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Chapter 42: Leaving the City Late at Night
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Wu Sidao fell into deep thought again, muttering, "On the surface, the Eighth Master is the most suspicious of this case. If you look deeper, the Fourth Master is also suspected. If you dig deeper, other princes will benefit. The First Master and the Third Master are focusing on the prince's important affairs, and have no time to pay attention to the Fourth Master and the Eighth Master. The Ninth Master's subordinate Ren Boan is also implicated in this case. He can't protect himself, so he won't make trouble at this time. The Thirteenth Master is avoiding him as much as possible. Could it be the Fourteenth Master?"

Li Yan was horrified when he heard this. Could it be that this wise man had such a perfect plan?
Just from the surface information and the four words "pros and cons", things can be analyzed very clearly and are almost close to the truth. We really can't underestimate the ancients!

Modern people are better at technology, but when it comes to wisdom and understanding of human nature, ancient people still rule the roost.

After all, there was not much entertainment in ancient times. Apart from farming, people read books and developed their brain capacity. Books written by ancient people, especially those that have been passed down through the ages, can only be read dozens of times to understand the author's deep meaning.

"Mr. Wu is right. It's really worrying! Who could it be?" Li Yan also pretended to be at a loss, with a serious expression and a worried look.

More than twenty days passed in a flash. The whole court was shocked by the unjust imprisonment in the Ministry of Justice, but the progress was not affected by the absence of the Fourth Prince. The Eighth Prince continued to advance steadily, and was in a stalemate with the Prince's people. One side was determined to capture the city, while the other side was determined to defend it to the death. Both the Eighth Prince's party and the Prince's party tried their best, and no one had time to care about the Tenth Prince, who had always been a bystander!

That night, Li Yan was being intimate with Nian Qiuyue when the maid informed him that Li Wei had something to report!
Qiuyue complained softly, "It's so late now, can't we talk about it tomorrow? Li Wei is such a fool!"

Li Yan's heart moved. Although he seemed to be having fun all day, he had actually been paying attention to the progress of the case. He thought of making arrangements a few days in advance and asked Li Wei to bring people to guard the door of the criminal department and watch day and night. If they found that Lao Ba entered the palace at night, they must report it immediately.

Li Wei also understood what Li Yan meant. The palace gates were closed at night. Unless there was something very serious, who would dare to knock on the door late at night and violate the palace ban!
Now that Li Wei came to his place at night, something big must have happened. Li Yan comforted Qiuyue and went to the outer hall.

Seeing this, Li Wei stepped forward to Li Yan and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Eighth Master just entered the palace!"

Li Yan was shocked and ordered, "Withdraw all your people back to the mansion immediately, don't let anyone find out! Then go and have a rest! If there is anything else, we can talk about it tomorrow."

"Yeah" Li Wei responded and left!

Li Yan knew that Lao Ba had interrogated Xiao Guoxing overnight and had made a major breakthrough. He went to the palace to report to the crown prince overnight. The emperor asked Zhang Yanyu, who was on duty, for advice, but Zhang Yanyu burned the report. The underlying meaning was that the crown prince, as the crown prince, made such an unjust case just to collect money. If such a thing were to be spread, not only the crown prince, but also the royal family and the court would be shamed, so it could only be handled in a low-key manner.

As for dealing with the prince, he could find another excuse, a legitimate crime that could shut up the world and bring it to the table.

The emperor also accepted Zhang Yanyu's advice and asked Turichen to take Xiao Guoxing to Ningguta overnight and hand him over to the Shengjing general for strict supervision and not allow him to see anyone.

Li Yan was waiting for this moment. After Li Wei left, Li Yan slowly came to Qiuyue's room and continued to flirt with Qiuyue. Qiuyue was pregnant and could not do anything else, just chatting with him to relieve her mood. Qiuyue was pregnant for the first time, and she was not used to it. Sometimes she would be upset and lose her temper. Li Yan could understand it. After all, a girl with a slim figure and a slender waist suddenly had a bulging belly and her whole figure was seriously out of shape. In addition, there were various psychological and physiological reactions after pregnancy, wild thoughts, irritability, and poor sleep. It was also normal, so Li Yan carefully relieved it, attracted Qiuyue's attention, and eased her anxiety!
The Borjigit family has been doing the same thing recently, so Li Yan is quite experienced!

After finally coaxing Qiuyue to sleep, Li Yan got up, thought for a while, and gently pressed Qiuyue's sleeping point, releasing his internal force. After a while, Qiuyue's breathing became heavy and she fell into a deep sleep. She would not wake up until the next morning.

Then he quietly went out and pressed the sleep point of the maid who was on night watch outside, waiting until the maid fell asleep. Li Yan changed into night clothes, walked around the garden at the back, easily climbed over the high wall, came to the outside of the mansion, looked around to see that there was no one around, and took advantage of the night to go to the north gate.

Arriving at the north gate, he found a section of wall with few people nearby and observed it carefully. When a team of patrolling soldiers passed by, Li Yan knew that it was a peaceful time and the Qing Dynasty's regime was at its most stable. The capital had not seen a war for a long time and people were not well prepared. Soldiers only patrolled once every half an hour, and there was no one guarding the wall at ordinary times.

A piece of rope was taken out from the space, with a cast iron cross hook tied to one end of the rope.

"Swish!" He threw it onto the city wall. The city wall was ten meters high, and with Li Yan's skills, he couldn't just jump over it, so he used the Hundred Refining Rope.

The slight sound of the iron hook falling to the ground did not attract the patrolling soldier's attention. He slowly pulled down the rope, made sure it was hooked, and climbed up along the rope. Then he walked to the other side, hung the iron hook on the wall, slid down along the rope, and then pulled the rope upwards. The iron hook flew out of the city wall with the power of the rope, drew a shadow in the air, and fell heavily on the weed-covered land.

Li Yan put away the rope and iron hook, looked at the direction, and took advantage of the night to walk towards the official road in the distance.

He walked to the official road, looked back at the towering city gate, then went north. After walking for an hour, he came to the farewell pavilion. Seeing that there was no one around, he found a secluded place, hid there, and waited quietly.

The See-off Pavilion is a resting place twenty miles north of the city!

When people in the city send their relatives and friends to the north, they usually send them here and say goodbye. When relatives and friends from afar come to the capital, they will also be greeted here. There are no post stations or places to stay for dozens of miles further north, so most people who come here will take a short rest before continuing on their journey.

After waiting for about half an hour, Li Yan began to shiver with cold.

Now it is slowly entering autumn. Although the residual heat of summer is still there, it is already cool at night, especially in the wilderness. The breeze blows away the temperature on the body and makes you feel cool. When Li Yan was about to take out a piece of clothing from the space to avoid the cold wind, the sound of horse hooves came from afar.

(End of this chapter)