notice if there was anyone around."
"General Chen, please take your time searching. We won't accompany you any longer."
He turned around and was about to drive away, not taking Chen Ping seriously.
As Mr. Shen Sanye's personal bodyguard, Jiang Qi does have this capital.
But before he could reach the car, he was blocked by Chen Ping's men again.
"Guard Jiang, don't leave in such a hurry. We have been ordered by Her Royal Highness the Princess to find this assassin."
"I was wondering if that person might be hiding in your carriage. How about this, let's search it. If there's nothing there, you can return to the capital without worry."
Jiang Qi's face darkened. "How dare you! Do you know who is in the car? You actually dare to openly search the Shen family's car frame. If you want to search it, go get the imperial decree."
Chen Ping didn't know who was in the carriage, but he guessed it was definitely not Mr. Shen San. Judging from the woman following behind the carriage, it should be a female relative.
As long as it wasn't Mr. Shen, this matter would be easy to handle. At worst, if nothing was found, they could go to the Shen family to apologize. Could the Shen family still take their lives?
Chen Ping said in a clear voice: "If I have disturbed the nobles of the Shen family, I will go to the Shen family later to apologize. But this matter is of great importance. No matter who was in the car, I think they should be able to forgive me."
"If Lord Shen were here, he would definitely not embarrass us."
Su Qingyu sat in the carriage and said, "There are women from Prince Ning's Mansion and Marquis Pingning's Mansion in the carriage. It is not convenient to search them."
"If General Chen suspects we are harboring a criminal, he can speak to the Third Master and His Royal Highness Prince Ning."
"We women don't understand the rules of the court."
Chen Ping recognized the person in the car as Su Qingyu and quickly bowed and said, "Madam Shen has misunderstood. I don't suspect the Shen family of harboring a criminal. It's just that this person is extremely vicious. If we don't find him, I'm afraid that Madam Shen and the other young ladies will be hurt."
Su Qingyu said coldly, "General Chen, please don't worry about this. My Shen family's guards are not so incompetent."
"Let's put it this way. If we really find someone hiding after returning to the capital, the Shen family will send that person to the Shanning Marquis's Mansion."
"Jiang Qi, let's go."
Su Qingyu gave an order, Jiang Qi responded yes, and prepared to drive away.
The situation at this point was a stalemate. Either Chen Ping didn't dare to take action and let them go, or the Shen family couldn't withstand Chen Ping's fifty guards and handed the people over.
In fact, Chen Ping was not sure whether the man was in the Shen family's carriage, but the more the Shen family refused to search, the more he could not give in.
Su Qingyu was not sure whether what the monk said was true, but the more Chen Ping wanted to capture people, the more she couldn't let him go.
Hearing Su Qingyu say that she was leaving, Chen Ping said coldly, "If the general insists on searching today, I'll offend him."
As he spoke, his men took two steps forward, narrowing the range in which Jiang Qi and the others could move.
Su Shunci bit her lower lip and turned to ask Su Qingyu: "Big sister, what should we do now?"
Su Qingyu said in a deep voice: "Drag it out until the Third Master comes."
Shen Zhixiu said he would come to pick her up, and he would definitely come.
In this situation, if Jiang Qi were to fight head-on, he would have no chance of winning. He could only drag it out until Shen Zhixiu arrived, and everything would be resolved.
Even if Chen Ping had eight hundred guts, he would not dare to attack Shen Zhixiu.
After saying that, Su Qingyu reached out and lifted the car curtain, intending to get out of the car and negotiate with Chen Ping in person.
Su Shunci reached out and grabbed her, "Big sister, you can't go down."
"Isn't it just to delay Chen Ping? I'll go."
"After all, I am the daughter of Prince Ning's Mansion. How dare he lay hands on me?"
Su Zhilan's eyes lit up with excitement when she heard this, "I'll go with Fourth Sister."
The little girl didn't know that her life was in danger, and she only wanted to hold the bad guys back on her own. But such a heroic act didn't always come along.
Su Qingyu couldn't let her two sisters take risks, so she lowered her voice and said, "Don't mess around, just wait in the car."
However, Su Shunci refused to let her get out. She lifted the car curtain and jumped out. Su Zhilan also got out of the car regardless of Su Qingyu's obstruction.
At this moment, Jiang Qi and Chen Ping were already on edge. Chen Ping was saying to Jiang Qi, "Guard Jiang, please discuss this with Madam Three. If they still don't allow the search, we'll have to resort to force."
Of course, this was just Chen Ping's bluff. He didn't want to use force. Her Royal Highness the Princess had plans for the Shen family, and now was not the time to fall out with them.
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