Rescuing the Villainous Boss with a Little Dirty Master

When Jiang Heng and her group arrived at the private residence, a fine horse was galloping towards the Fourth Prince's mansion on the streets of the capital. Someone was unable to dodge in time and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to curse, he was stunned by the water droplets that landed on his face.

As the man wiped his face, he looked up at the sky and asked, "Is it going to rain?"

However, he was dumbfounded when he saw the bright red stain on the back of his hand. He then looked back at the trail of blood dripping down the ground. Good heavens, how much blood must have been lost?

At the gate of the Fourth Prince's residence, hooves thundered, and Li Lian tumbled to the ground. The guards at the gate were startled by this...

Startled, he rushed to him and helped him up, exclaiming, "Lord Li! How are you?!"

"Quickly, go tell His Highness that Lan Heng has been kidnapped!"

Li Lian gripped his wrist tightly. Due to excessive blood loss, his breathing was unsteady, and his speech was intermittent, but one could still hear his urgency.

The guard helped him walk inside, while the other turned and ran quickly toward the main courtyard.

"What did you say! Lan Heng has been kidnapped!"

In the main study, Dongling Yu was leisurely drinking tea when he heard the guard report. He slammed his teacup on the table, splashing hot tea onto the back of his hand, but he didn't care.

"Where's Li Lian?!"

"Lord Li is seriously injured and is on his way."

Li Lian arrived at the main courtyard not long after. Upon seeing Dongling Yu, he knelt on one knee, "It is..."

"Your subordinate is incompetent!"

Dongling Yu looked at the deep, bleeding wounds on his body, his face grim. "Go find the imperial physician." Dongling Yu called to Lin An, then turned to Li Lian, "Get up and tell me in detail what happened."

……

Why did Lan Heng leave the city?

After Li Lian finished speaking, Dongling Yu immediately raised his doubts, saying that if they hadn't left the city, today's events would never have happened.

"Doctor Lan said he's going into the mountains to find some medicinal herbs. He also said that while treating Your Highness's leg ailment these past few days, he suddenly had a new idea." Li Lian looked up at him, his eyes red-rimmed, suppressing his anger. "Your Highness, Zhou Nan is dead."

"what happened!"

Before he could even ponder the suspicious circumstances surrounding Lan Heng's departure from the city, upon hearing the news of Zhou Nan's accident, Dongling Yu's anger flared, and his expression became even more grim.

“When I was dealing with the assassins in the suburbs, Zhou Nan happened to be returning to the city and we ran into him. Even though we joined forces, we couldn’t take care of those people.” Li Lian clenched his fist, his voice hoarse. “Your Highness, those people must have planned this all along.”

Dongling Yu slammed his palm hard on the table, causing the teacup to tremble and make a soft sound.

For the past two years, he had almost always taken Li Lian with him on his travels; Li Lian was practically half his face. But today, he had been humiliated. In this capital, the number of people who dared to openly slap him in the face could be counted on one hand, and if we were to consider their motives, there were no more than three.

"Someone! Bring Zhuo Yi here!" Dongling Yu shouted sternly from outside the study.

Not long after, Zhuo Yi stepped into the study. He had already heard about what happened today. When he entered, the royal physician was bandaging Li Lian. Upon seeing the wounds on his body, Zhuo Yi frowned. How dare someone be so bold as to directly attack the guards of the prince's residence.

Dongling Yu instructed Zhuo Yi to send people to keep an eye on several places, especially Dong Jingming's area. If they saw Lan Heng or any suspicious activity, they were to immediately report back.

"Now you lead your men from the east gate all the way to the outskirts of the city to investigate and see if there are any clues."

"Yes! I will do it now."

Zhuo Yi received Dongling Yu's order and led a team along the east gate all the way to where Li Lian said. There they saw several corpses with different deaths around the overturned carriage. From the knife wounds on their bodies and the traces at the scene, one could imagine how fierce the fight had been.

These people didn't even bother to conceal their faces, which shows that they were determined to succeed and that this was also a provocation against the Fourth Prince.

Zhuo Yi squatted down, carefully examining the wheel tracks on the ground. They were too messy to distinguish which one was left by the carriage that took Lan Heng away.

"The four of you follow these tracks and see if there are any other clues."

The remaining four searched the bodies and found only a few money bags and some valuables. There was nothing else that could identify them.

"Sir, we've only found these."

Zhuo Yi frowned deeply; this was not a good explanation. Ultimately, he had no choice but to take the bodies of these people, along with Zhou Nan's, back with him.

"Your Highness, we found nothing useful, and the clues from the wheel tracks have gone cold."

Zhuo Yi laid out the items he had found on the table one by one, and carefully began to speak, "But there's one suspicious point: these people are too blatant."

