After rebirth, the eldest princess ascended the throne by barrage

Chapter 212 King Mu’s Thoughts

In the end, Gu Qichi couldn't resist her. Taking advantage of the darkness, a few people wearing night clothes sneaked into Jingcheng quietly.

There is a desolate feeling in Jingcheng, as if there is no vitality and no popularity at all.

The doors of the houses and shops on both sides of the street were closed. The only lively place in the city was probably Prince Mu's Mansion. The lights there were brightly lit. From a distance, it looked like the only light in the dark night.

Gu Qichi made a few gestures, and the secret guards dispersed to search for information everywhere. Shen Changan and Gu Qichi were together, checking at various houses.

It didn't matter. I was shocked when I saw that ten rooms were empty, which was comparable to a disaster area after a natural or man-made disaster!
There were only old people and children in some houses, and there were almost no young men or girls and wives. The young men were naturally forced to join the army. Shen Changan was no longer a little girl who didn't understand anything, so he naturally knew where those young women were.

Shen Changan and Gu Qichi looked at each other and saw the anger in each other's eyes!
They found an empty shop and took a look at the backyard of the shop. It was probably a bun shop, but the boss didn't know whether he was killed by soldiers or joined the army.

As soon as Shen Changan said a few words to Gu Qichi, Gu Qichi motioned for her to be silent. The two heard heavy footsteps coming from the backyard.

Gu Qichi winked at Shen Changan, and Shen Changan understood. The two of them hid behind the door, one on the left and the other on the right. When the footsteps approached, Gu Qichi rushed out to capture the incoming man.

The woman was pressed to the ground, and Gu Qichi covered her mouth, "I'll let you go, don't make a sound."

After speaking, he added: "We are not bad people."

The woman nodded wildly. After Gu Qichi let her go, she knelt on the ground and begged Gu Qichi for his life.

Shen Changan saw that she was skinny and she must be a commoner in Jingcheng who was exploited by King Mu, so he asked her to get up. The woman stood up tremblingly and looked at the two of them uneasily.

"Sister-in-law," Shen Changan pulled Gu Qichi behind him and she spoke to her like a woman, "Does this shop belong to you? I wonder what's going on here?"

Hearing Shen Changan's words, the woman suddenly cried. Shen Changan waited patiently for her to finish crying and handed her a handkerchief. Only then did he learn what happened from the woman's mouth.

The woman was the one whose husband-in-law was forcibly drafted into the army. She and her son had been hiding in the cellar and dared not come out. But their food reserves were running low. For the sake of her son who was waiting to be fed, the woman could only risk being discovered and sneak out to find food.

This was the first time she came out and met Shen Changan and Gu Qichi.

The woman's eyes were full of despair. She didn't know how long this life would last. If her children hadn't supported her, she would have lost the courage to live.

Shen Changan didn't know how to comfort the woman. Her confrontation with King Mu outside the city was based on the safety of the people of Jingcheng, but King Mu actually treated the people of Jingcheng like this!

She secretly made up her mind, it seemed that the siege was going to be earlier!

Shen Changan asked the woman to go back to the cellar, and she gave the woman a few pieces of candy that she carried with her.

The woman knew that even if she went out to look for food, she would return in vain and might be discovered by patrolling officers and soldiers. After thanking Shen Changan, she returned to the cellar with the caramel.

Shen Changan and Gu Qichi were going to visit Prince Mu's Mansion. Prince Mu's Mansion was easy to find and the brightest place was there.

After walking around Prince Mu's Mansion for several times, they found a courtyard wall whose guards were weaker than other places. Gu Qichi took Shen Changan and sneaked into Prince Mu's Mansion.

Shen Changan had always felt that King Mu was intimidated. Even if she had people surround Jingcheng, she did not panic at all. Except for the people who surrounded King Mu's palace tightly, the guards in other places were very lax.The sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra in the main courtyard could be heard here. As the two approached the main courtyard, bursts of melodious sounds entered their ears, and the scene in the courtyard was unsightly.

The civil servants and generals below were all attended by beautiful dancers, and King Mu even hugged one, looking like he was indulging in pleasure.

Shen Changan and Gu Qichi quietly sneaked into King Mu's study. There were a lot of useful things in the study. Time was running out. Shen Changan used his mental power to check but found nothing useful.

They went to King Mu's bedroom again and found a secret passage under the bed.

After Shen Changan and Gu Qichi discussed it, she woke up Zi Gu who was sleeping soundly and asked Zi Gu to go into the secret passage to check where it led.

Zi Gu was sleeping soundly, but suddenly he was woken up by someone. Even if he woke him up and stayed up all night, he had to work overtime!
Shen Changan promised to go back and find Gu worms for it to eat, and then it crawled toward the tunnel with a resentment that could feed ten evil cultivators. After a while, it disappeared. Shen Changan and Gu Qichi waited for a while, and Zi Gu came back.

After Shen Changan communicated with it for a while, he realized that this secret passage actually led to the mountain closest to Jingcheng!
She didn't understand what King Mu was thinking anymore. She tried her best to provoke him, resisted passively, and prepared an escape route. What was she going to do?
Provoke her to order the Jin army to kill each other, and then run away?

Shen Changan couldn't figure out what King Mu meant.

Well, if you can't figure it out, just don't figure it out. Shen Changan whispered a few words to Gu Qichi. A smile flashed in Gu Qichi's eyes, and then he woke up the sleeping system waiter.

System waiter: "..."

You two are worthy of being a couple, and you don’t do anything about human affairs!

The waiter depressedly took out the stone that Gu Qichi asked for, and gently placed the stone in the secret passage. After returning, he fell asleep.

Shen Changan curled her lips. She was looking forward to King Mu's expression when he saw this.

Seeing that there was nowhere to go, the two of them prepared to leave the city. It was almost dawn.

Shen Changan stopped by the kitchen of Prince Mu's Mansion and picked up a bag of noodles and some portable food. After they arrived at the backyard of the bun shop, Shen Changan put the things in front of the cellar and gently knocked on the cellar. board.

Shen Chang'an and Gu Qichi left only when they heard some rustling sounds coming from below.

The woman heard the sound of knocking on the wooden board and hurriedly pushed open the wooden board on the cellar. When she poked her head out, she saw the food in front of her.

There were pancakes, sugar, salt and other items. The woman took them into her arms, hugged them tightly, and then kowtowed three times in the direction of the city gate.

The next day, General Weiwu followed Shen Changan's order and the officers and soldiers from Jingcheng came to scold the formation again. He followed the arrangement yesterday and let the army attack the city!
This wave of operations caught them off guard, but Jingcheng was easy to defend but difficult to attack. For a while, the two sides were in a stalemate, each suffering casualties.

Later, Jingcheng actually opened the city gates and let the soldiers go out to fight with the imperial army. Shen Changan listened to the messengers reporting back and forth from the rear, thinking secretly in his heart.

"Are you saying that those who fight outside the city gate are not serious troops?"

The messenger said seriously: "Back to the emperor, the general said that he had observed the soldiers on the opposite side fighting out of the city. Their movements were stiff and their cooperation was unfamiliar. It was obvious that they had not received any training."

(End of this chapter)