Chapter 52: The Slow Approach

  "Your guard is too heavy." Yurui walked into the teahouse, speaking slowly but with a strong aftertone, without a hint of fear from having gone through hardships.

  Lan sat elegantly on the railing, tilted her head and smiled, "Saving your life is just following Father's orders, no need to thank me."

  "......" Yu Rui choked back a sob, "They just want me to go and treat people's illnesses, they won't hurt me."

  "Oh, they won't hurt you, those swordsmen who protect you, Lian Shou and Shao Yilang, deserve to be injured and die? Are you pretending to have a Bodhisattva's heart?" Jumping down, one foot stepped on the unconscious Zhong Qing again, Lan Sheng walked out.

  "People are bad to me but I am not bad, those who protect me will naturally know me, besides I originally agreed to follow them." Yurui had wanted to compromise early on, but unfortunately was desperately stopped by the servant girls.

  "It's not too late to agree now." Lan Sheng coldly swept his gaze over Yu Rui, "This is the second master of the house, you cure him and let him lead the way for you, then you can treat everyone in the entire bandit den."

  Jade Bud was taken aback, "......how did you know it's a den of thieves?"

  Lan Sheng was too lazy to explain to this Bodhisattva sister, and just as he was about to leave, he saw dozens of fast horses arriving at the street corner. This time, the leader was an "old" acquaintance - Dongping Wang's son, Xuan Ran, plus a tall man from the Xiping Wang family who wanted to flatter his mother by wearing fox fur, Xuan Sheng.

  What a nuisance! Lan Sheng thought to himself. He had an urge to run away, but his arm was tightly held by Yu Rui.

  "What's wrong with you?"

  "If the two princes ask about this person, you have to say he's my bodyguard." Yu Rui's eyes were clear and her tone was willful, yet sincere, really wanting to save this second master who was of unknown background but obviously not a good person.

  Lan Sheng narrowed one eye. "You want to take him back?"

  "I won't just stand by and watch you die." Yurui also narrowed her eyes, "You still have to give me the antidote."

  Lan Sheng laughed. "Your medical skills can bring people back from the dead, but you can't save yourself." He handed her the antidote. Who exactly saved whom?

  "I only diagnose illnesses, not treat them. There's no bringing people back from the dead." Yurui stretched out her hand to Lan Sheng's eyelids, "Antidote. I know the needle wasn't poisoned with a lethal dose, or else his complexion would have turned dark long ago."

  Lan Sheng was just about to ask what it meant to look at the illness but not treat it, when he saw Huan Ran and Huan Sheng already dismounting their horses and walking quickly towards the shop.

  "I won't expose you, but from now on I won't attend your class. You can't tell others about this, and you still have to say that I'm diligent." She whispered to Yurui.

  Jade Bud was in a bad mood.

  At this time, the two princes entered.

  Yu Rong glanced at Lan Sheng and a thick layer of interest appeared on her face. She smiled and said, "We rushed here after receiving the news, but it seems we're too late?"

  Lan Sheng glanced at him, unlike Yu Rui who was making a courtesy, "Not late, just in time, escorting the Holy Maiden back to Nan Yue Fu. Can be invited to share the merit."

  Xuan Sheng didn't catch the mocking tone, and instead focused on fawning over Yu Rui, "Yu Rui sister, are you injured? I know that if you don't do something for the people every day, your heart will feel unwell. It's just best to wait a while before going out again. Recently, the imperial city hasn't been peaceful, and the third prince's encounter with the refugees' disturbance still hasn't caught anyone, and there are thieves lurking about. You have an extraordinary talent. Your enemies are watching you everywhere, waiting for an opportunity to strike, just like today."

  "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Yu Rui will be very careful from now on."

  Yu Rong turned a deaf ear to Xuan Sheng's questioning, and let him buzz around her like a bee. She briefly mentioned what had happened. When asked about the appearance of the bandits, she pushed it off, saying that she was too frightened to remember. Moreover, she ordered someone to bring over the carriage, and in front of Xuan Rong and Xuan Sheng, she called the person who had been taking care of her a bodyguard, and had him lifted into the carriage with great fanfare.

