Ling Qi quickly joined the battle, fighting alongside Ling Yun.
Ling Yun said urgently, "Ling Qi, you've come at the right time! They've just turned into the alley ahead. Don't worry about us, go after them quickly."
"Okay, be careful!" Ling Qi nodded and quickly gave chase.
The two men in black tried to stop Ling Qi, but they couldn't break free.
Qiu Yan heard the words "Crown Prince of Northern Qi" clearly.
Upon hearing this, she didn't have time to think and quickly followed behind Ling Qi.
When Qiu Yan and Ling Qi arrived at the alley ahead, unfortunately, there was no one in sight.
Ling Qi looked around in a panic, and Qiu Yan said, "Let's split up and search." Before Ling Qi could stop her, Qiu Yan had already rushed forward.
Ling Qi opened her mouth, but because she was worried about Qiu Yan, she followed closely behind.
When Qiu Yan reached the intersection ahead, she heard another burst of fighting sounds.
Upon closer inspection, it was Ling Ba fighting against a masked man.
Qiu Yan was startled; she recognized the man.
To avoid implicating the wonton shop, Qiu Yan quickly hid in the shadows.
At this moment, Ling Qi arrived and began to assist Ling Ba in the battle.
Ling Ba echoed the words of the previous two, pointing ahead, "Ling Qi, don't worry about me, hurry up and chase after them."
Ling Qi nodded softly and urged them to hurry and catch up.
Qiu Yan moved around to the front from another position, and vaguely saw three people moving quickly ahead.
One of the men in gray was carrying a weak man on his back, while another man stood beside him.
Qiu Yan tiptoed and quietly followed behind. Unaware of their fighting skills, she wouldn't rashly advance.
The man behind them was clearly very weak. After circling around a few times and glancing back, they quickly entered the backyard of a restaurant.
Qiu Yan looked ahead in surprise; it was undoubtedly Shuangxi Restaurant.
She didn't have much time to think about anything else right now, and continued to massage her heels, carefully craning her neck to examine the area.
The back door was slammed shut and locked.
Qiu Yan peered through the crack in the door and saw that the people inside had already entered one of the rooms.
Hearing footsteps behind her, Qiu Yan immediately became alert.
"Miss Qiu..."
Turning around, she saw that the person who came was Ling Qi, so she immediately told him to be quiet.
“Ling Qi, I just saw two men in gray carrying a man into the backyard of Shuangxi Tower. They are very likely the person you are looking for.”
Knowing Qi Heng's whereabouts, Ling Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief, but was also very grateful to Qiu Yan.
“Miss Qiu, this place is not safe to stay any longer. Let me take you back first.”
"Why are you going back when we haven't even caught them yet? Don't you think about where you'll be looking for them if they leave?"
“But…your safety is the most important.” Ling Qi still held the same thought as yesterday; he believed that Qiu Yan was very likely pregnant.
Qiu Yan thought this matter should be resolved quickly. "There's no 'buts,' Ling Qi. I'll stay here and keep watch. You go back and report back."
"No!" Ling Qi was really afraid that something might happen to Qiu Yan because of this.
“If the people of Northern Qi saw me, they wouldn’t suspect me, but you are different.”
Look at the clothes you're wearing. If you stay, you'll only alert them. Can you guarantee you can handle them all by yourself?
"This..." Ling Qi couldn't be sure. Although they were strong, their opponents were not to be underestimated.
If the other side has more people, he can only protect himself and cannot catch anyone.
Ling Qi didn't want to leave Qiu Yan alone here no matter what. Qiu Yan was anxious and said sternly, "Gu Qian said that you must obey my orders in everything. Do you want to disobey me?"
Ling Qi hurriedly cupped his hands respectfully, "Your subordinate obeys!"
Gu Qian had just arrived at the North Gate and was standing nearby, carefully observing the people leaving the city.
Tang Yi, standing beside him, had his head slightly lowered, not daring to look Gu Qian in the eye.
He was so bad at missing a person that he lost face in front of Gu Qian.
"Tang Yi, guard the city gate well. If the Crown Prince of Northern Qi leaves the city, I will write a letter to His Majesty to transfer you to Youzhou City."
Tang Yi's face was ashen. Baiyang was already remote enough; he had no desire to go to Youzhou.
That place was originally a city of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it must have been in a state of great chaos inside.
The security there is even more difficult to manage. "This subordinate will certainly guard the city gates strictly and will not let any suspicious person go unpunished."
Gu Qian gave Tang Yi a few more instructions, then turned around to meet up with his subordinates and ask them about the situation there.
He had just turned around when he saw Ling Qi.
Qiu Yan had been hiding near Shuangxi Tower, anxiously waiting for Gu Qian to arrive.
A quarter of an hour later, with a creak, the back door of Shuangxi Tower opened again, and then a very inconspicuous carriage drove out directly from the inside.
They moved so fast!
Qiu Yan focused intently, her gaze fixed on the coachman in the carriage.
One of them was the same gray-clad man from before, but he had already changed his clothes.
His clothes were no different from those of Ling Qi and the others.
The carriage moved slowly away, and Qiu Yan followed behind, seemingly unintentionally.
She discovered that the carriage was heading south of the city.
Qiu Yan followed the direction of the carriage all the way to the south of the city.
The man in the carriage glanced carefully in the direction of the city gate and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that Gu Qian, Tang Yi, and the others were not there.
When Qiu Dafu saw Qiu Yan, he ran quickly to her side.
"Xiaoyan, didn't you come here before? Why did you come back? Is something the matter?"
Qiu Yan stared intently at the carriage ahead. "Second Uncle, have you seen Gu Qian?"
"No, what do you want with him?"
Qiu Yan only had a vague understanding of Gu Qian's situation, so she told her second uncle everything about her suspicions and the unusual situation of the carriage ahead.
After hearing this, Qiu Dafu was shocked, but his expression became more serious.
The two followed closely behind the carriage until they reached the city gate, where they stopped together.
The man in front of the carriage frowned slightly when he saw that the city gate ahead was already surrounded by officials and soldiers.
He knew it wouldn't be that simple.
Inside the carriage, another spy was closely protecting his own prince.
The Crown Prince lay weakly in the carriage, cursing inwardly, "That damned Gu Qian, I don't know what he fed him, it's made me so listless."
The official looked at the newcomer and realized he was one of Gu Qian's men. His usually stern face became much more amiable.
"Sir, the entire city is under martial law today. No one is allowed to leave the city!"
The man curled his lips slightly, his face full of disdain.
"We were ordered by General Gu to go out and capture the Crown Prince of Northern Qi. If we offend General Gu, can you bear the consequences?"
After he finished speaking, he raised his forged token high above his head and said, "Anyone who sees this token is as if they were seeing General Gu. Make way!"
The officers hurriedly knelt down and saluted. The head officer sighed, "Sir, please allow me to go and inform Lord Tang first. We subordinates really cannot release him without authorization. We hope you will understand."
Their superiors have declared that today, entry into Baiyang City is permitted, but exit is not.
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