The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 251: We ran into the people of Beilin Kingdom!

Using the light of the fire, the five men all turned to look at the newcomer.

There were about twenty people on the other side, pushing seven or eight carts, each with four large boxes on it. Although the people pushing the carts were strong and powerful, it took two people to push each cart. Anyone with eyes could see that the goods in those boxes were very heavy.

The subordinate being questioned, named Yang Qi, asked curiously in return, "Are you going to the capital?"

The other party chuckled and said, "We are a security escort agency. This is our first time escorting goods to the capital. We're not familiar with the route, so we came over to ask if it's still far from here to the capital."

Yang Qi and his four companions looked at the carts again, and indeed there were flags for escorting goods, with the name Fenglong Escort Agency.

Although the twenty or so people were not dressed uniformly, their expressions and eyes showed a tacit understanding, indicating that they had been working together for many years.

"It's still fifty li from here to the capital," Yang Qi replied.

The other person bowed and smiled as a thank you, then returned to the group. It's unclear what he said to his teammates, but the group stopped to rest a short distance away.

Upon seeing this, Yang Qi and his companions simultaneously looked toward a large tree not far away.

Ye Shiting and Li Yao were under that tree.

However, there was another tree blocking the light from the fire, so the people didn't notice the couple.

As for Zhu Huaning, who was unconscious, she was wrapped in a black cloth and thrown behind a tree, making her difficult to see.

Ye Shiting looked at his subordinates and made a gesture.

The five men immediately looked away and continued preparing the food.

They all carried bundles containing meat, water, and dry rations, which they had bought while passing through villages and towns.

Li Yao shrank back and nestled in Ye Shiting's arms to continue eating fruit.

"Young Master..."

"What did you call me?"

"Brother Ting."

"Ah."

Don't you think those things are abnormal?

"Oh?" Ye Shiting raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, what's wrong with it?"

"Didn't you tell me before that there were three ways to get back to the capital? One was by boat, the second was the official road, and the third was the mountain road. You said that if we wanted to sneak back to the capital, we could only take the mountain road to avoid being discovered, and you even said that the mountain road was the shortest. I don't know if it's short or not, but those people carrying heavy loads and taking the mountain road, are they just bored and deliberately making themselves tired?"

Ye Shiting pinched her cheek. "What if they're just deliberately making things difficult for themselves?"

Li Yao pouted, "Either they're stupid, or they're malicious."

Ye Shiting chuckled softly.

To outsiders, this girl seemed naive and innocent; even he initially thought she was a bit silly. But after getting to know her better, he discovered that she was genuinely naive and genuinely silly, but beneath that innocent and silly exterior lay a clever and mischievous heart.

"Brother Ting, are we going to spend the night with them tonight?" Li Yao asked him.

"Let's see and then talk."

"What are you looking at? What's in their boxes?"

"..." Ye Shiting was speechless.

Li Yao suddenly hooked her arm around his neck and whispered in his ear, "I just heard the sound of metal, right in their box."

Ye Shiting pinched her cheek again, "These people are acting suspiciously, don't make any rash moves, understand?"

Li Yao pulled his hand down and glared at him with displeasure. "You keep pinching my cheeks, they're almost round from all the pinching! I've noticed you've changed, you weren't like this before!"

Ye Shiting pressed his forehead against hers and asked in a low voice, "So, do you like it?"

Li Yao giggled and said, "I like it."

"what do you like?"

"I like everything."

"for example……"

"For example, here... here... and here..." Li Yao's hand climbed up his face, from his eyebrows to his cheeks, to his jaw, to his Adam's apple, to his chest, and then to his lower abdomen...

"You!" Ye Shiting tensed up and immediately grabbed her bold hand.

"What are you doing? Didn't you ask me what I like?"

"Don't provoke me!" Ye Shiting threatened through gritted teeth in her ear. He had been holding back ever since that incident. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but with his men following them, he hadn't found a suitable opportunity.

Li Yao buried her face in his chest and chuckled.

Just then, the man who had asked the question earlier walked to the fire again, took a wine bag and handed it to Yang Qi, "Brother, it's fate that we met. This is wine brewed by our escort agency. Please have a taste."

Seeing this, Yang Qi stood up, took the money, and politely said, "Thank you."

The other person asked in a friendly manner, "Where did you all come from? Why do you all look so dusty and dirty?"

Yang Qi smiled, and said with some self-consciousness, "We are migrants from other places, coming to the capital to make a living."

No wonder people say they look disheveled; they had been drifting in the stream for a day and a night, their bodies covered in mud and sand, and after they dried, they looked even more unkempt than beggars on the road.

The other person glanced around at them indifferently, then said with a forced smile, "Then I won't bother you any longer."

After he walked away, Yang Qi looked towards the tree not far away, but his master, who had been so affectionate, was nowhere to be seen.

He glanced at the wine bag in his hand, then winked at the other four, and loudly proclaimed, "I'm going to take a piss!"

The other four also stood up, all saying, "I'll go too!"

One of them was also dragging a long, black object.

The five people quickly disappeared into the darkness.

The man who had been there earlier, sensing something was wrong, immediately ran back to the fire. Seeing no one around, his expression changed instantly. "Damn it, they really ran fast! I wanted to kill them and rob them of some travel money, but they're even more cunning than us!"

……

After confirming that no one was chasing him, Ye Shiting chose another place to rest.

Yang Qi asked, "Young Master, who do you think those people are?"

Ye Shiting shook his head. "Their identity is unknown, but they are definitely not good people. If I'm not mistaken, those boxes are full of weapons."

Yang Qi remembered something and quickly showed him the wine bag the other party had given him, "Young Master, this is the wine that person invited us to drink."

Just as Ye Shiting took the sheepskin wine pouch, preparing to inspect its contents, Li Yao suddenly leaned closer. "Hmm, this wine pouch looks familiar..."

Ye Shiting frowned slightly. "You recognize him?"

Li Yao tilted her head and thought for a moment, "When Mo Qianxiao led his people to the Jiuli tribe to propose marriage, the wine they gave my brother was packaged in this kind of wine bag!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shiting's handsome face instantly darkened.

They actually ran into the people from Beilin Kingdom!

Yang Qi and his four other subordinates were equally astonished.

"Young Master, if those people are from the Northern Lin Kingdom, we cannot let them into the city!"

Ye Shiting said in a low voice, "The number of those weapons indicates that they have far more than twenty people. We need to find a way to seize their weapons before they enter the city!"

Yang Qi hesitated, "Young Master, we are outnumbered right now, and besides, those weapons are so heavy that we probably can't take them by ourselves."

Li Yao munched on a dry biscuit, chewing noisily as she said, "Easy, just find something to scare them away, and the weapons will be ours."

Ye Shiting looked at her with a twitching eye, "What can I find to scare them away?"

Could it be another pack of ferocious beasts?

Li Yao suddenly looked up and pointed to the tree branch above her head, "That!"

Ye Shiting and his men looked up, and what they saw made their scalps tingle.

The thing hanging on the tree branch was actually a beehive...