Seeing the General's Mansion in the distance, with its gates closed and the long street deserted, Xia Zhaoyi suddenly reined in the reins and stopped.
She couldn't catch up after all.
After looking around, she led the horse to the empty compound nearby where a family had left. Then she walked quietly towards the General's Mansion on foot, bypassing the main gate and turning in from the southeast corner.
There was candlelight in the General's Mansion, coming from the main hall, but she could not pass because there were people everywhere. In addition to the Tianrong Guards who had one sentry every three steps and one post every ten steps, there were even more secret sentries hiding in the dark, and the security was extremely tight.
In the end, she had no choice but to go to a villa for temporary refuge.
The thick blood on her sleeves irritated her nose. Xia Zhaoyi closed her eyes and sat in the corner of the courtyard, raising her head and leaning against the stone wall behind her.
There were so many Tianrong Guards here, and at this scale, the only one she could think of was the Tianrong Guards General Lu Mingfeng coming in person.
Lin Cao dumped the bodies of Lieutenant Ye and Cao Sihu directly on the street, probably because he did not want to bear the weight.
As for Lu Mingfeng's behavior, Zhu Xian's life was something he could easily give up.
It is far easier to bring a head back to Hejing for business than to bring an uncooperative adult man.
Moreover, Lu Mingfeng is a person who refuses to accept either soft or hard words. He will not accept negotiations of any nature, will not be persuaded, or will be impressed. He is extremely good at talking, and is particularly insightful into people's hearts. Even if there is crushing force to subdue him, he
He will also attack Zhu Xian immediately before he is subdued.
In fact, almost the entire army in the capital now belongs to them, and the strength of Ouyang Jun and Beifu soldiers is not enough to compete.
……no.
Xia Zhaoyi opened her eyes. She still had to find a way and couldn't give up.
After a moment of reflection, Xia Zhaoyi stood up, quickly walked back the way he came, and climbed over the high wall again.
Returning to Kurama's house, there were three other people in the courtyard. They were the three men in black who previously called themselves Lian Feige.
As soon as they saw the returning girl, the three of them stepped forward and said, "Miss Ah Li."
"Why are you here?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Miss A Li, how is Master Zhu doing?"
"The situation is not good." Xia Zhaoyi said truthfully.
"Then, what is Miss Ali going to do now?"
"I'm waiting for someone here," Xia Zhaoyi turned to look outside and said, "Waiting for the two messengers."
"Is there any place for us?" the man holding the knife asked.
"By the way, we can kill those two messengers and let us wear their clothes and go in to rescue Mr. Zhu!" Another man said hurriedly.
Xia Zhaoyi shook his head, "It's easy to get in and hard to get out. There are many dangers but few good ones. There is no need for you to make such a sacrifice."
She picked up the spear leaning against the wall, went over to lead the horse, paused, then turned back and said, "How many of you are there in Beijing?"
"Add the three of us, there are sixteen people in total." The man with the knife replied.
"Where are the others? Where are they?"
"Monitoring everywhere," another man replied, "If Miss Ali needs it, I can go and summon them as soon as possible."
"No need," Xia Zhaoyi said, "but it's better to gather them back and leave the capital as soon as possible. Now these city guards will not stay in the capital for long, and no one of you can monitor them. It's better to leave this place of right and wrong."
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"This..." the man holding the knife whispered, "Miss Ali, the young master did not really ask us to stay in the capital to monitor these military planes, but he wanted us to grasp the movements as soon as possible so as to protect you.
comprehensive."
Xia Zhaoyi asked, "Protect me?"
"Yes," the man nodded, "You were willing to go through fire and water for the young master in Longyuan, and the young master will remember it in his heart."
Xia Zhaoyi finally smiled and said with a smile, "Shen Lie is interested."
In contrast, she didn't actually do anything when she went to Longyuan. Instead, Shen Lie saved her at the critical moment.
Before Long Yuan, she had received more help from Shen Lie.
Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand and stroked the horse's neck, and said, "I'll go squat first. You should leave the capital as soon as possible. When you see Shen Lie, thank him for me. When I'm free, I'll go find him for a drink."
"But……"
"Go back as soon as possible," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Farewell."
After leaving the small courtyard, she got on her horse and went back to block people.
It is not confirmed whether the two Fangcheng Guard messengers we just met have passed by, but what we can confirm is that there will definitely be other messengers.
Soon, she bumped into two Yan Yun Guards.
The two soldiers who were galloping on horseback did not expect that a horse would run out of the roadside. Before they could react, the enemy's spear was swept at them. The moment they fell to the ground, the sharp red-tasseled spear point was pointed directly at their throats, and they gasped for a moment. You can see blood instantly.
"Do you know who I am?" The girl's cold voice sounded.
The two soldiers turned pale and looked at the girl standing in front of them.
"Do as I say, otherwise I will keep pestering you two," Xia Zhaoyi said with a cold expression, "Whether it is the capital or Hejing, I will follow you all the way, and I can also find out everything in your family. The living people and the whereabouts of your ancestral graves, do you want your ancestors to be exhumed and their coffins opened to reveal themselves to the sky?"
If someone else said this, they might not believe it, but when it comes from her mouth, I dare not disbelieve it.
Xia Zhaoyi took back the spear and said, "I want you to tell Lu Mingfeng that Zhu Xian is a spy sent by Song Zhiyi. In Jingzhao Mansion, you found the fragmentary page of his letter of collaboration with the enemy and treason. He was caught by an official and swallowed. .”
The two soldiers were stunned.
"Do you understand?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
A soldier tentatively sat up. Seeing that she made no further move, he said, "Just, as long as we say this, will you let us go?"
"yes."
"Okay," he nodded with difficulty, "I promise you, even if they investigate afterward, we will say that it was what another companion said and what he saw with his own eyes."
Xia Zhaoyi said nothing and stepped aside.
The two soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and went to get on their horses.
Watching them leave, Xia Zhaoyi clenched the spear in his hand.
If you want to save Zhu Xian's life, there is only one way at the moment.
Although torture is inevitable, and Tianrongwei’s torture...
Xia Zhaoyi pursed her lips, not daring to think anymore, quickly mounted her horse, turned around and ran towards Zhibei Yamen.
This was destined to be a long night, not only for her, but also for no one in the entire capital.
The streets were filled with the sound of galloping horse hooves, and bright torches were woven into long fire dragons, illuminating the empty long street.
Except for the small-scale fight in Jingzhao Mansion, no conflicts broke out.
No one from the Yanyun Guards, Xiaohuying, or other Suwei capitals was willing to lose their troops and generals and engage in meaningless fighting.
The wind stirred up the distant Changming Hengshan Mountain, climbed over thousands of ridges, swept across the wilderness, stirred up the huge cold air and spread throughout the capital, overlooking the world.
Those long dragons of fire rushing through the streets suddenly seemed like horizontal and vertical strokes running through the regular prose. Several strokes turned into words, and thousands of sentences turned into a book. It was called history.
