Empress Dowager Zheng narrowed her eyes slightly, carefully examining the man's corpse. The more she looked, the more familiar he seemed, yet her mind couldn't recall any information about him, nor did she have any memory of the man.
Empress Dowager Zheng frowned slightly. How strange, she clearly found the man familiar, she must have met him before, but why couldn't she remember who he was?
Perhaps she had met him somewhere before, but he was an insignificant person, so she hadn't remembered him, and didn't know who he was?
That must be it.
Never mind, since he was an insignificant person who didn't leave an impression, there was no need to bother.
Empress Dowager Zheng withdrew her gaze and lowered the carriage curtain.
Why did her eyelids suddenly twitch twice?
Huangfu Yue, sitting in the front, driving the carriage, suddenly moved her delicate and beautiful eyebrows. Her right eyelid had just twitched twice.
There was an old saying: the left eye twitches for wealth, the right eye twitches for disaster.
Her left eye twitching had never brought her wealth, but her right eye twitching usually meant danger was near, and something bad would happen.
It seemed she needed to be careful!
She wondered what bad thing was about to happen?
Huangfu Yue felt a little uneasy, but she quickly suppressed her anxiety. No matter what bad thing happened, there was no need to worry. As the saying goes, when soldiers come, they will be met; when water comes, it will be dammed.
Even if the sky were to fall, she was confident she could handle it.
"Halt, you ahead!"
Not long after, Huangfu Yue understood why her right eyelid had suddenly twitched. A fierce shout suddenly came from behind.
Huangfu Yue and the others stopped in unison, turning to look back. They saw over a dozen masked men in black, wielding steel sabers, rapidly pursuing them from behind. It was clear they were not friendly.
"Who are these people? Could they be robbers blocking the road?"
Huangfu Yue's sisters-in-law and the servants of the prince's manor showed fearful expressions, discussing worriedly if these men in black were robbers.
"Brothers, protect the people in the manor." Feng Maoyuan immediately shouted to his subordinates, drawing his saber at the same time. His subordinates also quickly drew their sabers and stood in front of the prince's manor people.
"Boss, look at the guards' uniforms, they seem to be from the yamen. Their master should be a family member of some official." One of the men in black said to the leader of the men in black.
Hearing this, Huangfu Yue glanced at the uniforms of the constables and furrowed her brows slightly.
She forgot to tell them to change their clothes. Later, she would have to make them change their clothes. Otherwise, wearing these uniforms, people would know their identities at a glance, become curious about their identities, and might want to investigate them.
"No matter who they are, we must get that letter." The leader of the men in black said to his subordinates.
That letter? Huangfu Yue and the others showed confused expressions.
"If you want to live, quickly hand over the letter you took from Liu Wu earlier." The leader of the men in black pointed his saber at Huangfu Yue and the others, shouting fiercely.
Hearing Liu Wu's name, Huangfu Yue immediately thought of the man they had encountered earlier who was severely injured and dying. The man had begged them to deliver the letter to the Liu manor in the capital.
It seemed these men in black were after the letter the man had mentioned!
How strange, why would these men in black think the man's letter was with them?
They hadn't taken the man's letter at all at the time, and the man had died before he could finish speaking.
"What letter? I don't understand what you're talking about. We don't have the letter you want. You should be the ones to get lost quickly if you want to live, otherwise, watch out for the officials taking your dog lives."
One of Feng Maoyuan's subordinates shouted at the men in black, also pointing his saber at them.
"Boss, he says he doesn't have the letter we want. Could the letter not be on them?" One of the men in black said to the leader of the men in black.
"No, the letter must be on them." The leader of the men in black shook his head.
"From the information received from Hei Ya, the person Liu Wu interacted with before his death was them. We just searched Liu Wu's body, and there was no letter on him. Therefore, Liu Wu must have given them the letter before he died... We must snatch the letter from them, otherwise, we cannot account for it."
The leader of the men in black looked at Huangfu Yue and the others, a strong killing intent in his eyes.
"Since you are unwilling to hand over the letter obediently, then we will have to take it by force." The leader of the men in black waved his hand to his subordinates, "Go."
All the men in black immediately swung their sabers and slashed at Huangfu Yue and the others. Everyone from the Dai prince's manor, except for Huangfu Yue and Empress Dowager Zheng, screamed in fright and quickly hid. Fortunately, Feng Maoyuan immediately led his subordinates to block the sabers of the men in black and began to fight them...