Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 756: Chapter 756: The Escape of One

Liu Sisi’s words at ordinary times could be considered very unpleasant, but hearing them at this moment by County Magistrate Mu, they were like heavenly music!

His heart rejoiced and he hurriedly got up to bow again.

“Prefecture Princess, please rest assured! This subordinate will definitely not let you down!”

“Very good! County Magistrate Mu, please get up, and let’s sit down and talk. Old Cheng, get a better cup of tea for County Magistrate Mu.”

Now that he had become one of them, Liu Sisi naturally had to comfort him: “It’s rare for County Magistrate Mu to come here. I don’t know if you have received any news from the imperial court.”

It was only at this moment that County Magistrate Mu could stabilize his mind, hurriedly bowed his body, and showed a few traces of joy on his face. It seemed that he had placed the right bet!

“The situation in the court is extremely complex nowadays. Zhao Jiong has proclaimed himself emperor in Gongzhou City, while His Majesty has lost his trace in Gongzhou City. When the news reaches the capital city, it immediately causes chaos! The princes in the capital city are now vying for the imperial throne, and court ministers are forming cliques for their own personal gain…”

“Is that true? Can you rely on your sources?”

At this moment, Liu Sisi could no longer sit still and hurriedly got up to ask.

“This is absolutely true! Even if I had the greatest courage, I would not dare to joke about such a major event! According to reliable sources, the capital city now only allows people to leave, but not to enter. Even during daytime, there is a curfew…”

County Magistrate Mu returned late that night.

However, this left a big shadow in Liu Sisi’s heart.

“Ye Lei, you must come back in time! Brother Zhang, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have sent you to meet Ye Lei in such a chaotic situation. It’s my mistake…”

That’s right! Liu Sisi had sent Zhang Peng to lead Di Yelei’s 800 trusted soldiers to meet up with them. But now, it seemed that her actions had put Zhang Peng and the others into the tiger’s mouth. How could she not feel great regret? How could she explain this to Guihua?

As she was regretting, Ms. Gao entered the room by lifting the curtain.

“Madam, Madam Guihua is here!”

Guihua is here! This really is a case of what one fears, it comes!

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After a night of stealth, Di Yelei and the others were crouched in a small pass, sleeping soundly with their eyes closed.

No kidding, having a wise advisor in the team makes a huge difference!

Taking advantage of the darkness, they had bypassed several checkpoints in a row and were now on a small hill not far from the Flying Horse Hostel.

The closer they got to the Flying Horse Hostel, the tighter the layers of defense became. When everyone arrived at this place, they were all sweating profusely. It was not because it was too hot, but because they were soaked in cold sweat!

At the moment, although they were still far away, they could see from a distance that the lamps in the Flying Horse Hostel were bright and colorful, illuminating the entire building and casting dancing shadows. The open space in front of the hostel was full of patrolling soldiers who appeared from time to time.

It really was an extremely tight security! With the overlapping reflections of the riverside fishing fires coming from afar, the whole Flying Horse Hostel seemed even more eerie and majestic.

Everyone couldn’t help but shrink their heads back. The elder Daoist was counting on his fingers and calculating for a long time, muttering words that no one could understand. In the end, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, shaking his head and sighing repeatedly.

“The great avenue has fifty branches, four passing through the sky, one remaining elusive… It’s just as they say, heaven never completely abandons anyone. That elusive one is their last lifeline. Wait for it, the time isn’t right yet! Let’s rest for a while and wait until the time comes.”

After saying this, the elder Daoist sat cross-legged and meditated, no longer responding to any questions from the others.

It was only at this moment that Di Yelei, no longer on guard, began to feel a sharp pain in his muscles. He realized that he hadn’t had a proper rest for five continuous days and nights. No wonder even an iron-hard body couldn’t endure much more.

Seeing this rare opportunity to rest, he closed his eyes to recover his strength.

Everyone waited until the outside of the sky gradually lightened, revealing a quiet scene at the Flying Horse Hostel.

It wasn’t until a series of crisp bell sounds finally broke the silence of the early morning that those hiding in the mountain hollow began to wake up.

“It’s here! The elusive one!”

The elder Daoist’s face lit up, his eyes radiated with excitement, but in a split second, he returned to his previous calm as if nothing had happened.@@novelbin@@

“Master, are you saying that the elusive one you referred to is this carriage?”

Zhao Yuanlang also curiously looked out, where besides the donkey cart pulled by a small donkey, there was nothing else. A string of bells hung around the neck of the little donkey, jingling as it made its unsteady way towards the Flying Horse Hostel.

Di Yelei’s eyebrows fiercely twitched a few times; he had a strong intuition that there must be something hidden inside this donkey cart that he couldn’t understand.

Aside from the people in the mountain hollow noticing the donkey cart, staff from the Flying Horse Hostel had also spotted it early on. The donkey cart hadn’t arrived yet when several teams of horsemen emerged from the hostel and stopped the cart outside.

“Who’s that? Come out! This is the Flying Horse Hostel, not a place where just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can enter!”

As a soldier’s yelling reached their ears, the elder Daoist finally stood, brushing the dust from his body.

“It’s about time we made preparations. Let’s go!”

As he turned to follow the elder Daoist away, Di Yelei took one last look back. It seemed that the person on the cart had said something, and then a soldier quickly entered the Flying Horse Hostel. In just a moment, a group of people emerged from inside, welcoming the person who had come down from the donkey cart.

Di Yelei furrowed his brow, wondering who was in the cart and why the hostel staff had personally come out to greet them.

The elder Daoist led the group around the mountain hollow and stopped at a sheltered spot.

“Poor Taoist has already calculated it. They change shifts every two hours, and every time they change shifts, they patrol along a predetermined route. In half a moment, a team will pass by here. We need to eliminate them, take their clothes, and use them to infiltrate the Flying Horse Hostel.”

“We’ll have to pass through 23 checkpoints along the way, and we’ll also encounter 13 teams of patrolling soldiers. We must not expose ourselves, or else we might not make it inside the Flying Horse Hostel.”

“Master Daoist, my house could have come up with ten such schemes. Are you sure your plan is good enough to deceive them? Hmph!”

Eunuch Xiao’s frustration was as long as the Yellow River.

In the past, His Majesty relied heavily on him, but now that the elder Daoist had arrived, His Majesty had shifted his attention to the elder Daoist. The contempt in the elder Daoist’s eyes when he looked at Eunuch Xiao made him uncomfortable from head to toe.

So he often tried to provoke the elder Daoist.

The elder Daoist didn’t get angry and coldly swept his gaze over Eunuch Xiao: “No matter what strategy is used, as long as it’s effective, it’s good enough! Look, they’re coming. Let’s go!”