Yutai Bi

290 - Out of town 1
Swords collided and shouts of killing arose everywhere.

Amidst the noise, the cry of the baby came out.Hei Qi's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but took a step forward.

There were many servants in the government army, so they broke open the gate and rushed in after a while.

A man rushed out from inside with a knife, and the soldiers guarding outside pierced it with a knife, and died on the spot with three feet of blood spattering.It caused the onlookers to scream in shock.

Hei Qi could still see clearly from a distance of seven or eight zhang, that the man was definitely not in suspended animation, and he became a little nervous again.Could it be that the two young princes were really hidden here by King Teng?
The battle was soon over.

The government soldiers moved out seven or eight corpses from the house.

Cui Jidong just entered the courtyard, and came out a while later carrying a rattan basket, and two babies were crying from inside.He got on the sedan chair and said loudly to the government soldiers: "Lock those two women into the prison, and I will go first."

Hei Qi stretched his neck, and after a while, he came out with two women whose hands were tied and their mouths gagged. The soldiers surrounded him tightly, and he was seen wearing a long green cloth skirt. A wide sedan chair parked next to it was escorted by the yamen servants to the direction of the Ministry of Punishment.

Hei Qi stomped his feet, turned around and went to look for Cen Sanniang.

Hei Qi said: "I followed Cui Jidong. He went to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in a sedan chair. There were many people on the road, and the road was far away from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. When I saw a chance, I would grab someone. Otherwise, if I entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I would have no chance to snatch the young master back. "

Cen Sanniang nodded and said, "I'll go to Dongshi Brocade Pavilion to find Mrs. Xu and see if she hid the child here. If not, it must be a trap. You follow first, and you must not strike first."

The two hired horses at the carriage and horse shop, pushed through the crowd, and left separately.

Cen Sanniang rushed to the Brocade Pavilion, and saw that the door was closed, she slammed on the door, but there was no sound from inside.Cen Sanniang was so anxious that she almost burst into tears.

At this time, she saw a person coming out of the nearby wine shop, her eyes lit up and she ran over: "Monkey Three!"

"Who, who called me?" Hou San hiccupped and looked up to see a thin young man wearing a Mahela mask. He tilted his head and pointed to his nose vaguely and asked, "Young master... calls me?"

Cen Sanniang asked eagerly: "Aren't you a buddy of the Brocade Pavilion? Why is the shop closed today? Where is your shopkeeper? I have something urgent to find her."

"I, I don't know you. Why should I tell you?!" Hou San hiccupped again, staggering forward with a bag of pig's head on his hook.

Cen Sanniang was anxious, and grabbed him: "I'll give you money, tell me where Mrs. Xu has gone?"

Hearing Yinzi, Housan's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand: "Where's Yinzi?"

Cen Sanniang took out an ingot of silver and threw it to him: "Quickly say it!"

Hou San smiled and squeezed a five-liang silver ingot in his hand: "I don't know you, so I don't dare to casually talk about my master's whereabouts!"

Cen Sanniang pushed up the mask in a hurry: "Say it quickly!"

Hou San was stunned, and pointed at her: "You, you, you are Du, Du..."

Cen Sanniang covered his mouth and said sharply, "Tell me, where did Mrs. Xu go?"

"My master is going out of the city to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Biezhuang today." Hou San was startled by her, and hurriedly said.

Mrs. Xu went out of town to Biezhuang for the Lantern Festival?No, she would never hide her son in the courtyard of Fangshi and go out of the city to celebrate the Lantern Festival. She would definitely send her son out of the city.

Cen Sanniang felt cold, it was a trap, Cui Jidong must have used the baby to lure her to appear.

"How cruel!" She turned around and got on the horse, whipped the whip hard, and galloped in the direction of the Ministry of Punishment.I hope there is time, I hope Cui Jidong's sedan chair moves slowly, Hei Qi hasn't found a chance to strike.

He watched the horse run away without a trace.Monkey Three looked at the silver in his hand, put it to his mouth and bit it hard, teeth marks appeared on the snowflake silver.Silver is real!

A thought flashed through his drowsy mind.

"Who asked me something just now?" Hou San held the pig's head, picked up the gourd at his waist, and poured another sip of wine into his mouth, "Mrs. Cai Guogong?!"

The wine choked out of his mouth, coughing so hard that Hou San beat his chest.

"Oh, my grandfather! That's a golden mountain!" Hou San waved his hands fiercely and shouted in the direction of Cen Sanniang, "Come here! Come here!"

People on the street looked at him strangely.Monkey Three suddenly saw a donkey tethered beside him, threw the pig's head meat and the wine gourd, untied the donkey, and rode on it.
"What are you doing!" A man ran out of the shop and grabbed the rein with one hand, "In broad daylight, you dare to snatch my donkey?"

Monkey Three drank the wine, and shouted inarticulately: "I have something urgent to see the official! I'll borrow it, and I'll give you the money!"

The man gave him a sip, and pulled him off: "It's obviously a robbery, and I only excuse it when I catch it! How can such a good thing be! See the official!"

"Okay, see the official!" Hou San was overjoyed, was pulled away by the man, and went straight to the Chang'an government office.

The emperor went out to watch the lanterns in the palace city, and the yamen of Chang'an Mansion were so busy that they didn't touch the ground, for fear that something might go wrong.Seeing that someone dared to steal a donkey in the street, he didn't bother to interrogate him, so he threw Hou San into prison.

