Chapter 449: A Step Late
On the way back, Lin Qianning met Cao Yizhao, who was pushed out by his lover to get some fresh air.
“Auntie…Auntie…”
When he saw Lin Qianning, he waved and shouted.
Lin Qianning didn't want to have any more contact with him, so she pretended not to hear him, walked around him and took another path. A maid from the kitchen happened to pass by and hurried to greet her.
The old woman wanted to please him, so she asked, "Madam, what dishes would you like to prepare for dinner? I will go and prepare them in advance."
Lin Qianning thought about Shi Yu's words and knew that he must have plans for the evening, so she said, "No need to prepare anything else."
Although her voice was low, it still reached Cao Yizhao's ears.
This was just an ordinary remark, and since Cao Yizhao was considered a fool in everyone's eyes, it didn't matter if he heard it.
But Cao Yizhao was keeping an eye on what was happening in the mansion and knew that Lin Qianning was carrying a lunch box to deliver food to Shi Yu.
When she said that there was no need to prepare in the evening, she probably meant that there was no need to secretly deliver food to Shi Yu at night. This instantly made Cao Yizhao think of several possibilities in his mind.
Then he shouted again, looking for his brother.
Seeing that he had been well-behaved recently and had not left the yard for a long time, the concubine followed his wishes and pushed him around the yard next to Shi Yu's study since the weather was good today.
As luck would have it, he heard the two old ministers who were trying to find something to hold against Shi Yu muttering about why the Crown Princess was there.
Cao Yizhao immediately became alert and deliberately urinated in his pants. Seeing this, his mistress hurriedly pushed him back to clean up.
If only Wei Qingyan came back, Cao Yizhao would still pretend to be stupid and continue to stay in the Prince's Mansion, looking for an opportunity to kidnap Wei Qingyan again.
But just as he changed his clothes, he noticed the restlessness of the mother insect in his body.
The mother Gu gave birth to many child Gu for him, and he implanted those child Gu into the bodies of his subordinates.
As long as those people die, the mother insect will sense it.
And what he sensed were exactly the people he had arranged in Chilie.
Cao Yizhao immediately realized that something was wrong.
Wei Qingyan is back, but his people are dead?
They had never met Wei Qingyan, nor had they participated in the kidnapping of Wei Qingyan. Wei Qingyan should not have known of their existence.
So, their death had nothing to do with Wei Qingyan, but was done by the Chilie people?
Prince Chi Lie still needs his poisonous insect to control Wei Qingyan. They are currently in a cooperative relationship, and he will not kill his people for no reason.
There are so many possibilities here.
Thinking of the hundreds of tricks that Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan had in their heads combined, and Wei Qingyan's abilities that he still couldn't figure out.
For some reason, Cao Yizhao had a bold idea that Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan must have done something that made Chi Lie kill his people.
Wei Qingyan took advantage of the situation and pretended to be kidnapped...
Something big must have happened in Chilie. Perhaps Prince Chilie is dead, otherwise Wei Qingyan would not be willing to come back, nor would he come back so soon.
Realizing this possibility, he no longer dared to stay in the Prince's Mansion. He was worried that if he didn't leave this time, he would never have the chance to leave in the future.
He immediately knocked out the lover who was taking care of him, summoned a cold arrow, and took him out.
Dongzang was a step late after all.
"It's really him, damn it."
The absence of people is the best proof.
When Abu arrived after hearing the news, he was so angry that he gnashed his teeth.
"It was my negligence."
Shi Yu rubbed his eyebrows.
Although he and Qingyan had suspected Cao Yizhao before, Abu kept an eye on him for several nights in a row in stealth, and later there were secret guards watching too, but they did not find any clues.
In addition, he was very busy these two days and had to accompany those people on hunger strike, so he slacked off on Cao Yizhao.
"It's not your fault. He's just too cunning."
Abu consoled his brother-in-law, "I'm afraid neither you nor I could disguise ourselves as well as he did."
At least, Abu believes that he cannot pretend to be stupid when there are people around or no one around, and pretend to be so undignified.
Shi Yu also knew that now was not the time to blame himself, so he quickly asked someone to wake up his lover.
