Chapter Forty-Seven: Prison Robbery Failed
On the usual hustle and bustle of Chengdu's streets, a man wearing a black hat holds a sword with a unique pattern and shuttles through the crowd. It wasn't long before he stopped at the door of the Thousand Medicine Hall, where the door was closed.
"I don't know where the people inside went, but a few days ago a group of people dressed up in strange shapes turned this inside upside down, not to mention how scary the scene was." The man wearing the hat inquired about the owner of a tea stall across from the Thousand Medicine Hall.
The man then cautiously pushed open the door of the Thousand Medicine Hall, and there was no one left inside at this time, except for the scene of being turned into a mess.
Feeling a little lost, the man turned sideways and walked back into the street, and when he reached the inn door, where a large group of people had gathered and seemed to be discussing something fiercely, he was startled by the several beheading announcements posted on the public notice in the crowd. It turned out that Chu Birou's name was written in these announcements lined up, and the deadline for beheading was tomorrow.
"Hey, why is there still the name of Miss Chu of Qianyaotang in it, how could she collude with the chaotic party and plot against her with such a bodhisattva heart!" The people who crowded in and looked at the billboard began to discuss it one after another.
"Heh, it's no wonder that the door of Qianyaotang has been locked these days, it turns out that the people inside are doing such a big thing."
"Alas, Miss Chu has excellent medical skills and such a good heart, there is no one in Chengdu who does not praise her. I'm afraid there is no other grievance in this matter, right? β
"Ahem, this matter has already alarmed the imperial court, saying that Qianyaotang rescued a court thief who killed the entire Xuanwuwei camp garrison, so can it be fake? If you want me to say, I can only blame the treasurers and guys of the Thousand Medicine Hall for their miserable lives. β
Hearing this, the man wearing a black hat couldn't help but sweat for Chu Birou in his heart. Looking up at the sky above his head that was gradually turning yellow, he nervously pinched the saber in his hand, and then decided that in order to save Chu Birou before tomorrow, he had to risk going to the Chengdu prison tonight.
At this time, in the prison, after a period of recovery, the knife wound on Chu Birou's back has gradually healed. According to her, a few days ago, when the officers and soldiers overcame the trap on the second floor and rushed up to the third floor one after another, one of the soldiers pushed away Xiahou regret's obstruction and slashed Chu Birou, who was still regulating Gao Che's exercises, so that Chu Birou, who was in unbearable pain, had to stop Gao Che's treatment at once. Immediately afterward, angry, she turned around and fought the officers and soldiers in the room who rushed forward one after another with her twin swords.
However, just as she was fighting against several people, the officer actually appeared in front of her with Xia Hou Cheng in tow and demanded that she immediately put down her weapon and be captured. Under the coercion of the officer, although Chu Birou was furious, she also had to throw the double swords she held in her hands to the ground. At this moment, due to the large wound on her back, coupled with the excessive blood loss caused by Fang Cai's fight, Chu Birou finally lost consciousness and passed out after her body could no longer support it.
"Sister, do you have any good ways to get us out? I've had enough of the food in prison, and I want to go out and let my dad entertain me for a whole chicken feast! Lu Lingxuan asked Chu Birou, who was sitting beside her, who was meditating and pranayama, with a sad face, but Chu Birou did not reply to her at this time.
"Woo, my sister doesn't pay attention to me, it's so boring! Xiao regret, you can chat with me for a while, by the way, what do you like to eat the most? Chicken thighs or watermelon......"
"Stinky girl, it's noisy, shut up Lao Tzu, I'm going to ascend to heaven tomorrow and I'm still so restless." Outside the cell, a guard yelled at Lu Lingxuan impatiently.
"Liter...... Sky? Hey, what do you mean by Ascension? Explain it to this girl, hey! Lu Lingxuan suddenly became anxious after hearing the guard's words.
"Does that mean we're going to die tomorrow?" Xia Hou regretted that he whispered in a trembling voice on the side.
"Hehe, this ...... He must have thought I was too noisy and deliberately scared us, Sister Chu, you said yes, right? Hehe......" Lu Lingxuan tried to calm her mood, but her trembling voice still couldn't hide the fear that arose in her heart.
"Chengdu Prison is heavily guarded, we alone will not be able to escape, whether we live or die can only be decided by others at this moment." Chu Birou closed her eyes and said in a gentle tone, "Miss Lu, I'm really sorry, it's me who has caused you trouble." β
"Ah, Sister Chu, don't say that, I don't mean to blame you, after all, I did it all voluntarily. I...... I...... I'm just a little scared of death......" Lu Lingxuan said with a red goose egg face, full of grievances.
"Sister, are we really going to die? Repentance...... I don't want to die! Xiahou regretted that he was so frightened that he threw himself into Chu Birou's arms and cried.
Chu Birou stretched out her hand and stroked Xiahou's repentant head, her eyes revealing the helplessness and melancholy of her unavenged revenge but about to follow her parents to Huangquan.
Just as the three girls leaned together to comfort each other, there was a sudden commotion outside the cell. It turned out that Qiu Ying, who had taken off his black hat, was about to take advantage of the night to enter the prison to rescue Chu Birou, but he was entangled with a group of officers and soldiers who were waiting for work at the door of the cell. Although the Shadow defeats them one after another, a skilled cell guard suddenly emerges and entangles with the Shadow.
"Xiahou Xu, it's you!" Shadow seemed to recognize the person he was fighting in front of him.
