Chapter 33 Prison Break
"...It takes a thousand days to train an army, but only a moment to deploy it. I've had you train them for so long, it's time to put them to use."
Chi Li raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and a hint of weirdness flashed in her cold eyes.
She didn't look at the expressions of the two people in the room. She walked to the door, pushed it open, and strode out.
Danying hurriedly opened her umbrella and followed him holding it up.
When the guards along the way saw her, they all held the hilts of their swords, knelt on one knee, and looked at her with admiration in their eyes.
Perhaps in the eyes of these people, Chi Qi gave them an opportunity to show their talents and was a great favor to them.
But Chi Lan didn't need their gratitude. Such cheap things were really useless.
Rather than receiving admiring glances, she would rather see their unsheathed blades.
She still had to make some preparations to ensure that this operation would be foolproof.
Also, I hope that this time, her good daughter will not let her down too much.
At this time, Zhao Mingyue, who was still staying in the duty room, carefully glanced at Liu Shen'ai, who had an expressionless face beside him.
"Master, our mother asked us to break out of the prison. Do we really want to go?"
Liu Shen Ai turned to look at her, his lips twisted stiffly, "It's not me, it's you."
"What? I can't do it!" Zhao Mingyue took a step back and waved her hands.
God knows, when she heard Danying say that her mother wanted to see her, she thought that her mother saw that she was training hard and wanted to praise her, so she immediately ran over excitedly.
As a result, Chi Qi dropped a bomb on her as soon as she opened her mouth, which stunned her.
Prison break-in?
Even if those officials were unwilling to include female prisoners in the amnesty, they could still think of other ways. As for what those other ways might be, she hadn't thought of them yet.
But no matter what, it's not necessary to let the Golden Crow Guards rob the prison, right?
But she only dared to think about this in her heart and did not dare to shout it out to question Chi Qi.
As for Liu Shen Ai, although she complained every day that Chi Lun did not treat her as a human being, she also knew that she had been deceived into joining Chi Lun's plan because of a momentary thought, and had already violated the orders of the Lord God. She could only follow the host all the way to the end.
"Your Highness, don't you know what the Queen Mother hopes for you?" Liu Shen'ai walked up to Zhao Mingyue and reached out to pinch her shoulders.
Zhao Mingyue felt that her grip was a bit too strong, and her shoulder felt painful. Her voice trembled, "What is it?"
Of course she had some guesses in her mind, but she didn't dare to think too deeply about it.
Liushen Aixin said, of course, I will lift you to the top and then kick you down. Doesn’t she know the host’s bad taste?
However, the truth must not be told.
She stared at Zhao Mingyue, her grey eyes unusually bright, as if she were looking at a worthless disciple, and said with dismay, "Of course I hope you can stand on your own!"
Zhao Mingyue looked up in surprise. Did her mother really have such high expectations of her? But could she really meet her mother's expectations?
She had no idea what was going on.
Liushenai didn't care what she thought and continued, "Not everyone has the courage to undertake such a dangerous mission. But you are the princess. If you lead by example, they will naturally dare to do it."
Zhao Mingyue thought, is this to use her to motivate the guards and reassure them?
So from the very beginning, from when A-niang asked her to practice archery, then threw her into the Jinwu Guard for training, to today, everything has been arranged.
Did A Niang trust her so much? Was she not worried at all that she might fail or get hurt?
My heart suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
He lowered his eyes and whispered, "I understand what Master means."
Liu Shen'ai nodded and said, "I understand."
She turned and walked to the table, pulled out a list from it, and handed it to Zhao Mingyue, "This is their daily training results. You can choose who you want to go."
Zhao Mingyue looked at the list in front of her and secretly clenched her fists. If this is what her mother wanted, then...
Then let me be A Niang's knife and pave the way forward for her!
Zhao Mingyue's eyes became firm as she reached out to take the list. "Okay, I'll pick!"
A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the training ground.
