"How can I joke about such a big event?!" Liu Xiu bent down and picked up the suit on the ground, shook the dust aside, and said at the same time: "There is no time, Lian Dan will be here soon, what are you going to do?
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Ye Qingqiu was already panicking and confused. She stammered: "I...I'm going to inform my father now!"
"I'm afraid it's too late!" The informant was an old man in Ye's Mansion, and he must be someone whom Ye Tian trusted very much. Where else could there be a place in Ye's Mansion where he could hide someone without being known by the informant?
Ye Qingqiu asked in a trembling voice: "Uncle Wen, then... what should we do now?"
"If I hide your cousin, there is a high probability that she will not be able to hide it, and the informant will find out. If I drive your cousin out of the Ye Mansion, I am afraid that your cousin will not be able to go far, and she will be captured alive by the officers and soldiers."
"That……"
"Leave her to me, and I will find a way to send her out of the city!" As he spoke, Liu Xiu handed the dirty clothes in his hand to Ye Qingqiu, and said: "Go to your cousin and ask her to
Put it on and follow me!"
After a pause, he added: "And..." As he spoke, he took two steps forward, came to Ye Qingqiu's side, and whispered in his ear.
Ye Qingqiu nodded while listening. When Liu Xiu finished speaking, she hurriedly responded: "I...I know, I will tell my father quietly!"
"Go quickly, there's no time!"
Ye Qingqiu left the little maid to accompany Liu Xiu, while she took Man'er with her and hurried to find Xia Ruoyan.
While waiting for them, Liu Xiu paced back and forth in the garden. After walking for a while, he saw the little maid next to him peeking at him from time to time. He stopped and asked with a smile: "Girl, I have flowers on my face."
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"ah?"
"If there are no long flowers, what do you always see me doing?"
Liu Xiu's words made her face turn red, and the little maid hurriedly argued: "Who...who keeps looking at you?!" After saying this, she lowered her head as if she had done something wrong.
After a while, she raised her head carefully and asked, "Does Mr. Liu like my young lady?"
Liu Xiuxiao asked: "Why do you say this?"
The little maid said: "If Mr. Liu didn't like my young lady, why would he help me again and again?"
Liu Xiu smiled and didn't answer any more.
The reason why he helped the Ye family was mainly because of the good deeds of the Ye family and had little to do with Ye Qingqiu. Even if the Ye family did not have Ye Qingqiu, he would still help.
Not long after, Ye Qingqiu and Man'er took Xia Ruoyan into the garden.
Liu Xiu took a closer look and saw that Xia Ruoyan had already changed into the clothes he bought. The clothes were men's clothes. They looked dirty because they had been stepped on many times by Liu Xiu. Xia Ruoyan's hair was also combed into a man's bun.
, at first glance, he is a handsome young man.
After looking at it, Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Miss Ruoyan, you have been exposed in Ye Mansion, you must come with me now!"
Ye Qingqiu had already explained the reason to her just now. Xia Ruoyan did not hesitate at all. She nodded heavily at Liu Xiu and said, "I will obey Mr. Liu's arrangements in everything."
She met Liu Xiu yesterday, and after Liu Xiu left, Ye Qingqiu also introduced Liu Xiu to her in detail.
Although this was the second time the two met, she already had a lot of understanding of Liu Xiu's character.
Liu Xiu didn't say anything more. He looked at Ye Qingqiu and said, "Miss Qingqiu, I'll take my leave!"
Ye Qingqiu stepped forward, gently pulled Liu Xiu's sleeve, and said, "Uncle Wen, I will ask you to take care of my cousin."
Liu Xiu said: "Don't worry, I will protect Miss Ruoyan."
Ye Qingqiu lowered his head and whispered: "You...you also have to be careful."
Liu Xiu felt warm in her heart and said with a smile: "I will." There was no time to stay any longer, Liu Xiu said seriously: "Miss Qingqiu, we have no time, we must leave now."
"I'll see you off." Ye Qingqiu took Liu Xiu and Xia Ruoyan and walked quickly towards the gate of the backyard.
When she got close to the courtyard gate, she pulled the bolt and opened the courtyard door a crack. She stuck her head out and looked out.
Just outside the courtyard gate, there were two people standing upright. Ye Qingqiu was startled at first and almost screamed. After taking a closer look, he recognized that these two people were Long Yuan and Gai Yan.
She retracted her head and nodded to Liu Xiu and Xia Ruoyan.
Liu Xiu didn't waste any more time, pushed open the door and walked out quickly. When Xia Ruoyan was about to follow her out, Ye Qingqiu held her back, with worry in his eyes and an indescribable emotion in them.
As if she knew what her cousin was thinking, Xia Ruoyan smiled and whispered in a brisk tone: "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on him for you and won't let him be snatched away by another woman!"
Hearing this, Ye Qingqiu not only blushed, but also his face and neck, and said coquettishly: "Cousin——"
"Go back quickly!" Xia Ruoyan hugged Ye Qingqiu and then walked out of the backyard gate.
Although Ye Qingqiu was both reluctant and worried, she really didn't have time to say goodbye. She waved to Liu Xiu and Xia Ruoyan and watched Liu Xiu and his party leave quickly with mixed emotions.
She took a deep breath, closed the door, and went to the front yard to find her father Ye Tian.
Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, Gai Yan, and Xia Ruoyan walked along the alley outside the back door until they reached the intersection and turned into another alley. As they were walking forward, they suddenly heard a burst of sound from ahead.
The sound of horse hooves.
