Chapter 326 Luo'er escapes danger, Sha Lei is captured!
It's a lightning strike!
Li Qing paused, knowing that if she went out now, she would be arrested.
She quickly stuffed all the silver she had swindled from the pimp into the hands of the guard behind her, and then made a fist-and-palm gesture.
Before the guards could react, she had already run away as fast as lightning.
Guard: ...
Although the pimp seemed suspicious, the guards did not pursue him because of his sincere filial piety.
In this Chunyanlou restaurant, if the monk can escape, can he escape the temple?
The guard weighed the silver in his hand, stuffed it into his pocket, and then returned to the door to knock: "Young Master Zong, the people downstairs are from the Prince Su's residence. I'm afraid you'll have to come out as well."
"I'll go down first, you can come slowly later?"
Instead of the expected "get lost," the guard raised an eyebrow but didn't think much of it, and strode away from the second floor.
Li Qinglu arrived at the backyard with lingering fear, and heard a group of servants walking out, all muttering complaints: "What good can the Prince Su's mansion do? A bunch of murderers who only know how to kill, searching for treasures for General Xiuli's mansion all over the city in broad daylight, do they really have nothing better to do?"
"You don't know, Prince Su just came out of the Prince Su's residence, and he's probably going to go crazy for a while."
"What? Wasn't he imprisoned to reflect on his actions after incurring the wrath of the Holy One? It was only a short while ago that everyone was so pleased with themselves, and now he's been released again?"
"In my opinion, His Majesty is still too lenient with this violent son."
"Who told him to be the only bloodline left behind by the imperial concubine who was once the emperor's most beloved?"
"Ha, if it weren't for that, would His Majesty have tolerated him until now?"
"But how did he get out so quickly?"
"I heard that the Ministry of Water Resources pleaded for him to leave the city to manage the floods. If you ask me, the Ministry of Water Resources was just giving him face. Every rainy season they would pretend to invite him to help with the flood control efforts in order to gain some fame and recognition, but he always ended up showing his true colors."
"I heard he's just a pretty face with no substance; he only fawns over the Water Department because they have his henchmen!"
“Sages are not blind. No matter how much they favor and pamper them, can they ignore those who are truly talented and have done their work?”
"Shh! You all have a death wish, don't you? How dare you gossip about this evil god in private, and even mention the Emperor! Be careful someone overhears you and reports you to the authorities, and you'll all lose your heads!"
"Stop talking. If Yama, the God of Slaughter, comes today, he might cause everyone to panic again. Let's all keep quiet to avoid getting into trouble."
"I heard that everyone in the city is on edge these past two days, afraid that he might suddenly go crazy and ransack someone's house again."
"Didn't they say he hasn't been reinstated as the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review?"
"So what? He's a prince who can support his own army. He's also a ruthless king who can take the life of anyone he doesn't like."
“Our worthless lives are less than a blade of grass in his eyes.”
"What are you afraid of? This is the Spring Banquet Pavilion."
“Our master said that in this Spring Banquet Pavilion, we have complete freedom of speech. Even we lowly servants can discuss anything we want to discuss.”
"In this Spring Banquet Pavilion, everyone can say what they want. We are all equal, so what's there to be afraid of?"
"That's right, nothing we say at Chunyanlou will be spread around."
"This is an unwritten rule of Chunyanlou."
Li Qing, who was pretending to wash dishes in the corner, was both surprised and amazed when she heard these words.
To everyone's surprise, Qin Yu was implementing such a bold rule at the Spring Banquet Pavilion.
These servants are really audacious to speak so freely about the royal family.
Even the sons of noble families or the heads of households dare not discuss the affairs of the imperial court behind closed doors.
Yet the servants in the backyard of Chunyan Tower were all so audacious as to talk about the royal family, even the one above them.
What a bunch of ignorant people whose brains have been blown out!
If the people from the Prince Su's mansion were to hear this, they wouldn't care what kind of banquet hall this was.
It's lamentable how deep the world's prejudices and misunderstandings about Duan Rongshi really are!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a massive mountain.
She shook her head, then heard someone call out to her, "Hey! You new little pimp, aren't you coming over here right now? Are you waiting for the Prince Su's men to come in and arrest you?"
Li Qingluo quickly got up, wiped her wet hands on her body, and hurried to the back.
After walking a few steps, they turned a corner and hid in a secluded spot.
She wouldn't go out and walk right into a trap.
However, now that everyone is going to the front hall, it has given her an excellent opportunity to escape.
After everyone had left, she was about to climb over the wall in the backyard to escape when a hand suddenly grabbed her from behind.
Before Li Qingluo could even gasp in surprise, she was dazed and confused as she was pulled into a dilapidated little wooden hut.
The gaps in the wooden house are a bit large, so you can still see outside.
However, the thatched roof is quite large and cluttered, so it is not easy to see inside from the outside.
For a moment, they stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Li Qing sneaked out of Jiao Niang's room, and the scissors hidden in her sleeve almost stabbed out.
But she unexpectedly saw an acquaintance in the Spring Banquet Pavilion.
