Chapter 223: Chaos in the City
didn't take another look at Chu Hongchen, Mu Zirong turned around and left directly, as if Chu Hongchen's life and death had nothing to do with him, but, in fact, it was true, Chu Hongchen had always been just a tool he used, and it didn't have any other significance, and he wasn't even a partner of cooperation.
And Chu Hongchen, who was injured, looked at Mu Zirong's back and gritted his teeth, and if he wanted to refute, he could only hold it in his stomach, silently looking at Mu Zirong's distant back, his heart was full of unwillingness.
However, what's the use of being unwilling, I don't even have the strength to catch up now, let alone fight with him again, and now is not the time to turn against him.
As a result, Chu Hongchen could only sit down again and wait for his subordinates to come.
At this time, the city was already in chaos, and the officers and soldiers searched for Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi throughout the city.
The merchants hid in the store and did not dare to go out, because the whole street was full of officers and soldiers patrolling and searching, although the officers and soldiers were searching for assassins, but even if there was nothing wrong with them, it was difficult to escape the oppression of the officers and soldiers after going out.
There are also brave traders who have no shops, so they can only push carts out to sell, and in the end they often end up with the consequences of the car overturning, and even if this is not the case, they are basically arrested by the officers and soldiers as accomplices of the assassins who secretly conceal them.
"Adult, small...... There are old and young, and the whole family lives on this car, so don't take it, please! The little one really doesn't know where the assassin is! The fruit cart seller pleaded bitterly with the officers and soldiers who came, their family was really miserable, and the whole family could no longer afford to eat, so they had to go to the street desperately to see if they could sell some fruit, but they did not expect to encounter this kind of thing.
"Less nonsense! I took all the stalls on the street and opened them up! Even when the fruit vendor explained it just now, the ruthless officers and soldiers still turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear.
The fruit vendor's stall was lifted by two officers and soldiers, and the fresh fruit rolled to the ground, and the vendor was also arrested by the officers and soldiers.
"At all times, it is the people who suffer the most in the world." Wen Ruyi looked at the scene in front of her, and couldn't help but feel a weak sourness in her heart, and then said lightly.
Chu Hongze stepped forward and gently hugged her shoulders and patted her comfortingly.
Although he didn't say a word, Wen Ruyi could still feel Chu Hongze's distress for the people's situation.
"Don't blame yourself, even if you go out now to save them from temporary suffering, if you are caught, their lives will not improve in any way." Wen Ruyi knew Chu Hongze's thoughts, and also comforted Chu Hongze with words.
"I know, when the master comes, we will find a way, I must save them from the sea of suffering, after all, ......" Chu Hongze looked at the scene in the distance, and his eyes were full of firmness.
"Well, let's go, don't look at it, let's walk around and observe, it's always easy to be found in one place." Wen Ruyi seemed to be unbearable to overdo it, patted Chu Hongze, and motioned for him to go first.
The two of them walked around in the alley, avoiding the sight of the officers and soldiers.
"Who's over there?" The voices of the officers and men were like thunder.
"Not good!" When Chu Hongze heard the voice, he immediately took Wen Ruyi's hand and ran deeper into the alley.
After several rounds of confrontation, the two of them did not have the slightest panic of fleeing, but with a little pleasure of chasing.
Chu Hongze was confident that he should be able to protect Wen Ruyi, even if the officers and soldiers caught up with them, he could directly pick up Wen Ruyi horizontally, and escape with the two of them with light skills.
The officers and soldiers chased after them, and the alley twisted and turned, and was soon thrown away by Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi.
The two men hurriedly took refuge in an unoccupied house near the street, which had previously been a branch of the main street, but now the shops were locked, and the roadside vendors were either pushing their carts home or being taken away by the officers and soldiers.
The long street was empty, and the officers and soldiers had already searched this side, so there were no officers and soldiers here for the time being, only that it was not late autumn, but there were also fallen leaves that were blown by the wind and rolled in the air.
"Maybe they brought it down." Wen Ruyi looked at the fallen leaves and muttered.
The current scene looks extremely bleak, which makes people feel a little more gloomy.
"What should we do now, hiding here is not a way, if we keep hiding here, it may be safe, but it will not be good to look for the trace of the master again." Wen Ruyi looked at Chu Hongze in front of him with some worry and asked him about his next arrangements.
Chu Hongze listened to Wen Ruyi's question, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"Now go out and walk aimlessly, although the goal is big enough, but you can find the master as soon as possible, but for the officers and soldiers, the same goal is big enough, it is easy to be discovered, although we can run away almost every time, but if we keep running, sooner or later we will run out of physical strength, even if we don't, it is not a way to run all the time."
