No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 469
Fang Changyun was escorted by the guards around him and rushed out of the lobby only to find that the entire courtyard had been surrounded by people.

Although those people wore the same costumes and held the same weapons as the soldiers and horses under his command, as long as they had eyes, they could tell who they were loyal to.

Fang Changyun was trembling with anger, pointing at Fang Yan, his face flushed red but he was speechless for a while.

"Fang Yan! You, you..."

Fang Yan's expression was calm, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him in the struggle between life and death.

If he really didn't do anything, he might as well wipe his neck clean with a knife.

Gu Jue looked at Fang Changyun calmly, "Patriarch Fang, where has Cao Mian gone?"

Gu Jue was not in a very good mood at this time, because they did not find Cao Mian when they invaded Fang's house, which made Gu Jue feel depressed that the task was only half completed and the battle was not done.

Cao Mian was able to get away early when they were always watching, which really made people a little irritable.

Fang Changyun snorted softly, looked at Gu Jue and said, "You are... from the Gu family."

The Gu family still had some weight among the guests at this banquet, so before the birthday banquet, Gu Jue also personally came forward to celebrate Fang Changyun's birthday. Fang Changyun still remembered this young man with outstanding appearance and extraordinary conversation.

"It turns out that Fang Yan hooked up with the Gu family. It's a good skill." He has taken precautions against Fang Yan over the years, and strictly prevented him from contacting outsiders.

Because many people who had a good relationship with Fang Yan's father fled Yingzhou after he succeeded to the throne, Fang Changyun was afraid that these people would come back or that Fang Yan would contact them.

Unexpectedly, Fang Yan, who had never taken a step outside Yingzhou in his life, was able to hook up with the Gu family.

Gu Jue didn't explain, but said lightly: "Patriarch Fang, you lost, why don't you just stop here, and still be decent."

Fang Changyun sneered and said, "Ask Fang Yan, will he give me face?"

Fang Yan lowered his eyes and said: "Second uncle, as long as you let your people stop now, everything will be easy to talk about."

Fang Changyun's face was mocking, obviously he didn't believe what Fang Yan said.

Fang Yan was not surprised either, he knew the character of his second uncle.

No matter what he said, he would never believe it.

Because he himself is such a person, it's not that Fang Changyun didn't want to kill him these years, but he couldn't kill him.

Although Gu Jue led people to surround the Fang family, there were still many people loyal to Fang Changyun inside the Fang family at this time, and the two groups of people in the house became one.

In the courtyard outside the lobby, although the people brought by Gu Jue occupied the upper part, the people protecting Fang Changyun were obviously not mediocre, and it would not be easy to take them down immediately.

Gu Jue was not interested in the grievances between the Fang family's uncle and nephew, and Fang Changyun was never the focus of their attention.

"Patriarch Fang, where is Cao Mian?"

Fang Changyun frowned, suddenly realized.

He stared at Gu Jue and said, "It seems that you are here for Cao Mian. There is no enmity between the Gu family in Dongzhou and the Fang family of Cao family. Who are you?"

Gu Jue showed a trace of impatience, and gestured to the people holding bows and arrows around him.

These are elite soldiers trained according to regular soldiers and horses, which are naturally different from ordinary family guards.

Seeing Gu Jue's gesture, he immediately pointed the feather arrow at Fang Changyun.

Although Fang Changyun was guarded by the masters around him, he still couldn't help being a little terrified when he saw this situation.

But he knew that Gu Jue was in the same group as Fang Yan, and Fang Yan would never spare him if he had a vendetta against killing his father.

Fang Changyun didn't want to fight, and kept urging the people around him, saying: "Get out! Take me away!"

As soon as these words came out, the people protecting Fang Changyun immediately took action.

Several guards stood in front, and the two men and women who shot at the birthday party stood on both sides of Fang Changyun, one left and one right grabbed Fang Changyun and rushed to the weakest place of the siege.

Gu Jue sneered, "Fire the arrow!"

It is indeed difficult for ordinary soldiers to deal with first-class masters, but no matter how powerful a master is, it is impossible to replace soldiers and horses.

Even a top player like Qu Fang can only retreat from a well-trained army, and it is wishful thinking to rush out with another burden.

And these people are still far behind Qu Fang.

For a moment, feather arrows rained down on the rushing people, frightening the rest of the Fang family to turn pale and tremble.

This guy surnamed Gu really has no scruples, he really dares to kill someone!

People who were close to Fang Changyun originally wanted to make a fuss, but they all shut their mouths and dared not speak anymore after seeing this scene.

