14th (7th) of the first lunar month
Gao Jian's shouts behind him continued, and Li Ke didn't dare to delay for a moment, and quickly evacuated outside the mansion, because he knew that a large number of guards would definitely pour in after a while, and it would be troublesome to get out at that time. But as soon as Li Ke passed the corner of the house, he saw a group of guards rushing towards this side, at this moment he was inconvenient to fight with him, he quickly looked left and right, there happened to be a room next to him, he hurriedly pushed the door and walked in, the guards also saw Li Ke, and shouted loudly: "Catch the assassin!" ”
The room that Li Ke entered was not very big, and there was no place for him to hide, so he quickly ran to the opposite window sill, pushed open the window and jumped out, and came to the other end of the house, he did not stop, and continued to run forward, but he didn't run a few steps, and another guard rushed over, and Li Ke immediately jumped into the house from the window to the side, fortunately, this time the guards did not see Li Ke first; Li Ke looked around the house, the room was also not big, and this was not a place to hide, he walked to the opposite window sill again, listened attentively, there seemed to be no one outside the window, he opened the window and went out of the house again.
Li Ke leaned under the porch, observing the surrounding movements, but he heard the footsteps of a large group of people rushing towards this side, Li Ke did not dare to delay, and continued to evacuate to the outside of the mansion, entering the house, jumping out of the window, and then transferring, and so on and so forth, and so on and so forth, until he himself could hardly tell where he was in the mansion; But there seemed to be more and more guards searching, and Li Ke vaguely heard Gao Jian's shout: "Search!" There's no way he's going to get out of the house! ”
Li Ke gently raised the window from the inside of the house, and looked out, there were no guards outside the window for the time being, but a room not far away attracted his attention, only to see that there were two big locks on the door of the house, and there were eight guards standing left and right at the door. Li Ke had a plan in his heart and planned to go and investigate.
Li Ke looked left and right at the layout of the room, so he cautiously jumped out of the window, leaned forward, and after a while, he went around to the back of the house, the house has only one back window, which is closed at the moment, and there are two guards guarding here, Li Ke slowly approached, and directly attacked the two guards at the right time, the two guards could not react, and in less than two snaps of their fingers, they were knocked unconscious by Li Keshuang. Li Ke had an idea, and hurriedly took off one of them's clothes and put them on his body. When I was changing clothes, a little girl's voice suddenly came, and her voice was a little immature: "Uncle! ”
This sudden shout couldn't help but startle Li Ke, Li Ke immediately looked up, and the little girl's voice sounded again: "Uncle! Li Ke looked from the direction where the voice came from, and it turned out that there was a little girl in the gap in the window, who was lying on the window and calling him at the moment. Li Ke hurriedly got up and went to the window to answer, but the little girl was picked up by a person in the house and took two steps back, Li Ke hurriedly shouted: "Don't be surprised, I'm here to save you." The man who was holding the girl seemed to hear Li Ke's voice and stopped, but did not answer. Through the gap in the window, Li Ke couldn't see who the person was, so he continued to ask: "Are you the family members of the officers?" ”
The man hesitated, then replied in a whisper, "Yes." The person who answered was a woman, and she should have been a young woman, and she should have been the girl's mother. Seeing that the man responded, Li Ke hurriedly asked, "How many people are in the house?" How's it going? ”
The man turned back to the window and whispered, "Are you really here to save us?" ”
Li Ke replied: "Yes, what is the situation in the house now?" ”
When the man heard that Li Ke was the one who came to the rescue, he began to sobb quietly, and continued in a low voice: "Finally... There are women and children in the house, there are more than 20 people, all of them are the families of the generals of the Yulin Army and the Forbidden Army. ”
This woman turned out to be Huan Yanfan's family, Li Ke couldn't help but be shocked, he immediately wanted to break the window to save him, but after thinking about it, there are still more than 20 people in this house, all women and children, if they are rescued at this moment, the guards in the princess's mansion will encircle and suppress, and it will inevitably be casualties, not to mention that he really has no ability to escape from the princess's mansion with these more than 20 people, so he whispered: "Madam, please rest assured, I know your situation and other conditions, you and others are committed here for the time being, and I will go to find someone to try to save them." ”
When the woman heard this, she was grateful in her heart, and she wept and said, "There is Lao Engong! ”
At this moment, there were shouts and footsteps of the guards arresting around, Li Ke did not dare to stay longer, if the guards arrived, they would definitely transfer the place of detention, and it would be even more difficult to find at that time; Li Ke had already changed into the guard's clothes, he looked at the room carefully, remembered the location, and quickly left. As soon as he arrived at the corner, he was met by a group of guards who rushed to the corner, Li Ke adjusted his mood, and pretended to be panicked and said to the leading guards: "Report... Two guards were knocked unconscious, and the Assassin must have fled outside the house, so we went after him. ”
When the leading guard heard Li Ke's words, he couldn't help but panic, and he didn't ask in detail in a hurry, let alone recognize Li Ke in disguise, so he waved his hand to the guard behind him and shouted: "Chase!" The crowd began to run towards the gate of the house, and Li Ke naturally joined the group, and for fear of being recognized by others, he lowered the brim of his hat again; Li Ke carefully identified the way, and after a while, he arrived at the gate of the mansion, and the leader asked the guards at the gate of the mansion, but still there was no assassin, Li Ke stepped forward and said: "I think the assassin must be hiding on the way we came, you wait to go back to investigate, I will go outside the mansion to check, and then meet you and the others." The leader didn't think much about it, and with a wave of his hand, he led people back, the guards opened the door of the mansion, and Li Ke went out of Princess Taiping's mansion.
