Mind Reading: The villain wins after hearing the princess's inner voice

Tao Yuwei withdrew her blank gaze and found that saliva had appeared at the corner of her mouth. She quickly wiped it off with the back of her hand.

She lowered her head, picked up the teacup, and was about to drink it when she was stopped by a slender, beautiful hand.

"Your water glass is empty."

His cold voice sounded like a bucket of cold water poured on her face.

[Oh, I was so engrossed in looking at the handsome guy that I forgot to add water.]

[The villain is absolutely gorgeous, and his black and smooth hair is even smoother than the one in the Rejoice promotional photo.]

[Cold white skin without pores, ah, some people are born with beautiful looks, I can't envy them. ]

In his mind, Xiao Lichen's ears blushed when he heard her praising him.

He sat in a wheelchair, refilled her tea, and waited patiently for Heiyan to come back.

Because Tao Yuwei went to bed late last night, after drinking her tea, she actually lay down on the table and fell asleep unknowingly.

Xiao Lichen sat nearby, handling official business quickly and efficiently.

An hour later, they still didn't see Black Flame.

Xiao Lichen called Qingzhu.

"Take two people with you and follow Princess Anle and I out of the city."

Qingzhu's arm was injured last time, but it has recovered now.

He went out quickly to prepare the carriage for his journey.

"Wake up, it's time to go." Xiao Lichen's eyes fell on the sleeping person. He called out twice in succession but failed to wake the person up.

He rolled his wheelchair to Tao Yuwei, raised his hand and patted her shoulder, "Let's go, it's time to leave the city."

Tao Yuwei opened her eyes reluctantly.

She was so sleepy. In the past, she would sleep until she woke up naturally every day.

She stood up, stretched her arms, and walked towards the door.

After taking two steps, she heard the sound of car wheels behind her. She stopped and walked towards Xiao Lichen.

Under his puzzled gaze, I pushed his wheelchair out.

"I can do it myself, no need to trouble you."

He turned his head and looked back, feeling somewhat uneasy.

Tao Yuwei wanted to get news from the two guards, Zhang Hu and Liu Tao, as soon as possible, so she quickened her pace.

At the gate of the yamen where Xiao Yuwei worked, Qingzhu had already prepared a carriage.

He was leading a gray horse, and two guards stood beside the carriage.

When they saw them coming out, they all bowed to them.

"No need to be polite."

Xiao Lichen raised his hand and motioned for them to stand up.

Qingzhu hurried forward and, together with a guard, lifted Xiao Lichen and the wheelchair onto the carriage.

Tao Yuwei got into the car even faster. As soon as she moved, she opened the curtain and got in.

After they were seated, the carriage immediately headed towards the south gate to exit the capital.

Along the way, Tao Yuwei rushed all the way according to the special traces left by Liu Tao and others.

After traveling for most of the day, they were already out of the capital.

"If we keep chasing like this, it will probably be dark by then."

Tao Yuwei filled her stomach in the car with some pastries that Qingzhu had prepared in advance.

Xiao Lichen and the others didn't eat anything. They were determined to find the place where Liu Tao and the others had lost their trace as soon as possible.

And there is no news about the eagles that helped Tao Yuwei find them.

"If it's getting late, let's find a place to stay for the night."

Xiao Lichen didn't think much of it.

Qingzhu rode in front to lead the way, and according to the marks left behind, he ran several miles in advance to explore.

When they heard the sound of horse hooves coming back again, they knew Qingzhu had returned.

"Master, there is an inn not far ahead. Shall we stay there for the night?"

Riding on a horse, Qingzhu came to the car window and bowed to report.

"can!"

Xiao Lichen and the others have been hungry for most of the day and need to eat and rest.

"Those people are traveling at night, and their speed is much faster than ours. We will continue to chase them tomorrow. If there is no news, we will go back first."

Tao Yuwei lifted the car curtain and looked up at the sky, looking for any trace of an eagle above.

"What are you looking at?"

Xiao Lichen didn't understand what she was looking for.

[What else can I see? Of course I am looking for help. Forget it, it is getting dark now. Those eagles are probably resting. I will talk about it tomorrow! ]

Tao Yuwei put down the curtain in her hand and sat back in the car.

"Nothing much. I hope to get news about the two guards tomorrow."

