With great difficulty, the two managed to escape. But when they glanced at each other, they realized they had nowhere to go.
They weren't from Jincheng in the first place. They had just had a confrontation with Cui Qizhou, and now they were penniless. It seemed they could only sleep on the streets.
Xiao Xiao helplessly rubbed her forehead. "What should we do?"
Qin Feng gritted his teeth and took out the jade ring he had worn for a long time.
"This was bestowed by the king of the enemy country back then. There should be someone who knows its value. You wait here. I'll go exchange it for some silver. I won't let you suffer any grievances."
Xiao Xiao was stunned. In all these years, apart from the Queen Mother who truly cared about her, only the eldest young master would sometimes give her some advice.
She never thought that in such a down - and - out situation, the man would still make such a great sacrifice. She couldn't help but be a bit touched.
She opened her mouth and said, "Forget it. I've seen you often looking at this jade pendant in a daze. It must be very important to you. I won't force you."
As she said this, she took out something shiny.
"This was given to me by the Queen Mother. I've never used it in all these years. It just comes in handy now."
Looking at the rare piece of colored glaze, Qin Feng's face was full of reluctance. "The things the Queen Mother gave you are always your most precious possessions. In all these years, you've never used them no matter what happened. You don't need to use it for this either."
After saying that, without waiting for Xiao Xiao's reaction, he left directly.
Xiao Xiao had no choice but to wait for him at the same spot. After waiting for just a while, she suddenly heard some noise not far from the bulletin board. Seeing a few officers in the crowd, she instinctively felt that this had something to do with her.
Sure enough, after the officers left, she quietly mingled with the crowd. When she saw the notice on the bulletin board, her face changed slightly.
She never thought that Cui Qizhou would act so fast. They had just escaped, and this national master had already posted a notice.
She took a deep breath and stepped back to the original place. Unexpectedly, Qin Feng was really fast. Somehow, he was already waiting for her at the same spot.
"Why did you come back so soon?"
Qin Feng shook the money - bag in his hand, which was bulging. It seemed that with this money, they could even buy a house.
Unexpectedly, what he said was exactly what she was thinking.
"It's not safe anywhere outside. I saw the wanted notice just now. Don't worry. I'll handle all this as soon as possible."
"Unless we find the eldest young master, what else can you do?"
Xiao Xiao said with a bit of helplessness. This man in front of her was pretending to be strong in front of her. The softest part of her heart seemed to be shaken.
Just as they were hesitating, a person in a black cloak suddenly passed by them.
Seeing this person's strange behavior, their vigilance immediately went up.
The reason they thought it was strange was that they found this person getting closer and closer.
Qin Feng protected Xiao Xiao behind him. His eyes were cold, and his hand was already on his sword.
"Who are you? What do you want?"
"If you don't want to die, come with me quickly."
Hearing this, Qin Feng was a bit stunned but thought he didn't have to listen to this person.
"Do you think we'll be afraid of you just because you're dressed like this?"
The man didn't say anything more. He turned around, let out a soft laugh, and left.
Just as he thought this was a strange farce, he heard Xiao Xiao behind him speak.
"Don't you think this voice sounds very familiar?"
The two looked at each other, and a guess gradually formed in their minds. Now they just needed to confirm it.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, they quickly followed the person.
When they followed the dark figure in front to a narrow alley, they finally asked the question that had been on their minds.
"Are you Shi An?"
The dark figure let out a soft laugh and took off the black veil on his head.
"I didn't expect to meet you here. By the way, what's with that notice just now? Did you offend Cui Qizhou?"
Mentioning this, Qin Feng rolled his eyes.
"It's a long story. How about we find a place where we can talk properly first?"
"Come to my place. You can stay there temporarily."
Just like that, the three of them came to the new house Shi An had bought. They were both very satisfied with the layout.
It had to be said that Shi An really knew how to choose. The surrounding area was full of slums, and no one would know that there was such a quiet house hidden here.
Shi An led them in and after winding through a few corridors, they came to a secret room.
"I had this newly built. No one will find it. It's suitable for discussing matters."
The few of them sat facing each other. After Shi An listened to their story, his sword - like eyebrows frowned tightly. "All this is too coincidental. There can't be such a coincidence. I've always thought that Qiao Meng is not simple. Now Concubine Rui is also involved. I don't know if there's a connection between them."
His fingers tapped on the table, which made the other two also start to have doubts.
"By the way, the Queen Mother is still in the Huang Mansion. Will something happen to her?"
Xiao Xiao looked at the two of them nervously. She hadn't forgotten that Qiao Meng was also in the Huang Mansion.
Hearing this, Shi An immediately wanted to get up without thinking.
"I'll go and bring the little sister back right away."
"The Queen Mother is unconscious now. Maybe it's not a good thing for her to follow us."
Qin Feng spoke up at the crucial moment, and Shi An retracted the leg he had just lifted.
"If we don't bring the little sister back, if the person behind this is really Qiao Meng, it will be very dangerous for the little sister."
"I know what you're thinking. Since the Queen Mother is unconscious now, why don't we take this opportunity to invite the divine doctor back? Even if the national master doesn't give us face, he should at least give the divine doctor face, right?"
Indeed, that man trusted the divine doctor more, and he didn't want Shi Muwan to have an accident now.
Seeing that his words had an effect, Qin Feng continued.
"During the days when the divine doctor is on the way, we can also take the opportunity to find out what's really going on behind this. You probably don't want there to be a mystery all the time, right?"
The two were really good brothers for many years. Every word he said hit the nail on the head.
Slowly, the eldest young master Shi also began to think about the ins and outs of this matter. Suddenly, he thought of something.
"I took that batch of gold, silver, and jewels. They should have already arrived in the capital city of Changjing."
This directly changed the expressions of the other two. They never thought that while the mantis was catching the cicada, the oriole was waiting behind.
But thinking about all that had happened before, they really didn't know when Shi An had taken those gold, silver, and jewels.
Seemingly seeing the reason for their surprise, he took the initiative to explain everything.
Only then did the two understand that they should really thank those two useless people before.