Zhao Mingyue looked at the guards practicing boxing in the middle of the field, stepped forward, and shouted, "Assemble!"
The guards stopped and ran to gather in front of her. Although there was some confusion in their eyes, no one asked any questions.
Zhao Mingyue held up the roster in her hand, "Those whose names are called, please step forward. Shi Ying—"
A tall guard stepped forward and said, "Yes!"
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Late at night, Changping Street was deserted.
A burst of hurried footsteps came from the corner, and dozens of masked men in black ran past and disappeared into the misty night.
In front of the Ministry of Justice prison, four jailers were patrolling back and forth in front of the door with weapons in hand.
A man holding a token came over and said something to them, and the jailer nodded and let them go.
The man put away the token and walked in with a swagger.
There was silence in the prison, and the oil lamp on the wall was glowing dimly.
Xue Qi watched the night watchman leave, and only took action when the footsteps faded away and could no longer be heard.
She took off her coat, walked to the clay pot filled with water in the corner, and dipped her clothes in it little by little to wet them.
Then he rolled the wet clothes into long strips, walked carefully to the prison door, tied the wet clothes firmly to the two iron bars, tied two knots, then took out the short stick and inserted it into the knots, turning it quickly and forcefully.
The clothes became tighter and tighter, and the two iron bars slowly bent inward.
Xue Qi gradually felt that it was getting harder and was about to bend it completely in one go when he suddenly heard the sound of boots in the passage.
Her breathing stopped and her heart beat faster. Could it be that the jailer had come back?
He hurriedly let go of the stick and tried to untie the clothes, but the clothes were twisted very tightly and could not be untied at all.
But the footsteps were about to reach her, and she even saw a figure out of the corner of her eye.
Xue Qi had no choice but to give up unbuttoning his clothes, put the short stick in his arms, turned around and lay back on the straw to take a nap.
Her eyes were only half closed when the sound of boots arrived in front of the cell. She looked over quietly and found that it was a short and fat policeman. The oil lamp illuminated his face, which was shifty and had shifty eyes.
Fortunately, he did not look towards her cell, but walked straight to the cell opposite, took out a bunch of keys and opened the door.
Xue Qi immediately became puzzled. "This man doesn't seem to be the jailer who just left. Does he want to interrogate me in the middle of the night?"
Wu Liang didn't know that there was a pair of eyes watching him from behind. He took out a piece of rope from his sleeve and walked towards the woman who was already fast asleep in the cell.
He reached the woman, bent down, put the rope around her neck, and pulled it tight without hesitation.
"Uh..." The woman woke up immediately, making a faint sound of pain from her throat. She grabbed the rope around her neck tightly with both hands, kicked the ground with her feet, and struggled desperately.
Wu Liang loosened his grip slightly. It would be no fun to kill the prisoner too quickly.
He turned sideways, letting the light from outside shine on the woman's pale face. He admired her frightened expression for a moment, then leaned over and smiled in her ear:
"Mrs. Li, your expression is truly captivating. I heard that you killed your husband because he couldn't satisfy you—"
Before he could finish his words, something hit the back of his head hard. He felt a sharp pain, his vision went black, and his hand holding the rope loosened.
He hurriedly dodged to the side, reached out and touched the back of his head, and felt blood on his hand.
What the hell? He was a little confused, but more angry. Who on earth was so bold as to attack him?
The next moment, a strong wind blew in his face. Wu Liang looked up suddenly and saw a strange woman swinging a wooden stick at him.
A woman? Wu Liang sneered, not even bothering to dodge, and immediately grabbed the wooden stick.
However, just when he was about to grab the wooden stick, his neck was suddenly tightened from behind. His eyes watched as the wooden stick was infinitely magnified, and with a hiss, it pierced into his eye socket.
"Ah--" Wu Liang screamed, blood gushing from his face, looking extremely terrifying.
The prisoners who were sleeping in the cell were awakened by the scream. Those who were nearby saw what happened and were so scared that they dared not say a word.
