(5)
The operation to capture the witch is in full swing.
Since the end of the imperial competition, Jinyang City seemed to have returned to its wartime state overnight - with garrisons wearing armor and holding halberds everywhere, patrolling the streets, or visiting people's homes.
They put up portraits everywhere, and groups of seven to twenty people walked through markets, alleys, and old streets.
No matter day or night, no matter the day or night.
Taipingdao once again joined forces with the officers and soldiers, and among them there were many female figures with good looks and mysterious identities: it is said that these are the private soldiers of Prime Minister Mei Lin. They are all orphans, and almost all of them are strong and healthy. woman.
"I heard that they are all from the 'Shadow Guard'?"
"Ah, what a heroic and handsome woman. If I can marry one of them, I will be worry-free for the rest of my life!"
"The toad wants to eat swan meat again? The people of the Shadow Guard have been taught since childhood to follow Mr. Mei for life. They don't marry. Their only vision is to die in the process of performing their mission. Alas, what a boring life... …”
Another group of guards passed by outside the nursing home. This was the third time today that Su Qing and Murong Yan managed to escape from a search.
Her anxious heart temporarily settled down. Murong Yan clutched her chest and sighed repeatedly. The slightly older woman beside her came to comfort her. This woman also had a big belly and was about to give birth.
"Miss Murong, please don't worry so blindly. This place is under the care of 'Mrs. Xijun'. No matter how much we check, we won't dare to find out about it."
"Mrs. Xijun?" Murong Yan asked, "Is she the sister of General Gao Gao?"
"Do you know Miss Murong?"
Murong Yan not only felt uneasy after knowing the real owner of this nursing room, but became even more worried: "Sister Zhao, this matter is far from as simple as you think. Brother Su, tell me!"
She trotted to Su Qing's side. At this time, Su Qing was still hiding behind the door to prevent someone from sneaking in by surprise.
"Lord Saint, be careful not to slump!" Su Qing accidentally let it slip in her desperation, and immediately changed her words: "Miss Murong, what do you want to know? Brother Bai specially arranged this place for you, Mrs. Xijun She was childless but loved children very much, so she built a nursing home to provide free care to poor families to raise their babies safely.”
There are full-time doctors here to take care of pregnant women, and people who have been favored by the Gao family often come back to volunteer to help. We are all familiar with each other inside and outside the family.
"No, I want to know whether Brother Feng is really safe? Also, the person who replaced me that night...Miss Ake, could she have..." Murong Yan became more and more frightened as she spoke, and at the same time she felt a deep sense of self-consciousness. The feeling of responsibility came to my heart: "It's all my fault, I've harmed everyone."
After Su Qing heard this, he took Murong Yan aside and said, "Miss Murong, you must not have random thoughts! Everything is going according to the plan in advance. We just need to prepare the carriages and horses, and the food and water." It’s enough, and then Brother Bai sends a message, we immediately whip up north and never look back!”
"Without him here, what's the point of living alone?" Murong Yan didn't listen to the advice at all, and her tearful eyes were pitiful: "Miss Ake is still a child, how can she suffer for me? You are too much. heartless."
"She asked for it herself, and I didn't want to send her in!" Su Qing felt that these words were getting more decisive and distressing, so she closed her mouth.
The kind-hearted Sister Zhao came over and signaled to Su Qing to step back. Then she gently sat down next to Murong Yan, taking care of her hair slowly, and said: "We are all poor people, but now we have children. , but you can no longer act like a child like before. I believe that your man can definitely keep his promise. Isn’t it the responsibility of a wife? "
"My husband-in-law also left home for a long time - he was a soldier guarding the border, and he was drafted just at the beginning of the year. We had only been married for a month at that time." Sister Zhao said with emotion: "However, he has recently started to go home. I sent money and wrote a letter to us, mother and son, although at first glance I found someone to write it for me, because the men in my family don’t have such good literary talent.”
"Believe him." Murong Yan said thoughtfully: "I have always believed in him, and he has never betrayed me...but."
She didn't continue the whole sentence, but lowered her head in disappointment - but maybe this time it was because I didn't want to keep my promise.
"Too many people have suffered undeserved suffering because of this!" Murong Yan clutched her chest and kept sobbing: "Why, we are obviously only separated by a palace wall, but it seems that we are separated by the ends of the world, and every meeting is as real as a dream. Huan, have we done something wrong? I don’t know, and I can’t figure it out. Do they want to kill me just like they forced my mother to death?”
Sister Zhao put her palm on the back of Murong Yan's hand, and her seemingly meaningless words slowly exuded a warm power: "I believe that you and Mr. Bai must be connected heart to heart and miss each other. Isn't this enough? If you are really unsure, think about the child in your belly. Did he lose his temper and kicked you again this morning? This is living proof. "
I don't know if Murong Yan heard it. Anyway, she has been clinging to him since then, feeling lost.
As a bystander, Su Qing shed tears affectionately. He understood his responsibility, so he did not get immersed in such thoughts and immediately returned to the gate to continue to observe what was going on outside.
After nightfall, he found that today's guards had significantly fewer patrols than yesterday, so he put on night clothes and quietly went outside through the door and window.
After some inquiries, it turned out that Mei Lin had returned to the palace to wait for orders, so most of the men were removed.
Su Qing immediately thought of Bai Feng's previous plan and secretly rejoiced: "The day of departure is not far away."
Return to the nursery and sleep peacefully.
When he returned to Mengyouxiang, he seemed to hear the sound of Mrs. Xiang's piano.
"It turns out that what you want is so simple, but it is something I could never give you in the past."
"I'm such an out-and-out bastard."
"what sound?"
The beautiful music of the piano was disrupted by frequent, slightly irritable knocks on the door.
Su Qing suddenly woke up, glanced at the nearby window and leaned over to look: "Taiping Taoists!"
He hurried to the place where Murong Yan was resting to wake her up, and carefully hid her in the cellar. The air there was so polluted that it would make people faint after hiding for a long time, but it was urgent and there was no better way.
Sister Zhao went over and opened the door, and saw the Taiping Dao people showing the bright imperial edict and saying, "Excuse me, Taiping Dao is conducting a search. Please come forward if you are pregnant."
"Who are you?" Sister Zhao was about to argue, but several officers and soldiers with shackles suddenly appeared from behind the group of Taoists and handcuffed her.
"Take them all away!"
Su Qing gritted his teeth and jumped down from the second floor. He stepped on the head of the Taiping Dao Xiaoxiao who was holding the imperial edict. He snatched the imperial edict and cursed: "Does a dog become a human if it holds an imperial edict? Why should I listen to you? of!"
"Wearing green clothes, great Qinggong, but speaking vulgarly!"
"You are Su Qing."
"You betrayed Taiping Dao and also betrayed Prime Minister Mei. You are so unfaithful and unjust. Why do you call others dogs? What a joke!"
Three Taiping Taoists stepped forward to launch the Three Talents Sword Formation, and a battle was ready to begin.