  Lan Sheng thought that Yu Rui and he had reached a consensus.

  And Jade said, those swordsmen and maidservants were also in perfect sync, making it impossible to catch a single suspicious thread.

  Yu Sheng listened for a while and knew that Yu Rui's heart was soft, but he never thought that he would hide his cruel intentions in front of him. He could only sigh that he couldn't grow wings to descend from the sky to save the beauty, saying on the left that his sister was frightened, and on the right that the bandits were hateful.

  Yu Ran Lao Shen was present, and after a while, he asked Lan Sheng, "Miss Lan Sheng secretly ridicules us for being useless, and yet she doesn't even give people the opportunity to make up for their mistakes. This palace is really unfair."

  Lan looked at his golden smile, but in his heart he thought of the sinister plot that night, and smiled even more warmly on the surface. He nodded towards the door of Ping's medical office, "Lord Rong allowed Miss Yu Xue to be frightened too much, but she chased me for an opportunity, I'm also wronged. The incident happened suddenly, it scared me out of my wits, almost didn't hide under the table. However, Wu cut off one leg of his opponent, you can take it back."

  Yu Rong's gaze swept over Shun Lan's birth, and her eyebrows rose.

  Xuan Sheng said with a single heart and two uses, "What use is one leg?"

  He glanced at the corner of his eye, "What style of boots to wear, what material to use for pants, whether there are obvious scars on the legs, and whether they match the records of past crimes in the government. Whether it's useful or not, I naturally don't know."

  Xuan Sheng's words were cut off. What didn't he know? It was clear that he understood more than him.

  Xuan Rang looked at her younger brother's dazed expression and laughed heartlessly, "Sheng Di, you've seen it for yourself, haven't you? Miss Lan Sheng is formidable. Hurry up and listen to me, let them take that leg back, it's the only gain we have on this trip."

  Unlike the humble attitude of Yu Rui, Xuan Sheng slapped Lan Sheng's right cheek with a whip, showing his disapproval, and ordered someone to pick up his legs. Then he heard that one of his soldiers was still holding onto a sharp spear, so he hurried over to take a look.

  Yu Rong said she didn't want to see any more bloody scenes, and took the girls to wait in the car. Lan Sheng and Wu Guo were about to leave, but Xuan Ran stopped them.

  "It's too obvious that Lord Rong is biased." Lan was angry and depressed, what did Yu Rui want to do, she couldn't even retreat quietly.

  "I don't know what's wrong with me either. As soon as I see Miss Lan, my heart unconsciously leans towards you." Hyun-ah turned black into white.

  Lan Sheng lost his smile, could it be that he was biased towards her?

  "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, we've got a long time ahead of us." Xuan Ranyang's bright and radiant personality hid her profound thoughts, "I'll just ask Miss Lansheng one question, who was the person carried into the car earlier?"

  "Who does Your Highness think it is?" Lan Sheng asked back.

  Yu Rong's face was clear and cloudless, "Miss Lan doesn't like to talk much, so listen to me. The messenger said that the Holy Girl was intercepted in front of Ping Medical Hall, I got off my horse just now and saw that there were indeed chaotic footprints, it was a place where a fight had occurred. Although Yu Rui said that the person who fainted in the teahouse was injured while protecting her, all the others were gunshot wounds, only he was injured by a poisonous needle, and here the table was overturned and the chair was knocked over, he lay down just right."

  Alright, this guy is not only young and handsome but also noble-minded with a good brain. However, she is also doing it for the sake of making a living.

  Lan Shengdao said, "The person was just carried over, and the table and chairs need to be moved to make room for him to lie down——" Looking at Xuan Ran picking up the feather fan on the table, he couldn't help but sigh in secret. What's the point of using such sharp eyes here? Isn't it enough to just look at a beauty?

  "This fan has a story." Xuan Ye strolled and gently swayed, here seemed to be no longer a tea house, but a magnificent palace.

