As night fell, Chen Xiaobei didn't feel sleepy at all. He stood on the city wall of Shuozhou and kept looking to the north.
As he walked, he sent out Tanma to inquire about Liu Rumei. There were at least three to four hundred Tanma who stayed in the Great Earth Kingdom, but no one has returned yet.
Liu Ziming and Liu Ziliang also missed Liu Rumei in their hearts, so they accompanied Chen Xiaobei and stood on the city wall to wait.
Chen Xiaobei's move moved Zhao Guangzong very much. He ordered people to light a fire and prepared tea, snacks and other items.
Chen Xiaobei can eat and drink at any time to satisfy his hunger and keep out the cold.
Waiting until daybreak, a few fast horses came from a distance, and the soldiers guarding the city cheered. This was the return of the scouting horses.
Chen Xiaobei quickly ordered people to lower the suspension bridge and let the exploration horses enter the city. Several detective horses ran up the city wall and knelt on one knee in front of Chen Xiaobei, "The banks of the Xiaoqing River are all soldiers of the Great Tu Kingdom. Prince Jonah of the Great Tu Kingdom is also guarding the banks of the Xiaoqing River. Miss Liu may not be able to cross the river for the time being. ”
After hearing these words, Chen Xiaobei sighed.
He turned to look at Liu Ziming next to him. Liu Ziliang said, "Can we send another carrier pigeon over?"
Liu Ziming sighed, "Back to my uncle, now all the carrier pigeons brought by the lady have been used up. We can't contact them while they are in motion."
After hearing the news, Chen Xiaobei also fell silent. At this time, Liu Ziliang next to him spoke, "By the way, there are people from Centipede Ridge with Miss. Maybe they have connections with Wannian City. We can ask."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaobei perked up, "Quick, send a message to Wannian City and ask if you have received the message."
At this time in Wannian City, Princess Zhaoning received the news. Seeing that Liu Rumei was about to break up into pieces and temporarily ambush, Princess Zhaoning felt uncomfortable in her heart.
Princess Zhaoning knew very well that if Liu Rumei hadn't risked his life and led his people to raid Qingguang City, it would have been impossible for Jonah to retreat, so there would have been no chance for them to turn defeat into victory.
Emperor Xiao An felt very uncomfortable after reading this memorial, but then again. In this era, a small group of troops is surrounded by layers of the opponent, and the opponent is separated by the Xiaoqing River and the sky chasm. Even if I want to rescue them, I have no way to rescue them. Whether these people can return home depends on luck.
Bai Han asked tentatively, "Does Your Majesty want to tell Lord Liu the news?"
Xiao An thought for a moment and then nodded, "Go and tell Liu Xiangnan the news yourself."
"It's not that I don't want to rescue Liu Rumei, it's just that I'm powerless."
In the Duke Protector's Mansion.
After Liu Xiangnan listened to Bai Han's story, he remained silent for a long time.
After a full stick of incense, he shook his head slightly and said, "Go back and thank the emperor for me. Rumei has been with me for many years, and I will definitely come back alive."
After speaking, he looked at Liu Kai next to him.
Liu Kai naturally understood, bowed to Bai Han and said, "Guard Bai, I'll see you off."
In fact, Bai Han didn't want to stay any longer.
After all, the atmosphere is too depressing.
Watch Bai Han leave. Liu Xiangnan burst into tears, thinking that his second son, who had high hopes for him, had a bad start and was shot dead in Qingniu Mountain.
Liu Rumei was trapped in the Great Earth Kingdom, with her life and death uncertain. This was the price of serving the court. When he thought of this, he was completely disappointed.
At this time, it is useless to lose all hope. The most important thing is that there is no news about Chen Liurumei.
Two days later, Chen Xiaobei received a reply from Wannian City.
Liu Rumei's last message was that he would be broken into pieces and mixed with the local people, waiting for the opportunity to return to China, which gave Chen Xiaobei some comfort.
Liu Ziming took the opportunity to persuade, "Uncle, I think we should leave Shuozhou and return to Wannian City. If Miss comes back from the Great Earth Kingdom, she will definitely go back to Wannian City first."
After hearing this, Chen Xiaobei thought it made sense.
Liu Rumei is a person who understands the general situation and takes the overall situation into consideration. If she comes back from the Great Earth Kingdom, she must first return to the capital to resume her life.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaobei, Liu Ziming, and Liu Ziliang packed their bags and took people back to Wannian City.
Zhao Guangzong led his people to defend Shuozhou.
At this time, Liu Rumei and Xiao Qing had already hid in the Great Land. They turned into women on the run and successfully found a job in a rich family's home, washing and cooking for people.
What Xiao Qing does on weekdays is just these menial jobs, but that's nothing. It was just because of the hard work that Liu Rumei, who usually had a good life, had to wash people's clothes with cold water and cook for them in this cold winter month, but in any case, the two of them had settled down.
After a few days of tossing, Qingguang City gradually calmed down. That night, the leader of Lotus and Shen Ziyan quietly reunited. In a few days, the two of them killed more than a dozen senior officials of the Great Earth Kingdom. The tossing was almost done, and it was time to Withdrawn.
The two of them had reached an agreement and quietly arrived at the east gate of the Great Earth Kingdom with Xiao Hua and Jasmine.
After being tortured by the two of them for the past few days, the soldiers guarding the city were already exhausted. Moreover, after guarding for so many days and no one came, they naturally relaxed.
The Lotus Leader and Shen Ziyan greeted each other. Rushed out of the darkness and fought towards the city gate tower.
How could the soldiers in the city withstand their torture? Fifty or sixty people were killed just like chopping melons and vegetables.
The four of them had enough fun, and finally they took their time, tied a rope, fell from the tower, and drifted away.
Soon, Jopson got word that someone had escaped over the wall.
Hearing this news, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
This shows that under his continuous search, the assassin had nowhere to hide and left Qingguang City.
After the assassin left, he and his ministers were safe.
After the Lotus Leader and Shen Ziyan left Qingguang City, they passed by Dobang's camp outside the city and ran for dozens of miles in one breath. After they were sure they were safe. Then we found a place to stop and rest.
The two of them had made sufficient preparations to leave the city. They brought a lot of food and drink. They lit a fire and ate while discussing what to do next.
"I guess Miss Liu has already withdrawn to the country, so we'd better go back as soon as possible." The leader of Lotus Flower put forward his own point of view.
Shen Ziyan nodded.
"Yes, Chu Han and the others are probably impatient. Let's go back and meet them quickly."
They discussed here, and at this time Jopson also received a report from Jonah by the river again.
I have been patrolling the river for more than ten days, but no trace of Dacang's soldiers was found.
At this time, the soldiers responsible for the search also sent news that two hundred miles away from Xiaoqing River, traces of a large group of people were found in a ravine. Based on this, it was judged that the enemy was most likely to take advantage of them to attack Xiaoqing River. Qinghe escaped before completing the blockade.
Liu Rumei and others never dreamed that after sleeping in a small ravine for so many days, they would instead lay a fascination array for the enemy.