After Li Ke left the mansion, he quickly returned to the previous hiding place, he looked into the mansion, Princess Taiping's mansion was in chaos, Li Ke just wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, if he left at this moment, what should Princess Taiping do if she transferred her family again? But if you continue to monitor here, how can you go back and report the news? When Li Ke was in a dilemma, there was a sudden sound of slight footsteps behind him, and the person who came deliberately lowered the sound of footsteps, but still could not escape Li Ke's ears; Li Ke pretended not to hear, and did not look back, just waiting for the footsteps of the visitor to get closer, at this time he suddenly turned around, jumped up, and attacked the comer, Li Ke's speed was strange, the comer didn't have time to react at all, Li Ke had already grabbed the comer's neck with one hand, pressed the comer's arms with the other, and then put on his upper body, and the person was subdued at the foot of the wall.
The man struggled and said, "Yes... It's me, let it go! Li Ke also saw the person who came, it was Wei Ling who met in General Qiler's Mansion that day, so as soon as Li Ke let go, Wei Ling immediately leaned over, panting heavily.
Li Ke asked suspiciously, "I don't know why General Wei is here?" ”
Wei Ling's breath finally calmed down a bit, and said, "And... Like you, rescue the families of the generals. ”
Wei Ling's answer surprised Li Ke, how did he know that he was trying to rescue the families of the generals, and how did he know that these family members were all imprisoned here, so he asked: "General Wei knows the purpose of my trip?" ”
Wei Ling straightened up and said: "It's not a secret, I am also the person that Princess Taiping wants to woo, but I don't want to be with her, so Princess Taiping wants to harm me, I have to get out of the barracks in order to protect myself, but I heard that the generals' families were caught here by Princess Taiping, so I came here today to monitor, hoping to try to rescue; I had seen you that day at the Grand Bow Ceremony at the Royal Racecourse, and you were supposed to be a subordinate of Li Sicheng, so I deduced that you and I had the same goal. ”
For some reason, from the first time he saw him in the Qile Mansion, Li Ke was convinced by the righteousness exuded by Wei Ling's body, so at this moment he was convinced of what Wei Ling said, so he replied: "I see! Is there a way for General Wei? ”
Wei Ling shook his head helplessly, and said: "I have carefully observed the Taiping Princess Mansion, the security is indeed tight, and the defense is appropriate, it is not easy to rescue all the family members from it safely!" After that, he looked at Li Ke and continued to ask: "I see that there is chaos in Princess Taiping's mansion, you must have found out where the family is being held, right?" ”
Li Ke nodded and said, "It is true that the hiding place is known, but as General Wei said, it is not easy to rescue it safely." ”
Wei Ling couldn't help but sigh lightly when he heard this, and Li Ke continued: "You must ask others for help in this matter, if you break in, you will definitely hurt the innocent!" I also bothered General Wei to continue to monitor here to prevent them from transferring their families, so I went to report the situation here to Li Sicheng and ask for assistance. ”
Wei Ling nodded, and said: "It can only be like this, I hope to be tired and respectful, if there is a change here, I will immediately send a message to Long Ansi." Li Ke didn't say anything more, said goodbye and left, and went straight to the Yulin Army camp, where Li Sanlang should be at this moment.
Li Ke didn't dare to delay much, time was pressing at the moment, new changes could happen at every moment, Princess Taiping already knew that her affairs were exposed, in case she was desperate, she would launch a mutiny at this moment, it would be difficult to prevent; Or, with her character, she killed all her family members in a fit of rage, it was also possible, Li Ke remembered the eyes of the little girl lying on the window just now, so bright, her age should be similar to Xiao Taibai, he didn't want a fresh life to become a victim of a conspiracy coup. Thinking of this, he slammed his horse again, speeding up his march.
Finally, Li Ke rushed to the camp of the Yulin Army, the guards at the door stopped Li Ke, Li Ke hurriedly took out the waist card of Long'an Division, and asked anxiously: "Long'an Division Li Sicheng can be here, I have something urgent to report!" ”
The guard checked the token and replied, "Yes, not long after entering the camp!" ”
Li Ke hurriedly said: "Tired, lead the way!" ”
The guards then took Li Ke into the camp of the Yulin Army.