Chapter 215 Night Visit to Yenan Palace
Ye Chen and his party traveled all the way from the border to Silver Moon City, passing through several cities on the way, but none of them had as many garrisons as the border, and they had all become the territories of the rebels.
After all, Ye Chen and his men were outsiders, and they had no way of marching normally after arriving here. The people of Ye Nan were very afraid of them, and they could not purchase enough food. If this continued, the food they purchased at the border of Dayin would not be enough for them to support themselves to Silver Moon City.
"We are a foreign army. In fact, the reaction of the people here is understandable. After all, they don't know why we are here, so we can only find a way ourselves. Fortunately, we are not far from Silver Moon City now. However, when we entered Ye Nan, the people on the border said that Silver Moon City was the only one that had not been occupied by the rebels. We just strolled around Ye Nan, afraid that we would be surrounded by the rebels before we even reached Silver Moon City." Ye Chen supported his forehead and talked about their current situation. They came in too quickly. Although they had the map of Ye Nan in their hands, many places had been destroyed by the rebels, and they could not walk on some roads at all.
"I'll go to Silvermoon City. According to the map in your hand, I can arrive in Silvermoon City tomorrow if I go there alone. But the people inside don't know me at all. They need the tokens from you two. They must be trying to find a way out since they are trapped in Silvermoon City." Mei Qi is the sharp sword in Ye Chen's hand. Ever since they opened their hearts to talk that night, the two of them have trusted each other very much.
"There's no need for their tokens. I'll go with Master Mei. I've been to Ye Nan, and Lan Yu and the others know me. My martial arts skills are pretty good, so I won't hold Master Mei back." Jingxin had been to Ye Nan, and she was a little familiar with the road to Silver Moon City.
"Okay, you go first, we will get to Silver Moon City as soon as possible. We will definitely be outside Silver Moon City within three days from the time you set out. At this time three days later, Mei Qi, you go find us outside the east gate of Silver Moon City. Then we will discuss how to resolve the siege of Silver Moon City and what will happen next." Ye Chen made a decision after thinking for a while.
They now have rebels waiting in front of them, and rebels may surround them from behind at any time. Although they have killed all the rebel generals in the cities they passed by, who knows whether those people will obediently disband and return to their hometowns? If a backbone emerges among them, then there is a great possibility that they will become rebels again.
If they killed their way here, they could save a lot of trouble. However, if they killed too many, it would cause fear among the people of Yenan. Then the rebels would say that the Regent and his men had brought in the enemy. Then Ye Chen and his men would not be here to help, but to make things worse.
Mei Qi and Jing Xin took advantage of the night and headed towards Silver Moon City. They rode horses and abandoned their horses when they arrived near Silver Moon City. They used light skills to hide their bodies and entered Silver Moon City.
"There are indeed the most rebels here, much more than all the cities we passed by combined." Jingxin was a little scared when she saw the dark crowd outside. She had never seen such a big scene. When she was in Wuzhou, she only took care of patients. Those martial arts people outside Wuzhou City were much inferior to the people here.
"Let's see if there is any way to get into the city. I can go in, but I'm afraid your lightness skills may alert them." Mei Qi expressed his concerns. He could ensure that he would not be discovered if he went in, but although Jingxin's lightness skills were good, they were still far inferior to his.
"There are two plans now. One, Mr. Mei, you take me in. This is the fastest way. The other is, something happened when I came to Ye Nan last time. When Xiao Hang took the Regent out of the palace, they took a secret passage. I only know the approximate direction but not the specific location. We need to find it." Jingxin looked at the rebels in front and told his own methods. At present, only these two methods are feasible.
Mei Qi didn't look at Jingxin, turned around and left, "Let's go, find the secret passage." Jingxin looked at Mei Qi's back as he walked away, and then she realized that she was being disliked.
The two came to the place where Lan Yu took them to meet Xiao Hang last time. They searched for an entire afternoon before finding a cave that might have a secret passage when it was almost dark.
The two of them entered the palace through the secret passage effortlessly. "Wait a minute, something is not right here!" After Mei Qi came out of the secret passage and confirmed that there was no one in the room, the two were about to go out directly, but when Jingxin was opening the door, Mei Qi stopped them.
Mei Qi quietly opened the door a crack to see the situation outside. There were many patrols outside, but they were all rebels. It turned out that it was not that they had not occupied Silvermoon City, but that the rebels had other purposes.
