Chapter 7: Goodbye
Yan Tianchen looked at Xu Chuan in the dark passage, and said with tears: "Xu Fatzi, you and I will say goodbye, and we will take care of ourselves in the future." β
With that, he hammered down again, and the bookshelf was withdrawn to its place.
The rebels kicked the door of the study open and swarmed in.
"Arrest him and torture him to extract a confession. β
"Yes. β
......
Xu Chuan groped his way forward in a dark passage. It's too small to breathe, but there are plenty of potholes and water dripping from the top of the tunnel.
"I need to get out of here and find the right time to bring Tianchen back and go with me. Xu Chuan said.
"Huh-" A certain brick on the floor was moved to the side, and Xu Chuan poked his head out and began to inhale heavily.
While catching his breath, he also inspected the surrounding environment, which was surrounded by wild grass and muddy roads, and not far away was the east gate of Bianjing City.
After Xu Chuan figured out the situation, he climbed out of the secret passage with difficulty and cautiously approached the east gate of the city.
"Dude, I have made a great contribution this time, how do you think the boss will reward the two of us?" asked a rebel soldier guarding the east gate of Bianjing City.
"Don't think about it, the boss doesn't have time to deal with us at all. Another soldier discouraged him.
Xu Chuan hid in a patch of weeds, spying on their every move from afar.
As soon as the rebel soldiers captured the eastern part of the city, they began to garrison, so it should be a precaution against the support troops that had not yet arrived, Xu Chuan thought to himself.
"Someone has come to take over, so I'll go and have fun. The two rebel soldiers on guard raised their eyebrows and said with joy.
In front of the east gate of the city, two more rebel soldiers came. The long wait consumed Xu Chuan's patience, and he wanted to get up immediately and step forward to subdue these two people, but he didn't.
It seemed that the sky had eyes, and Xu Chuan quickly ended the wait. One of the soldiers took advantage of the other party's inattention and swung his tasseled gun with all his might, only to see blood splashed everywhere, and the body of the gun pierced through the opponent's chest.
The soldier then dragged the other man into the grass, and after a while, returned to the same place as if nothing had happened.
"Heyβ" Xu Chuan beckoned to Wang Zhengshi, who was not far away.
Wang Zhengshi saw Xu Chuan waving his hand, and made a gesture to signal him to be quiet.
Xu Chuan understood, and walked towards him with light steps. In an instant, the two hugged each other and smiled.
"Brother Zhengshi, are you okay?" Xu Chuan greeted in a low voice.
"Thanks to you, everything is going well. β
"By the way, why are you here wearing rebel clothing?"
"Shortly before the unrest broke out, my mother and I learned from the Qian Mansion that the rebel generals were coming to the city. β
"Qian Fu, so well-informed?"
"Yes, the second son of the Qian family is in the position of general in the east of the city, and before the battle, he returned to the Qian Mansion and told us the news. Wang Zhengshi recounted 1510, "Not only that, but the Qian Mansion also specially sent people to give us a ride. β
"Then why are you back?"
"When I fled, I noticed that you two were running towards the city, and I guessed that something bad had happened, so I repeatedly begged the second son of the Qian family to get this costume from the captivity......"
"So you're here to help us. β
"To be honest, I didn't expect you to be the only one out of town. β
"Tianchen was arrested in order to cover my escape......"
"I know that. β
"You know?"
"Well, on my way to the city gate, I overheard the rebels chattering, saying that they had successfully captured a person, that is, Brother Tianchen. It should be escorted out now. β
"In the future, I will definitely break the corpses of this rebel!"
"Shhh, there are still a lot of rebels in the city, don't startle the snake. Since we have answered, let's flee quickly, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time. β
"Can't we catch up?"
Wang Zhengshi shook his head and said, "It's useless, I don't know their course of action, not to mention that he has been escorted out of the city for a while." Believe Brother Tianchen, he can escape. Let's get going. β
Xu Chuan nodded.
"There's a wagon carrying supplies not far away, unguarded, so let's just go there. Wang Zhengshi said.
With that, the two of them set off to the carriage.
"Where are we going?"
"Don't worry, Qian Sheng has already told me the destination and its route. β
"Alright, I hope Brother Tianchen can escape smoothly. β
Xu Chuan sat in the back shed of the carriage, so tired that he fell asleep. Wang Zhengshi pulled up the reins of the horse and shouted, "Drive!"
The two of them quickly disappeared from human eyes.
......
Time came the next morning.
Rumble Rumble β
A horse-drawn carriage was moving slowly on the road, but the sound of its wheels was unusually harsh. Behind the horse, a wooden cage was placed on the cart, and a man was trapped in the cage with shackles in his hands and iron balls on his feet.
"Hey, I said, where are you going to take me?"
"Don't shout, I'm just on a mission to send you to the army camp. The rebel soldier in the car replied impatiently.
"So you're going to sentence me?"
"I don't know that, you're not going to have a good time anyway. β
Yan Tianchen observed the surroundings, this place was some distance from Bianjing City.
"Heh, you rebel soldiers are so unreasonable? Start a political riot, set fire to and rob. β
"Don't talk nonsense, boy, or you'll have good fruit to eat. β
"I'm telling the truth, why do I want to talk nonsense?"
"Ignorance, the boss is full of sincerity towards us. β
"It's ridiculous, I haven't seen you promoted?
"Boy...... Uncle, I think you're tired of it!"
Yan Tianchen frowned helplessly, and continued to provoke: "It's really pitiful to be so loyal, and in the end you still get nothing." β
"I'll let you taste the bitterness first!" the soldier stopped the car, pulled out the key from his waist, and quickly opened the iron lock of the wooden cage.
The soldiers then dragged him out of the cage. After making sure that no one would slip away from his eyes, he raised his cold-blooded whip and began a round of lashing.
Whoosh β
The whip flew sharply towards Yan Tianchen's head.
Yan Tianchen subconsciously gritted his teeth, turned around and fell down, and firmly wrapped the soldier's legs with the handcuffed chains, and with a pull, the back of the soldier's head hit the ground.
Seeing that the soldier wanted to get up, Yan Tianchen decided to strike first, pressing his body against the soldier's body with lightning speed, and then strangled the soldier's neck with an iron chain.
The soldier's pupils were bloodied and his mouth was gaping open, and he struggled during the process. After a stalemate between the two sides for a while, the soldier's mouth stopped squeaking, and the whole person stopped breathing completely.
Yan Tianchen let go of his hands tremblingly, and his head began to heat up.
He exhaled, "Hahu...... Hahu...... It's kind of a solution to you. β
Then he began to fumble for the key to the soldier's body.
Click-
He unshackled his hands and feet, returned to the carriage, abandoned the cage cart behind the horse, and rode away on his own.
"Now Bianjing can't go back, but there is no place to stay. Yan Tianchen muttered as he rode his horse, "Xu Chuan may have escaped...... I don't know how the rest of the people ......"
On the outskirts of Luoyang City, Xiongfeng Forest.
"There's a bamboo forest ahead, and it's quite luxuriant. Before the words fell, Yan Tianchen dismounted and slowly walked to a stone tablet.
It is evident that the inscription on the stele is obscured by a thick layer of dust. He wiped off the ash with his hands, and the three big characters of "Xiong Fenglin" on the stone tablet were revealed.
"Xiong Fenglin?" Yan Tianchen read out according to the inscription on the stone tablet.
He preliminarily determined that there were bears in this bamboo forest.
At this time, there seemed to be a call from the depths of the bamboo forest.