"The Royal Guards outside have just finished their shift. The next batch will not arrive for an hour, and we don't need to 'go out'." Ying Yi pulled Xu Yixing all the way to the small garden behind the garden. Wherever they went, they saw people lying on the ground, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive.
"Are they alive?"
"They are all alive. The poison used by Ying Si this time is not fatal." Ying Yi pushed her towards the rockery behind the small garden. He pressed his hands somewhere and immediately a stone wall opened. It turned out to be a secret passage.
"Yingyi, wait a minute. I don't know what Yingwu told you, but I don't want to leave now, and I can't leave." Xu Yixing stood in the leeward side of the rockery, shouting at the top of his voice for fear that Yingyi couldn't hear him clearly.
Ying Yi's face was covered, but his eyes revealed a hint of pity. "Master, Ying Wu has conveyed your message. However, something has happened now. The emperor has been murdered on the grassland. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you will bear the brunt of the consequences." Ying Yi said, glancing at the baby in Xu Yixing's arms, who was now crying because of the wind and the bumps.
"What do you mean?" Xu Yixing's mind was bewildered. What murder? Who was murdered? Where did this news come from? But Xiaobao's crying quickly brought her back to her senses. She wrapped her cloak tightly around Xiaobao, thought for a moment, and then gritted her teeth and dived into the secret passage.
If what Ying Yi said was true, then if he didn't leave, he would definitely be killed. The Queen suddenly appeared in Miaozhou and gave birth to a prince. Was she going to hand over Daxia to the little baby? If those princes got the news, they would eat them alive! If the news was wrong, at worst, he could come back and give Lu Anyuan an explanation later. Explaining to him was much better than confronting those princes.
The secret passage was long and winding, but after entering, the wind died down considerably, and Xiaobao's crying subsided. Xu Yixing followed Yingyi, looking incredibly embarrassed. However, no matter how embarrassed he was, it wasn't as bad as when he'd been trapped in the bandit's den. He had chosen this path himself, so there was nothing to complain about.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, he finally emerged from a dirt hole. A blizzard had arrived, and Xu Yixing was nearly blinded by the wind. Luckily, a carriage was nearby, and he quickly climbed in, closing the doors and windows. Only then did he feel warmer.
"Ying Si? It's you. You are waiting for me here." There was a "child" sitting on the side seat of the car. It was Ying Si who had not been seen for many days.
"I heard that the master gave birth to a little master. Yingyi was worried, so she asked me to follow the car." Yingsi muttered silently. Xu Yixing reached out and handed Xiaobao to him. She was also worried after being trapped in the secret passage for so long.
Ying Si held the child and looked at him left and right, turning him over and over, then took out a handkerchief and was about to cover the child. How could Xu Yixing have seen such a scene?
“What are you doing!”
"This child won't stop crying. We have a long way to go today. It would be better if he sleeps."
"No." Xu Yixing took the child. She knew Ying Si was right, but she absolutely refused to use drugs on such a young child, fearing it would harm the child's health. So she held the child in her arms, gently soothing and patting him, without any impatience at all.
Ying Si saw this and felt a surge of envy in his heart. If his family had not left him sick and ignored him, perhaps he would be a normal person now?
Shaking his head vigorously to drive away the thoughts in his mind, Ying Si said softly: "Master, the young master is in good health, you can rest assured."
Xu Yixing looked out the window. It was pitch black, and he couldn't see a thing. He had no idea where he and his men were heading. "What happened? Why do you say the emperor was murdered? And why are you all here?"
Ying Si knew she would definitely ask, so he cut to the chase. It turned out that after receiving their respective orders that day, they dispersed to complete their missions. However, not long after, they suddenly saw the secret code for the seal. At that time, the previous emperor had passed away. He knew that this matter was closely related to his master, and he thought that something had happened. So he followed the instructions for the seal and hid himself, hiding for more than half a year.
It was not until about a month ago that he saw the secret code of his own shadow guard. Then he packed up everything and headed for Miaozhou. When he arrived here, he met Shadow Five and Shadow One one after another. Only then did he realize that his master had abandoned them and fled for most of the past six months. Now he was found by the emperor and imprisoned. Therefore, he tried every means to get close to him.
However, earlier today, bad news suddenly came from the grassland. The emperor went deep into the grassland to look for the location of the royal court, but not only did he not find it, he was ambushed by the Hu people and died in front of the army. So he made a temporary decision to break into Baiyuan and take his master away.
"Do you still remember Yingba? He was ordered to find a suitable weapon for his master. He heard that there was a Eagle-Soaring Wolf-Head Knife on the grasslands, once used by the Khan. So he followed the caravan into the grasslands to gather information. He's been in the grasslands for five months now, and it was he who brought back the news of the emperor's assassination."
Xu Yixing's face looked a little unnatural. He had just casually mentioned the words about looking for weapons, and his original intention was just to hope that people would go far away and look around. He didn't expect Yingba to be so concerned that he would actually lurk in the grassland for a knife and stay there for so long.
"But, but is this information accurate?" Even if Ying Ba was lurking in the grasslands, he couldn't have just happened to see Lu Anyuan lost and then "just happened" to see him killed, right? If that were the case, he could have warned him and saved his life. Besides, with so many soldiers on the expedition, if Lu Anyuan hadn't impulsively gone off to investigate alone, how could he have been injured?
Ying Si heard her confusion and patiently explained, "It's not a coincidence. It's because Ying Ba is hiding in the royal court."
"What?" Xu Yixing was shocked. His own people had hidden in the royal court? If he had known they were so capable, he should have let them kill the Khan and provoke internal strife among the Hu people. Why would he send troops?
"That knife was used by the Khan, so it's naturally in the royal court. The caravan Yingba follows is a group of former Arabs who travel between the grasslands and the Central Plains. Unlike our Great Xia caravans, the royal court has no hostility towards them and often invites them to stay near the royal court so they can trade goods."
"I see." Yingba is a man of brute strength, which should be more in line with the views of those barbarians. No wonder he has been able to stay for so long.
"The royal court began its migration in August. Yingba managed not to follow the Arabs back, but stayed behind. Communication between us was difficult, and we only got back in touch today. Unexpectedly, the first news he sent back was that the emperor was dead."
"What were the original words?" Xiaobao was probably tired of crying and fell asleep peacefully. Xu Yixing stopped comforting him and was worried.
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