Chapter 270: Warm-Hearted News from My Lord

"Eh? Are you really that confident?"

Bai Hu's face was full of doubt and curiosity.

Inside the bamboo hut, only the four of them were present. Bai Hu, despite his age, acted mischievously, sticking out his tail and swaying it to slap Da Niu and Er Niu: "Serve a bowl for Xu Yuan too, you two... You really haven't grasped the essence of our clan's charming methods."

The fox sisters looked extremely unwilling, yet each served Xu Yuan a bowl of porridge.

It's not that we haven't learned it; it's that we don't want to.

Both bowls were placed before Xu Yuan— even Bai Hu couldn't stand it anymore.

Which bowl do you want Xu Yuan to eat?

Xu Yuan chose not to eat and replied to Bai Hu: "You might as well ask those two."

Bai Hu looked at the two juniors in confusion.

Her mind had been entirely focused on Behind Miao Yu... or rather, Behind Miao Yu's money.

She paid no attention to the two little ones.

They went out, they came back. Oh, fine.

The fox sisters told Bai Hu about the three great seniors they had seen the night before last.

Bai Hu immediately understood: "Forget Wu Qingzhao and his useless bunch; even if Behind Miao Yu personally intervened, he might not be able to catch those three."

Xu Yuan spread his hands: "So, what is there for me to worry about?"

Then Xu Yuan beckoned the fox sisters with a finger: "Come with me."

The two sisters cried out in distress and each hugged one of the old lady's legs: "We dare not go..."

Bai Hu's eyes turned cold.

Even I dare not defy my elder brother's will; you two little things, are you tired of living?

The sisters read the meaning in his eyes, rose reluctantly, and followed Xu Yuan out of Bai Yue Hall.

Standing in Xie Liu Lane, the two sisters looked bewildered: Where should we look?

Xu Yuan said: "Start from the place where you saw them outside the Nancheng Patrol Station the night before last."

Outside the Nancheng Patrol Station door, Qin Ze was leading men on duty.

He had not gone home last night; today's prohibitions were:

Singing, writing, arson, and drunkenness.

The Wen Xiu were completely crippled today.

The Rank Dan Xiu were half-crippled.

But I, Old Qin, am fully revitalized!

Seeing his my lord return with two beautiful young ladies, Qin Ze grinned, splitting his large mouth.

Then, a fierce glare from his my lord blocked the lewd words forming on his lips.

Xu Yuan instructed Qin Ze: "You watch them."

Then Xu Yuan entered by himself.

The fox sisters had no intention of entering; staying outside was fine enough.

Xu Yuan found Auntie Wang, who quietly told him: "That old man didn't go out, but yesterday, just as dusk was falling, he threw something over the courtyard wall."

Auntie Wang pointed to a spot: "It was thrown out from right there."

Xu Yuan nodded: "It has to be you, old one; no one else could keep such close watch on that old man."

"Hehe, of course."

Xu Yuan came out again— Qin Ze was bursting with words, his large face flushed red from holding them in.

Yet Xu Yuan still made a hushing gesture and led the fox sisters away.

Qin Ze felt extremely distressed.

My lord, at least give us a definite answer; should we prepare your grand wedding gift money in advance?

I, Old Qin, usually spend lavishly; you must tell me in advance so I can save up money.

When children are born in the future, what names should they take?

I, Old Qin, cannot help with that matter; we must find a skilled Wen Xiu.

But I, Old Qin, can be the godfather to the children!

If many are born, in the future, should we establish the eldest or the most virtuous? I, Old Qin, must prepare for the young master in advance...

Xu Yuan had no idea that Old Qin's mind had instantly leaped several decades into the future.

Leading the fox sisters around the wall, they arrived at the spot where Zhang Laoya had thrown the object.

"Smell it."

The sisters merely sniffed, and their faces changed: "Those three seniors indeed came not long ago."

"Where did they go?"

The sisters followed the scent along the way... Xu Yuan gradually felt something was wrong.

Because after circling a few times, they arrived outside the Zhan Cheng Guest House!

Evil spirits harbor a fear of all government offices.

The fox sisters stood far away; the elder sister pointed at the guest house and said: "They are inside there."

Xu Yuan's eyebrows knitted together deeply.

