“Song Yin?”
Hearing this name, the Third Prince’s heart twitched, there were many people with the same surname in the world, but it couldn’t be so coincidental that Song Wan Yue could be accompanied by someone named Song Yin after she came here.
“Yes.”
The subordinate sounded respectfully, “My subordinate has made a clear enquiry, he is fifteen or sixteen years old and joined the military camp more than three years ago.”
“Fifteen or sixteen years old”, “more than three years ago” ……
Hearing these two words, the third prince stood up excitedly, “Is the information true?”
“My subordinate personally went to pry, it should be correct.”
“Then it should be Chu Yunxiao.”
The Third Prince was so happy that he wanted to laugh up at the sky, “I’ve stepped through iron shoes and found nothing”, he didn’t expect things to go so smoothly after coming to the border!
Not true!
Back then, Shen Yan had followed King Qin, if that lieutenant surnamed Song was really Chu Yunxiao, Shen Yan would not have failed to recognise him.
He calmed down.
After walking around the house a few times, he ordered, “You guys go wait near the pharmaceutical house, write down the appearance of that Colonel Song and come back and draw it for me.”
The subordinates responded and went out quickly.
The pills made today were pills to stop bleeding, and the Tian Qi used were relatively expensive, so those people were very careful when handling them, thus delaying some time. By the time this batch was done, it was already dark.
Song Yin accompanied Song Wan Yue out of the pharmacy, with Song Yi and the five of them following behind them as usual. After the past few days, the five of them had become more and more certain in their minds that the East Master and this Captain Song did have an unusual relationship, but no matter how much they thought about it, they could not figure out when the East Master had met Captain Song.
“Colonel Song, Miss Song, take care on your way.”
The man in charge of guarding the pharmaceutical house greeted the two politely. He was on guard here every day, and as far as he could see, there was respect for Miss Song from Captain Song, so he naturally did not dare to be negligent.
Song Yin nodded, “It’s getting late, so this batch of medicine won’t make it to the barracks in time, so keep an eye on it and don’t make any mistakes.”
“Yes.”
Someone brought in a horse and handed the reins to Song Yin and Song Wan Yue.
The two took them and were about to roll onto them when they paused in their movements and looked at each other.
“What’s wrong?”
The man in charge saw the difference in them and asked nervously.
“Nothing.”
Song Yin rolled onto his horse, and after Song Wan Yue also got on, he lightly clipped his horse’s belly and left without a moment’s hesitation, passing a corner without a trace and glancing towards the shadows.
The man in the shadows immediately tensed his body and held his breath, waiting for all the people to pass before he dared to exhale lightly. At that moment just now, he thought that Song Yin had discovered him, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
But it was also because of that glance that he saw Song Yin’s face clearly and quickly went back to the inn, went back to his room and drew it down to take it to the Third Prince.
“Are you sure you saw it correctly?”
The Third Prince took it in his hand and turned it over and over several times, not finding a single resemblance to Chu Yunxiao.
“My subordinate is sure, I heard the people over there calling him Lieutenant Song.”
Undeterred, the Third Prince looked at it again, but still failed to see it, and he put the painting on the table in disappointment.
It seemed that he had really thought too much, apart from Shen Yan, there were many old subordinates of King Ruqin in the army, if Chu Yunxiao had really entered the army camp, those people would not fail to recognise him.
But it was too much of a coincidence that Chu Yunxiao had died by fraud more than three years ago, and this Song Yin had also entered the army camp three years ago.
The moment his fingers touched his skin, he paused, then looked at his hands and a light flashed in his head. He had forgotten that there was such a thing as disguise.
“Go and find out where Song Yin lives. Who’s at home?”
The subordinate answered and left quickly.
Song Yin sent Song Wan Yue back to the general’s residence, but did not leave as usual, instead he ate at the general’s residence and went to the study with Shen Yan after the meal.
“Someone is keeping an eye on the Medicine House side today.”
Shen Yan was sitting carelessly on the back of his chair when he heard his words and sat up straight, “Can you see who it is?”
“No.”
Song Yin tapped his fingers on the tabletop, the cold light in his eyes was biting, “If I guessed correctly, it should be the Third Prince’s people.”
“Someone!”
The attendant answered and entered, “General.”
“Go and find out who has entered the border city in the past two days.”
The attendant led the order and went away, but returned within an hour, holding a roster in his hand and respectfully placing it in front of Shen Yan.
Shen Yan opened it and looked at it once, and his eyes fell on a twenty-person caravan. The border city was poor, and few caravans came over, and even if there were, there were only two or three carriages with five or six people, and none with more than ten people, let alone twenty.
“Go check these people out carefully, and be careful not to spook the snakes.”
The attendant once again took his orders and went away, this time taking a little longer, returning an hour and a half later, “Those people are from the capital, and have all the documents for crossing the border along the way.”
Shen Yan told him to retreat and looked at Song Yin, “The rest is in your hands.”
His attendant had been with him at the border all year round and did not know the Third Prince at all.
Then he sneered, “If it’s really him, we can’t let him come on this trip for nothing, we always have to send him a big gift.”
Song Yin nodded, got up, went out of the study, turned on his heels when no one was looking, and went to Song Wan Yue’s courtyard.
Anticipating that he would come over, Song Wan Yue had sent her maid away early, and today she also felt the scent of someone in the shadows, and guessed that it was the Third Prince’s people.
Song Yin came in familiarly and sat down, Song Wan Yue poured him tea, “Are you going on a night visit?”
“No, General Shen said to give him a big gift.”
Song Wangyue raised her eyebrows.
……
The next day at noon, Song Yin accompanied Song Wan Yue out of the medicine house, looked at the sky, “Today the sky is not good, maybe there will be heavy snow, I think we should not go back, find a random place to eat a bite, finish today’s pills early.”
Song Wangyue had no problem with this, “Sure, I’ll try the specialties here, Captain Song should find a good place.”
“No problem.”
A few people went to the only restaurant in the border city.
It said it was a restaurant, but in fact it was similar to a small restaurant in the capital, the place was not big, two floors, the ground floor was the lobby and the first floor was the elegant rooms, there were not too many customers and none of the elegant rooms were closed.
Song Yin asked for the two opposite elegant rooms, one for him and Song Wan Yue, and the other for Song Yi and the other five people.
They could see what was going on in the other room, so Song Yi did not refuse, as they could all see it anyway.
No sooner had a few people entered the restaurant here than the Third Prince received the news. He immediately recruited his staff and after some quick discussions, he came to the restaurant with his men and asked for the elegant room near the stairway.
Song Yin ate quickly, and when they finished eating, they went downstairs to settle the bill. When they passed by the door of this elegant room, it so happened that one of the people inside came out with a teapot, but he tripped over something and fell out, spilling all the water in the teapot, which splashed all over Song Yin’s face.