Chapter 608 Jiang Jinyan Arrives
Just then, a group of men in black suddenly surrounded Xie Yun and his companions. The leader of the men in black said in a deep voice, "Young Master Yun is really quick. You've arrived in Qingzhou so soon. We've been looking for you for ages!"
Xie Yun looked at the newcomers and asked, "Who are you? What Young Master Yun?"
He was about to leave when the masked man quickly stopped him. "You're not called Young Master Yun? Oh, I see. You should be called Xie Yun. Your father is Prince Kang. We've had a hard time finding you, traveling from the vassal state to the Southern Kingdom and then to Qingzhou!"
Xie Minmin was stunned and whispered, "Who are they? How do they know..."
"Shut up." Xie Yun didn't believe anyone knew his true identity.
At this moment, the man in black brought Fan De to Xie Yun. "It just so happens that Prefect Fan is an old acquaintance of mine. I just happened to run into him on the road. He said he knew Young Master Yun. When I heard that, I realized that I was looking for Young Master Yun." They had been investigating Prince Kang ever since they began to suspect him. Xie Yun was Prince Kang's only son.
The disaster relief funds for Qingzhou have disappeared, and the first person to be investigated is naturally Prefect Fan. How could there be so many "coincidences"? Fan De's whereabouts and who he meets are all under their control.
Fan De said, "Young Master Yun, I never expected to fall into their hands. They tortured me severely, not because I wanted to expose your identity."
Xie Yun wanted to escape, but he pretended to be calm and composed because he had never shown his true face when he met Van der, always wearing a black mask, so Van der could not possibly recognize who he was.
He said, "I don't know you. Who are you?"
Fan De said urgently, "Although I have never seen your face, I recognize your voice. You are Young Master Yun. You have taken my whole family away. Where did you take them?"
"Young master, mount your horse. We'll cover your retreat." Xue Nu led Bai Yuhan out, a knife held to her neck. She said, "Don't think I don't know who you are just because your faces are covered. You are people of the court, and also people of Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang. She is a friend of the Emperor and Empress. If you dare to do anything reckless, I will kill her."
The masked man said, "Whether she lives or dies is none of our business. Our orders are to capture the heir of Prince Kang's mansion alive."
Bai Yuhan didn't recognize the man in black either. With a knife to her neck, she felt a chill, her heart pounding, and her lips trembling uncontrollably. She didn't want to die. "Hero, save me! I'm really a friend of the Emperor and Empress. If you save me, I will thank you. My family is rich, I'll give you money."
"Who wants your money?" the leader said coldly. "Capture Xie Yun, and there will be a generous reward."
Xue Nu was also startled by the shout, "Young Master, what should we do?"
Xie Yun didn't know who the other party was, so he decided to break through and leave.
But the other side seemed to have been prepared and was waiting here to ambush them.
They only brought a dozen or so people, while the other side had dozens, all of them masked, like assassins.
Just as Xue Nu was about to slit Bai Yuhan's throat, the masked man in black drew his sword and pretended to leap towards Xie Yun. Xue Nu, eager to protect her master and to avoid the man's attack, used Bai Yuhan as a shield.
Just when Bai Yuhan thought she was about to die by the sword, the masked man suddenly sheathed his sword and caught her.
Bai Yuhan pressed her entire body against the masked man. The moment she got close, she even felt a sense of familiarity. When the mask slipped off his face, she froze. "Lord Jiang."
"Miss Bai, please be careful."
Jiang Jinyan covered his face in order to rescue Bai Yuhan, because he was afraid that Bai Yuhan would see them and reveal their weakness, making the rescue difficult.
Lin Yu walked up to Bai Yuhan and removed the black cloth from her face. Seeing that Bai Yuhan's face was deathly pale, she asked with concern, "Bai Yuhan, are you hurt?"
Bai Yuhan stared blankly in Jiang Jinyan's direction, shaking her head in a daze, "I'm fine."
Lin Yu said, "You come with me."
Soon, Xie Yun, Xie Minmin, and the others fell into Jiang Jinyan's hands. He said coldly, "Tie them all up."
Xie Yun said, "What right do you have to tie me up? Release us immediately! I am not Young Master Yun."
"The young master has finally admitted his identity." Jiang Jinyan said calmly, "You are young, but the things you do are all earth-shattering. Do you really think you have everything under control and that no one knows that you are the young master of the Kang Prince's Mansion?"
How did you know?
"Just a guess."
"Impossible." Even the vassal states didn't know his true identity. How could they know if they had never seen him? Of course, he wouldn't say that.
Jiang Jinyan didn't waste any more words with him, because given his status as the heir of Prince Kang, he really couldn't do anything to him, much less kill him immediately.
Xie Minmin was also captured by the soldiers. She glared angrily and shouted, "How dare you! Release me at once! I am a princess! If you dare to touch me, my father and grandmother will surely chop off your heads! This is indecent assault!"
The soldiers immediately stopped tying her up and said to Jiang Jinyan, "Sir."
Lin Yu was a woman, and she didn't care whether the other party was a princess or a duke. She directly grabbed Xie Minmin's wrist, and she had a riding whip tucked into her waistband.
The next moment, Xie Minmin pulled out her riding whip and lashed it at Lin Yu. Lin Yu didn't hold back either, and quickly snatched the whip back and lashed her with it. "You're as skinny as a monkey, with no chest and no butt. Who would want to molest you?"
"You...you dare to hit this princess? You're the one who has no breasts, you're the one who has no butt, how dare you!" Xie Minmin was most afraid of being called ugly and having no figure. The whip hit her and brought tears to her eyes.
Xue Nu was also subdued by Guo Xiao and his men. Seeing this, Bai Yuhan walked up to Xue Nu and slapped her hard across the face. "This slap is for you. I wasn't supposed to die. Now it's your turn to die."
Xue Nu's eyes widened in disbelief; she should have killed her sooner.
"What are you glaring at me for? You think I don't know you can hypnotize? You hypnotized me back then and made me know nothing, making me help you scam money. Liar! I, Bai Yuhan, have never been bullied before in my life." As she spoke, she slapped her again. "This slap is for the death you wanted me to repay you for."
Everyone was startled by Bai Yuhan's fierceness. Jiang Jinyan heard the slapping sound and looked over at them.
Bai Yuhan noticed Jiang Jinyan's gaze and quickly withdrew her hand, becoming docile and dependent. In fact, she hadn't taken a bath for over a month. After being abducted to Qingzhou, she could only drink thin porridge or unpalatable dry food every day, and had never had a full meal.
Bai Yuhan walked to Jiang Jinyan's side and said, "Thank you, Lord Jiang, for saving my life. I have no way to repay you."
Jiang Jinyan nodded. "It was Ruan Ruan who sent me the message. I only resorted to this desperate measure to rescue Miss Bai because she asked me to. Since Miss Bai is alright, I will immediately arrange for someone to send you back to Jiangzhou. This time, I will send a team of soldiers to escort you home. I will make sure you never encounter any danger again."
She quickly replied, "I'm not in a hurry to go back. I want to see Her Majesty the Empress in person to thank her before I go home."
She discovered that Jiang Jinyan was not only handsome but also gentle and refined; being his wife would surely be a great blessing!
She wondered how his relationship with his wife was, and she felt increasingly sorry that Jiang Jinyan had gotten married.
Jiang Jinyan, unaware of her ulterior motives, said to Lin Yu, "Take them away. We'll interrogate them when the Emperor arrives to join us."
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