It was in the Prince Su's mansion, right in front of her, that pale-faced man who had been knocked unconscious by Sha Lei with a single blow.
This man was none other than Eunuch Wu.
Li Qingluo didn't know he was a eunuch; she was just staring at him curiously.
Grandpa Wu looked her over suspiciously: "Why do you look so familiar, you ugly thing?"
Li Qingluo: ……
She had seen that treacherous voice and that beardless jaw before, back in the palace.
Suddenly, footsteps approached from outside.
The two immediately squatted down and covered their mouths in unison.
"Strange, where did they go?"
"Oh no! If they really escaped, my boss will kill me!"
"I...I have to go and inform the master right away!"
Li Qingluo immediately looked at Eunuch Wu, and Eunuch Wu also looked at her.
They pointed at each other, and in her haste, Li Qingluo gestured, "Were you also brought here by Sha Lei?"
Eunuch Wu is the chief steward of Prince Su's mansion, so how could he not understand sign language?
His eyes widened instantly.
"You... Ah! I recognize you! You're the little girl that was locked up by that wicked Lei that day!"
Li Qingluo quickly pointed to her dark circles and then to the large mole on her face, making a 'disguised' gesture, and nodded hurriedly.
Eunuch Wu's eyes immediately filled with tears: "Then we are truly in the same boat."
"That damned Lei! He actually wanted to imprison me. I think he's insane and will kill me sooner or later to silence me. Could it be... you're planning to escape too?"
Li Qingluo pointed outside, indicating that now was the best time.
But Eunuch Wu said, "No! This Spring Banquet Pavilion isn't so easy to escape from. Do you think you can get away safely by climbing over the wall now?"
“There are people on duty around the Chunyan Tower in all four corners and all the places you can’t see, but they are constantly watching the outside of the Chunyan Tower for twelve hours a day.”
"They're not inside Chunyanlou. Even if Sha Lei pretends to search the place, he won't touch those people. So we can't escape."
Li Qingluo's face turned pale upon hearing this.
If he hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have known that Chunyanlou was actually an impenetrable fortress, so tight that not even a mosquito could escape.
No wonder those lackeys dared to speak so boldly and slanderously about Duan Rongshi.
But she was running out of time.
The beautiful woman, the pimp, and the young master who was knocked unconscious by his own vase will all be discovered very soon...
Just as Li Qingluo finished thinking, shouts came from ahead.
"It's Jiao Niang—"
"Someone hit Fangwa and ran away wearing Fangwa's clothes!"
"Heavens! It's Young Master Zong! Young Master Zong has also been injured—"
A commotion broke out outside.
Then the people from Prince Su's mansion rushed in, with Sha Lei leading the charge as they stormed into the backyard.
The person who led him was the guard to whom Li Qingluo had previously given silver.
Eunuch Wu looked at Li Qingluo with a questioning look in his eyes: Did you do this?
Li Qinglu gave two silent, dry laughs.
Unfortunately, it was revealed so quickly.
Grandpa Wu smiled, gave her a thumbs-up, and gestured in sign language: "Well done!"
After he finished speaking, he suddenly pointed to an inconspicuous wooden board under his feet.
Taking advantage of the noise of searching outside, Grandpa Wu seized the opportunity to pull the wooden board apart.
There was a cellar under the wooden planks?
Grandpa Wu took the lead and jumped down.
Amidst the commotion in the courtyard, Sha Lei quickly discerned a strange sound and turned his head to look in that direction.
Li Qingluo quickly followed suit and jumped down.
Then the two of them worked together to pull up the mechanism that had fallen onto the wall below.
A piece of soil, identical to the one above, slowly closed in.
The moment the door closed, a single sword strike from Sha Lei cleaved open the wall of the dilapidated house.
It was completely empty inside.
A murmur arose behind him: "What's this room for? I don't know anything about it."
"It used to be a woodshed, then it was used to store miscellaneous items, and it has been completely abandoned in the last two years."
"It's so inconspicuous, I thought it was a chicken coop."
"That's right! We've been here for so long and we didn't even know there was such a place!"
"But how did he know?"
Sha Lei stared at the ground and was about to step inside.
Suddenly, a command rang out from behind: "Kill Lei!"
"His Highness requests that you return to your residence immediately."
Sha Lei quickly turned his head and saw that the newcomers were Po Feng and Leng Dian.
The two men stared at him coldly, as if he were a heinous stranger, their eyes filled with barely concealed resentment and anger.
Sha Lei felt a chill run down his spine.
He knew that what he had done had been discovered.
Sha Lei dropped his sword and said calmly, "I will go back with you to see His Highness. But everything is different from what you expected."
Broken Wind: "We have nothing to say to each other."
"Explain everything you want to say to His Highness personally!"
Sha Lei remained silent, and Leng Dian continued to bind his hands.
The people from Prince Su's mansion quickly withdrew. Not only did Sha Lei remain unaware, but Po Feng and Leng Dian were also completely oblivious. They once again missed each other due to unforeseen circumstances...
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