Chapter 128: No tiger training, no tiger cub
"Now our identities must have been exposed. Why not take this opportunity to go to the Wolf's Den and Tiger's Xue to take a look?"
After saying this, Shang Yuwan pondered for a moment before saying, "Perhaps the little girl who disappeared in Caixia Town is also related to Miaogu?"
Judging from her previous appearance, Miao Gu was obviously the one in charge of this small world. How could she not know about the disappearance of the little girl in Cai Xia Town?
Cui Xing lowered her head slightly in thought and said nothing.
Xiao Qingxu lowered his eyes to look at the two people's tightly clasped hands and asked, "You want to use yourself as bait?"
"Can your current body withstand it?"
Shang Yuwan looked at him and pursed her lips, "I..."
"How can you get a tiger cub without learning from it? No wonder the Second Miss is so devoted to you."
Cui Xing agreed with Shang Yuwan's decision, but she still had some concerns.
"But Miaogu is not someone who is easy to talk to. Do you really want to do this? Why don't we think of other ways?"
After all, Cui Xing's order was to ensure Shang Yuwan's safety.
"But I'm afraid that if we're a step too slow, an innocent person will die at that very moment."
Shang Yuwan tugged at the hand holding Xiao Qingxu's. "Besides, I believe Baijialou will find us in time."
"...In that case, Your Highness, what do you think?"
Cui Xing passed the ball to Xiao Qingxu. She thought that since both of them were still patients, it would be better to wait until the people from Baijialou arrived before making any plans.
Xiao Qingxu held Shang Yuwan's hand tightly and said calmly, "Whatever Wanwan does, I will do."
Cui Xing: "..." Is this what it means to marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog? It doesn't seem right. Is it the other way around?
"Then please pray that Your Highness protects herself. The young lady has a protective amulet, so Miao Gu may not kill her, but you are a member of the Xiao royal family."
What Miao Gu hated most was the Xiao family of Dayu.
"amulet?"
Shang Yuwan was stunned for a moment, and Cui Xing explained to her, "It's the girl's mother, Madam Lu Xu."
Shang Yuwan was speechless, his heart trembling.
"The general asked us to rescue you on His Majesty's orders. Madam Lu Xu is more important to His Majesty than Mount Tai."
It turns out to be...mother.
Xiao Qingxu raised their clasped hands and silently interjected, "She's married. She married me. She's not a girl anymore."
Cui Xing looked at Shang Yuwan and saw her nod, then said, "Your Highness wouldn't want the young lady's true identity to be revealed, would you?"
The Queen of Langjiang had privately ordered that if Shang Yuwan went to Langjiang alone to rescue Twelve, no matter how suspicious her identity was, the news that "Shang Yuwan of Baijialou is the eldest daughter of the Shang family" must not be spread.
There are some things that many people know, but they are not made public. No matter how much someone says that Shang Yuwan is still alive, as long as she herself does not admit it, those people will not be able to punish Shang Yuwan for the crime of deceiving the emperor by "faking her death" even if they report it to the sky.
What's more, she was reborn and looked completely different from her previous life. Wen Qijun had died long ago. Who else in the world could extract Shang Yuwan's soul to serve as a witness?
Xiao Qingxu shut up and stopped talking.
Shang Yuwan smiled lightly and said, "Let's go. We should go to Caixia Town and fall into the trap."
"Miss Cui, remember, you're going there for the two people controlled by Miaogu. And we're going there for Yin'er's family."
Cui Xing nodded and asked, "After entering Caixia Town, where are we going?"
"Just find any inn. Miss Cui, do you have any silver?"
"ah?"
Half an hour later, Cui Xing watched Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu finish almost all the food on the table.
"..." She was raised as a killer, and it was common for her to go hungry. She was not very good at taking care of others, and for a moment she forgot that patients really needed food to nourish themselves and increase their strength.
The other two Langjiang killers secretly glanced at Cui Xing, and they thought she must be feeling bitter at that moment.
