xymnovel Chapter 319 An Unexpected Encounter!
Chapter 319 An Unexpected Encounter!
Although Ying Yinman had never seen what the woman named Mi Yueyao looked like, she knew without a doubt that the woman Young Master Zhang brought back from outside could not possibly be one of these ordinary-looking women.
"Where is he?" Ying Yinman asked angrily.
Only then did the servants realize that the stunningly beautiful woman who was supposed to be resting in the backyard had vanished without a trace!
"This...this...it was just in the yard a moment ago!" The servants panicked and broke out in a cold sweat.
If the immortal masters find out that someone is missing, they'll lose their heads!
Looking at this group of servants who were like headless flies, Ying Yinman stomped her feet in anger and could only return empty-handed with a heavy heart.
After wandering around the streets of the west of the city for most of the day, and still feeling very angry, Ying Yinman felt empty and hungry.
Just then, she passed by a fairly grand restaurant. She patted her empty stomach, waved her hand, and said, "Come on, let's go in and eat something first. I'll continue my search after I've eaten!"
Ying Yinman entered the restaurant with her maid and found a window seat in the lobby on the first floor to order food.
however.
She was unaware that it was in a private room on the second floor above her, facing the street.
Behind the half-closed window, a stunningly beautiful figure in red was leaning lazily against the windowsill.
Mi Yueyao held a cup of tea in her hand, her bright, watery eyes looking down quietly at the sullen Ying Yinman downstairs. Her red lips were slightly parted, and a gentle smile played at the corners of her mouth.
……
at the same time.
Zhang Fan was sitting in a spacious carriage, slowly heading towards the villa in the west of the city.
Leaning back on the cushion, he frowned slightly, his mind filled with thoughts of the first imperial examination of the Qin Dynasty.
"The questions have been printed out, but the real trouble is yet to come..." Zhang Fan thought to himself.
Having suffered a setback in the imperial court, the aristocratic families would certainly not allow the imperial examination to proceed so smoothly.
Most of the prefects and magistrates in the local areas were members of powerful and influential families with shared interests.
With thousands upon thousands of exam papers being transported from Xianyang to various counties and prefectures, a long and arduous journey, how could it be guaranteed that the exam questions would not be opened or leaked en route?
How to prevent favoritism and cheating in local examination venues?
This is really difficult!
"It seems I need to contact Chief Zhu Feng again tonight and ask a national-level security expert to come up with a robust anti-leakage plan," Zhang Fan pondered, stroking his chin.
Just then, the carriage suddenly braked sharply.
It stopped!
"Who goes there! How dare you block the Immortal Master's carriage!" The guard driving the carriage immediately drew his long sword and shouted angrily.
"Hold your hand!"
A figure quickly flashed to the car window, whispered, and then swiftly revealed a token engraved with a black bird through the gap in the curtains.
They were plainclothes agents from the Black Ice Bureau.
Hearing the sound, Zhang Fan lifted the curtain, frowned, and said, "People from the Black Ice Guard? Why are you stopping my carriage?"
The spy, sweating profusely, urgently reported to his superior: "Master! Something terrible has happened! Princess Yinman, the Tenth Princess, has somehow found out that you're keeping a mistress in a golden house, and she's now determined to search for that Miss Mi all over the west of the city! We've tried everything we can, but we can't stop her!"
Holy crap!
Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan was so startled that he almost jumped up from his carriage seat.
This is really going to be the death of me!
If these two were to meet, one would be the most favored, spoiled, and willful princess of the Great Qin Dynasty.
The other one is the ruthless and vicious leader of the Wind and Rain Pavilion, a rebel organization that controls assassinations!
This is like Mars colliding with Earth!
"Turn around! Turn around and go back to the palace!" Zhang Fan's first reaction was to run away immediately.
This kind of battleground between women is a nightmare for anyone who gets involved; if you're caught in the middle, you might just explode on the spot!
If you can't afford to offend them, can't you at least avoid them?
Just as the coachman pulled on the reins to turn the horse around.
"etc!"
Zhang Fan slapped his thigh hard, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.
This vixen even dared to scheme against the Xiang family of Jiangdong. What if she got annoyed by the princess's troublemaking and impulsively killed Ying Yinman? Then Zheng Ge would definitely have to tear himself apart!
Thinking of this, Zhang Fan's eyes turned red with anxiety, and he shouted at the coachman:
"Don't go back to the palace! Go to the west of the city! Crack the whip! Get to the west of the city as fast as you can!"
……
Before long, the carriage came to a sudden stop in front of the villa in the west of the city, the wheels even leaving a rut.
Zhang Fan jumped off the carriage in a panic, slammed open the gate, and shouted:
"Where are they?! Are they all still alive?!"
yard.
The servants and two guards, who had just been frightened, were so frightened when they saw that the person in question was a celestial master that their legs went weak and they knelt down on the ground again.
"Reporting to...Reporting to the Immortal Master!"
The guard reported tremblingly, "Her Highness the Princess did indeed search the place just now, but... but she couldn't find Miss Mi."
"Didn't find it?"
Zhang Fan was taken aback upon hearing this, his tense nerves relaxing slightly. "Where did she go? Did she climb over the wall and escape?"
But then I thought, it's probably for the best that he ran away!
As long as we just barely avoid that little devil Ying Yinman and no bloodshed occurs, it's fine.
"Forget it, let's just ignore her." Zhang Fan waved his hand and shook his head self-deprecatingly.
Mi Yueyao is, after all, a living, breathing person, and a former assassin who was once famous throughout the martial arts world. He can't really treat her like a caged bird and keep her locked up in this dilapidated courtyard for the rest of her life.
As long as this vixen doesn't cause any trouble by trying to restore her kingdom, it would be beneficial for her to occasionally go out for a stroll and relax, purifying her dark and calculating mind. Otherwise, she would spend all her time in the courtyard plotting how to torture people and coming up with all sorts of strange and perverse ideas.
After this nerve-wracking ordeal, Zhang Fan felt his stomach begin to protest, and a strong hunger struck him.
"Where are some good restaurants around here? I'm starving!" Zhang Fan asked, clutching his stomach.
Upon hearing this, the guard immediately pointed obsequiously towards the street corner: "Sir, turn right after exiting the alley, there's a restaurant called 'Welcoming Guests Restaurant.' Their roast goose and steamed mandarin fish are absolutely superb; nobles love to go there!"
"Alright, I'm going to grab a bite." Zhang Fan patted his stomach and strode towards the Guest House.
We entered the restaurant.
Zhang Fan directly requested a quiet private room on the second floor facing the street, and instructed the waiter to quickly bring out several signature dishes.
Soon, all the dishes were served.
Zhang Fan had just picked up his chopsticks and eagerly stuffed a piece of succulent roast goose into his mouth, before he could even swallow it.
Suddenly, a clear, bell-like laugh came from the next private room.
"Sister, you're so beautiful! Your skin is so fair!"
That clear, sweet voice...
Zhang Fan's hand holding the chopsticks trembled violently, and the roast goose in his mouth almost fell out.
Isn't that the voice of that little ancestor Ying Yinman?
Why is she eating here too?
Immediately afterwards, a languid, charming, and uniquely alluring laugh came from next door:
"My little sister has such a sweet tongue, always teasing her older sister. I think she's a real beauty, I wonder which young master will end up with her?"