Chapter 1104 They’re coming in!
The back garden was full of flowers, plants and trees. Even the pavilions were built with wood. Coupled with the dry weather, the wood burned very quickly.
The raging fire continued to spread towards the center.
Thick smoke billowed up.
Xiao Xixi and Yu Jiu were forced to retreat continuously.
Finally they hid back in the cave.
Xiao Xixi covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves. Her eyes were red from the smoke and tears kept flowing out.
Yu Jiu was not much better than her. He held onto the rock wall and coughed hard.
The flames devoured all the flowers and trees in its path, and thick smoke rose up and went straight into the cave.
In the narrow and dark cave, the oxygen is getting less and less.
Xiao Xixi really couldn't hold it any longer and wanted to rush out to breathe some fresh air.
However, just as he took a step forward, he was frightened by the flames coming towards him and stepped back repeatedly.
She accidentally bumped into Yu Jiu behind her.
Yu Jiu raised his hand to support her and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"I can't get out."
The entire back garden was on fire. If they rushed out, they would probably be roasted alive into two charred corpses.
Even if they were lucky enough to rush out of the sea of fire alive, they would definitely be caught by the rebels guarding outside.
The fire was obviously ordered by Zhenren Tianyan. The purpose of setting the fire was to force Xiao Xixi and Yu Jiu out. If they rushed out, they would be walking into a trap.
Of course Xiao Xixi also guessed this.
But she just felt uncomfortable. The lack of oxygen made her feel suffocated and her head was dizzy. The only thing left in her body was the instinct to breathe fresh oxygen.
Yu Jiu raised his red eyes, his eyelashes were wet with physiological tears, half of his swollen cheek was illuminated by the firelight and looked even redder, and there was a trace of dried blood at the corner of his mouth.
He looked at the raging fire outside the cave, as if he could see himself being engulfed by the flames, and muttered.
"It looks like we are really going to die here today."
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Outside the back garden, thousands of rebels were on high alert.
They held weapons in their hands and stared at the raging fire in front of them without blinking.
As long as someone rushed out of the sea of fire, they would immediately take action to capture him.
However, after waiting for a long time, no one came out.
Instead, I received an unexpected and shocking news.
A soldier came crawling over, shouting in fear.
"The imperial army is coming! They have already stormed into the county government office!"
When Luo Da heard this, his expression changed immediately.
He grabbed the soldier and asked harshly.
"Weren't the imperial army blocked outside the city gates? How could they possibly rush in?!"
Although the city gate was not a problem for the thousands of imperial troops, and they could break it down with a little effort, they were afraid that the rebels would kill innocent people out of desperation, so they never forced the city to attack.
Luo Da has not received any news about the enemy attacking the city so far.
Now he was suddenly told that the imperial army was attacking, and his first reaction was disbelief.
He even suspected that the soldier in front of him was an insider planted by the imperial court in the city, deliberately speaking nonsense to disrupt the morale of the army.
But soon Luo Da realized that the soldier in front of him was not talking nonsense, but that there were real enemy troops attacking!
Rebels kept running towards this side, shouting as they ran.
"The imperial army is coming! They are coming! Run!"
Luo Da left the soldier in front of him who was already scared pale, and said a few words to the people around him, asking them to continue to stay here, while he quickly rushed to the tallest attic nearby.
He stood on the roof of the attic and craned his neck to look out.
In the dim moonlight, he saw that a group of people had indeed rushed into the county government office and were rushing towards the backyard.
The group of people were wearing the same clothes as the rebels. At first glance, they looked like rebels. However, from the way they pointed their swords at the rebels, it was clear that they were definitely not rebels.
They are from the court!
Luo Da couldn't believe it. The city gate hadn't been breached yet. How did this group of people sneak into the city? !
He used his lightness skills to jump down, landed steadily on the ground, and ran quickly towards the study.
Master Tianyan's injuries have not healed yet, and he looks sickly.
He lowered his head and looked into the crib.
There was a tiny baby lying in the crib.
Because he was born prematurely, the child looked thinner than ordinary babies.
A young woman who looked like a wet nurse knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.
Taoist Tian Yan looked at the skinny baby, frowned, and murmured softly.
“I don’t know if this child can survive and grow up.”
The nurse's scalp went numb when she heard this and she immediately lowered her head even lower.
Luo Da strode in, without bothering to greet anyone, and started talking.
"Master, something terrible has happened. The enemy has rushed into the county government office!"
Zhenren Tianyan's hand trembled, and the bowl in his hand fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.
He stood up suddenly and asked sternly.
"Is this true?"
Luo Da: "I saw it with my own eyes. They are almost rushing to the backyard. Master, what should we do now? Should we transfer some of the troops in the city?"
Most of their forces were concentrated near the city gates to prevent the enemy from entering through the gates.
Secondly, some troops were deployed in various places in the city, mainly to prevent the people in the city from causing chaos.
In comparison, the county government is the place with the least military force.
Because the county government office is located in the very center of the city and is surrounded by the rebels like stars surrounding the moon, it should be the safest place. As long as the outer defenses are not broken, the county government office will not be in danger.
However, the county government office was the first to be breached by the enemy. The so-called safest place seemed like a joke.
Master Tianyan’s mind raced.
He had already guessed that people from the imperial court should have entered Youmen County through a secret passage.
Although the secret passages he had people dig in advance could leave him a way out, they would also leave him with great hidden dangers.
If the entrance to the secret passage were known to others, it would be like opening the door for the enemy.
Therefore, he kept the exact locations of those secret passages secret, and only a very few people knew about them.
Yu Jiu is one of them, and the spy who is responsible for helping to deliver the letter is also one of them.
Master Tianyan didn't know whether it was Yu Jiu or the spy who revealed the location of the secret passage.
Anyway, things have come to this point, and now is not the time to pursue these things. The current priority is to quickly deal with the group of enemies rushing in.
Tian Yan Zhenren asked: "Haven't Yu Jiu and the Imperial Concubine come out yet?"
Luo Da shook his head: "No."
Taoist Tianyan frowned, feeling very disappointed.
If they had the imperial concubine as a hostage, they might be able to make the emperor hesitate to act rashly.
Zhenren Tianyan's gaze turned and fell on the young wet nurse who was kneeling on the ground beside him.
He suddenly said.
"Show me your hand."
(End of this chapter)
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