Chapter 454: Fragrance Sachet
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Wei Liao’s tone was filled with mockery. It was obvious that he was joking.
Yu Niaoniao was furious. She grabbed the pillow beside her and threw it at him, crying and cursing.
“Get lost!”
Wei Liao reached out and caught the pillow, his smile growing wider.
“It’s not easy to find a two-legged toad. Two-legged men are all over the street.
Why would you hang yourself from a tree?”
Yu Niaoniao was exasperated. “Are you leaving? If you don’t, I’ll call for help!”
Wei Liao put down the pillow and stopped smiling.
“I’ll stop teasing you. I came to you for something serious.”
Yu Niaoniao wiped her tears and said doubtfully, “What serious business can you have?”
Wei Liao asked, “Have you ever wondered why Xianglan Temple suddenly exploded?”
From the beginning of the explosion until now, Yu Niaoniao had been immersed in grief. Her brain had forgotten to function and she was not in the mood to think about anything else.
Hearing his question, Yu Niaoniao began to think.
“There was a strong smell of gunpowder in the ruins. Someone must have buried gunpowder in Xianglan Temple. There must be a lot of gunpowder to cause such a big explosion.”
Wei Liao also smelled the gunpowder.
“Gunpowder is not something ordinary people can get their hands on, let alone such a large amount of gunpowder.”
Yu Niaoniao recalled the ruts they had seen in the Ghost Weeping Forest and had a guess.
“Maybe the ruts in the Ghost Weeping Forest are bait. Whoever’s behind this knows that if we want to leave the Ghost Weeping Forest, we’ll definitely find those ruts and follow them to this place.”
Wei Liao continued, “So they planted explosives here in advance. Whoever dares to enter will be killed. This is a series of schemes!”
From the Ghost Weeping Forest to Xianglan Temple, it was all about killing those who wanted to track down the stolen money.
Yu Niaoniao clenched her fists and smashed them against the floor of the carriage.
“It must have been Cheng Qi! That guy is too vicious!”
Wei Liao said, “Cheng Qi is a suspect, but we don’t have any evidence. Even if we confront him, he can deny it.”
Cheng Qi was from a prestigious family and was the Prince Consort. Moreover, this was Liangzhou, the territory of Princess Ni Yang. Without real evidence, the Eagle Guards and the Heavenly Wolf Guards could not do anything to him.
Yu Niaoniao was angry, hateful, and deeply helpless.
She could not help but mutter, “If only Xiao Juan was still here…”
If he was around, he would definitely have a way to deal with Cheng Qi.
Wei Liao asked coldly.
“Do you think Duke Lang must be dead?”
Yu Niaoniao lowered her head. “Of course, I don’t want him to die, but now that we can’t find him…
Wei Liao explained his thoughts, “From what I know of Duke Lang, he’s not the kind of person who will be killed easily. If one could get rid of him so easily, he would not have been alive and well after being in charge of the Justice Department for so many years.”
“It had to be known that there were countless people in the court who wanted him dead, including many who were stronger than Cheng Qi. If they can’t even take Duke Lang’s life, can Cheng Qi do it alone?”
Yu Niaoniao looked up at him and blinked slowly.
“You mean, Xiao Juan should still be alive? But if he’s still alive, why didn’t he come out?”
Wei Liao couldn’t figure this out either.
Xiao Juan cared so much about Yu Niaoniao. If he wanted to fake his death, he would definitely inform her in advance to prevent her from being sad.
However, from Yu Niaoniao’s reaction, she really did not know anything.
Wei Liao said as he thought, “Did Duke Lang give you any hints before? Or did he give you anything special?”
Yu Niaoniao thought for a moment and remembered.
“He gave me a sachet.”
With that, she took off the sachet hanging at her waist.
On the surface, it was just an ordinary sachet and nothing special.
Wei Liao asked her to open the sachet to take a look.
Yu Niaoniao opened the sachet and poured out all the spices inside. She realized that there was a small note mixed in.
She immediately unfolded the small note. On it was a line of words— Princess’s birthday in Jinwu City.
Yu Niaoniao immediately became excited.
“This is Xiao Juan’s handwriting!”
Wei Liao took the note and looked at it. “Prince Lang probably wants us to continue to Jinwu City and attend Princess Ni Yang’s birthday banquet. He will meet us at the birthday banquet.”
Yu Niaoniao was overjoyed. “In that case, he’s still alive. He’s not dead!”
Wei Liao nodded. “Yes, I’m sure Duke Lang had already expected that the rest of the trip would be dangerous and agreed on a rendezvous point with you in advance.”
Yu Niaoniao immediately smiled through her tears and straightened up.
“Then let’s set off now and hurry to Jinwu City!”
Wei Liao returned the note to her and reminded her, “The fewer people who know about this, the better.”
Yu Niaoniao nodded in understanding.
Although she did not know what Xiao Juan’s plan was, the fact that he only told her about this meant that it was not appropriate to spread it.
She burned the small note and carefully put the spices back into the sachet.
Seeing that she had completely recovered, Wei Liao prepared to get up and leave.
Yu Niaoniao suddenly stopped him. “Why are you telling me this?”
Wei Liao smiled. “Take a guess.”
Yu Niaoniao really did not understand. “Logically speaking, if Xiao Juan dies, it will be beneficial to you. There’s no need for you to do anything unnecessary.”
Wei Liao said, “You’re wrong. If Duke Lang really dies, it will only cause more harm to me.”
Seeing Yu Niaoniao’s puzzled expression, he patiently said a few more words, “Why do you think the emperor set up the Sky Wolf Guards? It was to use us to restrain the Eagle Guards. Once Duke Lang dies and the Eagle Guards disperse, do you think there’s a need for us to exist?”
Yu Niaoniao was stunned.
Wei Liao laughed at himself. “It’s true that I don’t want Duke Lang to be well, but I don’t want him to really die. Only when he’s alive can our Heavenly Wolf
Guards continue to have value.”
With that, he pushed open the carriage door and jumped out.
Yu Niaoniao shouted at him, “Thank you!”
Whatever his motives, he had helped her.
If he hadn’t reminded her, she would still be in grief.
Wei Liao stopped and turned around to speak to her.
“If you really want to thank me, consider my previous suggestion. I don’t mind if you’re a widow, as long as you can still paint.”
Yu Niaoniao did not react at first. After a while, she remembered what he was suggesting. This guy was still thinking of poaching her!
She was furious. “Get lost!”
She couldn’t be polite to this guy!
Wei Liao laughed and walked away.
In the eyes of others, Wei Liao had taken advantage of the fact that Duke Lang had just left to bully the Princess Consort. His actions were really arrogant.
Yan Nanguan gritted his teeth in anger.
“Wei, don’t go overboard! Even if Duke Lang was no longer around, we’re still here.”
“If anyone dares to bully the Princess Consort, they will be enemies with our Eagle Guards!”
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