Chapter 210 Chapter 210 is the only genuine version...

Duo Leng frowned in disgust.

Originally, this Ji was considered a beauty, delicate and soft, completely different from the beauties of Daliang. It wouldn't be a bad thing to try her out occasionally, and it wouldn't be a loss to bring her back. But now... forget it, just think of it as a musket. It doesn't cost much to keep a woman anyway.

"Throw it in the carriage, and let's go."

The pile of rotten wood was almost burned out. The mixture of clean water and kerosene, coupled with the billowing thick smoke, really didn't smell good.

The people in the alley cursed their bad luck and carried the broken buckets back home.

Liang Ren carried Ji Nan Ke to the carriage as ordered. Suddenly, a woman asked vigilantly, "Who are you? I don't see you!"

This sentence made others stop and turn their heads.

"Ah! Isn't that the eldest son of the Zhang family? What happened to him..." The woman saw the body lying there, ran over and patted it, and then screamed in horror, "Ah, dead, dead! The one from the Wu family, isn't that your uncle..."

At this shout, the others also rushed over, and the noise echoed throughout the alley.

"Murder, murder!"

Duo Leng said cautiously, "Miss Gu, you're not going to regret it, are you?"

Gu Zhizhuo shook his head. "I will never go back on my word. Besides... you, the prince, aren't the only one who set the fire. I'm afraid the kerosene has already been spread all over North City. We're just waiting for the fire to start here, or for you, the prince, to give the order."

"Stop, did you do this?"

Someone rushed over and was about to question him when he saw the sword on Liangren's waist. His face turned pale with fear and he instinctively stepped back, shouting in a trembling voice: "Robber, robber!" "Murder and arson... Quick! Go and report to the police, quick!"

The alley was instantly in chaos.

Duoleng didn't even bat an eyelid. The burly man beside him sneered, pulled out a knife with blood still on it, and swung it at the woman's back.

The people in the alley were so frightened that they screamed loudly, ran around, and the birds flew away.

Gu Zhizhuo raised her crossbow, aiming the cold tip of the arrow at the man's head. Her finger pressed on the trigger, as if to blow his head off if he dared to hurt her.

The murderous intention is revealed.

The deadly danger made the man stop his movements suddenly, the blade in his hand hung in the air, not daring to move forward even a little bit.

Duo Leng glanced sideways and said in a low voice, "He Ran, come here."

The man named Helan put down the knife with a curse, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

"Then please ask Miss Gu to give us a ride," Duo Leng said. "Once we leave the capital, I will naturally have them meet us outside the city."

"They" refers to the Liang people who are still in Beijing.

Gu Zhizhuo agreed readily.

Gu Zhizhuo beckoned Yu Shizi over, then mounted his horse and said to Qingmei, "I'll go see the eldest prince off. You stay and clean up."

"Big girl!"

Qingmei was not willing to let her follow Duoleng.

"Don't worry." Gu Zhizhuo glanced at Duoleng and said calmly, "We agreed on one day. The eldest prince probably doesn't want to die early."

Gu Zhizhuo took the lead and rode forward.

Qingmei forced herself to restrain the urge to follow and stayed to clean up the mess.

Duoleng was still wary of her tricks, but Gu Zhizhuo followed them slowly and sent them all the way to the gate of the North City.

The city gates were tightly shut. Seeing them approach, the imperial guards near the gates were all as if they were facing a formidable enemy. The commander of the imperial guards shouted, "Retreat. Anyone leaving the city without permission will be killed without mercy."

Duo Leng: "Miss Gu, have someone open the city gate."

Gu Zhizhuo turned his head to look at him: "The city gate was closed by the Queen Mother's order. If the Imperial Guards had listened to me, your plan would have failed miserably."

Duoleng looked at her for a moment, then tugged at his own thin braid in annoyance.

It was Duoleng himself who proposed closing the city gates, and his purpose was of course to prevent people from escaping during the chaos.

As a result, he was the one who was "locked up".

Gu Zhizhuo glanced at the sky and said, "I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little longer, Prince."

"Miss Gu, do you want to regret it?"

Gu Zhizhuo shrugged and said casually, "How about I go and ask?"

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand in the direction of the imperial guards: "We are leaving the city, open the city gate."

The commander of the imperial guards stared at her intently, then turned and walked away. There was no movement for a long time, so long that Gu Zhizhuo thought there would be no response. Suddenly, with a creak, the city gate opened a crack.

Gu Zhizhuo:?

Isn't it a kill-with-no-reckoning policy?

After a moment of hesitation and some thought, she immediately noticed something strange.

wrong.

Although it is very similar, the style of this armor is not that of the Imperial Guards. The waist belt of the Imperial Guards' armor is dark red, but theirs is black.

Not the Imperial Guards!

Duo Leng sneered, "Didn't you say that the Imperial Guards don't listen to you?"

He was about to say a few more words to taunt her when he heard the sound of hurried horse hooves behind him. Helan turned around abruptly and exclaimed, "Prince, it's Alang."

