IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 87

Chapter 87 Life and Death Unknown

“What?” Lin Yan’s hand trembled, and the pastry fell.

The exquisite snack rolled twice on the table, fell to the ground, and broke into several pieces.

Lin Yan calmed down slightly, and asked in a trembling voice, “The road collapsed, what about the disaster relief grain?”

“The grain is fine, but the road is difficult to travel, so it will take a few more days to arrive.”

As long as it arrives, a few more days doesn’t matter. As long as all the grain from those merchants is bought, it should be enough to hold on.

“That’s good, that’s good.” Lin Yan patted his chest, and his hanging heart was relieved. His chaotic brain regained the ability to think.

If it was just that the road was crushed, and there was no problem with the grain, then why was the assistant so flustered?

Lin Yan looked at the assistant kneeling below again, and found that the person was shaking even more violently.

The assistant kowtowed twice again, and finished speaking with gritted teeth, “Although the disaster relief grain is fine, this time, Prince An, who supervised the transportation of the grain, and Princess An were also traveling with him… The situation was chaotic at the time. The two Highnesses were concerned about the people and ordered that everything should prioritize the grain. Those idiots only cared about the grain, so…”

“What exactly happened?” Lin Yan slammed the table, tears already welling up in his eyes.

“The carriages of the two Highnesses were knocked off the cliff by boulders, and their life and death are unknown.” The assistant kowtowed on the ground and never got up again.

Lin Yan stood up abruptly, tears streaming down his face. He wanted to grab the assistant and ask about the matter clearly, but he slumped back into the chair dejectedly and murmured, “Impossible, this is impossible.”

Lin Yan was agitated and somewhat abnormal, but the Provincial Governor just glanced at him a few more times and didn’t have time to care for the time being.

The Provincial Governor had no feelings for Prince An, but he had feelings for the hat he wore.

If it was just that the road was broken, it wouldn’t be a big deal. Changning hadn’t had such snow in decades, and breaking the road was also a natural disaster. Even if the grain cart was knocked off the cliff, he had a way. He could just take this opportunity to get some money from this foolish and rich playboy, but if Prince An had an accident in Changning territory, it would be different.

Regardless of whether this matter had anything to do with him, his official career would probably be over.

It’s okay, it’s okay, there is still a chance to turn things around.

Life and death unknown just meant missing, maybe, maybe the person would be found in two days.

“Go find them, send everyone you can mobilize, be sure to find the people for this old man.” The Provincial Governor picked up the teacup, his hand trembling uncontrollably. The tea swayed, and most of it spilled on his cotton robe. He put down the teacup, grabbed a handkerchief and wiped it haphazardly. In a panic, his sleeve swept across the teapot again, and the overturned tea water poured all over the unfinished pastries.

The scene was chaotic, and the future was bleak.

The Provincial Governor threw the handkerchief on the ground in annoyance, not caring that Lin Yan was there, and complained incoherently, “How could Prince An personally come for such a trivial matter as escorting grain? Why didn’t the Emperor say something in advance…”

These words were presumptuous, but Lin Yan couldn’t care about them anymore. He stood up dazedly and walked towards the residence like a walking corpse.

He was angry with Yun Qi, thinking he was a liar, and thinking that he would never see him again in this life, but when he really heard the news of his death… Lin Yan couldn’t accept it.

Such a cunning person, who had fooled him around, just died so easily?

What was that saying… a scourge… a scourge lives for a thousand years?

According to the routines of those dog-blood novels, shouldn’t it be him chasing him and him escaping, and they both couldn’t escape…

Yes, that’s how it is.

That assistant also said that Princess An came along too.

He was Princess An, how could he not know that he was in the car, and rolled down the cliff, his life and death unknown.

…

An Tan didn’t know where he got the news, and was directing the servants in the residence to hang white sails.

Seeing Lin Yan coming back, An Tan hurriedly greeted him and softly persuaded, “This subordinate knows that the Master is sad, but your identity is different. You must restrain yourself when you’re outside. If you are too sad, I’m afraid there will be gossip.”

“I haven’t even met Prince An, what’s there to be sad about.” Lin Yan’s eyes were swollen, but he stubbornly refused to admit it, “It’s just that the wind is strong and my eyes are blurred, I’ll be fine in a while.”

An Tan didn’t believe it at all, but he just nodded and didn’t say anything more, leading Lin Yan towards the house.

Lin Yan took a few steps and suddenly stopped.

He looked up and down at An Tan, and a small flame of hope suddenly ignited in his heart. The new Emperor put on such a show, so that if anyone claimed to be Princess An in the future, they could be directly treated as a liar. Since he was pretending to be dead, then Xiao Qi’s death might also be… It doesn’t seem quite the same.

He had no intention of fighting, and didn’t understand those twists and turns. The new Emperor was still somewhat suspicious, so he changed his identity and sent him to this remote and desolate place. If it were his own brother, who had the right timing, location, and support of the people, according to the new Emperor’s character, it wouldn’t be impossible to find an excuse to eliminate him completely.

Lin Yan shook his head frantically, shaking off these terrible thoughts.

Wait a little longer, now it’s just that his life and death are unknown, there is still hope. The Provincial Governor has already sent people to look for him. For his own official position, he will definitely do his best.

Now that the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, he won’t go to cause trouble for the Provincial Governor. He will stabilize Changning first, and maybe the grain will arrive in two days, and the people will come back too.

Then everyone will be happy…Pooh, what everyone will be happy, when the person is found, he will definitely settle this account with interest.

An Tan watched Lin Yan walk and stop, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying, sometimes picking up the teacup and taking a sip, just sitting down and standing up again, busy inside and out for a long time, but not knowing what he was doing.

An Tan knew that his master was a little crazy. In this state… An Tan threw the lazy big cat at the door into the room, quietly closed the door, and tiptoed to find the doctor.

He couldn’t handle this situation, so he hoped that the doctors in Changning had some skills, and hoped that the specially selected divine cat could ward off evil spirits.

The doctor was not invited, but An Tan saw the assistant poking his head at the door. He led the assistant into the residence, looked at the door that was no different from when he left, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.

There was no sound in the room.

An Tan knocked twice more heavily before pushing the door open.

The lights in the room were not even lit. Lin Yan was sitting behind the table holding the cat, mechanically combing the cat’s fur, his eyes looking at the table without focus.

An Tan sighed, lit the lamp with a fire starter, and shook his head gently at the assistant.

“My lord knows that the Master is sad, and specially asked someone to send a snack to the Master.” The assistant opened the food box and put the snack on the table.

Lin Yan nodded and hummed softly.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, the assistant looked at the people in the room, and finally said what the Provincial Governor had told him to say: “My lord said… said… something happened to Prince An in Changning, and the Provincial Governor has sent people to look for him. It’s just that with such a thing, the disaster relief is probably… and the disaster relief grain can’t be transported over…”

Lin Yan looked at the assistant for a couple of eyes and said coldly: “Just say it straight, what do you want me to do.”

The assistant swallowed the preamble that he hadn’t finished, and said with a smile: “Can the Master spare some silver…”

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