Chapter 204 The Man in Black? How exciting!
Wei Jingchen strode over and asked, "Why did you get here? Did Uncle Chen find you and take people out immediately?"
"Uncle Chen must have spotted Hua Hua; its tail just popped out. Luckily, I cleaned it up quickly enough!"
Yun Zhao looked proud.
Wei Jingchen was both amused and exasperated. He patted her head and asked, "Did you discover something?"
"Look here, isn't this a hidden door?"
Wei Jingchen looked in the direction she pointed and saw a not very obvious gap that looked like a door.
"Shall we go down?"
Yun Zhao looked at him with excitement.
"With Huahua here, success is guaranteed!"
"Don't alert them yet. When I came here from the secret passage just now..."
If we hear a sound from above, and it's not relief funds or grain coming down, we'll alert the enemy.
If the following is disaster relief funds and grain, Yuezhou is Zhuang Shuyang's territory. What if he decides to act recklessly and do whatever he wants?
Not only can we do nothing to him, but we might even be killed by him to silence us!
We'll go back and have Uncle Chen send a message back to Suzhou by fast horse. If nothing unexpected happens...
Lord Ding should arrive tonight. If we do find relief funds and grain then,
"Just set off fireworks! Lord Ding, as a special envoy of His Majesty's cabinet, can enter the city and be caught red-handed!"
After hearing Wei Jingchen's words, Yun Zhao realized that although she knew the item was down there, Wei Jingchen was not sure.
"Great idea! Let's head back right away!"
Just as the two were about to leave, Yun Zhao stopped in his tracks.
She turned around and hugged the tiger's head tightly.
"No, Hua Hua, you stay here. If they're planning to move the things downstairs..."
You just bite them, and wait for me to come back! Oh, and don't kill them, okay?
Wei Jingchen understood.
She's worried that her things will be moved away.
"You're so thoughtful!"
Wei Jingchen rubbed her head and then led her away.
As the tiger climbed out the window, two fruits appeared out of nowhere in front of it, and its eyes lit up.
"Ooh~"
He let out a soft moan, then contentedly buried the fruit under his chin and lay there guarding it.
Back in the carriage, the driver had already returned.
Seeing the two of them, he looked terrified.
"Oh my little darlings, where have you two been?"
God knows, when he came back he found only a tiger cub in the car, and he was terrified!
"Let's hurry up and leave. We've found something; we need to send someone back to Suzhou!"
Upon hearing Wei Jingchen's words, the coachman quickly drove the carriage away.
After exiting through the back door, Wei Jingchen jumped off the carriage and used his light-footed skill to quickly return to the branch office.
The coachman followed the original route to the front gate of the dye house to pick up Chen Wenliang.
Chen Wenliang and the dye shop owner fobbed him off and tricked him into getting into the carriage.
As soon as the carriage curtain was lowered, Chen Wenliang's expression changed.
"Oh my goodness, I was terrified when I saw you and the tiger! Where's the tiger? And where's Young Master Wei?"
He patted his chest in relief, then turned around and found that one person and one tiger were missing from the car. He was immediately terrified!
Yun Zhao repeated what Wei Jingchen had just said.
"Great! With the tiger here, we can definitely hold out!"
By the time they returned to the escort agency from the dye house, Liang Yonghua had already arranged for fast horses to leave the city.
Seeing them return, Liang Yonghua waved to them.
"Come on over, let's make arrangements for tonight's operation!"
That night.
The Zhenyuan Escort Agency branch was eerily quiet.
Unbeknownst to anyone, apart from the guards at the entrance, everyone inside the branch office had already come out.
Outside the dyehouse.
The patrolmen had just passed by, and several dark figures flashed past from behind.
One of them, who appeared to be a young man, was carrying a similarly veiled child when he scaled the wall and entered the dye house.
The group hid outside the warehouse; several men kept watch while one man pried open a window.
Wei Jingchen lowered his eyes and saw that only a pair of beautiful eyes were visible from the little girl in his arms.
