She added, "One is your subordinate, named Yan, and the other is a guard. They were both seriously injured."
Chen Jie couldn't listen. He was wondering where Du Yaoyao had gone. A bad premonition arose in his heart, and fear surrounded him like a surging tide.
I gradually became breathless.
He jumped up from the bed, struggled to get down, and ordered, "Take me to find Yan Jin!"
"My lord, you are seriously injured!" the maid called timidly.
His face was as white as paper, and his eyes were cold and sharp, like a sword just out of its sheath. No one dared to disobey him, as he was ready to kill anyone with one blow.
The wound on his left abdomen was torn open by his movement, and blood instantly seeped through the bandage, leaving bloodstains on his white shirt.
The maidservant looked in pain, but he was totally unaware. She tried to stop him, "Sir, that Lord Yan is less injured than you, I'll go call him over."
"Go!" Shen Jie shouted sternly. There was no one in the room. He gasped, holding his abdomen and sat down, feeling both heartbroken and palpitating.
He felt guilty for losing her, leaving her in doubt about her life or death. And I was afraid to hear any news that she was no longer alive.
Time passed by little by little, and he was like a prisoner waiting to be executed.
Is it life or death?
Yan Jin limped in and saw Shen Jie, a dim figure sitting beside the bed. He bent his legs and knelt down.
Shen Jie was unmoved and only asked, "Where is my wife?"
"Madam, she, she..." Yan Jing's voice trembled and it was difficult to speak.
Shen Jie clenched his palms and tried his best to keep his tone calm, "Are you still alive?"
Yan Jing kowtowed, "I don't know whether I live or die..."
Shen Jie closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. He doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, but he still has hope.
A raging rage burned in his heart, and he hated Yan Jin for giving up Du Yaoyao to save him.
Scolding and complaining was useless, so Shen Jie calmed down and asked, "Why do you not know the law of life and death now?"
Yan Jin recounted the entire story of how he buried Du Yaoyao alive.
Shen Jie remained silent for a long time.
Yan Jin secretly raised his head, sitting on the steps like a sculpture, his eyes were red and watery.
He calmly and choked up, "Where is she now?"
Yan Jin said truthfully, "Madam is unconscious and probably can't walk on her own. I guess she was captured by Nanzhao bandits or rescued by passing villagers."
"The King of Zhenbei tortured the captured culprits. They were deployed by the Queen of Wuhuan and ordered to kill you. They insisted that they had never seen you. In the past few days, the prince has sent people to search for you in the nearby villages, but they have not found you yet."
Chen Jie heard that Hong'e had escaped death and her lover and guards saved her life. She has the courage to fight back and kill, but she may not be able to bribe the governor of Jindu.
He asked, "Jindu Governor, who is behind this?"
"Ruan Hu." Yan Jin reported, "The governor said that Ruan Hu captured his wife and children and threatened them, so he had no choice but to obey..."
"Result?" Shen Jie interrupted.
"The governor committed suicide out of fear of punishment and begged us to save his family."
"Okay." Shen Jie understood the general situation and explained calmly, "After returning to the capital, you don't have to stay in the Censorate, and you don't have to stay in the capital anymore. I will suggest to the crown prince that you be allowed to be sent out."
This means the relationship has been severed.
"Sir!" Yan Jin has been following Chen Jie for four years, working diligently and loyally to protect his master.
"You have seen Yaoyao..." Chen Jie started to speak but did not continue, "I cannot tolerate you."
He sighed regretfully, "You have failed my expectations. Maybe everyone thinks that what you did is right, but in my opinion, you are wrong, very wrong!" He raised his bandaged wrist with his sleeve, "She is the woman I risked my life to protect, how did you treat her, how did you treat her?"
Strictly dumb.
Chen Jie means benefactor and superior. In his eyes, he is naturally more important than the life of a woman like Du Yaoyao. The prince ordered him to accompany Chen Jie on the mission, so he had the responsibility to protect him. If he disregarded Chen Jie's life and focused on protecting Du Yaoyao, then in the future, he would have no choice but to die to atone for his sin.
In the face of life and death interests, women are not worth mentioning.
He was very sober and rational, even though he had once had the slightest attraction to Du Yaoyao.
He must make the right choice.
Chen Jie laughed at himself, "I don't blame you, I don't blame anyone, I only blame myself. I shouldn't have brought her out for selfish reasons, and it's also because I'm incompetent and can't protect my wife..."
As he spoke he coughed violently, a fishy taste rushed out of his throat, and a few mouthfuls of blood flowed onto his white clothes.
"Sir!" Yan Jin said in surprise.
"It's okay." Shen Jie wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and jaw, and forced himself to order, "Go call the imperial physician over and prepare another meal."
I can't fall down, I have to go save Yaoyao, he said this to himself over and over again in his heart.
He took his medicine and meals seriously every day, listened to reports, and today he took the portrait and went to different places to look for people.
He studied the geographical maps and told the officers and soldiers not to give up any possibility in any corners or mountain streams.
After persisting for three days, Shen Jie finally got some news.
Unexpectedly, it was a bolt from the blue.
——A female corpse was found in the river channel of Beishan in Jindu. The clothes and accessories she wore were exactly the same as those worn by the wife of the censor when she fled.
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