Chapter 173 - Beacon in Troubled Times 23 (1/2)
The a.s.sa.s.sin organization attempted to a.s.sa.s.sinate the prince in public at his birthday party but the plan failed.
Unexpectedly, the Eighth Prince hid a deep secret and he was actually good in martial arts. He could fight against the a.s.sa.s.sin for a long time without falling down. It wasn't good for them to continue dealing with the prince. However, what if they directly killed the second young lady? It could still destroy the marriage
plan!
The second young lady had never learned martial arts and it was much easier to kill her
After realizing this, Xiao Lou immediately summoned Li Qingzhao and used the flying pigeon to send a message to Long Sen who was still at the prince's mansion. He should pay close attention to the second young lady's movements and protect her.
Liu Qiao, Chief Shao and Ye Qi stayed at the prefectural magistrate's office while Yu Hanjiang took Xiao Lou and Mo Xuemin to the prince's mansion on fast horses.
The moment they arrived at the door of the prince's mansion, they saw Long Sen's anxious expression. He lowered his voice and told them, ”By the time I received the flying pigeon's message, the second young lady had already left the place with the Ninth Princess and Wanyue.”
Yu Hanjiang's face changed. ”How long has it been since she left?”
”Around half an hour.”
Xiao Lou asked, ”Do you know where they went?”
Long Sen replied, ”Wanyue wrote me a note before leaving. The Ninth Princess went to buy clothes and let the second young lady accompany her. The prince's mansion has the door blocked to prevent anyone from going out but this can't stop the Ninth Princess. They sneaked out the back door!”
Yu Hanjiang, ”...”
Sure enough, the reason the Ninth Princess came to Jiangzhou wasn't just to provide a clue. It was also to cause a disruption at key moments. At present, only Qu Wanyue was following them. If they encountered a.s.sa.s.sins then Teacher Qu might not be able to cope.
Yu Hanjiang immediately made a decision. ”Chase them!”
The four people quickly headed to Jiangzhou City on fast horses. However, there were too many people here. How could they find the Ninth Princess and second young lady? The four people quickly searched the entire street selling clothes but didn't find the whereabouts of the Ninth Princess
Long Sen couldn't help spitting out, ”The Ninth Princess is really troublesome. The prince was almost killed by a.s.sa.s.sins yet she is still restless. She had to take the second young lady out of the house to buy clothes at this time!”
Yu Hanjiang heard this and suddenly said, ”it isn't right.”
He glanced over the vast sea of people in the market and soon turned his horse. ”Go out of the city!”
The other three were puzzled but everyone was used to listening to Group Leader Yu's orders. They immediately turned and followed him.
On the way, Long Sen asked nervously, ”Shouldn't we continue to search the market?”
Yu Hanjiang told them, ”Purchasing clothes is just misleading. The Ninth Princess is indeed capricious but don't forget who the second young lady is.”
Long Sen and Mo Xuemin were puzzled.
Xiao Lou immediately understood Yu Hanjiang's meaning and said, ”The second young lady is calm and composed. Even if the Ninth Princess didn't have any brains and wanted to go out at this time, how could the second young lady follow? She can't inexplicably do this dangerous thing. In addition, the Ninth Princess should be unfamiliar with the prince's mansion. The second young lady might be the one who thought of going out the back door.”
Yu Hanjiang glanced at Xiao Lou with admiration. Every time he had a thought, Xiao Lou could understand it immediately. This type of 'Heart has a Tacit Exchange of Romantic Feelings' felt really good. He couldn't help smiling as he spoke to Xiao Lou, ”Madam is correct. This matter isn't in the nature of the Ninth Princess. Rather, it was the second young lady who deliberately led the Ninth Princess out of the prince's mansion. Under the innocent premise that she is shopping with the princess, the enemy will relax their vigilance.”
Old Mo finally reacted. ”You mean, the second young lady risked going out of the city to entice the a.s.sa.s.sins to appear?”
Xiao Lou told him, ”Based on the second young lady's intelligence, it isn't reasonable for her to leave the prince's mansion after two murders and a public a.s.sa.s.sination attempt if she wasn't trying to attract the snakes out of the hole.”
Yu Hanjiang added, ”In addition, the third young lady and Qin Rui, who have the highest martial arts ability, left the prince's mansion yesterday. At that time, we speculated that the two people were deliberately released from the prince's mansion by the prince.”
Hearing this, Long Sen finally understood.
First, the prince let the third young lady and Qin Rui out of the city to arrange the ambush. Then the second young lady pretended to be pulled out of the palace by the Ninth Princess and went out of the city to play. Once the a.s.sa.s.sins acted, the ambush set up in advance would act and pull the net shut.
Long Sen sighed. ”It is worthy of being the Eighth Prince!”
At the same time, he had to admire the shrewdness of Yu and Xiao. In his view, the third young lady and Qin Rui ran away from home while the second young lady was dragged out of the house by the wayward princess...