It was sparkling, glancing around curiously.
Having lived two lives, this was Yun Zhao's first time as a man in black, so he was naturally excited.
Seeing her like this, Wei Jingchen knew that his worries were unnecessary.
He thought she would be scared by such a big commotion at night.
On second thought, this girl isn't even afraid of tigers, so what's there to be afraid of in the dark?
Entering the warehouse through the window, Yun Zhao called out in a low voice, "Hua Hua? Where are you?"
A pair of eerie green eyes appeared in the corner, then flashed through the darkness and appeared before her in an instant!
"You're awesome! Quick, let's dig open that secret door!"
Yun Zhao stroked its head and made it lead the way.
The tiger turned and led the way, its green eyes shining like a guiding light in the darkness.
The group followed and watched as it stopped in one spot and suddenly began to paw at the place where the goods were stored!
"The door to the secret room should be here, start digging!"
Liang Yonghua didn't mince words and immediately picked up his tools and started working.
They quickly pried open the wooden door that was disguised as a storage area for goods!
There was only one candle lit in the dark room. The tiger jumped in and looked around.
After a moment, Yun Zhao then called the others to leave.
"Hua Hua says there's no one here!"
After hearing this, the crowd left two people up there to keep watch, while the rest of them jumped down!
Wei Jingchen carried Yun Zhao to the wall, and Yun Zhao took out a tinderbox from the small pocket on her chest.
Wei Jingchen carried her all the way there and lit the candles on the wall.
The dark room became bright, and everyone then discovered that it was filled with boxes and sacks!
Liang Wenhua casually opened a box, which was full of silver ingots!
"Captain, this is grain!"
"Captain, this is also a silver ingot!"
"The head镖师..."
Every box and sack opened contained items needed for disaster relief.
"It's really here! Quick, everyone on alert, set off fireworks!"
Liang Yonghua hissed angrily in a low voice, his heart filled with barely suppressed rage.
These people have gone too far!
"yes!"
The bodyguard returned to the ground and relayed Liang Yonghua's orders.
He then climbed over the wall and ran a distance away before lighting the fireworks!
"Whoosh—"
Red fireworks shot straight into the sky, dyeing the night red.
Outside the city gate.
"The signal's here! Let's go!"
Ding Yan personally rode his horse towards the city gate.
"Who goes there? How dare you trespass through the city gate!"
At the city gate, the guards drew their bows and arrows to stop the people.
"Ding Yan of the Cabinet, acting on His Majesty's orders, has come to investigate the breach of the dikes in Jiangnan. Open the city gates! Anyone who disobeys will be punished as an accomplice!"
Ding Yan held up the imperial edict in his hand; the bright yellow edict flickered in the torchlight.
"Quickly, open the city gates!"
"Boom!"
The city gates of Yuezhou were wide open, and the bodyguards who had been hiding at the gates rode out on horseback.
"Lord Ding, over here!"
"Walk!"
Ding Yan led his men forward, while the carriage behind them stopped to cooperate with the city gate inspection.
The rest of the group followed behind the bodyguards. When they reached the first fork in the road, the two bodyguards went in different directions.
As originally planned, Ding Yan followed the bodyguard dressed in black.
Ding Yan's most trusted imperial guards were accompanied by bodyguards dressed in dark red.
The group split into two groups.
The Zhuang Mansion.
"Bang bang bang!"
Zhuang Shuyang was awakened by urgent knocking on the door.
"What happened?"
He rebuked him sternly.
"Sir, something has happened!"
The voice coming from outside the door was that of a bodyguard.
Zhuang Shuyang's expression changed, and he hurriedly got up and put on his outer robe.
"Husband, what has happened?"
Madam Zhuang was startled and quickly asked.
"It's nothing, it's just business. I'll take care of it. You should go to sleep!"
Zhuang Shuyang whispered words of comfort to his wife, then turned and walked out, ignoring his disheveled hair.
As soon as he stepped outside, his expression changed drastically, and he lowered his voice in annoyance.
"What happened?"
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