King Jing handed Li Yu a secret report. Li Yu took a quick look and found out that it was a plan to set up an ambush in the town during King Jing's wedding leave.
The bandits wanted to take advantage of King Jing's loose guards during his wedding, but King Jing himself had anticipated it first.
Luofeng Town's advantage lies in the secret passages. King Jing has been in Luofeng Town for nearly a year and has trained his guards to be good at cooperating with secret passages. Because of his wedding, King Jing gave everyone in the town a holiday. It seemed that the defense was relaxed, but in fact, the defense was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. The reputation of the people taking advantage of the holiday to visit relatives and friends has been transferred a lot. If the bandits really dare to make plans at this time, they can directly catch turtles in a jar.
King Jing knew that he could not stay in the Western Frontier for too long, and he also wanted to get rid of this gang of bandits as soon as possible, so that the Western Frontier would completely get rid of this major hidden danger.
Li Yu was relieved when he saw that the secret report was filled with dense records. As long as King Jing was prepared, he, a half-baked man, would not have to worry about it. Think about it, King Jing was able to accompany him to "overcome the tribulation", so he must have made all preparations. Defense is so important, how could there be any negligence.
King Jing comforted him and handed him a small note, asking him to be patient, and there would be results in no more than two hours.
Li Yu nodded. It was almost the last day of his mission, and he hoped that the bandits could be caught as soon as possible and not to cause any trouble. There was about
to be a fight outside. Li Yu couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to continue sleeping. King Jing held him in his arms, and he leaned on King Jing's shoulder. The two of them listened to the noise outside together.
After an unknown amount of time, bursts of crying babies were heard outside, as if several children were crying at the same time. Li Yu's hands trembled heavily, and his heart skipped a beat.
He thought the cry was a bit like Dabao's. He and King Jing hid in the secret house to complete the mission, but the children stayed in the mansion and were not around. Just now, he was only thinking about the defense of the town and forgot about his children. If a fight really broke out, would they... be in danger?
Although Eunuch Wang and Ye Qinghuan were guarding the palace, would Eunuch Wang and Ye Shizi be as alert to the bandits as King Jing?
During the melee, will the bandits break through the siege and rush into the palace?
Li Yu didn't dare to think about it.
King Jing glanced at him and knew that he was overthinking, so he held his hand tightly.
This is a bait, don't be fooled. King Jing looked determined.
Wang Xi has followed King Jing for many years, and Ye Qinghuan is King Jing's cousin. Both of them are trustworthy. Even if the bandits can really break into King Jing's palace, there are a large number of loyal guards in King Jing's palace who will risk their lives to protect the four children. In addition, Ye Qinghuan, who is skilled in martial arts, and Wang Xi, who is meticulous, it is more than enough to protect the four children.
King Jing tried his best to let Li Yu know that the children would not be in any danger, but the babies outside kept crying, and even had a tendency to get more miserable. Li Yu's heart was twisted into a ball. He was already a father, and the first, second, third, and fourth babies were all the flesh on his palms and backs of his hands. He would be very distressed if a little money fell from them. Even if the children outside were not his own, he could not bear to hear that the babies suffered like this, and it would always remind him of his treasures.
"Your Highness..." Li Yu held King Jing's hand and begged in a low voice.
King Jing knew what he meant. Xiaoyu was worried about the children, so it was inevitable that she would not calm down. The most direct way to calm Xiaoyu down was to send someone out to inquire and come back to tell them what happened.
Actually, King Jing had sent out people to spy on the situation, but they had not returned for a long time, and King Jing did not know why. If he went to investigate himself, he could solve the problem quickly.
There was nothing wrong with this. King Jing was very confident in his own skills, and he was not afraid even if he really encountered bandits. He was just worried that Xiaoyu's tribulation would be affected.
There was also the last day, which was usually the biggest test.
"Your Highness, I promise to stay here and wait for you to come back. I will never walk around. Can you take a look for me?" Li Yu promised hurriedly.
If he was not half human, half fish and had difficulty moving, he might have taken a look and left.
King Jing could not persuade him, and he was reluctant to let him down. He thought that as long as the fish stayed in the private residence, it would be safe.
On the other hand, he was also afraid that Xiaoyu would be always worried and unable to concentrate, which would still affect his tribulation.
I'll be back soon.
King Jing agreed, touched the amulet around Li Yu's neck, handed him a warrant just in case, and strode out of the house. Guards immediately came to meet him outside. King Jing signaled them to protect the princess, but not to disturb her without permission.
Li Yu watched him leave. After King Jing left, the outside was quiet for a while. Li Yu thought that King Jing would be back soon, but after waiting for a long time, not only did King Jing not return, but the baby's crying also sounded again.
What happened? Did something happen that even King Jing couldn't deal with?
Li Yu was sitting on pins and needles. The less he knew about the situation outside, the more worried he was. He was also very worried about King Jing. If he had insisted on going out with King Jing just now, it would have been fine.
But he was still in the form of a mermaid. Even if he didn't mind, he couldn't go out in this state.
Just as he was thinking this, Li Yu discovered that his fish tail was gone, replaced by human legs and feet.
It turned out that the third day had come unknowingly, and he uncontrollably changed from a mermaid back to a fishman.
