Broken Bonds

97

Chapter 97

Beitang Ao and Yu Feiqing led their men to a deserted courtyard on the outskirts of the city. They broke in, but the people in question left the deserted courtyard without leaving a trace.

Yu Feiqing frowned and immediately took the Imperial Guards to carefully search, not leaving any stone unturned. After a while, the Imperial Guards reported that there were no suspicious people or things found. 

Yu Feiqing looked at Beitang Ao and saw him standing in the middle of the hall, expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

“Master…”

Beitang Ao said, “Nothing was found.”

This sentence is not a question but an affirmation. 

“… Yes.” Yu Feiqing felt extremely ashamed. This kind of incident that happened in the Beitang Wang household was shocking. The emperor personally assisted in the thorough investigation using the Imperial Guards to find Beitang Wang Fei and the two sons.

But in the past three days, they searched many suspicious places. They never found useful clues: the culprit’s purpose or where the Beitang Wang Fei and the two sons were. It was as if everything had disappeared out of thin air.

Beitang Ao stopped lingering, turned, and left the deserted courtyard. Yu Feiqing quickly followed.

Beitang Ao stepped onto Moxue and looked back at the courtyard before leaving, thoughtfully.

These facts were too strange. The other party seemed to know Beitang Ao very well and was ahead of him every step of the way. And the guards who escorted Lin Yanyan and his sons to the incense that day were all martial arts masters, the best of the best, and they were not talkable characters, so how were they defeated with such ease?

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There must be a ghost in this matter! Beitang Ao was very sure.

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The Dian people were not faithful and disregarded affections but had crazy blood for revenge. They are desperate and unscrupulous for revenge.

Beitang Ao had been tracking this clue, but at the same time, he couldn’t help but wonder, with the mind of a foreigner like Wujie, how could he think of these many tricks? What’s more, this step-by-step strategy was aimed at him.

Beitang Ao felt that the hands manipulating all of this behind the scenes seemed to be very familiar with him…

Clutching the reins, Beitang Ao ordered as soon as the people behind caught up, “You go back first.” 

Yu Feiqing asked, “Wang, where are you going? Now this time…”

Beitang Ao interrupted him with a wave of his hand, “Don’t worry, no one can do anything to me yet!”

Turning his head to treat the man in the palace, “You don’t have to follow me. Go back to the palace!”

After speaking, Moxue raised with his horsewhip. Moxue and Beitang Ao disappeared in a blink of an eye. Everyone couldn’t help thinking, not to mention Wang’s skill, even with Moxue, no one could catch up with its four hooves. 

Beitang Ao came to the other quarter. Once he saw that the guards were very stern, he felt a little relieved. But after hearing Ling Zhu’s statement, he frowned.

When he came to the inner garden where Yan Feili lived, he noticed the window ajar and the candle in the room flickered with the autumn wind, dim and silent. Beitang Ao walked into the room and saw Yan Feili sitting at the desk in a single coat, holding a letter-like thing in his hand, but looked out the window and didn’t know what to think about.

“You are back.” Yan Feili said slowly without moving.

“Why are you not asleep? It is already so late.” 

“I’m waiting for you.” Yan Feili handed him the letter in his hand and stared at him closely.

Beitang Ao took it, his expression slightly changed.

“Who on earth did it? Do you have any clues?” Yan Feili asked.

Beitang Ao sighed, knowing that there was no way to hide it, so he sat next to him and said, “I don’t want you to worry.” 

Yan Feili was in pain as his heart tore apart and said, “Li’er is my treasure. Do you think I can be at ease?”

Beitang Ao opened his mouth, but Yan Feili interrupted him, “Who do you think Li’er is for me? I have lost a lot of martial arts, but I am not a useless person. You don’t want me to worry about it, but have you ever considered or asked what I wanted!”

“Feili…” Beitang Ao was speechless.

Yan Feili closed his eyes, stabilized his emotions, and said in a low voice, “This is not the time to talk about this. Everything that happened, I want you to tell me personally!” 

Beitang Ao held Yan Feili’s hand and promised, “I’m going to tell you, but don’t get too excited.”

As he promised, he slowly explained the matter from beginning to end.

Yan Feili lowered his head in thought and said, “These people’s purpose is me.”

Beitang Ao replied, “No, not just you, but also me. It seems that they not only know our relationship but also probably Li’er’s relationship to us.” 

Yan Feili jumped in fright, startled in a cold sweat.

Beitang Ao relieved him, “This is just my speculation. The only people in this world who know about Li’er origin are you and me.”

Yan Feili looked at the letter, pondered for a moment, and said, “No, they must know something. Otherwise, they would not have threatened me with Li’er. Qianzhi, I’m going to go to the appointment!”

Beitang Ao knew he would say so and said flatly, “No!” 

Yan Feili stated, “This incident is most likely Wujie’s doing. He has a hatred for his brother’s murderer and his broken legs. He learned of our relationship in Huacheng. But he can never know about the matter with Li’er…”

After speaking, Yan Feili frowned, showing incomprehension.