Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 326: Backhand

The postmaster's wife was quick and skillful, and soon she had prepared a pot of noodle dumpling soup and brought it out.

After drinking a bowl of hot noodle dumpling soup, the tribesmen who had been waiting for those few months felt like they were alive again.

The stiff hands and feet felt a little warm, and the leader finally had the energy to start inquiring for information.

"When we came here just now, we happened to see a group of people leaving the post station."

"It's obvious from the scene that they are not ordinary people."

"The guards accompanying him all carried knives. I have never seen such a gorgeous carriage in my life."

"Brother, I'm just curious, I want to ask you, who is that noble person?"

When the postmaster saw them inquiring about the people who stayed in the post station last night, and thought of the instructions given by His Royal Highness Prince Yi before he left, he had an idea in his mind.

He smiled and perfunctorily replied, while waving to his son who was working in the lobby, and said, "Go to the kitchen and tell your mother to make two more hot dishes."

At the end of his speech, he gave his son a subtle wink.

The postmaster's son is sixteen years old this year and is a very smart young man.

Seeing this, he immediately responded obediently and went to the kitchen.

During those months, the tribesmen saw that he was indeed heading towards the kitchen, so they didn't pay much attention.

However, the postmaster's son went around the kitchen and went to a room in the backyard.

In the lobby of the post station, during those months the clan members ate steaming hot meals while trying to get information from the postmaster indirectly.

Unexpectedly, several burly men suddenly jumped out and subdued them.

Then without saying a word, he tied them up with ropes like pigs.

When they came to their senses and wanted to resist, they suddenly recognized the clothes these people were wearing.

This... this is the imperial guards around Xiao Jingyi!

Didn’t Xiao Jingyi’s people all leave?

For a few seconds, the tribesmen were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that this was Xiao Jingyi's backup plan.

But they thought they were smart and rushed in headfirst.

After the imperial guards had tied up the tribesmen over the past few months, they searched them and put all the items they found into cloth bags.

Then he said to the postmaster: "You did a good job. If anyone else comes to inquire about the news, just tell them what His Highness told you to do."

The postmaster nodded repeatedly.

The imperial guards rode one horse and threw the captured members of the Monthly Clan onto their horses. Then they whipped their horses and chased after Xiao Jingyi's troops.

After seeing these people off, the postmaster wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a long sigh of relief.

I had a close call with hell last night.

If it weren't for His Royal Highness Prince Yi's magnanimity in not punishing their entire family, they would probably all be dead now.

I don’t know who are these people who dare to plot against His Royal Highness Prince Yi.

Isn't this like challenging Tai Sui's rules?

I'm really tired of living.

However, these have nothing to do with him. He just needs to manage the post station honestly and do his job well.

As for the rest, His Royal Highness Prince Yi will handle it.

When Xiao Jingyi and his party stopped to rest at noon, the imperial guards he had left at the post station caught up with them.

Seeing someone on the imperial guards' horse, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He originally thought that since the Moon Clan's Imperial Master wanted to kill Wen Zhao, he might not have sent only the two people who sneaked into the post station.

So he left some people in the post station.

Unexpectedly, it was really rewarding.

The imperial guards stepped forward and told them what had happened in the post station.

Xiao Jingyi walked over and looked at the several tribesmen who had been captured.

The imperial guards have checked and found that these people have the Moon Clan's unique moon-shaped mark on their bodies, so they are undoubtedly members of the Moon Clan.

After such a bumpy ride on horseback for the past few months, the tribesmen now looked pale and listless.

Xiao Jingyi was looking through the things he had searched from them, and his eyes suddenly fixed on a token.

He picked up the token and looked at it carefully to make sure he was not mistaken.

This is the token of the Third Prince’s Palace.

How come the Third Prince’s token was in the hands of these Moon Clan members?

Did they get it accidentally? Or is the Third Prince connected with these Moon Clan members?

Xiao Jingyi's eyes darkened slightly.

He ordered Tian Quan: "Take these people away and give them a proper treatment!"

The two people who sneaked into the post station last night and poisoned the people we captured today should be able to get some useful information.

After Wen Zhao was captured, Xiao Jingyi tried every means to use Wen Zhao as bait, but the Moon Clan's national master just wouldn't take the bait.

After searching Jinzhou City for several rounds, they still failed to capture the Moon Clan's Imperial Master.

Later, he had no choice but to open the city gate. He knew that the Moon Clan's state master had a great chance of sneaking out of the city, but he had no better way to catch him.

Originally, I was hoping to lure out the Moon Clan's Imperial Master on the way back to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, he actually sent someone to kill Wen Zhao directly.

I thought that at this point, the clues were gone.

Who knows that after mountains and rivers, there seems to be no way out, but beyond the bends and flowers there is another village.

Xiao Jingyi fiddled with the token in his hand that represented the third prince, a sneer appearing at the corner of his lips.

After a long while, Tian Quan came back and reported: "Your Majesty, those people confessed."

"They are here to kill Wen Zhao on the orders of the Imperial Master."

"The two who sneaked into the post station last night took action, and they are waiting outside to support them."

"The Imperial Master said that Wen Zhao already has a successor. It doesn't matter whether he is alive or dead."

"And now that Wen Zhao has fallen into your hands, His Highness, he is doomed to die. Rather than being tortured and dying in your hands, it is better to send him off and give him some relief."

When Xiao Jingyi heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"This Moon Clan's Imperial Master is full of high-sounding principles. He is so hypocritical!"

"Looking at what he did, it's obvious that he was treating Wen Zhao as a puppet."

"Now that we have a puppet that is easier to control, it naturally doesn't matter whether Wen Zhao is dead or alive."

"In that case, why waste our manpower and resources to save him?"

Xiao Jingyi suddenly frowned and said to himself, "Since the Moon Clan's State Master has a new puppet and no longer needs Wen Zhao, why did he go to such great lengths to send someone to kill him?"

"Anyway, if he is caught by me, he will be beheaded sooner or later."

His mind turned, and he instantly thought of a reasonable explanation.

"Could it be that he is worried that if I don't kill Wen Zhao, Wen Zhao will be able to return and seize power one day, so he wants to get rid of him?"

Xiao Jingyi pondered in his heart. If it was really as he thought, the Moon Clan's State Master already had a better candidate for a puppet, then if Wen Zhao was still alive, it would become a hidden danger.

After Xiao Jingyi figured this out, he continued to ask, "Did you confess anything else?"

Tian Quan nodded and continued, "Those people don't know where the Imperial Master is now. They only know that the Imperial Master has led his men north."

"If they succeed, they will go to a teahouse in the capital and tell the news."

"This is the address of the teahouse and the specific contact information."