Cui Xing did all the dirty and tiring work, and her daily salary was quite good. She didn't have any special hobbies, but she was afraid of poverty in her childhood and liked to hoard silver and gold. This table of delicious food cost her a full twenty taels of silver, enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary family for a year.
"Miss Cui, don't you want to eat?"
Cui Xing looked at the few dishes left on the table and shook her head. "I'm not hungry. You guys eat. Eat slowly, be careful not to choke."
"What about you?"
The two Langjiang assassins shook their heads. They had a mission coming up, so it was inconvenient to eat too much.
Shang Yuwan was so hungry that his cheeks were bulging with food. He chewed a few times and swallowed it, saying, "Would you like to order some more? I'll put it on the owner's account and I'll ask them to pay you back when I get back."
Xiao Qingxu has money, ask him for it.
Xiao Qingxu smiled without saying anything, and used a handkerchief to wipe the oil stains from the corner of her mouth.
Cui Xing's eyes lit up, "Then can I..."
"Um?"
Shang Yuwan tilted her head. In Xiao Qingxu's eyes, she was even cuter than the rabbit he raised in the palace when he was a child.
"Once this matter is settled, can you give me some compensation? How about one hundred taels?"
Shang Yuwan: “…” She really didn’t realize that Miss Cui was such a money-grubber.
Xiao Qingxu nodded, "Six hundred taels." His and Wanwan's lives are worth more than a hundred taels.
There was finally a glimmer of light in Cui Xing's eyes when she looked at Xiao Qingxu.
She praised him tactfully and sincerely, "You are so lucky to marry His Highness!"
Shang Yuwan turned his head to look at Xiao Qingxu, and seeing that he was smiling like a cat that had stolen some fish, he couldn't help but smile too.
The other two Langjiang people: “…” Do these people know that they are about to fall into the tiger’s mouth?
After the meal, Miao Gu's people still hadn't come up.
It was almost midnight, and Caixia Town did not have the strict curfew like Yanmen, so the five of them wandered around the streets.
Finally, around midnight, someone stood in the middle of the road, holding a lantern in his hand. Tied to the handle of the lantern was the hairband that Yin'er had used to tie her hair into a bun.
"Everyone, Miao Gu invites you." The woman was wearing a dark black outfit and had a long sword at her waist.
Judging from his figure, he seemed to be the person Miao Gu had called out on the official road earlier.
Shang Yuwan stared at the hairband fluttering in the wind, silent.
She stood side by side with Xiao Qingxu, and Cui Xing took a step forward.
"Ning She, long time no see. What are you doing..."
Ning She lowered his head and interrupted, "Sister Cui, take them and follow me."
"What about them?" Cui Xing frowned, as if she couldn't believe that Ning She would become Miao Gu's victim.
Ning She knew who she was asking about, but still lowered his head and said, "The child is still alive."
After all, Miaogu was once a girl rescued from the people by the empress. Naturally, she would not kill Yin'er. What's more, she just wanted to use her to lure out Shang Yuwan and others.
Shang Yuwan heard her unspoken intention and asked hurriedly, "Where are Yin'er's parents?"
Ning She was finally willing to raise her ordinary face, and her eyes reflected Shang Yuwan's slightly frowning face.
"They brought the child and the two sets of clothes to the town to deliver a message, but were discovered by two of Sister Cui's men."
"They brought the people back, but Miaogu only wanted the child."
"So they—"
Shang Yuwan clenched his hands tightly, and bloodshot eyes appeared.
"Burn it along with the two sets of clothes."
The expressionless face and indifferent tone made Shang Yuwan's fingertips pinch into his palm.
Xiao Qingxu's eyes were covered with a thick layer of frost, but he stretched out his big hand and gently wrapped Shang Yuwan's fist.
She took a deep breath secretly and suppressed her anger.
"Your name is Ning She, right?"
Ning She nodded lightly.
"You go ahead and lead the way for us."
There was a hint of ruthlessness in Shang Yuwan's eyes and brows.
"I'm curious about who your Miao Gu is."
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