novelhk Chapter 170 Successfully Leaving the City
Chapter 170 Successfully Leaving the City
Qian Yuan sat in the upper seat, with a guard standing on one side of him and a bearded scholar on the other.
The guards of Prince Li's Palace were also standing below. They all had serious expressions and were staring in the direction of the magistrate of Liu County.
Wang Songtao was kneeling down there, shaking like a sieve.
Except Qian Yuan, the others are all strangers.
Bai Jingzhi looked through the gap and waited for Qianyuan's interrogation.
"No confession?"
Qian Yuan lowered his head and looked through the papers on the desk, his face showing no emotion.
The guard beside him lowered his head, looking ashamed, "He really didn't confess. Without your order, I dare not torture him."
Qian Yuan still didn't speak. He flipped through the stack of papers in his hand and said, "Bring Hua up here. We will interrogate both of them together."
"Did you search the whole house?"
He pulled out a few pieces of paper and said, "Someone said that the county magistrate's mansion was robbed a few nights ago. Everything in the study was taken away, and Wang Songtao got really angry."
The guards below hurriedly replied, "It is true. The county magistrate sent out a lot of people to search for him that day. The area is about fifty miles in radius."
Qian Yuan walked up to Wang Songtao and laughed, "County Magistrate Wang, it's not just that the books are missing from the study, right?"
Wang Songtao's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth, "I just lost the book, it's an ancient book."
"There is no good outcome for lying," Qian Yuan patted his shoulder, turned around and began to instruct his men, "Go search, and dig three feet deep if necessary."
Qian Yuan looked back at the kneeling Wang Songtao and said, "Master Wang, do you want to make the decision yourself or let these people do it? They have been training for many years and they don't care how hard they hit you."
Wang Songtao's face turned even paler, and in the cold weather, a few large beads of sweat flowed down his cheeks.
There was silence outside for a moment, and no movement.
Bai Zhao and Zhou Yue'e came out of the space at this time.
"Have you settled the people?"
Bai Jingzhi lowered his voice and asked.
"Well, don't worry. I put on a blindfold, tied my hands, and threw me into that empty basement."
Bai Zhao thought for a long time before he remembered such a place.
While they were on the road, he came in and gave Hua Sanlang something to eat, just to make sure he wasn't starving to death.
It was a bit uneasy to be traveling outside with Hua Sanlang.
This guy is quite capable, and the two of them may not be his match.
"Okay, let's go?" Bai Jingzhi didn't want to listen anymore.
Qianyuan sent someone to the county magistrate's mansion again, and everything depended on his imagination.
There are ready-made things in the secret room in the study.
Qian Yuan was a nail planted by Jiang Zhu next to Prince Li. With the ready-made evidence against Prince Ming, he would not fail to use it.
King Ming and King Li have fallen out, so everyone has a chance.
"Go dispatch some personnel. It's night time now, and the guards don't need to check identities anymore. It's time for them to help."
Qian Yuan gave the order and someone went to do it.
"Let's go while those people's defense is lax. I'll go back when you get outside the city."
Bai Jingzhi didn't want to waste any more time. He wanted to leave earlier and be safer.
The three of them turned back the same way they came.
The county magistrate's mansion is now very lively and brightly lit.
When the three of them left just now, the mechanisms had already been exposed to the public.
"Okay, what happens next is none of our business. Once they leave, we'll leave the city."
Bai Zhao was bored staying in the secret room these days and had long wanted to leave Liu County.
"We'll see what happens later. We can use fireworks to attract their attention then."
This trip was fruitful and Bai Zhao couldn't stop smiling.
He felt a lot more relieved because he didn't have to blow up the city gate to get out.
"Dad, I don't think that's necessary, right?"
Bai Jingzhi's face was full of black lines. It was too early to celebrate now.
After everyone upstairs had left, the three of them took advantage of the night to rush to the city gate.
As soon as I arrived, I heard a fierce quarrel.
"We are the people sent by the county magistrate to do some work. Please open the door quickly."
"Let's get up early tomorrow. Who knows whether you are real or fake?"
The gatekeepers are now replaced by Prince Li's personal guards, and they give no face to people outside.
"The county magistrate's men must also abide by the rules."
There were only four people left in the royal guards, and the original soldiers had been called away by Qian Yuan.
Bai Jingzhi and his men were hiding in a corner and could see everything happening over there clearly.
One person went into the city to report the news, and the remaining three argued with the people outside the city.
"If a fight breaks out between the two sides, we can take advantage of the chaos and get out without anyone noticing."
