Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

"What? Master He can't convince you, so you still want to take action?"

Zhou Li raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of teasing.

Before He Cheng could reply, his expression suddenly changed. He pouted with an aggrieved look, looked past He Cheng, and looked straight behind him, crying.

"Dad, you're finally here. This man is seeking revenge for his personal grudge and has captured me by relying on his numbers. I beg you to help me."

Hearing this, He Cheng's eyelids twitched suddenly and he turned to look behind him.

He saw Pingyang Hou, wearing a dark purple official uniform, standing in front of him with a gloomy face and a frown on his face, his hands behind his back, his whole body showing majesty.

"Lord He is such an imposing figure. Don't be afraid, Li'er. Dad will take you back home right away!"

Pingyang Hou snorted coldly at He Cheng, passed by him directly, helped Zhou Li up, and said firmly.

As he passed by, he deliberately bumped into He Cheng in displeasure.

Seeing that he was about to take Zhou Li away, He Cheng clenched his fists, quickly stepped in front of Pingyang Hou, and bowed his head.

"Please stay, my Lord. It's not that I'm deliberately trying to embarrass the Crown Prince. Miss Su is the Imperial Concubine chosen by His Majesty. The Crown Prince tricked Miss Su into leaving the capital, angering His Majesty. I had no choice but to do this."

But Marquis Pingyang didn't listen to this at all.

He pushed He Cheng away and gave him a sidelong glance.

"What do you mean by deception or not? Lord He, you know that you need evidence when you speak. Everyone knows that Miss Su has long been buried. Even if you want to fabricate a crime for my son, you should find a better excuse."

The next moment, the jailer outside the door hurried forward with a sword in hand, blocking the way.

Although He Cheng didn't say anything, there was a dark look in his eyes, and he looked very gloomy, but he didn't ask to let the man go.

Seeing this, Pingyang Hou became even angrier.

He let go of Zhou Li's arm, bowed to the left side of his body, and raised his voice several degrees.

"Although I, the Marquis of Pingyang, don't have any great abilities, I did serve the late emperor well when he ascended the throne. Even the current emperor has to show some respect to me. Lord He is deliberately trying to stop me. Is he trying to take advantage of the fact that there is no one in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion?"

"I will definitely ask His Majesty for an explanation for what happened today!"

As he said this, he swung his sleeves violently and pretended to go into the palace.

Seeing this, He Cheng had no choice but to step back and hurried forward to stop them.

"Wait, the Marquis is absolutely right. There must be some misunderstanding here. You are blind! Get out of the way!"

He turned his eyes to the jailer at the door and cursed him angrily.

The jailer lowered his head and made way.

Only then did Pingyang Hou stride out of the dungeon with Zhou Li.

The gloom in He Cheng's eyes grew more intense, and there was even some resentment in the look he gave them.

After watching them leave, the jailer cautiously approached He Cheng, frowned, and asked in a low voice, "Sir, we finally captured someone, and we just let them go like this?"

After hearing this, He Cheng, who was already resentful, glanced at him unhappily and said through gritted teeth.

"Then tell me, what should I do?"

The jailer was choked by these words and dared not breathe again.

"If this matter really reaches His Majesty, even if I'm investigating this matter under His Majesty's orders, His Majesty will inevitably sacrifice me and prevent them from leaving in order to appease the Marquis of Pingyang's wrath. Do you want me to be punished?"

He Cheng snorted coldly, slapped the jailer on the head, and then left.

The jailer touched his aching head, shook his head and sighed.

It is said that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. Who would have thought that the situation of these jailers is not much better.

After completely leaving the dungeon, Zhou Li finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt his shoulders relax.

To be honest, he was really afraid that Su An would come to the prison to rescue him on impulse.

Now that he had escaped safely, He Cheng could no longer use him to threaten Su An.

Su An can now leave the capital with peace of mind!

In order to avoid the sight of the officers and soldiers, Su An and An Yi traveled through the mountains and forests for several days in a row. They set out on the road at dawn and found an open place in the forest to rest at night.

Zhou Li could never have imagined that Su An, whom he was worried about, was in danger again.

In the twilight, the flames from the fire illuminated the surroundings. The warm temperature made people sleepy, but Su An was not sleepy at all. Instead, he stared at his surroundings with a nervous look on his face.

I saw several dark shadows standing not far away.

Several pairs of green eyes stared at them, looking very creepy.

Su An subconsciously grabbed An Yi's clothes from behind, pouted with a tearful look, and said in a trembling voice.

"Why are there wolves here? Can you...can you defeat them all by yourself?"

It’s not that she didn’t trust An Yi, but there were simply too many wolves around. No matter how powerful An Yi’s martial arts skills were, he only had two hands and two legs, and he might not be able to deal with the agile and cunning wolves.

An Zhang opened his arms and carefully protected Su An, with a solemn look in his eyes.

He lowered his voice as much as possible and said with a frown.

"I'm not too sure, but since I promised the prince to protect you, I can't break my promise. I'll lead these wolves away later. Don't worry about me. Leave here as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, the leading gray wolf stretched out its neck and howled towards the sky.

"Ouch~~"

The surrounding wolves began to stir, and the wolves from all around also came running over after hearing the noise.

An Yi's eyes darkened. He suddenly pulled out a piece of firewood from the fire and lit all the other unlit firewood. Then he quickly scattered the firewood and formed a circle of fire around Su An.

Wolves are afraid of fire, so the fire is dispersed, so it won't burn Su An, but it can isolate the wolves.

After doing all this, An Yi rushed into the wolf pack with a sharp knife in one hand and launched the attack first.

He raised his sword and swung it down, and scarlet blood spurted out in the direction of his swing.

The wolves around were aroused by the smell of blood and pounced on An Yi with low whimpers.

Seeing him being besieged by wolves, Su An's heart was lifted up. She couldn't help but clench her hands under her sleeves and stood there with red eyes.

Seeing that the wolves' attention was on him, An fought with the wolves while retreating into the distance.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was no more movement around, and it was so quiet that I could hear the chirping of insects in the woods.

The firewood was also showing signs of going out.

Su An quickly lifted up her skirt and ran in the opposite direction.

But just after taking a few steps, she held her breath, her eyes widened slightly, the blood in her body froze in an instant, and her legs and feet subconsciously became weak.

Standing before her were two wolves drooling over her.

Against the backdrop of the twilight, the two pairs of green eyes were surprisingly bright.

No, does she have to die today?

Su An gritted his teeth in despair and tentatively moved his feet back.