Quick Wear: Salted Fish anchor always eats melons on the scene

"The other party wanted you to attend the meeting alone. He knew that you had a leg injury, but he still wanted you to go up the mountain."

Princess Wenchang held the note sent by the little beggar and frowned.

Shi Li and Xie Yan'an have flesh and blood on their palms and backs of their hands.

Xie Yan'an had already stood up, leaning on a cane. After many days of recuperation, his face had regained some color and there was no unnecessary expression on it.

"So what? I'll go see who's behind this." He asked someone to put on his outer clothes and was about to go out.

Princess Wenchang caught up with him and lowered her voice, "Are you not afraid of danger?"

"I'm afraid of getting Lili into trouble." Xie Yan'an said lightly, looking at Princess Wenchang's stern eyes, "You know, I don't have much to pursue. I'm only happy to meet Lili."

Princess Wenchang had nothing to say. She waved her hand and ordered someone to prepare a carriage for Xie Yan'an and send him to the outskirts of the city.

Xie Yan'an sat alone in the carriage, one hand gently resting on his chin, listening silently to the sound of the wheels rolling past.

I don’t know how much time had passed before Shi Li opened her eyes in a daze.

There was green above her head, green grass below her, and many half-human-high shrubs growing around her, completely blocking her view.

But she couldn't move now, her hands and feet were tied tightly with ropes, and her mouth was stuffed with a rag, so she couldn't make any sound.

It was obvious that she had been kidnapped.

Shi Li did not struggle rashly, but quietly observed the surrounding environment.

There was nothing else in sight except plants and trees.

But Shi Li could also guess that she was no longer in Ding'an City, but should be in a mountain on the outskirts of the city.

I just can't understand why the granddaughter of Prime Minister Zuo Xiang would help others kidnap me. Whether it was Prime Minister Zuo's instruction and what his purpose was, it is unknown.

But it was impossible to sit and wait for death, so Shi Li did not act rashly, but was worried that someone was secretly watching her. After waiting for a long time, when there was almost no one else around except herself, she began to think of ways to save herself.

Xie Yanan's carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain.

He got off the carriage and the coachman drove away. After all, the note sent by the little beggar required him to go up the mountain alone.

This unknown barren mountain was neither high nor steep, but Xie Yanan's leg injury had not yet healed, and it was much more difficult for him to climb the mountain with a crutch than for ordinary people.

Although it was already early autumn, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

After walking for more than an hour, with blisters on the palms of our hands from holding the walking stick, we finally reached the top of the mountain.

Looking around, there was no one there.

Xie Yan'an looked around with a cold gaze and said loudly, "Let me come. I have kept my promise and am here now. Shouldn't you also let my fiancée go?"

The wind blows and the trees rustle.

No one answered.

Xie Yan'an didn't urge him and just stood there expressionlessly.

After waiting for a long time, I finally saw a white-haired old man walking out of the dense woods opposite.

The old man was dressed simply, with his gray hair tied together at the back of his head. Strangely, he didn't have a single beard on his chin. His eyes were full of calculation and another complicated emotion as he looked at Xie Yanan.

"Xie Yan'an, I want the treasure and key from you." The old man put his hands behind his back, looking like he was planning something. His old voice was shrill and full of greed.

Xie Yan'an had never seen this person before.

But when he mentioned the treasure, Xie Yan'an immediately remembered the last time he was stabbed by a surprise attack. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "It was you who tried to assassinate me last time?"

"I just want the treasure and key on you." The old man neither admitted nor denied, but just looked at Xie Yan'an greedily.

Xie Yan'an probably guessed who he was, "Treasure? I don't know what you are talking about. If you want money, I can give it to you."

The old man laughed so hard that he seemed to die.

When he had almost finished laughing, his eyes became more vicious and he stared at Xie Yanan.

"You don't know? How could you not know? Didn't she tell you who she is? You are her only bloodline, she can't leave the treasure to anyone else. Give it to me!"

Xie Yanan was silent.

He knew very well that the old man was talking about her biological mother, the late emperor's concubine, and... the only surviving princess of the previous dynasty.

But he still wanted to test who this old man was colluding with to be able to do what he did today.

"You can have the treasure, but you have to release my fiancée first."

Seeing that he finally admitted the existence of the treasure, the old man instantly became ecstatic and raised his head proudly, "I hid it where you can't find it. If you give me the treasure, I will tell you where it is. If you go too late and encounter a vicious tiger, you can't blame me."

Evil tiger?

This word suddenly reminded Xie Yanan of the autumn hunt.