"Let's get down to business first, and I'll explain this to you later!" Shangguan Peining's voice came through my mind.
Chai Yan also knew the priority of the matter, so he accelerated his speed and continued running to the inner hall where Zhou Zhixian was located.
The third hall of the county government office, also known as the inner hall, is the place where the county prince and his family members sleep.
The topography of the Anping County Government Office is very simple. Just walk along the central axis of the government office and you will reach the inner hall. So Chai Yan quickly arrived outside the inner hall.
It was just dawn at this time, and the door to the inner courtyard was still closed. Chai Yan stepped forward and patted the door, but no one responded inside.
"Why are you shooting? Just knock it away!"
Shangguan Peining really couldn't understand Chai Yan. The thick wall of the county jail cell was broken through, and now there was nothing but a thin wooden door in front of him.
"No collision!" Chai Yan immediately denied.
"Why?" Shangguan Peining was puzzled.
Chai Yan explained: "Few people should have seen me since I ran out to here. If I smash this door and make a big noise now, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling the jailers where I am going?"
Shangguan Peining thought about it and asked, "Then what are you going to do now?"
Chai Yan took a few steps back and looked at the walls on both sides of the inner hall door, and immediately said with a smile: "It's easy, just climb over the wall!"
After that, Chai Yan took two more steps back before running towards the wall. After speeding up, Chai Yan stepped on the wall with one foot. With the help of Aomame, Chai Yan jumped onto the top of the wall in an instant.
Chai Yan was pleasantly surprised, and a proud smile appeared on his lips: "Awesome!"
"Attention, someone is coming!" Shangguan Peining reminded.
Chai Yan didn't dare to delay, so he quickly turned over and fell into the courtyard of the inner hall, looking for a place to hide.
Soon, a government servant appeared outside the inner hall door. This man was carrying a fire stick, sweating profusely and looking anxious. Without asking, he knew that he must have come to report the prisoner's escape to Zhouzhi County.
The yamen servant did not dare to slam the door of the inner hall, so he had to shout to the magistrate of Zhou County.
After a few sounds, the door of the inner hall opened, and a woman dressed as a maid appeared in the door. She said with a rather dissatisfied face: "It's so early in the morning, what's wrong?"
The yamen servant swallowed his saliva and said urgently: "Quick, go and report to the Lord, someone...someone has escaped from prison!"
"Ah!" The maid was shocked on the spot. After two breaths, she turned around and ran inside.
About a moment after burning the incense, Zhou Zhixian, who was not fully clothed, ran out of the house in a panic, followed by the maid just now.
Zhou Zhixian came to the gate of the inner courtyard and asked the Yamen officer: "What's going on? Who escaped from prison?"
You must know that it is not a trivial matter for a prisoner to escape from the county government office. If you don't fix it quickly, it will be difficult for the prefect to explain it.
The officer didn't know Chai Yan's name, so he had to reply: "Sir, that's... the man who killed two female members of the Su family. The people in the prison just said that the man made a big hole in the cell wall.
, escaped!"
"What did you say?" Zhou Zhixian opened his mouth in shock, and his jaw almost dislocated.
Zhou Zhixian knew very well what kind of cell Chai Yan was locked in. He never expected that a seemingly weak-looking boy could actually break through the cell wall and run away.
"Is that true?" Zhou Zhixian confirmed with a shocked expression.
The yamen officer nodded repeatedly: "It's absolutely true, my lord, hurry up and take a look, it's almost a mess over there!"
Suddenly, Zhou Zhixian remembered the pile of iron chains and the dent in the ground in the second hall yesterday. He originally thought that it was done by Mr. Gu's subordinate Mo Di, but now it seems that he has completely mistaken it.
"Let's go..." Zhou Zhixian nodded hastily and left with the government officials.
At this time, the maid caught up and asked: "Master, please don't forget that you will accompany Mr. Gu to Anping Temple later..."
The county magistrate said that now that all the major murderers have escaped from prison, there is no time to go to Anping Temple.
Zhou Zhixian said while arranging his clothes: "Well... Xiaohong, please run over right away and apologize to Mr. Gu for me. Just say that there is something urgent at the Yamen and you can't go to Anping Temple..."
..."
"Yes, Master." Maid Xiaohong agreed.
After the instructions, Zhou Zhixian left with the Yamen servant. As he walked far away, he vaguely heard him asking the Yamen servant: "Have you sent someone to ask Qin to arrest the head..."
Next, Xiao Hong went back to the house to tidy up her appearance, and then left the inner hall in a hurry.
As soon as Xiaohong left the hospital, Chai Yan, who had been hiding, appeared. He easily climbed over the courtyard wall and carefully followed Xiaohong.
When Xiaohong left the county government office, she did not go through the main entrance, but through the side door where servants came in and out, because the side door was much closer to Mr. Gu’s residence. Of course, this also prevented Chai Yan, who had little tracking experience, from being caught by the county government’s people.
Discover.
When Xiao Hong arrived at Mr. Gu's residence, there were already two carriages waiting outside the door.
Chai Yan observed from a distance that one was carrying people and the other was pulling goods.
The truck pulling the goods had already piled a lot of sacks, most of which contained food or clothing.
Chai Yan was no stranger to this aspect. Many high-status people in the city would send some food and supplies when they went to Anping Temple.
Seeing Xiao Hong knocking on the door of Mr. Gu's residence from a distance and walking in, Chai Yan immediately thought and sneaked to the back of the truck unprepared, and then hid silently in the pile of sacks.
After a while, Chai Yan heard someone coming out of the yard, and he could see through the gap between the sacks that it was Xiao Hong who left.
After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, a group of people finally came out of the yard. Chai Yan thought it must be Mr. Gu and his party, so he looked through the gap and was suddenly surprised: Why is it her?