Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 33 Traitor
Due to excessive blood loss, Yan Ciwan felt dizzy and his hands and feet were cold.

She forced herself to stay awake and not fall asleep. She lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and peeked out. She found that the streets were pitch black on both sides and the street was empty. There were no other pedestrians except their carriage.

Yan Ciwan had a bad feeling in his heart.

She asked Ulan Shisan who was driving outside.

"Where are you taking me?"

Wulan Shisan's voice came through the car door: "We have a place to stay in the city, it's relatively safe, Princess, please go there to hide for a while, and we will find a way to escort you out of Xiangzhou later."

Although he was a Hu person, he grew up in Xizhou and had long been assimilated and could speak fluent Daye Mandarin.

Yan Ciwan then asked: "Is there anyone else besides you?"

Wulan Thirteen: "There are fifteen, sixteen, twenty-two, and twenty-four. They were the ones who pretended to be drunk and stopped the group of constables just now, so that the princess could have a chance to leave Taoran Xianju."

The five of them were all selected by the King of Xizhou to be the personal guards who escorted Yan Ciwan to her wedding.

Logically speaking, Yan Ciwan should trust them.

But doubts gradually arose in her heart.

Because she smelled a faint fragrance in the carriage, and that fragrance was very familiar.

She boarded the ship under the protection of the wedding procession. There was a rainstorm at night and the ship was shaking violently, but she fell into a deep sleep until Yan Tingyu stabbed a knife into her left chest. She suddenly woke up from the severe pain.

Afterwards, she thought carefully about what happened and found that she must have been drugged in advance.

Originally, she thought that the drug was put in the dinner, but now, she smelled a familiar faint fragrance in the carriage. There was also the same faint fragrance in the cabin where she lived on the Xiangshui River that night.

This is no mere coincidence.

Yan Ciwan searched around and soon found a small red incense pill in the cushion behind him.

After the incense pills were taken out, the fragrance became stronger, and the dizzy feeling suddenly became stronger.

Her heart sank. She originally thought that she was dizzy due to excessive blood loss, but now it seemed that the problem was with this fragrant pill.

Presumably, this perfume pill is the same as the faint strange fragrance that appeared in her room on the boat that night.

Yan Ciwan quietly opened the car window, threw the incense pill out, and glanced out the window, and found that the surroundings were becoming more and more remote.

The night wind blew in from the window, dispersing the fragrance in the car.

Yan Ciwan's mind also became much clearer.

She had suspected at the beginning that someone in the wedding procession must have defected to Yan Tingyu, otherwise Yan Tingyu's plan to murder her would not have gone so smoothly.

There must be a traitor hiding next to her. The traitor worked together with Yan Tingyu, which caught her off guard.

It now seems that Ulan Shisan is most likely one of the traitors.

Yan Ci Wan covered the wound that was still bleeding. She really wanted to kill Wulan Shisan right now and force him to tell her why he betrayed her and Aye?
But now she is seriously injured, isolated and helpless, and is wanted by the government. If she really wants to fight, not only will she be in trouble, but her whereabouts may also be exposed.

She closed her eyes and suppressed the murderous intent that surged in her heart.

Now she is no longer Princess Leyou, she can no longer be as willful as before.

She needs to think twice before she acts.

She gradually regained her composure, slowly opened her eyes, and asked calmly.

"How did you know I was in Xiangzhou?"

Wulan Thirteen: "I saw the wanted poster posted in the city, with the princess's portrait on it. I knew the princess was in the city, so I followed the palace soldiers and constables, secretly looking for the princess's whereabouts."

Yan Ciwan asked again: "Where is Yan Tingyu? Why didn't you go to Chang'an with her?"

"They were all deceived by Yan Tingyu, thinking that the princess had met with an accident. Now the entire wedding procession is controlled by Yan Tingyu. She has replaced the princess' identity and is preparing to go to Chang'an to marry the prince. Only the five of us brothers did not believe Yan Tingyu's lies. We quietly left the wedding procession and stayed near the Xiang River to look for the princess' whereabouts. God will not let down those who work hard. We finally found you."

Wulan Shisan's voice sounded very relieved. But Yan Ciwan didn't believe a word he said!

If Ulan Shisan was loyal to her, he should have reported the matter to the King of Xizhou and sought help from local officials as soon as he discovered her disappearance.

The disappearance of the future Crown Princess is a big deal and it is impossible for local officials to ignore it.

But until now, Yan Ciwan has not heard any news about the disappearance of Princess Leyou.

This is enough to prove that Ulan Shisan lied!

He concealed the truth about Yan Ciwan's murder from others.

He suddenly appeared in Xiangzhou, not to save her, but to kill her.

Yan Ciwan's face was as gloomy as water: "Thirteen, I'm seriously injured and feel dizzy. I want to take a nap. Remember to call me when we get there."

After she finished speaking, she took a deep breath, as if she was trying her best to endure the pain.

Wulan Shisan responded with a "OK".

Yan Ciwan endured the severe pain from the wound, opened the car window, and jumped out.

With the help of her Qinggong skills, she didn't make any sound when she landed.

On a quiet night, on the long street, the carriages were still moving fast, and the sound of horse hooves drifted in the night breeze.

Yan Ciwan covered his wound and quickened his pace, running in the opposite direction of the carriage.

But in the blink of an eye, her figure disappeared into the thick night.

After an incense stick of time, the carriage stopped in front of the back door of a remote courtyard.

At the sound of horse hooves, lights immediately came on in the yard, and then the gate was opened, and four tall and strong men walked out. They were the drunkards who had prevented the detectives from arresting people during the day.

They were also the personal guards of the Ulan Cavalry, numbering fifteen, sixteen, twenty-second and twenty-four respectively.

Fifteen asked in a low voice: "Where are the people?"

Wulan Shisan pointed behind him and said, "Inside, asleep."

The four of them immediately opened the gate completely to allow the carriage to enter.

Then the gate was gently closed and locked from the inside.

Ulan Shisan jumped off the carriage and pulled out a scimitar from under the shaft. At the same time, the other four also drew out the swords they were wearing.

They surrounded the carriage, concentrating and holding their breath.

Wulan Shisan first called out "Princess", but seeing no response from inside the car, he guessed that she might have been drugged and was sleeping too deeply, so he reached out and gently pushed the car door open.

With a creak, the car door swung open.

The other four people came over at this time.

With the help of moonlight, they could see the interior of the carriage clearly; it was empty.

Yan Ciwan, who was supposed to be inside, had long disappeared!
Wulan Shisan's face immediately darkened. He actually let her run away!

It was his fault for being too careless and underestimating Yan Ci Wan. He thought she was just a weak princess who couldn't carry anything on her shoulders or hands, and was seriously injured. He thought she could be dealt with with just a little bit of aphrodisiac.

But he didn't expect that he miscalculated. Although Yan Ciwan was weak, she was smart.

He thrust the scimitar back fiercely, his voice cold: "The city gates are now blocked, Yan Ciwan must still be in the city. We will split up and look for her tomorrow. We must kill her before the palace soldiers find her!"

The other four remained silent. This was all they could do for now.

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