Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

"Have you found the person who got the medicine?" A cold light flashed in Shangguan Jin's eyes.

"We are under surveillance." The guard replied.

"Keep keeping a close eye on it and report any news immediately." Shangguan Jin muttered to himself, holding the prescription tightly in his hand.

A few days later, Cao Ling organized a team to escort the officials and prepared uniforms for the garrison troops for Jiang Xue and others.

"Cao Ling has thought it through so thoroughly that he even prepared a badge." Jiang Xue exclaimed.

Si Ruochen put on his armor, and his steps were a little slow due to the weight of the equipment. In his hand, he held a wooden waist badge with the words "City Garrison" and the number on the back, which was his identity certificate.

Jiang Xue also finished dressing and walked out. She noticed that the armor of the Beixi army was indeed more exquisite than that of other countries. "The workmanship is fine, but the material is a bit inferior." She commented.

Xiao Zhan tried to move his body, but the armor didn't fit him well and made a crackling sound.

"This place is good at making beauties, but not so good at making armor," he lamented.

Due to the poor quality of Beixi armor, Daying Kingdom made a lot of money by exporting high-quality armor.

"Royal brother, are you ready?" Seeing that Jiang Chen had not shown up yet, Jiang Xue knocked on the door lightly.

After a while, the door opened and Jiang Chen appeared in front of everyone in armor. He looked pale, which made the other three even more worried.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." He forced a smile, but his voice was hoarse and made people even more uneasy.

Jiang Xue reluctantly gave him a heart-protecting pill and said, "Take one if you feel something is wrong. After we get out of Hu Yin, we will go to Changle Mountain to find Master."

Jiang Chen took the medicine bottle and carefully put it away. The four of them mixed into the team arranged by Cao Ling as planned and successfully arrived at the East City Gate.

As soon as the escort team arrived, the guards immediately opened a separate door for them. Just as they were about to leave the city, the team was suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?" Cao Ling's heart tightened, but his face remained calm.

Cao Ling stepped forward and asked the city defense leader who was blocking his way, "Mr. Cao, what do you mean by this?"

"Master Cao, I'm so sorry." The leader looked embarrassed. "The prince just sent an urgent report saying that suspicious elements have infiltrated the garrison. Therefore, I have been ordered to temporarily detain all personnel leaving the city until a thorough investigation is completed."

Hearing this, Jiang Xue and her group's faces instantly became serious. They quickly looked around, trying to find a chance to escape.

"What do you mean?" Cao Ling's voice was filled with anger. "These soldiers were carefully selected by my family and have been approved by the emperor. Don't you even believe what the emperor says?"

Faced with the accusation, the city defense leader was speechless. Questioning the emperor's authority was a serious crime, but at the same time, he had to obey the prince's orders, which put him in a dilemma.

At this time, Shangguan Jin came over with a group of people. "Father has been in poor health recently, so it is inevitable that there will be some negligence in the review work. In order to ensure that everything is foolproof, I personally reviewed the list."

He explained in a dignified tone, "Transporting official salt is a big deal and there is no room for error. If something goes wrong, no one can bear the responsibility."

With Shangguan Jin's arrival, the originally tense atmosphere became even more oppressive. Especially when Jiang Chen heard this familiar voice, his fists clenched unconsciously, and his jawline became more distinct because of clenching his teeth.

Shangguan Jin quickly scanned the crowd, paused for a moment on a soldier with his back to the crowd, and said, "Leave him here, the rest of you can leave."

He pointed at the soldier named Huai Chen and gave orders.

As for the others, once they left Huyin City, they would no longer be the concern of the Beixi royal family; even if Beiling or Qianguo pursued the matter in the future, the word "accident" would be enough to cover up the truth.

"Your Highness, is this all that is needed? No need for further investigation?" The leader of the city guards asked doubtfully, obviously surprised that the problem could be solved so easily.

"Don't you trust me?" Shangguan Jin glanced at him coldly, and the chill in his eyes made the city guard leader shiver involuntarily.

He immediately understood that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to stop the garrison troops just to keep this specific person.

"Of course I trust Your Highness." The leader bowed his head respectfully. He didn't want to offend the future monarch because of an ordinary soldier.

So he had the man Shangguan Jin pointed out brought out, and said to Cao Ling, "Mr. Cao, you can go now."

Cao Ling frowned, first looked at the soldiers who were brought out, and then quickly glanced around at the soldiers around him.

Seeing that they had no unusual reactions, he thought for a moment, nodded, and ordered, "Let's go!"

Afterwards, the remaining garrison troops left smoothly and headed towards their destination.

"Come back with me." Shangguan Jin walked forward and stood in front of the soldier. Although his expression had eased a little, there was still dissatisfaction in his eyes.

He thought to himself: Huaichen, how dare you think of leaving me? This time, I must tie you tightly to my side and never let you escape again.

The soldier still kept his head down and said nothing. Shangguan Jin thought he was being sulky. He put his hand on his shoulder and pushed him forward. "How long are you going to keep being angry with me?"

At dinner time, Shangguan Jin came to the room where Jiang Chen was imprisoned and asked facing the closed door.

Two hours had passed since Jiang Chen came back here, and he had locked himself in, not even touching the food that was brought to him. As his meridians were restricted, daily activities were already very difficult for him. Was he seeking his own death by not eating?

He had previously shown anger towards himself, but now he seemed to have completely cut off communication.

Not getting any response, Shangguan Jin lost his patience, kicked the door open, and rushed in with an angry face.

However, the scene inside the house surprised him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a really rough style." Jiang Xue was sitting elegantly at the table, holding the teacup gently in her right hand, savoring the aroma of the tea.

She looked at Shangguan Jin, who suddenly broke in, his face full of anger but stunned, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Why is it you? Where is Huaichen?"

Jiang Xue's smile was particularly dazzling in Shangguan Jin's eyes, and his already gloomy expression became even uglier.

The big hand tightly grasped her neck. Shangguan Jin suppressed her killing intent and asked through gritted teeth, "Where is he?"

Although she was strangled to the point where she could hardly breathe, Jiang Xue seemed extremely calm, as if she was not facing a life-and-death threat.

She met Shangguan Jin's angry eyes calmly and said slowly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince might as well make a guess, maybe you can guess it right."

Jiang Xue was much taller than the average woman, and with the raised soles of her shoes, she looked as tall as her brother. Plus, they looked similar and were in similar positions, so it was easy to switch.

When Shangguan Jin selected her target, she quickly switched positions with her brother, and even the leader of the city guards didn't notice.