Chapter 69 Wishful Thinking
Shen Jingxuan and Li Luo looked at each other. When they saw that the city gate was closed, they turned around and looked at the crowd quietly.
A middle-aged man riding a tall horse came towards them surrounded by guards.
He looked down at Shen Jingxuan and the others and asked, "Are they the ones who hurt the young lady?"
"It was them. Not only did they injure the young lady, they also injured many guards."
The middle-aged man sneered and said, "Take them to the City Lord's Mansion and let the City Lord deal with them."
The guards received the order and surrounded Shen Jingxuan and the other two. The leader shouted, "Tie them up."
"No need, we'll go with you." Shen Jingxuan walked forward.
The guards in front of her saw that she was sensible and made way for her.
Shen Jingxuan turned around and gave Li Luo and Yun Qingmo a look, and the two immediately followed.
The middle-aged man brought a few people to the City Lord's Mansion in a swaggering manner, but did not take them to see the City Lord immediately.
Instead, he took them to a courtyard. Just by looking at the arrangement of the courtyard, Shen Jingxuan knew that the city lord had bad intentions.
This yard is clearly the yard of the city lord's daughter, and it's also the backyard.
What the middle-aged man said about leaving it to the city lord to deal with was nothing more than a show for passers-by on the street.
Their purpose was to bring Shen Jingxuan and others into the City Lord's Mansion and then give them to the City Lord's only daughter.
Seeing that it was the backyard, Shen Jingxuan smiled. It was really wishful thinking that she actually brought all three of them.
Thinking of that fat man with big ears, Shen Jingxuan looked at Li Luo: "A Luo, what did you do to that woman?"
"That pig? I guess I need to raise it for some time. I knocked her down, and I saw that the guards were pretty ruthless."
"They stepped on the pig and rushed towards me one by one, and the pig never got up."
"Puchi..." Shen Jingxuan laughed out loud.
She pulled Yun Qingmo away first, but she didn't expect that the fat man was so miserable.
Yun Qingmo gently rubbed the top of Shen Jingxuan's head: "You naughty girl, Xuan, what should we do now?"
"Amo, we will leave in the evening, but during this period of time, you cannot touch the things they send." Shen Jingxuan leaned close to Yun Qingmo's ear and whispered to him.
The breath from Shen Jingxuan's speech sprayed around Yun Qingmo's ears, making him feel trembling all over.
There was a knock on the door. Shen Jingxuan turned her head to look at the door. Inadvertently, her lips brushed Yun Qingmo's ear.
The touch on his ear made Yun Qingmo blush instantly, and his chest beat wildly as if it was about to jump out of his throat.
He pressed his chest hard to calm his heart that was about to jump out of his throat.
Yun Qingmo was a few years older than Shen Jingxuan, so he naturally knew why he had this feeling, and then he looked at Shen Jingxuan with even gentler eyes.
Li Luo opened the door and saw a middle-aged man and many maids standing outside, with food in their hands.
Shen Jingxuan stared at them expressionlessly. Seeing Li Luo standing at the door with no intention of moving away, she reminded him, "A Luo, come back."
As Li Luo made way, the middle-aged man walked in: "This is the dinner prepared for you. The city lord will meet you tomorrow."
"Why wait until tomorrow?" Li Luo asked.
"It's getting late today, and the city lord is afraid of disturbing the gentlemen's rest, so he decided to entertain you all tomorrow." After the man said this, he no longer paid attention to the three of them.
The maids behind him came in one after another, put the things in their hands on the table, and left one after another with the man.
When Shen Jingxuan looked at Yun Qingmo, the blush on his face had not yet faded, and there was still a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.
She looked at Yun Qingmo suspiciously: "Ah Mo, why is your face so red?"
Yun Qingmo saw Shen Jingxuan and Li Luo staring at him, and the blush that had just faded away continued to grow stronger.
He covered his lips lightly and pretended to cough: "Ahem... It's okay, just a little hot."
Shen Jingxuan and Li Luo looked at him in confusion. Although the temperature was a little higher this season, it was not so hot that his face turned red.
Li Luo touched Yun Qingmo's forehead: "You don't have a fever, are you feeling unwell?"
If you're not feeling uncomfortable, why is your face so red?
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Yun Qingmo glanced at Shen Jingxuan and took away Li Luo's hand.
Seeing that he didn't seem to be in trouble, Shen Jingxuan went to check if there was anything wrong with the food.
When she looked at it carefully, Shen Jingxuan couldn't help but sigh.
No wonder that fat guy is so stupid, turns out it’s genetics.
Seeing that both of them were looking at her, she took out a medicine bottle from her sleeve, poured out three pills, picked up one and put it in her mouth.
Li Luo and Yun Qingmo swallowed the pills without hesitation, and the three of them ate dinner slowly.
Seeing that they had almost finished eating, Shen Jingxuan said loudly: "Why do I have no strength?"
"Me too. I'm going to go take a rest for a while." Li Luo also imitated Shen Jingxuan's tone and spoke.
Yun Qingmo blinked and said, "Maybe we are too tired from traveling during the day, let's rest early."
The person outside the door heard the voices and waited for a while. When he heard that there was no more sound in the room, he ran back and told the middle-aged man.
"Butler Xu, it's done."
"That's good that it's done. Just keep doing it every day these days. We'll talk about everything after the young lady gets better." Butler Xu was so happy when he heard that the matter was successful.
The eldest lady would definitely reward him when she woke up. Every time he helped the eldest lady do something like this, the eldest lady would reward him with a lot of silver.
Butler Xu paced back and forth in the room excitedly: "Go, keep an eye on that place, there can't be any mistakes."
After the guards left, Butler Xu kept rubbing his hands as he thought about the silver that was about to come.
Shen Jingxuan and the other two, whom he had used to exchange for silver, were already planning how to leave.
Shen Jingxuan glanced at the sky outside; "Li Luo, take Ah Mo and leave secretly. Go wait for me outside the city. I will be there soon."
Before Yun Qingmo could say no, Li Luo's voice rang out: "Okay, when do we leave?"
Shen Jingxuan lowered her head and thought for a while: "Now, you guys disguise yourself so as not to be discovered."
Li Luo disguised himself and helped Yun Qingmo change his face, and the two of them climbed out of the window and went ahead.
Shen Jingxuan waited for a quarter of an hour and seeing no sound in the yard, she guessed that Li Luo and the others had already left the City Lord's Mansion.
She also climbed through the window and came to the yard, heading towards the main courtyard.
By this time, it was already dark. Shen Jingxuan avoided the patrolling guards and walked around the City Lord's Mansion.
When they arrived at a courtyard with more guards, Shen Jingxuan hid in the dark and observed quietly.
She kept changing her position, and when she came to the main entrance and saw that there were more guards here than anywhere else, she looked up at the door.
Seeing an extra-large lock hanging on the door, Shen Jingxuan smiled.
Didn’t the city lord want to trap the three of them in the city lord’s mansion to make her precious daughter happy?
Then I will give them, father and daughter, a big surprise.
It’s a pity that I can’t see it. I can’t see whether the two of them can bear it.