Chapter 328: Dark Night
The night was as dark as ink, and there was not even a star in the sky. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The silence in the streets was terrible.
Except for the occasional footsteps of patrol soldiers, and the barking of dogs coming from the houses of people in the streets and alleys, there was no sound.
By the time it had passed, the people on the street had already fallen asleep.
Kang Yeon dragged her heavy legs through this boundless night.
The cold wind slapped on her face, and she was already frozen and had no instincts.
In the dark night, she didn't know how long she had been walking, only that she kept running with an instinct.
Streets and alleys pass through.
The fourth uncle said that the West City Gate was the loosest guard, so she ran west.
In the dark night, Kang Yan didn't know how long she had been running, nor how far she was from the West City Gate.
When she was finally too tired to move her legs, she found herself in a long alley.
Where is this?
Kang Yeon was a little confused.
Although this alley is deep, it is very clean and tidy, and there are not many people in the alley, Kang Yan looks closely, it seems that there are only three or four people, and there are white lanterns hanging at the door, which glow faintly in the dark night.
It should be the back door of some big family.
Kang-yeon leaned against a wall and gasped for breath as she analyzed her surroundings.
The night was too dark, too dark, she was not familiar with the capital, even if she went out during the day, she might not be able to find the West City Gate, not to mention that in such a dark night, she ran like a headless fly for so long.
She doesn't even know where she is now.
You can't really get lost, right? Kang Yan leaned against the wall and slowly straightened up.
Now she has no strength in her body, and if she goes on like this, she doesn't need to go to the West City Gate, and she probably has to expose her identity.
What to do? Kang Yeon pondered a feasible way.
Suddenly, I heard a door creak open not far behind me, and the creak of opening the door came far away in the dark and quiet night, clear and piercing.
Kang Yeon's body froze.
It's already past the time, how can anyone go out so late?
This alley is not hidden at all, what if you find her?
Kang Yeon's heart was beating faster and faster.
It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight!
Her hands were clasped together, her body was pressed tightly, her face was pressed against the wall, her head hung low, and she tried her best to hide herself in the darkness a little more.
She really doesn't have the strength to run now.
Kang Yeon's whole body collapsed, and after listening to the door opening not far away, someone walked out and stood at the door to speak.
Although the voice was very low, it still reached Kang Yan's ears in this silent night.
"Don't worry, I'll send someone to take a look at multiple places tomorrow, and I'll pay more attention to the palace gate." It's a man with a calm voice.
"Well, thank you Brother Cai." The voice was slightly younger.
"What are we brothers polite? Don't worry, I'll find a way to notify you as soon as I find someone. The calm man continued.
Will you pay more attention to the palace gate?
Found someone, notify immediately?
Kang Yeon's nerves all over her body stood up.
Now the people who have a relationship with the palace are either the Chen family, or Qi Chenjing and her.
And no matter who these two people are talking about, they must have nothing to do with her.
Kang Yeon's heart was a little desperate.
And the man standing at the door had finished speaking, and the door creaked and slammed shut again.
Kang Yeon heard footsteps approaching behind her.
But two voices rang out.
"Cold, huh? Don't let you come out, you have to come out, it's a cold day. The young man just now looked a little helpless.
"I can't sit still at home, and if I don't come out to find out the news in person, my heart will always be hanging." It turned out to be a crisp woman's voice.
This sound? Kang Yeon's heart tightened suddenly.
She suddenly turned her head to look over.
Reflecting the faint light, Jordan's face looked a little blurry in the dark night.
But Kang Yeon felt that it was so clear.
"Danhua." She took a step out of the darkness, her lips trembling, and she shouted a sentence for a while.
Cheng Minyuan was pulling Qiao Danhua forward with a helpless face.
Jordan Hua is full of worries.
She was worried about Kang Yeon's safety.
Ever since the Poison Flower incident, she knew that something big was going to happen.
According to the bloody TV series she watched before, at this time, the emperor and Qi Chenjing, it was the critical moment when either you died or I died.
I heard that the emperor also allowed Qi Chenjing to enter the palace to defend himself, didn't this make it clear that he wanted to invite the king into the urn in the capital.
According to her thoughts, it is better to directly let Qi Chenjing reverse in the imperial mausoleum.
But Cheng Minyuan analyzed it with her, saying that Qi Chenjing was rebelling in the imperial mausoleum, even if he was forced to rebel, he would not be able to occupy a moral advantage.
The words and writings of the people of the world can spit on him to death.
