Chapter 2371: Qi Lie Arrives

Meng Yunzheng’s expression was grave. "I don’t know. Shu Feng said that before they left, Xu Zhensheng had fallen to the ground, and the wound on his chest was quite deep."

Shu Yu bit down hard. "Didn’t we tell them their first priority was to protect themselves? How did they still end up getting involved?"

"Don’t worry. Before Zhao Xi left, afraid Cousin Sister-in-law’s injuries would flare up and split again, he left quite a lot of life-saving medicine at the Xu Family. As long as he didn’t... die on the spot, Qi Lie’s people will find the best doctor to treat him. With those medicines on top of that, he’ll be fine."

Even though she said that, Shu Yu was still deeply worried.

The Xu Family had taken a huge risk to help them, all for Xu Zhensheng. If Xu Zhensheng lost even his life, what would it matter even if they were cleared of their crimes?

Meng Yunzheng put the handkerchief away, took her hand and tried to soothe her. "I’ve already sent word to Qi Lie. Those people from Righteous Dao Village are definitely looking for Liu Jie and the others. Once they get the news, they’ll come over. When they do, we’ll know how Xu Zhensheng is doing."

"Mm." Shu Yu could only take a deep breath and temporarily press down the anxiety in her heart.

"Shu Feng said they had originally planned to flee to the nearer Qingxuan County. That’s black market territory; they’d be safer there. Later, Liu Jie felt it wasn’t appropriate. Qi Lie is in Qingxuan County, and those people from Righteous Dao Village were all sent by Qi Lie. He definitely investigated this batch of people who came to Righteous Dao Village. Going to Qingxuan County would indeed be returning to their own turf, but the risk would be just as great. If that youth hadn’t been injured, it would still be alright, but with him wounded, they’d inevitably be hamstrung. So Liu Jie decided to treat the youth’s wound properly first, then bring him here."

They hadn’t expected that this place had already fallen into Meng Yunzheng and the others’ hands.

The information Shu Feng had gotten was very limited. Meng Yunzheng then went to question the others. Some knew a bit of black market intelligence, some had about the same information as Shu Feng.

Among these people, not a single one knew the youth’s identity.

Perhaps those who had been looking after the youth earlier in Righteous Dao Village knew, but unfortunately, only four of them had gotten out alive.

Liu Jie, the youth, Shu Feng, and that guard who first sensed something was wrong and was the first to be sent off by Shu Yu with a crossbow arrow.

The others were all people Liu Jie had rallied on the way during their escape; they knew even less about the youth than Shu Feng did.

Since that was the case, Meng Yunzheng could only ask Liu Jie.

However, Liu Jie turned out to be a stubborn hard-bone. No matter how he was questioned, he wouldn’t reveal a single word.

His loyalty to the Second Prince was practically to the death; even Meng Yunzheng started to admire him.

But it didn’t matter. On the third day of interrogating Liu Jie, the person who had received the message rushed over—and the one who came was Qi Lie himself.

Shu Yu immediately asked about Xu Zhensheng’s condition.

Qi Lie took a sip of water. "His life is more or less saved. That kid really is fierce. If not for that strike of his, Liu Jie and the others wouldn’t have abandoned the carriage to protect their master and fled in such a sorry state. The rest were either killed or captured by us."

And with that strike from Xu Zhensheng, Liu Jie was thrown into a dilemma and didn’t dare risk going to Qingxuan County. At the time, Qi Lie and his people had only just begun their operation, and Qingxuan County was in chaos. The number of men he had on hand was very limited; he hadn’t yet brought the county town fully under his control. If Liu Jie had come, who would have had the upper hand would truly have been hard to say. At the very least, it definitely wouldn’t have been so easy to capture those two.

"It was also thanks to those medicines Zhao Xi left behind—the situation really was perilous then. Liu Jie went in for the kill; it was only because things were urgent that he was off by just a bit. Otherwise, that kid’s life wouldn’t have been saved."