I just want to live a good life

Chapter 339: Palm

Chu Qi took Ye Yin to follow the escape route that Concubine Xia took last night. Based on this, Ye Yin deduced that Concubine Xia was most likely to have fled out of the town.

This makes it even harder to find. If the person is in Fenglin Town, it would be a bit troublesome, but we can always search him. Now we have to search even outside the town, and the search range has more than doubled.

However, for the safety of Concubine Xia, he did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately returned to the yamen to ask for a map of the villages near Fenglin Town.

According to the escape route of Concubine Xia provided by Chu Qi, Ye Yin will focus his search on the area south of Fenglin Town.

There are seven villages in total. The largest village has about a hundred households, and the smallest has more than twenty households.

Ye Yin really wanted to search the village overnight, but he couldn't because it would disturb other people too much.

Just imagine that you are sleeping at home and suddenly someone is standing at the head of the bed. He may even turn your face to take a closer look. It would be strange if you are not scared to death.

If this method is used to find Concubine Xia, I guess even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won’t be able to save him.

There is no other choice but to look for someone tomorrow morning.

So he took his people to rest in the county government office.

Ever since Concubine Xia disappeared, Ye Yin and the secret guards haven't had a good night's sleep for several days.

So that night, everyone slept soundly.

At night, Ye Yin suddenly woke up from his sleep and found someone at the head of the bed!

Ye Yin was secretly shocked that someone had sneaked into his room without him noticing.

Being able to touch the head of his bed requires not only courage but also great ability.

Not knowing what this person's purpose was, Ye Yin remained silent.

Listening to the person slowly approaching him, he prepared to capture him in one fell swoop.

Then he felt a pair of hands groping around his waist, as if looking for something.

Because he was sleeping outside and was worried that there would be news about Concubine Xia at any time, he slept with his clothes on. For some reason, the visitor put his hand into the hem of his clothes.

Ye Yin was shocked and couldn't pretend any longer. He would be in trouble if he continued to pretend to be innocent.

He suddenly opened his eyes, reached out, grabbed the man's wrist and restrained him, then met a familiar face.

Suddenly Ye Yin felt unwell, and a memory that he had cruelly thrown away suddenly came to his mind.

So his first reaction was to pull his hand back as if he had been electrocuted, and then he subconsciously pressed down on the hem of his clothes with his hand.

The person who came was Xia Changze who escaped from Dali Temple.

God knows how he convinced himself to take this trip. For his little sister's life, he really risked everything. But he didn't expect Ye Yin's reaction to be so unexpected.

Xia Changze was ecstatic and seized this only opportunity quickly. He turned around and ran, leaving Ye Yin alone in a mess on the bed.

When Ye Yin came to his senses, he found that his badge was missing, and his heart was immediately filled with shame and anger.

Not only did Concubine Xia not find it, she also lost her badge. This badge was no ordinary badge, it was something that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally requested from the Emperor.

With this badge, he can easily enter and exit any state capital, checkpoint, or palace.

Such an important thing was lost, and it was stolen by a prisoner who escaped from prison. It’s not accurate to say that it was stolen, because it was clearly taken in front of him.

Xia Changze actually used such despicable means on him.

How dare he?

"Xia Changze, just wait for me!"

In a flash, Ye Yin used the same speed he used to chase Chu Qi to chase Xia Changze.

With anger in his heart, he moved at an alarming speed.

Unfortunately, the hesitation just now made him lose the initiative, and no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't see Xia Changze.

In fact, if he hadn't been so angry, he would have noticed something unusual when he went out. Xia Changze's lightness skills were not as good as his, so it was impossible for him to disappear without a trace in such a short time.

This was indeed the case. After Xia Changze ran out, he hid in a nearby house and hid in the woodshed. He did not dare to come out quietly until Ye Yin chased him far away.

It was daybreak. Su Nuan, who had not slept all night, heard some noise outside in a daze. She pricked up her ears and listened. It was Sister Li's husband who was going to work in town. Before leaving, he told his wife to look after the children.

Su Nuan felt that it was immoral to eavesdrop on the couple's private conversation, so she turned over and covered one ear, but she could still hear the sounds.

"Don't let them go. No matter what, you have to keep them until I come back."

These were the last words the man uttered.

Su Nuan was a little confused. Who should stay? Her and Lao Liu?

Is this man so hospitable?

Considering how hospitable Sister Li is, it is not impossible that the whole family is hospitable.

Su Nuan didn't think much about it and turned over and fell asleep again.

In the early morning, the town that had been silent all night began to come alive. People selling vegetables, firewood, and breakfast on the street brought the atmosphere of life to the extreme.

When Mu Yunting arrived at the yamen after traveling all night, he found nothing.

Ye Yin had already left with his men when a man named Li Fu came to report that a murderer was found in Lijia Village in the south of the town. Li Fu was holding a portrait of the criminal taken down from the city gate. It was the Concubine Xia they were looking for.

Ye Yin was so excited that he immediately took people over there.

So Mu Yunting didn't even have time to eat breakfast and rushed to Lijia Village without stopping. He was so excited that he wished he could grow a pair of wings.

After running all the way to Lijia Village, I didn't even need to ask which way to go. As soon as I entered the village, I saw several horses parked in front of a house, surrounded by many people.

A man's curse came from the crowd: "You spendthrift woman, I didn't ask you to keep an eye on him, so how could you do that? He ran away, and the reward money is gone. That's five taels of silver! It's equivalent to half a year's salary for me."

"The legs are on their bodies, how can I tie them up?" Mrs. Li said aggrievedly.

"Can you describe the appearance of those two people again?" Ye Yin asked Sister Li.

Although Li Fu said with certainty that the woman staying in his house was the person in the painting, the portrait was only 70% like the person, so he was still afraid that he had made a mistake.

It doesn't matter if I come back empty-handed. What if the robbers are making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to lure the tiger away from the mountain? I will waste a lot of time here, and the robbers may take this time to move Concubine Xia away.

My junior fellow apprentice followed him before, so he was a clue. If he runs away again, I really don’t know where to find him.

Sister Li described the appearance of Su Nuan and Lao Liu to Ye Yin, but what could a peasant woman describe? Nothing more than big eyes and fair skin. Such general words and phrases could not capture the essence at all.

But Sister Li is as gossipy as she should be at her age.

After describing the two's appearance, she said mysteriously, "That man and woman called each other brother and sister, but I knew at first glance that it was not the case. They didn't look alike at all, but the man was handsome and the woman was pretty. I thought they were the young master and young lady of a wealthy family who eloped."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Ye Yin scolded angrily.

Sister Li instinctively wanted to refute, but her words were interrupted by a cold voice.

"Palm mouth."