webnovelfull Chapter 121 Just Kill
Chapter 121 Just Kill
The imperial study was brightly lit, and the secret guard lowered his head and knelt in front of Su Yu. His face was pale, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. It was obvious that he was nervous and frightened.
The secret guard said to Su Yu in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent and let Mu Jin escape. I am here to apologize."
Su Yu sat behind a tall desk, his face gloomy. After a moment of silence, Su Yu slowly spoke: "Tell me, what's going on?"
Su Yu's voice was low and majestic. The secret guard didn't dare to look up. He took a deep breath and tried to steady his voice.
"Your Majesty, Mu Jin's personal guards are very skilled in martial arts. Although they may not be able to defeat me, if I enter the general's mansion, he will definitely track me down. Therefore, I can only watch outside the general's mansion on weekdays."
"Today, I saw the general's carriage carrying Mu Jin leaving the mansion as usual. I noticed that there were two people in the carriage, so I thought it was Mu Jin and her maid, so I followed the carriage to South Gate Street."
"In the evening, the curtain of the carriage of the general's mansion was accidentally blown open by the wind, and I saw that the woman wearing Mu Jin's clothes in the carriage was not Mu Jin. I was shocked and realized that I had been deceived."
"I immediately ran to the general's mansion and found that Mu Jin and his guards were missing. I also had people search the capital for half a day, but still couldn't find Mu Jin. I knew I had made a big mistake, so I hurried back to the palace to ask the emperor to punish me."
After listening to the secret guard's report, Su Yu frowned, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Then will King Yi continue to go to the general's mansion to look for Mu Jin in the next few days?"
The secret guard replied: "Mu Jin has not seen King Yi in the past few days, but yesterday Mu Jin invited King Yi to a banquet. The princess and Prince Zhao of the Duke's Mansion met at Shiding Tower."
Su Yu couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Oh?"
The secret guard continued, "King Yi's personal guards are more skilled in martial arts than me, so I did not enter the Food Tripod Tower. The four of them stayed there for the whole afternoon, and then I saw the princess run out of the Food Tripod Tower, followed by Mu Jin and King Yi."
"Afterwards, King Yi sent Mu Jin back to the General's Mansion on foot. I also heard Mu Jin ask King Yi not to go to the General's Mansion to look for her for the next ten days because she had to develop a waist injury medicine for Marquis Mu Wei and couldn't be distracted."
Su Yu asked, "Did King Yi agree?"
The secret guard nodded and said, "King Yi promised not to go to the general's mansion to look for Mu Jin in the next ten days. I guess she didn't want King Yi to know that she left the capital."
Su Yu sneered, "I think Mu Jin was afraid that King Yi would go to the general's mansion and find that she was not there, so he went to look for her. It's a pity that my smart son was deceived by Mu Jin."
"Are you sure Mu Jin has left the capital?"
The secret guard replied nervously, "It should be true. I went to the city gate to inquire. The water cart from the general's mansion left the city in the afternoon and came back an hour later than usual. Although the officers and soldiers searched the water cart, I think Mu Jin used it to leave the capital."
Su Yu showed a meaningful smile: "It is better for Mu Jin to stay away from the capital, away from my good sons, because it will be easier for you to harm her."
The secret guard was startled and hurriedly said to Su Yu: "Your Majesty, please give me a chance. I will take people out of the capital to capture Mu Jin."
The emperor looked at the secret guard in front of him with deep eyes, and suddenly smiled: "Go ahead, if you see Mu Jin, you don't have to take her back to the capital, just kill her directly. I would rather not have her to involve Mu Weihou than keep her and bring trouble to my two unpromising sons."
When the secret guard heard Su Yu say this, he felt relieved. He kowtowed deeply to Su Yu and quickly left the imperial study.
In the inn in Luoyun County, Eleven said to Mu Jin: "Miss, you are tired today. Go to bed and rest first. I will guard the door tonight."
Mu Jin said, "Even if the emperor's men found out we were missing, they wouldn't track us down so quickly. You're tired today, so I'll just let you rest on the couch."
Eleven smiled and nodded, "Okay, Miss."
Mu Jin couldn't help but frown when he heard Eleven still calling him Miss.
"Still calling me Miss? Since you left the General's Mansion and went back to Nangong Divine Sect, you are no longer the Eleventh of the General's Mansion. You don't have to call me Miss anymore. Since you saved me several times, I have already regarded you as my relative. You can call me Mu Jin or Ah Jin from now on."
Eleven looked at Mu Jin and didn't speak immediately. After a long while, he said, "I would rather be the Eleventh in the General's Mansion forever."
Mu Jin said: "You are still Nangong Min of Nangong Sect. Even if you don't remember the past, those people will always find you and get rid of you. Fortunately, you have remembered the past, otherwise you will be even more passive."
Mu Jin continued to smile and said, "Can I call you Min from now on?"
Lian Yi blushed and nodded. He seemed to have thought of something and said to Mu Jin, "I have contacted several elders from Nangong Divine Sect who support me. They will be waiting to meet me in the town at the foot of Nangong Divine Sect. If everything goes well, we should be there in half a month."
Mu Jin nodded: "Since you already have people who support you and ways to deal with it, I feel relieved."
Nangong Min paused for a moment, and said shyly: "Tomorrow will be very hard, Ah Jin, go to bed and rest first."
Although the word "Ah Jin" was simple, when it came out of his mouth, Nangong Min's face turned red.
Mu Jin was used to seeing Eleven who blushed easily, so even if he turned back into Nangong Min, she didn't feel strange. Both Eleven and Nangong Min were always warm to her.
Mu Jin took off his shoes and lay on the bed, turning sideways to look at Nangong Min who was sitting on the couch opposite him and smiled.
"You are tired today, so go to bed and rest."
Hearing Min say yes, Mu Jin blinked, then quickly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Min didn't dare to move. He sat on the couch, afraid that if he moved, he would wake Mu Jin up. He waited until Mu Jin's breathing became low and steady, then he lay down gently, facing the bed, and looked at Mu Jin tenderly.
Early in the morning, the waiter brought breakfast to the two of them. Just as he was about to leave the room, Min stopped him.
"Brother, I see there's a commotion outside, what's going on?"
The waiter replied, "I don't understand either. I heard that the imperial court was hunting down the two men. The soldiers were holding their portraits and standing at the checkpoints at the city gates, checking in on everyone leaving the city."
Min continued: "Are there any portraits on the city walls?"
The waiter said, "No, in the past, when the government was chasing fugitives, they would post the fugitive's portrait so that people who have seen the fugitive could inform the government. But now, there is no such thing, so we don't know what the person the government is chasing looks like."
Min nodded and said to the waiter with a smile, "Thank you, little brother."
The waiter said you're welcome and helped them close the door and go downstairs.
Mu Jin said to Min Youyou: “This old emperor is really quick.
Min smiled and said, "Don't worry, since he didn't post our portraits, it's obvious that he doesn't want some people to know about it. As long as we bypass those people holding the portraits, we won't be afraid of being known by others.
Mu Jin nodded and felt that what Min said made sense.