Chapter 64: Being ambushed
Pei Shaoan quickly stood up and walked over, lowering his voice and asking, "What's wrong?"
"Your sister-in-law has been gone for so long and hasn't come back yet. I'm a little worried. Go to the city gate and take them in."
Pei Shaoling whispered to Pei Shaoan.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Pei Shaoan nodded slightly. Although the human skin mask on his face had no expression, there was a hint of solemnity in his eyes.
"Get on a horse."
Pei Shaoling whispered again, "If anything happens, come back and tell me immediately."
Pei Shaoling's uneasiness grew stronger.
If he hadn't been worried that going there in person would reveal that his legs had healed, he would have gone to look for Qiao Qiqi in person long ago.
"Okay, I understand."
Pei Shaoan responded and went out.
On the other hand, Qiao Qiqi frowned slightly as she looked at the closed door of the Governor's Mansion.
She walked around the governor's mansion, found a quiet corner, and climbed over the wall.
What she never expected was that her feet had just touched the ground.
She was caught in a big net!
She could also hear the sound of footsteps and noisy voices, "Someone, come, we've caught another assassin!"
Qiao Qiqi: ...
It’s over, she was caught?
Qiao Qiqi frowned and was about to use a dagger to cut the net that trapped her.
There was a sharp pain in her neck.
mmP ah!
Who is it that is launching a sneak attack?
Before she could turn around, her vision went dark and she passed out.
…
"Madam, madam, how are you? Wake up!"
In a daze, Qiao Qiqi seemed to hear the sound of thunder.
Suddenly, Qiao Qiqi opened her eyes and looked around at the dim environment.
The sharp pain in the back of her neck reminded her of what had happened before.
"Ma'am, are you finally awake?"
An Lei on the other side of the iron railings finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where is this?"
Qiao Qiqi looked at the iron railings around her.
Emma, have I become a bird in a cage?
"This is the dungeon of the Governor's Mansion, madam. We have all been captured and brought in."
The official Qin Laoer said dejectedly.
"Aren't you here to sign the customs documents? Why are you being taken to the dungeon?"
Qiao Qiqi asked in a low voice while looking around the cell.
"We don't know either. As soon as we entered the Governor's Mansion, we were caught in a big net, knocked unconscious, and then thrown here."
An Lei looked depressed.
It's so frustrating that all my martial arts skills are useless.
"Yeah, it's okay."
Qiao Qiqi rubbed the painful spot on her back, stood up and walked to the iron gate to check.
Old-fashioned lock.
Qiao Qiqi had an idea and wanted to take out a wire from the space to open the door.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the iron cage.
Qiao Qiqi quickly fell back to where she had just been lying and closed her eyes.
An Lei and Qin Lao Er also looked in the direction of the footsteps with weak faces.
Soon, a middle-aged man in a purple official robe appeared here with two guards.
"Sir, these two men and one woman are the ones who broke into the Governor's residence today. Please decide how to deal with them."
One of the guards said to the man in official robes.
"What should we do? Just send him to be a medicine man. Why are you bothering me with such a small matter?"
The man in the official robe flicked his sleeves, glanced at the three people in the dim cage, and spoke with a hint of anger in his voice.
"But, sir..."
The guard took a look at the official uniforms on An Lei and Qin Lao Er and was about to say something else.
Qin Lao Er jumped up and grabbed the iron railing, his face full of excitement, "Sir Governor, I am Qin Er, have you forgotten me?"
The governor stiffened and turned to examine the official uniform he was wearing. "Qin Er? The Qin Lao Er who escorted the exiled criminals?"
"Yes, it's me. I'm here to ask you to sign the customs clearance documents. Please let us go."
Qin Lao Er took out the customs clearance document from his pocket and said to the governor.
Unexpectedly, the governor didn't even look at the document in his hand, but snorted coldly.
"Second Qin? So what? Youzhou City is no longer the same as it used to be. No matter who comes in, don't even think about leaving!"
"Keep an eye on them. When we leave, just kill them and bury them!"
The governor flicked his sleeves and spoke to the two guards.
"Yes, sir!"
The two guards responded and followed him out.
After they left for a while, Qiao Qiqi got up from her place.
After looking at the entrance again, a piece of wire appeared in her hand.
"What's going on? We're just here to sign the customs documents, why would he kill us?"
Qin Lao Er looked confused and frightened.
"It's probably to silence the witnesses!"
Qiao Qiqi replied softly, her hands not idle either, she began to fiddle with the big lock on the iron gate.
"Murder to silence the witness? Why?"
Qin Lao Er still looked confused.
"Didn't you see the crowd surrounded by wooden fences along the way?"
Qiao Qiqi whispered, "The people in there are actually ordinary people from Youzhou City. They locked them up together and turned them into medicine men."
"Madam, what is a medicine man?"
An Lei asked softly.
"The medicine man is the living dead. He has lost his consciousness and is like a zombie. He bites anyone he sees and is not afraid of swords or guns."
Qiao Qiqi told the two what she knew about zombies.
"What? The walking dead?"
Qin Lao Er was even more terrified. "What should I do? I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old son. I can't die here!"
With a click, the lock was opened.
Qiao Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't worry, we don't want to die."
After opening the chains, Qiao Qiqi came to the cage next door where An Lei and the others were held. "Keep your voice down. I'll help you unlock it now."
Soon, the lock was opened.
Qiao Qiqi pulled off the chain and opened the door, "Come out quickly!"
"That's amazing, ma'am. I didn't expect you to have such a skill."
An Lei looked at the open prison door and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"That's a must."
Qiao Qiqi had a hint of pride on her face. "Let's go! We have to leave Youzhou City before midnight."
"Why?"
Qin Lao Er was puzzled, "But we haven't signed the customs clearance documents yet!"
"Because at midnight today, they will open the wooden fence and release those medicine men into Youzhou City. So we must leave here early."
Qiao Qiqi said in a low voice.
"But, it's only a quarter of an hour until midnight!"
The officer Qin Laoer said in a low voice.
What?
Have you been unconscious for so long?
Qiao Qiqi frowned, "Hurry up, we have to hurry."
The three of them quickly walked out of the dungeon.
They discovered that the exit to where they were was a rockery.
At this moment, all the lights in the governor's mansion were on.
The servants were busy moving things.
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