The Huzhou governor was startled and quickly grabbed his concubine and ran away: "Let's go, let's go hide."
The two men ran out in disheveled clothes.
Lu Yan looked at the direction the two men left, then sneaked back into the room and pushed open the door to let everyone out: "I'll go distract them, you guys go quickly."
Lu Yan decided to go alone to kill the governor of Huzhou. Such a great achievement would at least offset some of his sins.
He came out of the room, changed his position and made some noise, attracting all the guards away.
Tao Yao pulled Miss Feng out of the door, and the other spies found their own way out.
"Here." Miss Feng pointed in the direction of the corner gate. The two of them walked around most of the garden and climbed out from the dog hole next to the corner gate.
Miss Feng was quite familiar with the terrain here. She pulled Tao Yao around and ran to an uninhabited house. She took out the key, opened the door and went in: "It's safe here."
Tao Yao followed in and took a look, then instructed Miss Feng, "I'm going to go find someone, you stay here to meet them, don't run around, okay?"
"I know." Miss Feng nodded vigorously. She couldn't help much, but she knew how to avoid causing more trouble.
Tao Yao was wearing night clothes and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
Zhenzhen hid in a cellar, surrounded by her dead companions. She clenched the military token in her hand, feeling lucky that it was a military token and not a tiger token that could command all the troops in the world. At the same time, she was thinking about where to hide the military token before she died so that it would not be discovered.
Just when her consciousness was becoming blurred, she seemed to see someone walking towards her.
Zhenzhen subconsciously grabbed the dagger and stabbed hard.
"It's me."
The seemingly strenuous movements seemed very soft and powerless in Taoyao's eyes. She held Zhenzhen's wrist and cried in pain: "How did it become like this?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Zhenzhen relaxed, stuffed the military token into Taoyao's hand, and said with all her might, "Hurry up and tell the lady, it's five..."
Before Zhenzhen could finish her words, her head tilted and she lost consciousness.
Tao Yao was frightened and quickly felt her pulse. When she found that she still had a pulse, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, picked her up and walked out.
When she came, there were patrolling soldiers along the way, but now they were gone. Tao Yao did not dare to be careless and walked evasively with Zhenzhen in her arms.
Suddenly, the sound of gongs was heard everywhere. Tao Yao looked up and saw flames rising into the sky in the distance.
"The fire is coming!"
Shouts came from afar, and countless soldiers carried buckets of water and rushed to the fire.
People are staying at home and not going out. This has become their normal state now. They will never go out unless it is necessary.
There were no patrols on the streets, so Tao Yao successfully brought Zhenzhen back to Miss Feng's courtyard and knocked on the door.
Miss Feng opened the door a crack, saw Tao Yao and quickly let her in: "I heard someone shouting that the fire was going on. What's going on outside?"
Tao Yao shook her head: "It seems there's a fire somewhere."
Miss Feng glanced at the person Tao Yao was supporting, quickly closed the door and bolted it, then turned around to help her get the person inside: "But are you injured? I boiled some water and made some porridge."
Tao Yao looked at Miss Feng in surprise and nodded: "Thank you."
Hot water was served soon.
The two of them worked together to clean Zhenzhen, change her clothes, and check her injuries.
Fortunately, there was only one arrow wound on the leg, which has healed.
After a lot of trouble, Zhenzhen finally woke up. She forced herself to stand up and looked around. Seeing Taoyao, tears began to fall again: "Did the young lady ask you to save me? Where is the young lady? It's dangerous here, let her go quickly."
Taoyao brought her some porridge and said softly, "The young lady is outside and hasn't come in. She's very worried about you and asked me to come look for you. Come and drink some porridge, and tell me what's been going on these days."
Zhenzhen drank half a bowl of porridge before she regained some strength. She leaned against the headboard and said, "We sneaked into Huzhou Prefecture and realized that the situation here is serious. We are only allowed to enter but not leave."
"We could only gather information while trying to find a way to deliver the letter. We unexpectedly overheard the Governor of Huzhou talking to someone, saying that the rebellion was a collaboration between the Fourth and Fifth Princes. The Fourth Prince never left the capital, or rather, he was in the palace, planning a coup with the Li family, regicide, and the Fourth Prince would become regent. The Crown Prince, who was patrolling the border and commanding a large army, would then be labeled a regicide and traitor, and the Fifth Prince would assist the Fourth Prince in suppressing the rebels."
Tao Yao was extremely shocked and asked again, "You heard such a secret matter. Who was the Huzhou governor talking to?"
A flash of pain flashed in Zhenzhen's eyes. "Former Shenyang prefect, the fifth prince's uncle! Because we accidentally overheard their words, the spy who was traveling with me was killed while protecting me, so I have been hiding until now. Taoyao, what's the situation outside now?"
Tao Yao said, "Rumors are spreading that the Crown Prince has committed regicide, His Majesty is gravely ill, and the Fourth Prince is acting as regent. Not only has Huzhou Prefecture fallen into the hands of the Huzhou Governor, but the entire world is now in chaos!"
"Now, young lady is trapped outside the city with the troops of the Yongzhou Governor and the Dujiang Governor."
Taoyao explained the current situation outside. Zhenzhen was silent for a moment, then said, "Now, only by seizing Huzhou Prefecture can Miss gain a foothold, compete with other powers, and wait for the Marquis to come to her rescue. I just don't know what the situation is like in the capital now."
Miss Feng listened to what the two said, seeming to understand and not understand at the same time. She felt ashamed. She was a rich lady, and it was okay that her kung fu was not as good as theirs, but she couldn't even understand what they said.
Zhenzhen sighed and said, "It's useless to say anything. For now, we need to get the message to the young lady first, and send the things away as well."
Both of them knew that the thing was a military token.
Tao Yao knew the seriousness of the situation and held the military token tightly. She looked at Miss Feng and said, "Please help me take care of her. I will find a way to leave the city."
Miss Feng nodded heavily: "Don't worry!"
Tao Yao knew that there was no other good way at the moment. She settled Zhenzhen, sorted out her night clothes, put the military token away properly, and then, while it was still dark and there was chaos outside, she opened the gate and slipped out.
Outside the city.
Qin Wan looked at the flames rising into the sky in the city, frowning in thought.
The Governor of Yongzhou was ready to fight: "Crown Princess, there is chaos in the city. Should we take this opportunity to attack?"
Qin Wan nodded: "Yes."
In the dark night, the army was approaching, and the black mass looked terrifying.
Prince Du stood on the high platform, looking at the situation on the city wall with a telescope.
The catapults threw fireballs onto the city walls, illuminating the situation above.
The soldiers on the city wall advanced and retreated in an orderly manner and began to resist.
Prince Du was extremely excited and shouted to Qin Wan below: "Crown Princess, can we use the explosives?"
Qin Wan shook her head. The explosives were too powerful. It would be bad if they were thrown over the city wall and hurt innocent people.
She called Qin Yan over and said, "Send someone with explosives to the city gate to blow it open."
Qin Yan went down to make arrangements.
A group of people, protected by archers and shield bearers, slowly approached the city gate.
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