The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 7 Escape and Hide

Liu Chengyou and Zhang Yanchao led more than a hundred soldiers to the governor's mansion.

Seeing the menacing and large number of people coming, the guards at the gate of the government office did not dare to stop him and hurriedly ran into the government office to report.

Several Cangzhou officials rushed out to greet him. When they saw Liu Chengyou arriving in person, they stepped aside tremblingly and saluted respectfully.

"There is a Khitan spy hiding here, and we are here to catch him! If you don't want to do anything else, just retreat and go to work!"

Zhang Yanchao spoke in an official tone and spoke righteously.

The government officials looked at each other in confusion. Even if they had doubts, they did not dare to ask any more questions, and they all bowed their hands and left.

Liu Chengyou was the prince of the new dynasty. Although he had not been crowned king, his status was very different from that of local officials like them, and no one dared to offend him.

What's more, Liu Chengyou was cruel and easy to kill. With his reputation as a murderer, everyone was afraid to avoid him, so he dared to approach him and seek his own death.

Madam Fu is currently leading Heng Haijun to Jingzhou to transport grain, and will not be able to return until tomorrow. No one in Cangzhou City can check Liu Chengyou, so he can only do what he wants to do.

After asking for the location across the courtyard where Zhu Xiu lived, Zhang Yanchao waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers like wolves and tigers rushed towards the back house of the government office.

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Standing in the yard, Zhu Xiu looked up at the gloomy sky, guessing that a heavy rain was about to fall.

Xiao Yuan opened the courtyard door with a bang and ran in.

"What makes sister so panicked?" Zhu Xiu chuckled.

Xiao Yuan's face was full of panic and she said: "Oh no! The Second Highness knew about you from somewhere and said that you were a Khitan expert and wanted to arrest you for interrogation! Now their people are guarding every corner of the house to arrest you. Your soldiers are coming this way!"

Zhu Xiu was shocked. Before he could speak, he heard the sound of armor shining outside the courtyard.

Xiao Yuan said decisively: "There is a dog hole behind the water tank on the east wall. Climb through it and you will find the small kitchen room in the back house. There is usually no one there. Hurry and hide over there!"

"It's not safe for my sister to stay here, why don't you run for your life with me!"

"It's too late! Leave me alone and run!" Xiao Yuan stomped her feet anxiously and pushed him hard. "I am the lady's maid. They won't do anything to me! Run!"

Zhu Xiu looked through the courtyard gate and saw a large number of soldiers coming this way. He gritted his teeth and ran towards the east wall. After pushing aside the tangled weeds behind the water tank, he saw a dog hole under the wall.

Ignoring the mud on the ground and mosquitoes biting him, Zhu Xiu lay down and struggled to get through. The broken bricks and stones tore through his clothes and covered him with mud. There was also a cut on his bare head, and blood flowed along his eyebrows. shed.

Climbing to the small courtyard of the kitchen, the door of the courtyard was bolted, and the doors of each firewood room and the kitchen were locked, and it was quiet.

Zhu Xiu looked around and saw a well behind the firewood house with a pulley on it.

I rushed to the well and stretched my neck to look down. The well was about seven or eight meters deep, and the bottom was completely dark.

A hemp rope was wrapped around the windlass, and a bucket was hung on the rope.

Zhu Xiu hurriedly turned around, put the bucket into the well, and blocked a length of rope to let the bucket hang down the well.

Pulling the hemp rope hard, it was quite stable. Zhu Xiu's heart changed. She sat on the edge of the well and looked down the deep well. She suppressed her dizziness and made random signs of the cross on her chest: "Jesus, Buddha, Taoist Lord." Oh, all the gods, bless me!”

Zhu Xiu tore off a piece of rag from her clothes and wrapped it around her palms. She resisted her fear, tightened the hemp rope and slid into the well little by little.

Finally, he stepped on the bucket, and his weight gained some support, and the turning head on the windlass was firmly stuck, preventing him from falling into the water with the bucket.

The well is deep, quiet, dark, cold and damp, and beneath your feet is the well water of unknown depth. Occasionally, pieces of earth peeled off from the walls of the well fall into the water, causing ripples and a sound that echoes for a long time.

