Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Wu Yongguang comforted Rouer for a long time, but he was still thinking about finding a death row prisoner to die for Rouer. After Rouer fell asleep, he hurriedly left the secret room.

Xiao Chenze stood in front of the mist in the space, staring at the sleeping Rou'er, and said lightly, "It's best to take this person out and hide him, so that Wu Yongguang will think that it was his wife who did it."

Shen Li agreed very much and nodded, "I think so too. Take them away and let them fight on their own. The more fierce the fight, the better."

"Yes, once we get the token, while they are fighting among themselves, we must hurry to the iron mine to find your cousin."

"You're right, we have to go quickly," Shen Li said, "Before we go, let's go to the farm first to see what's going on with my brother Dayong. We can also ask him about some things first. After all, he has been staying in Mizhou, and the farm is close to the mine."

After the two of them agreed on this, Shen Li walked out of the space, knocked the sleeping Rou'er unconscious, and brought her into the space.

"Where are you planning to hide her?" she asked Xiao Chenze. "The medicine can only make her sleep for two hours. We must send her out before then, to prevent her from knowing our secrets."

When I looked up, I found that Xiao Chenze suddenly smiled.

"What are you laughing at? What's wrong?" Shen Li was puzzled.

"Nothing," Xiao Chenze touched his nose and said, "I have someone take her away. We are leaving the city now and transporting her to the mountains where we caught the wolf cub last time. They are all my people over there, so she is absolutely safe."

Those people were brought back by him from the northern border. They were personal soldiers trained for him by the old Duke. Since he returned to Beijing, they have been disguised as mountain people and scattered around.

It is not far from the capital and the imperial mausoleum, so if anything happens to him, we can provide assistance at any time.

He smiled because Shen Li accidentally said "we", which made him feel very close, as if he was talking to his own people.

Shen Li urged his mind and quickly brought the space back to the yard.

It was late at night, and except for a few people on patrol, the yard was very quiet.

Shopkeeper Lu was worried about the girl hiding in the underground secret room. Just as he took people to check it out, he heard someone come to report that the master wanted him to come over.

He hurried to Xiao Chenze's residence, knocked on the door a few times, and the door opened.

Xiao Chenze walked out and looked around. Only Shopkeeper Lu was there. "Come in."

As soon as I entered, I saw a person lying on the ground.

"Arrange a few reliable people to escort this person to the forest at night," Xiao Chenze said. "Be sure to keep it a secret on the way. Don't let anyone see her appearance, and don't let her speak."

Shopkeeper Lu bravely leaned over to take a look at Rou'er's exposed face. "She looks so ugly. Is she seriously ill?"

"No, I just had a miscarriage and was beaten."

"Yes, I understand." Manager Lu did not ask any more questions. He bowed and then left, naturally to arrange staff.

Shen Li jumped out of the space, squatted down, and reached out to touch Rouer's neck.

"How long will it take to reach the mountain you mentioned? Do you want me to get her some more drugs to make her unconscious? Otherwise, she might wake up and scream and get discovered."

"That's not necessary," Xiao Chenze said, "Everyone in this courtyard knows medicine and pharmacy. They can take her away by themselves. The most urgent thing is, should we go to the prefectural government to keep an eye on her?"

"Yes," Shen Li nodded. "I haven't got the token yet. I'm going back to give it to Rou'er. Let's go back now. The good show won't be too far away. Don't miss it."

"We" again, Xiao Chenze smiled again.

The two did not dare to delay and returned to the prefectural mansion once again.

As expected, Wu Yongguang disguised a death row prisoner as Rou'er and killed him to report to his wife. After returning, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he simply got dressed and took the monkey back to the underground secret room in the study.

Unexpectedly, when he went in, he found that the quilt on the ground was still warm, but the person was gone, and even the hot water bottle was not taken away. He was immediately shocked and fell to the ground.

The candlelight was dim, and his face was half bright and half dark, gloomy and uncertain.

After a while, he let out a long breath, supported himself with his hands and stood up. He almost fell down, but he supported himself again and stood up this time.

