Bai Furong's raised foot stopped in mid-air before it even landed. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw Bai Ze looking at her through the firelight, his eyes flashing coldly. Against the backdrop of the dim moonlight coming from outside the cave, it was heart-wrenching. /huotxt/. .
Bai Furong's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly adjusted herself. She knew that Bai Ze had been sitting by the fire, so she let out a long breath, patted her chest, and made a gesture to Bai Ze to keep quiet. She then tiptoed to the entrance of the cave, pointed at Xuan Tianming, and whispered, "Don't wake up His Highness."
Bai Ze raised his eyebrows, "What are you going to do?"
Bai Furong glared at him and said, "What do you care!"
Bai Ze narrowed his eyes and looked at her for a while, then stood up and was about to follow her. Bai Furong was so angry that she raised her foot to kick him, but Bai Ze dodged.
"Are you sick, woman?" Bai Ze patted the dusty corner of his robe and glared at Bai Furong angrily. "I followed you for your own good. What if you were snatched away by an eagle in the middle of the night?"
"I'm not a chick!" Bai Furong was also angry. "I just want to relieve myself in the middle of the night and you, a grown man, have to follow me. This is too much! If you do this again, I won't do this job anymore."
Bai Ze was speechless, his kindness being taken for granted. "Go away! I don't want to bother with you." He sat back down angrily and poked the fire with the wooden couch as if he was sulking.
Bai Furong snorted and quickly walked out.
Not long after she walked out of the cave, Bai Ze, who was poking the fire with an angry look on his face, suddenly stopped. A cunning look flashed in his eyes. He then threw away the wooden couch and quietly followed behind her.
Bai Furong walked around the tent, looking up at the sky from time to time. The goshawk circled for a while, then rushed down in one direction. She quickened her pace, climbed a small hill, then went into the dense forest and walked quickly towards the place where the goshawk landed.
She didn't know martial arts, and even if she was alert and knew to look left and right when walking, she still couldn't find Bai Ze following behind her. But Bai Ze also had no way to get closer, after all, Bai Furong was easy to deal with, but the person who summoned her in the middle of the night was nowhere to be found, and how many people there were.
After walking forward for about half an incense stick of time, Bai Furong was suddenly covered by someone's mouth from the side and pulled to the side. She was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. She struggled for a few seconds and heard a voice from behind her head, "Don't move." She was startled and immediately realized that the other person was the person she was going to meet. She calmed down a little and stopped struggling. When the other person let her go, she looked back and found that it was a masked man in black, with a black cloth covering his face, revealing only a pair of narrow eyes.
The man stared at Bai Furong for a while and asked coldly, "Is there anyone following?"
Bai Furong showed annoyance on her face, and said angrily, "Whether there is anyone following us or not, this kind of thing should be your business! I don't have the ability you have, how can I know whether there is anyone following us or not." She was so angry that she couldn't vent it. When she saw these people in black, she became very angry.
The other party didn't argue with her, and just asked in a cold tone, "Are you sure that Princess Ji An went to the Northern Territory in advance?"
Bai Furong asked back, "Are you counting on me alone? Why don't you check it yourself?"
The man said, “I checked, but I didn’t find it.”
Bai Furong's heart moved, but she snorted coldly, "That's right."
"What did you find out? Tell me now." The man began to urge, "Now is not the time to talk, and you don't need to be awkward with me. I am just a servant doing errands. If you have anything to say, tell your master when you return."
Bai Furong waved her hand, "I know. We have already found out the whereabouts of Princess Ji'an. You all chose the wrong direction. She didn't go to the Northern Territory at all, but returned to the capital."
"Return to the capital?" The man in black was stunned, and his tone was obviously unconvincing. "How can you return to the capital? Are you sure?"
"Anyway, His Majesty the Ninth Prince said so." Bai Furong frowned and said, "I've been in the army all day, and this is the news I heard. If you don't believe it, go check it out yourself. Also, there's no need for me to lie to you. I can tell the difference between the important and the unimportant."
The man in the dark looked at Bai Furong for a long while, as if trying to judge whether her words were true or not. After a long time, he finally said, "I hope you can really tell the difference," then flew up and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
Bai Furong's tense nerves relaxed at once, her legs went limp, and she fell to the ground.
Too cowardly, she secretly blamed herself. She only said a few words, but her legs and stomach were trembling. But... "Ah Heng, I can only help you this much. Although they can't find you in the capital after turning around, they will continue to chase you north, but at least they can buy you some more time. Ah Heng, if you want to do your thing, then hurry up. If it's too late, I can't do anything." Bai Furong murmured and sighed, then stood up with the help of the tree beside her, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, she hurried back.
As the man in black left, Bai Ze turned around and quietly returned to the cave. He saw Bai Furong meeting the man in black and heard their conversation, but he didn't understand why Bai Furong lied? She was already a spy, so why did she report false news?
