Chapter 17 You treat me sincerely, I treat you sincerely
The autumn night was silent, and the rippling water was reflected on Gu Wan's face and body.
Xie Ci quickly let go.
Gu Guan couldn't help but laugh, but the situation didn't have to be like this.
She patted Xie Ci's shoulder.
The boy's shoulders have grown much taller and wider. He is almost seventeen years old. The men in the Xie family all have strong bodies early, and it seems that he will be no exception.
My thighs are not thick enough yet, so I guess I can only practice hugging them.
She laughed at her own thoughts.
Gu Wan smiled and waved quickly: "Let's go!"
Xie Ci nodded. There was a faint sound of laughter outside. This person had to be taken away quickly.
The two men tied the man's hands, feet and mouth tightly, one lifted his head and the other lifted his feet. After opening the rear window, they lowered him into the water with a rope, dragged him to the base of the dark wall, and brought him over.
In the dark and quiet room, the rippling water reflected on the hands of the two people. Xie Ci looked up at Gu Wan. He felt much better with her by his side.
It is true that one person's plan is short, but two people's plan is long.
He couldn't imagine that he was facing this uncertain road ahead alone.
"Hurry up, hurry up."
"good."
Xie Ci and Gu Guan acted quickly and soon tied up the man and hung him up. After entering the water, the man showed signs of waking up, but it didn't matter, he was trapped tightly, including his mouth.
After getting the man over, the two of them turned back and managed to knock down all of the man's companions without disturbing Hua Niang.
The whole process went on until the late night, and even the secret house became quiet. Both the pimps and the clients fell into a deep sleep in the pavilions.
It was quite normal for these deputy army playboys to disappear for one or two days or even two or three days while sleeping with other women. When they came out to play, they would usually choose the next day when they did not have important tasks to do or were on leave.
This is exactly the time when Xie Ci and Gu Guan take action.
After returning to the small house, Xie Ci dragged everyone into the east wing and began to interrogate them, while Gu Wan quickly arranged the dozens of small plates he had bought today into several rows and began to mix the makeup powder. Gu Wan had worked hard on high-end imitation makeup, and today he painstakingly collected some powder and rouge tools that were usable.
When Xie Ci came out after the interrogation, she had already arranged and mixed the small plates.
She picked out two people with the most suitable body shapes and faces, looked at them carefully, and quickly started to apply makeup on their faces.
They worked diligently until dawn, and finally finished it. They stripped off the armor of the two guards and put it on themselves. Taking advantage of the dawn, they climbed over the wall again and entered the corresponding water pavilion. When it was getting light outside and someone was leaving, they yawned, opened the pavilion door, and left openly through the main gate.
Early in the morning, the entire Suzhou City woke up. People were entering and exiting the side door of the back alley of the Governor's Mansion. Some were emptying nightshades and cleaning up the waste, some were driving mule carts to go out to buy things, and some were going to work and changing shifts. It was the time of the day when there were the most people and the best time to sneak in.
At this time, Xie Ci's advantage comes into play.
He was very familiar with the workings of the army and the Governor's Office. He took Gu Wan in through the back alley. One of them stretched his waist while the other picked his teeth. They entered the Governor's Office through the side door that was reserved for the deputy military guards to pass directly to the duty guard camp.
The two of them were lucky this time. The white-skinned young deputy military officer was the deputy steward of the mansion. The former residence was quite important and the young man knew a lot of things - this indirectly confirmed that Xun Rongbi should have been imprisoned.
After entering the Governor's Mansion, according to the information confessed by the young man, the two men changed their shells again and became palace guards. After a lot of effort, they finally succeeded in approaching the courtyard where Xun Rongbi was imprisoned.
Xie Ci raised his head slightly, staring at the two-courtyard house with a complicated expression. An old red pine tree with twisted branches and lush leaves was planted on the left side of the front courtyard like an umbrella. The west wind was cold in September, but the tree still stood lush and green without any fallen leaves.
For a moment, he was overwhelmed with emotions. This was the courtyard where Xie Ci had lived when he was a child. The big pine tree was planted by his uncle Xun Rongbi. At that time, Xun Rongbi taught him that people are like trees. Some will lose their leaves when it is cold, while others will remain lush and tall even after drought and cold.
We should be like the big red pine.
The past scenes suddenly surged up in his mind, and Xie Ci shook his head vigorously to get rid of them. He told Gu Wan, "There is a drainage ditch in this yard. We can go in from there."
Of course, the courtyard where Xun Rongbi was recuperating wasn't heavily guarded. It was a vast place, so it was inevitable that it was loose on the outside but tight on the inside. But after Xie Ci's experience at Tiekan Temple, he knew there was an unexpected loophole: the drainage ditch. He figured it should be enough.
