I just want to live a good life

Chapter 338 Two Quails

Mu Yunting and Xun Zheng's meal took a long time and they were a little absent-minded.

Xun Zheng kept talking about the past, and seeing her happy, Mu Yunting didn't have the heart to interrupt her. If she had been imprisoned by Wang Qin for the past eight years, perhaps only these memories could help her get through those difficult days.

He himself was the same. Because he was unable to do anything about the injustice of the Xun family, he had fallen into endless pain.

He often thought that if he had proposed to the Xun family earlier, she would be spared the death penalty because of her royal status, and even if the two of them could not be together in the end, she would still live well.

Isn't it enough to be alive?

Now that he is really alive, he finds that there are some things that cannot be done just by being alive.

"Brother Yunting, what do you say?"

"Huh? What?"

Mu Yunting came back to his senses.

"I say, when the lilac trees in the old house bloom next spring, shall we go drink under the tree? Then we should invite Lian Zhi along."

Mu Yunting replied: "The lilac tree in the Xun family's old house is no longer there."

Xun Zheng was startled, "Is he dead?"

"No, after the incident with the Xun family, I moved the lilac trees in the garden to the Prince's Mansion. Every year when the flowers bloom, Lianzhi and I will drink under the trees."

Xun Zheng was sad and said, "I was absent for so many years."

Somewhat sad.

After a long silence, Mu Yunting suddenly asked, "How did Wang Qin hide the fact from the Ministry of Justice and rescue you?"

Xun Zheng's face turned pale, then she bit her lips, tears welling up in her eyes.

This was not the first time that Mu Yunting asked this question, but he had no choice but to give up since it always brought tears to Xun Zheng's eyes.

This time, Mu Yunting hardened his heart and said, "I know you don't want to mention Wang Qin, but he has been imprisoned in the Tianlao Prison and will be executed after the case is concluded. This person will never appear in front of you again. Let the past be the past."

"If that's the case, why does Brother Yunting keep asking about this? I'm afraid you can't get over the past!"

Xun Zheng's neither humble nor arrogant words were extremely inconsistent with her tearful expression, but she was particularly pitiful.

Mu Yunting was still defeated, but the more he was defeated, the more he wanted to know the truth. Xun Zheng couldn't get the answer here, so he had to think of other ways.

"Okay, I won't ask again." Mu Yunting picked up a piece of dried bamboo shoots and continued, "This is a specialty I brought back from Xiaomian County last time. I think it tastes good."

"I like the taste, too. It tastes even better when fried with bacon."

Mu Yunting's eyes darkened. This kind of dried bamboo shoots were indeed brought back from Xiaomian County, but they were not a specialty of Xiaomian County. They were a specialty of Prince Guang'an's Palace. There was a bamboo forest in Prince Guang'an's Palace. The bamboo was a special variety. Prince Guang'an brought it from Xiezhou, thousands of miles away. Therefore, only Prince Guang'an's Palace in Xiaomian County had this kind of bamboo.

The reason why the Prince's Mansion had this kind of dried bamboo shoots was that Xia Qingyan asked Princess Guang'an for them.

Xun Zheng didn't notice Mu Yunting's ambiguous expression, and picked up a piece of eight-treasure duck and put it into Mu Yunting's bowl.

Mu Yunting subconsciously put down the chopsticks in his hand. He never ate the food given to him by others, except for one person.

"Are you full?" Xun Zheng asked.

Mu Yunting hummed lightly, stood up and said, "After you finish your meal, have a good rest. I still have things to do. I will come to see you another day."

When Xun Zheng wanted to ask why not come tomorrow, Mu Yunting had already turned and left.

Because Xun Zheng delayed some time, it was dark when Mu Yunting, Liefeng and others arrived at Longpan Mountain.

After learning that Ye Yin was heading south along the marks, Mu Yunting immediately followed him.