The man called Wolf came running, covered in blood, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Prince, run!"

"quick."

"quick!!"

Before he could finish his words, his body tilted and he rolled heavily off the horse. Then he lay motionless and had no breath.

"Miss Gu?!" Duo Ling's forehead veins bulged, anger almost bursting from his eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "You are indeed stalling for time."

"Prince, you are the enemy." Gu Zhizhuo said softly, looking at him as if he were a fool. "Why do you think I would believe you?"

Duoleng had verbally agreed not to set the fire, but who knew what orders he had given his men behind the scenes? When dealing with such a person, one could use appeasement, coercion, and inducement, but one must not trust them.

When Gu Zhizhuo left the Zhenbei Palace, he ordered the Qianji Battalion to "close the net." He had to buy the Qianji Battalion enough time.

Realizing he'd been tricked, Duo Leng chuckled in anger. He grabbed Gu Zhizhuo's reins, wrapped them around her wrist twice, and placed his scimitar in his right hand against her waist. Duo Leng dragged her along as they ran towards the open city gate. The others and the carriage followed closely behind.

Duoleng didn't delay any longer and urged the horse on with the whip. The jade lion was pulled and snorted in dissatisfaction. The cat's temper became even worse. Its little head popped out of Gu Zhizhuo's arms and it angrily slapped the horse's head with its paws, meowing in anger.

After a while, the cat could no longer call out and hugged the horse's neck dying.

It's dizzy!

Duo Leng led his group out of the capital, deliberately swerving from the official road and heading for a narrow path through the woods. After running for about half an hour, he saw that Gu Zhizhuo had no intention of abandoning his horse and escaping. He loosened the reins around his wrist slightly, but his speed didn't slow down at all.

There were cries of pain one after another in the carriage. Duoleng no longer cared about Ji Nanke, and naturally would not slow down the horse for her life or death.

The horse's back was shaking, the wind was whistling, but Gu Zhizhuo's voice still reached his ears clearly: "Prince, I promised to give you one day to escape, and I will never break my promise."

Duo Leng gave him a cold snort.

She said she wouldn't trust him. But she had lied to him time and time again, so how could he trust her?!

Gu Zhizhuo chuckled: "You have no choice but to trust me."

"Miss Gu thinks highly of herself."

The wind rustled the leaves on the branches.

"Look, here it comes!"

At this moment, more than a hundred people suddenly jumped out from the woods on both sides and blocked their way. Each of them was wearing armor and holding a sword, forming an impenetrable human wall.

Duoling's pupils suddenly shrank, and he tugged at the reins. The horse under him let out a long neigh and raised its front hooves.

He gripped the reins with a grim face and quickly turned around to try to break through.

However, as soon as he turned around, he found that there were figures swaying in front, behind, left and right. They had been surrounded without knowing when.

Gu Zhizhuo's gaze lingered on their black waistbands for a moment, then he spread his hands and said with a smile, "I told you so."

"you!"

Duoleng's murderous intent was revealed. He pulled the reins hard and forced the jade lion to his side.

Then, the scimitar in his hand flashed coldly and pointed at her throat.

Almost at the moment when the blade approached, Gu Zhizhuo's body suddenly bent backwards, like a fully drawn bow, and the blade cut off a few strands of her hair. Gu Zhizhuo pressed the cat on his shoulder, rolled over, and rolled lightly off from the horse's back.

This series of movements was quick and decisive, like flowing clouds and running water. The tassels hanging from her hair swayed gently, sparkling with tiny rays of light.

The fainted cat lay on the ground, dying. Suddenly, it raised its head, its nose twitching, and called out happily: "Meow~"

Its voice is like a big piece of candy, sweet and soft.

"Meow~"

Its tail sound was drawn out, and it stretched its neck in a certain direction.

Gu Zhizhuo looked over and saw a black lacquered carriage parked in the woods. The four glass lanterns hanging in front of the carriage looked particularly familiar.

Duoling's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. He scanned the surroundings calmly, secretly thinking about the possibility of breaking out.

"The eldest prince."

All the Liang people gathered closely around him, with him as the center, each facing a different direction. They held scimitars in their hands, their bodies slightly lowered, like a group of beasts waiting to pounce, waiting for their prey to show a flaw, then they would pounce and bite desperately.

The fight is about to break out.

Gu Zhizhuo withdrew her gaze from the black lacquered carriage and stroked the cat's head soothingly. "Prince, you have one day." She spoke word by word, "This time tomorrow, I will lead my troops to pursue you."

This was what she had just said, and she mentioned it again now to tell him that their agreement had not changed.

Duoleng was in a state of confusion. He could no longer tell which of her words were true and which were false.

She had first set a trap for him step by step, and now, she had clearly gained the upper hand and was keeping her promise. Could this be another trick?

"I have something else to do, so I won't see you off. Goodbye, Prince."

After Gu Zhizhuo finished speaking, she took half a step back while holding the cat and made a "please" gesture. The jade lion swung its tail and followed her.