"Elaborate."

"According to Li Lian, they should have been watching outside the mansion early in the morning and followed you all the way out of the city. They were willing to risk everything to take Lan Heng away. I suspect that they already know that Your Highness's leg injury is not as simple as it seems."

He had already considered the question Zhuo Yi raised. The other party had kidnapped Lan Heng simply to get to the bottom of things and to stop him from continuing to treat him. But how the information leaked still needed further investigation. If they could get anything out of Lan Heng... no, they were certain they could get something out of him; Lan Heng would never keep a secret for him.

"Zhuo Yi! Send someone into the palace and tell them that I have something important to discuss with the Emperor. If the Emperor asks what it is, tell him that it concerns my life."

Zhuo Yi agreed, quickly walked outside, and spurred his horse toward the palace.

......

Upon hearing that Dongling Yu had a matter of life and death to discuss with him, King Dongli disregarded the fact that Dongling Yu was still under house arrest and ordered Zhuo Yi to bring him into the palace.

"Ling Yu, what happened?"

"Father, today someone ambushed and killed my guards in the street and kidnapped my physician."

"Who did this? And why would they kidnap a physician from the palace?" King Dongli was puzzled. Why would someone go to such lengths to kidnap a mere physician from the palace?

"This can only be told to you."

Dongling Yu glanced at the eunuchs around him. Dongli Wang understood and ordered them all to leave. He also instructed Lian An to guard outside the door and not allow anyone to enter.

When the palace doors reopened, King Dongli had a cold and stern expression, and the atmosphere was frighteningly low.

That night, three squads of Qilin Guards were dispatched, rushing off in three different directions. Dong Jingming waited in his residence until dark, but the men he had sent out did not return, and his anxiety and unease grew stronger.

Before he could think further, a commotion arose outside the courtyard. Startled and angry, he stood up and ordered someone to go out and see what was going on, as someone dared to make such a racket outside.

The eunuch returned shortly after leaving, his face filled with panic. "Your Highness! It's the Qilin Guard!"

"what!"

Dong Jingming's heart raced. He took a deep breath, composed himself, and strode out. Upon seeing that the leader was none other than the Commander of the Qilin Guard, he clenched his fists at his sides. "Commander Li, what brings you here so late at night with so many men to force your way into my residence?!"

"Your Highness! We have come here on the Emperor's orders to find someone. We ask for your cooperation."

Dong Jingming's heart sank. "Just as I thought," he thought. But he remained calm on the surface and asked, "Who are you looking for that you've come all this way?"

"Please, Your Highness, hand over Lan Heng."

"What a joke! Who is this Lan Heng you speak of? I have no idea."

Li Xiangyan didn't waste any more words. He clapped his hands, and someone behind him carried four corpses up and threw them on the ground.

"These are people from your household." Li Xiangyan raised his eyes and coldly glared at Dong Jingming. "Does this commander need to say anything more?"

Dong Jingming stared at the corpse on the ground, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. In less than a day, they had already traced him to someone else. What about the other things from the past? Had they not found out, or had they not been investigated?

"Yes, these are people from my residence, but I sent them to invite Lan Heng today, and they haven't seen him yet. Who would have thought something happened?"

"It seems Your Highness is not planning to hand over the person voluntarily. In that case, we will have to search the place ourselves." After saying that, without waiting for Dong Jingming's reaction, he waved his hand and ordered his men to go in and search.

"Li Xiangyan! Even if you are acting on the Emperor's orders, does that give you the right to act so recklessly in my residence?!"

Looking at the scene before him, Dong Jingming was furious, his eyes wide and his chest heaving. What difference was there between this and a slap in the face?

"The higher-ups instructed us that if we didn't hand over the person voluntarily, we'd have to find him ourselves."

For a moment, everyone in the Third Prince's residence looked panicked and retreated to a distance, allowing the Qilin Guards to search everywhere.

The scene before him was too much of a shock to Dong Jingming. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared straight at Li Xiangyan, who didn't seem to care.

An hour later, all the Qilin Guards assembled. "Commander, we haven't found him."

Li Xiangyan frowned deeply. "Fourth Prince, we hope you will hand over the person voluntarily. That way, we will have an explanation."

"I've said it! There's no one named Lan Heng here! You've already searched the place, now get out!"

Li Xiangyan suppressed his anger and could only lead his men away. In the study, Dong Jingming swept everything off the desk. The eunuch hesitated outside the door, unsure whether to go in.

"How dare you humiliate me like this."

He stared coldly at the mess on the ground, his eyes filled with malice. He was determined not to hesitate any longer and that he would fight Dongling Yu to the death this time.