The two men found a hidden spot and tried to open the canal. They could barely get in, but Suzhou was a key gateway town and was built more carefully than the Tiekan Temple Prison. Halfway up, they found an iron fence.
Fortunately, the two men were well prepared. They immediately pulled out a thin bamboo from the side of their calf and each pulled out a very expensive saw blade from it.
The two saw blades were scrapped one after another, and the iron fence was also sawed open by them. Xie Ci and Gu Guan finally successfully crawled through the drainage ditch and entered the yard where Xun Rongbi was recuperating.
The two soon discovered that people were actually concentrated in the first courtyard. The servants who were going in and out hurriedly, carrying medicine and water, with anxious expressions, stopped after entering the first courtyard, and their silent and lowered heads revealed a sense of panic.
He should be worried that he will be silenced after the incident.
If the story of Xun Rongbi being a sick prisoner is true.
As for the door to the second courtyard, it was locked. Only a mute servant opened the door with a key and brought in breakfast. Not long after, he came out silently and locked the door again.
Xun Rongbi was imprisoned in the second courtyard.
There were not many guards inside, and there was a trusted guard at each corner of the courtyard. After careful observation, Xie Ci and Gu Guan found that there were three commanding heights not far away that allowed them to see the entire second courtyard.
The main door and windows of the second courtyard were nailed shut with wooden boards, leaving only a narrow drawer under the main door for delivering meals, which was locked with a shiny combination lock.
Ancient combination locks were also quite troublesome, at least there was no way to open them quickly.
The Governor's Mansion was heavily guarded and the commanding heights were in full view, but Xie Ci and Gu Guan, through patient observation, finally discovered that they could still find a way to get in.
No matter how tightly the doors and windows were nailed shut, if there were people inside, they still had to leave some air vents. In the north, people often used kangs and charcoal in the winter, so the air vents were left wide open. Judging by the visual, they could barely fit through. This reluctance was mainly due to Xie Ci, as Gu Wan didn't force it.
This air vent is at the top of a small back wall. Its wide eaves shield it from wind and rain, obscuring the view from the commanding heights while leaving space for operation. The courtyard's original design was good, with lush flowers and trees growing beneath the air vent all the way to the porch. Although they withered and yellowed in late autumn, they hadn't completely withered.
When it's dim at night, you should be able to get past it.
Now they have to face two problems. First, the air vent is also sealed, and it is locked from the inside and outside with an iron plate with honeycomb holes, and the lock is not on the outside.
If you want to open the lock, you have to use a thin wire to reach in and then probe into the keyhole. It is very difficult to operate remotely.
The second one is the most dangerous.
The real dangers to be faced on this trip.
If it's a trap, it will be triggered as soon as you enter!
It was difficult to say how to escape from the imaginable ambush and trap, even though they were disguised as palace guards, had repeatedly surveyed the escape routes and discussed several backup plans.
Gu Guanxie Ci observed and discussed repeatedly, and decided that this corridor beam hiding place was only suitable for one person.
In this situation, it would be pointless for two people to take the risk together. The best option is for one person to open the air vent and inspect the interior while the other leaves to a safe location.
If something happens, the target will be bigger and it will be more difficult to escape.
“You can only go alone.”
After observing, Gu Guan whispered to Xie Ci behind him.
Outside, the wind whistled, mixed with the rustling and creaking of withered trees and flowers. She hesitated for a moment, "I'd better go."
Xie Ci immediately said, “No, I’ll go.”
"But are you sure you can open that lock?"
I couldn't utter a word to thank him.
Gu Wan touched his shoulder: "Besides, if it really is a trap, I can escape much better than you."
Now is not the time to show off one's loyalty. Yes, this matter is actually Xie Ci's business, but the problem is that given the current conditions, Gu Wan is the best choice to go.
The lock was only one of the reasons. Gu Guan was even thinner and more flexible. The other most important one was, she raised her eyes and looked at Xie Ci's forehead, which was obviously covered with sweat. "Don't you even look at your face?"
Although it was a cold late autumn, the two adult guards the two men pretended to be were rather strong and sturdy. They had layers of clothing under their armor, and they had been crawling under the ditch for such a long time in a tense atmosphere, so they were already sweating.
There was no waterproof makeup in those days, and no matter how careful the two of them were, the disguise on their faces was still slightly blurred.
Once you start running, it won't be long before you have to use your real face.
We have to weigh the pros and cons. It is really more advantageous for Gu Wan to go. If there is really a trap ahead, no matter which plan she chooses, it will be easier for her to run away than Xie Ci. Xie Ci's face is really too iconic.
She touched his shoulder with hers and said, "Let me go."
