The cousin is beautiful but ruthless.

Chapter 215 Roadblock

Xiao Tao was eavesdropping at the door when she bumped into Miao Cui, who was coming out.

"You heard everything?" Miao Cui looked at her.

Xiao Tao chuckled twice: "Sister Miao Cui, don't make a sound, or the young lady will scold me again."

Miao Cui had to go out to find someone, so she only nodded to Xiao Tao and hurried off.

Finding a portrait artist with this skill was no easy task; after going through several places, Miao Cui finally brought the person over.

According to Azhi's description, the artist drew several pictures and asked Azhi to see which one looked more like the real thing.

Ah Zhi looked at them and took two out.

“This looks just like my parents.”

Shen Hanyu took it. She had little memory of it, and finding someone based on the portrait was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but Shen Hanyu didn't mind helping Azhi.

“I will use this portrait to search, first within the area of ​​Chang’an, and then slowly search outwards.”

Ah Zhi thanked her repeatedly.

During the few days that Ah Zhi was helping to find people, Ji Yuxiu also returned.

On the day she returned, Shen Hanyu and Wei Ming went to the city gate to welcome her. This time, Ji Yuxiu returned in a low-key manner. When she saw the two of them, she immediately dismounted and ran over.

"There were too many things going on at the border, which is why it took so long. I hope nothing happened in Chang'an while I was away."

Wei Ming shook her head, not mentioning her cousin's matter, partly because she didn't want Ji Yuxiu to worry; after all, it was all in the past.

“We’re all fine, but you’ve been so worried about us, not coming back for so long. We were afraid something might have happened to you at the border.”

Ji Yuxiu hooked her arms around their shoulders: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I'm fine now. I'm back today. Come on, let's go to the best restaurant for a meal."

Halfway there, Ji Yuxiu stopped again. "Are you girls on holiday today?"

Shen Hanyu nodded. If they didn't have a day off, they wouldn't have time to come out.

The three of them went to a restaurant for a meal and talked about everything that had happened in the past few months.

Finally, Wei Ming said, "The Duke of Kaiguo's mansion sent a wedding invitation, inviting us to the wedding banquet. Did you receive it?"

Shen Hanyu said she received it.

"Huh? They even sent you a wedding invitation?"

Wei Ming was unaware of this, so she was quite surprised.

Ji Yuxiu leaned closer: "What wedding banquet? The Founding Duke's Mansion has a happy occasion?"

"It's the marriage between the second young master of the Pei family and the third young lady of the Liang family."

Ji Yuxiu's eyes widened. What had happened during her absence was far more interesting than what Shen Hanyu and Wei Ming had described.

"The wedding banquet is in five days. Both families are powerful and influential, so they will definitely hold a grand celebration."

Needless to say, the scale of the event will be enormous, and even more people will be attending.

Ji Yuxiu put down her chopsticks: "That's not right. I specially invited you, but both sides have some grudges against you. It feels kind of scary."

It could also be said that they had ulterior motives. After all, Shen Hanyu doesn't have any status now, and logically speaking, apart from a few close friends, no one else would invite Shen Hanyu over.

"Even if it's a trap, we have to go and see. What's the point of hiding like this?"

When you are strong, you are not so afraid of these things.

Shen Hanyu's words made sense, so Ji Yuxiu didn't try to stop her.

After the meal, the three of them went their separate ways. Shen Hanyu stretched, and Miaocui got into the carriage.

"Girl, there's a group of people secretly following us."

This was told to Miao Cui by the person Pei Du sent to protect Shen Hanyu's safety. Miao Cui quickly came in to inform Shen Hanyu.

"Keep going, then catch them, but leave them alive."

Miao Cui hummed in agreement.

The carriage moved along smoothly, seemingly unaware of the tail behind it.

Before they could even arrest those people, someone suddenly rushed out from in front, and the carriage almost crashed into it, but luckily it stopped at the last moment.

Shen Hanyu was thrown off balance and fell into the carriage. Miao Cui helped Shen Hanyu up.

"What happened?"

The driver quickly replied, "Someone ran by and almost hit me."

"Go check if he's alright."

Shen Hanyu lifted the carriage curtain, and the man seemed to be startled, falling to the ground with a thud.

"Are you okay?"

The driver helped the man up, and the man stood there trembling.

"It's alright, it's alright. I'm really sorry, I wasn't paying attention and almost blocked the way."

"If everyone is alright, then we'll be going now."

Since the driver didn't seem to be injured, he decided to leave.

Just as they were about to catch the train, the man suddenly cried out in pain.

"No, no, my heart is hurting. Could you take me to a clinic?"

Shen Hanyu saw the man's expression change and realized something.

"Send someone back to the manor to check; this guy is stalling for time."

Miao Cui went out and made a hand gesture to the person in the shadows, so that no one would see her.

The driver frowned: "Didn't you just say everything was fine?"

"It's an old problem."

The two remained at an impasse when Shen Hanyu spoke up: "Then let's deliver it. It won't take up much time."

Having achieved his goal, the man didn't give anyone time to refuse and immediately sat down outside the carriage.

Miao Cui and Shen Hanyu sat inside.

"Miss, everything is arranged." Miao Cui said in a low voice.

They searched her residence last time but found nothing, and they're still not giving up.

We'll find out if she guessed right when we get back.

After a while, Shen Hanyu returned to the mansion, where Pei Du's men brought two people over.

"We caught those two sneaking into the study."

Shen Hanyu never puts important things out in the open, so no matter how hard they look, it's useless.

"As expected, they sent this guy to stall for time. You guys come and turn the pages."

The man who was almost hit by the carriage was brought back by Shen Hanyu, and the group of people following her disappeared without a trace, leaving only these three behind.

"Take him to Pei Du for interrogation."

Shen Hanyu didn't have any private rooms available for them, so they had to hand them over to Pei Du, who was good at this.

Pei Du received the three people sent by Shen Hanyu. Just like last time, they had no distinguishing features and it was impossible to tell who sent them.

Under careful interrogation, the two men who barged into the study kept their mouths shut and didn't say anything, while the men who had been stalling outside confessed before they could be tortured much.

However, none of the information he knew was important, suggesting that he had prepared for this in advance.

"It's not the same organization, and this one is even more mysterious."

Pei Du looked at the message that had been delivered. There were quite a few helpers on the other side, and they seemed very interested in the information that Shen Hanyu had.

All Shen Hanyu had in her hand were a few letters and place names on them.

Pei Du's men sent to those places haven't brought back any useful information yet, but the fact that they care so much means it must be of considerable value.

Li Jing is a very cautious person. He wouldn't take such a risk and act again and again unless he was particularly concerned about it.

At this point, any mistake Li Jing makes will be magnified infinitely.

Pei Du told Shen Hanyu what he had interrogated, but Shen Hanyu didn't react much.

"I feel like there will be more and more of these kinds of things in the future. They haven't learned their lesson from last time."