When the two generals left the Grand Prince's Palace, it was already past midnight. The streets were silent, except for the sound of people and the light in front of the Grand Prince's Palace.【】
Lu Zihao and Chao Yan said goodbye and hurried home. After Chao Yan saw Lu Zihao walking away, he immediately gave orders to the people around him.
"From now on, I will keep an eye on General Lu all the time. If there is anything unusual, report it to me immediately."
"Yes, General."
The person next to him immediately agreed, and then quietly followed Lu Zihao with the two of them.
To say that Chaoyan proposed to kill Ahudala and his wife was not considered a temporary idea. As early as a few years ago, Chaoyan secretly proposed a plan to Kalugala, hoping that he would get rid of Ahudala as his successor as soon as possible.
A person who threatens the throne.
But a few years ago, Karugala didn't take the young Ahudala seriously at all, and the king's feeling for Karugala was that "you will be the next king of Muyue Kingdom in the future."
mean.
Who would have known that after so many years, Ahudala continued to grow, but Karukala never had an heir, and the king's thoughts gradually changed.
Lu Zihao was sitting in the carriage, thinking about what happened just now. Suddenly, a member of his entourage opened the curtain and poked his head in: "General..."
"What's wrong?" Lu Zihao asked hurriedly.
The follower said: "General, someone is following us."
Lu Zihao frowned immediately after hearing this. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you know who it is from?"
Lu Zihao knew very well that the only person who would send someone to follow him, besides the eldest prince, would be Chao Yan.
"We don't know yet." Qin Sui said.
"I know, don't alarm them." Lu Zihao said softly.
After the personal entourage left, Lu Zihao began to think deeply. In his heart, he still preferred that these people were sent by Chao Yan.
After burning a stick of incense, Lu Zihao returned home in a carriage, and the three people sent by Chao Yan were also watching in front, behind and at the side door.
After Lu Zihao returned home, he walked to the inner house. He walked in a hurry and looked serious. The servants were a little scared and nervous when they saw the master like this, not knowing what happened.
"Master, you are back."
Lu Zihao's wife was not asleep yet and was still waiting for him in the room.
"Where is my son?" Lu Zihao asked his wife.
Mrs. Lu said: "I have gone to bed long ago."
Lu Zihao nodded, and then whispered a few words in his wife's ear.
After hearing this, Mrs. Lu suddenly changed her face in surprise: "Master, what happened? Why..."
"Don't ask. Time is running out. I'll explain it to you when I get back." Lu Zihao said anxiously.
Mrs. Lu also felt that something was wrong, so she immediately obeyed her husband and ran to the back room.
Soon, Mrs. Lu took out a baggage from the room, opened it, and found a bamboo hat inside. Under the bamboo hat was a set of common people's cloth clothes, which were still a bit shabby.
Lu Zihao started to change clothes without saying a word, and Mrs. Lu also hurriedly stepped forward to help.
When changing clothes, Lu Zihao explained: "Madam, if I don't come back before dawn, you will take your son and leave Haoyue City. Remember, you must do it right away, immediately, without any delay, do you understand?"
Mrs. Lu was so nervous by these words that tears began to well up in her eyes, but she still gritted her teeth and nodded.
When Lu Zihao saw his wife crying, he comforted him: "Don't worry too much. I just prepared for the worst. I believe I will be fine. After all, I can't live without you and my son."
"Yes." Mrs. Lu held back her tears and nodded again.
Soon, Lu Zihao changed into civilian clothes.
After picking up the bamboo hats, Lu Zihao and his wife walked into the backyard.
In the dark backyard, Lu Zihao dug under the wall for a while and immediately lifted a wooden board.
It turned out that there was a secret tunnel under the wooden plank. Lu Zihao had prepared it in advance, waiting to be used at the critical moment.
Lu Zihao jumped down from the tunnel, raised his head and said to his wife: "Remember, if I don't come back at dawn, you must take your son away. You must not stay. Do you understand?"
"I understand, Master." Mrs. Lu's heart was already worried about Lao Gao.
Mrs. Lu couldn't stop crying. When she saw her husband bending down to get into the tunnel, she hurriedly shouted inside: "Master, you must be careful."
A voice immediately came from the tunnel: "I will, you will cover the tunnel in a while so that no one can see it."
After saying that, the sounds in the tunnel gradually became distant.
Mrs. Lu lay down at the entrance of the tunnel and listened for a long time, until finally she could no longer hear the sound, and then she hurriedly covered the wooden planks at the entrance of the tunnel and restored it to its original state.
Lu Zihao was walking in the dark in the tunnel. The tunnel was not long and led to a back alley in the next street.
Soon, Lu Zihao arrived at the exit, pushed aside the wooden board and poked his head out to see that the back alley was quiet and no one was there.
Lu Zihao observed carefully before crawling out of the tunnel. At this time, his whole body was covered with wet soil, and he was dirty but still looked like a general.
After Lu Zihao carefully restored and hid the tunnel entrance, he put on his bamboo hat and walked along the alley wall, and soon left the back alley quietly.
At this time, there was suddenly some thunder in the distance in the sky, and it seemed that it was going to rain soon.
Lu Zihao moved forward quickly, walking through the streets and alleys, heading in a certain direction.
Half an hour later, Lu Zihao arrived at the door of a luxurious residence. On the door plaque were the four characters "Second Prince's Mansion".
Lu Zihao looked up at the door plaque, his chest rising and falling, breathing heavily, feeling very complicated inside.
After a brief hesitation, Lu Zihao stepped forward and knocked on the door.
The concierge had already gone to bed when he suddenly heard someone calling the door and immediately became irritable.
"Who is so ignorant? What kind of place do you think this is when you call the door so late?" The concierge reluctantly got up, feeling angry in his heart.
The concierge walked towards the gate while getting dressed: "Stop barking, stop barking, it's coming, it's coming, it's making a lot of noise!"
As soon as the concierge opened the door a crack, someone from outside rushed in. The frightened concierge quickly pushed the person and shouted: "What are you doing? Get out!"
Lu Zihao immediately covered the concierge's mouth with his hand, then took off his bamboo hat and said seriously: "I am Lu Zihao!"
The concierge knew Lu Zihao, so he was surprised and said: "General Lu?"
Because Lu Zihao covered his mouth, the voice was muffled and almost inaudible.
Lu Zihao slowly let go of his hand and said: "Quick, take me to see His Highness the Second Prince, something serious is going to happen!"
When the concierge saw that Lu Zihao had come in disguise, he immediately understood that something big must have happened, so he nodded hurriedly and said: "General Lu, please follow me."
When Lu Zihao followed the concierge to Ahudala's yard, it had already begun to rain. The raindrops were a bit heavy, hitting the tiles, the roof of the corridor, the trees, the pond...
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Ahudala and Gianna Rise had already fallen asleep, but when they heard that Lu Zihao was visiting late at night in disguise, Ahudala was very surprised and quickly got out of bed to get dressed, while Gianna Rise's sleepiness also disappeared in an instant.
Just when Ahudala left the bedroom to see Lu Zihao, Gianna Lise also gave an order to the female guards around her, asking them to eavesdrop on why Lu Zihao was here.
In the side hall, Lu Zihao sat down unintentionally. He stood by the window and looked at the night rain outside with a solemn expression.
"General Lu, why are you here?" Ahudala suddenly appeared outside the side hall.
As soon as Lu Zihao saw Ahudala coming in, he immediately turned around and knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness, the Second Prince, I have something important to report!"