"There are rebels everywhere outside. We must find your friends first. Judging from the current situation, the regent's seal, the succession seal and the regent's edict are probably not found. Even if the rebels get Ye Nan, they will not be recognized by the people. Therefore, the regent and your friends should still be safe." Mei Qi is a descendant of the royal family after all. In addition, the people of Luojiazhuang trained him to be the emperor. Naturally, he understood these things, but he just disdained to use them.
"You stay here. If someone comes, hide in the secret passage. I will go find someone and take you there after I find you. Bringing you along now will just be a burden." Mei Qi never knew what it meant to be gentle with women in front of other people, nor did she know how to save face for her daughters, but in front of Shen Qiu, she understood everything naturally.
Jingxin's mouth twitched, but when she thought of Chixia and Baihe, she was particularly glad that she and he were not enemies. Otherwise, with this man's methods and skills, just cutting his tendons like Baihe would have been the lightest punishment.
Jing Xin just smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Mei, I know my skills are not good, so I won't go out to cause trouble. You go ahead and I'll wait for you."
Mei Qi came out alone, like a ghost, moving around in the Ye Nan Palace which was full of patrol teams.
Outside a palace, Mei Qi encountered a man and a woman having dinner. The woman was clearly being forced. The man touched her face and said, "Lan Yu, why can't you just agree to my request? If you can convince your father to hand over the regent's seal, I will not make things difficult for you. I will even marry you as my queen. I will also provide for your parents and will not harm them."
"Bah, Chu Ning, I will never agree to you even if I die. Without the regent seal, you will always be a thief of Yenan. Even if you kill us all, you will get nothing. Queen Nuwa will not bless you, and the people of Yenan will not recognize you. You will always be a rat that cannot stand the light of day." Although the woman named Lan Yu could not move her body, every word she said was heartbreaking.
Hearing the man calling the woman Lan Yu, Mei Qi knew he had found the right person, so he quietly shot all the guards outside. When Chu Ning was furious and wanted to strangle Lan Yu, Mei Qi threw a stone on the back of his head.
Lan Yu looked at the person who fell from the sky, not knowing whether it was a friend or an enemy. Mei Qi walked over to Lan Yu, pulled out the silver needles from her body, and then tapped her back twice. "I'm a friend of Chen Qiu and Ye Chen. I'm here to find you on their behalf. Where are the others?"
"Are you a friend of Ye Chen and Xiao Qiu? How do you prove it?" Lan Yu asked cautiously.
"No need for proof. You'll know if you come with me to meet someone. It doesn't matter to me whether I save you or not. It's just my duty to be loyal to the person who entrusted me with the task. If you want to know, just follow me." After saying that, Mei Qi didn't waste any time and went straight to the palace with the secret passage.
Lan Yu knew that there was nothing worth someone risking their life to plot against her, so she just followed Mei Qi.
When he arrived at Lan Yu's father's bedroom and saw Jingxin, he truly believed that Mei Qi was Ye Chen's man. "How is Chu Ning? Will he die?" Lan Yu looked at Mei Qi and asked about Chu Ning's situation.
"No, I know he can't die now, so I didn't kill him. But he will be in a coma for two days, and doctors won't be able to help him. But we have to rescue the people we need before he wakes up, otherwise it will be even more difficult to save them later. After all, we have alerted the enemy." Mei Qi's overall view is no worse than Ye Chen's, but he doesn't have such big ambitions. He just wants to protect his flowers. Fortunately, he didn't become the emperor, otherwise he would be a complete tyrant.
"Lan Yu, you just mentioned Chu Ning? How come Chu Ning is here?" Jing Xin asked Lan Yu in disbelief. Chu Ning is here and was knocked unconscious by Mei Qi. Does that mean Chu Ning participated in the Ye Nan rebellion?
"He is the leader of the rebels!" Lan Yu only said this.
"Let's rescue these people first and then talk about other things. Do you know where the others are being held?" Mei Qi now only wants to rescue these people as soon as possible. The time agreed with Ye Chen is tomorrow night.
"I don't know either. We were imprisoned separately. I only know that we were all in the palace." Lan Yu and the others had been imprisoned for half a month. During this half month, Chu Ning had questioned them every day. Chu Ning's patience was almost exhausted. If he didn't need Lan Yu to be the saint of Ye Nan after he took over Ye Nan to stabilize people's hearts, he would have ruined Lan Yu's innocence long ago.