This is not a border defense area, so the city gate is relatively simple.
The people outside were already impatient. "Brothers, charge! The county magistrate has met with an accident."
These people are all desperate criminals, and Wang Songtao spends a lot of money to support them.
They were the ones who did some of the dirty work because they knew Magistrate Wang's wealth.
If they could get in, they would share the good stuff among themselves.
Someone outside reminded, "Brothers, don't make too much noise. Lord Wang is in trouble. These gatekeepers are robbers."
There was a hint of excitement in that person's voice.
"We'll act according to circumstances later. I hope we can get out smoothly."
Bai Jingzhi reminded the other two again.
"I know. When the time comes, you guys follow me and don't get separated."
The concerns of the three of them were unnecessary.
With money hanging in the balance, those people outside became extremely brave.
The three guards were very brave, but unfortunately they beat the master to death with their random punches, and the people outside finally rushed in.
But their movements were not very loud.
"Let's go to the county magistrate's house. There are treasures all over there."
Before, they did not dare to act rashly because they were afraid of Wang Songtao's methods. Now that Wang Songtao has been arrested, they have only heard about the secrets of his study.
They escorted those things to the study.
I don’t know where the things behind went, and they are not in the study.
Maybe there is a secret room just like the one in the granary.
The more Dazhi thought about it, the more excited he became. "We're going to get rich tonight. Wang Songtao's family has been arrested. Even if we can't find those people, Wang Songtao can't be blamed."
"Let's go to the county magistrate's house and take out those good things."
His words inspired everyone.
After they left, the three men came out from the darkness.
"Okay, let's go while no one is paying attention. It's better for these people to fight each other."
Bai Jingzhi grabbed the two of them and ran outside.
When they arrived outside the city, they saw refugees lying on the ground in groups of three or four to rest.
When they noticed they came out, no one tried to stop them. Instead, they all fell asleep.
The three of them ran all the way and only stopped when they reached a sparsely populated area.
"Okay, Dad, take us into the villa and I'll get you the horses."
Bai Jingzhi took a deep breath, "You guys hurry up, I need to go back quickly, to avoid them finding out that I'm missing and arousing suspicion."
The other two followed her arrangements and had no objections.
There is an area in Guiyuantianju that is specially set aside for raising horses, including horses from the original world as well as war horses obtained from King Li's subordinates last time.
She has been feeding the horses herself lately, and they have become quite docile since coming here.
Three horses were led to the space villa, and the spotless living room seemed to have a layer of dust.
"Why did you bring out three horses?"
Zhou Yue'e remembered that the original plan was for the two of them to go on the journey, and Hua Sanlang would just be left in the space.
"It's inconvenient for Hua Sanlang to eat, drink, defecate and urinate here, so let's just take him away. But you have to keep an eye on him on the way and don't let him run away."
Bai Jingzhi reminded him again, "Dad, you know how to use my mother's bottles and jars. If Hua Sanlang doesn't know what's good for him, don't be lenient. Your safety comes first."
"Don't worry, Yue'e is here. He can't suppress it by force!"
Bai Zhao told her to hurry up as they also had to hurry on their way.
"Okay, then I'm leaving."
After Bai Jingzhi finished speaking, he went to Guiyuantianju and then appeared in the carriage.
"Is it done?" Wei Hongmian saw his daughter appear and pulled her with his right hand, "Have your father and the others come out?"
"Don't worry, Sister Yue'e is here." Bai Jingzhi hugged Wei Hongmian's arm, "Hurry up and get some rest. My father will remind us when he's coming. He can't come back empty-handed."
Their space is a little inconvenient.
That is, people cannot enter or leave Space Villa and Guiyuantianju at will.
Bai Zhao and Wei Hongmian can enter and leave the villa at will, but they cannot set foot in Guiyuantianju.
Baijing is completely opposite, but it has an additional point where you can enter the space villa, but you cannot exit from there, so you can only use Guiyuantianju as a transit point.
Back in the carriage, he could hear the sound of shallow breathing all around him, but Bai Jingzhi was not sleepy at all.
Bai Jingzhi couldn't sleep, so he just reviewed what happened today.
As for the situation in Liu County, she doesn't care now.
Meanwhile in Liu County, Qianyuan made a major discovery.
"It's Prince Ming again. I need to write a letter to the prince, and you guys come and pry open the mouths of this couple."
Qian Yuan looked unhappy, but he was very happy in his heart.
He knew it was a trick, but decided to play along.
As for what will happen to King Ming, it is not within his scope of concern.