He lowered his head, held the candle, walked up the stairs step by step, and walked out of the secret room.

Outside, the monkey was still tied to the table. Wu Yongguang went over to touch its head and sighed, "Old man, it's time for you to do some work for me."

After taking the monkey out, he did not go to look for his wife, but quietly returned to his bedroom and went to bed without saying anything more.

This series of actions left Shen Li confused.

"What is he doing?" Shen Li looked at Xiao Chenze in confusion. "Does he not doubt Madam, or does he doubt her but dare not fight her?"

As they were talking, the two men were standing above the prefect's bedroom. Looking down from here, the yard was quiet. Apart from two or three secret guards hiding in the treetops, there was not even a personal servant.

"He's suspicious. He's convinced that Rou'er was taken away by Madam," Xiao Chenze said to Shen Li, staring quietly down below. "Look at those people in his yard. They're not only there to protect him, but also to monitor him. They all knew he went to the study, and Madam knew too. It's hard to believe he could have hidden himself from the public and built such a secret room. The mechanisms alone are so complex that they can't be opened. He raised this monkey. Not only does it operate the mechanisms for him, it also helps him monitor the secret guards. He must have thought that the secret guards had seen through his secret and told Madam, who then kidnapped her."

Having said that, he turned around and looked at Shen Li with a smile, "I'm afraid we can't leave now. We have to stay here, so as not to miss the show."

Besides the smile, there was something indescribable in his eyes, which made Shen Li's heart beat faster and she looked outside uncomfortably.

Xiao Chenze knew what it was, because he had just used the word "we".

Unconsciously, the relationship between him and Shen Li became "us".

"I heard from the dogs in his yard that the prefect not only raised one monkey, but a whole group of them," Shen Li said slowly. "The lady thought that the prefect was under so much surveillance that he didn't even have anyone to talk to, and that he raised monkeys to relieve his boredom, so she didn't care. Little did she know that the dogs said that the prefect was very good at training monkeys, and it must be a family tradition. Isn't it said that his family is poor? There is a way for people to make a living by training monkeys."

"He's raised those monkeys for so many years that they can understand his commands. It takes a thousand days to train an army, but only a moment to deploy it. Just look at his actions. He might be planning to use the soldiers he raised."

The two stopped talking. Shen Li walked to the shelf, took out two sleeping bags, and casually threw one to Xiao Chenze, "Here, sleep on this tonight."

Xiao Chenze became curious again, "This is..."

He opened the sleeping bag, his attention instantly drawn to the contents. "This thing is great! It's light, warm, and easy to carry. We can each carry one on a forced march, and we don't even need to set up a tent anywhere. We can just lie down and sleep. If the enemy approaches, we can just get up and go without any delay. It's great."

Having said this, he raised his head and smiled at Shen Li.

Shen Li knew what he was thinking about at a glance, "You can take this to the people in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works to have a look. Make more before the ice and snow come, and quickly send them to the military camps in the border areas. Maybe they can be used this year."

"Okay, thank you very much," Xiao Chenze meant exactly this. Now, after hearing Shen Li's instructions, he quickly came forward and said, "And the night vision goggles, can we make them too?"

Shen Li was both amused and confused. After all, she was a veteran of the military camp, and her heart was entirely devoted to it.

"That should be possible. I'll give you an extra pair later. You can take it to them for research. Even if they can't make it, at least 60% or 70% or 80% of it would be good."

"Okay, that's settled."

As soon as Xiao Chenze finished speaking, he saw Shen Li also unzipped her sleeping bag, stood up and began to take off her outer clothes.

"You...what are you doing?" he was shocked.

"Go to sleep," Shen Li was too lazy to pay attention to his pedanticness, "Do you still need to wear outer clothes when sleeping? Would that be comfortable?"

Then he rolled his eyes at Xiao Chenze and crawled into his sleeping bag. "Don't worry, I've already told Wolf Cub and Big Black Mastiff to take turns watching outside. If Wu Yongguang makes any movement, they'll wake us up. Go to sleep, we won't miss anything important."

After saying that, he fell asleep without caring about Xiao Chenze's dumbfounded look.