Chapter 44 Suburban Houses
"The surname is Liu, you can arrest me, please don't embarrass my brother!"
He Zixun and He Qian's brothers and sisters are all Muggles who don't know martial arts, so although Liu Huayun ordered them to be detained, he didn't tie them up like he did with He Yunchu;
Entering the hall, He Zixun glanced at Liu Huayun and Liu Ruoping, who were sitting on the chairs, and said quite stiffly.
"Lord Zixun, please be seated!"
Liu Huayun didn't take this woman's words to heart at all, he smiled faintly and waved his hand.
"Hmph~~, don't be pretending to be benevolent here!"
He Zixun snorted coldly, just stood in place and did not move, looking at He Xian's daughter with such an attitude, a cold glint flashed in Liu Ruoping's eyes, and she couldn't help but stand up, but Liu Huayun stretched out her hand to hold her.
"Lord Zixun, you don't have to look at me like this, it is difficult to disobey the emperor's order, and I have no right to release any of you......"
It was still what Fang had just said to He Qian, but he said it more tactfully at this time.
He Zixun is not a stupid person, she can hear what Liu Huayun means, she wants their brother and sister to make meritorious contributions;
And there is no choice in the current situation, if she and her brother He Qian want to be free, they must draw a line with their father He Xian and others, and at the same time, they must also break off with and follow He Xian's mother's kindness......
With bitterness in his heart, He Zixun's face unconsciously changed subtly.
"Speaking of which, at this time it has nothing to do with your brothers and sisters, if you want to blame, you can only blame your father for being unkind and unjust;
He rebelled and caused the people of the world to ignore it, and he also left his children to abscond in fear of crime, you said that even if the old man of the Holy Lord is kind-hearted, in the face of such a ruthless rebellion, he will definitely be angry......"
Seeing that her eyes flickered and seemed to be a little moved, Liu Huayun was very provocative and continued to follow the good path.
"About a month ago, my father secretly bought a house in the west of the city....... and in recent days, he has quietly pawned some valuable items;
Brother He Qian didn't know about this matter at all, I still occasionally overheard the conversation between my father and my second brother when I was unwell at night, and I only knew that the ......, surnamed Liu, I knew everything, you must not break your word. ”
In the end, He Zixun's face turned miserable, and she bit her lower lip and told this secret that only she knew.
According to her, the newly purchased mansion that Fu Wang He Xian asked people to buy seemed to be a warehouse that a merchant was renovating;
What aroused Liu Huayun's vigilance was that although He Zixun had not been to the mansion, she heard her second brother He Wei mention something not far from the city wall.
More than a month ago, it was the rebellion of the three places in the south of the Yangtze River with the intention of rebellion, and the emperor He Yu was attacked and killed by a killer, and he was furious in the court to rectify the officialdom, and King Fu pretended to be sick and could not come out.
Thinking of He Xian's father and son secretly pawning and selling valuable items, Liu Huayun had a bold guess that King Fu was shedding his shell in the golden cicada;
Use the building under construction as a cover, dig a tunnel to escape to the outside of the city, and then leave the capital unnoticed, in order to plan for the future.
The reason? It's nothing more than a few city gates, and the daily guards are very strict, He Xian and the others want to leave quietly, it is absolutely impossible, and if they keep pretending to be sick, there will always be times when they show their feet;
After all, there are Yang Jiajun in the capital, Luo Yu, the commander of the Jiucheng Soldiers and Horses, and Emperor He Yu has heavy troops, and they still can't shake the society by relying on those sour Confucians who play tricks.
"Sister Ping, without further ado, let's set off immediately!"
After running back and forth, when it was almost dark, he knew that since He Xian had chosen to do it, he must have been fully prepared, and he must have escaped from the secret passage last night;
Liu Huayun, who was anxious, greeted Liu Ruoping, and ordered someone to escort He Qian's brothers and sisters, as well as several of his concubines, to the palace, and handed them over to the prince.
The capital of Dafeng was once expanded by Taizu, with a radius of not less than 100 miles, and the north is where the imperial city is located;
To the south is facing the palace, which is the residence of Liu Huayun, Ji Xiaolan, Han Zhong, as well as King Fu and King Jing.
The western city is more desolate, especially in the less prosperous suburbs, where you can occasionally see temples with red walls and green tiles, and large vegetable fields.
"Big brother is here?"
Although He Zixun did not know the specific location of the place that King Fu used to hide people's eyes, according to the clues she provided, it was not a problem to find a big mansion under construction along the west city wall;
After some inquiry, Liu Huayun and others quickly locked on the house in front of them.
From yesterday morning to now, she has not closed her eyes for more than ten hours, and with the repeated battles, even the little demon girl with good martial arts is a little unbearable, she rubbed the dry corners of her eyes, and asked Liu Huayun.
"It shouldn't be wrong, come on, climb over the wall and go in, and open the courtyard door!"
Seeing the silence of the courtyard in front of him, Liu Huayun knew that he was still late;
Although he was also hungry and sleepy, he still had a trace of luck in his heart, and waved his hand to the guards beside him.
"Yes!"
The process of arresting He Xian was full of twists and turns, and he went around and around to several places, and the accompanying Ouchi guards were all holding their stomachs with a stomach full of anger, and they would not slack off at all, and they promised to go directly over the wall.
"This~~~, hey, it's over, it's really as Han Qiu said, that old thief is really a master of plotting and then acting, it's not easy to catch him......"
After a while, the courtyard door in front of him was opened, and Liu Huayun and Liu Ruoping stepped inside, and when they saw that the side rooms were full of mud wrapped in stones, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Big brother, I'm not reconciled, I was escaped by the old thief like this, the world is so big, where to find him to avenge my father!"
Looking at the situation in front of her, Liu Ruoping quickly understood everything, and she gritted her teeth hatefully.
"Sister Ping, don't worry, good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil, even if He Xian's old thief escapes from the capital, he will be retributed for losing his conscience......"
As a modern person who has crossed over from a civilized society, Liu Huayun has never believed in any heavenly retribution.
If there are really gods on the head, where will there be a saying that good people do not live long and disasters will last for thousands of years, in his opinion, even if there are really gods, they are too lazy to take care of the affairs of the world;
Therefore, in the face of this result, although Liu Huayun was helpless in his heart, he still wanted to comfort the little demon girl on the surface.
"Hmm~~~, I hope so!"
Listening to his words, Liu Ruoping nodded slightly, and the gloom on her face was a little less.
"My lord, there is a secret passage in the back warehouse leading to the direction of the city wall, but it is now impassable, and the depths are full of muddy water......
Just as Liu Huayun was comforting Liu Ruoping, several internal guards went and returned and reported to him.
"Let's go, let's take a look!"
With a wave of their hands, Liu Huayun and Liu Ruoping walked through the courtyard of the house and came to the unfinished warehouse behind, looking at the brown dirt and messy footprints along the way, Liu Huayun couldn't help but sigh again.
It is a newly excavated passage from the center of the wing, diagonally downward, only one meter wide and less than two meters high, allowing at most two people to walk side by side;
Probably because of the rush of work, the cave wall is uneven and rough, the two sides are simply stacked with bricks to reinforce, and the load-bearing planks above are also quite thick.
Liu Huayun visually measured the distance from this place to the city wall, as well as the earth and stones in the house, and he could determine that this secret passage led to the outside of the city wall at most, so he did not continue to excavate;
And the muddy water inside must have been dug up by the moat outside the city after the other party left, and introduced it to cover up the traces.
"My lord, what should I do next?"
In the end, the Ouchi guards and the royal forest soldiers who followed him all looked at Liu Huayun.