Nan Hei's eyes were calm, yet that was enough to intimidate Yin Macheng.
"Father..."
"It seems that this really is the heir of the Southern Prince's Mansion. But what is the purpose of the heir of the Southern Prince's Mansion breaking into my house at night?"
"What do you mean by breaking in at night? I'm here with my men to deal with you. Where are my men?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Your Highness. This time, my men didn't really fight. If you do this again, I'm afraid I can't guarantee your life."
"How dare you!"
Yin Macheng stared at Zhao Shi'an with wide eyes, yet his helpless expression was particularly comical.
"I am indeed quite bold, otherwise I wouldn't have angered that emperor and been sent to this wretched place."
"I, Zhao Shi'an, do not rely on being an official to support my family. I am just accompanying my wife here for sightseeing. I am a person who always seeks revenge, so it is best for you, young master, not to provoke me."
A blatant threat.
That's really arrogant.
This was the first time in his life that Yin Macheng had met someone even more arrogant than himself.
The Prince of Nan fiddled with a string of Buddhist prayer beads in his hand, raised his hand to interrupt Yin Macheng, and looked at Zhao Shi'an with a smile in his eyes.
"You summoned me here just to tell me this?"
Zhao Shi'an returned the same smile to the Prince of Nan.
"Do I need to tell His Highness the Prince of Nan these things? You probably already heard about them from others. It just so happens that I have a grudge against this person, and I will find him no matter where he hides."
"Are you so sure the person you're looking for is with me?"
“Your Highness, there’s no need to hide anything from me. But if you want to protect this person, you should be careful, otherwise I will eventually find a way to expose him.”
Zhao Shi'an's words elicited a nonchalant chuckle from the Prince of Nan.
"Don't go too far in doing things, and don't speak too confidently. You can be flamboyant when you're young, but don't be too arrogant."
As he spoke, the Prince of the South stood up and resumed his kind and gentle demeanor.
"This time it was my good-for-nothing son who caused this trouble. I apologize to you. I'm taking him away."
As he spoke, the Prince of the South walked out.
Yin Macheng was clearly unwilling to give up, and after glaring fiercely at Zhao Shi'an, he followed the Prince of Nan.
After watching the person leave, Xiao Liu stepped forward.
"Master, should we let them go?"
"The objective has been achieved. Prepare the manpower to dismantle the mechanism."
He got excited as soon as the topic of Xiao Liu came up.
After the blueprints for the organization were drawn up, the brothers studied them for two days. Even if they didn't understand them clearly, they could still dismantle those dilapidated things.
"Yes, I will arrange for someone to do it immediately..."
"We'll make our move tomorrow night."
"Why tomorrow night?"
Xiao Liu couldn't wait to take action.
"Wait for the right opportunity."
Xiao Liu didn't understand what Zhao Shi'an meant by "timing," so he turned and left.
The arrangements were made, and the next day Xiao Liu learned what Zhao Shi'an meant by "opportunity".
Yin Macheng suffered injustice here, how could he possibly swallow this insult?
The next day, Zhao Shi'an and Fang Qing left the city in a carriage, and Yin Macheng seized the opportunity to surround them with his men.
"They're here." Zhao Shi'an couldn't help but sneer.
What an idiot.
Fang Qing saw the people and horses outside through the gauze curtain. Yin Macheng and the other two young masters were riding on horseback under a tree not far away.
They brought at least a hundred people with them.
Are any of our people around?
"No."
Fang Qing looked at Zhao Shi'an in surprise. He actually did something so risky?
Zhao Shi'an patted Fang Qing's hand reassuringly.
"Don't be afraid, I won't let you be in any danger."
What are your plans?
"Naturally, they want to escalate this matter."
After Zhao Shi'an finished speaking, he said "Let's go" to Seventeen, who was on his way.
Seventeen stood up from the carriage, and the two horses charged wildly toward the intersection ahead.
Yin Macheng dared not use his own troops this time, and he didn't know where he got the men from. When the horses charged over, they were so frightened that they hid to the side.
The carriage made it off smoothly.
Yin Macheng was so angry that he cracked his whip.
"Useless trash! What good are you if you can't even stop a carriage? Go and chase after them!"
The two-horse carriage sped along, quickly putting a considerable distance between them and the others.
Ahead was a steep cliff with four corners; after they caught up, they saw the carriage ahead.
"Chase!"
Yin Macheng rode his horse a step ahead.
"Zhao Shi'an, you stop right there, or I'll fire an arrow!"
But the carriage in front kept going faster and faster, and veered further and further off course.
Even though Yin Macheng didn't know the way around, he noticed something was wrong. As soon as he stopped his horse, he saw the carriage in front of him rushing straight towards the cliff.
Yin Macheng was stunned, and the people who followed him also turned pale.
One of the young masters was so frightened that his hand holding the reins was trembling.
"Zhao Shi'an and his wife, are they dead?"
"To murder an official of the imperial court is a grave crime."
The surroundings fell silent for a moment. No one knew who had run away first. By the time Yin Macheng realized what had happened, everyone had already fled, leaving only the two young masters who had always been his lackeys, who were too scared to even breathe.
Yin Macheng forced himself to remain calm.
"What's there to be afraid of? Zhao Shi'an deserves to die. Who told him to mess with me!"
He was also afraid.
As soon as he entered the house yesterday, Nan Wang slapped him and warned him to stay away from Zhao Shi'an.
He didn't intend for Zhao Shi'an to die today; he just wanted to teach Zhao Shi'an a lesson.
"Don't tell anyone about what happened today!"
He spoke to the two young masters.
"Your Highness, we will definitely keep your secret, but we might not be able to keep those people's secret."
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