Knowing that Song Wangyue had taken the men to the water bandits’ den, the old gentleman was worried and came out not long after they left, standing on the deck and looking off into the distance.
It had just rained two days before and the weather was a bit cold. Song Lin was afraid that the old man would catch cold, so he persuaded him several times to go back, but the old man refused, so Song Lin had to wait with him.
After waiting for almost an hour, he saw a boat coming from afar. Song Lin did not care, Yue’er was sending those water bandits to the government and would not come from the water.
But the old gentleman asked eagerly, “Look quickly, is it Yue’er and the others?”
Song Lin was puzzled, but he did as he was told and looked over. There were a dozen people standing on the boat, and who was the leader but Song Wan Yue.
Song Lin’s eyes widened, “She, she, she ……”
The old man put his heart back in his mouth as he confirmed that it was Song Wan Yue, not forgetting to cover up for her, “I told her to go and find something for me.”
Song Lin naturally did not believe it, because he saw the injury on Song San’s arm, if he went to hunt for something, how could he be injured?
The small boat soon reached the big boat, the boat boss set up the plank and everyone came up, Song Wan Yue stayed at the end and took out the silver ticket and gave it to the boat boss.
The boat boss happily took it and thanked him again and again, saying that he was always on the pier and if Song Wangyue used the boat again in the future, she could call him.
“Sure.”
The boat boss thanked him again and waited for Song Wangyue to get on the big boat, withdrew the planks and quickly walked away.
On the big boat, the old man pulled Song Wangyue and looked her over, seeing that she was unhurt, he was then completely relieved and didn’t ask anything else, letting Song Lin help him back to his room.
Song Lin had many things to ask Song Wan Yue, but when he heard the old man’s words, he couldn’t ask any more questions, so he could only help the old man back, but he didn’t forget to say to Song Wan Yue, “Come here as soon as you’ve made arrangements.”
“I know.”
Wang Wu also came over and was relieved to see that only two people were injured. He had a mind to ask about the water bandits’ nest, but felt that he shouldn’t pry, but looking at them like this, they should have found the place.
Song Wangyue nodded at him and told him implicitly, “Nothing more.”
Wang Wu instantly understood, and couldn’t help but give Song Wangyue a thumbs up. These water bandits had been running amok on the water for many years, and even the government had no way to deal with them.
Song Wan Yue didn’t say much, she called out to Jin Hao to help Song San and Song Wu re-treat their wounds, and said to Daya, who had come out to watch, “Sister Daya, go and tell the kitchen to make the meal list for the last few days lighter for them.”
Daya answered.
After arranging all this, Song Wangyue went to Meng’s house, where she was talking to Madam Zhang. When she saw her enter, she stopped talking and asked, “What took you so long?”
“There was a mistake on the way, a few people took the opportunity to escape, but it was Madam’s guards who caught them.
They were sold into my family from a young age, and my family picked the ones with good qualifications to train, you know that there are always water bandits in Qingyang, if you don’t have a few good guards, you wouldn’t dare to walk on the water.”
The first thing you need to do is to get out of the boat. The family has sent a message to the family that they will be home in the morning, and now it’s almost noon.
“Madam, I heard that Qingyang is a prosperous place, the restaurant here should also be good, you have helped me so much, I will treat you both to a meal and let the family rest ashore.”
Mrs. Zhang waved her hand, “You’re welcome, Miss Song, Qingyang is our territory, we should treat you, but we haven’t been back for months, our family misses us, so let’s stop for today, we’ll meet again in the capital.”
“Good, I will see Madam off.”
Song Wangyue got up.
Madam Zhang didn’t push back either, and gave a blessing to Meng and Xu, turning around and leaving the house. The Duke of Zhang was already waiting for her, and when he saw Song Wan Yue, he nodded towards her.
When the couple had just boarded the boat, Song Wan Yue had already searched secretly and saw nothing different, so she took advantage of the nod to look again and still saw nothing, but she was sure that this person had just entered the water, and she heard the sound of someone getting into the boat from behind and entering the room.
When they reached the place where they had disembarked, the two men would not let her see them off.
Song Wangyue stood in the boat and watched as the couple disembarked and got into a carriage, while four escorts got on their horses and soon left the dock.
Wang Wu came over and asked for instructions, “Miss Song, should we continue walking or stay here for the day?”
“Keep going.”
“Okay.”
Wang Wu ordered down and the boat set sail again.
Song Wan Yue went to the old man’s house, and as soon as he entered, Song Lin couldn’t help but ask, “Yue’er, tell father honestly, what on earth have you been doing?”
Song Wan Yue looked at the old gentleman, who shook his head, and Song Wan Yue replied, “After sending the people off, I went to help my maternal great-grandfather find something.”
This was what they had strung together to say early on, for fear that the family would be worried.
Song Lin obviously didn’t believe them, “Don’t lie to father, what kind of thing are you going to look for, can Song San and the others get hurt?”
The old man coughed lightly, “What, you think we’re both lying?”
Song Lin thought so, but he didn’t dare to admit it, he was always afraid of the old man, “No, no way.”
“Then what do you mean by keeping asking so many questions?”
“I, I, I ……”
“Go out, Moon and I are going to talk for a while.”
“Hey.”
Song Lin was relieved and hurriedly answered and went out, Xu Liang also followed him out, closing the door behind him and guarding the door.
Song Wan Yue sat down and the old man poured her a glass of water, waiting for her to finish it before asking, “Who sent those people.”
“It’s the Third Prince’s men.”
“How could it be him?”
After Song Wangyue took the men out, the old man thought that the person behind it might be the Emperor, it might be the First Prince, it might be the Second Prince, and it might be someone from the Wu family, but he only didn’t think it would be the Third Prince, after all, he had been relegated to Youzhou, and even if he knew about the family’s trip to Jiangnan, there was nothing he could do about it.
“He has secretly returned to the capital, he should have gotten the news of us going to Jiangnan, that’s why he sent people here to hire water bandits, afraid that these water bandits would leak the news afterwards, he wanted to kill them all when they were done, the people he sent should be secret guards, six of them.”
“He is so bold to sneak back to the capital, isn’t he afraid that the emperor will know about it?”
“Do you think the emperor doesn’t know?”
The old gentleman froze slightly.
The corner of Song Wan Yue’s mouth curled up in mockery, “Youzhou is thousands of miles from the capital, if the emperor didn’t allow it, how would the Third Prince dare to sneak back to the capital, however, he shouldn’t know that the Third Prince would hire someone to kill us. With your current fame, if you were killed, it would certainly cause chaos, and he would not want that to happen.”