Yu Wan said angrily, “Do I have to beat you up?”
A trace of surprise and resentment flashed across the woman’s face as she left without looking back. Only then did Yu Wan pick up a trembling little Gu worm. How dare she poison her? She probably didn’t know that she had a Ten Thousand Gu King.
“It’s said that there are nine out of ten people who master Gu in Southern Xinjiang. Even a three-year-old child knows how to poison people. At first, I didn’t believe it, but from the looks of it, it might be true.” The woman just now looked weak, but who knew that she would poison her with Gu worm. Fortunately, it was her. If it were anyone else, wouldn’t they have fallen into her trap?
“That person even used a charming technique on you just now,” Yan Jiuchao said casually.
“Is that so?” Yu Wan did not notice this. However, on careful thought, the other party had been staring at her eyes just now. So she did not just think that she was good-looking.
Yan Jiuchao shook his head and hesitated. Gu worms were useless, and charm techniques were also useless. Whoever provoked this girl would really be angered to death.
Yu Wan thought of something and asked, “Did she use her charm on you too? Are you afraid of falling into her trap that’s why you did not look at her?”
Yan Jiuchao looked at Yu Wan as if he was looking at a little fool and gave an answer. “She’s ugly.”
Yu Wan : “…” It seems that whoever provoked you would really be angered to death…
“Young Master, Mad… Second Young Master!” Zi Su entered the inn, secretly angry at herself for never being able to change her tune.
Yu Wan looked at her and said, “What’s wrong? You came to the toilet too?”
Zi Su blushed and said, “No, Big Brother Jiang and Qing Yan’s matter has been settled.”
Yu Wan nodded. “Then let’s go.”
Jiang Hai and Qing Yan had indeed obtained the travel passes, but the price was not little. They had spent a thousand taels, which was almost ten times the market price. However, they were in a hurry to find the antidote and could not argue about money.
“Oh, a thousand it is.” Rich Yan did not even lift his eyelids. Although Yu Wan felt a little pained, she thought that she was also a person with a mine now. Why would she care about a thousand taels of silver?
The few of them took their travel passes and recorded the information on them before heading towards the city gate.
The shop assistant who handled the travel pass was not exaggerating. The security in West City was indeed tighter than before. Some who did not believe it and tried to bluff their way through with fake travel passes were all found by the guards. Some were investigated on the spot, and some were imprisoned.
The young couple’s carriage walked at the front. Jiang Hai handed over their travel passes without changing his expression. The guard asked for some information, and Jiang Hai and Yu Wan answered accurately.
The guard gestured for them to pass.
Other than Zi Su who was slightly nervous, everyone else calmly took out their travel passes. Zi Su was delicate, and her nervousness became shy in the eyes of the guards, so they successfully let her pass.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Entering the country was the most difficult. Since they had passed this round, as long as nothing went wrong, they could successfully reach the Capital. Everyone seemed to have seen the Fire Lingzhi and the Snow Toad waving at them.
However, man proposes but God disposes. Just as the group was looking for an inn to stay in with anticipation, the guard guarding the city suddenly chased after them on his horse. He tightened his reins and blocked their path, saying, “Someone reported you for stealing a travel pass. Follow me back to the magistrate prefecture now!”
This was really a disaster from the heavens. The guards did not find any clues, but someone reported them out of thin air—
“Who is so wicked?!” Qing Yan tightened his grip on the reins.
Yu Wan lifted the curtain and looked behind the guard. Not far away, under a big tree, stood a few women. Wasn’t this the group of people who had seduced her and Yan Jiuchao at the inn just now? The woman in green in the lead also saw Yu Wan. She smiled smugly at Yu Wan and mouthed a few words.
Yu Wan understood.
She said, “You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. This is what you get!”
The three carriages left separately. The group of women did not know that they were together and only reported Yu Wan and Yan Jiuchao. Therefore, the guards only brought the couple and Jiang Hai, who was driving the carriage, away.
“Grandma!” Qing Yan said.
The old man said calmly, “Don’t talk, don’t look back. Pretend that nothing happened. We’ll think of a way when it’s dark.”
Qing Yan gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to break into the prison carriage. Yue Gou also drove the carriage without looking sideways. Zi Su sat in Yue Gou’s carriage and was so anxious that she almost cried. Fu Ling covered her mouth.
At this moment, a breeze blew past and shook the curtain beside Zi Su.
“Aiya, Big Sister, look! Isn’t that the little maidservant who walked with them just now?”
Zi Su went to the inn to call Yu Wan and Yan Jiuchao, allowing the sisters who were secretly paying attention to their movements to see her.
The woman in green narrowed her eyes. “I would have forgotten if you hadn’t mentioned it. There’s still one fish that escaped the net! Perhaps they’re all together!”
The old man and Qing Yan’s carriage were also targeted by the woman in green. Just as the woman in green was about to report, a mighty team escorted a carriage over from the side street. The man in the carriage had a noble status. Even the guards guarding the city, the commoners along the street, and even the woman in green knelt down respectfully.
“Who is that?” A young man who had just entered the city asked.
The old man at the side whispered, “It’s General Helian!”
“Isn’t General Helian dead?” The young man asked.
The old man said, “Aiya, it’s not Little General Helian, it’s Big General Helian! The Divine General of Nanzhao… Helian Beiming!”
Helian Beiming, the current head of the Helian family, was Helian Qi’s biological cousin. Like Xiao Zhenting, he was a legend on the battlefield who was invincible. The only flaw was that he had suffered injuries to his meridians when he cultivated in the early years and could no longer practice martial arts.
He had no children. As the next heir of the family head, Helian Qi of the second branch died in a daze. However, Helian Qi still had a son. After Helian Beiming was gone, the position of the family head would most likely be handed over to his nephew.
It was said that Helian Beiming had appeared in West City to bring his nephew back to the Capital. It was also because of his appearance that the security in West City became so tight. In order to prevent the suspects from offending the general, the guards tightly blocked Yu Wan and the other two behind them.
Helian Beiming’s carriage walked over. Qing Yan had never seen the general of Nanzhao in his life. He looked at the carriage curiously. It was also because he was lucky that the curtain was blown open. However, Qing Yan did not know if it was his imagination, but he felt that that side profile was familiar.
“Grandma.” He wanted Grandma to take a look too, but the carriage had already gone far.
