Su Xiaoqi left in a hurry, and without eyes behind her, she didn't know that someone was plotting against her in the place she had just been.
She now only wanted to quickly return and tell Shen Yun that Su Jiamo had brought people to look for them.
But it was obvious that he had not yet thought that it was them who had rescued the confined patients halfway.
When Su Xiaoqi returned and delivered the news, Shen Yun's brows twitched slightly. He leaned closer to Su Xiaoqi and whispered, "Did he do anything?"
"Do what?" Su Xiaoqi was confused.
Shen Yun's words sounded nonsensical to her.
"It's nothing." Seeing her say this, Shen Yun assumed she hadn't suffered any losses.
However, Zhang Yu, who was beside them, indignantly spoke about Su Jiamo's disrespect towards Su Xiaoqi.
"Crack..." Shen Yun slapped the table. As expected, men understood men best, and he knew Su Jiamo's ill intentions were not gone.
The tea bag that Su Xiaoqi had just placed down couldn't help but tremble.
"Husband?" Su Xiaoqi tugged at his sleeve.
She was no longer afraid of him.
Even when she saw him angry, she knew it wasn't because of her but because of Su Jiamo.
"He's utterly audacious; it's time to teach him a lesson," Shen Yun said.
Su Xiaoqi remained silent; she didn't like Su Jiamo at all, and even disliked him intensely.
His gaze towards her was always too greasy and clingy, making her feel very uncomfortable.
Yet, no matter how she scolded him or put him down, he would persistently pester her without tiring.
This point made her feel very helpless.
If Shen Yun could deal with him and teach him a lesson, it wouldn't be bad.
At the same time, she worried that Shen Yun might be too harsh and kill him, so she cautiously said that a lesson was enough, and it shouldn't be too severe.
Shen Yun raised an eyebrow, "You're worried about him?"
Su Xiaoqi's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately leaned closer, "Pah, I'm worried about my husband. He's a court official now.
And a close confidant of the Crown Prince. If you are too forceful, you might bring trouble upon yourself."
There was another point Su Xiaoqi didn't mention: since Su Jiamo chose to follow the Crown Prince and committed such heinous acts,
He would not meet a good end.
They just had to wait quietly.
Shen Yun knew Su Xiaoqi's feelings; she would never fancy Su Jiamo.
He posed no threat to him; Shen Yun was merely unhappy that someone coveted his beloved.
Smiling, he stroked Su Xiaoqi's shoulder, and Shen Yun said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, my dear, I know what I'm doing."
With this matter settled, Li Minzhi took it upon himself to handle all the aftermath.
He was the prefect of Bazhou. Shen Yun and his entourage helping with rescue and treatment was already very commendable.
And Su Jiamo's two days of roaming around Bazhou were not in vain.
He eventually found the residence where Shen Yun and his group were staying.
After inquiring, he learned that many people had entered and exited this residence recently.
Among them were many sickly individuals.
Su Jiamo, relying on the twenty personal guards given to him by the Crown Prince, directly led his men to surround the front and back gates without even investigating beforehand.
With a kick, the courtyard gate was kicked open, and he saw Shen Yun and Li Minzhi sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea and enjoying the scenery.
As for the sickly people his subordinates had inquired about, not a single one was seen.
Li Minzhi and Shen Yun exchanged glances, and Li Minzhi angrily reprimanded:
"Bold villain, trespassing into a private residence, what crime is this!"
Su Jiamo looked at the three people inside, then at them drinking tea as if in a peaceful era.
He then looked at the courtyard, which was quiet and unguarded, not at all like the described rescued patients.
He frowned, why was this different from
what he had imagined? He looked at the remaining courtyards behind them and waved his hand towards the back. If they weren't in the front courtyards, they must be hiding inside.
Seeing that he was unmoved, Li Minzhi was also enraged. He raised his hand and called the yamen runners to block the front: "Stop, who are you? Not only do you trespass into a private residence, but you also ignore the owner. Are you trying to commit robbery in public?
I am the Prefect of Bazhou Prefecture, and I cannot tolerate you committing such outrageous acts."
Li Minzhi's expression was solemn, his face dark. The authority of a fourth-rank prefect was imposing.
Although Su Jiamo had the backing of the Crown Prince's personal guards, his rank was ultimately inferior to Li Minzhi's.
Furthermore, there was indeed nothing to search in this courtyard.
Considering the three locations, there were over a hundred sick people who had been confined.
Although this courtyard was large, it might not be able to accommodate them all.
Moreover, if there were many people inside, it would be impossible for it to be this quiet.
After some thought, Su Jiamo found his actions becoming difficult to proceed with.
Moreover, Su Xiaoqi kept staring at him, her gaze far from friendly.
Of course, what was most unsettling was Shen Yun's gaze.
Although there was nothing discernible on his face, his dark eyes were like cold arrows emitting a chilling light.
His gaze condensed into a beam, almost substantial, fixing on Su Jiamo's back. He suddenly felt a pang, and his breathing at the chest stagnated.
He clenched his fists and bit his teeth hard to hold on.
He couldn't be afraid of him; he still had to snatch people from him, so how could he be afraid of him?
Su Jiamo spent a great deal of time convincing himself not to fear Shen Yun, but he didn't expect the yamen runners dispatched by Li Minzhi to be close at hand.
They drove him and the Crown Prince's personal guards out of the courtyard.
"Lord Su, what do we do?" asked Cao Xiaoman, the captain of the Crown Prince's personal guards, with some hesitation.
He still hadn't found his brother and the others. After so many days of investigation, this place was the most likely hiding spot.
Unfortunately, after circling the entrance, they gained nothing but embarrassment.
He couldn't help but feel angry.
"What do you think, Guard Cao?" Su Jiamo asked, also a bit annoyed.
He had been tasked by the Crown Prince and had made a guarantee before coming.
After all, he believed that the missing people were all infected with the plague and didn't look like they would live long.
He thought that finding the people would likely be followed by finding corpses.
Another hundred or so people; searching for them like this should have been a large target, easy to find.
Unfortunately, they had been out searching for several days with no news.
This time, it was through multiple inquiries and the guidance of Zhao Xiaohua that they were able to find this place.
Unfortunately, upon arriving in person, he did not obtain the information he desired.
He couldn't help but feel a bit dejected.
Looking at Su Xiaoqi, the other party didn't even glance at him.
He felt a baseless pang of bitterness.
"Let's go out first," Su Jiamo knew Shen Yun was not easy to deal with.
If their intelligence channels were not mistaken, then they were too late.
The other party had already cleaned up the courtyard before they could.
In any case, they wouldn't get any useful information from this trip.
Upon exiting the alley, Su Jiamo immediately asked Cao Xiaoman to take a few people with good light footwork to sneak into the courtyard and take a look.
As long as there was evidence, they would immediately reveal themselves and enter to arrest them.
Cao Xiaoman, wanting to find his brother, didn't care about anything else and led his men to vault over the side wall.
As soon as there was movement here,
Shen Yun, who was drinking tea in the courtyard, knew. He snorted coldly, his movements unchanged.
Seeing him like this, Su Xiaoqi thought he had a plan and stopped worrying.
Li Minzhi, however, was a bit indignant: "The Crown Prince indulging his subordinates in such evil deeds is truly detestable."
"It's not necessarily the Crown Prince indulging him, but rather his own intention," Shen Yun said.