The situation had reached the point where King Yu was about to die, and Song Qin was probably seriously injured.
"Okay, I'll help you." Gu Yan hurriedly took the unconscious Song Qin and let him carry him. "But the most important thing right now is Second Brother's injury."
Song Wan nodded, her eyes red for the first time. "Gu Yan is anxious, you are so kind."
Yu Zhi and a few others hurried over to provide support, but they ran into Gu Yan who was about to leave with a man in black who was suspected to be a thief.
So he hurriedly called out to the guards, "Guard Song! Guard Gu! The yamen is over here!"
Gu Yan anxiously "..."
They were so focused on Song Qin that they almost forgot what they came here for.
He turned away from Song Qin and bowed slightly to Yu Zhi. "My apologies, Master Yu, but these two are my friends, not thieves who stole medicinal herbs."
Song Wan, lying from the side, echoed, "Yeah, yeah, they were out for a walk after their late-night snack to digest their food, and we happened to run into them. It was too dark to see clearly, so we mistook him for a thief and knocked him out."
Yu Zhi “…”
Although he is not a very smart person, he is not a fool. Who would wear a nightgown when going out for a midnight snack?
"Guards Gu and Song, you're joking." Yu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Please come back to the yamen with me."
The medicinal materials these two thieves stole from this clinic were worth more than a thousand taels in total. Yu Zhi was not willing to let them go. Even if they were acquainted with the guards around Prince Yi, he could not turn a blind eye to them.
As the saying goes, if the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people, let alone him, a mere guard.
"Sir Yu, he is the person Prince Yi asked us to find." Song Wan deliberately tested him.
Yu Zhi had a stern face and an unyielding attitude, clearly disbelieving them. "You two should follow me to the yamen. As for Prince Yi, I will send someone to inform him."
Seeing that Song Qin's breathing was getting weaker, Song Wan didn't intend to engage in a war of words with him and simply gave Song Twelve a look.
The other party received the order, and the next second, grabbed Yu Zhi and ran away. Gu Yan hurriedly followed with Song Qin on his back.
Song Wan was the last one. She raised her whip and said to the confused officers and soldiers, "Our prince wants to treat your masters to a midnight snack. You should go back first."
Officers and soldiers: "..."
Are you guys inviting me? You're clearly robbing me.
Then, Song Wan used his mental power to give them a hint, asking them to go back and tell the others that the thieves had been caught by the people from Prince Yi's Mansion, and that they would give an explanation to all the medical clinics and drugstores before noon after they found out where the medicinal materials were hidden tonight.
As for Yu Zhi, in order to speed up the solution of the case, Lord Yu decided to supervise the trial personally and would stay in Prince Yi's Mansion tonight.
This man seemed to be a good official, but Song Wan arrested him regardless and demanded some compensation.
So let’s make his image as a good official more deeply ingrained in the minds of the people.
The two secret guards who were knocked unconscious by Song Wan and locked in the room and fell asleep woke up two hours after she and Gu Yan left in a hurry.
They woke up and found themselves lying in a room in the palace, and soon understood what had happened to them.
The fact that he was knocked unconscious silently in the palace was due to their negligence and laxity.
A punishment is definitely inevitable.
In the study, Li Lin looked at the two secret guards who should have left the palace long ago to help Yu Zhi catch the thief. He pressed his eyebrows and suddenly had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, one of them quickly told Li Lin what had happened. They lost consciousness when they were almost at the palace, and were then taken to a nearby house.
After listening to the two people's stories, Li Lin already had a guess in his mind.
It was such a familiar technique, as if he had seen it not long ago.
Seeing that Li Lin remained silent for a long time, the other man bowed and continued, "Please allow us, Your Majesty, to make amends and hunt down the thieves!"
"There's no need to chase them." Li Lin waved his hand. The two had just returned to the mansion yesterday, so it was normal for them not to know Song Wan's methods. "The one who knocked you out wasn't a thief, so you don't need to go to Lord Yu anymore."
"Could it be that the prince wants to send someone else?" The two were puzzled.
"The person who knocked you out went in your place." Li Lin explained briefly and told them not to kneel.
At this moment, the old butler rushed in with hurried steps, without even knocking on the door. Holding his waist, he said breathlessly, "Your Highness, Miss Song and Master Gu have captured Lord Yu and the two thieves!"
The old housekeeper was also terrified when he saw that scene. It would have been fine if these two had knocked out the prince's secret guards and caught the thief, but how come they had captured Lord Yu as well.
Could it be that they thought Lord Yu was also an accomplice of the thieves? When the old housekeeper thought of this possibility, he dared not slow down and ran over.
"What did you say? They also captured Lord Yu?" Li Lin walked around the desk and came to the old butler.
The old butler nodded, "Yes, they went to the south yard."
The South Courtyard was where Song Wan and the others were temporarily staying. Li Lin could no longer pretend to be calm in front of his subordinates. He rushed out of the study and headed for the South Courtyard.
Seeing that the young master was walking so fast, the old butler had no choice but to quicken his pace and follow him to the South Courtyard.
