Reborn Female Assassin Falls in Love with Tsundere Little Prince

The room was completely quiet, and the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms, sleeping together until the morning.

Zhou Yan went to the street to buy some things and came back, and the group set off again. Shangguan Zimeng sat on the horse, swaying from side to side, looking like she hadn't woken up yet. Yan Kaiyu followed her, afraid that she would fall off.

Over at the Yue County market, officers and soldiers were carrying more than a dozen corpses. Their wounds were all on the neck, and they were all killed by a single blow. They were placed on stretchers and covered with white cloth.

There were a lot of people gathered in three layers around, all of them were there to watch the fun, pointing and talking about the corpses.

"When I was sleeping last night, I heard the noise of fighting outside. It scared me so much that I couldn't sleep all night."

"That's right. The doors and windows are all closed tightly, for fear that they will be the ones to suffer."

"In this day and age, we have only had two years of peace and yet something like this happens again."

……

When they reached the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city stopped them and pointed at the notice and said, "The county magistrate said that there has been a murder in the city and no one is allowed to leave the city."

Wudu stepped forward and showed the palace token.

The officers and soldiers were stunned and immediately knelt down, kowtowed and confessed their guilt, saying: "I didn't know that the prince was here in person. I hope the prince will forgive me."

"Open the gates."

"Hurry, hurry, open the door."

As they were about to leave the city, the county magistrate Cheng Cheng, who was personally leading the troops to search for the murderer, arrived and shouted to stop them, "Wait." He walked over, pointed at the noses of the soldiers guarding the city and cursed, "What's wrong with you? Didn't I say that no one is allowed to go out?"

"Master, he is..."

"No matter who he is, there is a murder case now, more than a dozen lives have been lost. What if he is the murderer and you let him go like this? Can you bear this responsibility? Did you collect the money, kid?"

"I didn't! Your Excellency, he was--"

"Shut up! I'll settle with you later." Cheng Cheng didn't give him a chance to continue. He pointed at Yan Kaiyu and said, "The one leading the team on horseback can't leave the city now. Get off your horse and be questioned."

Shangguan Zimeng turned her face to the other side and almost laughed. This guy must be in a playful mood.

"I wonder what happened in the city, sir?"

"Murder case, we are trying to find the murderer."

Yan Kaiyu was very straightforward, pointing at Wudu and saying, "He is the murderer, and there is also a woman who ran away."

"..."

Qingyue in the crowd sighed deeply.

Cheng Cheng had never seen such an arrogant person before, so he called his men and ordered, "Come here! Take them down. I have been an official for so many years. I, I, I, I, I will go!"

He knelt down immediately because he saw the jade pendant that Shangguan Zimeng deliberately exposed.

"First of all, these are the things of the late emperor. I was blind and didn't know that the prince was here in person. It is really my fault. I just happened to be in the city when a murder happened. I hope the prince will punish me."

Yan Kaiyu smiled and said, "Cheng Cheng, if I remember correctly, you were a fourth-rank official before, right?"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for remembering that I wrote a few sour poems and defended the traitors without knowing the truth, which angered the late emperor and I was demoted to be a county magistrate here."

"I heard that you have been doing a good job in governing Yue County for the past few years and have passed all performance evaluations. You could have moved to a more prosperous place, but you couldn't bear to leave the people here and chose to stay."

"This is all because the people under his rule have not abandoned him."

"The people are in favor of you. There are not many good officials like you these days."

"Thank you for your praise, Your Highness. I am truly humbled."

"Okay, let's stop being polite. Those people were assassins. They were killed by my personal guards last night. Sir Cheng, there is no need to go to great lengths to find the murderer."

"I obey your orders."

"Go back. I have to continue my journey. If you want to work in the capital in the future, send someone a letter and I will arrange a job for you."

Cheng Cheng bowed his head again and said, "I am deeply grateful and will never forget it."

After leaving the city, Wudu reminded: "Your Majesty, there were more than just these people who came here at midnight yesterday. They will probably follow us halfway."

"Could it be that he is still Ma Yi's man?"

"Sishui City."

Yan Kaiyu snorted coldly, with a look of disdain on his face: "Hmph, Qin Gou, let Qingyue deal with it, we'll hurry on our way."

Shangguan Zimeng asked: "Husband, what hatred does Qin Xinzhe have against you? Why does he always send people to kill you?"

"It's you he wants to kill."

"what?"

Yan Kaiyu explained, "He has a feud with the Ye family. The Ye and Qin families were in the same country before. The Qin family had several criminals who embezzled military pay. They were beheaded by Ye Shenming to show the public the military law. Qin Xinzhe's brother and brother-in-law were among them. He held a grudge and later framed the Ye family. Ye Shenming's second son died at that time."

Shangguan Zimeng said indignantly: "So that's how it is, he is really a Qin dog, it seems that he knows that I have the blood of the Ye family, no wonder the first arrow in the woods was shot at me."

"Maybe because I saw you were about to fall asleep."

"Do you have to be so blunt?"

"My dear, do you see that hill in front of us? Let's have a horse race. Whoever loses will give the other 10,000 taels of silver. How do you think?"

When she heard that there was money, she readily agreed.

She smiled cleverly and said, "I'll count to three, and then we'll run together."

"Row."

“3—21.”

Sure enough, she immediately rode out before him, looking back and shouting, "You've been riding for years! It's no big deal to give me a few seconds!"