But his life shouldn't be cut off, just wait, he won't just let it go, he will definitely...will definitely find a way to avenge this.
As long as he doesn't die, Hongli will never think of sitting on the throne of emperor without incident, and Huang Ama and Niu Hulu will definitely make them pay the price for this incident.
Hongshi took a deep breath, suppressed the hatred in his heart, and said, "How many more people do we have?"
Dark Eagle's expression dimmed slightly and he said: "A few more died when we rescued the second elder brother before, but now there are less than twenty people left."
Hongshi nodded and said: "Okay, you go down first and let me be alone to see if there is any way to get out of the city."
Dark Eagle was about to agree when suddenly there was a heavy knock on the door. This had never happened in the many days they had been living here. At this moment, there was only one possibility. The secret guards all appeared in the small courtyard with expressions on their faces.
Staring nervously at the door that kept banging, Dark Eagle said, "No, those soldiers must be here to check. Second Brother, what should we do?"
Hongshi composed himself and said, "Is there a place like a cellar here?"
"No, the slaves have already checked. There is no cellar at all." Seeing the knocking on the door getting louder and louder, accompanied by voices asking them to open the door quickly, Dark Eagle clenched his hands covered with cold sweat and said: "
If this is not possible, the servants will protect the prince and fight out. Even if they risk their lives, they will definitely protect the prince."
"There are so many people, how can you protect me? Besides, even if we kill these people, there will be countless more behind us. We are like turtles in a urn, unable to escape at all." Hongshi said while quickly thinking about a way to escape, right here
At that moment, the knocking on the door outside suddenly stopped, but soon turned into a louder banging on the door. A mere wooden door couldn't stop it for long.
Hongshi looked around, and his eyes finally stopped at a water tank in the courtyard. It had been raining for the past few days, so the water tank was almost half filled with water.
After the door was knocked hard seven or eight times, it was finally knocked open. A group of soldiers rushed in, holding knives and surrounding Dark Eagle and others.
After comparing it and confirming that it was not the case, he put away the portrait and said suspiciously: "Since everyone is here, why haven't you opened the door for so long?" This man's surname was Zhang Mingqian, and he was the captain of the Infantry Yamen.
Dark Eagle quickly said: "To answer this question, I just finished the work last night and fell asleep so tired that I really didn't hear you. Otherwise, the door would have been opened a long time ago, and I would be sorry for you." At that time, Dark Eagle said
When they went to rescue Hong Shi, they all had their faces covered, so no one could see their faces.
Zhang Qian looked at Dark Eagle and others and said, "There are so many of you, just staying in this small house?"
Dark Eagle's eyes flashed, and he said with an apologetic smile: "Yes, we all came to the capital together. We wanted to make some money here. We didn't have money to live in a big house or inn, so we could only rent a small room like this with money.
Fortunately, everyone knows everything about the house, so there is no inconvenience."
Although there was nothing wrong with Dark Eagle's words, the man still looked at Dark Eagle with a hint of suspicion, and immediately asked someone to search inside carefully, not even missing anything in the corners of the bed.
There were only a few rooms here, but they were quickly rummaged through. One of them came over and raised his hands and said to the man: "Let me report to Mr. Zhang, I didn't find anything weird."
Logically speaking, it was time for them to leave, but thinking about Dark Eagle's delay in opening the door, and the fact that so many of them were gathered in the same house, Zhang Qian always felt that something was not quite right, so he never left.
Zhang Qian personally went inside and took a look around, and found that there were no cellars or hiding places before leading people away.
After they left, Dark Eagle quickly sent someone to guard outside in case Zhang Qian suddenly came back. He walked to the water tank and pulled out a fully naked man from inside, it was Hongshi.
When Hongshi saw the water tank just now, he was so anxious that he held his breath and hid in the water tank before breaking the door. Thanks to this, he was not discovered by Zhang Qian and others. However, after holding it in for so long, Hongshi's mind had become blurry.
, and the newly healed wound on his back was also soaked in water and looked a little abnormal.
After Dark Eagle forcefully forced out the water he drank, Hongcai slowly regained consciousness, and his first words when he regained consciousness was to urge Dark Eagle and the others to leave the place quickly.
Although there were officers and soldiers searching everywhere outside, Zhang Qian was obviously suspicious of Dark Eagle and the others, and would probably come back again. It was really unsafe to stay here.
Hongshi's worry was not in vain. Not long after Zhang Qian left, he suddenly stopped and said, "Did you see clearly how many of them there were just now?"
These words stumped the people behind him. One of them looked at his head and said: "Sir, I don't have a detailed number of subordinates, but there should be seventeen or eight."
Zhang Qian lowered his face and said, "It is said that there were about twenty people who broke into the Zongren Mansion to rescue Hong Shi before. A few died, so the number of people who survived should be about this number."
The person who just spoke was suddenly startled and said in horror: "Sir, are those people the gangsters we want to arrest? But we searched the house inside and outside, but we didn't find Hongshi, not even anyone similar to him.
There are no people either.”
Hongqian couldn't explain this problem, but the suspicion in his heart made him decide to go back and take a look. The door was left open because they had broken it down. However, the courtyard that was quite crowded just now was empty now, and there was only one person.
None, not even in the room, as if everything just now was just an illusion.
However, Zhang Qian understood that this was definitely not an illusion. There was only one possibility, that is, those people took advantage of the time they left just now to leave this place.
Could it be... that he really guessed it right? These people are the ones who rescued Hongshi before? Just when they were confused, someone exclaimed: "Strange, I clearly remember that there was a tank of water here just now, why is there only half of it left at once?"
There’s a tank, and there are so many footprints here?”
Hearing this, Zhang Qian hurriedly walked over. When he saw the wet footprints extending from the water tank into the house, he didn't understand. He said in a hateful voice: "I understand, they actually hid people in the house."
In the water tank, no wonder we couldn't find them, damn, they actually escaped under my nose!"
When the soldiers heard this, they exclaimed in shock: "Sir, are you saying that they are the people we are looking for?"
"Yes, the reason why we can't find Hongshi is because Hongshi was hiding in this water tank and we all ignored him!" The more Zhang Qian thought about it, the more he hated it. If he had been more careful just now, he would have made a great contribution.
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After a moment of remorse, Zhang Qian said sternly: "They just left not long ago, and they brought an injured person with them. They can't go far, so hurry up and chase him. Whoever can catch Hongshi will be rewarded heavily!"