Chapter 62: Out of the House
Zhang Qing was grateful to the young literary woman Mrs. Mi in the rush of stealth.
When Mrs. Mi gave him the jade pendant, he thought it was an ornament. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Mi's maid told him that this was not only a jade pendant, but also a token of passage for the back house, mainly to facilitate him to chat with Mrs. Mi without the trouble of passing it on again and again.
So just now this jade pendant became his life-saving magic weapon. He only knew that this jade pendant could enter and leave Mrs. Mi's mansion, and most of the backyard was no longer fortified against him. However, he didn't know if the guards guarding outside the gate of the front mansion also knew about this jade pendant, after all, the two mansions were not a guard system, and he didn't know the guards of the front mansion.
Fortunately, Mrs. Mi's jade pendant allowed him to leave smoothly. It seems that there has been no change in the reception hall now, so there is still some time left for him.
He was glad that he had brought the knife with him now, and that he didn't need to go back to his old residence to get it. Because the previous room was located on the west side of the City Lord's Mansion Houfu, and the place he planned to go to now was on the east side of the Houfu. The two places are almost far apart, and if he sneaks back, it will not only delay time, but also increase the possibility of him being discovered.
Thanks again to the habit of observing the environment and looking for a way back, he unconsciously designed an escape route for himself in the past two days.
The guards of the castle lord's mansion can be regarded as tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and every inch of the surrounding palace wall is under the supervision of guards and secret sentinels, which is to prevent thieves from climbing over the wall to enter. But the guards in the house are much lax, on the one hand, the area is really too large, and there are not many people living in the house, and many courtyards are uninhabited. On the other hand, Liu Liang didn't like too many guards walking around, and he hated it to make him feel like he was living in a prison.
Therefore, Zhang Qing knew that it was impossible for him to swagger out from the courtyard wall or gate, so that ten out of ten would be discovered. Although there was no news of his arrest yet, he didn't dare to bet on whether the guards at the door would stop him.
However, his observations a few days ago made him discover a loophole: because the water transport dock of Cloudsdale is on the east side, a large bazaar has been built nearby, and most of the transactions in the city are carried out in the bazaar. The city lord's mansion will have a large number of horse-drawn carts and mule carts carrying materials in and out every day to maintain the luxurious life in the mansion, and for convenience, these miscellaneous courtyards are located in the east of the mansion.
Mule carts enter and exit the Fudong Miscellaneous Yard every day, and the vehicles that come in will be carefully inspected to prevent thieves. But the mule carts that went out were almost always carrying garbage, so they were ignored by the guards. His plan was to leave the state mansion in a mule cart while the last batch of garbage was out of the house at night.
Zhang Qing, who successfully sneaked to the miscellaneous courtyard, hid in the corner and looked at the three mule carts parked in the courtyard. The steward was shouting in a low voice, directing the servants to put the day's garbage on top of the mule cart. Zhang Qing saw an opportunity and quickly jumped to the side of a mule cart. Since this is a mule cart for pulling goods, there is only a car board behind it, and there is no shed to cover it, Zhang Qing can only be short, get under the car, and hang himself under the car.
Fortunately, although there are a lot of people here, they are all servants who do odd jobs and do not know martial arts. In addition, the sky was dark, and Zhang Qing, who was moving in the shadows, was not discovered, allowing him to hide his figure smoothly.
The chaotic voice kept sounding around him, but Zhang Qing's heart became more and more anxious. Because he didn't know when the confrontation in the hall would end, and the guards who captured him could appear at any time. Although Zhang Qing was not sure whether his judgment was correct, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.
Finally, the steward standing in front shouted, all the coachmen took their positions, and the mule cart began to move slowly. Zhang Qing breathed a sigh of relief, the miscellaneous courtyard was very close to the mansion wall, as long as he left the state lord's mansion, his space would be large.
When the convoy walked to the door, he could only hear the steward speak: "Lao Zhang, open the door, this is the last trip today." ”
"Okay, hurry up, I'll be locked up when you come back. Luo Er, you go and take a look. The guard at the door answered.
Although this is the door to enter and exit the back house, this side gate is only used for mule carts and carriages, and does not welcome guests, so there is no gatehouse, just guards guarding it.
"Lao Zhang, you have to be verbose every time, hurry up and check, don't delay me coming back to sleep." The steward scolded with a smile.
