If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 43 Thirteen Crows
There were also several guards outside the wall, but Qin Miao's position was hidden by a big tree. In addition, her movement when she jumped onto the wall was extremely light and made almost no sound, so the guards did not notice her.

Qin Miao carefully walked along the courtyard wall to the garden at the back, then walked close to the ground under the flowers and trees, and in a blink of an eye she arrived at a doorway on the side of the garden.

This is a dog hole, only one foot wide.

But Qin Miao shrank her body and used the method of shrinking her bones to drill out of the cave directly.

Outside the garden is a villa with a pavilion and a stream. Inside, the pavilions and towers are surrounded by rockery and strange rocks, which looks beautiful.

From time to time, bursts of women's laughter could be heard from the pavilions and towers.

It seems that this is the residence of the singers and dancers in Li An's mansion.

Qin Miao stayed behind the rockery and observed carefully for a while, then bent down and dived into the stream, then dived along the stream to the bridge between the corridors of the villa.

She has been trained since she was young and can hold her breath for half an hour.

During that dive just now, he swam across most of the garden in one breath.

When she reached the shadow under the bridge, she raised her face out of the water, breathed carefully, and observed the surrounding situation.

After flowing out of the villa, this stream passes through two courtyards and reaches the outside of the palace, leading directly to the small river outside the palace.

She then took a deep breath and swam forward along the bottom of the stream. After a while, she passed through several courtyards and swam directly from a tall wall into the river outside.

The small river outside had become much wider. Although there were many pedestrians on the riverside and some women washing clothes on the bluestone slabs, the water was several feet deep. Qin Miao swam close to the riverbed and was completely unnoticed.

After swimming forward for about a mile, she finally saw her head sticking out from a clump of water plants by the river. She looked around carefully and found that she had reached the northwest corner of Yangcheng.

Seeing that there was no one around, Qin Miao quickly jumped out of the river, flipped over the wall of a small courtyard next to her, lowered her head to observe, and seeing that there was no one in the courtyard, she jumped into the courtyard and pulled down several coarse cloth clothes from ordinary people's homes that were hanging on ropes.

She changed out of her red skirt right in the yard and put on a coarse cloth shirt.

She untied the exquisite bun on her head, put the golden hairpin in her bosom, casually tied a common cone bun on her head, and then grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and smeared it on her face.

After doing all this, Qin Miao turned around and climbed over the courtyard wall again, turning a corner and arriving at the street outside.

It was noon and the streets were crowded with people.

After dressing up, Qin Miao was no longer the graceful and charming courtesan of the Imperial Music Bureau. Instead, she had dust on her face, wore coarse cloth, and looked like an ordinary woman at first glance.

Soon she walked to the carriage in front and handed the golden hairpin in her arms to the dozing coachman:
"Send me to the Shili Pavilion outside the city, and this hairpin will be yours!"

The driver was stunned, and his eyes were immediately attracted by the golden hairpin.

The driver immediately took the golden hairpin and smiled:
"Princess, please get in the car!"

Qin Miao naturally didn't bother to flirt with him, so she turned around and got into the car.

The driver waved his whip and shouted angrily:
"drive!"

The mules and horses neighed in surprise and hurriedly pulled the carriage towards the city gate.

After a while, the carriage passed through the city gate.

Running rapidly along the straight and wide asphalt road, the carriage arrived at Shili Pavilion in less than half an hour and stopped at a roadside teahouse.

There were no customers in the teahouse at this moment. The thin teahouse owner with a goatee and a young waiter were sitting there, looking bored.

Seeing Qin Miao, dressed in coarse cloth, jumping down from the carriage, their expressions suddenly changed and they stood up to greet her.

"Would you like some tea, girl?"

Qin Miao smiled and said:
"I have a headache from driving. Do you have any tea to cure it?"

"That's not true!"

The young man replied with a big smile on his face:
"But there is tea that will keep you safe!"

Qin Miao's eyes flickered when she heard this, and she suddenly turned around and slapped the driver on the neck.

The driver's body suddenly went limp and he collapsed in front of the carriage. The teahouse owner and his servants hurried over to carry the driver into the teahouse.

Qin Miao followed him in and said in a deep voice:

"Tie him up and throw him to the back first. We can't stay here anymore!"

The teahouse owner asked solemnly:

"Plan failed?"

Qin Miao nodded:

"Li is a cunning man. He figured out our plan and everyone else is dead!"

After hearing her words, the teahouse owner was silent for a moment and said:
"How did you escape if everyone else was dead?"

Qin Miao was slightly startled, and seemed a little angry and said:

"Are you doubting me?"

The teahouse owner smiled coldly:
"We the Thirteen Crows do things that are not allowed to be seen in public, so it is always better to be careful!"

Qin Miao's eyes showed a hint of anger. After a moment of silence, she said:

"The man surnamed Li wanted me to confess the secrets of the Thirteen Crows Killing. I made an excuse and copied them down slowly, then I took the opportunity to knock out the guards, and that's how I escaped!"

The young man beside him couldn't help but sneer when he heard this:
"How did you escape from the Zhennan Palace, a place with such tight security?"

Qin Miao was immediately furious and said:
"Of course I have my own way!"

"If I really confessed you, you wouldn't have the chance to talk to me like this now!"

"Just because your plan failed, you think you can treat me like this!"

The teahouse owner and the waiter looked at each other and smiled at the same time:
"Miss Ling Ya, it's not that we don't trust you, it's just that Old Crow has told us to be careful in everything!"

"We ask this because we're afraid there might be some twists and turns."

The Thirteen Crows were all orphans born, and each of them recognized Zhangsun Wuji as their godfather.

Of course, thirteen is just a function word.

Changsun Wuji has many adopted sons and daughters, definitely more than thirteen!
They all received various trainings since childhood, not only had the skills of killing, the mastery of weapons, the ability to spy and infiltrate,

Beautiful women also have to undergo training like geishas.

Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing and playing the harp.

Since childhood, they were also taught that their adoptive father, Changsun Wuji, was their benefactor.

Let's rebuild!
Their foster father would never give up on them at any time.

Therefore, their lives all belong to their adoptive father!
The old crow is the old servant with a scar beside Changsun Wuji.

Safety!

Qin Miao heard that it was Old Crow who gave the instructions. After a moment of silence, she sighed:
"Okay, I'll explain to Old Crow when I get back!"

The teahouse owner nodded:
"Well, let's leave now!"

As he spoke, he suddenly looked out the door in fear, and exclaimed:

"Who is coming..."

Qin Miao was attracted by his startled breath and turned to look outside the door.

But at this moment, the tea shop owner and the waiter suddenly pulled out short knives from their waists at the same time and stabbed her in the lower abdomen silently.

(End of this chapter)