C52 Xiao's Deal of Loss

There were a total of five people who had come. Among them, two of them were people she knew — Wang Kuo and Sang Ye.

However, when she saw the five people bringing Pei Hongqing to the dilapidated temple in the alley by the west gate to meet up with the others, she did not guess who was the mastermind — but it was most likely to be within those five people. The three people waiting inside the temple had puzzled looks on their faces when they saw Sang Ye and his men enter. They probably hadn't expected that Sang Ye and the other three people would still be staying in Tiger Fury City, so they probably wouldn't know that Pei Hongqing had found Sang Ye and his men to assist him.

Therefore, the spy could only be on Sang Ye's side. As for who, no one knew.

Furthermore, she had been given an acupoint, so it was impossible for her to ask Xiao Heng directly.

Zhan Xin and his group had already changed into a set of dark gray brown clothes. They looked like a bunch of ordinary commoners. They put Pei Hongqing, who was still unconscious, in a bucket on the cart and covered him with a lid.

Only then did Zhan Xin suddenly think of something and turned to ask Wang Kuo, "Where is the field officer?"

Wang Kuo shook his head decisively. "I don't know."

Zhan Xin frowned. "Forget it, if he can't find us when he returns here, he will think of a way to leave the city. Anyway, he has his flying claw with him, so we can just find a wall and climb out." to help with the crates in the temple. " With that, he pointed somewhere in the temple, and Wang Kuo immediately went inside.

After a while, two people carried the same wooden bucket as Pei Hongqing and put it on the cart. Then, they covered the wooden bucket with a layer of tarpaulin.

When he finished, Wang Kuo, who was still dressed like a tiger and angry city guards, came out of the temple. When he came out with the letter, he had changed into a brown color similar to the one they had in Zhan, but this set was probably left over with patches and holes. Wang Kuo's face didn't look too good when he followed the letter out.

It would be strange if Wang Kuo, with his domineering character as a young master, could have a good expression after being ordered out in a lousy set of clothes. If she had not been poked, Yun Shu, who was well aware of this, would have laughed out loud. After all, when had Young Master Wang ever had to suffer so much?

Soon after, the four carts headed towards the alley opposite them — the west gate of the city.

After the people from the dilapidated temple had left, the Qin Prefecture and Xiang Meng unhurriedly drove the carriage through the alleyway. However, she stopped at the mouth of the alley, and Xiao Heng once again opened the curtain for her.

Jiang En and a stranger who had followed Sang Ye were pushing the crate at the front. The other two people she didn't know were pushing the crate, while the third one was carrying Pei Hongqing. Zhan Xin and Kunyi were pushing it, and the last one was given to Sang Ye and Wang Kuo.

The officer guarding the city gates had just arrived at the city gates with the spear in his hand, "What is in the carriage?"

Jiang En parked the cart at the side, got up and touched the back of his head, with a silly smile he replied, "This …" "Your Lordship, we are all heavy laborers, it is not convenient to uncover the contents of this carriage."

One of the soldiers laughed before walking to the first cart and taking off the tarpaulin, "What is there that cannot be seen? Could it be that you have brought contraband out of the city …?" Oh my god! What are you guys transporting this for!? " After saying that, he quickly put down the lid and returned back to the barrel. He didn't forget to cover his mouth and nose with his hand. The soldiers around him, who must have smelled something, raised their arms to cover their mouths and noses.

Jiang En smiled as he pulled the officer aside, "There's a farmer outside the city who needs to use this to grow vegetables, we're just earning a little money, it's not easy in this world, it's hard for all the officials to get up early and get out of the dark, this is for a drink with the brothers."

The soldier patted Jiang Encheng's shoulder and said, "Brat, do you know that accepting bribes is against the law?"

"This is my gift to the emperor, how can it be considered a bribe?" Jiang En took out another purse and handed it to him along with the one he had taken out earlier.

The soldier then smiled in satisfaction. After looking around, he immediately took the money pouch from Jiang En and put it on his waist. He then patted Jiang En's shoulder and said, "You look quite decent. Let's go."

Jiang Enjun thanked him profusely as he followed the soldier back to the cart and pushed the first one away. The people behind were also relieved and quickly pushed the cart to keep up, but the soldiers beside them were still discussing something.

As Zhan Xin and his men were pushing the third cart, one of the soldiers suddenly held his spear horizontally in front of the cart. Kuni's hand tightened around the handlebars, and Zhan Yi turned to look at him, indicating that he should not act rashly.

Jiang En, who hadn't caught up with them, pushed his car to the side and stopped. He turned around and was about to head towards the soldiers when he heard the officer who had stopped the cart say, "Uncover the tarpaulin and go over. Who knows if there are any contraband hidden under the tarpaulin."

