Chapter 555 "We are ordered by Lord Zhao to escort the young lady to the north"

Chapter 555 "We are ordered by Lord Zhao to escort the young lady to the north"

Chapter 555 "We are ordered by Lord Zhao to escort the young lady to the north"

"What happened outside?"

Zhao Ke'er felt the sedan stop and couldn't help but pull open a corner of the curtain to ask.

The maid following the sedan shook her head: "I don't know, it seems like there is a scuffle."

At this time, the military officer following the sedan chair became nervous and glanced at his subordinates: "Go and have a look."

Immediately, a soldier ran into the crowd and returned with the result:

There was a drunk man who ate in a restaurant without paying, and took advantage of his drunkenness to fight with the store owner, attracting onlookers from nearby.

"Drive them away!" The military officer breathed a sigh of relief and gave the order unhappily.

Under the threat of the rebels brandishing knives, the road was quickly cleared. Zhao Keer was a little unhappy that there was no more excitement to watch, so she lowered the curtain and continued to move forward.

However, for some reason, today the journey was extremely bumpy.

After walking two streets, we encountered horses going mad and disrupting order.

Then I saw that the shop signs on the roadside had fallen on the street, blocking traffic.

The sedan chair kept stopping and starting, and the journey that should have taken half an hour took more than an hour.

The rebels on guard were both nervous and relaxed, and felt upset.

"what?"

As the sedan continued to move forward, Zhao Ke'er, who had just stuck her head out to watch the fun, suddenly noticed that there was an envelope on her skirt.

It seems like someone threw it in during the chaos.

But who can do this quietly?

Zhao Keer's pretty face suddenly became serious. She opened the envelope carefully and found two pieces of paper inside.

One of them turned out to be a precious purple talisman.

The other one has only two lines of words on a white paper:
"Be careful, King Mu!"

"If necessary, you can tear the talisman into pieces to save yourself!"

Zhao Ke'er was confused.

Who was reminding her? What danger was she about to encounter?
Be careful of Prince Mu? Why? Her father worked for Prince Mu's palace. Although she was under surveillance, she was also protected. Who in the city dared to hurt her?
Zhao Ke'er couldn't understand.

"Miss, we have arrived at Confucius Temple."

Suddenly, the sedan chair slowly stopped and a maid's voice was heard outside.

Subconsciously, the girl stuffed the letter into the secret pocket of her skirt and pretended nothing had happened.

The curtain of the carriage was opened by a maid, and Zhao Ke'er stepped out of the sedan chair. In front of her was the Confucius Temple by the lake in the city.

Today, she went out to relax and also to burn incense and pray for the safety of her father who was far away in Yongjia.

However, as she walked in, the group of rebels followed her closely.

Such a grand ceremony frightened the other pilgrims in the Confucius Temple and they all hid away.

Zhao Ke'er had a stern face, not happy about the grand occasion. She walked to the outside of a hall in the temple and stopped. The girl's bright eyes were cold:
"Do you want to follow me into the palace? Do you want to follow me even when I sleep?"

The cold military officer clasped his fists and said, "I dare not."

Immediately, he gave a look and several soldiers ran into the hall. They patrolled inside and made sure that there was no one around before retreating.

Zhao Ke took a deep breath, lifted her skirt, and stepped into the hall.

Close the door with your backhand.

Leaving everyone waiting outside.

After everything quieted down, Zhao Keer picked up three incense sticks, lit them, knelt on the cushion, and prayed silently.

Suddenly, her ears moved slightly, and she vaguely heard footsteps outside, as if someone was approaching.

Miss Zhao looked up suddenly, her heart moved, and she tiptoed quietly to the door, listening outside.

The man outside the courtyard came in and attracted the military officer's attention. The two sides seemed to be talking:
"The prince has ordered, where is Zhao Shixiong's daughter? Why is she not in the palace?"