"Just keep an eye on me and wait for me to come to your rescue." She said with a smile, "If I can't make it back to the palace guards, I'll still be waiting for you to rescue me."
In the late autumn weather, the girl's forehead was covered with sweat. She had lost the look of a teacher and friend she had worn last night, and her face was now full of youthful innocence.
Her eyes curved slightly with a smile, but she was not afraid at all. Instead, she leaned over and spoke to him in a low voice.
"Hey, did you hear that?"
When he didn't respond, she poked him with her elbow.
An indescribable emotion welled up in Xie Ci's heart. From the beginning until now, he had given her unhesitating support and the painstaking counseling she had given him last night.
She has been with me through all the ups and downs along the way.
Xie Ci knew that everything Gu Wan said made sense, and he couldn't refute a single word. But in this dim ditch, he looked at her and said word by word: "Yuan Niang, if you die, after this matter is over, I will commit suicide to accompany you!"
No matter how calmly she spoke, it could not conceal the crisis that lay ahead.
——If anything happens to her, and his father is avenged, he will commit suicide to accompany her!
At this moment, the young man shed all his resentment and depression. No matter the hatred from the past or the firm insistence from last night, they all faded away from him. The setting sun shone into the canal mouth through the half-blocked canal cover. He looked up at the girl in front of him, his star-like eyes filled with sincerity.
Gu Guan was a little surprised. She was about to turn around again, but when she turned around, she met Xie Ci's dark eyes. The young man pursed his lips firmly and didn't blink for a moment.
He is serious.
Gu Wan: "...That's not necessary, I will definitely come back safely."
Why are you killing her? Don't curse her!
Gu Wan quickly made a loud "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh!" and knocked on his head, "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh, what you just said doesn't count! You absolutely can't say that before you start working!"
It's weird, isn't it?
She knocked him on the head twice and said, "Hurry up, go away, stop talking nonsense, go!"
"Hurry up, they're about to change shifts, go back to the barracks and wait for me."
Hurry up, don't waste time.
Xie Ci nodded, and he had to reluctantly turn around using the seat vacated by Gu Wan.
He stared at Gu Wan for a moment, then turned around and left quickly.
…
Soon Gu Wan was the only one left in the canal.
She smiled half a bit and shook her head.
But she quickly put this behind her, adjusted her posture, and focused on lying at the mouth of the channel and watching carefully.
Life is still very precious. Even if there is the Mariana Trench ahead, she can't capsize here!
It quickly grew dark, the moonlight dimly shining on the bluestone steps of the tiled wall. Gu Wan calculated silently in her mind. She quickly moved the manhole cover away, rolled on the ground under the half-dried large-leaf peony, and quickly rushed up to the corridor. She rolled half-standing up, stepped on the windowsill, and climbed up by grabbing the beam.
Footsteps came from behind the wall, walked to the flower bed on the side wall, glanced at it, and turned back.
Gu Guan released his breath and breathed slowly. With the help of the reflection of the moonlight, he looked at the iron plate of the air vent for a while, and pulled out two thin and long silver iron wires from the side of the boot. There was a small half-curved hook at one end of the wire.
She held the two things that looked like bicycle wires but were dozens of times thinner, folded them, and inserted them into the middle of the iron plate through the hole as thick as her finger, and accurately inserted them under the keyhole.
Gu Guan is actually very good at opening this kind of things. After all, this was once her livelihood. If time constraints were not a problem, she could also use the lost wax method, which is safer and more foolproof.
After about ten seconds, the hook successfully got stuck in a position. She pressed and pulled, and the iron plate moved. She stretched out her fingers to hook the hole, took it out completely, and placed it flat on the top of the beam.
The air vent revealed its true appearance, which was more than a foot long and half a foot high. Inside the rectangular air vent was a dark room. There was no sound at all, and only half of the shadow of a black curtain could be seen.
Gu Guan licked her lips, slowly stood up, and crawled in little by little.
…
Xie Ci quickly returned to the barracks of this body.
It was already dark. The guards who were off duty returned to their rooms in twos and threes, and then left one after another. Some went to eat, and some went to the back alley.
After everyone in the barracks left, Xie Ci slipped in.
He waited anxiously in the room.
Time passed little by little, the night gradually deepened, and suddenly the door clicked, and he turned around like lightning.
Gu Wan pushed open the door and ran over quickly.
Xie Ci had already recognized her footsteps, and he rushed out and opened the door.
The two faced each other.
Gu Guan pulled his arm and said, "He's really dying!"
Gu Wan spoke hurriedly.
She gasped, and the two of them turned around and went back.
They climbed in through the stingy window one after another and jumped into the house. They walked silently to the front of the bed and took a closer look.
Xie Ci's heart couldn't help but tremble.
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