Anyway, it means that Qi Chenjing and Kang Yan will definitely enter Beijing.
Qi Chenjing is okay, Kang Yan doesn't know martial arts, and not long after giving birth, her body has not fully recovered, and Jordan Hua is a little worried that Kang Yan will not be able to support it.
This is not the morning I heard that Kang Yan, Qi Chenjing and his wife entered the palace, and her heart has been holding on to it.
By noon, I heard that there was chaos in the palace, and no one knew what had happened.
In the afternoon, I heard that Ning Guogong led people into the palace.
It seems that the real knife and the gun did it.
What about Kang Yeon? Is it in the palace now, or where?
The more Qiao Danhua thought about it, the more worried he became, and hurriedly asked Cheng Minyuan to find a way.
The two came out overnight and looked for Cheng Minyuan's trusted friends one by one, especially friends from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and took advantage of their patrols to help find Kang Yan.
The one just now was the last one entrusted by Cheng Minyuan.
Qiao Danhua was thinking in his heart what to do if there was no news tomorrow, and Cheng Minyuan was also thinking about the current situation.
A person suddenly appeared next to him, startling both husband and wife.
"Ahh Woo woo......." Qiao Danhua subconsciously screamed, and the next second he was covered by the responsive Cheng Minyuan, "Don't scream, do you want to recruit the patrol people?" ”
Qiao Danhua shook his head, and excitedly motioned for Cheng Minyuan to let go of himself.
Cheng Minyuan let go of his hand at this time.
Jordan Hua pounced on him immediately, his face full of surprise, "Ayan, it's really you, how are you, are you okay?" ”
Kang Yeon has been through so much today.
Originally, the body was extremely tired, and just now because of the fright, the nerves collapsed too tightly, and at this moment, seeing that it was Jordan Hua, Cheng Minyuan and his wife, his spirit relaxed.
She was already desperate in her heart just now, scared and desperate.
The moment she heard Jordan's voice, she was so surprised that she almost couldn't get up in one breath.
That's how it feels like another village, God still favors her.
As soon as it is tightened and loosened, the body is a little unbearable.
If she hadn't been holding her breath all the time, she probably would have fainted at this moment.
With a wry smile and shaking her head at Jordan, her body fell forward.
The frightened Jordan Hua hurriedly caught her.
"Ayan, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me. ”
It was Cheng Minyuan who saw that she was tired at the moment, "She's tired, hurry up and help her, let's go home." ”
"Oh." Qiao Danhua hurriedly helped Kang Yan tightened and prepared to move forward.
Kang Yan grabbed her arm, shook her head, took a deep breath, felt some strength in her body, and said, "Danhua, listen to me, I can't follow you back to Cheng's home." ”
Jordan Hua was stunned for a moment, and then became anxious, "What are you doing here?" Do you know what's going on out there right now? Where do you want to go now that you're like this? Are you afraid of getting into trouble? Tell you, I'm not afraid, what do friends do, that's what they use at this time, do you think our sisters are fake? ”
Obviously, she was a little angry at Kang Yeon's refusal.
Kang Yan's eyes were a little moist, and she held Qiao Danhua's hand tightly, "I know, Danhua, listen to me, the Cheng family not only has you and Cheng Minyuan, but also your children, your in-laws, I can't bring disaster to the entire Cheng family because of me." ”
Even a secret place like Lao Shunxiang was discovered, and Kang Yan had to be cautious.
Qiao Danhua opened his mouth to say that my father-in-law and mother-in-law are not afraid, but before he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Kang Yan, "Danhua, I know what you want to say, but now I can only hide for a while when I go to your house, it is not a solution, and the best way now is to think of sending me out of the city." ”
"Sending you out of town?" Jordan Danhua frowned, Kang Yan was cold and tired now, wasn't he looking for death when he went out of the city at this time?
Qiao Danhua was angry and anxious, ripped off his cloak and wrapped it around Kang Yan, and was about to reprimand her, but heard Cheng Minyuan say: "Indeed, it is the best strategy for you to go out of the city to avoid it, it is too dangerous in the city."
Cheng Minyuan even agreed with this idea?
Jordan Hua frowned, she didn't know much about the twists and turns of the ancients, and her biggest concept of the struggle for the heir or something came from the TV series she had watched before, and she didn't have a little experience.
However, Cheng Minyuan has always been thoughtful, and since he also agrees, it means that at present, Kang Yan is the best to go out of the city.
"I'll explain it to you later." Seeing his wife's frowns, Cheng Minyuan said.
