Warm medicine emits fragrance

"It's nothing, I just remembered something happy." Li Chenbi put away his smile and said to Yan Qiu, "You don't need to bring her. There are too many people here, and it might attract unwanted attention. Tell her to wait for me outside, and I'll see her soon."

Yanqiu's eyes lit up. "You have a way to get out?"

Li Chenbi said calmly, "It's time for all of this to end."

His wife came to visit him, and he didn't have time to deal with these people anymore.

"Alright, you should leave now. Pass on the message and make sure she's safe. If anything happens to her, I'll be looking for you."

Yanqiu immediately patted his chest and assured him, "Brother Chenbi, don't worry, I will absolutely not let anything happen to your wife!"

Before Yanqiu left, Li Chenbi instructed him again, "Send her more charcoal and warm clothes, she's afraid of the cold."

That evening, on the third floor of Qianzhou Restaurant, a brightly dressed woman knocked on Ni Hai's room door.

The door opened, and a man in a gray long robe opened it. He bowed slightly to the woman.

The woman entered the house and glanced around. There were six people in the house: three men and three women. The three women were sitting near the door, playing the zither and flute. The three men, including Ni Hai, were sitting at the back, with food and wine in front of them but they hadn't touched them.

It should have been a scene of hedonistic indulgence, but the faces of these people were as serious as if they were discussing matters of state.

Upon seeing the woman, two of them stood up, and Ni Hai waved to her.

The woman walked up to Ni Hai, took out a letter from her bosom, put it in Ni Hai's hand, and whispered, "My lord, this is a letter from my tribal chief. He said that he is very satisfied with the gift you presented this time and he is willing to cooperate with you."

Ni Hai opened the envelope, read the letter in his hand, smiled, raised his hand and patted the woman's face, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket and stuffed it into the woman's hand. "Go and tell your leader that as long as he helps me conquer the capital, I will definitely help him fulfill his wish to unify the grasslands in the future."

The woman put away the letter, stood up, bowed to him, and turned to leave.

Half an hour later, the letter appeared intact in Li Chenbi's hands in the prison.

After reading the letter in his hand, Li Chenbi scoffed, "This idiot really thinks he can get away with this."

The next day, Fan Liuer woke up early.

She had been traveling for three days and three nights straight and hadn't slept well at all. Now that she felt more at ease, she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the bed last night.

But with something on my mind, I couldn't sleep for long and woke up as soon as it was light.

After getting up and tidying up, she waited in the room for news from Yanqiu.

I didn't see the Yanqiu people until the afternoon.

She immediately stood up and stepped forward. "May I go see him now?"

Yanqiu gestured for her to sit down. "I went to see Brother Chenbi last night. He said it's not convenient for us to meet right now, so he asked you to wait for him outside. He'll be out soon."

As he spoke, he waved behind him, and a number of people came in one after another, all carrying items to keep warm.

"This was what Brother Shenbi told me. He said you're afraid of the cold, so I prepared these things. Qianzhou is not like Xingzhou, these things are a bit rough, but you'll have to make do with them for now."

Fan Liuer was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this news, as she had thought she would be able to see him today.

But she also knew that many people were watching Li Chenbi at this moment, and if her identity were discovered, she would only bring trouble to Li Chenbi.

Seeing that Li Chenbi was still thinking of her even while he was in prison, her heart melted even more.

"Thank you for your help."

"No trouble at all, it's nothing, it's all my pleasure."

After completing the task assigned by Li Chenbi, Yan Qiu left. He still had to rush back to the military camp to discuss countermeasures with Qi Weiming.

Fan Liuer stood in the doorway looking at him, while Feng Ji, who was guarding outside, asked, "Madam, what are we going to do next?"

Fan Liuer sighed softly, "Let's wait and see."

Since Li Chenbi said that, she believed him.

He will definitely be out soon.

Another day passed, and Yanqiu came to see Fan Liuer early in the morning to tell her some news.

Li Chenbi will be taken to the prefect's mansion this afternoon for a trial.

Fan Liuer's heart clenched upon hearing this. Yan Qiu noticed and comforted her, "Don't worry, I will definitely protect Brother Shenbi. I'll go to my father and make a scene, even threaten to hang myself, and I'll protect him!"

These words made Fan Liuer even more nervous than before.

That doesn't sound very plausible.

After comforting Fan Liuer, Yanqiu was about to leave, as he had to rush to attend the trial.

Fan Liuer called out to him, "Can I come with you? I can pretend to be your subordinate and follow behind you. I promise I will stay with you and not run away."

Yanqiu hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

In the afternoon, Li Chenbi was brought to the courtroom, where Yan Qi sat above and Ni Hai stood below.

Yanqiu, Yanling, and some elderly people around Yanqi were standing outside.

Wearing a soldier's uniform and with her face painted a dark yellow, Fan Liuer stood behind Yan Qiu with her head down.

Peek inside through the gaps in the crowd.

The soldiers escorted Li Chenbi to the foot of the hall and then withdrew. Li Chenbi bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, General."

Yan Qi looked at him and said in a deep voice, "Li Chenbi, I once trusted you so much, yet you colluded with foreign tribes and betrayed me. What else do you have to say now?"

"I've only ever said one thing," Li Chenbi said, turning to Ni Hai beside him. "Lord Ni insists those letters were written by me. Do you have any evidence?"

Ni Hai sneered, "Your handwriting, and it was found in your room, how could it be fake?"

"Is there any witness who saw me write these letters?"

"Hmph, don't even think about stalling for time here. It's all written in black and white in those letters."

Li Chenbi said "Oh", "Since you can conclude that I am colluding with foreign tribes based on just a few letters of dubious authenticity without any witnesses, then I also have evidence here that Lord Ni is colluding with foreign tribes."

He looked at Ni Hai, a slow smile spreading across his face. "I not only have letters, but also witnesses."

Ni Hai's eyes widened suddenly, and he pointed a finger at him, "You're spouting nonsense!"

As he spoke, he turned to Yan Qi and said, "General, this man is extremely cunning and treacherous. Now he even dares to try to pin the blame on me. Such a treacherous person cannot be kept; keeping him in the army will only cause unrest!"

Li Chenbi spoke slowly, "What's the rush, Lord Ni? If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Why don't you look at my evidence?"

"What's the point of watching something fake!"

"That's not necessarily true. You showed the general all those fake ones you had, so it's not unreasonable for my general to take a look as well."

Ni Hai was about to say something when Yan Qi interrupted him, "Alright, stop arguing."

"Li Chenbi, if you have any evidence, bring it up. Stop dawdling."

Soon, two soldiers appeared below the hall with a woman. The moment the woman walked in, Ni Hai's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.