Xiaocao came out of the inn where Liuqi was and ran into Xichi and his group next door. They seemed to be preparing to leave.
I was a little surprised that they had been staying here before but suddenly left. I had thought they would keep delaying until they left with Rokukari, but now it seems that is not the case.
So, why have they dragged their feet until now
When the two sides met, Chu Ci brought Princess Yanqing forward to say goodbye to Xiao Cao, still looking as handsome and elegant as ever.
Xiaocao nodded and said, "Take care on your journey, everyone." That was just one sentence, and there was definitely nothing more to say.
Chu Ci touched his nose, indicating that he was a little disappointed, but he himself didn't know what he was disappointed about.
Xichi's delegation was almost ready, and they were just waiting for Chuci and others to get on the carriage before leaving. Out of courtesy, Xiaocao let them go first. Everything was fine, but the "guard" who had been following Chuci suddenly turned around and looked at Xiaocao. It was impossible to tell the emotion in his eyes, and there was a sense of inexplicable familiarity.
Xiaocao's heart skipped a beat. Her memory has always been good. Although it is not to the level of photographic memory or hyperthymesia, for a person's memory, as long as the change is not too big and the impression is not too deep, remembering it for a few years or even even ten years is not a problem.
Of course, the time is so long that there must be no changes, but the familiarity should not be such a big leap.
Xiao Cao quickly compared the person in front of him with the one in his memory, not only the face, but also the figure. It should be said that the latter is used more frequently, especially after knowing that there is a "disguise technique" in this world. After all, he has seen it with his own eyes... Seen it with his own eyes?! There is no need to continue searching in his memory. Xiao Cao has found the object accurately.
There are slight differences in their body shapes, but that's not surprising. After all, it was May then and it's February now. One was wearing thicker clothes and the other was wearing thinner clothes, so it's natural that there would be a difference.
As for the face, it was originally fake. Although Xiaocao made a certain restoration based on the bones at that time, it was only a simulation in the mind, and was not drawn or carved. Therefore, the original appearance was not so clear. And now Xiaocao can almost be sure that this face has been slightly adjusted based on the real appearance. In the eyes of others, it may be completely different from the original appearance, but in Xiaocao's eyes, the difference is not really that big. So, there is at least a 70% to 80% possibility that this person is the original Bai Qingchuan.
—The guy who kidnapped Prince Wei when she was trying to uncover his identity, and then suffered a great loss at the hands of Wei Tingyu.
It was not known whether Bai Qingchuan and his group were entering the Kaiping Imperial City again or attempting to enter it for the first time, but it was obvious that they had bad intentions. After suffering a loss at the hands of Wei Tingyu, they fled into the mountains and completely lost their trace afterwards.
Although Xiaocao was not 100% sure that the guard was Bai Qingchuan, after all, there were many people with similar body shapes in the world. Judging facial shapes based on skeletons has been done for nearly two years, and it may not be accurate. However, it did not prevent him from treating the two as equals. He could not help feeling a little annoyed. This person was not the first time he had seen him these days, but he had never noticed him before. His presence was much weaker than when he first saw Bai Qingchuan.
Xiao Cao didn't know whether the other party was intentional or not, and attracted her attention at this time. If he was really Bai Qingchuan, then the idea of doing it deliberately accounted for more than 90%, which was probably equivalent to provocation. - The person you used to be was standing in front of you, and you were completely unaware, ha!
Xiao Cao remained calm, and it seemed as if there was only a brief glance between the two of them.
Seriously speaking, Xiaocao naturally disliked Bai Qingchuan, because of him, not only did Wei Tingyu's men die, but the people in the post station were also killed, and the two servants of the Wen family who were originally guarding there were also innocently killed. He could easily kill his own people, and he even had ill intentions towards Qi Chao. How could he not be annoyed and angry.
Watching the mighty team leave, Xiao Cao turned back and said, "Go find Commander Wei. I have something to ask him."
One of the black-armored guards took the order and left. Xiaocao got on the carriage and continued with his daily routine.
Not long after returning to the Imperial Hospital, Wei Tingyu came over.
Xiaocao sent the others away and told Wei Tingyu about his suspicions.
Wei Tingyu's eyes narrowed. He had suspected that this person's identity was not right before, but it would usually be difficult to investigate, so he did not bother with it. He originally thought that if he kept a close eye on him and had complete control over his movements, there should not be any trouble. However, if this person had already been to Kaiping Imperial City, then it would be completely different.
Wei Tingyu once had a brief confrontation with Bai Qingchuan and knew that he was not an easy person to deal with. He was arrogant and ruthless. Logically speaking, such a person was not suitable to be a spy. However, looking at him over this period of time, it was clear that he had underestimated him. Although he was arrogant, he could restrain himself when he should, which was not consistent with his original nature at all, which made Wei Tingyu pay attention to him all the time, but did not associate him with other people.
—Perhaps, it is possible that what Bai Qingchuan showed at the beginning was not his true character.
Wei Tingyu now has only one idea, which is to keep the person here while Xichi has to suffer in silence. This is not difficult to do, but there is a prerequisite, that is, the identity of this person is not as previously speculated, and he is the mastermind of the Xichi delegation. However, in fact, this possibility is very high.
"Tingyu..."
Wei Tingyu came back to his senses and quickly suppressed the emotions in his eyes, "I'm fine. Xuan'er, thank you again this time."
"I regret that I discovered it too late."
"No, I'll take care of it, don't worry."
Xiao Cao nodded. "Although your body has almost recovered, you still need to be careful not to work too hard. Eat three meals a day on time and don't stay up late at night."
"As for hard work, I personally think it's not as hard as you, Xuan'er." He stretched out his hand to scratch Xiaocao's nose and smiled, "I want to live a hundred years with Xuan'er, so I will pay attention."