Xianghai Restaurant is on the southwest side of Yu Street. Xia Zhaoyi went all the way north and met many soldiers and horses on the way, the most numerous being Fang Chengwei.
Xia Zhaoyi tried to avoid direct contact with them, not wanting to cause too much trouble.
She did not expect that the situation in the capital suddenly became like this.
At present, the only person who can be trusted, besides Ouyang Jun, is Beifu Bing.
Before Bian Shizhi left the capital, he handed over his ancient jade to Zhu Xian. Although Du Yi, the captain of the Beifu soldiers, was a general, he was promoted by one of Bian Shi's men. Moreover, the military system of the Beifu soldiers was different from that of other guards in the capital.
The requisitioned militiamen were not as loyal to the imperial court as the imperial guards.
Once Master Zhu is found, he must leave the capital immediately.
Xia Zhaoyi ran quickly to the Xianghai Restaurant. There was no blood on the ground, no one around, and there was a crossroads in front of her. She did not pause when she passed by. She ignored the palace to the north and the Beifu soldiers to the northwest, and ran straight to the long street to the east.
go.
"Miss Ah Li!" A voice suddenly came from the building ahead.
Xia Zhaoyi raised his head, his expression serious and vigilant, and the sound of horse hooves continued.
The street is spacious, and the buildings on both sides are three or four stories high. In one of the buildings, three men were standing on the eaves outside the second floor.
The three men were all dressed in night clothes, one held a sword and the other two held knives.
"Miss Ah Li!" the tallest man shouted, "We are from Lian Fei Pavilion!"
"Are you looking for Mr. Zhu?" another person said.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at them and said loudly, "Did Mr. Zhu come from this way?"
"Don't worry, General Lin Cao from Xiaohu Camp personally picked up Mr. Zhu just now. He came from here. He is safe and here."
"Thank you!" Xia Zhaoyi said, slapping the horse with his whip again, "Fight!"
Horses came galloping, hurried past, and galloped away.
The three men looked at her without stopping. When they looked away, you looked at me and I looked at you.
"She didn't seem to have any reaction when she heard that we were the young master's people?" a man said.
"She's in a hurry," another said.
"Master Zhu is already safe, why is Miss Ah Li so anxious?"
The three men were silent for a moment. They were all shocked and did not communicate anymore. They quickly turned around and jumped back to the other side of the roof.
The sound of horse hooves in the distance suddenly stopped at this moment. They saw the girl reining in the horse in the distance, and the horse that had stopped suddenly stood up and roared.
Xia Zhaoyi looked pale and looked at the eight corpses with their hands tied in the open space.
But soon, she jumped off the horse.
Avoiding the corpse whose appearance could be seen, she turned over a man with half of his neck broken, and wiped the dripping blood from his head with his sleeve. It was Cao Sihu.
I looked at the other corpses one by one, but there was no Master Zhu.
Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand to close Cao Sihu's eyes, remounted his horse, and chased toward the northeast along the bloody hoof prints on the ground.
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Lin Cao looked solemn, and a group of sixteen people, neither fast nor slow, stopped in front of the Zhenguo General's Mansion.
He got off the horse, turned around and walked towards Zhu Xian, who was lying on the horse behind him, and said, "Master Zhu, we are here."
Zhu Xian had Bai Ling wrapped around his mouth, his hands were tied behind his back, and his upper body was hanging upside down. His face was congested and the veins on his forehead were bulging.
The soldier controlling him grabbed his back and lifted him off his horse.
"Master Zhu, do you want to drink water?" Lin Cao asked.
Zhu Xian twisted his wrist, unable to break free, and glared at Lin Cao angrily.
"I am only doing things according to orders," Lin Cao said, "I have offended Mr. Zhu."
With that said, Lin Cao personally held Zhu Xian's back and led him to Qian's Mansion.
A group of people led their horses and hurried into the mansion. The door was closed, and after a long and heavy sound, it became quiet.
The blood prints of the horseshoes on the ground became much darker. Xia Zhaoyi chased her all the way, but the blood prints gradually disappeared. At the same time, three intersections appeared in front of them.
She reined in the reins and looked around, finding a high-rise building. When she was about to climb up the high-rise building to investigate, she heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind.
On the empty and quiet long street, the sound of horse hooves sounded unusually crisp and slightly messy, at least two people came together.
Xia Zhaoyi didn't intend to avoid it and turned around to look at them.
The two people who came were both Fangcheng guards. When they came galloping, they saw a man and a horse standing in the middle of the road. When they got closer, they discovered that there was a girl with an upright back sitting on the horse, holding a stick in her hand that was taller than her.
A taller spear.
The two Fangcheng guards reined in their horses subconsciously. Although they had never seen her before, it was not difficult to guess her.
"You are the city guards who have protected the peace of the people in the capital. I don't want to do anything to you," the girl said, her voice loud and clear in the night. "Tell me where you are going. Come back after half a cup of tea after I leave. I will
I won’t mention you to anyone.”
The two soldiers frowned and looked at her.
"If you don't say anything, you will have no choice but to die. I can still wait here for the next wave of people." Xia Zhaoyi continued.
"Zhenguo General's Mansion." A soldier said.
"Okay, thank you." Xia Zhaoyi said, pulled the reins, turned around and ran.
The two soldiers stood there, completely motionless, watching her disappear.
The Qian Mansion occupies a very large area, and Lin Cao did not go to the back house, only to the main room.
There were six people sitting in the main hall, one of whom was Tianrong Guard General Lu Mingfeng.
In addition to Lu Mingfeng, there were also Qian Yuandeng, the sixth son of Qian Xutian, and Sun Mutingyu, the Duke of Rongguo.
They all arrived in the capital in the afternoon. Qian Yuandeng's face was full of exhaustion, and he was about to fall asleep while leaning there.
The rest of the people were on the west side of the lobby, surrounding the long table covered with maps.
Lin Cao brought Zhu Xian in. Zhu Xian looked up and saw everyone in the room, his expression became scornful and funny, and he turned to look at Lin Cao.
Lin Cao glanced at him, ignored the contempt in his eyes, and looked at Lu Mingfeng.
"It's fast enough," Lu Mingfeng said, "Where are the others?"
"It should be coming soon." Lin Cao replied.
The other people Lu Mingfeng mentioned were Song Du, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Lu Ronghui, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, Huang Mi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Dingbo, the crown prince of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and three other court officials who did not go to Hejing with them. Apart from them, there were also Song Dynasty officials.
Alluring.
Lu Mingfeng nodded and pointed to another part of the lobby, "Lock him inside."
Lin Cao looked around and realized that there was a big cage over there.
In his early years, I heard that Qian Xutian loved to train tigers. He had captured three tigers one after another, but of course, he failed to train them successfully.
Such a big cage should have been used to hold tigers.
After Lu Mingfeng pointed, he withdrew his gaze without even looking at Zhu Xian.
Lin Cao locked Zhu Xian in. Zhu Xian sat down in the iron cage and closed his eyes.
The cloth around his mouth was still there, his hands were tied behind his back, his hair was messy, and there was a large amount of blood on his official robe, which was spattered when Lin Cao ordered people to kill Captain Ye and Cao Sihu.
Lin Cao looked at him and turned to Lu Mingfeng, "I'll go find the others."
Lu Mingfeng had withdrawn his gaze and continued to look at the map. Hearing this, he said calmly, "Let's go."