"Oh, what a surprise that Your Excellency knows me. And depending on your skill, is it ...... You used to be a Xuanwuwei too? Xiahou Xu, who was dressed as a cell boss, stared at the shadow who couldn't see his face clearly.
Qiu Ying did not answer Xiahou Xu again, but continued to rely on his own force to suppress and forcibly kill towards the door of the cell.
"Hmph, if Your Excellency doesn't stop, I'm afraid you can only rescue three corpses." Xiahou Xu said after struggling to resist Qiu Ying's attack, "As soon as you break into the prison, the poison gas mechanism inside will be activated immediately, and the people inside will all have festering skin all over their bodies and die!" β
"What?" Qiu Ying was stunned by Xiahou Xu's words. He was worried that what Xiahou Xu said was true, so he didn't dare to risk Chu Birou's life and rashly break into the room.
"Hmph, Your Excellency had better be caught obediently, otherwise their lives will really not be saved." Xia Hou Xu saw that Qiu Ying gradually began to hesitate, so he immediately said with a wicked smile on his face.
Qiu Ying thought about it, there might be a mechanism set up in the cell to prevent outsiders from breaking in, but Xiahou Xu did not have the right to execute the imperial court prisoners without breaking in, which was definitely against the relevant laws, and he himself would definitely be punished heavily.
"Humph!" With a sneer, the shadow suddenly fired a large number of dragon slaying darts in all directions, and the soldiers in the surrounding row fell to the ground one after another in an unguarded manner. Xiahou Xu was so frightened that he quickly hid aside, and Qiu Ying took advantage of the chaos to escape from the Chengdu prison quickly, and he was ready to find another opportunity to try to rescue Chu Birou.
"It seems that it will be difficult to do this without borrowing the power of the Wind Thunder Hall. Oh, I was bent on destroying it today, but now it seems that I was naΓ―ve. As he mounted his horse and left the prison, he pondered in his mind the ridiculousness of his past thoughts.
"It's quiet outside again, and it looks like someone is making trouble in the prison and being suppressed! I don't know if it has anything to do with us. Lu Lingxuan said with some concern.
At this moment, the door of the cell they were in opened, and Xia Houxu walked in slowly to check the situation inside. When Xiahou regretted seeing her own father suddenly appear in front of her, she cried loudly in ecstasy and begged Xiahou Xu to get them out of the cell quickly.
However, to Xiahou Regret's extreme disappointment, Xiahou Xu hadn't looked at them since he walked into the cell, and he turned a deaf ear to Xiahou Regret's heart-rending cry. After a while, seeing that there was nothing unusual in the cell, Xia Houxu walked out again with an expressionless face.
"Dad, you really ...... Don't want me anymore? Woo woo woo ...... "Xiahou regretted "poof" knelt in front of the iron fence, and his heartbroken crying made people feel extremely distressed.
"Hey, she's your own daughter, are you just watching her die? Feed! Lu Lingxuan really couldn't look at it, but at this moment, Xiahou Xu had already left the cell.
A dull mood lingered throughout the cell, and Xiahou's intermittent cries of regret colored the night even more sad. Soon, under Chu Birou's comfort, Xiahou's extreme despair finally eased a little, and the three girls snuggled together again and cheered each other up to survive this night that none of them wanted to think about again.
Soon, the sun was slowly rising on the horizon outside the city walls, and the jailers pulled the three girls in the cells into a prisoner cart made of wood. On the other side, Gao Che, Feng Gan, and Xiao Wu were also escorted from another cell into another prison car. Then the two prisoner vans started slowly and drove in the direction of the execution ground under the escort of four teams of Xuanwu guards.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay, both sisters are by your side." Xiahou regretted sobbing quietly in Chu Birou's arms because he was afraid. At the same time, Chu Birou had been trying to comfort Xiahou softly.
The prisoner car slowly drove into the most lively East Market in the city, and the streets were already full of people who were crowded to watch. As the prisoner van moved slowly, a group of mysterious people with strange expressions walked out of an alley on the side of the road that no one was paying attention to, and then some of them mixed into the crowd watching the excitement on the street, and some of them went up to the second floor of the buildings on both sides to stand by.
"Lord Zhou, it seems that I really underestimated you before, but I didn't expect you to be so persevering for the sake of a remnant of the Water Heaven Pavilion, which is really admirable to the younger generation." From the top of the building on the East City side, Qiu Ying looked down at the location of Zhou Xuan's men.
"Hehe, the shadow commander has won the award, and I really didn't expect to catch a small remnant and have to be the first master of the Wind Thunder Hall, and the king is too big and useless." Zhou Xuan drank tea and said to Qiu Ying leisurely, "Now that the East City is full of my killers, it is only a matter of a moment to recapture Chu Birou from Xuan Wuwei under the order of the commander of Qiu Ying. β
"I hope so!" Qiu Ying turned his back to Zhou Xuan and sneered, then went downstairs to prepare for his actions.
"My lord, he chose this time to ask for help from adults, I'm afraid there is something strange about it, we have to guard against it!" One of Zhou Xuan's subordinates reminded in a low voice.
"Well, it's okay, I don't expect this kid to make any big waves for the time being, my lord, I have my own arrangements!" Zhou Xuan drank tea and didn't take his subordinates' reminders too seriously.
Holding a striking black iron heavy sword, the shadow stood at the entrance to the main street of the East Market, and at this moment he was closing his eyes and quietly waiting for the perfect time to come.