Chapter 18: Who is more shameless?!

  Posthouse

  Crickets chirping, a bright moon hangs in the sky.

  As a military stronghold of the Great Yan Dynasty, Qinggang Inn was strategically located and its city walls were exceptionally solid, with a height of over ten meters, all made of giant stone slabs and bluestone bricks, layered and compacted. There were soldiers on duty at the gate and on the battlements, guarding their posts.

  On the seventh day of summer, the cat observed for a while in the grass, then put back the waist card that had been taken from the handsome man who was carrying water into his pocket, and slowly slipped away to the dog hole he had climbed through a few days ago.

  Digging dog holes may not be elegant, but it is the most convenient.

  She was lucky, and the dark hole hadn't been filled yet.

  She crawled into the wall and observed while lying down.

  Only saw the houses in the ten-character district, row after row of candles all extinguished.

  As she had anticipated before administering the medicine, the soldiers at the relay station were infected with the epidemic, and the defense was significantly relaxed, with a sharp reduction in night patrols.

  It's on!

  She easily dodged a group of guards and slipped into the horse stable where the idiots were locked up that day.

  The horse stable was a place to raise horses, with high piles of hay outside. She hid behind the haystacks, perked up her ears and listened to the movements inside.

  "Ah...... keep your voice down......"

  Two muffled, suppressed, and low voices came from behind the grass stack's partition window, accompanied by coarse panting sounds that made one's face flush and heart skip a beat. Just listening to it was enough to know what they were up to inside.

  "Hmm, the matter of the military token has already been confirmed in the capital..."

  The conversation mixed with panting made Xia Chuyi stunned for a moment.

  Tactical map? Could it be a meticulous work?

  He's really dedicated to his job!

  Even when doing this thing, they didn't forget about revolutionary work, and not only did they hand over their bodies, but also handed over intelligence?

  He listened again, and the man said, "The crown prince is seriously ill and may not last long. The officials of various departments in the capital are frequently transferred, and several princes have their own thoughts on the throne. Now, with the current situation, they are eager to move. The King of Jin has the military power in his hands, which has become a crucial factor..."

  Another voice, very soft, "Isn't it about who will be the crown prince? Hmm, what does the old emperor have in mind, has there been any news?"

  "The old emperor valued his son, but was even more fond of his grandson..."

  "What? The Emperor's Grandson... Zhao Mianze?"

  "Hmm, a storm is coming... Hmm, Qinggang Inn won't be peaceful for several days either."

  "Oh, what did you say?"

  "Hmm... King Ning... Oh, we'll be arriving at Jin Cheng Prefecture soon..."

  The horse's neigh was small, and the sound coming from inside was intermittent and more low-pitched. In the warm hum of the engine, Xia Qi's voice had changed on the haystack. She hadn't expected to unintentionally hear so many secrets. Nor did she expect that the two people playing happily inside were both men?

  Is it difficult for the people's customs to change even after a long time?

  However, who is in a relationship with whom and who is plotting against whom are of no interest to her; she only cares about where the fool is.

  The cat narrowed its eyes, rolled out of the grass pile, pushed open the window with its agile hands, and jumped in quickly. Before the two guys who were messing around could react, a dagger was pressed against one of their necks.

  "Don't move!"

  Two disheveled men who were still tied together stood there in a daze.

  "Who are you?"

  "I'm your old man!" Xia Chuqi glanced at the two guys' pose and smiled with narrowed eyes, "Hurry up, where's that idiot locked in here?"

  As expected, these two guys did something shameful and didn't dare to shout loudly or resist, which attracted the night patrol.

  "In Western..."

  After inquiring about the specific location, Xia Zhiyu retrieved his dagger and smiled slyly, making a 'hush' gesture towards them with a half-threatening and half-seductive tone.

  "Continue enjoying—bye—"

  The West Inn is west of the station.

  Xia Chuqi walked past the wall root, and saw only a small courtyard with no other buildings. She lay under the window sill, spat out some saliva, opened the window paper, inserted the bamboo tube containing "divine smoke" into the small hole in the window, and blew air inside.

  Next is waiting——

  When she configured the "Immortal Smoke", she deliberately increased the medicinal effect, but the air itself has a dilution ability, especially in relatively large spaces, and the effect will be greatly discounted. After about a minute, a loud thud was heard from inside, followed by the sound of objects falling to the ground.

  Success!

  She tiptoed in, pushing open the door stealthily as if she were a thief.

  Two fully armed guards were sleeping on the ground.

  Awesome! Smooth sailing!

  Inside the house where people were detained, the light was even darker, and it was only separated from the outside by a wooden fence. When she took the key to open the door and went in, she saw that there was a simple big bed against the wall, with the quilt slightly bulging up, and a tall man lying on the pillow, motionless.

  "Idiot!"

  She let out a low cry and pulled out an antidote handkerchief she had prepared beforehand from her bosom, walking over to cover his face with it.