The two forgotten secret guards looked at each other and spoke one after the other.
"Who is Miss Song?"
"Who is Mr. Gu?"
In the South Courtyard, Gu Yan hurriedly carried Song Qin back, entered the room, and then carefully helped him lie down on the bed.
With the mental power that Song Wan had previously input, Song Qin was now in a semi-conscious state.
He kept coughing and wanted to call for help, "Twelve... Twelve..." and even struggled to get up.
Gu Yanji held him down and whispered in his ear, "I'm Gu Yanji. You're safe now. Song Twelve is guarding outside."
"Gu, Gu Yanji?" Hearing this long-lost name, Song Qin's eyes seemed to regain a lot of light.
"Awan is here too. She went to get medicine for you." When mentioning Song Wan, Gu Yan's eyes unconsciously became gentle.
"Awan?" Song Qin rolled his eyes and looked at Gu Yanji. His eyes were pale and weak, but at the same time, they showed hope. "Sister?"
"We are safe now. You should rest and heal your injury first." Gu Yan said anxiously.
"I, I...you..." Song Qin opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
Gu Yanji understood everything. "Everyone is doing well in Guizhou. Awan and I came out of Guizhou this time just to find you."
He couldn't afford to be provoked in his current condition, so everything Gu Yan told Song Qin was good news for him.
After hearing what he wanted to know, Song Qin closed his eyes peacefully and fell into a deep sleep.
Song Wan went to Concubine Rou's courtyard, where she had the most precious medicinal herbs. Her second brother's current health condition could only be treated with nourishing medicine for a period of time before he could continue to receive mental treatment.
Concubine Rou was wearing her outer coat. When she heard Song Wan say that she wanted to buy ginseng and other precious medicinal herbs from her, she was so scared that she thought Song Wan was injured somewhere.
"It's not me, it's Song Qin." Song Wan was both anxious and happy. "I found my second brother."
Concubine Rou paused for a long moment before hurriedly replying, "Great, great. Is it Song Qin who's injured?" She paused mid-question and said, "I won't ask for now. This is the key to my private vault."
Concubine Rou walked back to the edge of the bed, took out a key from the secret compartment behind the pillow and put it in Song Wan's hand, "Let Mingyue take you there to get it. Wait for me to change my clothes and then go to see your second brother."
Song Wan held the key tightly and said thank you to Concubine Rou very seriously.
Concubine Rou patted her hands and gently urged, "Go quickly."
Under Mingyue's guidance, Song Wan quickly arrived at Concubine Rou's private storehouse. Song Wan took most of the medicinal herbs brought from the capital, and also took a piece of the best ginseng and ganoderma lucidum.
As Song Wan moved, she thought that time was urgent, otherwise she could just go to the deep mountains outside the city and pick a few.
On her way back to the South Courtyard with a box of medicinal herbs, she happened to meet Li Lin and the old housekeeper who were also heading to the South Courtyard.
Li Lin saw Song Wan and immediately turned around, walked towards her, and asked, "Why did you kidnap Yu Zhi and bring him to the palace?"
Song Wan didn't have time to discuss this with him in detail, so she hurried back to the South Courtyard. "He's too upright, I have to tie him up."
Li Lin followed beside her, not stopping to ask questions. "Even though Yizhou is my fiefdom, Yu Zhi is still an official appointed by the imperial court. If you do this, you will be taking a huge risk."
"You misunderstood." Song Wan stepped into the yard and handed all the herbs to Song Twelve, who had been waiting for her. "Go and boil the medicine as I told you before."
After Song Twelve left, Song Wan continued to explain, "The thief Yu Zhi wants to catch is him and my second brother, so of course I have to catch him back together."
After Song Wan's reminder, Li Lin finally remembered to ask the man in black standing in the yard. He asked a little later, "Who is he?"
"Song Twelve, the secret guard who used to be beside my second brother." Song Wan replied.
The secret guards around her second brother...
Li Lin realized belatedly that her second brother was Song Qin.
So she and Gu Yan hurriedly knocked out his secret guards and pretended to be them to catch thieves, but they accidentally found Song Qin.
"Do you still think that I shouldn't bring Lord Yu back?" Song Wan looked at him.
Li Lin shook his head subconsciously, but stopped halfway through the action and was almost tricked by her.
He sighed slightly and said, "You could use some gentle means, just tie him up directly, what if you scare him."
"He's quite brave. When Twelve was flying with him, he choked on the cold air and vomited a few mouthfuls of acid. Now he's resting and drinking tea in the next room."
Song Wan recalled the scene when he came back. It was Twelve who brought him back to the palace from the clinic. Unexpectedly, he vomited as soon as he landed.
It was the first time she saw someone suffering from flying sickness here. It was really strange.
Li Lin was numb when he heard this. He thought for a moment and said, "I'll go explain to Lord Yu first, and then go visit your second brother later."
Since Yu Zhi was kidnapped back by Song Wan, he had no choice but to join their group.
Li Lin hopes that Yu Zhi, in addition to his merit of being wholeheartedly serving the people, can also be more insightful and sensible.
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