The military officer replied, "She is burning incense in the temple. May I ask what your Majesty wants? We have protected Miss Zhao very well. If she wants to burn incense, we cannot stop her."

The man said, "Humph, no need to be polite to him. Zhao Shixiong colluded with the court, released prisoners privately, and assassinated the military supervisor. The prince will no longer tolerate him. Quickly tie up this woman and take her back to the palace. The prince is furious and wants to take this woman to vent his anger."

The military officer was shocked: "...Yes."

Inside the house, Zhao Keer felt as if she was hit by a stick. Her brain temporarily stopped functioning and her whole body felt cold!

His father defected to the imperial court? Xu Jingtang wanted to eliminate his father and vent his anger on himself?

Although Zhao Ke'er is just a girl and is used to being willful, she is a descendant of a military family after all and understands the situation.

I know that King Mu’s relationship with his father is not strong.

However, when this day came, it still caught her off guard. Almost subconsciously, the letter she had just received popped into her mind.

"Be careful, King Mu!"

So that's how it is... Zhao Ke's eyes widened as he suddenly realized something.

Thinking back to the recent days, the second son of Prince Mu's Mansion suddenly sent more people to strengthen surveillance of her, as well as some things she vaguely heard happening on the front line.

Without hesitation, Zhao Ke stepped back, turned around and ran to the back window of the temple room, pushed it open with force, turned over and tried to escape.

She did not take the talisman in the letter because she also lacked trust in the person who sent the letter to her.

Although she was from a military family, Zhao Shixiong raised her as a girl since she was young and forbade her to practice martial arts. Therefore, the girl had no martial arts skills, but was light and nimble.

He easily climbed out of the window and was about to flee deeper into the desert when suddenly a dark figure stepped out of the shadows around the corner in front of him: "Want to run?"

Zhao Ke's eyes went dark, and he was knocked unconscious by the mysterious man's hand knife, and his body fell limply.

Song Jinxi walked out from the shadows, slowly retracted his knife, held Zhao Keer with one hand, and turned to look at the corner.

The two secret agents, Shusheng and Hongye, also walked over silently.

But at this moment, each of them held something in their hands.

The scholar held a delicate little trumpet in his hand, which he had just put into his mouth. Now he slowly put it down. All the noises and conversations that Zhao Keer had just heard were woven by him using this little magic tool called "Phantom Sound".

In Hongye's hand was a painting with a blank face, and at this moment, her own face covered with a bronze mask was slowly being imprinted on the scroll.

However, Hongye, the gold medal shadow guard, gradually turned into Zhao Ke.

The scroll named [Vision] can change one's appearance for a short period of time, but the effect only lasts for a short while and one cannot help but look at it carefully.

But it's enough.

"Hongye, you pretend to be her and escape, and everything will go according to plan."

"Scholar, follow me, and be quick. We need to put on a good show before they can react."

Song Jinxi gave the order very quickly, and the two shadow guards responded immediately and soon disappeared in the Confucius Temple.

And outside the closed door of the front yard.

The military officer vaguely heard some noise inside the house, frowned, hesitated and went forward to knock on the door: "Miss Zhao? Miss Zhao?"

no respond!

The military officer's face changed and he kicked the door open with a bang. He saw that the house was empty. Where was Zhao Ke'er?

"Ran?!"

He fixed his eyes on the opened rear window, sweat dripping from his forehead, and turned his head and yelled:
"Zhao Ke'er ran away! Search the Confucius Temple immediately! Dig deep to find her!"

……

Just as the rebels began to search frantically around the Confucius Temple and followed the clues left by Hongye.

However, Song Jinxi led his men back to the mansion where Zhao Ke'er was currently living.

In Zhao Keer's boudoir.

The girl slowly woke up from her deep sleep, and what came into her eyes were the familiar curtains and the furnishings of her boudoir. Wasn't she in Confucius Temple? Why did she come back home?
Zhao Ke'er was stunned for a moment and tried to sit up, but was shocked to find that her hands and feet were tied with ropes!
"I've been caught!"