"Scumbag!"

Seeing that Fang Changyun and the others were still unable to get away, they suddenly jumped from the roof on the other side, and rushed towards Gu Jue together.

Gu Jue drew his long sword out of its sheath and slashed at the oncoming person.

The next moment Gu Jue turned around quickly, raised his long sword and kicked Fang Yan away with one kick.

It turned out that these two people seemed to be coming straight to Gu Jue, but in fact, one of them rushed towards Gu Jue, while the other rushed towards Fang Yan.They obviously understood who these soldiers and horses who betrayed Fang Changyun listened to.

If it weren't for Gu Jue's swift action, Fang Yan would have been captured even if he hadn't died on the spot.

Seeing that the blow failed, that person didn't care, he simply gave up on Fang Yan who had already hid in the guard group in a panic, and the two attacked Gu Jue together.

Gu Jue did not back down, a long sword opened and closed in his hand, with an astonishing momentum.

These two are obviously not ordinary people. Although Gu Jue has been in the field for a long time, he is not a person who specializes in martial arts after all. It is more than enough to deal with one, but it is a bit difficult to deal with two at the same time.

Fang Changyun, who was in the chaos on the other side, also saw this scene, and said loudly: "Young master Gu, let me go, everyone just stop here, how about it?"

Gu Jue sneered and didn't answer, he was a little unclear whether this Fang Changyun was innocent or stupid or deep-minded.

At this time, do you still expect to be able to leave?

"Ah, Gu Jue, you can't do it! You can't even beat two small fish and shrimps." A clear and delicate voice suddenly sounded in the yard, and Gu Jue couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, but he said unceremoniously, "You Go ahead."

The girl's voice said: "I come and I come! Get out of the way!"

She said get out of the way, and Gu Jue really got out of the way.

He forced back two masters with one sword, and retreated seven or eight steps quickly.Before he could stand still, everyone saw a green figure floating from the wall into the crowd.

The two people who fought with Gu Jue saw that it was a little girl, and they couldn't help showing a bit of contempt in their eyes.

How capable can a yellow-haired girl be?

But before they could open their mouths, they suddenly felt their bodies go weak, and the originally strong and exquisite internal force suddenly dissipated.The speed was as fast as if it had never existed before.

Seeing the two masters who were still alive and well just now suddenly slumped to the ground, everyone couldn't help looking at the little girl who appeared suddenly.

Qin Yao'er waved her hand, turned to Gu Jue and said, "Look, it's very simple."

"..." Gu Jue nodded speechlessly, expressing his admiration for her.

"Where's the girl?" Gu Jue asked.

Qin Yao'er said: "Go after Cao Mian."

Only then did Gu Jue heave a sigh of relief, "That's good."

With the concubine and Qu Fang, Cao Mian must not be able to escape.

When there was chaos inside and outside the city of Yingzhou, Cao Mian was standing in a hidden port in the northeast corner of Yingzhou.

There is a deep-water wharf in this place that can enter and leave large ships, not to mention ordinary people, even many Fang family members don't know about it.Because it is surrounded by two mountains behind it, and it is a private area, it was bought many years ago, and Fang Changyun helped cover it up.

And this pier is rarely used on weekdays, and only occasionally in the dead of night will ships come in and out to transport some things that cannot be treated by outsiders.

At this time, the vicinity of the port was silently filled with people, tens of thousands of people in the dark.

If Fang Changyun and Fang Yan were here at this time, they would find that these were the soldiers Fang Changyun sent out to wipe out the rebels on the island.

Cao Mian stood in front of these people, looking at the distant sea with his hands behind his back.

On the pier near the sea, there are more than a dozen huge ships docked.

"My lord!" A tall and strong middle-aged man walked up to Cao Mian and cupped his hands.

Cao Mian asked, "Has Ah Ying returned?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "My lord, not yet."

Cao Mian sighed, and said: "It seems that Tantai Feng's place is still not going well, Ah Ying... I'm afraid I won't be able to come back."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man was startled, and said in a puzzled way: "My lord, with Tantai Feng's personality, even if we really can't agree, he wouldn't dare to kill Young Master Ying. Is there any delay?"

Cao Mian chuckled lightly and said: "If there was no accident, how dare Tantai Feng refuse us? Unless her Tantai family doesn't want to live anymore."

"My lord means..."

Cao Mian said: "What do you think happened to Yingzhou and Fang's family these days?"

"Isn't that Dongfang?" The middle-aged man frowned and said, "How could such a person suddenly appear in Shangyong? He's still eyeing the Fang family?"

