Yang Cui went to the appointment alone, the children cried, and the An family, Village Chief Zhou, and Clan Chief Yan all looked worried.
How come such a good person as De'an Township Lord keeps getting into trouble?
A bunch of childless bastards!
Village Chief Zhou immediately cursed out loud.
Yang Cui couldn't ride a horse, so she had to drive an oxcart to the bamboo forest to keep her appointment.
As a result, two men jumped out halfway there. One held a knife to her neck, and the other drove an oxcart, speeding off down another road.
Yang Cuixin was in her throat, but she had encountered a lot of trouble in the past two years, so she gradually became stronger and quickly calmed down.
The other party lured him out, but didn't kill him immediately, so it seems he still has some use to them.
"Brother, haven't we met before?" Yang Cui asked.
“Lord De’an has a good memory.”
"Your accent...we've met in Kyoto before?"
The accents in Kyoto are very different from those here, and Yang Cui could tell the difference immediately.
People from Kyoto came here to arrest me? Could they be Princess Xilan's men? But wasn't her original target supposed to be my death?
How is my brother?
“Don’t worry, we will release your brother when the time is right,” Jia Lin said.
Hearing that An Xiaohu was still alive, Yang Cui was relieved.
After a bumpy half-hour ride, Yang Cui was taken to the entrance of a cave, where she saw a familiar face.
"It was you!"
"Lord De'an, it's been a long time." Xia Yunfeng stood up to greet him. The former Prince of Qingyang no longer had the spirit of his youth. His beard was unshaven, and he looked somewhat disheveled and haggard.
"I have arrived as promised and released my brother. What do you want me to do? I can cooperate fully." The fact that the other party grabbed her but did not choose to kill her on the spot meant that he had other uses for her, which meant that she and An Xiaohu still had a chance to survive.
Xia Yunfeng gave a slight signal, and then his men released An Xiaohu.
An Xiaohu looked at Yang Cui, her eyes red: "Sister..."
"Get out of here quickly, I'll be fine."
An Xiaohu hesitated, feeling that it would be too disloyal of her to just leave like this.
Yang Cui urged again, "Hurry up and go, what are you dawdling for? When you get back, help your sister take good care of the family."
An Xiaohu then left, and Jia Lin also quietly left afterward...
"Young Master, what do you want me to do?" Yang Cui asked bluntly.
"Cen Xiao should be back soon."
"You want to use me to kill him?" Yang Cui said. "Now that you've lost all power, killing him won't do you any good. If I were you, I would run far away while no one knows where I am, at least I'd still have my life."
I can give you money, all my possessions, just let me go. Then you can take the money, change your identity, and hide away. You'll live just as well. The world is vast, and finding someone is actually quite difficult.
In this era of limited information, no surveillance, and no real-name registration, if he hides and is careful, it is actually very difficult to find him.
"I'm hiding all the time right now. If I take your money, do you think I'll be able to spend it? Besides, you're so good at making money. If I arrest you, do you think I'll have to worry about not having money to spend?"
"You're comfortable letting me go out and make money? Aren't you afraid of revealing your whereabouts?"
If Yang Cui's whereabouts are exposed, doesn't that mean his whereabouts are also exposed?
"What does it matter if our whereabouts are exposed after going to Dongguli?"
Dongguli was a powerful country in the east, yet it wanted to flee to a foreign country!
"Moreover, with you in my hands, Cen Xiao wouldn't dare to act rashly. Lord De'an, you are my talisman."
"Your Highness, you think too highly of me. I went to Dongjuli with you. Do you think Cen Xiao would still want me? You are a man. If your wife spent several days or months in the same room with another man, would you still want her?"
Moreover, feelings tend to fade over time for two people who don't see each other, and he might marry someone else a few months later.
Cen Xiao still doesn't have a son. Do you really think a normal man wouldn't want a son to carry on the family line?
"No matter how eloquently you speak, I will not let you go. With you in my hands, at least I can reach Dongjuli smoothly," Xia Yunfeng said. "I advise you to behave yourself. You know that Cen Xiao will not want you anymore. If you are honest, you may become the master of a palace in the future."
Upon hearing this, Yang Cui guessed that this guy hadn't given up and was still dreaming of becoming emperor. He was also eager to go to Dongjuli, so he must have been colluding with foreign forces.
What happened to this guy in the original story?
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