Chapter 142: Escape from the City Lord's Mansion (Part 2)
If Shen Yi is indeed Pei Xingju, and he hasn't been able to find out anything in these days, it shows how clever Pei Xingju's methods are. Or perhaps he has already set up a trap before he even realized it.
Suddenly, he remembered that the guests had suddenly caused trouble today, and for a moment, he felt that something was wrong.
Shen Zongji lowered his head hurriedly: "Master, now... now what should we do? Please give me your instructions."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crisp sound of porcelain colliding was heard outside.
"Who's outside?"
Liang Jinxian suddenly leaned forward, flew through the window, and accurately grabbed the person's neck.
Liu Ningyan's face turned from pale to red due to being pinched. She was holding a tea tray in her hand, with the tea sloshing inside.
"I... am Liu Ningyan... here to serve... tea." She said with difficulty.
At this time, Shen Zongji also came out with a wheelchair. Seeing that Liu Ningyan was almost suffocated by being strangled, he hurried forward to plead: "Master, please have mercy, she is not a spy."
Liang Jinxian is not a man who is gentle with women. Even when Liu Ningyan shows a pitiful expression and tears in her eyes, he remains indifferent.
"Why are you eavesdropping?" he asked in a deep voice.
Liu Ningyan was speechless and her eyes were about to roll back.
Suddenly, her neck relaxed and she collapsed to the ground, with the tea tray in her hands falling to pieces.
After gasping for a long time, she finally recovered from her shock.
She knelt down and prostrated herself on the ground: "Sir, Ningyan was not eavesdropping. Ningyan just heard that guests had arrived and wanted to serve tea."
Shen Zongji frowned at this, but did not show it.
Liang Jinxian glanced at her for a moment and asked Shen Zongji, "Is she Liu Ningyan, the top performer at Zuishenglou?"
Shen Zongji replied, "That's right."
Hearing this, Liang Jinxian wiped his hands with a handkerchief and said, "Since you are still useful, I will forgive you today. If you do it again, it won't be as simple as death."
Shen Zongji hurriedly reminded him, "Why don't you thank your master quickly?"
"Yes! Ningyan thanks you...thanks you, Master."
Liu Ningyan hurriedly picked up the tea tray and teacups that had rolled on the ground. She caught a glimpse of Liang Jinxian and Shen Zongji coming in, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
After she went out, she was extremely shocked.
It turned out that the man was not Chen Yi, but Pei Xingju, the favorite minister of Emperor Da Zhao.
No wonder she always felt that he had an extraordinary aura, an irresistible aura of a superior.
Pei Xingju!
He turned out to be Pei Xingju!
Liu Ningyan's heart was pounding, and she felt vaguely excited that the thing she had been planning for many years was finally going to succeed.
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Here, the mood of the guests in the main hall became increasingly high.
"Where is Shen Zongji? Why doesn't he come out?"
"Are you becoming a coward?"
"Come out quickly! Otherwise, we will destroy this City Lord's Mansion!"
After saying that, someone got impulsive and actually threw a torch in through the window, yelling, "We're going to burn this damn place down tonight!"
The person who had just shouted was stunned for a moment, but after a moment of emotion, he immediately shouted again: "Yes, burn this damn place down and we can leave!"
A lot of people had gathered in the yard at some point, including servants, guards, and the guests' own servants, almost filling the yard.
As the saying goes, strength lies in numbers, and many hands make light work. Once someone takes the first step, the second and third steps become easy.
Torches came from nowhere and were thrown towards the house. In a blink of an eye, the main hall, the side rooms, and the attic were all on fire.
The hazy night provided people with just the right amount of protection and courage. For a moment, the entire City Lord's Mansion was in chaos.
In the Zhaiyue Pavilion, Liang Jinxian was still talking to Shen Zongji when someone came to report: "City Lord, there's a fire."
Shen Zongji was shocked: "Why did a fire break out out of nowhere?"
"It was the guests who set it off. They were clamoring to burn it to the ground!"
"A bunch of people who are not afraid of death, do you really think I dare not kill them?"
Liang Jinxian laughed angrily: "At this point, do you still think it was the guests who caused trouble?"
Shen Zongji was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood: "Master, I will take people to capture Pei Xingju right away."
"Stupid!" Liang Jinxian scolded, "How could Pei Xingju be so easily captured by you? Do you think he's alone in your house?"
Shen Zongji was startled, then heard Liang Jinxian ask the person who reported it, "Why didn't anyone stop the fire?"
"This..." The man was also confused: "I don't know either. The mansion is in a mess, and it's dark and I can't see who they are."
Liang Jinxian sneered and looked at Shen Zongji: "Look, no one in Pei Xingju knows when someone from your house got in."
"Pei Xingju has many talented individuals who are skilled in the art of invisibility, among whom Xue Gang and Jingzhe are the best. If you lead people to capture them now, can you still catch them?"
