The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 937 - 937 427 Rescuing (Two Updates)_3

Chapter 937: 427 Rescuing (Two Updates)_3 Chapter 937: 427 Rescuing (Two Updates)_3 Assassin A suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “Hijack the prisoner cart!”

The four assassins found it effortless to overpower a few low-ranking yamen runners of the official government, knocking them out cold and tossing them into the nearby bushes.

“Go, open the prison cart,” Assassin A, who had taken a set of keys from a yamen runner, tossed them to Assassin B.

Assassin B unlocked the prison cart and said to the prisoner inside, “Alright, you can go now.”

The prisoner: I’d rather not leave, thank you.

Assassin B, with a hefty slap, hauled the person out and stripped them of their prisoner’s garb and shackles to dress Xiao Liulang.

Their handling was anything but gentle. Xiao Liulang’s hands were already injured, and the rough treatment caused his wounds, which had just begun to scab over, to tear open again, and blood spilled everywhere.

Assassin A complained, “Be careful! Don’t kill the guy before we even get our silver! Find something to bandage him with!”

But what was there to use for bandaging?

Assassin B tore a piece of Xiao Liulang’s hem and hurriedly wrapped it around the wound.

Dressed in the yamen runners’ clothing and riding their horses, the assassins brazenly headed toward their destination.

The bandaging was so substandard that Xiao Liulang’s wound continued to bleed; furthermore, his acupoints had been hit so he couldn’t tighten the cloth himself.

After traveling a stretch of the official road, they unexpectedly encountered Minister Zhao of the Ministry of Works, who was returning from an inspection outside the city.

Minister Zhao had also been involved in the recent six-ministry examination, where Xiao Liulang was a proctor, so the two had met.

Xiao Liulang attempted to call for help from Minister Zhao.

It appeared that Assassin B’s acupoint sealing was substandard, and Xiao Liulang had regained slight movement. However, he was unsure if this attempt would catch Minister Zhao’s attention, so he proceeded with caution.

As the prison cart jolted, he fell heavily forward, seemingly just a stumble from not sitting securely.

His shoulder and head struck the prison cart with a loud thud, startling Minister Zhao enough to draw back the curtain, but he merely glanced at the cart before letting the curtain fall back into place.

Clearly, he had no intention of meddling in another yamen’s affairs and did not harbor any suspicions.

The two parties swiftly passed each other by.

As Minister Zhao’s carriage drew further away, Xiao Liulang understood that this faint hope had been crushed.

This might… also be the last sliver of hope.

Because they were nearly at their destination.

“Big brother, look! We’re almost there! It’s right up ahead!” Assassin B exclaimed, nearly spurring his horse into a gallop.

Assassin A glared at him: “Stop messing around, be careful not to attract the imperial guards!”

“Right, right, right! We can’t bring the imperial guards over here!” Assassin B agreed with a giddy laugh.

As the group followed the official road to a T-junction, they didn’t continue along the main road but instead turned onto a narrow trail.

Just at that moment, another carriage was coming from a different direction on the official road.

Xiao Liulang only glanced at it briefly before his body tensed up!

Forgetting to hide the fact that he could now move slightly, he turned his head and lowered it, trying to avoid being seen by those in the other carriage.

In his haste, he forgot that he was wearing a human skin mask. Even if he was seen, what of it?

Unrecognizable.

“Princess, there’s a prison cart ahead,” Yujin informed Princess Xinyang in a hushed tone from inside the carriage.

Princess Xinyang replied, “Then let’s slow down and let the prison cart pass first.”

“Yes,” Yujin complied, opening the curtain and telling the coachman, “Go slowly.”

The coachman gently tightened the reins, slowing the pace.

Only after the prison cart had passed did they continue to speed up.

Long Yi rode alongside, part of the escort.

Suddenly, Long Yi stopped.

Noticing the absence of Long Yi’s horse hooves, Princess Xinyang frowned, peered out of the curtain, and indeed, Long Yi was nowhere to be seen.

“Stop,” Princess Xinyang ordered.

“Yes,” the coachman brought the carriage to a halt.

Princess Xinyang signaled for Yujin to open the rear window.

Yujin drew back the curtain and opened the rear window.

There, Princess Xinyang saw Long Yi astride his horse, stationed at the junction, gazing unwaveringly at the prison cart.

Princess Xinyang glanced at the prison cart without any change in expression and said, “Long Yi, let’s go.”

Long Yi remained stationary.

On the prison cart, Xiao Liulang was bleeding.

Drip by drip, it all fell onto the road.

Long Yi dismounted his horse.

Princess Xinyang spoke coldly, “Don’t touch the prison cart!”

The Dragon Shadow Guards would never defy their master’s command. With Princess Xinyang forbidding the rescue of the prison cart, Long Yi didn’t make a move towards it.

The next second, his sword swept out, and the four assassins were cut down instantly!

Long Yi calmly sheathed his sword, walked over, and directly lifted the cage trapping Xiao Liulang from the prison cart.

Princess Xinyang watched him, fuming.

His eyes shifted, and since his hands were occupied, he could only kick the carriage lightly with the tip of his foot.

As if to say,

Here, the prison cart, I didn’t touch it.

What I touched was the prisoner’s cage.

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