"Following?" Shen Xihe raised her eyebrows slightly.
Her exchange with Xiao Huayong's people was actually very secret. Xiao Huayong's people followed her when she left the capital. When they were at the post station, that person took her place on the boat with the people from the palace, while she waited until evening and left the post station in a carriage with another official who had stayed at the post station.
The officials who happened to pass by the post station were also arranged by Xiao Huayong. They really had something to do and happened to pass by the post station, so they could withstand investigation. After leaving the post station, Mo Yu followed Shen Xihe all the time. She left the official's carriage, and Mo Yu made sure that there was no one around.
But these people followed them shortly after they left the post station, which meant that she and Xiao Huayong's tricks had not been hidden from him at all. Or maybe this person had already guessed that they would take this step, so he waited at the post station from sunrise to sunset.
Unless they were certain that they would take this step, who would wait for a whole day and follow them so accurately when she left the post station without even showing up
This person is still just following, and has not even thought of taking action. It can be concluded that he is at least not an enemy.
"Have you noticed how many people there are?" Shen Xihe asked.
"It's too far away. I can only guess that it might be one person." Mo Yu was not sure either.
Shen Xihe picked up the teacup and looked forward with a distant gaze: "Lead him out."
He took a sip and put the tea bowl down neither lightly nor heavily. The tea bowl made a low, dull sound on the wooden table, and Shen Xihe raised the corners of his lips slightly.
After a good night's sleep, Shen Xihe and Mo Yu hurried on their journey the next day. They were going around the Wei River, and the journey was very long, so they couldn't be too late than them who were traveling by boat.
After walking for about half an hour, Shen Xihe stopped his horse and looked at Mo Yu. Mo Yu had a blank expression on his face, and just gave Shen Xihe an affirmative look.
Shen Xihe took out a peace charm from the bag on his horse, similar to the one thrown onto a tree branch when praying, and threw it to Mo Yu.
After catching it, Mo Yu jumped up, put one foot on the saddle, used the force to jump higher, and hung the amulet on a very high branch.
Shen Xihe looked up and whipped the horse forward. Mo Yu landed steadily on the horse and caught up with Shen Xihe.
Just a quarter of an hour after they left, a man came on horseback, stopped under the tree, looked up at the thing hanging high on the branch, hesitated for a moment, then jumped up as light as a swallow, took down the amulet, looked at it again and again, and it was very ordinary.
Not finding anything unusual, he hung the things up again and immediately rode his horse to catch up with Shen Xihe and the others.
At noon, Shen Xihe was about to have some snacks when Mo Yu came into the room and said, "Zhenzhu sent a message saying that the ship was attacked."
Shen Xihe's eyelashes drooped slightly, and his expression did not change: "Are there any casualties?"
"More than half of your majesty's men were killed." Mo Yu replied.
Shen Xihe raised his eyes: "Why is this so?"
The people sent by Emperor Youning were not show-offs and were on a boat. Even if some of them were able to sneak on board, their number should not be large. How could they easily kill half of your Majesty's men
"This letter is from His Highness." Mo Yu did not answer Shen Xihe's question, but handed over a letter.
After opening it, the first thing that came into view was a strand of black hair. This was Xiao Huayong's unique habit when writing to her. Moreover, this strand of black hair was soaked in a fragrance blended by Duo Jia Luo and Ping Zhong Ye. Ordinary people couldn't smell it, and Xiao Huayong himself couldn't smell it. Only Shen Xihe could easily smell this unique scent.