Xia Younan was exhausted. He bent over and supported his knees, breathing heavily, and complained non-stop: "I am so tired. Ye Beimo, that bastard, can still run so fast even though he is injured!"

Lu Xiuyuan didn't say anything. He looked up at the tall sign above the store with his brows furrowed.

Xia Younan followed his gaze and saw three large characters written in a flamboyant style on the plaque: Jishidiang!

Looking at Yin Xue again, he had a ferocious look in his eyes, his tail raised high, and he was grinning at Jishidiang as if he was ready to attack him.

"How could it be... Could it be..." Xia Younan's face also turned ugly.

"Go in." Lu Xiuyuan took the lead and ran in.

"Luo Fan!" He shouted impatiently as he entered the door, but the person who came to greet him was Hong Wu.

Seeing that he looked hurried, Hong Wu asked in confusion: "Prince? Why are you here? What happened that makes you so anxious?"

Lu Xiuyuan looked around and asked, "Did a seriously injured man in black come in just now?"

Hong Wu was stunned and shook her head to deny it. "No, I have been in the hall the whole time and I didn't see any injured men in black breaking in. What happened?"

Lu Xiuyuan did not answer her. His sharp eyes were like a hunting eagle, carefully checking every corner of Jishidiang.

Suddenly, his eyes fixed on the ground at the entrance of the inner door. His expression changed and he looked at Hong Wu and asked, "Why is there blood on the ground?"

Hong Wu's heart skipped a beat. She looked at the few drops of blood on the ground and explained quickly, "Just now, a patient came in with his head smashed by a flower pot. He bled a lot and was taken to the inner room by Luo Fan for stitches. I guess the blood dripped when he passed by."

Lu Xiuyuan looked at her deeply and walked straight into the inner room.

Entering the inner room, a strong smell of blood hit my nose.

Looking around, I saw a middle-aged woman lying on the bed on the west side of the room.

The woman's face was pale and she was dying, only the faint moans from her mouth proved that she was still alive.

Her head was a bloody mess, her hair was all wet with blood, and the pillow under her head was mostly soaked. It looked like she was seriously injured.

Shen Luofan was sitting at the head of the bed, holding a silver needle and fine thread, sewing on the woman's head with great concentration.

His hands were so stained with blood that it was impossible to tell their original color. The medical tools placed beside him were also stained with blood. The whole scene was truly shocking.

Seeing this, Lu Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief for no reason and asked Shen Luofan, "Luofan, did you see a wounded man in black come in?"

Shen Luofan took a moment to glance at him and replied, "No, what happened to the prince? I am operating on this injured patient and I didn't see any men in black. Why don't you go ask Hong Wu?"

Lu Xiuyuan nodded, turned around and was about to leave, "Well, you go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving first."

"Wait a minute, Your Highness," Shen Luofan called him, raised his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and instructed him tiredly, "When Your Highness goes out, please tell Hongwu that there is no need to send me lunch at noon.

"This lady is seriously injured. I have to concentrate on treating her. I can't afford to be careless. So don't let her come in and disturb me. Other patients have to wait until I finish the operation."

"Okay." Lu Xiuyuan agreed, left the inner room and closed the door behind him, regretting his reckless intrusion.

"Your Highness." Hong Wu walked forward, blinking her beautiful eyes with a confused look on her face.

Lu Xiuyuan patted her shoulder, conveyed Shen Luofan's words, and then walked out of Jishidiang.

Seeing him come out, Xia Younan, who was waiting at the door, hurried forward and asked, "How is it, are you inside?"

Lu Xiuyuan shook his head, and before he could say anything, he saw Yin Xue lower his head, whimper twice, and then rush into Jishidiang.

"Hey!" Xia Younan quickly bent down and hugged it, looking at Lu Xiuyuan depressedly to confirm again, "Are you sure it's not in there? Just now Yin Xue kept barking inside and biting my skirt to pull me in.

"If I wasn't afraid that Yinxue would scare the patients inside, it would have already rushed in. If there was nothing abnormal inside, why would it have such a reaction?"

Lu Xiuyuan thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Inside, Luo Fan is performing surgery on a patient with a bloody head. The patient is seriously injured and bleeding a lot. The whole room is filled with the smell of blood.

"I guess Yin Xue must have smelled the strong smell of blood inside, so he kept wanting to rush in."

"Well... is that so?" Xia Younan looked at Yin Xue in his arms and always felt something was not right.

Wolves are sensitive to the smell of blood, but they are also sensitive to human smell.

Yin Xue had just fought with Ye Beimo, so it should have smelled his scent, right?

Lu Xiuyuan pulled her up, held her hand and said, "Okay, I checked carefully, there are no signs of outsiders breaking into the house.

"Besides, you know what the relationship between Shen Luofan and Hong Wu is to me. It's impossible for them to deceive me and hide an outsider."

"Yeah, that makes sense." After hearing this, Xia Younan didn't think about it anymore. He patted Yin Xue's head, signaling it to be patient.

“Your Highness!” Qin Chong came running over with his men, angrily clasping his fists towards Lu Xiuyuan and reporting, “We have searched everywhere, but there is no trace of Ye Beimo within a few miles.”

Lu Xiuyuan was shocked and angry, and said in disbelief: "How is it possible? Ye Beimo was seriously injured, how could he run so fast? Are you sure you have searched everywhere? Did you miss any place?"

"Your Highness." Qin Chong looked up at the signboard of Jishiditang and answered truthfully, "Except for the clinic behind you, all the surrounding areas have been strictly searched."

Lu Xiuyuan sighed heavily, waved his hand and said, "There is no need to search this clinic. I have already gone in and found nothing abnormal. The doctor inside is performing a very important operation. Please do not disturb him."

"Yes." Qin Chong agreed, but he was unwilling to give up, so he led his men to search elsewhere.

"What's going on?" Xia Younan complained with her hands on her hips, "Ye Baijiang is missing, and Ye Beimo hasn't been caught. I worked in vain."

Lu Xiuyuan was also quite annoyed and couldn't help but blame himself, "It's my fault for being too conceited. I thought Ye Beimo couldn't escape even if he had wings. I never thought that the cunning guy actually carried a smoke bomb with him.

"If I had helped Qin Chong capture Ye Beimo right away, Ye Beimo might not have had a chance to escape."

Xia Younan curled his lips and said in a muffled voice: "It's useless to say these things now. What should we do next? Ye Beimo and Zhu Jingguo's ambitions have been exposed. This day... I'm afraid it will change."

"Let's go, you go back home first. I'll go to the palace to see where Lu Shian, the corrupt official, has hidden Ye Baijiang!" Lu Xiuyuan angrily pulled her and was about to leave.

"Awoo~" Yin Xue seemed to still be obsessed with Jishidiang, struggling to go inside.

"Okay, stop making trouble. We are the ones in there." Xia Younan turned around, picked it up, and left quickly without saying anything.

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