Becoming a fishman at this time is not completely without advantages. Although the appearance of a fishman is far inferior to that of a mermaid, with legs and feet, he can move around. However, a fishman must breathe in water and cannot be out of water for too long. Going out as a fishman will scare others. These are all things that need to be considered.
King Jing was slow to return, so he had to change his mind and planned to go in person to inquire about the news. He originally promised King Jing that he would not leave the private residence, but the situation outside and King Jing’s safety were more important to him, and he also wanted to find King Jing as soon as possible.
Li Yu's eyes fell on the cloth towel that he had taken off and thrown aside. The cloth towel was large, enough for him to cover his upper body and fins with it, and... if he needed water, he still had some in his pocket, so he could take some!
Li Yu rummaged through boxes and drawers, found a fish tank, put it in his pocket, and filled the fish tank and pocket with clean water.
If there is a lack of water, just take it out for emergency, put your head in and soak it, and it will be fine. After
Li Yu prepared everything, he was about to head out of the house, but the guards outside the house stopped him, and Li Yu immediately showed King Jing's warrant.
This was left by King Jing for him to protect himself. Because of the warrant, Li Yu ordered the guards to let him go, and the guards had to obey. King Jing only thought of asking them to protect the princess at first, but he didn't expect that the princess would take the initiative to ask to leave.
The guards followed the order and followed Li Yu closely. Li Yu did not reprimand them.
If he insisted on leaving, he would have broken his promise. With the guards around to take care of him, nothing should go wrong.
Li Yu's group was quite a few people. They went out and followed the sound of crying. Not long after they walked, they ran into a few people dressed as bandits, with their heads wrapped and jackets on. They were holding something and trying to escape in a panic.
Li Yu was sharp-eyed and recognized that the bandit was holding a baby swaddling cloth with golden edges. Li Yu's heart skipped a beat and he ordered the guards to chase after them.
The bandits were few in number and the guards were highly skilled in martial arts, so they quickly captured several of them.
Li Yu was almost out of breath, but he still snatched the swaddling cloth from the bandit's hand and took a look at it.
This child... is really not Dabao!
Li Yu was greatly encouraged and handed the child to a guard to take care of. He quickly ran to an unnoticed corner, took out the fish tank filled with water from the space, and slowed down.
Just as he put away the fish tank and was about to turn around, a firework fell at his feet and exploded with a lot of white smoke.
Oops, I fell into a trap! When
Li Yu realized this, he had already passed out.
When he woke up again, he was floating in the water, with a cloth wrapped around his head. Because he was afraid that the cloth would fall off and his fish face would be exposed and scare others, Li Yu tied the cloth around his body with several unbreakable leather ropes before leaving King Jing's secret house. He also found some cloth strips to wrap the fish fins. The cloth and the cloth strips were still there.
Li Yu vaguely remembered that he was dazed by the white smoke. It was quite dangerous for a fishman to lose consciousness. Why did he wake up in the water?
Could it be that King Jing came back to save him?
There was a sound in his ear, and Li Yu quickly distinguished that it was not King Jing, but several people. Judging from their attire, they were a group of bandits.
The bandits were arguing non-stop. Li Yu eavesdropped for a while before he figured out the whole story. It turned out that the bandits were beaten to a pulp by King Jing's ambush troops as soon as they entered Luofeng Town. They were originally going to retreat back to the bandit den, but the bandit leader listened to the military advisor beside him and insisted on capturing an important hostage from Luofeng Town to dampen King Jing's temper.
The military advisor had just arrived in the western frontier and had just joined the bandit gang. I don't know what tricks he used to make the bandit leader obey his orders. At the critical moment, the bandit leader did not care about escaping, but turned back to capture people according to the military advisor's words.
The military advisor found a few babies who were just one month old, put them in golden swaddling clothes, and asked the bandits to make the babies cry, and then took them to run around, hoping to lure people out with the crying.
The bandits didn't understand why they couldn't just use the babies as hostages, but why did they have to capture them?
The military advisor refused to explain, and just let them do as he said. The first time King Jing came, the bandits were beaten by King Jing, and there were only a few left. The bandit leader finally used himself to lure King Jing away, but the military advisor still asked the remaining bandits to continue to lure the hostages out.
The few remaining bandits were also a little dizzy, and finally another one came, and they were beaten to pieces again.
The bandits took the unconscious Li Yu and fled to a ruined temple. There was a shallow river near the ruined temple. The leather rope on Li Yu was thick and difficult to break. The bandits could not untie the cloth for a while. They could not see Li Yu's appearance or identify Li Yu's identity. They had to throw him into the river to make Li Yu wake up as soon as possible so that they could interrogate him.
Li Yu had figured it out by now. He thought that King Jing was right. This was a trick to lure the enemy. He was fooled. The bandits' military advisors came with bad intentions. They prepared babies and swaddling clothes. It was so special that they were probably targeting him and Yu Zai. He and King Jing had to be careful.
Now the two of them were separated. Although it sounds disadvantageous, the guards responsible for protecting him should be able to find out that he was taken away. The bandits looked very conspicuous, and King Jing would definitely find him soon.
He made a mistake again. He failed
to trust King Jing in time and acted on his own, but the baby's cry was close to his ears. If it happened again, he would probably choose to go out and check it out.