Zhao Keer's mind exploded, and she immediately pieced together the truth in her head.

He tried to escape from the Confucius Temple, but was knocked unconscious by someone who was secretly monitoring him in Prince Mu's Mansion, and has now been brought back.

Yes!

During the conversation outside the door, the messenger said that he wanted to tie me up and take me back to the mansion, and everything matched up.

At this time, Zhao Keer heard footsteps outside the boudoir again, followed by a familiar voice.

"How are you doing?"

"Tied up, on the bed. Ha, a weak woman wants to run away? It's so stupid that it's laughable. But Zhao Shixiong's daughter is really good-looking and has a good figure. No wonder the prince likes her."

"What kind of woman has the prince not played with? The large group of concubines in the palace alone are not comparable to her. However, the general's daughter is such a delicate young girl, so I guess it must be a special feeling to have her."

"Alas, what a pity. With the prince's temper, he will probably strangle her to death after having sex with her. But Zhao Shixiong has not been caught yet, so he will not be killed for the time being..."

"What? You want to take advantage of her? Calm down. Even if Zhao Shixiong dies, there will be many people who want to have a taste of the general's only daughter. It won't be your turn or mine."

"What if the prince is merciful and throws her into the military camp to be a prostitute?"

"This... is not a bad idea..."

Zhao Ke'er listened to the conversation outside in a daze, and felt a piercing chill crawling up from her spine to her head.

She grew up in Yunfu Road, and given her status, she was no stranger to Xu Jingtang's private habits and practices.

It is known that this prince, who appears to be eager to recruit talented people, actually has a cruel side.

If he wanted to vent his anger, it wouldn't be surprising that he targeted me... Thinking of how she would be abused by Xu Jingtang and then thrown into the military camp where she would live a life worse than death, Zhao Ke'er's fingertips felt cold and her face turned pale. Her former arrogance was gone and tears welled up in her eyes.

She tried to struggle, but she couldn't free herself from the ropes on her hands and feet, not to mention there were wolves surrounding her outside.

Even if she could run away from this house, how could she, a weak woman, escape far?

Desperate situation...

Zhao Keer's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. Suddenly, the second sentence of the letter popped into her mind.

The girl's desperate eyes burst into a light of survival!
She tried her best not to make any sound, for fear of attracting the attention of people outside the door. She curled up, twisted her waist, and put her bound hands into her skirt.

After fumbling for several times, he finally picked up the purple talisman with his fingertips.

Zhao Ke'er made up her mind and tore the talisman into pieces with her fingertips!
"Om-"

The mysterious array symbols on the talisman lit up, the magic power sealed inside began to circulate, and the purple mid-grade talisman began to burn.

A circle of faint purple halo spread out in all directions with her as the center.

"Yawn...I'm so sleepy."

Outside the door, the sound of conversation disappeared, followed by the sound of "thump", "thump", and people falling to the ground.

This talisman can make everyone nearby fall asleep...but I am not affected...Zhao Keer's eyes lit up.

Then, without further hesitation, she jumped out of bed, tried to overturn the jewelry box, and cut the rope with the knife inside.

Because she was worried that someone might come, she got soaked just by cutting the hemp rope.

When she finally escaped, the girl was almost exhausted.

"We have to go quickly..."

Zhao Ke'er repeated her old trick, climbed out of the back window and fled out of the house.

The process went unexpectedly smoothly. Along the way, they met several servants from the mansion, all of whom had fainted on the ground, as if they were fast asleep.

Zhao Ke walked out from the back door, then looked at the street in great confusion.

She escaped.

Can……

The entire city and half of the Huai River are under the control of Prince Mu’s Mansion. Where can I escape to?
"Come here." Suddenly, Zhao Ke noticed a slender masked woman wearing a bamboo hat waving at her in the alley across the street.

