Chapter 155 What a trap!
Hearing the sound, Wei Jingchen turned around and saw a dirty child hiding by the pond, baring his teeth at him.
He quickly caught up with her and pulled her out from the pond.
What are you doing hiding here? Are you injured?
Yun Zhao, being dragged along by him, gave a somewhat embarrassed smile.
"I'm not hurt~ Someone just came by, so I hid here to avoid them~"
She stretched out her arms, her eyes crinkling with laughter: "Brother Jingchen, hug me~"
Seeing her lovely smile, Wei Jingchen immediately lost his temper.
"Alright, alright, let's go. There's nothing else to see in this yard!"
He picked up Yun Zhao and prepared to leave.
Yun Zhao asked curiously, "What did they just say?"
"Nothing special, just two dogs fighting each other, each trying to get something out of the other, and they keep going in circles."
That's why Wei Jingchen decided to leave.
If you can't hear anything good, and it's easy to give yourself away, you might as well go to the study.
"Shall we go back to the inn?"
She had emptied the prefectural government office and needed to hurry back.
"No, while Yuan Shuchang and Yuan Shijie are rambling on, let's go to the study first!"
Yun Zhao: ...
That was too hasty; she finished moving in well ahead of schedule!
Or, how about we stuff something in there later?
Just as Wei Jingchen arrived near the study, a sound suddenly came from not far away.
"Who goes there?!"
Oh no! We've been discovered?
Wei Jingchen immediately picked up Yun Zhao and hid in the shadows.
"There it is! Go after them!"
Just as the two of them were wondering what was going on, a figure passed by not far away, followed by several guards from the Yuan family.
The person's face was covered, and neither Wei Jingchen nor Yun Zhao could tell who it was.
Judging from the man's physique, he was probably a burly man.
After the guards chased after him and left, Wei Jingchen emerged from the shadows.
The guards in front of the study had been moved away. Wei Jingchen took out a dagger from his sleeve and planned to climb in through the window.
Yun Zhao seized the opportunity and put the things in the study back into the room.
"Click!"
The window was opened, and the two quickly entered the room.
The moonlight is quite nice tonight. Wei Jingchen put Yun Zhao down and said in a low voice, "Look for something like a letter or a box!"
Yun Zhao nodded in a serious manner, and watched him turn around to find something before she quietly approached the mechanism.
Although she didn't understand mechanisms, she discovered them when she came to empty the study earlier.
Right behind the large vase, there was a small space containing a wooden box.
She pretended to be curious and approached the vase. "Hey, what's the purpose of putting such a big vase here?"
Upon hearing the voice, Wei Jingchen turned around and saw the vase Yun Zhao had mentioned, which was taller than Yun Zhao, who was five years old at the time.
Such a tall vase isn't anything special.
If I put it in the study, I won't have to worry about it being knocked over or scratching the calligraphy and paintings.
With that in mind, he tried to move the vase.
But the vase was too big, and it was easy for him to make noise if he moved it by himself.
Yun Zhao suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"
"Brother Jingchen, there's a gap in the back!"
Wei Jingchen turned his head and saw a very narrow gap right next to the vase.
He couldn't reach in to touch it, but Yun Zhao could.
"Zhaozhao, I'm holding the vase, can you try reaching out from the side while I'm holding it?"
"Okay, okay!"
Yun Zhao nodded heavily.
Just as he moved the vase, she quickly reached out to touch the mechanism.
"Click!"
The mechanism was successfully opened.
Wei Jingchen was immediately delighted: "Be careful, see what's inside?"
"It looks like a small box. Shall we take it?"
Yun Zhao asked curiously.
Wei Jingchen was about to say that it wouldn't be appropriate to take it directly in case it was discovered.
Just then, a commotion arose outside the door.
"An assassin!"
The sound gradually approached the study, and Wei Jingchen didn't have time to think much about it.
"Take these, we have to go!"
"Okay!"
Yun Zhao had been waiting for him to say those words, and immediately put the wooden box into his bosom.
"Quick, quick, let's go!"
She raised her hands, and Wei Jingchen put the vase back, then scooped her up and climbed out the window.
Before they had gone far, Yun Zhao quickly put the things in the study into his spatial storage.
The Yuan residence gradually became noisy, and Wei Jingchen didn't have time to think much before leading her to run in the other direction of the sound.
Yun Zhao took out a bone flute from his bosom and summoned the little bird.
"Little bird, little bird, please help us avoid the crowds!"
As a bird flew overhead, Yun Zhao quickly said, "Brother Jingchen, hurry and follow the bird!"
Wei Jingchen followed the little bird toward the courtyard wall, narrowly avoiding the guards several times.
The number of guards at the prefectural government office was significantly greater than that at the Yuan family residence in An County.
Without the birds guiding the way overhead, Wei Jingchen probably wouldn't have been able to lead Yun Zhao so accurately through the search by so many people!
What Wei Jingchen didn't expect was that the place the little bird led them to was actually in front of a dog hole!
And it was a fresh dog hole, with freshly dug soil next to it!
Yun Zhao: ...
Oh dear, it seems that big black dog dug a hole and ran away secretly?
"Brother Jingchen, let's hurry! There's a ready-made emergency exit! I have experience, it'll be easy!"
Wei Jingchen looked around, but there were no large trees that could provide suitable cover.
The sounds of pursuers were getting closer.
"Quick, let's go!"
Wei Jingchen gritted his teeth and put Yun Zhao down.
Yun Zhao was truly experienced; he lay down as soon as he landed.
She stuck out her buttocks and darted out through the dog hole in a flash!
Wei Jingchen: ...
A real man knows when to yield and when to stand firm; so be it if he dies!
He copied Yun Zhao and crawled out through the dog hole!
Yun Zhao nervously looked around from the other end of the dog hole. As soon as he came out, he immediately said, "It's safe, we can go now!"
Wei Jingchen didn't care about the mud on his body, picked her up and ran.
"Here! Chase them quickly!"
Not long after they left, someone climbed over the wall from the other side.
A group of guards gave chase, and if it weren't for the birds leading the way and the dog hole providing cover, they probably would have been caught up as well.
The two hid in the shadows and waited until the guards and the assassin had run far away before they planned to leave.
Just as Wei Jingchen was about to go out, a noise suddenly came from the dog hole.
Wei Jingchen reacted quickly and hid Yun Zhao back inside!
A rather thin person was seen struggling to crawl out of the dog hole.
After climbing out, the person quickly fled in the opposite direction.
Wei Jingchen then noticed that the man had a leg injury and was dripping blood as he ran away.
As luck would have it, the direction he fled in was the direction of the post station!
"Brother Jingchen, this..."
Isn't this just setting them up for failure?
"You stay here!"
Wei Jingchen hurriedly went out to cover up the traces for the man, but since it was blood, it was not easy to clean on the bluestone road.
Yun Zhao followed behind him, imitating his actions, and went along to clean up.
They followed them all the way to the vicinity of the post station, and only then did their troubles worsen.
That person actually hid in the post station!
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