Zhu Xiu was sweating profusely and looked at the round light above his head, which was the only sky he could see.

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Seeing Zhu Xiu climb through the dog hole with his own eyes, Xiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, ran into the house in a panic, and hid under the bed.

Zhang Yanchao led the soldiers into the Kuayuan, and Liu Chengyou followed unhurriedly.

The soldiers searched the small courtyard and easily caught Xiao Yuan.

"Your Highness, this little girl is hiding under the bed, and there is no one else. Someone has lived in the house, and the ink in the inkstone has not dried yet. It seems that the person has just escaped not long ago."

Zhang Yanchao went to search it himself and came back to report.

Liu Chengyou stared at the pale Xiaoyuan with his long and narrow eyes: "Who are you? Where did the people living in this house go?"

Xiao Yuan trembled all over and said in a trembling voice: "This slave is Mrs. Fu's personal maid. There is no one living in this house!"

"How dare you tell a lie!" Zhang Yanchao yelled, as if to pull out the sheath of the knife in his hand.

Madoka fell to her knees with a thud, lowering her head and biting her lips.

Liu Chengyou's eyes flashed with cold light, and he waved his hand: "Take it back."

A soldier escorted Xiao Yuan down. Zhang Yanchao glanced at Liu Chengyou and whispered hesitantly: "Your Highness, that bitch is Fu Jinzhan's maid."

A look of displeasure suddenly appeared on Liu Chengyou's face: "Why, I can't touch Fu Jinzhan. Could it be that I can't even touch one of her slaves?"

Zhang Yanchao said sarcastically: "I am afraid that a lowly servant will not be able to serve His Highness!"

Liu Chengyou hummed: "You stay and send people to search the house carefully. How can a living person disappear out of thin air?"

Zhang Yanchao did not dare to say any more and respectfully accepted the order.

At the same time, Pan Mei Pegasus rushed out of Cangzhou City and rushed towards Jingzhou. ~~~
Zhu Xiu hid all night in the well in fear.

When it got dark, some soldiers broke in through the door of the small courtyard. They also broke open the doors of the woodshed and stove and searched everywhere, making a loud banging and banging noise.

There were also soldiers who held torches and looked down the well for a few times, but Zhu Xiu was so frightened that she trembled, she didn't dare to breathe, and her heart beat violently.

Perhaps it was because the sky was dark and it was pitch black underground, but the soldiers didn't notice anything strange.

Until midnight, three groups of people searched the small courtyard, and they didn't stop until midnight.

But at night, a heavy rain came. Zhu Xiu was drenched, wet, cold and hungry, so she gritted her teeth and endured it.

At dawn, the rain stopped. Zhu Xiu tremblingly raised his head and looked at the dim light at the mouth of the well, feeling the urge to burst into tears.

His body was cold, his hands and feet were stiff, and his stomach was growling with hunger.

If this went on like this, he would have to lose strength and faint, then fall into the well and drown.

Gritting his teeth, Zhu Xiu decided to use the last bit of strength to climb up. If he could hold on until Fu Jinzhan led his people back, there might be hope of survival.

Even if he was going to die, he couldn't die in the well. This place is very cloudy, and he didn't want to become a Sadako, because he couldn't give birth.
Wrapping her hands in rags, Zhu Xiu tightened the hemp rope and struggled to climb up. She moved slowly and slowly, her body swinging back and forth in the air. She had to stop and take a breath every few times. Her palms were burning and painful. The arm is sore and weak, almost numb.

Finally approaching the mouth of the well, Zhu Xiu stretched out her arms to cling to the edge with all her strength, kicked her feet wildly, and struggled to climb up the well seat. She turned over and fell to the muddy ground. She was exhausted, with stars in her eyes, like a dead animal. Lying like a dog, panting heavily.

The door to the small courtyard and the two rooms were open, and broken pots and bowls were scattered all over the floor.

Suddenly, a "crack~" sound came from the dark kitchen, like the sound of breaking cups and saucers.