Zhao Ke was stunned for a moment, then mustered up the courage to run over, bit her lip, and asked excitedly, "You reminded me?"

"We are following the order of Lord Zhao to escort the young lady north," said the mysterious girl wearing a bamboo hat who seemed to be about the same age as Zhao Ke quickly.

"Hurry up, it's not safe here. My companions are nearby and will take you away and head north to Yongjia to find General Zhao."

Zhao Ke was very excited: "You are my father's subordinates? My father sent you to save me?"

The girl in the bamboo hat paused, turned her head to look at her, calmly pulled off her veil, revealing a beautiful and calm face.

Yunxi shook her head and said:
"No. We belong to the Kuangfu Society. To be more precise, it is a brand new Kuangfu Society that truly serves the greater good."

Behind Yunxi, several figures walked in the alley.

They are Wu Ling, an actor who practices the inheritance of the God of Drama, Qingniao, the former maid of the Thousand-Faced God, Lin Yuebai, a female sorcerer, and Kou Qichi...

Zhuang Xiaocheng was captured in Binhai Road and beheaded in the capital.

Under the arrangement of Zhao Du'an, Yunxi and his party continued to travel around the world, gradually clearing out and recruiting the remnants of the party, fighting with other local branches, and expanding the team.

This time, this group of almost forgotten people, independent of the "Shadow Guards", belonging to Zhao Duan and built by Zhao Duan himself, were ordered to arrive at the Huai River.

The shadow guards led by Song Jinxi and the accomplice Nie Yurong cooperated with each other to make this move.

……

Outside Zhao Keer's boudoir.

Under the eaves, two figures stood.

In the courtyard, some servants and maids who stayed in the mansion were lying all over the ground.

"Ahem," the scholar took out the [Phantom Sound] speaker from his mouth and looked at Song Jinxi who was standing in the corridor with his hands behind his back:
"Sir, are you going to let Zhao Ke'er escape like this? She..."

Song Jinxi said calmly:

"My Lord has already ordered that Zhao Ke be escorted north by someone special. Our purpose is to protect Zhao Ke'er's departure and to perform this scene well."

The scholar exclaimed:
"Lord Zhao is a master of tactics. He made a scene in Yongjia City before, which made Xu Jingtang suspicious. If he does something like this again today, it will make Zhao Shixiong angry."

Song Jinxi said gloomily:

"In fact, the best way is to really abuse Zhao Ke'er and put the blame on Prince Mu's Mansion, or just kill her. Now this fraud is not thorough enough after all."

The scholar's mind moved: "You mean..."

Song Jinxi glanced at him and shook his head:
"Don't think too much. I have no other intentions, nor any hints. I just feel that all the mediocre people in the world criticize Lord Zhao for being cruel and vicious. But how can they know the heart of our Lord?"

The scholar sighed, "Lord Zhao has his own ways and his own ways."

Song Jinxi said with a strange look:

"It's not necessarily related to morality. In fact, when the master told me about this plan, I proposed to do it to the extreme, but the master said at the time that some things, once the beginning is wrong, the end will not be good."

The scholar asked in confusion, "What do you mean by that?"

Song Jinxi said unhappily:
"The adults' words are profound and unfathomable. How can we know? Well, let's go. The mission is not over yet. It's up to Nie Yurong to do it next."

……

The inner hall of the Baishi Garden.

"What did you say? Zhao Ke'er ran away?!"

As soon as Xu Jingtang came back, he heard the bad news from the second son. Prince Mu, who was wearing armor, was furious: "Isn't it my life that you are staring at me?!"

The second son's lips trembled and he stammered as he explained:

"Father, please calm down. I did order my trusted confidant to monitor you, but..."

Xu Jingtang's hair and beard stood up, and his face was gloomy:

"Waste! A bunch of waste! How did she suddenly run away? Have you found out?"

(End of this chapter)