The carriage traveled for some time before finally arriving at the door of the inn.

The carriage was placed in the backyard and carefully cared for.

Qingzhu asked for four upper rooms, and under the guidance of the waiter, everyone returned to their respective rooms.

After the hot water was brought, Tao Yuwei took a simple hot bath and ate dinner alone in her room.

After entering the room, they did not go downstairs. In order to find someone tomorrow, they conserved their energy and went to bed early.

midnight.

Tao Yuwei woke up from her sleep and heard a cat meowing outside the window.

She sat up suddenly, alert.

This is not the sound of a real cat. It is obvious that someone is deliberately imitating the sound of a cat.

The cat's meowing outside the window continued for a while and finally quieted down.

In the darkness, she quietly came to the window, poked open the window paper with her hand, and looked downstairs.

She saw two dark shadows coming towards the inn.

In response, she quietly stood by the window, patiently watching the movements of the two people.

The two men leaped lightly and rushed directly to the window of one of the rooms on the second floor and entered the inn.

Tao Yuwei guessed that these two people had lived in the inn before.

It’s just that I went out to do something late at night and came back late.

Their kung fu is quite good and you can tell at a glance that they are not ordinary people.

She memorized the location where the other two people jumped into the room, returned to the bed, and lay down to rest again.

the next day.

Tao Yuwei and the others went downstairs to have breakfast.

She walked out of the room and before going downstairs, she passed by the door of the room of the two people last night and took a deliberate glance.

And it was this glance that led her to meet one of the other party.

The person she met was a middle-aged man with a rough face.

The moment their eyes met, she saw a familiar aura from this person.

This man must have come from the military.

She just glanced at him and walked downstairs.

Xiao Lichen, Qingzhu and others had already chosen a quiet corner downstairs and sat down.

She came to the table and sat down next to Xiao Lichen.

She saw the middle-aged man she had just met walking down the stairs with a young man.

"Do you know them?"

Tao Yuwei leaned closer to Xiao Lichen and asked in a low voice.

“Never seen it!”

Xiao Lichen raised his eyes and glanced at the other two people. They had already sat down at a table not far away.

But he could see that these two men came from military backgrounds.

The two men walked with their chests held high and their heads held high, their steps strong, and their skin dark yellow. For him, who had fought in battles on the border for several years, these characteristics were not unfamiliar to him.

"I saw them rushing back from outside in the middle of the night last night. I even heard the cat's cry before they entered the inn."

Tao Yuwei whispered in his ear what had happened to her.

Her breath hit his ear and a wave of heat and unfamiliar emotion washed over him.

He dodged uncomfortably.

"Ignore them for now. After dinner, we will continue to follow the traces left by the two guards and look for their whereabouts."

Xiao Lichen pursed his lips and told his plan.

"Okay, it's important to find them."

[But I think it's strange that these two people appear here. ]

A light suddenly flashed through her mind. Before she could think about it carefully, she saw the waiter brought a plate of steaming buns and placed it in front of her. She didn't think much about it and ate first.

The meal was simple and quick.

Xiao Lichen and the others finished eating quickly, and only Tao Yuwei was still drinking the few mouthfuls of meat porridge left in her bowl.

As expected of someone who has been to the border, his eating speed is unmatched.

By the time she finished her meat porridge, Qingzhu had already paid the bill.

They got on the carriage again and continued heading south along the markings.

Shortly after they left, the two men quietly fell behind and followed them.

Their carriage finally stopped at around noon.

"Master, the mark is broken here." Qingzhu turned around and reported to the carriage while riding on his horse.

Xiao Lichen signaled Qingzhu to carry him off the carriage.

"Take me around."

Qingzhu tightened the reins, jumped off the horse, and carried him out of the carriage with a guard who was driving the horse.

Tao Yuwei woke up from her daze and jumped off the carriage.

She took the initiative to step forward, pushed Xiao Lichen's wheelchair, and walked around.

"Did you notice anything wrong?"

Tao Yuwei looked at several intersections around her again and again, seeking Xiao Lichen's opinion.

Xiao Lichen pointed at the forked roads and analyzed them for her.

"Look at this road heading south. There are very few tire tracks on the road. On the contrary, there are more tire tracks on the road heading northwest."

