“Your Excellency.”
Song Yin and Song Wan Yue saluted.
Duke Zhen feigned composure as he withdrew his gaze and nodded his head, “Please sit.”
The two men took their seats.
The Duke of Zhen once again stared intently at Song Yin, “Sir Song, can you show me your true face?”
The Duke of Zhen was an old-fashioned Duke of State, who was also a martial arts practitioner and had been a soldier in his early years. Therefore, he was very appreciative of the King of Qin and had only allowed his only son to give up his privileged life to join the army.
Without the slightest hesitation, Song Yin removed his human skin mask.
Although he only had a three-dimensional resemblance, it was as if the Duke of Zhen had seen the King of Qin back then, a man of great vigour and planning, but that very man had died in the midst of his own brother’s calculations.
The Duke of Zhen could barely suppress his anger and asked in a deep voice, “What are your plans next?
……
The two stayed in the Duke of Zhen’s study for half an hour, and Shen Lin personally sent them out.
Compared to last year, the teenager had grown a little taller and was more composed.
Even when he heard the great secret in the study just now, he was not the least bit alarmed.
“My little sister has been talking about meeting Miss Song and Mr. Song these days, I wonder if the two of you are free to meet her.”
Song Wangyue was indeed thinking of that Shen Ya and nodded with a smile, “We are planning to go and see Ya’er even if Mr. Shen doesn’t say so, I have missed her a lot even after not seeing her for many days.”
Shen Lin called out to a maid to go over to the main courtyard to pass on the message, and he himself led the people to the flower hall. The three of them had just settled down when the sound of hurried footsteps came, accompanied by Shen Ya’s excited shout, “Sister Song, Brother Song!”
Song Wan Yue got up to greet her, and just as she reached the door and lifted the curtain, Shen Ya’s tiny body rushed into her arms, and her joyful laughter rang out with her.
Song Wangyue bent down and picked her up.
The little one had grown a little taller, her skin was whiter, and her appearance had opened up, making her a proper little beauty.
“Ya’er is getting better and better looking.”
Shen Ya’s pretty grape-like eyes curved into a crescent moon, but her mouth complained, “Sister Song cheated, you said you would come to see me when you had time, you haven’t come for so long, I’ve missed you to death.”
“Sister Song is a bit busy with her business, when she’s done with it in a while, she’ll come over to see you, and she can also take you to my home for a short stay.”
“Really?”
“Of course it’s true.”
“Then pull the hook.”
Song Wangyue stretched out her little finger and pulled a hook with her.
Shen Ya was satisfied and sweetly called out to Song Yin again.
Shen Lin sat on the side, looking at his sister’s happy face, and a smile appeared on his stoic little face.
……
Liu Ying really felt his way to the mansion where Song Si lived.
Only the main gate was locked.
He found a hidden place to hide and waited.
After waiting for over an hour, he didn’t see anyone return.
He gritted his teeth in hatred, even the gods were on Song Wangyue’s side.
If it was in the past, he would have waited longer, this was Song Si’s home, he did not believe that Song Si would not come back.
But now he didn’t have the time.
The city was under martial law and he was already having trouble moving around. If he didn’t catch someone soon to threaten Song Wan Yue, he would starve to death even if he didn’t get caught.
Since he couldn’t catch Song Si, he would go to the Xu family.
Hiding along the way, it was almost dark when he reached the Xu family not far away, and a carriage stopped in front of the Xu family.
When he saw Song Yin and Song Wan Yue coming down from the carriage, Liu Ying wanted to rush forward and tear them apart.
But he didn’t dare to move.
He was also a martial artist, and Song Yin gave him an unpredictable feeling, so he was not sure he could deal with them.
As he watched the two men walk into the house, Liu Ying wanted to get closer to the Xu residence, but only took one step before he sensed something different – there were people protecting the Xu residence, and there were quite a few of them.
Liu Ying slowly backed away unwillingly, his viper-like gaze fixed on the entrance of the Xu house, vowing in his heart that if he escaped this fate, he would make sure that Song Wan Yue and Song Yin would die without a burial place.
But now …… he had to find a place to stay!
The actual fact is that you will be able to find a place to go, and you will be able to find a place to go.
The gates of the mansion were wide open, the yard was falling apart, and the house was in disarray, so Liu Ying’s hopes of finding some food or silver here were dashed.
He went inside one of the houses to catch his breath, relax his mind and think about what he should do next.
The mansion had just been searched and no one would come back for a while, but there was no food here and if he lived here for a few days, even if he wasn’t found, he would starve to death.
He had to find something to eat.
But now the city was under martial law and all the restaurants and taverns were closed, and even if they weren’t, he didn’t have any silver in his hand.
He closed his eyes.
But he did not regret being in this situation.
The king had become a king, he had just been unlucky.
If the Third Prince hadn’t died, if the Emperor hadn’t fallen into a coma, he would all have taken one step up to heaven and become a man of the people.
What’s more, even by now it wouldn’t necessarily be him losing, what if the Emperor woke up tomorrow?
He had to live well.
With this in mind, Liu Ying got up and walked quickly out of the Wu house, using the cover of darkness to go back to his house not far away.
The men of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were still there, surrounding Liu’s house, each soldier holding a torch, lighting up the area around Liu’s house like daylight.
Liu Ying went around to the back of the house, he was now glad that when he had bought the house he had bought a separate house for fear of attracting attention, the back of the house was a cul-de-sac and no one was guarding it.
Opposite the alleyway was the outhouse.
He couldn’t care less about this and leapt into the alleyway, then over the wall into the outhouse and tiptoed towards the front yard.
Everyone in the Liu family was in a state of fear.
The maids and servants were walking on shaky legs, none of them had thought that the smallpox in the capital had been spread by their own master, who had run away and left his wife and them to take the blame.
Lady Liu’s eyes were swollen with tears.
She didn’t believe any of what the Five Cities Military Department said, how could her husband do such a harmful thing?
But if there was no real evidence, how could the Five Cities Military Commanders and the Capitalist Governor come to the door and arrest him?
The steward was hunched over from the other end of the corridor, and as he neared the end he heard a shout, “Steward.”
He looked incredulously in the direction of the voice, and Liu Ying revealed half his figure.
“Old ……”
A word shouted out, the butler covered his mouth with death, looked around in panic and quickly went over, “Master, you, you ……”
“Get the men out of the way.”
“Yes.”
The housekeeper went to disperse all the underlings, and Liu Ying went back to the main courtyard, and the moment she pushed open the door, Lady Liu almost jumped up in shock.
“Old ……”
“Hush ……”
Mrs. Willow covered her mouth as tears spurted out of her eyes.
Liu Ying couldn’t be bothered to comfort her, “Have someone bring some food, I’m going to starve to death.”
At the same time, in the Capital Mansion, Sheriff Zhang hurried into the back office, his face tense, “Master, that man has confessed.”