Chapter 424

Because of the city closure order, people all over Jiangbei County talked and complained.

However, everyone knew the attitude of the prefect Du Ji'an. They didn't agree with the order to arrest people and directly put them in prison. The reason was that a box of precious jewelry was stolen from the prefect's house yesterday. Unexpectedly, someone dared to defy the law and disturb the great wedding of the fifth Prince and his daughter. Therefore, although Du Ji'an's means were inhuman, most people still understood.

After all, the notice said that the city was closed for up to seven days. When the fifth Prince's wedding was over, everything would return to normal. Although people feel inconvenient, especially some businessmen who do business secretly feel sorry for the lost silver, they can't help but bear it for the time being.

It's getting dark. After the harsh means of the day, at this meeting, the people who don't want to leave the city at the gate have scattered.

Two lanterns were hung at the head of the city gate, and a row of torches were lined up to illuminate the lights at the city gate. The soldiers of dozens of prefectures were on duty at the gate of the city. They were not relaxed because of the coming of night. Instead, they were solemn and looked awe inspiring.

Luo qingluan, Xu Wei and Xu Lian hid in an alley hundreds of feet away and looked out carefully. Even if they were far apart, they could see the movement at the gate clearly.

Tonight, they have to leave Jiangbei County, but this meeting is still waiting, because Chen Dong went to the dark night hall to deal with affairs and hasn't come back yet.

At this time, there was some movement at the gate of the former square city. A group of government soldiers stepped past the street, led by two tall men on horseback, who were obviously the captain of this group of government soldiers. The sound of swords and light armor rubbed against each other, and no one made a sound. Only the sound of footsteps spread far away, which seemed a little solemn in the night.

Obviously, it was time for the change of defense. The captains of the two groups of government soldiers began to hand over and whispered something. Because they were far away, Luo qingluan and they didn't hear clearly. Then the soldiers on duty around the city gate quickly exchanged with the newly arrived soldiers and took over the original position.

Looking at the dozens of retired soldiers leaving from the street in front of them, Xu Lian couldn't help looking at the deep and dark alley behind her, muttering: "why Mr. Chen, they haven't come yet, is something wrong?"

Just then, familiar footsteps came from the other end of the alley, and Chen Dong and Liu Donghai appeared.

Luo qingluan was relieved: "Mr. Chen, are you all right?"

Chen Dong nodded, with a few cheers on his face: "Miss, there is good news. The brothers we arranged to track the goods have successfully taken over the positions of those people in the sheriff's house, which has not aroused doubt. If everything goes well, they will play a key role when the fifth Prince and Du Ji'an start."

"Seriously?" Luo qingluan's eyes lit up, which is really good news.

The people sent before tracked the cargo ships carrying armaments by water. Although they had been successfully intercepted, she did not know the follow-up situation. Now hearing Chen Dong say so, it seems that the plan is going well.

Chen Dong smiled and nodded: "don't worry, young lady. The brothers of the dark night hall are trained by the Lord himself. If you don't do it, you will hit it."

Finally, there is no need to worry about the goods. As long as some of them get involved, they can naturally play a role at the critical time. Now the most important thing for Luo qingluan is to leave Jiangbei County as soon as possible and see Nalan night as soon as possible.

However, the defense of the city gate is too tight. There are dozens of soldiers from the prefecture just at the gate, and I'm afraid there are many ambushes in the dark. If they act rashly, they will be caught.

It's not the time for action for the time being. Luo qingluan and his party are waiting at the entrance of the alley, waiting for the moment when the other party shows slack or flaws.

Time goes by. Fortunately, it's summer and the weather is a little cool at night. If it's not for the wrong occasion, it's the right time to enjoy the moon. After such a wait, midnight passed quickly, and there was still no abnormality at the gate of the city. If you continue to wait like this, I'm afraid you won't find a chance until dawn.

Xu Lian has always been impatient. She can't stand it anymore: "Miss, why don't we change places? Maybe we should bypass the city gate and relax the defense in other places? We can't wait like this all the time?"

Looking at the current situation, Luo qingluan can only do so. It's not a way to stay here all the time. It's better to go to other places to observe. But they had not moved, and there had been a sudden change at the gate.

"Who?" A cold drink suddenly sounded.

At the other end of the street, I saw a carriage coming slowly, followed by several people, trotting all the way. As soon as they heard the voice of the government soldiers, the people were obviously startled. One of them hurried forward for a few steps, and then was surrounded by more than a dozen government soldiers who rushed up immediately, and was directly put on his neck by a sword.

