As night fell, the yamen servants carried the food into the back room of the yamen government office.
This is a place where officials rest while on duty, and the conditions are not too bad. Next to it is the prison, which is guarded by soldiers and is heavily guarded.
General Hu and others were imprisoned here.
Their status is a bit delicate. Being locked up in a prison is tantamount to falling out with the false emperor. Being locked up in a guest room is also too preferential treatment. After careful consideration, they were finally locked up here.
There were two people locked up with General Hu. When they saw the food brought by the Yamen servants, one of them glanced at Shangguan and became furious: "What kind of rotten food is this? How dare you bring it to me?!"
The yamen servant smiled and said, "I'm sorry for neglecting some of you. But this is all we have in the yamen, so please make do with it..."
After saying that, there was a loud "ding-ding-ding-ding-boom" sound, and the dining table was overturned.
"We are His Majesty's envoys, how dare traitor Xu Huan do this!" Then there was a flurry of curses, no matter how unpleasant they were.
Seeing the other party pick up the tea cup and throw it at him, the Yamen servant quickly stepped out of the guard room and the guard outside closed the door with a bang.
The yamen servant said loudly through the door: "You guys should save your energy. It's getting late and the kitchen has turned off. Now that the food is ruined, we can't make any more. There are still a few steamed buns here to fill your stomach.
The younger one resigned."
After saying that, he really left.
There was a lot of cursing and cursing in the room, but finally I couldn't bear the hunger anymore and took away the steamed buns that were placed on the windowsill.
The guard smiled contemptuously and joked in a low voice: "You are from Beijing, and you are not eating steamed buns honestly, so why are you showing off your prestige!"
"That's right, haha..."
The imperial guard felt the veins on his forehead twitching when he heard this. He wished he could go out now and deal with these two scornful guys. However, when he turned around and saw Shangguan slowly eating a steamed bun, he endured it again.
"My lord?" He lowered his voice.
General Hu finished eating the dry steamed buns without raising his head, and then took the teapot handed to him by another subordinate. Because the tea cup had been dropped by them, he could only drink from the spout.
After drinking the water, he wiped his mouth and said with words in his mouth: "Big things are important."
The two imperial guards shut up and each ate two steamed buns. Then they set up chairs and lay down to rest - not forgetting to curse twice in the middle.
As the sky gradually darkened, the guard outside became bored and said, "Today is a good day. As usual, we should give you a banquet from above. Why didn't you see me?"
The other one was also puzzled: "Yeah, shouldn't our share be taken by others?"
The two of them couldn't sit still, but they happened to see a clerk humming a song passing by the intersection, and they hurriedly stopped and asked.
The little official squinted his drunken eyes and said with a smile: "I've rewarded you! It's in the official's room! They all took the time to eat, but you guys just watched it stupidly."
"I mean, why didn't you see them patrolling at night?" a guard said angrily.
The other person looked embarrassed: "Then what should we do? We can't live without people here. We can't afford anything if something happens."
His companion was more courageous: "What could happen? The outside is surrounded like an iron barrel."
"But we can't leave our posts without permission! It'll be over if we get caught."
"Who said you were leaving your post without permission? Aren't there two of us? Can one of us go get it?" He grabbed the clerk again and said, "Brother, would you like to wait with us for a while? We have errands to do and we can't drink.
I can only ask you for help then."
The clerk got a pot of wine for free and said with a smile: "Okay."
Then one of them went to the official's room to get some food and wine, while the other one stood waiting at the intersection with the clerk, his voice vague.
General Hu opened his eyes and whispered: "Gather the men."
Getting angry, throwing bowls, and swearing are all done for them to see. Even the persecution during the day is a show. This is their real job.
The two subordinates climbed up in a hurry and knocked on the walls on both sides regularly, so secret signals came and went on both sides.
When a group of people came out from the roof or the window, the guard was still chatting with the clerk at the intersection.
General Hu concealed his presence, climbed over the wall and left the back room, humming in his heart.
They were lucky, as they planned to kill a few guards, but they were greedy and saved a lot of trouble.
But when they arrived at the outskirts of the government office, they encountered trouble again. The guard who said the surrounding area was like an iron barrel was not lying. There were three layers of guards inside and three outside, so they couldn't find any loopholes.
"Sir, what should I do?" a subordinate asked anxiously.
If I don't finish my errands as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the governor's office will respond tomorrow and it won't be able to be done by then.
General Hu is also anxious, but there are too many people, and they will definitely be discovered if they take action.
While they were anxious, there was a sudden noise outside. They listened carefully for a while, and it turned out that it was the refugees who heard that the governor had rewarded the flowing water mat, and hurried over to beg for food.
Seeing the crowd and chaos, the guards had to go out to maintain order, shouting loudly: "The running water mat is not here, you go to the back street of the Governor's Mansion! Don't crowd, don't crowd, if you continue to crowd, arrest them!"
General Hu's eyes lit up: "If you have time, let's go!"
The group of people took advantage of the commotion and managed to get out of the government office.
Hiding in the deserted alley opposite, General Hu felt that he was incredibly lucky. With such luck, if nothing happened today, he would be ashamed of himself.
At this time, the wooden door next to it creaked. When everyone was alert, a voice sounded along with the lights: "General Hu, you have worked hard all the way!"
The guards were shocked and turned around to see someone standing quietly holding a lantern.
Seeing the man's appearance clearly, General Hu was stunned for a moment: "Mr. Jiang?"
The visitor was none other than Jiang Yue. He handed the lantern to his entourage and slowly tied up his sleeves. Only then did General Hu realize that he was dressed for the night and was almost the same as his group.
"you……"
Jiang Yue looked at him with a smile on his face: "General Hu doesn't think those refugees are just a coincidence, does he?"
General Hu took a breath. Did he do it? So Jiang Yue knew his actions clearly? Wait, how long has he been in Nanyuan, and he secretly prepared a group of refugees?
"General Hu, don't worry." Jiang Yue said softly, "I am here to assist you on the orders of the Governor. After all, we are all working for His Majesty, so we are on the same side."
Jiang Yue had indeed made great achievements in the previous palace coup...
General Hu believed most of it and asked him: "How does Governor Jiang know the holy will?"
"The governor didn't know, he just asked me to come and help. I saw it during the day. The general is not an ignorant person. How could he rush in headlessly?"
General Hu was silent for a moment and quickly accepted his kindness.
It’s okay not to accept it. Jiang Yue’s whereabouts are already known and there’s no way he can hide it. Furthermore, Jiang Yue clearly has chess in his hands. If he brings it to his door, he won’t use it in vain. The worst thing he can do is give him some credit afterwards.
"Then thank you Mr. Jiang."
When Jiang Yue got the answer he wanted, he smiled slightly and said softly: "General Hu believes in me and he will not regret it. There is a chance tonight. Yan Er invited the Yan and Zhao families. We may not be able to build a bigger one."