Chapter 149: Another Merit
Minglan looked around, not missing any details in the secret room. She paced slowly, walked around, and thought to herself: I always feel that this is not just a secret room. If it is a secret room, then this place seems too monotonous. She stretched out her slender hands and gently knocked on each wall, pressing hard for a while, and listening with her ears tilted, trying to catch a strange clue from the echo.
"Minglan, ah~" Yun Jinyan thought this was a secret room, and wanted to walk over to find Minglan and persuade her to look somewhere else. Unexpectedly, she was tripped by something and fell towards Minglan. Minglan was bumped from behind by her, and her hand pressed somewhere above, and a doorway suddenly appeared.
Yun Jinyan steadied herself and said with emotion, "So there really is a secret passage and a mechanism. We are limited by our stature and cannot reach it!"
"..." Minglan wanted to say something, but this was really discouraging. Minglan took another look at the mechanism above her head, compared her stature, and was speechless.
Lin Yunting chuckled and led the group into the secret passage first. The secret passage was very narrow and could only accommodate a person of Lin Yunting's stature. The group walked along the secret passage for an unknown period of time, and finally there was light in front. Everyone went up along the secret passage. There was a rockery above. The group came out and found that this was a courtyard with three entrances. Everyone
rushed into the courtyard to search and found no trace of people. Only dozens of servants and maids were found in the kitchen and woodshed.
The people who went to investigate outside the gate came back and said that the house was three streets away from Prince Yong's Mansion and was close to the West City Gate.
Minglan and Lin Yunting looked at each other and thought of the same thing. It seemed that Prince Yong deliberately chose this place as the exit of the secret passage and left the two brothers here so that they could escape when things got bad.
"The body of the servant is still warm. He must have just escaped. I'll take people to chase him!" Lin Yunting said decisively.
Lin Yunting took a horse from the soldiers guarding the city and led people out of the city. Sure enough, he found traces of a group of people ten miles outside the West City Gate. The other party also fled on horseback. Lin Yunting had the experience of looking for Minglan last time, and he also had a certain understanding of the style of work of Prince Yong's subordinates. He chased them all the way and finally caught up with the group of people.
Seeing someone chasing them, the other team quickly changed their formation, leaving one team behind to resist Lin Yunting, while the other team continued to escort the two sons of Prince Yong.
Seeing that the other team refused to stop, Lin Yunting shouted loudly, "Prince Yong has been executed and there is no possibility of him making a comeback. Even if you escort these two sons, what can you get? Are you willing to be displaced for the rest of your life? Don't you miss your wives and children at home?"
After hearing Lin Yunting's words, some people in the front team hesitated and stopped. Lin Yunting seized the opportunity and fired three arrows at the same time. The arrows broke through the air and hit the horses of the two sons of Prince Yong accurately. The two fell off their horses and instantly lost the possibility of escape.
The army was already in disarray, and the men led by Lin Yunting followed the trend, and the remnants of the army left by Prince Yong for his son could only surrender.
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Minglan did not follow Lin Yunting out of the city to stop the remnants of Prince Yong, and returned to the Sheng family with Yun Jinyan.
When the two arrived at the door of the Sheng family, the door was closed, and Minglan glanced at Yun Jinyan beside her awkwardly.
Yun Jinyan noticed Minglan's gaze, looked back at her openly, and said with a smile, "The rebels are attacking the city, so you'd better be careful!"
Perhaps the sound of the two people talking outside the door was heard by the people inside, and the door of the Sheng Mansion was quietly opened a crack, and an eye was looking out. After seeing who was coming, the door was opened with a bang, and the people inside shouted happily, "Sixth Miss is back!"
Minglan smiled embarrassedly again and explained, "The doorman at home is not like this usually."
Yun Jinyan looked as if she understood, "Your family must be harmonious, so your family members are worried about you when they know you go out, and they are so happy to see you come home." After that, she smiled proudly, "It's the same in my family!"
Minglan and Yun Jinyan had just arrived at the second gate when the whole family came out to greet them.
The old lady was supported by a stick and walked in front. Her eyes were red. She held Minglan's hand and said, "Ming girl, why are you dressed like this? Are you trying to avoid the rebels? Fortunately, nothing happened! Fortunately, nothing happened!"
Seeing Minglan dressed in a soldier's uniform, everyone just thought that she was trying to avoid the persecution of the rebels and automatically rationalized her situation.
After the old lady was excited, she looked behind Minglan and didn't see Sheng Hong, so she asked, "Ming girl, you have returned from the inner court, why hasn't your father returned yet? Did something happen?"
Minglan was a little speechless. She was not in the imperial city and really didn't know Sheng Hong's situation.
"Don't worry, old lady. The rebels didn't kill any officials. Lord Sheng will be fine! Maybe he stayed in the palace to clean up the mess!"
Yun Jinyan gave a positive answer, and the others were relieved. It made sense. Prince Yong had already massacred all the officials in the capital, so there was no need to waste more energy on forcing the emperor to abdicate.
Yun Jinyan spoke, and everyone turned their attention to her.
"Who is this lady?" Wang Ruofu asked Minglan.
"This is Miss Yun..." Minglan stopped talking. She only knew that her name was Yun Jinyan, and she didn't know anything else.
Seeing this, everyone cast curious glances, waiting for Minglan to continue the introduction. However, Minglan just looked back with those innocent eyes, as if to say: "I really only know this much." Everyone's eyes could not help but be more inquiring and curious.
At this time, Yun Jinyan took over the conversation herself, dissolving the delicate atmosphere in the scene with a hearty smile, "Minglan and I met in Yuzhou. I am originally from Lingnan, and my father is the courier of Lingnan. I should have been a lady at home, but because my mother was born in a family of military generals, I have been interested in martial arts since I was a child, and I often practiced swords and sticks. Later, I became fascinated by those chivalrous stories, and I couldn't help but be curious in my heart. Yearning for it, I followed the knights in the novels and wandered around the world. However, the world was dangerous and people's hearts were unpredictable. Fortunately, Gu Tingye came to my rescue and I was out of danger. Because he was a hero who saved the beauty for me, I fell in love with him at first sight. So, I followed him to Yuzhou, and then from Yuzhou to Bianjing. "
When everyone heard this, their eyes met, and they each pondered over Yun Jinyan's words. For a while, the air was filled with subtle silence.
Mingxi thought: This Miss Yun is really frank, but she is too easily obsessed. She fell in love with swords and sticks, then fell in love with martial arts novels, and now she fell in love with a man. She is really a heroine.
Molan thought: Miss Yun is like a free bird. Molan felt that she was glowing with golden light and shining!
Rulan thought: She can run around everywhere, but her parents don't restrict her? It would be so interesting to roam around the world!