"Sneaking in the middle of the night, what do you want to do?" A soldier headed by the government shouted.

This scene happened in front of Luo qingluan, but they were in the alley and there was no fire around. Although they were only four or five feet apart, they were not found.

"Junye, Junye, spare your life." Those people were almost paralyzed and kept begging for mercy: "well, we are from the Jin family in the east of the city, and I have met with your sheriff. Now we have a batch of goods that have reached the delivery time. If we don't send them to Changshu County, we will suffer heavy losses! Please be kind and let us go..."

The soldiers looked at these people up and down and said suspiciously, "since you know our adults, do you have an adult's instruction to go out of the city?"

Those people were stunned: "it's not... We're just a small business. What's the good intention to trouble adults?" Then one of them immediately took a bag from his arms and stuffed it into the hand of one of the soldiers. He said carefully, "it's a little meaning. It's no respect. Please let me go."

Who knows, as soon as the words were finished, several soldiers changed their faces and said sternly, "you dare to bribe. It can be seen that there is a ghost in your heart. Without your adult's written instructions, no one is allowed to go in and out within seven days. The ban has long been lifted. You should break through the pass in the middle of the night. I'm afraid you are spies. Come on! Take them back to the prison and interrogate them severely."

Those people immediately panicked: "Junye, we are not spies. Please forgive us... We won't leave the city."

"At this time, still want to sophistry?" As soon as the voice fell, a government soldier directly killed the pleading man. Suddenly his head fell to the ground, blood splashed, and the rest of his faces turned white. Then the rest of the soldiers rushed up, tied up the others, and took them directly away with the carriage.

Before all this was over, another group of people came to the street.

Several carriages still came in a hurry, but the drivers were dressed in black. The soldiers on duty saw it. Instead of catching the people of these carriages as just now, the two leaders quickly waved and shouted, "open the city gate, hurry, hurry!"

With that, several carriages had come. The man in black on the first carriage gave a cold, um, and saw several government soldiers cleaning the ground. He couldn't help saying, "what's going on?"

"Yes, sir." The leader of the army immediately said cautiously, "just now there were some suspicious people who wanted to go out of the city. They looked suspicious. We have caught them all and killed one who tried to resist."

"Well, well done. My Lord has orders. You must not let anyone out these days. Cheer up and watch. If you let a spy go, watch your head." The voice of the man in black is serious and cold, with a trace of pride.

The leaders of the two government soldiers did not dare to go out, and nodded and said yes. Until these carriages went out of the city, they hurriedly closed the city gate again, reluctantly relieved.

"It's all right at last. It's dangerous." A government soldier captain whispered, "shit, I don't know what to drag. They're not all slaves. What to be proud of."

Another soldier captain was also angry, spitting and said, "yes, it's just to transport some of the young lady's dowry. If the adults hadn't told them, what would they be? When they were in front of the fifth prince, they wouldn't be like a dog?"

The two make complaints about Tucao, and they do not pay any attention to the movement around. And they are still on duty. In the dark, Luo qingluan and they have quietly left.

Because of the several carriages that appeared later, Luo qingluan suddenly thought of a wonderful idea.

It's better to use the cover of those people in black just now, so that they can go out of the city unconsciously.

Whether it's Xu Wei, Xu Lian, Chen Dong or Liu Donghai, they all have martial arts. If they venture out of the city and are found, they will at least have the strength to escape. Luo qingluan knew that they were so embarrassed and careful. The root cause was actually her.

Apart from her medical skills, she has no other ability to play a role at this time. What they want now is to go out of the city secretly and not be found. Can she still daze all the soldiers with magic powder and leave? If so, I'm afraid it won't take long for them to be hunted down and cause more trouble.

Therefore, Luo qingluan came up with an idea to let Xu Wei and Xu Lian, the best martial arts, directly turn over the city wall and get back a carriage. The soldiers guarding the city will never doubt it. Then they can hide in the carriage and go out of the city.

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On the city wall, Xu Lian and Xu Wei changed their black clothes, carefully avoided the garrison, jumped up, and then quickly jumped down the city wall. The soldiers guarding the city didn't find it at all. They just seemed to hear a wind, but they turned around and didn't see anything. Shaking his head, he thought he thought too much. He didn't expect that two people had quietly left the city.

In a hurry, Xu Lian and Xu Wei kept up with the carriages that had just left the city. When they were unprepared, they knocked out the last one. Xu Wei immediately turned over and got on the bus, took the place of the man, and then pretended to be suddenly: "Oh, it's not good..."

The man in black in a carriage in front immediately turned back and said vigilantly, "what's the matter?"