Someone in the distance, not understanding what was going on, complained and shouted, "What are you making so much noise for? Can't we sleep?"
Xue Qi was afraid that the shouting would attract the jailer, so he hurriedly grabbed a handful of straw and stuffed it into Wu Liang's open mouth.
When I looked at Li Jiying again, she was pale and her body was shaking, as if she could not hold on any longer.
She immediately stepped forward and kicked Wu Liang several times between his legs. He immediately lost the strength to struggle and curled up on the ground in pain.
Xue Qi reached out to help Li Jiying grab the rope that was tightening Wu Liang. After a while, he died under the combined force of the two.
Letting go of his hand, Xue Qi sat on the ground almost exhausted.
Li Jiying was not much better than her. Both of her arms were shaking and her throat was injured. She even spoke with difficulty, "Thank you... Thank you..."
Xue Qi shook her head. Now was not the time to say thank you. She stood up and touched Wu Liang's body, and found a bunch of keys and a knife.
She handed the key to Li Jiying and whispered, "Sister Li, let's escape from this prison!"
Li Jiying's eyes widened in surprise. "This prison is heavily guarded. How could the two of us possibly escape?"
Xue Qi gently held her hand and said, "Don't worry, someone will come to rescue us soon. Let's release all the prisoners first. If we gather together, we will have more strength in numbers and will be able to escape naturally."
Her voice was soft but firm, and her calm eyes seemed to contain a wisdom that saw through the world, making people want to trust her involuntarily.
Li Jiying, who was still a little frightened, was infected by her calm temperament and calmed down.
I thought to myself, instead of staying here and waiting to die, I might as well listen to her and give it a try, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.
She clenched the key in her hand and said, "Okay, what should we do? I'll listen to you."
Xue Qi then told him her plan, and the two of them came out of the cell and acted separately.
Li Jiying used the key to open the prison door, while Xue Qi took a knife and cut off the shackles on the prison door one by one.
There was a sudden commotion in the cell. Some brave ones immediately pushed open the door and walked out, while others who were timid huddled in the corner and refused to move.
"What are you doing? I won't go out. Don't try to hurt me. Someone, come! Someone, come! Someone is trying to escape!"
Xue Qi looked calm as she glanced at the prisoner following her. "If she calls the jailer, we'll be in trouble."
The man understood and immediately stepped forward to slap her in the face, saying viciously, "If you dare to yell again and ruin our business, I will kill you right now!"
The man covered his face, held back his tears, looked at the evil women who surrounded him, and dared not say a word.
Soon, all the prison doors were opened, and everyone gathered together, surrounding Xue Qi.
Xue Qi scanned their faces one by one and saw that their expressions were different. Some were frightened, some were at a loss, and some were extremely excited.
They were whispering to each other, making low noises and making a buzzing sound.
"We are the only ones who want to escape from prison. Isn't this courting death?"
"Yeah, even if I escape, what's the use? I can't go home. I might as well die."
Xue Qi raised one hand, the knife in his hand reflected a cold light under the oil lamp, and the blade was covered with dense cracks - caused by cutting the shackles.
"Sisters—"
As soon as she opened her mouth, everyone fell silent and turned their eyes to her.
"I know you've all suffered tremendously to be here, and the Queen Mother knows it too. She wants to pardon you, but the officials won't let her!"
"They would rather pardon those murderous bandits, looters, and rapists than us. Why do you think that is?"
One person angrily said, "Because officials are all men!"
"So what should we do?"
Everyone shouted angrily: "Escape and kill them!"
At this moment, two night watchmen came over. Seeing the cell door open and the prisoners gathered together, they immediately raised their fire and water sticks and asked, "What are you doing?!"
Everyone was furious and rushed over immediately, snatched the sticks from their hands, and rained down punches and sticks on the two men. Soon, the two jailers died.
For a moment, everyone's morale soared, "Let's go! Let's fight our way out!"
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