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On the morning of the next day, the girls in the tent were awakened one by one by Su Qing, who came to visit unexpectedly. The young man said that he had been thinking hard all night and decided to pretend to be a common man and sneak into the city to investigate, so that the three women could stay in the camp and hide their traces.
So, Su Qing took advantage of the terrain by the river and planned to disguise himself as a fisherman and enter the city. Then he found a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat from the luggage room and put it on, caught a few river fish by the river and put them in a bamboo basket, and then went to Lingcheng alone.
The fisherman was holding a long green bamboo fishing rod on his shoulder and carrying a large fish basket around his waist. His whole body was wet, and the smell of fish lingered around him. You could smell it even from a distance of three to five rooms.
There is always a special fragrance in the farmland in the morning. Before being exposed to the scorching sun, ordinary people would be willing to stay there for a longer time.
The crystal dewdrops are still hanging on the grass tips, about to fall; the insects in the weeds chirp leisurely and freely; the nightingales flying back to their nests in the sky are singing their last songs, and then return to the deep forest with people's blessings on the branches.
Su Qing walked on the path in the field, deliberately hunched over. Even if he passed by farmers who were plowing early, it would be difficult for others to tell the truth from the lies.
In this way, Su Qing relied on his excellent disguise skills to sneak into Lingcheng without anyone noticing. He looked like he was walking along the streets hawking goods and dragging fishing gear around, but in fact he was spying on the enemy's true identity.
Along the way, he discovered that all inns, inns and other places where he could stay overnight in the city allowed others to leave their wallets, and outsiders were strictly prohibited from entering or exiting. It can be seen that the Desert Golden Sword is indeed powerful in numbers. If it is taken by force, it will definitely die without a burial place.
Su Qing was alone, and he still didn't know where the captured person was hiding, and he didn't even know where Yin Qianchou was.
With such regret, he wandered around the streets of the city until noon, trying hard to find a way to solve the problem, so he planned to find a food stall to satisfy his hunger problem.
And it was such an opportunity that he met two Taiping Taoists at a noodle stall, and happened to hear them talking about the woman they caught yesterday.
"Oh, why do you still want to listen to that Yin Qianqiu's nonsense! I stayed outside that woman's room all night, unable to sleep or eat, and it wasn't until now that she was released!"
"I really don't know whether to imprison the wife of the E family or our senior brothers! She ate and drank well inside, and even shouted at us. The word 'death' cannot be separated from the three sentences! She is really older than the emperor. It’s still difficult to serve, I wonder what the hell Yin Qianchou is planning!”
"Hey, senior brother? Why don't we go back to the Dongcheng Posthouse today? Let's go to the city to play around and finally get out for a walk..."
"Dongcheng Inn?" Su Qing muttered to herself again, then threw down the money and left the place in a hurry.
At this time, a specific plan had emerged in the Yusou's mind. I saw him arriving alone in front of the Dongcheng Posthouse, still putting out his own fish baskets and selling them everywhere. With the convenience of his status in the market, he could spy on the people coming and going in the post house openly.
Finally, he found it, and the bearded man with the golden sword on his back was also here. From this, we can also conclude that the woman mentioned by the two Taoist priests just now is E Feiying.
So, he pretended to be disappointed because no one was interested in the product, and quietly hid aside. As night fell, he put on his "night clothes" and sneaked onto the roof of the inn, intending to explore each room.
Years of experience in climbing walls made him feel that this kind of spy work was simply a piece of cake. What's more, he is taking advantage of the darkness to do mysterious things on the roof where no one knows.
Su Qing passed by a roof and turned over a tile. Most of the people he saw were Taiping Taoists, and of course there were many uninhabited empty rooms. It wasn't until the southeast corner of the room that he discovered traces of E Feiying. At that time, E Feiying happened to be confronting the Desert Golden Sword through words.
"The E family's wife looks much better from her injuries?"
"Yin Qianchou, you let them go, this matter has nothing to do with them. They don't know who I am, I'm just a businessman and doctor passing by."
"Of course I know they have nothing to do with this!" Yin Qianchou replied with a smile: "It's just that I won't let him go, what can you do to me?"
After the man finished speaking, he forced E Feiying back to the red silk bed hung with a silk curtain, stretched out his rough hand, stroked E Feiying's injured cheek, and asked in a pretense of teasing: " I'll give you some time to think clearly, should you abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, or should you continue to follow that brat who doesn't know the heights of the world?"
"You know, if you don't obey me, I may die in front of you at any time, leaving you bastards in vain!"
Seeing that she was so determined but unwilling to do so, Yin Qianchou turned around and left angrily.
Su Qing, who saw all this, acted upon the situation. Guessing that the Desert Golden Sword was far away, he knocked on the tiles on the roof so that E Feiying under the eaves could see him.
Afterwards, E Feiying opened the window and welcomed Su Qing into the house.
Su Qing thought that she could take this opportunity to rescue E Feiying, but she never knew what she was thinking.
E Feiying was wearing a purple-red brocade robe, and her appearance had been carefully taken care of. She didn't look like an imprisoned criminal, but more like a female family member waiting to be married. Her tears were shining, and when she saw Su Qing, she almost smiled and licked her tears, and said respectfully: "Mr. Su, I knew you were the one who saved my little sister yesterday!"
"Miss E, it's all my fault for letting that guy find you!" As soon as Su Qing finished speaking, she was about to kneel down and apologize, but was immediately stopped by E Feiying in a very urgent and pleading tone.
"Master Su, you must be planning to rescue us all, right? It's just that the city is full of Yin Qianchou's people. As soon as they find out that I'm not here, they will definitely intensify their search. I'm afraid you won't be able to fly by then!"
Su Qing asked in confusion: "Is it possible, Miss E, that you want me to save the others first?"
"Master Su, do you have a murderous knife on you?"
After Su Qing heard this, he took out the dagger he had with him and handed it to the other party.
"I suffer from not having a sharp weapon to fight, so I have been struggling to survive like this. Now that you are here, I can finally find a chance to die with that desert golden sword!" After E Feiying finished speaking, she looked at the gorgeous clothes on her body, and she was stunned. Without hesitation, he cut it to pieces in front of Su Qing, and then drew a bloody mark on his arm.
"Miss E?"
"Mr. Su, after a while, I will cause a commotion and lure most of the people in the city here. Then you will take the opportunity to go to Lingcheng Prison to rescue Mr. Tao, Mr. Zhao and Miss Ajuan!"
"Then what should you do?" Su Qing asked with eyes wide open in disbelief.
"I... my heart died a long time ago, on the day my father died. There is only one person who wants me to live..." E Feiying's words gradually became tender and slow, she smiled softly, and then He hid the dagger under his clothes, urged Su Qing to leave, and acted according to the opportunity.
Su Qing felt very ashamed when she saw that although the other party was no longer the heroine she once was, she was still so righteous. After he agreed, he left through the window with tears in his eyes and went straight to Lingcheng Prison.
After a while, a fire suddenly broke out in the Dongcheng Posthouse. Using the scars on her body, E Feiying made up a lie that a gangster invaded with evil intentions, but finally failed and set fire to destroy all traces.
A team of dozens of people held torches and searched everywhere around the Dongcheng Post House, but to no avail. Little did he know that on the other side of the mausoleum, a famous thief had secretly "stolen" three criminals.