Hearing his words, the crowd finally calmed down a little.

The letter openly opened the tarpaulin, but they were still on guard as to whether they would approach the barrel and take the lid off again.

Fortunately, none of the soldiers wanted to take a sniff of the aroma coming out of the bucket. Zhan Xin and Kunyi then successfully pushed the third cart out.

Only when the last cart had disappeared outside the city gates did Xiao Heng put down the curtain covering the small window and order the Qin Province to drive the carriage away.

Before the carriage stopped, her acupoints had already been opened.

She stretched her numb wrist a few times, and cautiously looked at Xiao Heng, who was sitting next to her: "I still don't understand why you are willing to make this kind of transaction."

"A loss is not a loss. At least, this king does not feel that this is a loss. After all, a beauty as extraordinary as a lady is definitely one of the rare few in the Great Liang.

Yun Shu gave him a disgusted glance. "I'm not a girl. I've already made this clear to you before."

Xiao Heng smiled. "We've arrived. Let's get out of the car." After saying that, he opened the curtain and got off the carriage.

Yun Shu somewhat unwillingly followed suit and jumped down. When she raised her head and saw the plaque on the door, she could not help but be stunned. "I thought you would bring me away from the tiger's fury." The signboard had the words' General's Estate 'written in large letters. This was Orchid's territory.

"There are still some things I need to take care of." As he said this, Orchon brought out his pregnant Madam Lu to welcome him. The two of them were alarmed when they saw Yun Shu, who was dressed in a soldier's uniform but looked to be in an extremely sorry state. "Your Highness, this is …"

"A friend of This King. What? You two know each other?" Xiao Heng told a lie without batting an eyelid. Yun Shu thought that he would directly say that she was a captive Yan Jun field officer, or a subordinate of Pei Hongqing. She didn't think that Xiao Heng would give her such an identity, so she couldn't help but frown.

"So that's how it is. How could I possibly know this prince's friend? It's just that I feel that the young lord following by the prince's side wearing the uniform of a soldier is a little strange." Aches replied with a smile, his tone full of flattery.

Xiao Heng pursed his lips and nodded. After taking two steps forward, he stopped as if he had thought of something. He turned his head to look at Ao Qi. "That's right, Pei Hongqing has left the city."

Hearing this news, Aches' smiling face immediately collapsed, and he kneeled on the ground with a "plop" sound. "I failed in my search, Your Highness …" May Your Highness have mercy on the life of this general's wife. This general is willing to shoulder this responsibility alone. "

Every word that came out from the man's mouth seemed to tremble. The blood drained from Madam Lu's face, and she almost fell to the ground. Luckily, the old woman beside her supported her.

Even under the sunlight in the courtyard, Yun Shu only felt a chill, and the surrounding air seemed to have frozen in place, as if following Xiao Heng's words. It was terrifyingly quiet. They all knew how Pei Hongqing had gotten away from the wrath of the tiger, but now Xiao Hengqing was going to blame it on Orchid.

After a long while, Xiao Heng sighed, "Get up. I will write to His Majesty later."

"Thank you for your kindness. As long as I preserve my wife and child, I am willing to repay you for my efforts in the next life." After saying that, he kowtowed heavily again.

Xiao Heng's face was filled with impatience as he turned his head to the side to look at Xiang Fu: "Take Miss to the side room first to wash up and change into a clean set of clothes. This king and the general still have some matters to discuss."

Qiao Qiao nodded, and indicated that Yun Shu should leave with her.

Only then did Yun Shu, who had been observing the expression on Xiao Heng's face, retract her gaze, turned around, and followed him out of the room. However, Xiao Heng saw the sneer at the corner of her mouth and the pity in her eyes.

Not long after they entered the room, soldiers arrived with hot water in their hands.

After the soldiers had left, Yunshu turned around to look at Xiang Qiao, who was adding cold water to test the temperature of the water behind the screen. "Why is it that there aren't even any maidservants in the General's Estate right now?" Lady Lu, who is pregnant, only has an old lady by her side. " The last time she had come to the General's Estate, this had not been the case.

Xiang Qiao raised her head and glanced at her. She didn't say anything, just took her hand out from the hot water and dried it. Then, she walked over to the wardrobe and found a set of clean clothes and placed them on the screen.

"Is it for changing the soldiers into tiger's rage without anyone noticing?" Yun Shu removed the crown from her head.

The latter still had no intention of replying, but she continued, "A few days ago I saw many maidservants from the General's Estate leaving the city. Did they come to exchange for King Heng's men? "There is indeed a large force in Tiger's Fury, but to mobilize the forces in the city and only use the token in General Ao's hands is absolutely impossible."