  Just then, her wrist was suddenly clutched tightly, and the person on the bed elbowed her abdomen with force. In pain, she arched her waist and followed the pulling force, stumbling into his arms.

  "You!" she exclaimed.

  "Just arrived?" The man calmly yawned, with a hint of familiar sarcasm in his cold tone, "So you like climbing into bed?"

  Ignoring the second sentence, Xia Zhiyu only noticed the first sentence.

  Just arrived...?

  The man's strong aggressive aura was within arm's reach, and in the darkness she couldn't see his face, but could imagine what he looked like when he deserved a beating.

  In almost an instant, a burst of images flashed through his mind like lightning.

  "You knew I was coming all along?"

  He didn't answer, but the answer soon appeared before her.

  The neat footsteps outside, the clanging of armor and weapons, echoed in her ears. Suddenly, torches lit up the entire Western Camp. Nearly twenty soldiers swarmed in, their bows and crossbows aimed at her head, the cold glint piercing her heart with a chill.

  Son of a bitch!

  She finally came to her senses.

  Barefacedly, she was toyed with by Zhao's inferior people.

  What little yellow book, what head massage, what drilling dog hole, everything is his trick.

  He deliberately let her escape, leaving a dog hole to humiliate her, and sent someone to follow her, on the one hand to find the small golden tiger, on the other hand he could secretly see who she was in contact with, what identity, whether it was someone's spy, simply killing two birds with one stone. As a result, he saw that she did not make any moves, only honestly working as an apprentice in the pharmacy, so he caught a fool to coerce her, and let Old Sun take her over, using the "Qingnang Book" to entice her, using the small yellow book to tease her...

  Of course, she wouldn't know that Old Sun had blown two nights of cold wind in order to get that earwax.

  Only hate, hate, hate, can't wait to bite this cheap person to death.

  "Hehehe, King Wang has a lot of free time?"

  Looking at her sarcastic smile, he habitually said with a cold tone, "Idle is still idle."

  Taking a deep breath, Xia Qi suppressed the depression and hatred in her heart, staring straight into his eyes.

  "Bastard! Don't think you're so great. Just because I lost to you this time, it's not that you're better than me, it's just that I was outnumbered and outgunned, without any connections or resources, that's why you were able to play me around..."

  "Awesome?"

  He looked her up and down at her strange attire today, as well as the several strange objects hanging from her waist, and slightly furrowed his brow. "Niu Zai, what's going on?"

  She rolled her eyes, Summer Seventh didn't have time to give ancient people a science lesson. Calming down and thinking for a moment, her eyes sparkled, staring at him for a while, a pair of big eyes brought out a thin layer of mist under the firelight.

  "Alright, you win. It's true that I took the thing, but it has nothing to do with the fool. You can let him go and do whatever you want."

  Zhao Zhuo seemed to casually pull down his nightgown and coldly asked back: "Where's the thing?"

  "Let him go and I'll hand it over to you."

  "Hand him over and I'll let him go."

  She curled her lips and Xia Chuqi slowly leaned in close to his face, gritting her teeth, "Don't let me go, I'll cripple you right now."

  Zhao Zun furrowed his brow and gazed at her with a deep gaze. "Are you or are you not a woman? How dare you be so shameless."

  The conversation between the two was extremely strange, and their posture was also very stiff and weird. The soldiers in the house looked at each other in confusion, unable to understand why the prince would still be negotiating with the female assassin at this time, looking as if he had been enchanted by her beauty and hadn't even stood up yet. It's not like the prince hadn't seen all sorts of beauties growing up in the royal family - how could he possibly be blinded by this unremarkable female assassin?

  "Get out!"

  Under their curious gaze, Zhao Zun suddenly gave a cold command.

  "Your Highness......" The female assassin is here, who dares to leave like this and disregard the safety of Your Highness?

  "Get out!"

  Zhao Zhu's tone became even heavier, chilling to the bone.

  "Yes——" No one dared to stay any longer, and with that voice falling, they all withdrew from the west wing.

  Of course, they all didn't know that Yi Xia's cunning and agility, just as she fell into Zhao Zhu's arms, although her body was under his control, her hands also quickly grasped the two brothers. And Zhao Zhu, with the dignity of a prince, being threatened by a girl in such a place, naturally did not want to let his subordinates see it.

  The lights in the house were shining brightly, with only two people left.

  Zhao You slightly leaned back, lowered his head and glanced down at his waist, staring at her with a calm expression.

  "Have you had enough? Can you let go now?"

  She raised an eyebrow and smiled lazily, "It depends on whether you let me go or not?"

  Zhao Zun lowered his head and let out a heavy hum, "You're really awesome..."

  At the beginning of summer, Seventh One was taken aback, almost bursting out laughing, "Don't be polite! Actually, as long as you let go of the fool, not only will I not make you childless, but I also won't tell anyone... Prince Jin likes to wear red underwear..."

  As she said this, he suddenly narrowed his eyes, and she felt something was off, but it was already too late.

  A sharp pain shot through the back of her head, and everything went black as she slumped into his arms.