Xu Yixing was undecided now and thought for a while: "Let's go into the city first, and then go to the garrison to investigate and see what's going on."
"yes."
After cleaning the west room carefully to ensure that there was no sign of their having rummaged through it, they declined the old couple's invitation to dinner. They hurriedly left the village and went back to the city.
"Look at our luck. There are old acquaintances everywhere. Isn't that infuriating?"
"Haha." Ying Wu didn't dare delay entering the city again and quickly found a separate courtyard under a pawnshop. He was now heading there. Because he wanted to avoid crowded places, the courtyard was very remote and was located at the very end of the east side of the city, opposite the west side, just in case he bumped into Wu Xueyan again.
"This teahouse looks nice. Why don't you go in and rest a bit?" Ying Wu suddenly stopped and pointed at a small two-story teahouse. He then approached and whispered, "Someone is following us."
"Oh, okay, then come in and have a cup of tea." Going up to the second floor, Xu Yixing watched Ying Wu standing at the neighboring window, watching as if he was facing a great enemy, for a long time, which made her afraid to sit down.
"She's coming up. It's Gao Yao. Do you want to see her?"
"Gao Yao?" Could it be that she was recognized after all?
Without much time to think, a familiar voice rang out from outside the cubicle: "You two, I'm from the house where you stayed yesterday. You forgot something!"
This excuse was naturally unreliable, but Xu Yixing still asked Ying Wu to open the door, and sure enough, he saw Gao Yao wearing a muli standing outside the door.
Gao Yao walked closer, first observed Xu Yixing, then glanced at Ying Wu, then took out a handkerchief from her arms, as if she really wanted to return it to Xu Yixing.
After Ying Wu closed the door, Xu Yixing finally spoke: "How did you recognize us?"
Gao Yao was startled and took off the curtain from her head, as if to make it easier for her to see. "It's you, I told you I wouldn't be wrong."
Gao Yao's face now is no different from before. It may even be because the climate in Miaozhou is not as good as that in the capital. Her skin is rougher than before and the scars on her face are older.
"When you left today, I felt you looked very familiar. Then my parents mentioned the room you were staying in and came to ask about my brother. So, you saw what was in the room?"
Ying Wu had been standing behind Gao Yao, watching the situation and ready to take action to kill the insider at any time, but his master didn't say to take action, so he was just on guard.
"Those aren't your brother's clothes, are they? Where is Xu Yiwen?"
"Slow down, can you tell me one thing at a time?" Gao Yao's personality seemed to have changed a lot. Now she was a bit like the old Xu Yixing.
"Well, you have a really sharp eye. I was afraid I couldn't hide it from you, so I hid in the house as soon as you came in. I didn't expect you to see it anyway." Gao Yao had been ordered to imitate herself for a long time. Even though her appearance and figure had changed, she could still recognize her own person at a glance. Fortunately, she only knew that she was Yi Yan and didn't think about anything else.
"Thank you very much. Who is this?" Gao Yao turned her head to look at the man. Her head was full of stories about talented men and beautiful women. Ever since she saw Xu Yixing in the morning, she knew there must be some big gossip, so she followed him to confirm it.
"He..." Xu Yixing didn't expect Gao Yao to not recognize Ying Wu. But that made sense. Not only was it not his real face, but he probably had never seen him before. So how should he introduce him?
Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Gao Yao immediately put on an expression that said, "I understand everything." "I know, you don't have to say anything."
When Xu Yixing saw her looking up and down at his belly and then looking at Ying Wu with a teasing smile on her face, he knew that she must have been thinking wrongly, but he was too lazy to correct her.
"Ah! No wonder the court issued a wanted order for Xu Yiwen. You, you are so brave!" Gao Yao realized it a little late. She knew that the new emperor had ascended the throne. The former Miss Xu was now the queen. However, her brother's wanted order was inexplicably posted on the city wall of Miaozhou a few months ago. It seems that this man was cheating on the emperor!
After the gossip subsided, she suddenly felt a little scared and clutched her handkerchief tightly: "You...you, if someone finds out, you're dead, right?"
"Yeah...yes, so I'm hiding here." Xu Yixing rubbed her nose guiltily. She really admired Gao Yao's ability to associate ideas, but it was also true that saying she was pregnant with a fugitive prince was indeed shocking enough. "So, have you ever met my brother?"
Gao Yao nodded solemnly: "I have seen him. He came here with Xueyan more than half a year ago and lived in my house for a while. Later, he was wanted for some reason and left because he didn't want to implicate us."
"With Wu Xueyan?" No way, is this Wu Xueyan a person who specializes in picking up homeless people to take home? Not only did she pick up the two of us last night, but she also picked up Xu Yiwen?
"Yes, your brother was not in a very good condition at that time. Fortunately, Xueyan comforted him every day, and he gradually got better." Gao Yao said it as a matter of course, but Xu Yixing heard a hint of other meaning. Could it be that these two people are in love?
"Did he say where he was going?"
Gao Yao changed her relaxed demeanor and spoke with concern, "Beijing. When the wanted order was issued, he said something must have happened to you in Beijing, so he had to come back to find you."
"He's crazy!" Xu Yiwen definitely had a problem with his brain. Since he knew that something had happened in the capital, the best strategy was to protect himself and hide far away. Why did he run to a place of trouble?
"Xueyan and I tried to persuade him for a long time, but he insisted on leaving and there was nothing we could do." After Gao Yao finished speaking, she looked at Xu Yixing with a rather resentful look, as if to say, it's all because of you.
"His portrait is on the wanted poster. How can he get through all the security checks and return to the capital?"
Gao Yao raised her eyebrows. "I didn't believe it at first, but if you can come from the capital, why can't he go back? He said he has his own way. Anyway, he has been gone for a long time and hasn't returned yet. Maybe he has already arrived."
Xu Yixing rolled his eyes internally. He had only gotten out thanks to Yingwu, so who could Yiwen rely on? But, he shouldn't have fallen into Lu Anyuan's hands, right? Otherwise, Lu Anyuan would have put up notices everywhere to force him to show up.
Seeing Xu Yixing's worry, Gao Yao couldn't bear to say anything more, so she asked her plans: "Are you planning to stay in Miaozhou for the rest of your life? Let me tell you, the defenses of Miaozhou are no worse than those of the capital. In wartime, they would dig up your cellar to hunt for spies. If anyone knew you were here, they would definitely take you back."
In Gao Yao's heart, she had already equated these two people with "unprecedented love" and "star-crossed couple", and felt very sorry for them.
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