Cao Mian shook his head and said, "Jie'er is still too young, he should not have been sent to Shangyong."

The middle-aged man didn't understand Cao Mian's meaning, and his face showed a bit of bewilderment.

Cao Mian looked at the sea with distant eyes.

"I've been thinking for the past two days, maybe there's never been any Young Master Dongfang." Cao Mian said in a deep voice, "They belong to the imperial court, or should I say... they belong to the Prince Regent's Palace and the Zhen Guojun."

The middle-aged man was shocked when he heard the words, "Your Excellency means that the imperial court has discovered us... But, the Eldest Young Master said that Young Master Dongfang is a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old."

Cao Mian snorted softly and said, "Isn't it difficult to find a half-grown child to pretend to be mysterious? But this is really not like the style of the Zhen Guojun. Maybe the Prince Regent's House didn't know much at first, so they can only make these things up on purpose. Test our reaction. Let's see again, if Ah Ying doesn't come back, then my guess is probably the same."

"Your Excellency, you mean that we fell into the court's scheme?"

Cao Mian said: "There is no difference. As long as they find Yingzhou, the result will be the same. I just can't figure out how they connected the Fang family and the Cao family."

The middle-aged man hesitated: "Maybe the Fang family leaked the news? That kid from the Fang family has always been arrogant..."

Cao Mian shook his head and said, "If it was Fang Shuo, the court should have known about it last year."

"Your Excellency said so." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

Cao Mian pondered for a long time, then his eyes fell on the black soldiers and horses not far ahead, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and he said in a low voice: "I forgot, those who failed to deal with Yisi Luan at the beginning really have endless troubles. "

It's not that he doesn't want to deal with it, but that he can't.

With the Prince Regent's Palace under the control, it is not so easy to kill people in the dungeon.

He could only bet that the Luan Ceremony in Shangyong didn't know their details, but he didn't want to have even a little clue, it was only enough for the Prince Regent's House to follow them.

In the final analysis...it was the fault of those things last year.

Cao Mian lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Fortunately, after what happened in Yunhai Academy last year, I started to make preparations. Even if I tried my best, I could only delay it for half a year."

Now is not the best time, but has there ever been a perfect time in this world?
If his original plan had been followed, the war at the border would have to drag on for a few more years, and they could recharge their batteries for preparations for more than a year, during which time they could win over more troops and forces.

But the end of the war caught him off guard, and what happened at Yunhai Academy also made him a little uneasy, so Dang even decided to plan ahead.

But he also knew that it would be his own death if he confronted the court head-on with the forces of Qingzhou and Yingzhou, so he tried his best to delay it for another half a year.

Someone once told him that he always pursues perfection in his actions, but maybe he will be defeated by this perfection in the end.

When Cao Mao received the first news from Shangyong, he knew that it could not be delayed any longer.

If it drags on, the Cao family may have nothing to do and can only wait for Xie Yan to destroy them.

He thought that the empress dowager's death was an opportunity for them, but he didn't expect the people from the Prince Regent's Mansion to move so quickly and arrive at Yingzhou at about the same time as them.

That being the case, he can only give up Fang's family and Yingzhou completely.

"Don't wait, let them do it." Cao Mian said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir." The middle-aged man nodded respectfully, then took out a tube-shaped thing from his waist and pulled it away forcefully.

A flash of dazzling red rushed towards the sky with a sharp whistling sound, and a moment later the same red color and sharp whistling burst into the distant sky.

After finishing all this, the middle-aged man turned around and shouted to the soldiers standing quietly in front of him: "Get ready to board the ship!"

"Yes!" The team was neat and orderly, and the soldiers holding weapons under the leadership of the person standing at the front walked silently to the big ship leaning on the shore not far away.

They are no strangers to this, many of them came to Yingzhou on these boats, and some of them are natives of Yingzhou, so they are used to seeing ships of all sizes since they were young.

There are more than a dozen ships docked by the sea, almost covering the nearby sea.

These ships were not enough to transport tens of thousands of people at one time, but Cao Mian was not worried.They really don't have enough ships, but isn't there still a lot of merchant ships in the port outside Yingzhou City?

"My lord, let's get on the boat first." The young man standing behind Cao Mian whispered.

Cao Mian nodded, turned around and walked towards the beach.

After walking a few steps, Cao Mian suddenly stopped and looked at the sea in front of him steadily, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

On the top of the mast of a large ship closest to them, a person sat at some point.

(End of this chapter)