Towards dusk, a horse-drawn carriage slowly moved towards the enlightened capital.

On the carriage sat a handsome young man of twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in a blue robe, holding a bamboo basket in one hand, and a baby half-lying in the bamboo basket.

The teenager is naturally a jade child dressed as a man, and the baby is Du Xuan.

"Childe, why don't we go to Madame's hometown? That place is remote and sparsely populated, isn't it just right for us to hide?" Along the way, under the guidance of Du Xuan, a temporary instructor, Yu'er tried her best to imitate the speech and behavior that a young boy should have.

"If you guess correctly, the whole enlightened country is looking for us, some want to save us, some want to kill us, if you go back to your hometown, maybe you just hit the enemy's gun. Du Xuan still has a baby's voice, but what he says is terrifyingly old, but fortunately, Yu'er has long been accustomed to it.

"Childe, what's the muzzle?"

"Oh, this, I mean, where we can think of it, the other party can also think of it, and at this time, when we go back to our mother's hometown, someone should be secretly waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net. ”

"Childe, what is self-casting?"

"It's just to tighten the pockets, wait for us to take the initiative to drill into it, and then catch turtles in an urn. ”

"Childe, what is catching a turtle in an urn?"

"This, that...... The weather is nice today. Du Xuan is poor in words.

"Why do you want to go back to the capital? Isn't it more dangerous?" Yu'er continued to be confused.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place, and the enemy should never have imagined that we would dare to return. If my mother sees the clues we left, she should send someone to answer them. ”

"We're going to enter the palace, and we'll be able to see Madame soon?"

"We don't dare to enter the palace, let's hide in the city first, and then make plans. ”

"Listen to Childe. Is the mark left in the cave really useful, and will Madame really send someone to find the cave?"

"I can't say, but it's a hope. Du Xuan said.

As he spoke, the capital was near, and the gray outer city walls could be seen in the distance.

The enlightened capital sits in the north and faces south, nine miles square, the establishment is regular, and it is surrounded by the outer city wall of about zhang Xu in a square.

On the city wall, a column of three soldiers in armor and helmets, armed with blades, patrolled back and forth. The entrances to and from the gates were also guarded by soldiers, who checked the pedestrians entering and leaving the capital in turn.

Du Xuan was picked up by Yu'er, looked at the vermilion city gate from afar, and explained to Yu'er in a low voice.

As the sun sets, the gates are about to close in half an hour. The carriage took off and slowly approached the city gate, blending in with the crowd waiting to be checked.

Squeak, the carriage stopped.

"Who is it?" the two city guards came to the carriage, led by a large man, who lifted the side curtain of the carriage and looked inside.

"This lord, a diner at the door of Prince Shimanai, was ordered by the prince to come to pick up the young man in the car and return to the prince's mansion. Before Yu'er could speak, a middle-aged man flashed to Dahan's side, bowed his hand, and handed over a waist card.

"Who's in the car?" Dahan borrowed the waist card and confirmed that it was correct, still in a businesslike tone.

"It is the distant nephew of the prince, and he has come to take refuge. The middle-aged man gave up again.

"Lang Zhong ordered the lord to have an order, and he must be strictly investigated, so let me wait to get in the car and check it. Dahan gave the accompanying guards a look and motioned for his subordinates to get into the car.

"Wait a minute, sir. The middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward, took out a cloth bag from his cuff, and secretly stuffed it into the hands of the big man, "The prince is already waiting for the prince in the car in the palace, if the time is missed, my subordinates are afraid that they will not be able to bear it, and I hope that the adults will forgive ......me."

The big man weighed the amount of silver in the bag, stuffed it into his arms, relaxed his face full of meat, waved his hand to his entourage, and signaled for release.

"Son, be safe, and go home. The middle-aged man saluted Yu'er respectfully and motioned for the driver to get off.

The carriage passed through the city gate and headed straight for the inner city, with the middle-aged man following closely.

The carriage crossed a bridge, but instead of heading toward the inner city, turned into an alley, and soon stopped at the door of an inn.

"The room has been arranged, and the son will go to the inn to rest for the time being, change his clothes, and go back to the house to report in the next place. The middle-aged man bowed through the curtain.

Du Xuan gave Yu'er a look.

Yu'er opened the curtain and returned the salute.

"These silver two sons are going to use them for the time being. The middle-aged man handed Yu'er a cloth bag, and then left the inn with his hand.

After entering the inn room, Yu'er lit an oil lamp and was about to take Du Xuan out of the bamboo basket, but was stopped by Du Xuan.

"Does Madam Ji have any dealings with the Prince's Mansion on weekdays?" Du Xuan asked in a low voice.

"No, this guest, Yu'er has never seen it. ”

"Do you know where the Prince's Mansion is?"

Yu'er knew it, but it was in the inner city, half an hour's road from the inn. ”

"There must be something strange about this. Du Xuan pondered for a moment and said in a low voice, "Yu'er, can you notice the hillside behind the inn? ”

Yu'er unconditionally believed Du Xuan, instructed Xiao Er to prepare some food, and when Xiao Er left, she deliberately left the oil lamp on, carried Du Xuan downstairs, walked through the backyard of the inn, and took advantage of the twilight to crawl towards the back mountain.

After a short time, the two of them had reached the top of the mountain, and when they looked back, the windows of the inn were shining in dim light, as if they were sleeping.

Sure enough, something has changed!

As I was looking, smoke suddenly spilled out of the room where I had stayed before, gushing out through the cracks in the doors and windows. The smoke grew louder and louder, and in an instant it was enveloped over the inn, indescribably weird.

Boom, and then the flames erupted.

"It's on fire!"

With an exclamation, many people rushed to the inn room, and retreated in panic to the outside of the front and back doors.

By the light of the fire, several people could be seen carrying buckets of water and pouring water into the room where the fire was most intense.

However, the fire went unchecked, and it quickly spread to the adjacent guest rooms, and the entire wooden inn soon became a sea of fire. For a while, the flames burst into the sky, illuminating the night sky at the beginning of twilight.

More and more people gathered at the gate, bewildered and crying.

Du Xuan was held in Yu'er's arms, his eyes kept searching the crowd, and he was verifying the guess in his heart.

Sure enough, the figure of the middle-aged man flashed through the crowd at the entrance of the inn.

Du Xuan was at a loss, and then a big question was born. Since the other party wanted to kill himself, why did he rescue himself at the city gate, and he went to great lengths to arrange for himself and Yu'er to live in an inn? Wouldn't it be safer to get rid of himself by the hands of the city gate guards? Or did someone not want to alarm the city guards?

"Yu'er, it's still not safe here. Du Xuan immediately said.

Yu'er didn't ask much, carried Du Xuan into the bamboo basket, and went down the mountain along the other side of the mountain.

When she came down the mountain, Yu'er was already out of breath.

Du Xuan knew that the danger had not been lifted, so he let Yu'er continue to move forward.

Passing through a wide flat land in front of her, crossing a small bridge, and entering an alley, Yu'er found a thatched toilet according to her words, got into it and transformed into a woman with Liujia, hid Du Xuan in her waist and abdomen with a wide smock, threw the bamboo basket into the dung pit, covered the traces, and then slowly walked out of the latrine.

After a few turns, Yu'er finally stopped at the door of another inn.