"Officer! I want to see Mr. Fu Yin!" Hou San shouted with a high voice.

The yamen servant smelled that he was full of alcohol and kicked him in.He sneered and said: "Master Fu Yin still wants to see the emperor! Speech!" He spit and walked away.

Cen Sanniang rode fast all the way, rushing in the direction of the Ministry of Punishment.Thinking of Cui Jidong setting up a trap, he was afraid that Hei Qi could not hold back and make a move.

Walking on the road with few people, turning a corner and going out, I saw a group of government servants coming to protect the Dingguan Bridge.From time to time, the cry of a baby could be heard in the sedan chair.

She reined in the horse hard, and a stone fell to the ground in her heart, and she drove the horse to the side of the road to avoid it.

Cui Jidong was sitting in the sedan chair, looking at the two babies in the basket next to him, feeling extremely anxious.He guessed that during the lively Lantern Festival, if Cen Sanniang didn't go out of the city, she would definitely come out to inquire about the news while there were more people.Coaxing the condemned prisoners to come out to do a show, those government soldiers had also taught them in advance, and they ran and talked anxiously in the lively streets.He also deliberately chose a sedan chair and walked slowly.It's not far from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, why is there still no movement?
I didn't know how many times I pinched the child along the way, and he was almost crying out of strength, and he was also upset and irritable.Cui Jidong stretched out his hand and raised a corner of the curtain to look out.

Cen Sanniang drove the horse slowly, walking in the opposite direction of the official sedan chair.Naturally tilted his head and glanced.Seeing the lift of the sedan chair curtain, she saw Cui Jidong first, her eyes met and she was about to turn her head when she heard the baby's voice in the sedan chair, probably a mother's heart, she couldn't help but glance at the baby basket next to him.After a quick glance, he saw that the quilts of the two children were different from the one used by his son. His heart was relieved, he turned his head completely and walked forward.

It's very normal for pedestrians to cast a glance occasionally, and Cui Jidong didn't take it to heart.After walking for a while, for some reason, the man on the side of the road wearing a Mohala mask kept shaking in front of his eyes.

"No! His breasts...he's a woman! Cen Sanniang! Stop the sedan chair!" Cui Jidong sternly stopped the sedan chair, and before the sedan chair settled down, he raised the curtain and walked out. After riding, he shouted: "The prisoner is ahead!" Without waiting for the servants to catch up, he clamped his horse's belly and chased in the direction Cen Sanniang left.

Cen Sanniang also began to run slowly, but there will be no curfew tonight, there are too many people traveling, and the horse can't run on the street.

"Young Madam!" Hei Qi's voice came from beside him.Cen Sanniang was overjoyed, and looked down, Hei Qi was standing beside her, not riding a horse.

"Get off the horse!" Hei Qi said, reaching out to help her off the horse.

At this time, Cui Jidong shouted behind him: "Cen Sanniang!"

Cen Sanniang turned her head subconsciously and saw Cui Jidong charging into the crowd on horseback.

His horse came fast, and when passers-by dodged, someone fell down immediately.The scene became chaotic.Immediately afterwards, another yamen servant rushed over and shouted loudly: "The imperial court has arrested the criminals, let us get out of the way!"

Hei Qiyi pulled Cen Sanniang's arm and squeezed into the crowded place.

Two more stalls selling lanterns were knocked down here, the lanterns were set on fire, and the people shouted loudly that they were drowning, and fled in all directions, blocking the way of Cui Jidong and the yamen servants.

"Mrs. Xu is out of town. I saw my fellow Monkey San. He should have recognized me." Cen Sanniang simply told Hei Qi what happened there.

The two left the square area, walked to Dongshi, chose a quiet alley, and went back to the yard around the road.

After closing the courtyard door, Hei Qi said: "I was looking for an opportunity to strike. I followed all the way, but found that Cui Jidong's sedan chair was moving too slowly, and he even took a detour. It doesn't seem like he was in a hurry to go back to the Ministry of Punishment to claim credit. I didn't make a move."

It turned out that Cui Jidong showed his own feet.

"He can be sure that we didn't leave the city. The guards at the city gate will be strengthened tomorrow. We have to find a way to get out of the city as soon as possible." Cen Sanniang sighed.

Hei Qi hummed and said: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice is arresting you wantonly. In order to be on the safe side, the Wang family will most likely not allow you to mix in the caravan and leave the city. It is even more likely that we will rush out of the city. There are people in Zou's and Weichi's residences watching, we have to find another way."

Cen Sanniang was extremely troubled: "How can there be a disguise technique that can change a person's appearance? The city gates are strictly checked, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to get out."

Hei Qi thought for a while and said: "I think there is a way. Use the jade pendant. You rest first, I'll go out for a while."

Although she didn't know what medicine was sold in the black seven gourd, Cen Sanniang still gave him the jade pendant, went upstairs and returned to her room, only then did she feel her body go weak and her chest swell and hurt uncomfortably.Looking down, he understood how Cui Jidong found himself.Her chest was swollen and painful, she didn't wrap it around tightly, no matter how thick her clothes were, her breathing showed clues.Cen Sanniang sighed, and went to the clean room to express the milk, thinking that her son would not be able to suck it with all his might, and felt very sad.

(End of this chapter)