After the concubine Youyou woke up, the first person she saw was Shi Yu, and she thought of the conversation she had just heard between the two old ministers.
He hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, is the Crown Princess back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Abu sitting next to Shi Yu and said happily, "Crown Princess, it really is you."
He knew that the Crown Princess was missing, so the other three lovers had been searching for her for the past few days.
Just after hearing what the two ministers said, he was about to find Dong Zang to ask for clarification when he smelled urine. Worried that he would be blamed for not taking good care of the child, he thought of bringing Cao Yizhao back to change clothes first, and then go to inquire about the Crown Princess.
But somehow, I felt dizzy and fell asleep.
But why did he faint for no reason?
Seeing the people in the room, he quickly realized that something was wrong.
Then Shi Yu asked, "How did you know that the Crown Princess is back?"
The lover then recounted in detail how he and Cao Yizhao met Lin Qianning, and what he heard from the ministers outside the study.
After hearing what his lover said, Shi Yu understood that Cao Yizhao must have guessed that they had played the trick on him.
He immediately ordered a city-wide search for Cao Yizhao.
He then ordered another team to track in the direction of Wei, and informed Wang Gangzheng about Cao Yizhao's affairs, asking them to be more careful along the way.
Because of Abu's instigation, Cao Yizhao would be seeking death if he went to Chilie at this time. If he stayed in Fengzhao, there would be a risk of being found by them, so he would most likely flee to Wei.
Cao Yizhao grew up in the Wei Dynasty. Since he was pretending to be stupid, it is impossible that he had no foundation in the Wei Dynasty after more than 20 years.
The old woman who had stayed in the mansion was also taken away for interrogation.
For a moment, all the servants in the mansion were peeing. Who would have thought that the idiot who defecated and pissed on himself in public was actually pretending, and pretended so convincingly that no one noticed.
Lin Qianning blamed herself, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have avoided him."
If he hadn't avoided him, he wouldn't have met that old woman on the path, and Cao Yizhao wouldn't have become suspicious after hearing those words and then made a fuss to look for Shi Yu.
Abu said considerately, "You really can't be blamed for this. That bastard is so cunning and scheming.
On the other hand, if he had not left, we would not have been able to discover him so quickly and we would not know when he would stab us in the back.
Now that he's exposed himself, it's actually a good thing that everyone is on guard."
Lin Qianning was not comforted. She tried her best to make amends and racked her brains to think about where Cao Yizhao would go after escaping from the Prince's Mansion.
She knew that Shi Yu's men had been tracking down Lin Wanzhi's remnants recently, but they were always a step behind. However, even so, they had killed many of them and destroyed many of their hideouts.
The imperial city is not that big, so how many hideouts can they have that are enough to deal with Shi Yuduan?
The imperial city is now almost under Shi Yu's control. Cao Yizhao can disguise himself so thoroughly, which shows that he is a very cautious person.
Then he must be worried that he would be discovered by Shi Yu in ordinary places, so he would definitely hide in a place that Shi Yu would ignore and where the remnants of the Lin family could easily move around.
Lin Qianning had two such places in her mind. One was the imperial palace, which had once been Lin Wanzhi's territory and a place where the remnants of the Lin family could come and go freely, but now it had been cleared out by Shi Yu.
There is another place, which is the ancestral temple where she hid after she became pregnant. Although the ancestral temple belongs to the Lin family, Lin Wanzhi replaced all the people there with her own people decades ago.
Otherwise, she would not have been guided to that place to give birth, and her son would not have been successfully switched. Some time ago, the old woman who guarded the ancestral temple came to give false testimony on behalf of Lin Wanzhi. It can be seen that the Lin family ancestral temple has always been Lin Wanzhi's territory over the years.
Although the people in the ancestral temple were replaced later, the place still remained.
Before Cao Yizhao went to Wei, he had been living with her in the Lin family ancestral temple. Could it be that he used it as a hiding place or an escape place?
Lin Wanzhi told Shi Yu all her guesses, "Mother is not sure, but she wants to bring someone over to take a look."
How could Shi Yu let her take the risk, so he decided to lead people there himself. Before he left, Abu rushed to the Lin family temple first.
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