When he was puzzled, Bai Furong came back, still cautious, still showing him a sour face. Bai Ze glared at her and said nothing until he saw Bai Furong lying down, then he added two more pieces of firewood to the fire, and the fire burned more vigorously;
At the same time, Xuan Tianming's eyes, which were originally tightly closed, suddenly opened, and his eyes were clear and bright, without any sleepy look. He stared at Bai Furong's back, and the purple lotus between his eyebrows darkened a little due to his emotional fluctuations.
At night, the river breeze was hard and cold. Even if one stayed in a private room, wind would still come in through the cracks in the door.
Feng Yuheng sat on the couch with her knees hugged, wrapped in a fur blanket. Huang Quan was no longer surprised by her young lady's sudden pulling out of three large fur blankets from her sleeves. At Feng Yuheng's request, she sent one to Wangchuan and Yuanfei, and the other to Tongcang to give to Qiu Shu who was scattered there.
The two of them sat side by side on the couch. Huang Quan touched the wool blanket that felt so good that she couldn't imagine what it was made of. She said to Feng Yuheng, "It's so cold, miss, do you think Wang Chuan and Yuan Fei are also huddled together like us, covering themselves with the same blanket?"
Feng Yuheng saw the raging gossip fire in the girl's eyes, and she nodded vigorously, "Yes, it must be like this."
Huang Quan patted the bed and laughed, "As expected, a woman of age should not be kept, as expected, a woman of age should not be kept!"
Feng Yuheng was not optimistic about this couple, "In fact, I was planning to marry Wang Chuan to Ban Zou."
"Huh?" Huang Quan was startled, and subconsciously shook his head and said, "No, no, they are not suitable."
Feng Yuheng blinked, a hint of triumph flashed across her eyes, but Huang Quan didn't catch it, so he just asked her, "What's wrong?"
Huang Quan couldn't tell what was wrong, so he just kept saying, "Ban Zou doesn't like Wang Chuan."
"Who does he like then?"
"He..." Huang Quan's mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out. She didn't know who Ban Zou liked, but this question itself was a rebuttal, "How could a secret guard have feelings?" She told Feng Yuxing, "All of us are orphans without parents. Only when we have no worries in this world can we stay by the master's side and work, and live wholeheartedly for the master. Therefore, Ban Zou can't fall in love with anyone. Even if he really has feelings for someone, he can't say it out, because once he says it, there is only one outcome, and that is death."
Huang Quan became more and more lonely as he spoke, and the sadness in his eyes could not be concealed at all, but Feng Yuheng did not try to guess what was going on. He just patted the back of Huang Quan's hand and said, "Nothing in this world is absolute. You are following me now, and I am your master, so I have the final say on the rules;"
Huang Quan's eyes lit up, then dimmed again. She said, "I know that the young lady treats us well, but this is our duty. We cannot stop being servants just because the master treats us well." She thought for a moment, and then said, "Maybe... it's not that we can't have feelings, but this kind of feelings can only be given to one person in this world, and that is our master."
Feng Yuheng was touched, but she only sighed. She waved her hand and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. We are pretending to be the family of the Right Prime Minister in front of Judge Lu, so we must not let ourselves be exposed."
"Don't worry, young lady." Huang Quan told her, "We did this kind of thing a few years ago, and it was His Highness who advocated it at that time. The Right Prime Minister also knew about it, so when there was a rumor outside that someone was impersonating him, he would first confirm with His Highness. If it was someone from our side, he would cooperate."
Feng Yuheng nodded, "That's good." She rubbed her forehead and wanted to lie down, but she couldn't sleep, so she said to Huang Quan, "I'll go to the deck and take a walk. You can sleep. You don't have to follow me."
Huang Quan was unwilling to let it go, and wanted to go with her after getting off the ground, but was stopped by Feng Yuheng, "Don't go, how can two maids go to the deck to get some fresh air? One must be left to listen to the master's call at any time. Don't worry, I'll go and talk to Qiu Fei."
Huang Quan couldn't persuade her, so he had to remind her again and again to be careful before letting her go.
The river breeze on the deck hurt her face. Feng Yuheng stood by the fence for a while, calmed her mind, and tried her best to feel the surrounding environment. After initially confirming that there were no suspicious people hiding, she turned around and walked towards the economy cabin.
Qiu Shu was left in the common cabin by them in order to monitor the people on the ship. Whenever they found a suspicious target, they would find a way to kill him or hide from him.
The common cabin was at the stern, a few steps down from the elegant cabin, and separated by a warehouse. Just as Feng Yuheng reached the last elegant cabin, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from inside.
She was skilled in martial arts and had excellent hearing. She could guess who was in the room with just one listen. Then she heard a female voice saying, "Master, what are you afraid of? We don't even know whether the son of the Right Prime Minister is real or fake. Besides, even if he is the Right Prime Minister, he has to give Duanmu some face."
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