Chapter 78 Escape
Just when Yan Qinghao was still in a daze, there was a noisy sound outside the Marquis' Mansion.
"Sir, you can't just go in here. That's the old lady's mourning hall!"
"My lord and miss, something bad has happened! The people from the Governor's Mansion are here!"
A little maid ran to the door of the mourning hall, panting.
Although some of the servants in the Marquis' Mansion were taken away by Qin Mingzhu, those who stayed were all old people who had worked in the Marquis Dingyuan Mansion for many years and were still loyal to the Yan family.
Yan Qingjiao was stunned. She turned her head to look at her eldest brother, "Brother, why are people from the Governor's Mansion here? Weren't you released?"
Yan Qinghao's face turned ashen, and his eyes were gloomy.
He glanced in the direction of the gate and estimated how long it would take for those people to get here. Without having time to answer Yan Qingjiao's question, he immediately said to the two men in black, "Let's go. I know there's a secret passage under the Marquis' Mansion!"
He looked at Yan Qingjiao and said in a cold voice, "Jiao'er, you must not let anyone know that I've been back. If I'm caught by the people from the Governor's Mansion, I, your big brother, will be dead, and you will be thrown into jail too!"
Yan Qingjiao's heart skipped a beat and she almost collapsed to the ground in fright.
"Brother, did you escape from prison?"
Yan Qingming turned and left without hesitation.
The man in black carried him on his back, and the three of them continued to flee, soon entering a secret room in the backyard.
There is indeed a secret passage hidden inside the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, which is why Yan Qinghao came here.
Very few people know about this secret passage. It was kept there just in case, but I didn't expect it to be used today.
After opening the door of the long-sealed secret passage, several people hid inside like rats. A large group of people outside had already broken into the Marquis' Mansion and surrounded the entire mourning hall.
Yan Qingjiao and Yan Qingming were both taken out.
Seeing the man in a black brocade robe and with a strong aura walking in from outside, Yan Qingjiao's legs went weak and she knelt directly on the ground.
Although she dared to shout in front of Qin Mingzhu and contradict her mother and elder brother, she did not dare to offend the person in front of her.
"Commander, you came to my mansion in the middle of the night, is there something wrong?"
She lowered her head and asked in a low voice, her voice trembling and fear hidden in her eyes.
Yan Fengxiao glanced at Yan Qingjiao and Yan Qingming: "Where's Yan Qinghao?"
Yan Qingjiao became alert at this moment, her heart almost jumping out of her throat.
"What Yan Qinghao? My brother died a long time ago!"
"Yeah?"
Yan Fengxiao stepped forward and drew the long sword from his waist.
The tip of the knife was directly against Yan Qingjiao's neck, frightening her so much that she lost her soul in an instant and her pupils suddenly constricted.
"You...what do you want to do? This is the Marquis' Mansion, you can't kill me!"
She screamed, but the tip of the knife cut through her skin without mercy, leaving a very obvious blood mark on her slender white neck.
The stinging pain spread along the skin of her neck and shoulders. Yan Qingjiao trembled all over and stammered, "I... I really haven't seen it... If you don't believe me, ask my second brother!"
Yan Qingming: “…”
His eyes were extremely gloomy. He turned his head to look at Yan Qingjiao, and it seemed that he even had the intention of killing her.
Yan Qingjiao felt her whole body crawl with fear when her second brother looked at her. She immediately closed her eyes and pointed in a direction with a trembling hand, "Over there...over there, my eldest brother escaped that way..."
As the eldest daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, this was the first time in Yan Qingjiao's life that someone had a knife held to her neck.
The feeling of oppression was so strong. Even if she felt that the other party would not dare to kill her in public, what if... Yan Fengxiao's hands trembled?
"Chase."
At the command.
Yan Fengxiao slowly put away his knife.
The blade was sheathed, making a slight trembling sound, which made Yan Qingjiao's legs tremble.
She just had a feeling that if she didn't tell the truth, her head would be chopped off the next moment.
She quickly touched her neck with her hand, and her hand was covered with red. She was so scared that she wanted to scream, but she covered her mouth and held it in.
The people from the Governor's Office followed the direction Yan Qingjiao said and surrounded the entrance to the secret passage where Yan Qinghao had been hiding.
These people were professionals and quickly found the secret passage. They also saw some bloodstains at the entrance.
"Commander-in-Chief, we've found the secret passage. The bloodstains are still fresh. We can confirm that they just went down. I will lead my men to continue the pursuit."
Yan Fengxiao didn't say anything.
He gripped the knife tightly in his hand and jumped down himself.
The secret passage was not very wide. Judging from the marks on the walls on both sides, it had been dug for at least several decades.
On the stone walls on both sides, there is a candlestick for lighting candles at intervals. Only three people can walk side by side horizontally, and the height is only about two meters.
The people from the Governor's Office followed Yan Fengxiao with torches in their hands, lighting the candles on the wall at a distance and chasing forward at a quicker pace to prevent an ambush here.
Fortunately, the people in front fled in a hurry.
There was nothing dangerous about this pursuit.
The distance between the people from the Governor's Office and Yan Qinghao was actually not that far.
Not long after Yan Qinghao ran over, the people behind him were getting closer and closer.
From a distance, Yan Qinghao seemed to be able to hear faint voices behind him.
After all, all three of them were injured, and now they felt like they were forced into a desperate situation.
Yan Qinghao felt pain all over his body and saw stars, but he still gritted his teeth.
We must not be caught by Yan Fengxiao and others.
If you get caught, you're dead!
The breathing became heavier and heavier, and the two men in black finally brought Yan Qinghao to the exit of the secret passage.
One of them went up and pushed away the straw covering the entrance, and the moonlight outside sprinkled down in spots.
Yan Qinghao let out a long sigh, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He looked back at the deep back of the secret passage and saw that people from the Governor's Office were coming!
However, as long as he gets out of here, he can hide quickly. The alleys outside are interconnected, and the people living here are of all kinds. This is the most chaotic place in the entire capital.
"Let's go."
He was pushed up through the entrance by the man in black.
Barely propping up his legs, he crawled out of the secret passage and breathed in the fresh air outside. Yan Qinghao took two unsteady steps, closed his eyes, and finally revealed a smile of surviving a disaster.
“Escaped!”
The two men in black were already exhausted.
If they hadn't been well-trained and had to carry Yan Qinghao, the burden, along the way, they would have been caught up long ago.
Yan Qinghao took a deep breath and said, "Block the entrance and delay them for as long as possible."
"Yes, sir."
A man in black saw the huge rock placed nearby and went up to push it to the exit to block it.
This way, those behind us won't be able to catch up even if they want to...
However, the next moment, a voice came from behind the boulder.
"Oh, you're running for your life."
In the dark night, the moonlight shines sparsely.
It was surrounded by a very dilapidated courtyard with dilapidated walls.
In this environment, the sound was so abrupt that it made people's hearts stop.
Yan Qinghao widened his eyes and looked in disbelief at the woman who walked out from behind the boulder.
"Qin Mingzhu, you...why are you here?"
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