Lin Ru and the others heard the extremely shrill screams from behind, and a smile involuntarily appeared on their lips.
"Damn old beast!"
"Let him eat and drink the finest food every day."
"Let him oppress the people every day."
"They got their comeuppance this time."
Lin Ru, seeing that the princess's residence was now a sea of fire, urged her mother and younger brothers to hurry back.
"We need to get back quickly. Once that old bastard realizes what's happening, he'll probably come looking for trouble."
Sure enough, just as they returned to the inn, changed their clothes, and lay down on the bed to rest, there was a loud knocking on the door.
"Open the door!"
"Open the door right now!"
"The Princess's residence caught fire tonight! All valuables have been stolen! The Prince Consort has been injured!"
"We just saw thieves enter the post station. Open the door quickly, or don't blame us for being impolite."
"Harboring criminals is an even more serious offense."
"Open the door, or we're going to break in."
Wu Juan stood inside the door, somewhat speechless, and shouted to the outside, "Are you guys out of your minds? You always try to disturb people's sleep. How could your prince consort be injured? You knocked on our door for a long time just now, and you came back again after only a short while. I think you're just looking for trouble today."
"His Majesty is already resting and will not attend your so-called banquet."
"Go back and tell your master to give up on that idea."
"And if you're going to find a reason, at least find a decent one."
"This is Kyoto! It's not some remote place."
"Who would bother going to your princess's residence for no reason? And are the guards in your princess's residence just sitting around doing nothing?"
"Just stand by and watch the princess's residence catch fire, just stand by and watch it be robbed?"
"And your son-in-law, isn't he a great general? How could he possibly be injured?"
"You'd better leave quickly, or you'll upset His Majesty."
"I'm afraid they wouldn't be as easy to talk to as I am."
The guards outside also felt that this matter was somewhat unbelievable. In the capital, the princess's residence was burned down in the middle of the night, all the things inside were taken away, the prince consort was seriously injured, the princess was killed, and all the prince consort's personal guards were dead. How many people could have done so much in just half a night?
These things are indeed true.
Moreover, after the prince consort regained consciousness, the first person he suspected was Miss Lin from the post station!
Although they also felt it was somewhat impossible.
After all, they were surrounded by their people.
Their men hadn't slept a wink all night, their eyes glued to the post station. After dark, not a sound came from the post station; everyone had gone to sleep early, and no one came out of the post station.
I haven't seen anyone move anything inside.
However, since the prince consort had identified it, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and barge in.
"This is just a routine check."
"Open the door quickly."
"Otherwise, we'll just barge in."
Wu Juan said somewhat angrily, "Hey! Can't you understand human language?"
"How come he's just like that prince consort?"
"I already told you, His Majesty is already resting."
"I don't want to go to your banquet."
"Stop wasting your time on this."
The guards outside also heard that the prince consort had come today and wanted to invite them to a welcoming banquet, but they were refused.
And he was also severely scolded.
Despite suffering such a great injustice, the king did not say much.
If they were to force their way in now and a conflict were to break out, what would happen to Wang...?
Before they could finish thinking, a very lazy, ethereal and pleasant female voice came from inside!
"Wu Juan! What's that noise downstairs? Why is it so noisy? Can't a person get any sleep?"
Wu Juan replied loudly, "It's a group of soldiers. They said they saw thieves coming to the post station."
"They want to come in for an inspection."
"It is said that the princess's residence was burned down, and all the valuables inside were looted. The prince consort is also seriously injured."
"I wonder which hero did this?"
Lin Ru couldn't help but smile as she looked at Wu Juan's serious expression.
She walked to the door and slowly opened it from the inside herself!
After seeing who was outside, a very gentle smile appeared on his face.
"Good evening, sirs!"
What are you doing here?
The soldiers froze on the spot. I had never seen such a beautiful person before. In fact, the faint smile on her face was like that of a fairy in a painting. It gave them an inexplicable urge to see the woman in front of them smile, even if it meant risking their lives.
Before they could even get their fill of the view, a tall man suddenly appeared before them, completely blocking their view.
The man had a hostile expression, as if he was about to draw his knife and kill them all at any moment.
And the person with the unfriendly expression was Wu Ling.
"What are you looking at?"
"His Majesty is asking you questions."
"Answer quickly, what are you doing here?"
These people felt the man's cold tone, which gave them goosebumps, especially his gaze, which seemed to look at a dead man.
They were so frightened that they quickly came to their senses.
However, his tone of voice was a little weaker than before.
"that……"
"We're here to search."
“We suspect that the theft at the princess’s residence and the beating of the prince consort are related to the people inside the post station.”
"Now that the Prince Consort has regained consciousness, he personally testified that the figure in question is the same person from the post station."
"We're just here for a routine inspection. If you're not guilty, open the door and let us in."
"Otherwise, we'll treat it as harboring a criminal!"
"You're all likely to end up in jail."
Lin Ru couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this.
She peeked out from behind Wu Ling and said, "What you're saying is quite interesting. I'm a guest invited by your king."
"We've come to discuss important matters."
"But along the way, your son-in-law tried every means to humiliate me. Even when I arrived at the post station, I was ridiculed for being unsophisticated."
"This dilapidated post station is hiding some masked men in black. Your king still hasn't given me a satisfactory answer, and now you're accusing us of harboring criminals?"
"I don't think your king invited me here to discuss important matters."
"But I feel that there are still too few border wars nowadays."
"Should I go back right now and direct all my forces towards your capital, Kyoto?"
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