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Chapter 221
Seeing the maid leave in embarrassment, Princess Yingxin's expression gradually relaxed, and she secretly rejoiced.

Fortunately, she sent someone to release Anshenxiang early, and the group of people slept soundly, so that Ye Zhaoyan could be taken away without anyone noticing.

Although Princess Yingxin wanted to witness it with her own eyes to be at ease, but thinking of that General Ye, she still felt a little apprehensive and had to avoid suspicion.

She may not be afraid, but she has to think about Chu Yuan who will live in Jindu in the future.

He is still young, not enough to compete with the Ye family, she dare not take risks.

Fortunately, things finally resolved smoothly.

Princess Yingxin couldn't help but chuckled, "Ye Zhaoyan, Ye Zhaoyan, you are still too young, hahaha..."

She stroked her messy sideburns contentedly, and called out, "Qing Lan," as if remembering something.

After waiting for a long time, no one responded.

Strange, she had clearly instructed carefully that when Ye Zhaoyan fell asleep, Qu Lizhen would evacuate as soon as he arrived.

Princess Yingxin ran to Ye Zhaoyan's room and stretched out her hand to open the curtain, only then did she realize that it was empty.

She was taken aback, and rushed to the bed under the moonlight to have a look. After seeing it, she almost fainted.

Qing Lan's chest was pierced, blood was gurgling, and she was already dead.

And the body was covered with a snow-white dress that did not match her identity, which she had never seen before.

"Come on!" Princess Yingxin screamed, "Come on! Help—!"

In an instant, the people in the nearby rooms all lit up their lights and rushed towards this side.

Princess Yingxin pointed at Qinglan angrily and said, "What's going on here!"

The captain of the guard frowned, checked Qing Lan's body immediately, and then reported in a deep voice: "Return to Your Royal Highness, my subordinates have checked Miss Qing Lan's body, and there is no sign of struggle or resistance. It should be killed by one blow!"

Princess Yingxin's lips trembled slightly, and she carefully looked at the delicate embroidery on the white dress, feeling a little uncertain, "How is it possible? Qing Lan... Could it be."

A terrible speculation faintly broke out from the bottom of my heart.

"Go to the firewood room! Bring Ye Zhaoyan's maid here!" Princess Yingxin said sharply.

The guards immediately went to do it, and after a while, they returned empty-handed.

"His Royal Highness, the firewood room is not locked, and there is no one inside."

Princess Yingxin's pretty face contorted when she heard the words, her tone was horrifying, "Order me, I must find him back!"

After finishing speaking, she returned to the room and quickly wrote a note, which was taken away by a guard through the back door.

After doing all this, her heart still couldn't be calm.

The plan was flawless, how could there be a sudden change, could it be that she was tricked by Ye Zhaoyan?
This Ye Zhaoyan is really not simple.

On the other side, Ye Zhaoyan had already left the inn with "Xiao Lan" and walked quickly until they came to the farmhouse on the mountainside.

"Miss, you can take refuge ahead for a while." The quiet and pleasant male voice came from the maid "Xiaolan".

At this moment, he removed the disguise of his voice, revealing his original voice.

Under the moonlight, his delicate face covered with thick powder looked too fair, but his undisguised hearty movements showed that he was a genuine man.

He is a master selected by Ye Zhengping from among Ye's family's cronies. His name is He Yu. He is good at concealed weapons, drugs and disguise.

"En!" Ye Zhaoyan responded in a low voice, and followed He Yu to the farmhouse.

Just as the two of them hid themselves on the beams of the roof, there were hurried footsteps outside the house.

Ye Zhaoyan and he looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of dignity in each other's eyes.

This group of people can be so keenly aware of where they are, and the speed is so fast.

Not long after, the door was opened, and a tall, middle-aged man with a beard walked in first, followed by a large number of masked strong men.

"Fourth, why did you disappear in a blink of an eye?" He asked in a low voice, his accent was very different from Tianlu's.

"Second brother, our people clearly saw those two people coming this way, how could they disappear out of thin air?" A young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and dark skin came forward.

The bearded man glared at him, and after scanning for a week, his eyes fell on the tables and chairs in the house, and a cruel sneer curled up on the corner of his mouth, "Search for me! Dig three feet and find those two people!"

Hearing his words, all the masked people responded in unison, and then began to disperse, and began to rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

Ye Zhaoyan frowned, a sense of crisis rose from the soles of his feet.

Since this group of people has chased here, they will definitely not let it go. Surrounded by so many people, it is only a matter of time before they find out their whereabouts.

At this moment, there was a sound of "pop", and the candles in the house suddenly went out!
Suddenly plunged into darkness.

The masked people were shocked, and they picked up the fire folders in their hands, but saw a black shadow falling from the roof, and quickly rushed towards the door.

Although he couldn't underestimate this person's face, but from the back of that slender long skirt, it can be recognized that this is a woman.

"Stop her!" the bearded man shouted.

The masked people drew out their weapons in unison, and chased after the shadow.

Ye Zhaoyan hid on the beam, watching He Yu's back jumping rapidly, and soon disappeared.

After the surroundings were quiet, she quickly got lucky, stepped on the crossbeam and flew up, and fled in another direction.

Her qinggong is much better than ordinary people, plus she is anxious, so her speed is much faster than ordinary people.

Not long after, she came to the depths of the mountain forest, and she had to catch up with Ye Zhengping's team as soon as possible.

In this wilderness, the enemy's forces are hidden somewhere, she dare not even enter a temporary inn rashly.

There was silence in front of my eyes, and there was no trace of human habitation.

"Further ahead is the road to Jingzhou, where is the girl going?" A deep male voice floated slowly in the silent night sky, like a gust of wind blowing.

The accent in that voice was very different from Tianlu's, and it instantly occupied Ye Zhaoyan's uneasy heart.

She turned her head, and with the help of the starlight at night, she saw the face of the person who came, and her heart tightened.

I saw a man in a black robe standing quietly not far away.

The black mask covered his face, only revealing the thick sword eyebrows slantingly inserted into the gray temples, revealing a touch of handsomeness, vaguely showing the handsome and unrestrained youth.

When Ye Zhaoyan looked at him, he also saw Ye Zhaoyan's face clearly, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, "Yu..."

He stopped blurting out the address in time and suppressed the enthusiasm in his eyes, "I never thought that the girl would dare to come here alone, it's very courageous."

Ye Zhaoyan pursed his lips, doubting the identity of the other party, and did not answer.

At this time, another person came out from the bushes. One of them was a man in his forties who was dressed in black armor.

The other one is a beautiful woman, dressed in lavender brocade palace attire, elegant and luxurious.

(End of this chapter)