Lu Hong was startled at first, but then calmed down. "It's alright, they won't be able to find this place for a while."
Just because you can't find it for a while doesn't mean you'll never find it.
This is, after all, Xiaoyue's territory. Xiao Yanchu and Su Ruojin have only brought a limited number of people. If they really face Xiaoyue's Black Armor Army, there will be a fierce battle.
Even if they ultimately win, it will come at the cost of casualties, something Su Ruojin is unwilling to see.
The only course of action now is to avoid their sharp edge and then devise a plan gradually.
Su Ruojin thought for a moment, "Let's go to Cangming Mountain."
There is a formation set up by Senior Fu on the mountain. As long as Gao Hongyuan does not understand formations, he will not be able to find them in a short time.
"Are all the city gates sealed now?" Xiao Yanchu asked.
Steward Qiu replied, "The North Gate is still open, but it will be closed in two hours. People entering or leaving the city should pass through the gate as soon as possible."
Saying that the city gates are sealed off does not mean that all the city gates are closed immediately. If that were the case, people living in the suburbs would not be able to leave the city, and people who want to go home would not be able to enter the city. If everyone crowds at the gates, it would cause a major disaster.
Therefore, they will leave one gate open, give people some time, and allow them to pass through after a strict inspection.
This was their last chance to leave the city.
“Alright, let’s split up and get out of the city as quickly as possible, then meet up at the foot of Cangming Mountain,” Xiao Yanchu said.
When Lu Hong heard that they were only going to Cangming Mountain first and not returning to Da Chu, he felt relieved. He also knew that the most urgent matter was not to dwell on these things.
We must get the Second Prince out of the city first, otherwise if he is captured by the Black Armor Army, everything will be over.
Everyone else managed to slip away, but Yuan Hong and Da Pu's eyes, which were usually overlooked, were now definitely the focus of the gatekeepers' attention.
Since colored contact lenses didn't exist in this era, there was no way for the two people to change their pupil color.
The only solution is to prevent the two of them from opening their eyes.
Xiao Yanchu left some of his secret guards and the men sent by Gao Cen in the city to gather information, while the rest disguised themselves as ordinary people and sneaked out of the city.
With Lu Hong's help, it wasn't difficult for the guards to get out.
The difficult part was Yuan Hong and Da Pu, so Su Ruojin decided to personally take them out with Xiao Yanchu.
After some makeup, Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu transformed into a middle-aged couple.
Su Ruojin took out two pills and handed them to Yuan Hong. "One will cause you to develop rashes all over your body, and the other will put you into a state of temporary death."
Without saying a word, Yuan Hong took it and ate it.
Dapp hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what about me?"
Su Ruojin smiled faintly, "You don't need to eat."
*
At the north gate, the people flocked to the city, vying to leave and enter. Only when the gate guards drew their swords and threatened them was order barely maintained.
At this moment, a funeral procession carrying a coffin and scattering paper money arrived at the city gate.
Among the mourners were an elderly woman with white hair, a middle-aged couple with red eyes, and some relatives.
The middle-aged man at the head of the group, dressed in a coarse linen mourning outfit, walked up to the city gate captain with red eyes, took out a bag of silver and handed it over.
"Please, sir, have mercy. My son has died suddenly from an illness and needs to be buried in the ancestral grave outside the city. Please make an exception for him."
Normally, the city gate captain would have taken the money and released the man without even checking him, but he didn't dare today.
The Grand Preceptor had ordered a thorough investigation of spies, so he dared not let anyone pass by carelessly; otherwise, he would be the one to lose his head.
The captain looked at the money bag in the middle-aged man's hand with longing, but dared not take it.
"The Imperial Advisor has ordered that spies from the enemy state have infiltrated Dragon Sky City. Everyone entering or leaving the city gates must be thoroughly investigated. Go and line up!"
The middle-aged man, his eyes red, said, “Sir, my son has a contagious disease. I’m afraid that if we open the coffin for inspection, the disease will spread and cause trouble. That’s why I want to send him out of the city gate as soon as possible. I hope you can let us cut in line. We will definitely cooperate with the inspection.”
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