Said to be an inspection, in fact, these three mule carts are all bare-plate carts, and they have an unobstructed view of the past, plus they travel twice a day, so unless there is news in the palace that something has been lost, the guards will not rummage through it carefully at all, just a few stylized glances.
This is also the reason why Zhang Qing chose to leave the house in this way, there will be no guards who are so dedicated that they lie on the ground with torches to see if there is anyone under the car. But even so, when Luo Er approached the mule cart he was in, he couldn't help but beat violently, for fear that the other party would look down on a whim.
In the end, Luo Er was not as conscientious and responsible as Zhang Qing feared, and circled around several mule carts as usual, and did not find any prohibited items, so he returned to signal to Lao Zhang.
Lao Zhang had already asked his other subordinates to open the side door at this time, watched the convoy drive out in turn, and urged the steward to return as soon as possible, and closed the door of the mansion.
Zhang Qing didn't know that after he left the mansion for a stick of incense, Lao Zhang received an order to block the door of the mansion. At this time, Liu Liang had already learned that Zhang Qing had returned to the back mansion, and began to send people to ask for the whole mansion, and let the guards guarding the gate and wall of the mansion cheer up to prevent Zhang Qing's breakthrough.
Liu Liang knew that Zhang Qing had opened the door of the mansion with Mrs. Mi's jade pendant, so he went straight to Mrs. Mi's room angrily.
"Master, is it over in front of you?" Mrs. Mi saw Liu Liang Tieqing's face, and knew that today's things might not be good, so she quickly put down the poetry book in her hand and got up to greet her.
"Hmph, you did a good thing!" Liu Liang glared at Mrs. Mi and sat down on the chair with a tiger face.
Mrs. Mi was confused, she probably knew what Liu Liang was going to do today, although Mrs. Mi didn't care about these intrigues, but she knew her husband and would never get angry because of anger, so she didn't understand why she was implicated in herself.
"Master, is there anything wrong with the concubine?" asked Mrs. Mi cautiously.
"What's wrong? Okay, let me ask you, is it Zhang Qing who you gave your jade pendant?" Liu Liang asked in a deep voice.
"That's right, my younger brother is talented, and he is as good as Wenqu. I cherished his literary brilliance, and saw that he was plain, so I prepared a few clothes for him, and gave him a jade pendant, you also know it, master. On that day, you also told me that Zhang Qing is your lucky star, and he has hills and valleys, young and old, and you are very optimistic about him. Mrs. Mi replied suspiciously.
"This 。。。。。。 Liu Liang was speechless for a moment, he did say this. I saw Zhang Qing that day, and I was happy for a while, and I told Mrs. Mi about it in the evening, and praised a few words. It was because of this that Mrs. Mi saw Zhang Qing visiting the garden on the second day, and heard the two poems he chanted on a whim because of curiosity. After that, he recognized this younger brother out of control.
"Then it's good if you give him an ordinary jade pendant, why do you still give him a jade pendant that can represent your identity!" Liu Liang asked.
"Of course, it's for the convenience of him coming to me. Mrs. Mi looked innocent, "You don't discuss poetry with me, the concubine is bored and has to let my brother accompany me, I don't want to delay time every time." What's the matter, Zhang Qing used the jade pendant to get into trouble?"
When Mrs. Mi said this, she probably guessed that Zhang Qing might have made some mistakes, and hurriedly maintained: "Master, my younger brother is still young, he may be naughty for a while, what wrong thing has he done, for the sake of the concubine, is it okay to spare him?"
Speaking of which, Mrs. Mi really loves Zhang Qing's talent, so she will directly intercede for Zhang Qing without knowing what is going on.
"You!" Liu Liang's fire ignited again, but he turned his head to look at Mrs. Mi with an aggrieved face, and he didn't know where to vent his anger. It's really not to blame Mrs. Mi for this, who would have thought that things would take a turn for the worse and be so unfavorable.
Liu Liang thought about it again, now that the search has begun in the mansion, there is a high chance that Zhang Qing will be found. And even if Zhang Qing escaped from the state lord's mansion, it was Qian Yi and the Tinghe Gang who were waiting for him outside. Even if Zhang Qing was clever, Liu Liang didn't think he could escape from the two, so he would always die at their hands.
So the state lord slowly suppressed his anger, although he couldn't hold Zhang Qing in his hands now, he could grasp the exact evidence that he was killed by Qian Yi. But as long as he dies in the hands of the other party, Liu Liang is sure that he has the opportunity to fight with the other party, and he is still in the plan.