Chapter 1674: Chapter 1674: Hidden Guard Xia Yi
Meng Yunzheng and the others quickly walked out of the sight of those two people. Once they were out of sight, the mountain bandit hurriedly pulled Meng Yunzheng forward a few steps, lowered his voice, and asked, âWhat exactly do you want to do? Arenât you looking for someone? Bringing along a girl like this is just a burden.â
âA burden? Not necessarily.â
âWhat do you mean?â
The two of them walked ahead, talking. Shu Yu and the girl named Yiâer fell behind a bit. Seeing that they had put a little distance between them, Shu Yu lowered her voice and asked, âWhere is Qi Lie?â
Yiâer suddenly looked up at her, her expression a bit excited, âYou areâŠâ
âLu Shuyu.â
Yiâer was surprised, âMonarch Lu Xiang? Why have you come?â
Shu Yu pointed at the people in front and briefly explained their purpose for coming.
Earlier, Meng Yunzheng had whispered to her about Yiâerâs identity. This girl named Xia Yi was a Hidden Guard at the Emperorâs side. She hadnât shown her face in public before, but Meng Yunzheng knew her because once Xia Yi had passed on a message from the Emperor to him.
They all knew Qi Lie had infiltrated the black market, and they suspected he wasnât the only one who had.
But they hadnât expected Xia Yi to be involved as well. Her identity in the black market⊠she simply couldnât have stayed uninvolved all this time.
However, this meant nothing to Xia Yi. As a Hidden Guard, matters of reputation were irrelevant to her; she wouldnât hesitate to give her life. Whatâs more, this involved plotting rebellion, so what are such sacrifices?
Facing the admiration in Shu Yuâs words, Xia Yi smiled, âItâs rare to see you not looking at me with a strange gaze. Just that is enough.â
She seemed quite pleased, walking with her arm around Shu Yu and said, âLord Qi is not here. Two days ago, a large group from the black market headed to the neighboring county town, and Lord Qi was among them. He was worried that the neighboring county might encounter chaos similar to Chenggu Countyâs and specially switched to go there. With him there, it might not be too disastrous.â
After a pause, Xia Yiâs expression became serious, âLord Qi was very angry about what happened in Chenggu County. But it happened too suddenly; at that time, Lord Qi happened to leave the black market with the steward and couldnât make it back in time. I⊠my abilities are limited, and I couldnât stop it. Is Chenggu County okay?â
Shu Yu thought of everything she had seen since arriving in the county town, her tone somewhat stifled, âNot very well, many buildings were burned down. The people suffered countless casualties, and now they are being held in the county town as hostages by the county magistrate of Chenggu County, not allowing them to leave.â
Xia Yiâs gaze fell on the mountain bandit ahead, her voice icy, âWhen reinforcements from the capital arrive, these people will definitely pay the price.â
âThey will.â
After discussing the whereabouts of Qi Lie, Shu Yu asked if she had seen Uncle Meng and Meng Pei.
Unfortunately, Xia Yi shook her head, expressing great regret, âEver since the black market stopped receiving guests, we girls have mostly been cooped up in the cells. I did find a chance to go out once in the meantime, but that was four days ago. At that time, there were still many people in the black market. Our actions were limited, and we couldnât move around freely, so we didnât get much information.â
Since then, they have been locked up inside, and it was impossible to see Uncle Meng and Meng Pei, who entered two days ago.
Shu Yu furrowed her brows tightly; their information was still too limited.
She could only ask about Jiang Kuanyu. However, Jiang Kuanyu was mostly absent from the black market. But Xia Yi knew his residence in the black market, and she also knew Jiang Kuanyu had a female friend here.
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