As Qu Qingxi took a step to walk in that direction, a faint sound suddenly came from the room behind her.
Qu Qingxi immediately concealed herself in the night and looked toward the source of the sound.
Zhou Wenli, dressed in night clothes, walked quickly toward them, looking somewhat disheveled.
Qu Qingxi hid under the window. Zhou Wenli sped all the way to his room, and a faint smell of blood followed.
Qu Qingxi raised her eyebrows slightly. What was Zhou Wenli doing in the middle of the night? Why did he still smell of blood? Was he injured?
Qu Qingxi remained there without moving. Soon, two more figures strode towards them and entered Zhou Wenli's room. The sounds from inside the room could be faintly heard.
"Quickly treat His Highness's wounds," someone said anxiously.
"Yes," came another voice.
Then came the rustling sound, which must have been someone bandaging Zhou Wenli's wound. Soon, a person came out from inside, carrying a medicine box. He must have been the doctor that Zhou Wenli had brought.
"Your Highness, what happened? How did you get injured?"
"It's alright. The plan failed, but the guards around Xu Xingfeng's place suddenly tightened today. There are more experts guarding that area. I fought with them and was caught off guard, so I got injured." Zhou Wenli's voice sounded normal.
"Didn't we hear that everything was normal over there before? Did something suddenly happen today that made Xu Xingfeng's surveillance tighter?" another person asked curiously.
"Are you asking me?" Zhou Wenli glared at the man. "Why aren't you investigating yet? Are you the Fifth Prince, or am I the Fifth Prince?"
"I'll go right away." The man was in a hurry and didn't expect that he would be scolded by Zhou Wenli just for asking a question. He quickly turned around and left.
After the man left, Zhou Wenli looked down at the bandaged wound on his chest, a sinister glint in his eyes. "He Liufeng, you really are a persistent ghost."
Qu Qingxi stared wide-eyed outside. She had no idea that Zhou Wenli had actually gone to break into the prison tonight, and had even failed. Judging from Zhou Wenli's words, something unusual had happened there today, and it seemed that Zhou Wenli's injury was related to He Liufeng.
Zhou Wenli remained seated on the bed without resting, which prevented Qu Qingxi from having a chance to make a move.
Just as Qu Qingxi was hesitating about whether to put some sleeping gas inside, a commotion suddenly came from outside the courtyard. Qu Qingxi immediately became serious and quickly found a place to hide herself.
"Open the door! Open the door!" someone outside shouted.
Soon someone stepped forward and opened the door. "What's going on? This is the courtyard of the Fifth Prince of Zhou. What do you want?" The person who opened the door saw a group of soldiers standing outside and his expression changed drastically.
"So this is the Fifth Prince's residence." Upon hearing this, the man's arrogance subsided somewhat, but a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes. The Fifth Prince? Hmph, we're investigating you.
"I'm so sorry, but our Ling Dynasty's Prince Nanqing has been seriously injured by an assassin. We were ordered to track down the assassin and just happened to see him coming towards this courtyard. Please let us in." Although the leading soldier spoke politely, his attitude was very firm.
The person who opened the door was naturally unwilling to let anyone in, so he quickly spoke, but his face was arrogant, clearly looking down on the person in front of him, "We didn't see any assassins. Our Fifth Prince is not feeling well and has already gone to bed, so it's probably not convenient for him."
"We all saw the assassin run into this courtyard. Please move aside. If you delay our efforts to catch the murderer, don't blame us for being impolite." The leading officer was also very firm in his attitude.
"What assassins are you talking about? We haven't seen any of them. Also, you can't come in here without the Fifth Prince's permission."
"Hmph, we are acting under orders. If you continue to obstruct us, we will have to suspect that you are harboring assassins."
"Don't make false accusations!" The person who opened the door was furious. He clearly hadn't expected that even after bringing up the Fifth Prince, the other party would still be so relentless.
"Get out of the way." The leader didn't want to say anything more to the people in front of him, so he simply pushed aside the person blocking his way and then signaled the people behind him to begin the search.
At the same time, Qu Qingxi froze on the spot. What? He Liufeng encountered an assassin? And was seriously injured?
Qu Qingxi calmed down a bit and guessed that it was probably because the government officials wanted to search the place, so they came up with this excuse.
Qu Qingxi had overheard their entire conversation; the soldier leading them was quite an interesting person.
The people entered the courtyard, but they weren't very rough. They just started checking around. Even so, the commotion was quite significant. The door to Zhou Wenli's room was quickly opened, and Zhou Wenli, dressed in a white undergarment with a cloak over it, came out.
When he saw the situation in the courtyard, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes, but he quickly changed to a gentle expression. "What happened here?"
"Your Highness, they just said that the Prince of Nanqing of their Great Ling Dynasty was seriously injured by an assassin. They chased the murderer this way and insisted that the assassin ran into Your Highness's courtyard. I have already explained and tried to stop them, but they still broke in." The person who opened the door earlier saw the Fifth Prince come out and immediately felt more confident, and began to complain indignantly.
The soldier who led the way saw Zhou Wenli, took two steps forward, saluted Zhou Wenli, and then explained what had just happened.
"Your Highness, we had no other choice. We all saw the murderer running this way, which is why we broke in to search this place. Please forgive us, Your Highness."
"Just because someone ran this way doesn't necessarily mean they've entered my courtyard." Zhou Wenli glanced indifferently at the person in front of him.
"Your Highness, my other colleagues have also searched several other courtyards nearby." This means that it's not just your place that will be searched; several other courtyards in this area will be searched.
Zhou Wenli wanted to get angry, but he also knew why they had come. If he didn't agree to let them investigate today, they would have an excuse to monitor this place, and it would also arouse their suspicion.
After thinking for a moment, he could only nod, "Investigate, but I have quite a few valuable items here, so please be careful."
"Thank you for your understanding, Fifth Prince."
With Zhou Wenli's consent, the soldiers who came in expanded the search area. Just as they were about to search Qu Qingxi's place, Qu Qingxi pushed the window open a little more and climbed into Zhou Wenli's room.
She simply couldn't believe that Zhou Wenli would tolerate someone searching his room.
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