Ye Yin was organizing people to look for Concubine Xia. He didn't find Concubine Xia but found his "naughty" junior brother. He also saw the person who was hired by the hunter to deliver the letter to the Prince's Mansion.

Chu Qi recounted the story of how he followed Concubine Xia all the way to Fenglin Town, and Su Qingmo supplemented any omissions.

When talking about last night's experience, Su Qingmo, who is more eloquent, was asked to speak instead.

Then Ye Yin heard a thrilling story of an escape.

After hearing this, my originally peaceful heart began to worry again.

Someone wants to kill Concubine Xia, and he must find her before those people do.

But how do I find it?

Fenglin Town is the largest town near the imperial city. It is not easy to find a hiding person here.

Then Ye Yin, who was always calm and composed, suddenly became anxious. He pointed at his fellow apprentice and said loudly, "I always ask you to practice more but you just don't listen. You can even lose people. What else can I expect you to do?"

It was the first time that the eldest senior brother got so angry. Chu Qi was scared and felt wronged. She shrank herself into a quail and hid behind Su Qingmo.

Su Qingmo saw his friend being accused and stood up for him, "Xiao Qi didn't mean it. If he hadn't stopped the assassin at the last minute last night, Concubine Xia wouldn't have been able to escape safely."

"If he had been braver earlier, he wouldn't have let the bandits bring Concubine Xia here. It's not like he couldn't defeat them. He should have snatched her back from the house at the foot of Longpan Mountain."

Ye Yin said angrily, and glared at Su Qingmo at the end. If it weren't for the fact that Su Qingmo was looking for someone to deliver the letter, he would have wanted to throw this man out along with his junior brother.

Su Qingmo felt the pressure from Ye Yin and immediately closed his mouth, imitating Chu Qi's quail-like behavior and trying to reduce his presence as much as possible.

Falcon, who had listened to the entire conversation, was extremely anxious and asked Ye Yin: "Sir, what should we do now?"

What to do? What else can I do? Of course I should go out and find someone.

But Fenglin Town is so big that they only have a few secret guards, and there are not many yamen runners in the government office. It is impossible to search the whole town, so they have to find a way to narrow the scope.

Thinking of this, Ye Yin's gaze shifted to the two losers, Chu Qi and Su Qingmo.

"Xiao Qi, take me to the place where Concubine Xia was last seen."

"okay."

Chu Qi did not dare to delay at all and rushed out in a whoosh, with Ye Yin following closely behind. Falcon knew that this was related to the search for Concubine Xia and wanted to follow, but the two were too fast, especially Chu Qi, whose figure was as fast as a shadow and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Falcon could only see Ye Yin and barely followed for a while before he could not keep up.

There was no choice but to stop and go back to his original place to wait.

He believed that if Lord Ye Yin discovered anything, he would definitely send a signal to call him.

In the darkness of night, Ye Yin followed Chu Qi and ran on the roof, not daring to slack off at all. This junior brother's lightness skills had reached perfection, and he would not be able to keep up with him if he was not careful.

Just now I was scolding him for not being motivated. If I can't keep up with him... I can't imagine the consequences.

Ye Yin gritted his teeth so hard that sparks were about to appear on the soles of his shoes, but the figure in front of him was becoming more and more blurred, and finally disappeared after turning a corner.

Ye Yin was startled and rushed forward.

Suddenly, Chu Qi's voice sounded from behind, "Big Brother."

Ye Yin quickly stopped, turned around and jumped off the roof, feeling ashamed that he didn't notice when the boy landed.

"Big Brother, where are you going?"

Chu Qi asked curiously.

Ye Yin coughed twice to ease the embarrassment and replied: "I'm not going anywhere. I'm just observing the surrounding environment in case the killer is still hiding nearby."

When Chu Qi heard the word "killer", he quickly hid behind Ye Yin.

Ye Yin despised this cowardly look, but he wisely kept his mouth shut and made no comment.