Chapter 2349 Surrounded

After settling Wei Qin in, Shu Yu and her group set off from Zhengdao Village early the next morning, just as dawn was breaking.

The governor's office was not in Linzhang Prefecture, but in the neighboring Hetai Prefecture.

Meng Yunzheng was quite familiar with this place; he had been there once before.

Although they are next door, they are not close at all. Even without considering the winding paths, it is about 150 kilometers away.

Therefore, even if they did not delay on the way, it was already the afternoon of the second day when they arrived in Thai Province.

Hetai Prefecture is considered the provincial capital, and it is more prosperous and lively than Linzhang Prefecture. Walking in the city and listening to the noise around you, you can immediately feel the difference.

Of course, they also felt the increasingly obvious surveillance.

Shu Yu lowered the curtains, her body swaying with the movement of the carriage. "I have a feeling that entering the Cheng residence is no different from lambs entering a tiger's den."

Zhao Xi couldn't help but shudder. "Then shall we still go?"

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained," Shu Yu sighed. "What else can we do? Go straight back to Dong'an Prefecture?"

Zhao Xi said with a bitter face, "My wife and children are waiting for me to go back home. I don't want to die here."

"Pah, pah, pah! Stop talking like you're going to die or something! Can't you think of something nice?"

Zhao Xi was speechless. Didn't you say there was danger first?

Meng Yunzheng had already opened a small box on the carriage, taking out long, thin needles and a blade. While hiding these items in his hair, he said, "Don't worry, there's no immediate danger to our lives. Like I said, if they wanted us dead from the start, they would have had plenty of opportunities to do so along the way. Sending us to the Cheng residence must have some other purpose."

As he spoke, he handed the needle to Shu Yu, saying, "Hide it well, just in case."

Shu Yu also hid it in her hair. Zhao Xi wiped his face, took the weapon from Meng Yunzheng, applied his homemade ointment to it, and carefully hid it on his body.

Once the three were ready, Ying Xi and Xia Yan were brought in one after another to tidy up.

Ma Lu, riding beside the carriage, didn't notice anything amiss. Just as they were about to arrive at the Cheng residence, he smiled and said, "Princess, Young Master Meng, the Governor's residence is just ahead."

Shu Yu peeked out, watching the government office getting closer and closer, feeling the increasingly tense atmosphere, and slowly exhaled.

Before long, the carriage finally came to a stop.

Ma Lu stepped forward and knocked on the door. Shu Yu and the others got out of the car and looked up at the door in front of them.

A short while later, a person came out from inside the door.

"Your subordinate Chengwu greets the County Princess and Young Master Meng. The Lord has been waiting inside for quite some time. Please come in."

Shu Yu recognized him; he was one of the guards who had served under Lord Cheng back then.

"Please lead the way, Guard Cheng."

Cheng Wu stepped aside, taking a half-step lead, and the group quickly headed towards the front yard.

As the back gate closed, Chengwu's pace suddenly quickened. By the time he reached the middle of the front yard, he was already three meters away from Shu Yu and the others.

Ma Lu was taken aback for a moment, "Chengwu Guard..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Wu suddenly turned around, and the next moment, more than a dozen guards wielding weapons rushed out from the nearby rooms and surrounded Shu Yu and his group.

At the same time, figures sprang up from the surrounding rooftops, all drawing their bows and aiming the arrows at them. It was as if a thousand arrows would be unleashed at the slightest movement from the group.

(End of this chapter)