Listening to Chu Hongze's words, Wen Ruyi also thought that it was not a way to go out now or not, but they had to come up with countermeasures, otherwise when Mu Zirong gathered more pursuers, their situation would be even more difficult, not to mention finding Qi Lao, even they themselves would be difficult to get out.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Wen Ruyi's mind: "Lord Wang, why don't we go to the roof, so that we can observe the movements of the officers and soldiers, and we can also search for the traces of the master!" ”
"Good idea." Chu Hongze nodded in agreement, and subconsciously patted Wen Ruyi's head, his face full of joy.
The two men knocked the door and poked their heads out to look around to make sure there was no one around before they walked out.
Chu Hongze directly hugged Wen Ruyi, and with a light effort, the two of them easily reached the roof.
The two of them sat side by side on the roof, looking around.
The street was still desolate, and the officers and soldiers in the distance were still searching for the two, but they did not look at them.
So, the two began to search for Qi Lao's traces.
And Qi Lao, who had been hiding in the dark, was also observing around, and accidentally found two people squatting on the roof in the distance, and when he looked at it, it was Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi.
Just as the two of them were looking around, the officers and soldiers in the distance also began to move.
"Boss, do you see two people on the roof over there?" When an officer and soldier with not very good eyes looked around, he seemed to catch a glimpse of something, and he couldn't see it clearly when he fixed his eyes, so he said to the officer and soldier leader next to him.
The leader of the officers and men listened to him and hurriedly looked in the direction he was pointing.
Sure enough, it was Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi who were observing on the roof in the distance!
"It's someone, it must be those two assassins, go quickly, chase me, you must take them down!" The leader of the officers and soldiers immediately rushed to the roof of the house where the two people were, and said as he ran.
"If you have another good skill, go and tell Your Highness immediately, as long as you catch the two of them, everyone will be rewarded!"
The two people on the other side obviously noticed the movement here, and Wen Ruyi calmly spoke: "It's okay, let's go down first, there are many alleys here, the terrain is more complicated, it will take some time for them to pass through, let's run first." ”
Chu Hongze didn't say much, and jumped off the roof with her in his arms.
After landing, the two of them were still running hand in hand, shuttling freely in the complex alley.
Soon after, the officers and soldiers arrived, but the two men on the roof were gone.
"Come on, search for me, increase your efforts, they are near here, they shouldn't have run far, the terrain here is more complicated, the assassins will not be more familiar than us who patrol every day, hurry up and catch people, and your Highness will definitely have a lot of rewards when the time comes!" The leaders of the officers and soldiers used this to encourage the people.
Sure enough, as soon as they heard that there were many rewards, the officers and men immediately became energetic, the pace of the search was much quicker, and their eyes were wide open, for fear that they had missed something.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, his subordinates are late to save him, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to forgive me." On Chu Hongchen's side, his subordinates had already arrived, but he didn't have the strength to say anything more.
"What are you doing? Heal Hongu! Chu Hongchen said to his subordinates with his last strength, still holding back a fire in his heart.
At this time, the subordinates who came to save Chu Hongchen reacted, and hurriedly took out the healing medicine they carried with them to treat Chu Hongchen.
Chu Hongchen is still a little capable, and the drugs that his subordinates have looted are very good, and after a while, Chu Hongchen feels that he has the strength to move.
"Go back to the city, use all the troops we can use to search Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi with all our might, and the palace must capture them with our own hands." Speaking of this, a cold smile appeared on Chu Hongchen's face, which made the subordinates beside him shudder a little.
They only brought two horses with them this time, and did not prepare a carriage, so one of their subordinates carried Chu Hongchen and galloped towards the east of the city.
Chu Hongchen didn't need to drive a horse, and silently adjusted his life behind his subordinates.
"Chu Hongze, you wait for me, and that Mu Zirong, sooner or later, one day, I will make you pay the price for today's Xiaoxiao." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Chu Hongchen's eyes, as if he was talking to himself.
The group ran towards the city.
"Strange, what about them? Why can't you find it so quickly, could it be that you dodged and hid in some room? Come on, give me a door-to-door search, don't miss any clues, the rest of the part continues to patrol the perimeter, I don't believe it, so many of us still can't find the two of them. ”
The leader of the officers and soldiers searched around for a long time but did not find anyone, suspecting that the two people were hiding somewhere, so they planned to search on a carpet.