Qingfeng brought Xue'er back. Ni Yueshan stood up, took her, and rocked the child slightly in his arms.
Jing Yuchen also stood up: "I'll go find out the identity of that person."
"Gazebo Woman?"
"Um."
Jing Yuchen left, and Ni Yueshan coaxed the child. Then he instructed Qingfeng, "Ask the four of them what they're planning to eat later."
"Yes." Qingfeng had just turned around to leave when Jing Yuchen quickly opened the door and walked back.
Ni Yueshan looked at him in confusion, and he began to explain, "On the street, there are portraits of me, Shao Lecheng, and Zou Yangyao posted."
Ni Yueshan was stunned. Jing Yuchen frowned and continued, "They said we disrupted the dragon boat race and refused to be punished. They are now issuing a warrant for our arrest and asking us to apologize to all the participants in the dragon boat race."
"You think none of you three are willing to go out and apologize?"
Jing Yuchen nodded gravely. "Even though we threw people into the water, they are all dragon boat racers and must be very good swimmers. Throwing them into the water is like taking a cold shower. Besides, even without us, the rest of them wouldn't have won first place."
"And the first place winner will receive fifty taels of silver each. No one will pursue us, but that woman is the one who keeps pestering us."
Qing Luan hesitated and said, "With the portraits posted outside, it's hard to go out. Crown Prince, Crown Princess, would you like to consider moving to another place?"
Ni Yueshan handed the already asleep Xue'er to Qingluan, then spoke solemnly, "In the eyes of the people in the capital, we traveled to sign an agreement with Tufan. But now, our portraits are posted in the streets, so naturally our whereabouts have been exposed."
"This place isn't far from the capital. If the people in the capital knew about this, wouldn't it mean that our plan to come here for fun under the guise of signing an agreement would be exposed?"
"Maybe this is not a coincidence, it's a conspiracy."
After Ni Yueshan finished his analysis, he looked at Jing Yuchen, who nodded in agreement.
"You're right, some things may not be coincidences."
He walked out again: "I'll go tell them our current situation."
Duan Gouqiong was inevitably surprised when he learned about the current situation: "No way, it's so unlucky. And what about the other person who stayed in our restaurant? What's his background? Have you ever thought about it?"
Shao Lecheng rubbed his chin and said with a smile: "It's simple. I'm good at stealing things like beauty and jade. At worst, after nightfall, I can see whether a rich lady or an old woman lives there."
Seeing that everyone present was looking at him, Shao Lecheng suddenly felt a little uncomfortable: "Why are you all looking at me like this?"
Duan Gouqiong lay on the bed with a lazy expression: "This matter is indeed suitable for you."
After nightfall, the entire restaurant was extremely quiet, and you could almost hear a pin drop. At this time when they should have been resting, a figure landed silently on the roof. Seeing that there was no one around, he bravely lifted the tiles to check what was going on below.
At this time, in another room, Ni Yueshan, Jing Yuchen, Zou Yangyao and Xiao Chuer were all gathered around the table, staring at each other. Duan Gouqiong was lying on the bed with two sleeping children beside him.
Time passed minute by minute, and Zou Yangyao said worriedly: "It's been so long, and there's still no news. We should send someone to spread the word."
Duan Gouqiong hesitated and said, "He's been a flower thief for many years and has never failed. Although he was a little more cautious this time, he didn't take anyone with him. He just wanted to take a look at the woman's appearance, which made it easier for us to find out her identity. This made it easier, so he shouldn't be discovered."
Jing Yuchen stood up: "It's indeed been a while, I'll go take a look!"
Ni Yueshan warned, "Be careful."
Jing Yuchen nodded, walked towards the window, and then flew down.
The room fell silent again. As the night deepened, Xiao Chuer yawned. "Although this woman's arrival was suspicious, shouldn't we investigate the person who ordered the posting of Yao and the Crown Prince's portraits?"
Ni Yueshan explained, "Yuchen has already inquired about this. There's no woman hosting the dragon boat event. The woman who spoke to us showed up unexpectedly. There just happened to be a woman staying at the inn. Yuchen thinks her voice is familiar, so I suspect she's a member of the royal family. So I'll check the people next door first!"
Zou Yangyao and others showed a look of surprise.
While I was still waiting for news, there was a knock on the door.
Ni Yueshan and the others looked at each other, their expressions becoming serious.
Zou Yangyao walked slowly towards the door and asked in a cold voice, "Who?"
"Please open the door quickly. A thief has broken into the restaurant."
"What a joke! What does it have to do with me if you rob people? Get out of here!"
Zou Yangyao's voice was very cold, with a hint of displeasure. Hearing it, others felt a chill running down their feet. However, he did not think of giving up and said coldly, "Then don't blame us for being rude!"
As he said that, he stretched out his leg and kicked the door hard, and it opened.
Zou Yangyao's resolute face was gloomy, full of murderous intent: "You're looking for death!"
He was not polite at all and kicked the person who came. There was a corridor behind the person. With one kick, he smashed the fence and fell downstairs.
The man who followed him saw this situation, drew the sword at his waist and stabbed at Zou Yangyao.
Zou Yangyao stood firm at the door and forced the men back. Once the door was closed, only the sounds of fighting could be heard outside. Ni Yueshan and Xiao Chuer looked at each other.
Ni Yueshan sighed, "To catch the thief, they took direct action. Perhaps this group of people have been wanting to do it for a long time!"
Ni Yueshan instructed Xiao Chuer, "Take good care of Gou Qiong."
After saying that, he opened the door and walked out. Xiao Chuer opened her mouth to stop him, but it was too late.
Zou Yangyao dealt with the two guards who came, but more people came from all directions and surrounded the entire restaurant.
Zou Yangyao said worriedly, "You, go in quickly."
"You can't beat so many people. These people are not ordinary thugs. We should value peace now and wait for Yuchen and Lecheng to come back before we take action."
Zou Yangyao glanced at Ni Yueshan and finally nodded obediently.
Ni Yueshan took the initiative to step forward, not showing any fear. She smiled and said, "We're just trying to catch a thief, so you can catch him. But in the middle of the night, not only did you disturb our rest, but you even kicked the door? Who on earth are you? How could you be so rude and presumptuous?"
"As a human being, you can go too far, but not this far. It's fine if you told us not to make any noise, but now you're not only disturbing our rest, you're also trying to hurt us... I wonder if reporting it to the police now and alerting them will affect your master's travels?"
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