jdhmnovel Chapter 189 Worry
Chapter 189 Worry
After seeing that Shaoqi had taken the bait, Xu Yingying's goal was achieved, so she simply stood up and said goodbye, "It's getting late, and I still have some things to deal with, so I won't bother you any more. I'll be waiting for you to come to the county in a few days."
After saying that, Xu Yingying turned around and left the house with the housekeeper's farewell.
After leaving the mansion, Xu Yingying headed towards Jun County. Realizing that something seemed to be following her, she deliberately circled around a few times. After calmly shaking off the little tail behind her, Xu Yingying walked slowly towards the mansion.
But on the way, Xu Yingying still met a group of unlucky people. She couldn't help rolling her eyes and wanted to turn around and leave, but was blocked by the guards behind Li Siming.
"County Magistrate Xu, how are you? Why did you turn around and leave when you saw me?" Li Siming looked at Xu Yingying who was blocked, a playful smile appeared on his face, and he walked up to her.
Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, Xu Yingying reluctantly bowed to Li Siming, "Your humble servant pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I just remembered something and wanted to deal with it, so I didn't pay attention to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Li Siming did not want to care about Xu Yingying's rudeness. He waved his hand, signaling the guards to put down their weapons and no longer restrict Xu Yingying's movements.
"That's understandable, but Magistrate Xu looks like he just came back from outside the city. What did he do?" Li Siming started by questioning where Xu Yingying had been.
Xu Yingying tried her best to restrain herself and didn't curse directly, but she still said with a fake smile: "It's not a big deal. I didn't expect Your Highness to be so concerned about my whereabouts. But I may disappoint Your Highness. I just went out of the city to look for some unimportant herbs, and thought of making some wound medicine to carry with me."
As she spoke, Xu Yingying was afraid that Li Siming would not believe her, so she showed him some herbs she had picked on the way back.
Seeing this, Li Siming choked and couldn't say anything.
Seeing Li Siming was silent, Xu Yingying said, "Your Highness, do you have anything else to do? If not, I will leave first. I am also a little tired and want to go back to rest."
Xu Yingying said so, and there were some people surrounding her, so Li Siming couldn't take Xu Yingying away by force. Even though he was unwilling, he still let her go.
Along the way, in order to avoid being targeted again, Xu Yingying quickened her pace. It was not until she stepped into the mansion that she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Li Siqi was waiting anxiously in the study, while Huang Shaohua, whose study was occupied, was miserably arranged to go to the front hall, always observing whether Xu Yingying had returned.
Therefore, the moment Huang Shaohua saw Xu Yingying's figure, he almost cried. God knows how long he had been waiting here.
"County Magistrate Huang? Why are you waiting here?" Xu Yingying felt a little strange when she saw Huang Shaohua like this.
Huang Shaohua forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "His Highness asked me to wait for you here. He has been waiting in the study for a long time."
Xu Yingying was somewhat speechless, but still said to Huang Shaohua in a friendly manner: "Thank you for your hard work, County Magistrate Huang. You should go back and have a rest. I will go find His Highness myself."
After saying that, Xu Yingying walked towards the study and went straight in without even knocking on the door.
"Your Highness..." Xu Yingying had just opened her mouth when she noticed a figure flashing towards her quickly. Before she could react, she was hugged by that person.
"No, let me go first..." Li Siqi's grip was so strong that Xu Yingying could hardly breathe.
Li Siqi realized it and subconsciously loosened his hand. He looked at Xu Yingying with some guilt. Seeing that Xu Yingying was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm sorry, I was too excited just now. I'm glad you're okay. You've been away for so long, I thought you had an accident."
Xu Yingying blinked her eyes, knowing that the other party was worried about her, and all the dissatisfaction she had just felt disappeared. "I'm fine, I just ran into Li Siming on the way, which delayed me for some time."
"Li Siming? He looked for you?" Li Siqi's face changed when he heard that.
"I don't know how he found out my route, and he blocked me at the city gate. I had no choice but to confront him head-on. He wanted to trick me, but failed. There were also common people around me, so he didn't dare to attack me." Xu Yingying briefly explained the situation and comforted Li Siqi at the same time.
Hearing this, Li Siqi's expression improved a little. "We can't ignore Li Siming. We don't know what he is going to do, but the best way is to get him out as soon as possible to avoid more trouble."
Xu Yingying also readily agreed, but this was not something that could be done overnight. Li Siming was very smart, and if one wanted to frame him, they would have to plan ahead.
"By the way, how is Guo Shaoqi doing?" Li Siqi asked, thinking of the purpose of Xu Yingying's going out this time.
"Everything went well. Guo Shaoqi is more stupid than we thought. He has a grudge against you, so I expressed my dissatisfaction with you a little, and he trusted me very much. The preliminary preparations have been completed, and all that remains is to wait for him to come to Jun County." When it comes to business, Xu Yingying is very serious.
"So you told him bad things about me?" Li Siqi looked at Xu Yingying knowingly, but he didn't grasp the point of what Xu Yingying had just said.
Xu Yingying was speechless for a while. She wanted to say something, but she moved her mouth for a while, but still said nothing. She wanted to turn around and leave, but her wrist was grabbed by Li Siqi, "Don't go, so you really said bad things about me to that old man?"
Seeing that Li Siqi was about to make trouble unreasonably, Xu Yingying felt a huge headache, "Stop, is this the point? If it wasn't for what's coming next, I couldn't tell him. It's his fault for hating you. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and it's all because of you." As she said that, Xu Yingying rolled her eyes at Li Siqi.
Li Siqi seemed to suddenly become refreshed. He let go of Xu Yingying's wrist and looked at her with a smile. "I know you are tired. Go and rest."
This action has left Xu Yingying completely speechless. She opened and closed her lips, and finally she was impressed by Li Siqi's unique train of thought. She sighed heavily, but in her heart she cursed Li Siqi's ancestors for eighteen generations.
After a day's rest, Xu Yingying saw that it was still early, so she took her things and went to the place where the resentful ghosts gathered. From a distance, it was still shrouded in black fog, which was particularly terrifying.
However, Xu Yingying acted accustomed to this. After checking the integrity of the formation as usual, Xu Yingying sat outside the formation, arranged her things, sat cross-legged, and began to continue the salvation that she had not done in the past few days. There were a large number of vengeful ghosts, and Xu Yingying did not have the magic weapon she had in the mass grave to use. She could only use the most primitive method, chanting scriptures.
Fortunately, Xu Yingying's cultivation was already quite high, so even the simplest chanting of sutras to liberate the souls had a significant effect. After the salvation was over, Xu Yingying looked at the scene in front of her which had turned into a slightly light black mist, and she let out a long breath.