Duoleng gripped the reins tightly, saying nothing. The horse under him paced restlessly, and the people around him cursed angrily:

"My dear prince, please don't be fooled by this woman's sweet words again."

"We will protect you and help you get out."

"The warriors of Daliang are not afraid of Qiren and his bunch of wimps!"

The curtain of the black lacquered carriage seemed to have been kicked impatiently from inside and shook a few times.

Shen Mao couldn't hold back any longer and tried to jump out of her arms several times.

Gu Zhizhuo smiled, raised three fingers on one hand, and said, "I'll count to three. If you still don't leave, it means you are voluntarily giving up the deal with me. Then I won't be polite..."

Gu Zhizhuo's eyes grew colder, and his other hand raised the crossbow.

"Prince, this woman really wants to kill us!"

"Don't believe her."

The situation was so promising, but because of Gu Zhizhuo, it had gradually come to this point. Duoleng wanted to tear her apart with his bare hands to relieve the hatred in his heart.

"three."

"two……"

Gu Zhizhuo's index finger gently placed on the trigger, and the next moment, she would press the trigger.

"Walk!"

Duoleng made up his mind and growled, gritted his teeth.

"The Great Prince!"

"That's an order."

Duoleng's tone left no room for doubt. After saying these four words, Duoleng suddenly kicked the horse's belly and rushed out.

The sound of horse hooves was like thunder.

At that moment, he even felt that he was walking into a trap, and perhaps in the next breath, the enemy's sword would chop him off his horse. However, the moment he rushed towards the human wall, the armored soldiers retreated one after another, making way for them in an orderly manner.

Even after he broke out of the encirclement, there was still no sound of pursuit from behind him.

Did she really let them go?

"Walk!"

Duoleng didn't have time to think about it and raised his whip. In one day, he could definitely run far away and return to the capital alive!

The other Ryos followed closely behind.

After the group of people completely disappeared in the woods, Gu Zhizhuo held the cat and walked briskly towards the black lacquered carriage.

The cat was incredibly excited, like a prey that had been crouching in the flowers for a long time and finally spotted a small butterfly. It swung its unicorn tail wildly, twisted its furry body, and suddenly jumped out of Gu Zhizhuo's arms, meowing as it ran towards the carriage.

It leaped up, climbed onto the carriage window with its two front paws, and squeezed its little head in through the gap in the curtains impatiently.

"Meow!"

Cat Shen's whiskers all curled up in joy.

It pushed the carriage with its two hind legs and flipped in.

"Meow--"

The tabby cat rolled over headfirst, shook its little head left and right, and pounced towards the person it loved most.

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Chen Xu's lips. He let the cat leave dark plum blossom footprints on the snow-white long-haired blanket, and then jumped into his arms again.

"It's so dirty."

"Meow."

The cat first sniffed him to see if there was any scent of a strange cat.

Very good no!

The cat was satisfied, and its furry little head rubbed against his chin frantically, causing his clothes to open a little, revealing his delicate collarbone.

"That's enough."

Shen Xu's eyes twitched, and he brushed off the cat hair on his face in disgust and pushed it away.

"Master Governor."

Gu Zhizhuo knocked on the carriage three times, then, ignoring the sullen faces of the coachman and the guards, he lifted the curtain and said cheerfully, "You're back. Chen Mao missed you."

Cat Shen understood: "Meow."

It sat upright, swinging its unicorn tail, looking at him aggrievedly.

"I only eat three meals a day and I'm so thin."

"Meow."

Chen Xu lowered his eyes and looked at the cat with a bulging belly. He thought that she might be a little blind.

Shen Mao's ears drooped.

He exhaled lightly and hooked his finger: "Come here."

The cat got excited and pounced over with an "Ah-Woo", rubbing its wet little black nose against his collarbone, domineeringly leaving its scent.

Chen Xu kept walking on the edge of patience, enduring again and again, but finally he couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed the cat by the scruff of the neck and threw it out.

The cat landed steadily, scratched his hand with its claws, and actively put its little head under his palm, nudging it back and forth.

Gu Zhizhuo was amused and asked, "Did the Governor come here specially to save me?"

Chen Xu didn't answer but asked, "Are you really not pursuing me?"

"No. I always keep my word."

Shen Xu glanced at her sideways and hummed unhappily.

"This great prince Duoling, his own power and that of his mother's family should not be underestimated. He is second only to the King of Liang in Liang Kingdom." Gu Zhizhuo got into the carriage and sat down, pouring himself a glass of warm water with familiarity.

She leaned against the wall of the carriage, drank some water, and said, "His life is not important. If he dies today, I will only get my revenge today. But if I delay his death by a few days, I can bring about civil unrest in Liang. Why not?"

"Hurry, hurry, let's go back to the capital. My aunt is still in the palace."

Gu Zhizhuo didn't explain much, but Shen Xu understood what she meant.

Extremely cunning.

Never suffer a loss.

Chen Xu raised his hand, tapped her forehead through the void, and uttered two words expressionlessly: "Liar."

Gu Zhizhuo: “…”

What do you mean by a liar?! She's just scheming, okay?