Because recalling: the three Dream Eater sisters appeared the night before last, and my lord Wen Bin arrived yesterday.

More precisely, my lord Wen Bin summoned me early yesterday morning.

He might have arrived the evening of the day before yesterday.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment longer, then said to the two sisters, "You two go back first."

The two sisters both breathed a sigh of relief and skipped away at a rapid pace.

As Xu Yuan hesitated on what to do next, he suddenly saw a figure flash at the entrance of the post station; Xu Yuan quickly darted aside to hide.

Wen Bin, accompanied by two subordinates, rushed out of the post station.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment, then slipped out and entered the post station.

He revealed his identity and said to the post station keeper, "I have come to visit my lord Wen Bin."

"Alas, your timing is unfortunate; my lord Wen has just gone out."

Xu Yuan feigned regret and casually asked, "When did my lord Wen arrive?"

"The evening before yesterday, just as the sky was about to darken; he must have rushed in before the city gates closed."

Xu Yuan muttered inwardly, "As expected," then thanked the man and set off in pursuit of the direction Wen Bin had just taken.

The speed of Wen Bin and his two companions was, of course, no match for Xu Yuan's.

The current physical strength of my lord Xu rivals that of a sixth-rank Wu Xiu.

My lord Wen is a Wen Xiu.

Before long, Xu Yuan caught up with them, circled around, and "accidentally" encountered Wen Bin face-to-face.

"My lord Wen, what a coincidence."

Seeing that it was Xu Yuan, Wen Bin waved his hand and said, "This official has public duties to attend to and will not linger in old conversations with my lord Xu."

In Wen Bin's eyes, my lord Xu had already lost all value.

He flashed past Xu Yuan, yet suddenly turned back: "Does my lord Xu have business? If not, why not accompany this official on a trip?"

Wen Bin suddenly remembered that "writing" was banned today, so he could not act himself.

One of the two subordinates he brought was also a Wen Xiu—the one who specialized in writing stories and storybooks for him.

The other was a Shen Xiu.

But merely a seventh-rank one.

Moreover, this Shen Xiu, to cater to his master's tastes, had eight Yin Soldiers under his command, four of whom were beautiful female ghosts.

Wen Bin felt his safety could not be adequately guaranteed, so he conscripted Xu Yuan as a laborer.

Xu Yuan immediately agreed: "I am willing to serve my lord."

Wen Bin nodded once and then hurried off again.

On the road, Wen Bin explained to Xu Yuan: "This official has received intelligence that Shanhe has once again produced a wrongful and false case; this official is now going to set things right!

My lord Xu, lend me your aid!"

Xu Yuan did not ask whether my lord Xu still had informants inside Shanhe.

Upon reaching the entrance of Shanhe, my lord Wen, being quite imposing, revealed his identity and barged straight in.

The Jianjiao of Shanhe guarding the gate could not stop him at all.

Just as he was about to reach out to block the way, Wen Bin snatched a horsewhip from nearby and lashed out at him, head to toe: "How dare you obstruct this official? If this official had arrived a little later, you would have treated human lives as grass!"

The Jianjiao clutched his head and scurried away like a rat; the others dared not obstruct him even more.

Everyone in the Huang Ming realm knows that this group of "Pure Streams" are mad dogs, and even Shanhe must show them a measure of respect.

Wen Bin, leading Xu Yuan, barged in and grabbed another Captain, demanding, "Where is the prison? Take this official there!"

How would the Captain dare to lead the way?

Xu Yuan whispered quietly, "My lord, I know the place."

Wen Bin was overjoyed: "Quickly, lead the way!"

Xu Yuan had secretly obtained a layout map of Shanhe's Zhan Cheng Office.

After all... Shanhe had obstructed my lord Xu several times; my lord Xu did this to be "prepared for the unexpected."

Xu Yuan led Wen Bin to the outside of Shanhe's water prison; Behind Miao Yu and Wu Qingzhao, having received the news, had already come out to greet them.

The moment Wu Qingzhao saw Xu Yuan, he bitterly groaned inwardly: Why has he come?!

At this moment, the person Wu Qingzhao least wanted to see was not Wen Bin, but Xu Yuan.

After interrogating them just now, Wu Qingzhao knew they had arrested the wrong person...

(End of this chapter)