  Lan Sheng wasn't surprised either. At worst, he would let him take the person away, and it would still be a happy ending for everyone. She couldn't get her hands on Yu Rui's handle for now, but that didn't mean she wouldn't in the future. That Bodhisattva's kind-hearted sister would make another mistake sooner or later, and she wasn't in a hurry.

  "Two hundred miles from the Imperial Capital..."

  Lan's eyes didn't blink, and his ears perked up.

  "Miss Lan, I suddenly thought that those thugs might not have escaped far, so I'll go after them. Forgive me for not being able to escort your sister back home, we'll meet again another day." With that said, he quickly mounted his horse and shouted "Pursue!" as he galloped away, clearing the scene with a loud whooshing sound.

  Lan was stunned for a while, "Deceiving ghost! At this time go after people? In vain, what does he mean?"

  "Miss's curiosity is hanging." No fruit replied.

  "I thought so too, but I'm not curious." Isn't it just a broken fan? Lan Sheng sneered, "This person is right in my hands, and I'm still afraid of not knowing his origin?"

  He's gone.

  Yu Ran also knew that he couldn't catch up, so he ran out of the street and returned to the city gate on duty today. At the same time, he instructed Yu Sheng, "You send some subordinates to disguise themselves around Nan Yuefu, keep an eye on all entrances and exits, and report immediately if there is any abnormality."

  Xuan Sheng didn't understand and asked why.

  Xuan Ran smiled, "I suspect that your beloved Yu Rui sister is hiding a murderer."

  Xuan Sheng's words about loving were frank and open, "Originally, we should have waited for Jin Wei's marriage to be settled before it was Yu Rui's turn. Now, however, there is also Nan Yue Lan Sheng, I don't know how long I will have to wait to propose. Forget it, let's not talk about this. Brother, since you suspected, why didn't you directly catch the person earlier?"

  Yu Rong replied, "Yuxuan is a beloved saint of the people. My side still has doubts, and it's better to be cautious. Moreover, she is kind-hearted and only wants to save someone's life. Satisfying her might just do the trick. Once that person recovers, they will surely rush out of the mansion, and who knows what rare birds or beasts might appear."

  Xuan Sheng applauded and praised, "As expected of Rang Ge, you're going to show off your mighty skills soon." After a pause, he changed his tone to a teasing one, "You didn't mean the rare birds and beasts refer to Nan Yue Lan Sheng, did you?"

  Xuan Ran's smile brightened like sunshine, "Haha, Shengdi, what is she? A rare bird? She's just a wild mouse. As for me, I've been bored since I got back, no reason to let go of the little thing that came to my door to entertain me."

  "The beauties of the imperial capital are as numerous as clouds, and pleasure is at hand. Why doesn't brother like beauties anymore?" Xuan Sheng was puzzled, how couldn't he see where Nan Yue Lan was fun?

  "A beauty loves it, a wild mouse plays with it, they can't be mentioned in the same breath." Xuan Ran said, then urged his horse on and galloped away.

  Xuan Sheng suddenly enlightened, laughing and chasing after him, "The daughters of the Nan Yue family are all like fairy girls, brother dares to play tricks, younger brother admires."

  "She's no fairy maiden anymore, or as Lao Liu said - "Huanran slightly furrowed her brow, and in an instant, she smiled with a gleam of white teeth, 'a seductress?'"

  "She's still a demon girl? I disagree." Xuan Sheng snorted with his nose, but also smiled, "If she were a demon girl, Sixth Brother would be the first to kill her, and none of us could surpass him. Speaking of demon girls, I think of that stunning beauty. She was indeed lucky, that day when Third Brother wanted to bring her out, just before leaving the house, Third Sister-in-law called her back to attend to something. Thinking it was an unfortunate thing, but thus avoided a fatal disaster. Third Brother said he would invite someone to read her fortune, if she were truly a lucky person, then he would give her a title."

  She raised an eyebrow, as if urging him on, but he refused to say any more.

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