Chapter 315: Confrontation

Prince Qi initially thought Sui Sui was just watching the fun.

But upon listening closely, hey? Not right!

Little brother tied up and placed under the carriage? What kind of operation is that? It sounds kinda off.

He subconsciously lifted the curtain and glanced outside; the carriage next to theirs swayed slowly forward.

Looking at the carriage's speed, it doesn't seem like the kind that abducts children, huh? But Sui Sui's talent, or rather heaven's favoritism toward her, is blatantly obvious.

So, what Sui Sui said should be true, right?

But how can he verify that?

He can't just go rummaging through someone else's carriage, can he?

Prince Qi's face sank, and Princess Consort also looked reluctant; she obviously thought the same, that the neighboring carriage might have a problem, and a child was tied up…

Just hearing about it makes one's heart ache.

The two exchanged a glance; Princess Consort was about to speak when she saw Prince Qi raise his hand: "Let Sui Si go to the city gate and tell the City Guard to find a pretext to come over—this place is close to the gate, so it's easy to check. That carriage has no special markings; it likely belongs to ordinary people. Even if they find nothing, they wouldn't dare say anything. Just to be safe, it's better to be cautious."

If someone else had said that, Prince Qi would definitely not take it seriously.

But since it's his precious darling saying it, it's certainly not ordinary.

Especially when he saw Sui Sui looking at him pleadingly, Prince Qi thought, for his darling, he too must act like a strong-willed hero! Hearing Prince Qi had made arrangements, the princess consort sighed in relief and, without thinking, tightened her grip on Sui Sui.

After sensing her mother consort's tense and uneasy mood, Sui Sui let her hold her.

It was a bit tight, but not uncomfortable.

Moreover, the mother consort's embrace was warm and reassuring, and Sui Sui liked it very much.

She liked having a mother's feeling.

Sui Si moved quickly; before long he notified the City Guard to come over.

That carriage had already gone some distance by then.

However, the City Guard sent two able-bodied youths over; they moved especially fast and caught up in no time.

As soon as the City Guard arrived, they attracted passersby and many carriages stopped to watch the spectacle.

The City Guard stepped forward and said, "Your carriage has an abnormality; you need to stop for inspection."

The coachman seemed to say something to them, but the distance was far and only a few muffled words drifted on the wind.

Prince Qi pricked up his ears but couldn't hear much.

But from the looks of it, they seemed unwilling to let the City Guard inspect.

The City Guard knew Sui Si, and Prince Qi ordered, could they avoid checking?

Moreover, the Wangfu's carriage was not far away!

So, no matter what, they had to inspect.

At worst they'd get scolded.

They often do this kind of thing, especially during martial law, when they get scolded a lot.

So it's fine; at worst they'd just get scolded again.

As they were negotiating, the coachman suddenly whipped the horses, preparing to trample over the two City Guard members and then flee quickly.

Seeing this, the City Guard immediately felt that Sui Si's words might be true.

This carriage has a problem!

Their earlier leisure was just an act; they didn't want to attract attention.

The two City Guard members nimbly dodged to the side; one swiftly kicked up a stone and struck the horse's leg.

The horse was hit, collapsed directly, and the carriage tipped over as well.

This overturning revealed the young master tied underneath the carriage.

Upon seeing this, who could still be confused? The City Guard's stare means you're definitely at fault! Passersby dared not approach rashly.

But Prince Qi had already sent Sui Si and Qing Shan over to help.

The young master had been revealed; the Wangfu helping out upon seeing injustice is only natural, right?

The Wangfu had a total of three carriages setting out.

The prince and princess consort took Sui Sui in one carriage, the young masters in another, and Doctor Liu took the two young ladies in a third.

Master Shen disliked the jolt of the carriage hurting his legs, so he simply rode a horse.

Upon seeing the situation was wrong, he immediately brandished his ruler and went forward.

Master Shen said, "You think I'm just a frail scholar? Sorry, I also know a bit of martial arts—take this strike, you scoundrel, you little temptress!"

Master Shen's ruler is a small mechanical device with a retractable mechanism; normally it looks half an arm long, but at a critical moment it can be extended with one click to full arm length, usable as a sword without issue! Hearing the commotion, Feng Xuanrui and the others poked their heads out of the carriage window and saw Master Shen's agile posture and the transformed ruler.

Upon seeing the ruler, Feng Xuanrui immediately put on a pained expression: "Good grief, have they lived long enough? They actually had Master Shen lengthen his ruler—being hit by it really hurts!"

When striking the palm, Master Shen would lightly lift and drop it, leaving a red mark on Feng Xuanrui's fleshy hand, so painful that he'd wake up at night and even tear up.

So why provoke Master Shen for no reason? There are also plenty of those "little temptress" people; the carriage held two sturdy men, a robust matron, and the coachman looked quite fit as well.

Seeing things turn bad, the four feinted a couple of moves and tried to flee.

As a result, Master Shen's merciless ruler came swinging over at that moment.

Doctor Liu heard the commotion, poked his head out to look; he had originally wanted to go help, but feared the crowd would become too chaotic, leaving the two children in the carriage unguarded.

Doctor Liu hesitated and didn't go out, but not going out didn't mean he couldn't fight.

He took out the archery practice equipment of the young masters and provided long-range support.

Doctor Liu had followed Prince Qing onto the battlefield and served as a military doctor.

Without some life-saving skills, he wouldn't dare close his eyes at night to sleep.

So, it's just archery—no big deal.

Nock, draw, release—you little temptresses, take this arrow!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Liu Dafu made a move, firing a bow with two arrows that flew off in different directions.

This amazing technique made Prince Qi unable to help clapping and praising: "Liu Dafu, well done!"

Feng Xuanrui and the others looked, huh? They could do it like that? Yes, yes, yes—how didn't they think of that?

So, help by nocking the bow!

They quickly grabbed their respective tools and all joined the effort to help.

Seeing the situation was wrong, the four of them wanted to run.

But they didn't get away.

One was knocked out by a strike from Master Shen's ruler.

One was struck in the leg by Liu Dafu's two arrows and knelt there honestly.

The remaining one was first kicked by a City Guard, then had their legs pierced by Feng Xuanrui and the others' arrows; not only that, their clothing was also pinned into the ground, directly nailed to the ground, unable to get up.

Seeing the four in a sorry state, the onlooking civilians couldn't help shouting loudly: "Good!"

Seeing the young master tied unconscious beneath the carriage, everyone felt moved.

Who doesn't have children? Seeing this situation, who could not feel anguish?

However, ordinary civilians dare not provoke trouble.

Now that someone has acted righteously, they naturally ought to praise the hero!

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