"Let me go look for them. You are all too weak. I have just toured the Ye Nan Palace. I roughly know their location and how many people are imprisoned there. By the way, the one named Xiaofu is Qiu'er's sister, right? Is she also imprisoned?" When Mei Qi came out, Chen Qiu asked him to take better care of Xiaofu. According to Lan Yu and the others, Xiaofu only had half a year left, and no one knew what her physical condition was like now.
"Yes, she sleeps a lot now. She should have almost finished the medicine I prescribed for her. We must find her quickly. She will be in great pain without it." After hearing Lan Yu's words, Mei Qi opened the door and went out. He remembered that he had just passed by a place where a very painful scream was heard. It sounded like a woman. He was forced to leave by the patrolling guards at that time and met Lan Yu. Now it seems that Xiaofu should be there.
Mei Qi found the house based on his memory. He knocked down the guards and entered the house. As soon as he entered the house, he saw two people sitting on the ground and one standing next to them.
A young man was holding a little girl. The little girl was unconscious in his arms, and the man's face was covered with tears. Even when Mei Qi came in, the man didn't even look up. He just held the little girl, his eyes empty and without light.
"Are you Liuyun?" Mei Qi asked the young man.
"yes"
"Then she should be Xiaofu!"
When Liuyun heard Meiqi mention Xiaofu, his originally empty eyes suddenly became excited and he hugged the little girl tightly in his arms, "No one can take her away from me."
"Who are you?" Xiao Hang had been locked up with Liuyun and Xiaofu. He was trying to help Xiaofu stabilize his condition, but now he was helpless without any medicine. Xiaofu had fainted from the pain. Seeing the person coming in, Xiao Hang became wary at first.
"I'm Chen Qiu's friend. She asked me to help you. Come with me!" Mei Qi said as she turned and walked out.
No one followed, but he heard a sentence "I don't believe you". Mei Qi looked at the sky, then walked in and directly clicked on Liuyun's acupoint, "It's really troublesome, he will be much more obedient this way!" Then he went out with one in each hand.
Xiao Hang immediately followed behind, fearing that he would attract the patrolling guards, so he didn't dare to make a sound. He just followed Mei Qi all the way until he saw Jing Xin and Lan Yu, then he realized that he had misunderstood them.
When Lan Yu saw Xiao Hang coming with Liuyun and the others, she stepped forward and threw herself into Xiao Hang's arms. This was the first time they had met in half a month since they were captured. Fortunately, they were both fine.
Now only Lan Yu's parents and the high priest Bai Han are left.
"Wait, I've drawn routes to several possible places. Go look for them. The three of them are very likely to be in the same place. Please! They don't know Ye Chen and Xiao Qiu, so you can tell me. Show them this map, and they will follow you." Lan Yu handed a map of the palace to Mei Qi. On it were characters unique to their Ye Nan, as well as Lan Yu's notes. It would be much more convenient for Mei Qi to have this.
Mei Qi searched all the places on the map given by Lan Yu, and only saw some movement at the last place.
Two general-looking men stood outside the palace, talking to someone inside. They definitely weren't here to see an old friend so late at night.
One of them said, "Prince Regent, you, the High Priest, and the Princess Regent are all locked up together. It must be hard on you, right? Your wife is being seen by another man. Are you particularly angry?"
"No, no, no. What I saw that day was that the princess and the high priest slept in the same bed. Besides, the princess has been with the high priest for more than ten years after faking her death. She has been the high priest's person for a long time, ah!" Another person took over the conversation, his face full of fat. Mei Qi frowned when he saw him.
"Maybe, she just enjoys playing like this! It's not impossible that one person can't satisfy the princess, right?"
"Lan Xi, shut up!" An angry roar suddenly came from the room.
"Lord Regent, don't be angry? As long as you hand over the seal, we will ask Princess Lan Yu to come and treat the princess. Otherwise, this anger attack is not only serious, but also very exhausting, isn't it?" The two people outside still had that annoying tone.
Mei Qi grabbed a handful of stones and shot them at the guards behind the two men. The two men heard the sound, but as soon as they turned around, Mei Qi's fan cut their necks.
Mei Qi kicked the door open and shook the map in her hand for the people inside to see. Lan Minxing recognized Lan Yu's handwriting at a glance and asked, "Did Yu'er ask you to come?"
"Yes, come with me!" After Lan Minxing and Bai Han looked at each other, Bai Han picked up the unconscious Zhao Lanxi and followed.
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