Kang Yan tightened the cloak on her body, "Well, Cheng Minyuan is right, now, let's find a place to discuss how to send me out of the capital." ”
The three of them can't stand in the street and discuss.
"It's simple, let's go to Lao Cai's house." Cheng Minyuan pointed to the back door they had just come out of.
Lao Cai? Kang Yeon's brows furrowed.
Cheng Minyuan knew her worries, "Don't worry, Lao Cai is righteous, he is my most trusted friend in the Five Cities Terracotta Division, he is alone in his family, don't worry." ”
Kang Yeon breathed a sigh of relief, that's good.
Cheng Minyuan walked to the small door again and knocked on the door again.
Lao Cai came over and opened the door after a short time, which shows that he has not gone far.
He was a little surprised by Cheng Minyuan's return and departure.
But seeing that behind Cheng Minyuan, Qiao Danhua was holding a man wrapped in a cloak all over his body, he didn't say anything, just raised his eyebrows, welcomed the three of them in, and then looked vigilantly at the empty alley before locking the door again.
Lao Cai's yard is not big, and from this small door, it doesn't go far to Lao Cai's study.
The lamp was lit in the study, and Kang Yan had time to look at Lao Cai.
He was about thirty years old, with a square face, a beard, and a pair of calm eyes that matched his voice very well.
"This is Princess An." Lao Cai asked straight to the point.
Kang Yan tugged at the corners of her mouth and nodded, "Excuse me." ”
Now she is embarrassed, and she doesn't have too much time to be polite.
Fortunately, Lao Cai is not a polite person.
gave Kang Yan a cup of hot tea, and listened to Cheng Minyuan simply explain Kang Yan's idea of going out of the city.
"Brother Cai, what can I do?" Cheng Minyuan asked.
Lao Cai Mo was silent for a moment with the teacup in his hand, and then said: "It's really not easy to get out of the city now, our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division received a notice yesterday that the whole city will be under martial law from now on, and the city gate is even more strictly checked, and suspicious people can't get in or out." ”
Speaking of this, he glanced at Kang Yan again before saying, "Although I don't know what is happening in the palace now, I guess it is estimated that soon, there will be a war in the capital, and it will be even more impossible to get out of the city at that time." ”
Kang Yan glanced at Lao Cai in some surprise.
She was a little surprised by the man's acuity.
After she came in, she didn't mention what happened in the palace, and Lao Cai didn't ask.
But with a little understanding of the current situation and his own description, he could deduce that Qi Chenjing had an ambush outside the city and would soon launch an attack on the city.
The acumen of this man cannot be underestimated.
I don't know how Cheng Minyuan knew this person, but Cheng Minyuan said that he could be trusted, and he should be a credible person.
"Indeed, once the war starts, ordinary people can't go out of the city at all," Cheng Minyuan thought with a frown, and his speech seemed a little slow, "unless ......"
"Unless what?" Jordan Hua was a little anxious.
For war or something, she didn't understand it even more, and she didn't understand the rules of inspection of those guarding the city, and when she heard Cheng Minyuan say unless, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly urged.
"Unless it's a soldier related to military intelligence and strategy, or a family member of a commander in the army." Lao Cai glanced at Cheng Minyuan and said.
"Yes, that's right." Cheng Minyuan nodded.
A soldier or a family member of a commander in the army who is related to military intelligence and strategy?
Kang Yan frowned, the war has not yet completely started, and the soldiers related to military intelligence and strategy may be a little difficult to pretend, but the dependents of the commander in the army? She didn't know her.
Lao Cai suddenly clapped his hands, "There is a person who is estimated to go out of the city early tomorrow morning." ”
"Who?" The three people in the room asked in unison, looking at Lao Cai with blazing eyes.
Lao Cai scratched his head, "This morning, I heard that Duchess Pingzhang is going to the Pukai Temple outside the city to light the lantern for the deceased queen, and let the people of our five cities send a few people to escort it, but, it's just that the capital was not chaotic at that time, and I can't say the current situation, tomorrow morning, will Duchess Pingzhang still go?" ”
Kang Yeon's eyes darkened.
Duke Pingzhang leads 30,000 horses in the Jingdong camp, and Duchess Pingzhang may not help her even if she goes out of the city.
Cheng Minyuan glanced at Lao Cai, "It's not a few hours before dawn now, let's find a way to find out if Duchess Pingzhang is still going, if so, see if there is a way to let Princess An get in, this will have to bother Brother Cai to find a way." ”
Lao Cai nodded. (To be continued.) )