Zhu Xiu was startled, and quickly got up and followed the sound. He saw a man standing inside the kitchen door, holding half a piece of wheat bran cake in his hand, looking at him with a dull expression.

Staring at each other, Zhu Xiu swallowed her saliva and said in a hoarse voice: "Old Donkey Head?!"

The man took two steps toward the door. He was an old man in his 50s with a sallow face and wrinkles. He wore a shabby linen gown, revealing his dark and thin chest.

Old Donkey Tou was the gatekeeper of the governor's mansion, and was responsible for guarding the back gate of the governor's office. I heard that he used to be a state soldier. During the war, half of his right hand was broken off, leaving him disabled.

I met Zhu Xiu several times and talked to him while wandering around the government office.

"Mr. Zhu Xiaolang?!" The old donkey's eyes were wide open, his two front teeth were missing, and he lost his temper when he grinned.

The old donkey head looked at the well and then at Zhu Xiu in disbelief, almost thinking he had seen a ghost.

"Why are you here?" Zhu Xiu dragged her tired body and sat down on the stone steps at the threshold.

"This is me." The old donkey head suddenly felt at a loss.

Zhu Xiu glanced at him, looked at the messy kitchen, waved his hands and said with a bitter smile: "Don't be afraid, it's not a big deal to find something to eat when you are hungry. There is a lot of chaos in the house now, and no one cares about it."

The small courtyard is the kitchen house behind the mansion. It is locked most of the time and is only used when Fu Jinzhan lives in the mansion and makes a fire to cook alone.

After all the fuss last night, the government office completely messed up the rules. It's not surprising that the old man sneaked in and wanted to fish in troubled waters to get some benefits.

The old donkey scratched his head with a sneer, bowed gratefully to Zhu Xiu, and handed over the half cake in his hand: "You eat~"

Zhu Xiu was already hungry, her chest pressed against her back. She didn't care about the black dirt between the fingernails of the old donkey's head, or whether his saliva was on the pancake, so she took it and wolfed it down.

"Thank you~" Zhu Xiu caressed her chest. There was a little bit of stock in her stomach, and her spirits were lifted a bit.

"Hehe~" The old donkey grinned stupidly, revealing the dark hole with missing teeth.

"Now, there are many soldiers outside looking for you, don't dare to run around!"

The old donkey stammered and gestured, "Just wait for me. I'll go and see if the soldiers outside have left!"

The old donkey trotted out of the small courtyard, and Zhu Xiu let him go. He brought some well water and drank a few sips. He picked up a piece of dry firewood and held it in his hand. He sat on the stone roller and leaned against the door frame, lost in thought. Take a nap.

Half asleep and half awake, he seemed to hear the sound of hurried footsteps and woke up suddenly, only to see several fierce soldiers rushing in from the door of the small courtyard.

Zhu Xiu was terrified, rushed out of the stove, picked up a firewood stick and threw it at a soldier who rushed forward first.

The soldier raised his arm to block it, and grabbed the stick with his backhand.

Zhu Xiu was about to run away, but two soldiers rushed forward and held him down.

"Old donkey head! Old donkey head! Woohoo~~" Zhu Xiu roared in grief and anger. His hands and feet were tied, and his mouth was gagged with a ball of rags.

Zhang Yanchao stepped forward to take a look and sneered: "You brat, you are quite good at hiding! Take it away!"

The soldiers escorted Zhu Xiu out of the courtyard. The old donkey head hid behind Zhang Yanchao, not daring to look into Zhu Xiu's angry eyes.

After Zhu Xiu was escorted away, Zhang Yanchao took off the money bag from his waist, weighed it and threw it to the old donkey head, waving his hands away in disgust.

The old donkey head held the money bag and was overjoyed at first, pinched the coins inside and then grimaced. He stopped Zhang Yanchao and said, "It's five hundred coins agreed upon."

"Hey! Are you looking for death? Get out!" Zhang Yanchao laughed angrily. Even an old man dared to negotiate terms with him and pretended to draw his sword.

The old donkey head didn't dare to talk too much, he hugged the head and ran away for his life.

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