Chapter 163 Escape
Du Qing grabbed Chen Mu's wrist and asked, "What do you mean by snitch?"
The confusion in his eyes didn't seem fake, but Chen Mu didn't believe it: "You're still pretending! If you hadn't informed on us, how could we have been wiped out?"
"Please explain yourself clearly—"
The two men were talking while fighting when they heard hurried footsteps outside the door.
"Look, it's coming this way."
"Knock open these doors!"
Boom boom boom——
Soon there was a knock on the door, and from the increasingly urgent noise, one could feel the impatience of the person outside the door.
Du Qing didn't bother to ask more questions and pointed to the woodshed: "There's a rice jar in there where you can hide!"
At this juncture, Chen Mu had no choice but to listen to Du Qing and slip into the woodshed.
Du Qing straightened his clothes and went forward to open the door: "Who is it——"
The rest of the words stopped abruptly, revealing a frightened look.
"Have you seen a thin man in dark clothes?"
Night had fallen and Chen Mu was running very fast. The Jinlin Guards chasing him could not see the color of his clothes, but only that they could see that they were dark and that he was thin.
"I didn't see it, you are——"
"Jinlin Guard." The Jinlin Guard who spoke pushed Du Qing away and strode in.
Several Jinlin Guards followed closely behind.
"Search carefully!"
"yes."
Seeing several Jinlin Guards rushing around and searching through boxes and cabinets without mercy, Du Qing became anxious: "Sir, there is no one else here, you——"
"Shut up!"
Du Qing shut up, his face showing panic, and he felt lucky in his heart.
As the master's close protector, he had always lived separately from the others, rarely contacting them, and when they did, they would go to the abandoned house. Since the master entered the palace, he had moved to a new residence, and there was no trace of another person living there.
What he was curious about now was what kind of trouble Chen Mu had gotten into and why he was being hunted down by the Jinlin Guards.
The Jinlin Guard, the leader, stood beside Du Qing, clearly keeping him under his watch. Others came in and out, and soon one of them headed straight for the woodshed.
Chen Mu couldn't help but feel nervous, but his face still maintained a look of panic without any unnecessary changes.
Jinlinwei looked around after entering the woodshed.
The simple woodshed was low and dim, with a lot of firewood piled up and two large vats in the corner.
The cramped space and the damp air filling his nose made Jinlinwei frown subconsciously, and he didn't want to stay any longer.
Just as he was about to turn around, his eyes fell on the two large vats.
After a moment's thought, he strode over and suddenly lifted up the lid of a tank.
There were a few pickled vegetables in the jar, giving off a pungent sour smell.
Jinlinwei put down the tank cover in disgust and opened another one.
The other jar, filled with brown rice, was less than halfway up the large one. It was clearly too high to hide anything.
Jinlinwei didn't even have a trace of suspicion. He threw the jar lid casually, glanced at the woodshed a few more times, and walked out.
"There's no one in the woodshed."
The Jinlin Guards who had checked other places also came back one after another, but found nothing.
The leading Jinlin Guard's expression softened slightly when he saw Du Qing. "If you see someone like that, report it to us immediately."
"Okay, okay, okay." Du Qing responded repeatedly, looking relieved.
Jinlinwei was not surprised by his reaction at all. After all, it would be abnormal for someone not to be nervous when seeing Jinlinwei breaking into the house.
"Walk!"
Du Qing walked them to the door and said respectfully, "Goodbye, gentlemen."
Several Jinlin Guards went straight to the next house without even looking back.
Du Qing bolted the door and let out a sigh.
No matter how patient you are, it's impossible not to be nervous when someone searches you like this.
The small courtyard had been turned into a mess by the Jinlin Guards. Du Qing strode over a fallen wooden barrel and walked towards the woodshed.
The woodshed was silent, and the jar lid lying casually on the ground reminded people that someone had been there.
He walked to the rice jar and knocked on it gently: "Come out."
After a brief silence, the rice in the jar suddenly began to flow, as if it suddenly came to life, and then a head popped out.
Chen Mu pushed himself out with his hands and pulled the board at the bottom of the tank.
It turns out the bottom of the rice jar is the entrance to a small cellar, with a removable bottom plate. In an emergency, if you need to hide, you can just pull the bottom plate open and get in. The only drawback is that the rice used as a cover is quite heavy, and those with less strength can't pull it open at all.
Of course, this is not a problem for people like Du Qing.
Chen Mu spat on the ground, spitting out a few grains of brown rice, and looked at Du Qing with a puzzled and inquiring look.
If he was full of suspicion that Du Qing was a snitch when they first met, he became a little uncertain after being protected.
Or is it that Du Qing’s purpose is just to stop them from bombing Jinxiu Street?
He knew very well how loyal Du Qing was to Master Mingxin.
He could even be sure that if Master Mingxin had a disagreement with his master, Du Qing would definitely listen to Master Mingxin.
A fierce look flashed in Chen Mu's eyes, and his hand shot out like lightning.
Du Qing had already prepared to dodge and angrily said, "Are you done yet? Even if you really fight hard, you may not be able to gain the upper hand!"
The two had never fought before, but they were both familiar with each other's skills. Chen Mu knew that Du Qing was right. If they really fought to the death, both would suffer losses.
He took a deep breath, his cold eyes fixed on Du Qing. "Today, dozens of Jinlin Guards suddenly rushed into our base and captured all my men. When I returned, I noticed something was amiss, so I hid aside and observed secretly, which is how I escaped. Do you have anything to do with this?"
Du Qing looked shocked: "Are you saying that something happened to your people?"
Seeing Chen Mu being hunted by the Jinlin Guards, he had expected something bad to happen, but he didn't expect that only Chen Mu would escape.
"Why else would I be here?" Chen Mu stepped forward, murderous intent evident. "Answer me. Were you the one who leaked the news?"
Du Qing looked puzzled: "Are you crazy? Aren't we on the same side?"
Chen Mu sneered: "But Master Mingxin doesn't approve of this plan!"
Du Qing rolled his eyes. "Mr. just disagrees, but he won't attack his own people. Did you accidentally reveal your whereabouts?"
"Impossible!" Chen Mu flatly denied. "With something this serious, no one dares to be careless. We even did a good job of covering up our daytime scouting. Those Jinlin Guards had already laid an ambush and waited until most of the people had returned before taking action. They've clearly been keeping an eye on us for a long time. After much thought, I think the problem most likely occurred after our encounter with you."
"Wait, you're saying the problem probably started after meeting me?"
"good."
Du Qing frowned, walked back and forth a few steps, then stopped and looked at Chen Mu with a serious look: "Have you ever thought that maybe you were followed that day?"
"Impossible!" Chen Mu's first reaction was to deny.
"Why not? Believe it or not, I didn't leak the information. And if it were me, why would I have covered for you just now? So you could go back and complain to the Lord?"
Chen Mu was persuaded and recalled what happened that day.
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