Chapter 12: Win people’s hearts
In a small forest outside the post station, several figures flashed back and forth in the darkness.

After a while, several figures gathered together, and faint and almost indistinguishable voices were heard in the quiet woods. Only in the moonlight could a few graceful figures be barely distinguished.

However, all of them were wearing veils and night clothes, so their faces could not be seen.

"Captain, when do we take action?" one of them asked after several figures gathered together.

The leader was also wearing night clothes and had his face covered, but the huge breasts on his chest were about to burst out, making people unforgettable. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The intelligence is wrong. The guards around Prince Xin are not ordinary guards, but a group of extremely elite soldiers, and the general leading them is experienced in battle."

"We have not relaxed our vigilance even within the capital. The night patrol guards are well-organized and are guarding this post station tightly. If we sneak in now, we will be discovered. If we fight, we will definitely not be a match for the elite soldiers."

"What should we do? Our superiors want us to take Prince Xin's head as soon as possible. It seems that our employer is very generous this time." The woman who posted the message earlier asked in embarrassment.

The leader was silent for a moment, then said, "Completing the mission is important, but dying in vain is meaningless! You have to remember that the most important thing to live long is to be cautious!"

The questioner nodded and said nothing more.

After another moment of silence, the leader spoke up, "The only solution now is to follow and wait for the right opportunity to act."

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Wang An slept very uneasily that night.

The main problem was that the floor of the inn was hard and cold, and it hurt his bones.

Fortunately, this body is only sixteen years old and is also a hidden martial arts master. He is young and energetic. Otherwise, if it were a middle-aged person, I am afraid that his bones would have fallen apart this night.

As soon as I opened my eyes, an unidentified object came into view.

Even though Wang An had lived two lives as a human being, he couldn't help but be frightened by this sudden thing.

It was only after seeing the other person clearly that Wang An managed to calm down and said unhappily: "Xiao Zhao, didn't anyone teach you not to be so close when watching people? It's scary to see people with low status!"

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Xiao Zhao stood up quickly, feeling a little at a loss.

Wang An stood up. He did not take off his clothes because he was sleeping on the floor. However, his royal robe was a little wrinkled.

A cold snort came from behind him. Wang An turned around and saw Cao Yunmeng, who was already dressed neatly, staring at him unhappily.

Wang An ignored him and just rubbed his face and ordered Xiao Zhao: "Go get me a basin of water. I have to save my dignity."

"Okay." Xiao Zhao nodded without hesitation.

Just as he was about to turn around, Cao Yunmeng stopped him, "Xiao Zhao, ignore him!"

"Why do you order my people around? Your Majesty the Prince Xin doesn't even have a eunuch."

Wang An frowned when he heard this, but did not refute.

Because what Cao Yunmeng said was true, since Wang An could remember, the Duanben Palace where he and Shen Shaozhu lived was very deserted.

Apart from a few palace maids and eunuchs, there were not many people.

Even these few eunuchs were spies sent by Wang Hongyuan, responsible for secretly monitoring every move of Wang An and his mother.

So when Wang An left the palace, he did not have anyone he could trust with him.

After all, Wang An had already made up his mind to become bigger and stronger when he went to Jizhou this time, so he naturally didn't want to keep a spy from Wang Hongyuan by his side. Especially now, Wang An and Cao Yunmeng were almost at odds with each other, and Wang An didn't want Wang Hongyuan to know about this situation too early.

However, although Xiao Zhao listened to Cao Yunmeng's words and did not get water for Wang An, she gave Wang An an apologetic look.

Wang An immediately changed his opinion of Xiao Zhao. It seemed that although the other party was highly skilled in martial arts and was a master secretly trained by the Cao family, he did not seem to be a scheming person.

Wang An didn't want to have another conflict with Cao Yunmeng over such a small matter.

In his eyes, although Cao Yunmeng was known as a talented woman, she was ultimately just a spoiled little girl.

It's okay to just give her a knock occasionally, there's no need to always argue with her.

So Wang An turned around and left the room.

Cao Yunmeng behind him smiled triumphantly, as if he had achieved some great victory.

Xiao Zhao hesitantly advised: "Miss, His Royal Highness Prince Xin is your husband after all, and it is not good to make things so awkward between husband and wife."

Cao Yunmeng's face immediately turned red, and she said angrily, "Who said he and I are husband and wife? My husband must be a hero. Does he look like one?"

On the wedding night, it would be embarrassing if Wang An and Cao Yunmeng told others about their agreement, so Cao Yunmeng did not mention it to Xiao Zhao.

So Xiao Zhao didn't think much about it when she heard it. She just thought that her young lady was not satisfied with her newly married husband, so she was just throwing a tantrum.

As soon as Wang An went out, he saw the black-armored guards having breakfast in the lobby downstairs.

Touching his stomach, Wang An also felt a little hungry. He looked around and saw Chen Huaian in the crowd, so he strode down the stairs.

Seeing Wang An coming, all the black-armored guards stood up and saluted Wang An.

Wang An smiled and raised his hand to press it down, saying, "Everyone sit down, why are you standing up?"

After saying that, he walked to Chen Huaian, sat next to him, grabbed a steamed bun and started eating.

"Your Highness... these rough things are not suitable for you to eat!" Seeing this, Chen Huaian hurriedly dissuaded him.

Wang An turned around and saw that he was still standing, so he pulled him down and sat him down, saying, "What are you talking about? If the soldiers can eat, then I can't?"

"No...this..." Chen Huaian was a man of few words and poor at speaking, and he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Just at this moment, the postmaster came over with several postmen carrying two trays. When they saw Wang An sitting with the soldiers, they became anxious.

"Your Highness Prince Xin, this is a breakfast specially prepared for you. Why don't you..." The postmaster glanced at the soldiers in the hall and whispered, "Why don't you go back to your room to eat?"

Wang An took a look at the tray held by the postman and found that it contained several exquisite side dishes, wine and meat, which were obviously prepared specially for him.

Looking at the food on the soldiers' table, it was nothing but white porridge, steamed buns and some pickles.

Wang An did not mean to blame the postmaster, because although Daliang was founded four hundred years ago, it claimed to be the Celestial Empire.

And it is true that there was a glorious past that swept the world, but that is now in the past.

Today, Daliang is facing internal and external troubles, and the treasury is so empty that even a mouse would cry.

(End of this chapter)