This secret passage, known only to a few people, is hidden in Princess Helian's private vault at one end, and in the only temple in the Helian royal court at the other end.
Long before sneaking into the palace through the secret passage, Wei Yunlan and others had already made several preparations.
If they could rescue these Dayong women who were stranded in the northern barbarians, they would stay in the royal court, wait for a few more days for peace and quiet, and then find a suitable opportunity to escape.
After all, if there were only ten of them, they could find a way to leave the royal court. But if they brought dozens of more people, they would be too conspicuous and would be discovered before they even left the city gate.
As for the hiding place, Wei Yunlan and Zou Yun had considered it in advance.
If they continue to use the identity of the Qiulin tribe's merchants, they can book a few rooms in the city's inn, or rent a small courtyard, so that they can hide their people. However, if something unexpected happens, the Chanyu and King Helian will definitely order a search of the city, and as long as they stay in these places with people, they will inevitably be interrogated.
With dozens of people, it would be difficult to leave no trace at all. As soon as this idea was proposed, Wei Yunlan and Zou Yun shook their heads and rejected it.
It is said that the most dangerous place is the safest place.
The best way now is to hide where you are.
Most of the northern barbarians do not believe in gods or Buddhas. Their faith is in the brave and powerful Chanyu.
This temple built in the royal court is more like a "decoration". No one cares about it when the weather is good, and only when disasters occur frequently will someone occasionally come to worship.
The "monks" who live in the temples are even rarer. In such a large temple, there are less than ten people including the cleaners.
Many of these places were abandoned. The place where Wei Yunlan and his companions temporarily stayed was a dusty room where scriptures were stored.
This room is located in the corner of the entire temple. There are several other abandoned rooms next to it. Some of them are filled with Buddha statues, while others are randomly piled with miscellaneous items.
Judging from the thickness of the dust, no one has come to clean it for several months.
The room was messy but spacious, more than enough to accommodate dozens of them.
When they were walking in the secret passage just now, Miss Bai had already taken the initiative to explain clearly that there were a total of thirty-three people alive until now. In addition to her, there were three women who were abducted by the escorts from other continents, and the rest were all local women from Huangzhou.
At the beginning, there were more than thirty-three people, more than twice as many as now.
Unfortunately, those girls did not survive to be rescued. Some were humiliated to death by the barbarians, and some died on the way to the Helian tribe.
After arriving at the Helian tribe, everything was fine. Except for the eldest prince Helian and one or two of his close friends, most of the royal family of the Helian tribe were not so cruel. Otherwise, out of the thirty-three of them, I'm afraid not even half of them would have survived until today...
It was late at night, and the royal court of the Helian tribe was in an uproar due to the loud noises and flames coming out of the palace.
The temple they were in was extremely silent.
"There are some dry food here, you can share them." The people from Tianshu Pavilion took out two water bags and a small bag of bread.
These are only enough to fill their stomachs temporarily. It is not easy to make any noise tonight, so Wei Yunlan plans to find an opportunity tomorrow to get some food.
The rescued women also knew that food was precious, so they only took half of the cakes and water bags, and after expressing their gratitude repeatedly, they shared the food carefully.
Miss Bai did not share the cakes with everyone. She walked to the side and casually glanced at the dusty shelf. Her eyes were suddenly attracted by the scriptures on the shelf.
"These scriptures are all written in the language of our Dayong."
Wei Yunlan was startled when she heard this, then she looked to her side, picked up a scripture, brushed off the dust on it, frowned and said, "I'm the same here."
There are at least a thousand Buddhist scriptures piled up in the room.
After the girls had divided the cakes, they also started to watch.
Suppressed exclamations rang out.
"This is also written in Dayong script..."
“This one is also…”
"You all know how to read?" Zou Yun was a little surprised.
If she remembered correctly, most of these abducted women came from farming families. In a remote area like Huangzhou, many daughters of minor officials did not have the opportunity to learn to read, but these farm girls could actually read and write.
"Sister Bai taught us." A petite and pretty girl looked at Zou Yun cautiously and explained hurriedly.
Learning to read doesn’t happen overnight.
Most of the women here can recognize hundreds of words.
It turned out that Bai Mingwei began to teach them after they were sent to Beiman, and the one who had been studying with Bai Mingwei for the longest time had been studying for nearly three months.
The girl who had just spoken continued, "Sister Bai said that we are all from Dayong. If we are destined to stay in Beiman in the future and can never go back, we must remember Dayong in our hearts."
Therefore, Bai Mingwei taught them how to read.
Teach them reason.
Teach them to remember the characters of Dayong and remember that they are always people of Dayong.
"Miss Bai, this is a good deed." Wei Yunlan's eyes showed respect.
"Miss Wei, you are too kind." Bai Mingwei smiled modestly, as if she didn't think what she did was great.
Wei Yunlan didn't think this was "false praise". In a difficult situation, she never forgot her original intention. Miss Bai really had the character of the Bai family. It was admirable.
More than a thousand scriptures were quickly scanned by everyone, and it was found that without exception, all of them were written in the Dayong script.
The only possibility is that these scriptures originally belonged to Dayong.
"The scriptures here, as well as the Buddha statue in the room next door, were probably all stolen from our Dayong..."
"I just regret that the barbarians are ignorant of education and do not know how to properly maintain these stolen treasures. They just pile them up randomly and let them be covered with dust."
The people in the room sighed.
Wei Yunlan also felt a sigh in her heart. Looking at these scriptures, she felt that her space was stirring, as if it could accommodate more things.
…
Just as Wei Yunlan and others left the secret passage and settled down in the temple.
The poisonous scorpions that appeared in the Jingyang Palace of the Helian tribe’s palace were finally mostly cleared away by the guards, and the fire was also put out from the outside.
After being trapped in Jingyang Palace for more than an hour, the people were finally able to escape.
The personal guards escorted the Chanyu and left first, followed by King Helian, Princess Helian, and other nobles who participated in the dinner and were trapped in Jingyang Palace, who were also escorted away by the guards.
After being in the smoke and fire for such a long time, everyone looked miserable, with a burning sensation in their throats. They only regretted that they could not run faster and get away from this damn place as soon as possible.
Just as Prince Helian and Princess Helian were about to walk out of Jingyang Palace.
Behind him, there was a sudden sharp cry from the eldest prince's wife.
"Father, Mother, the eldest prince is missing!"
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