"The most urgent thing is to go and see if anything in the secret room is missing!"
After hearing this, Shen Zongji hurriedly pushed his wheelchair out.
However, at this time the entire City Lord's Mansion was almost engulfed in flames, and he could not even tell the direction of Furong Pavilion while standing in Zhaiyue Pavilion.
"Go to Furong Pavilion quickly and check it out!" he ordered his subordinates.
"Yes," Commander Yu clasped his fists and took Shen Zongji down the stairs.
But when they arrived at Furong Pavilion, it was already engulfed in flames and almost no one could get in.
Shen Zongji looked at the huge fire with billowing smoke and suddenly laughed. The firelight made his face red, like a ghost.
"Good job, Chen Yi! Good job, Pei Xingju!" He finished laughing and shouted to the sky, "If I don't avenge this, I'd be unworthy of being Shen Zongji!"
The fire in Furong Pavilion took nearly an hour to put out. Shen Zongji rushed down to the secret room to check as if he had been fished out of the water.
However, the secret room he had built, which was so airtight and fireproof that he was so proud of it, was now filled with smoke. When the cave door was opened, everything inside had disappeared.
Liang Jinxian followed and saw the situation, his face became gloomy with anger.
"Master..." Shen Zongji stepped forward slowly: "Master, don't worry, he can't escape from Liuli City. Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground..."
“Snap—”
Liang Jinxian slapped him in the face: "You've been a local tyrant in Liuli City for so long, do you really think you can do anything?"
After that, he ordered sternly: "Everyone, follow me!"
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On this side, Pei Xingju and Zhuang Wan were riding in a carriage. The driver whipped the horse and the horses galloped nimbly on the wilderness path.
It was Zhuang Wan's first time riding in such a fast carriage. She held onto the carriage door and looked at Pei Xingju, who was sitting securely. She asked, "Where are we going now? Can you please go slower? I'm about to throw up my dinner."
"Be patient," Pei Xingju said, "We must leave Liuli City as soon as possible tonight."
"Going back to Luyang?"
"Exactly."
The path was not smooth and the carriage was moving fast, so the carriage was shaking violently. If it continued to shake, Zhuang Wan was really afraid that she would vomit.
She bent over, hugged her belly, and sat half-kneeling to keep herself steady.
Pei Xingju saw it and simply pulled her over, putting his arm around her shoulders.
This was stable, but...Zhuang Wan moved uncomfortably, only to be scolded by him: "Don't move!"
"Oh." Zhuang Wan stopped moving obediently.
Outside, the car was walking faster and faster, but it stopped suddenly after a while.
"Sir, Xue Gang is here."
Xue Gang had previously led his men to set fire to the City Lord's Mansion, and Pei Xingju had already stolen the items from the secret passage at the beginning of the fire, and then left with Zhuang Wan. Now, after Xue Gang had set the City Lord's Mansion ablaze, he hurriedly followed him out with his men.
He said, "I saw Liang Jinxian."
Pei Xingju was not surprised: "Where are the others?"
"I have already led people to chase after him in Liuli City."
As Xue Gang finished speaking, another man came riding fast and reported, "Sir, the four gates of Liuli City have been sealed. Now only entry is allowed, not exit."
Zhuang Wan looked at Pei Xingju and then at Xue Gang, and asked in confusion, "Do we really have to enter Liuli City?"
Xue Gang said, "Miss Zhuang, you may not know that Liuli City has a unique terrain, surrounded by lakes. We are located on an island in the lake. To leave here, we must pass through Liuli City and exit from the west gate."
In other words, you must enter the city before you can leave.
After that, everyone fell silent.
After a while, the driver pulled off his bamboo hat and knelt on the ground to plead: "Sir, please let me go. I will lead the others to distract them, and you can take the opportunity to enter the city."
Xue Gang stopped him: "No, it's too dangerous for you to go. Liang Jinxian is accompanied by Xizhu and Xichang, two of the top masters in the martial arts world. I'm afraid you will have trouble dealing with them."
Zhuang Wan slowly looked at the driver: "You are..."
The driver raised his head, pulled off his beard and the human skin mask, revealing his true face.
Zhuang Wan was surprised: "I thought the voice sounded so familiar, it turned out to be Jingzhe. When did you come?"
Jingzhe nodded: "Miss, Jingzhe has been at the mansion all the time."
Then Jingzhe said, "There is no other way at the moment, sir. Why not let me give it a try? I will never confront Xichang and the others head-on. I just need to..."
Pei Xingju raised his hand and said, "Don't say anything more. You will only get yourself killed if you go there. It's not advisable to be brave alone."
Everyone was silent again, but there was really no other way.
At this time, Zhuang Wan spoke weakly: "Well, I actually have an idea, I don't know if it will work."
Everyone looked at her.
Xue Gang smiled and asked, "Miss Zhuang, please speak."
"Uh... I still have a jade pendant belonging to Shen Zongji. Maybe it can be used."
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