Chapter 24 Explanation
Li Ying smiled slightly, poured a cup of tea for the two of them, and said, "Let me tell you a story."

"Okay." Yang Yuhuan looked at Li Heng obediently, pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

"Once upon a time, there was a county magistrate who particularly hated a scholar. One day, the scholar scolded the county magistrate in public, making the county magistrate lose face in front of everyone, but the county magistrate did not get angry. Not only was he not angry, he also gave the scholar fifty taels of gold in public as a reward." Li Heng said calmly.

"It seems that the county magistrate is a good person." Yang Yuhuan thought, "Did the county magistrate and the scholar reconcile later?"

Li Heng shook his head, smiled, and continued, "But the next day, the scholar was killed by bandits, and the fifty taels of gold were also stolen by the bandits. Afterwards, the county magistrate went to suppress the bandits and took back the fifty taels of gold."

"This……"

Yang Yuhuan was stunned and fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a while, Yang Yuhuan said, "I heard that Chen Wulang's sister was raped by those barbarians."

"Yeah." Li Heng nodded.

Yang Yuhuan said: "First, she was robbed to be a concubine, and then... a gentleman is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure. For ordinary people, being beautiful makes her suffer more."

Li Heng looked at Yang Yuhuan and said, "In this society where the strong prey on the weak, a gentleman is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. This is the same for everyone."

Yang Yuhuan nodded heavily, then smiled, kissed Li Heng on the face, and said, "I understand. Thank you, my lord, for clearing up my confusion."

Yang Yuhuan was not the kind of naive person who was unaware of her beauty. She knew what her appearance was like.

Fifty taels of gold, Chen Wulang's sister, was coveted by others, so why wouldn't she be?

Although she didn't know that Li Longji would snatch her away in history, such things had happened quite a lot in the Li Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, she could understand what Li Ying meant and supported everything Li Ying did.

At this time, the two were less than three centimeters apart, and Li Heng could clearly smell the faint fragrance from Yang Yuhuan.

Li Heng looked at Yang Yuhuan, reached out and stroked her face, and said, "But I'll have to trouble you in the future to take care of me like you did before."

Although Yang Yuhuan already knew that Li Heng was faking illness, in order to continue to hide it from others, Yang Yuhuan still had to take care of Li Heng personally when he went out.

Because this would allow Li Heng to pretend to be more convincing, and secondly, with her by his side, others would be kept at a distance, which could help Li Heng hide better.

Yang Yuhuan laughed happily and said, "This way, my dear, you can't push me away. I can always follow you."

Li Ying moved his face closer and whispered, "You are so beautiful."

"It only belongs to you." Yang Yuhuan also stared at Li Heng, and her face began to turn red.

The atmosphere was a little hot at this moment.

Just as the two were preparing for their next move, there was a knock on the door, and Xin Yunjing's voice came from outside: "Your Highness, General Wang is here to report that Wu Sicang has escaped."

Hearing this, Yang Yuhuan chuckled and said, "My dear, you should take care of your official business first."

Li Heng spread his hands and said with a helpless smile: "Then let's deal with business first."

Having said that, Li Heng has achieved his goal.

Li Heng was not sure what Yang Yuhuan would do after she knew he was pretending to be sick. Although Yang Yuhuan had said before that she would support him, if he didn't make it clear, who knew if Yang Yuhuan would suddenly do something weird.

If you want to do big things, the thing you fear most is a fire in your backyard.

So what he said just now was an explanation. Li Heng wanted to explain it and then observe and make the next plan. However, Yang Yuhuan understood it halfway through his explanation. Not only did she understand it, she also expressed her thoughts in passing.

Yang Yuhuan is so smart that she can save him a lot of trouble.

Li Heng touched Yang Yuhuan's head, turned around and opened the door.

Xin Yunjing looked panicked and said, "The Fenglin County Magistrate failed to catch him, and Wu Sicang ran away again."

Li Heng invited Xin Yunjing to sit in the courtyard and said, "A blessing in disguise. His escape may not be a bad thing."

"Why do you think so?" Xin Yunjing asked puzzledly.

Li Ying said: "Escape not only confirms the matter, but also shows that they have no other options."

Xin Yunjing nodded and said, "The criminal law of the Tang Dynasty is strict. Once you are imprisoned, it is difficult to get out intact. Your Highness, how should we investigate next?"

Upon hearing this, Li Heng glanced at Xin Yunjing.

When he first came into contact with Xin Yunjing, Li Heng could clearly feel that Xin Yunjing looked down on him, so much so that he did not tell him about the ambush earlier.

At that time, Xin Yunjing was only perfunctory towards him based on work.

But now, Xin Yunjing has to ask him about everything. Only if he approves of him from the bottom of his heart, the proud Xin Yunjing will do this.

Li Heng thought for a moment and said, "Did only Wu Sicang escape?"

"Yes, General Wang first took Song Sitian, and when he went to take Wu Sican, Wu Sican suddenly disappeared. General Wang had sent people to keep an eye on Wu Sican before, but Wu Sican suddenly disappeared as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth."

"Where are Wu Sicang's wife, children and elders?" Li Ying asked.

"They are all here." Xin Yunjing looked at Li Heng and said weakly, "But even if we take Driver Wu's wife and children to threaten him, he may not commit the crime. Besides, if we do this, I'm afraid..."

Xin Yunjing thought that using other people's wives and children as threats might cause criticism and ridicule.

But he didn't know whether Li Heng would really do that. If he said it now, it would be like judging someone by one's own mean character, so he stopped in time.

Li Heng smiled and said, "I'm not trying to threaten him with his wife and children. I just want to say that he didn't even take his wife and children with him, so he must have fled in a hurry. He must have learned the news in a panic, and there was only one person who could tell him the news before General Wang."

"Yes..." Xin Yunjing thought for a moment, then realized what was going on and said, "It's Wang Sihu."

"That's right." Li Heng nodded. "From the time I was appointed as the envoy to the time General Wang sent troops to arrest people, it wasn't a long time. And the only person present at the scene of my appointment was Wang Sihu, besides a few of us."

Xin Yunjing asked, "So are we going to arrest Wang Sihu now?"

"No rush, this is just speculation, there is no solid evidence." Li Heng paused, "It's only a matter of time before we catch them, so we can just send someone to keep an eye on them. The main thing now is to prevent them from jumping off the cliff with desperation."

Xin Yunjing said: "Even if they are desperate, there shouldn't be anything they can do."

"No." Li Heng shook his head, "They can use hidden fire mines to destroy dams, and they can also use hidden fire mines to injure people."

Xin Yunjing was startled when he heard this, and stood up, saying, "I will ask General Wang to investigate the matter of the hidden fire bomb immediately. Your Highness, do you want to send more guards?"

Li Heng said: "I have asked Du Gong to send more people."

"Yes." Xin Yunjing took the order and hurried to find Wang Zhongsi.

(End of this chapter)