Oops! Lian Dan's men have arrived! Long Yuan, Gai Yan, and Xia Ruoyan's expressions suddenly changed. Long Yuan and Gai Yan subconsciously raised their hands. The former held the sword under his ribs, and the latter held his ribs.
saber below.
Liu Xiu reacted very quickly. He immediately pressed down their arms and stopped them from drawing out their weapons. His mind turned and he whispered: "Run!" As he spoke, he turned around and headed back.
run.
Long Yuan, Gai Yan, and Xia Ruoyan looked at each other and followed Liu Xiu back in unison.
The three of them knew clearly, how could their two legs outrun the horse's four hooves?
However, they instinctively had an incomparable sense of trust in Liu Xiu. If he said to run, they would run with him. If he said to fight, they would fight with him without hesitation!
Sure enough, Liu Xiu and the other four were overtaken by the cavalry behind them before they could even run out of the alley.
"Stop! Everyone in front of me, stop!" Following the chaotic sound of horse hooves, a dozen cavalrymen caught up with Liu Xiu and the four others, blocking their way.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry from behind also arrived. Looking at it, they must have at least a hundred cavalry.
Liu Xiu pretended to be tired, bent over, panting, and kept wiping the sweat beads on his forehead with his sleeves.
A cavalry commander urged the horse to come out. He sat on the horse, looked at Liu Xiu and the four of them, and asked with a serious face: "What are you running for?"
Liu Xiu took another deep breath, and then said, "Of course we're going to arrest them!"
"Arrest someone? Arrest who?"
"The assassin who assassinated General Lian!" Liu Xiu showed his military card and said: "We are all rebels. I am Liu Xiu, who belongs to the Xiangyang Rebel Army. He once captured Xiesang, the leader of the barbarian army, alive in Ganyou Mountain to defend the county. He has made great contributions..."
While he was talking endlessly about his great achievements, the cavalry commander impatiently snatched the military card from his hand. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was really Liu Xiu of the Xiangyang Rebel Army.
The expression on the cavalry commander's face did not ease, and he asked in a deep voice: "Where are you going to arrest people?"
"Ye Mansion!"
"Ye Mansion? How did you know that the assassin was hiding in Ye Mansion?"
"this……"
"explain!"
"When Mr. Hucao Zhou reported to General Lian, we happened to be at the prefect's residence. After hearing about this, we..."
"Ah!" Before Liu Xiu could finish what he said, the cavalry commander showed a look of sudden realization, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a half-smile: "You are here to steal the credit!"
As he spoke, he tilted his head and looked Liu Xiu up and down. He was young, in his early twenties, and there was nothing unusual about him, except that he looked a bit more handsome.
He laughed, angrily, and said in a strange way: "Liu Xiu, your ability and thought in grabbing credit are really admirable. I think you are really wasting talents by being a rebel. If you join the general's army one day, , you have to be my immediate boss in the future, right?!"
Liu Xiu blinked his eyes, bowed and saluted with fear, and said: "The military master said something serious, I don't dare!"
"Hmph!" The cavalry commander snorted heavily, shook his head and shouted: "Why don't you throw urine and take a picture of your rebels?! Get out! It's not your business. When will it be your turn to intervene? ?Get away as far as I can!”
Gai Yan was furious, raised his head, and glared at the cavalry commander. Seeing this, the cavalry commander pointed at Gai Yan with his horse whip and shouted, "What? You still don't accept it?"
Before Gai Yan could speak, Liu Xiu hurriedly grabbed his arm and said with an apologetic smile to the cavalry commander: "Master, please calm down, let's leave now! Let's leave now!"
As he spoke, he took Gai Yan's arm, pressed against the wall, and walked quickly past the cavalry team.
Seeing this, the cavalry commander took the lead and laughed loudly, and the other cavalrymen also followed suit.
"A small rebel army, not knowing how high the sky is, dares to have the audacity to steal such a great achievement? It's simply ridiculous!" The cavalry commander sneered, waved his hands to the left and right, and continued to rush towards Ye Mansion.
When Liu Xiu and his party walked out of this alley and saw that no cavalry was chasing them, the four of them let out a long sigh of relief.
This time, both Gai Yan and Xia Ruoyan saw Liu Xiu's quick reaction. Although he had been exposed, he was able to come up with the best plan in an instant and avert the danger in a few words.
This kind of composure that is not alarmed by any changes, and the agility that makes a decisive decision when faced with difficulties are really rare in the world.
Xia Ruoyan said gratefully to Liu Xiu: "Thank you Mr. Liu for saving me."
Liu Xiu said, "Miss Ruoyan, just call me Uncle Wen." After a pause, he asked, "Is Miss Ruoyan going somewhere?"
Xia Ruoyan shook her head and asked, "Is there a chance to leave the city now?"
Gai Yan answered: "All four cities have been closed. You can neither enter nor leave."
Xia Ruoyan asked again: "What if we stay in an inn?"
Gai Yan shook his head and said: "At present, all the inns in the city have been cleared. If Miss Xia goes to stay in an inn, she will be trapped in a trap."
Xia Ruoyan was silent. She couldn't leave the city and had no place to live. Even if she wanted to sleep on the street, she would definitely be arrested by patrolling officers and soldiers.
Seeing that she was helpless, Liu Xiu said, "There is a place that can be used as Miss Ruoyan's shelter."
Xia Ruoyan's eyes lit up and she said, "Uncle Wen, you can call me Ruoyan. What's the shelter that Uncle Wen mentioned?"