Those human traffickers carried no less than ten people in each of their vehicles. With so many people on board, the vehicles had a certain weight. In addition, these vehicles frequently traveled between the capital, and as time went by, there were many traces left behind by the vehicles.

On the contrary, there were not many traces of cars on the road heading south.

"You mean those traffickers took those children to the northwest instead of the south?"

After hearing his analysis, Tao Yuwei felt an inexplicable tingling sensation on her scalp.

Because it reminded her of something.

[Oh my goodness, how could I have forgotten that person. ]

[This road leads to Lingzhou in the northwest. The Junshan King is the local emperor of Lingzhou. He is a very powerful person. He is also the one who caused chaos in the palace of the emperor.]

[Ouch, which prince's biological father is he? I can't remember it all of a sudden. ]

Tao Yuwei patted her head and couldn't remember it for a moment.

Her inner voice reached Xiao Lichen's ears, shocking him and making him lose consciousness for a while.

Where did this little girl get this information?

As your majesty's uncle, Prince Junshan Xiao Long left the palace for his fiefdom in the northwest during the reign of the late emperor and has never returned to the capital.

How could he be involved in the chaos in the palace?

[Forget it, I can't remember it for now, I should find the two guard brothers first.]

Xiao Lichen suppressed the strangeness on his face and said to her, "From the point where they disappeared, they did follow those people and changed their route halfway and headed northwest."

"So should we continue chasing? Or should we go back and lead others to chase again?"

Tao Yuwei asked Xiao Lichen for his opinion.

The eagles who helped her find the whereabouts of the two guards should have gotten the news today. She sincerely hoped that Xiao Lichen would agree to go to the northwest.

Maybe she only had to walk halfway to get the news brought by the eagles, and based on the information provided, it would be easier for them to find people.

Xiao Lichen thought for a moment and said to Qingzhu, "Send a signal to the people in the capital and ask them to take a group of people to the northwest and leave traces for them on the way."

Qingzhu bowed, turned around, and came to a guard driving a carriage. He took out a flying pigeon from his bag and released it.

This made Tao Yuwei feel very strange.

"You didn't write anything and just released the carrier pigeon. Do the people who received the pigeon know what it means?"

Qingzhu glanced at his master, and seeing Xiao Lichen being pushed back to the carriage by Tao Yuwei with a calm expression, he explained, "This is the way our Xiaoyu Guards pass messages. If this pigeon accidentally falls into the hands of others along the way, it will be useless for the other party to get it."

Tao Yuwei nodded in understanding.

Of course it is of no use, because the carrier pigeon does not carry any important information, but the pigeon itself represents the information.

As expected of Xiao Yuwei, he did a great job in keeping the message confidential.

They got on the carriage again, changed direction without stopping, and headed towards Lingzhou in the northwest.

Sitting in the carriage, Tao Yuwei activated her mental power and her consciousness began to spread around.

At this time, there was an eagle flying high in the sky.

Tao Yuwei quickly connected with the other party's consciousness.

[Sister Ying, are you heading to the northwest from the capital to look for someone? ]

[Oh, little girl, it's you. I have good news for you. I saw the two people you were looking for before dark yesterday.]

Hearing this, Tao Yuwei's eyes lit up with excitement.

Xiao Lichen was sitting next to her and could feel her good mood.

[Great! Where did you meet them? ]

[In a deep mountain 600 miles away from Lingzhou, they don’t seem to be doing very well.]

This eagle was the first one that Tao Yuwei summoned in the courtyard in the capital.

It is a bit large and looks very ferocious.

After a sharp cry, it hovered over the carriage.

Qingzhu, who was accompanying him, and the two guards driving the carriage became tense and on alert.

There was something wrong with the eagle, as if someone was driving it to get information.

Aren't they being targeted?

Only the northern barbarians have the ability to train eagles and drive them to help do things.

Tao Yuwei, who was sitting in the car, had no idea that the people outside were already very wary of the eagle above their heads.

[What happened to them? Did you see anyone else besides them?]

Tao Yuwei really wanted to know where the traffickers took the children.

[When I saw them, they were tied up and taken into a cave in a mountain. There were many people in that place, and I saw many soldiers there.]

Tao Yuwei trembled after hearing the news.