Chapter 729: Dong Yuanyao is in trouble
Daohua's eyes changed after hearing what Bishi said. She told Yan Yishuang and the other two to entertain the guests, then walked towards Madam Li, whispered a few words in her ear, and then bowed to the people in the room: "Something happened with the rouge shop I was planning, Rongyi will go and take care of it."
Han Xinran, who felt embarrassed by her mother's family, quickly smiled and said, "Go quickly, big sister. I'll be watching over here."
Daohua nodded, turned around and left quickly.
As soon as they left the old lady's yard, Daohua quickly asked, "Where is Hongying?"
Bishi quickly replied, "At the back door, Yan Shouhou is guarding it."
Daohua walked towards the back door.
At the back door, Hongying's face was full of panic and anxiety, and she kept looking inside the door.
Seeing her so anxious, Yan Shouhou couldn't help but comfort her: "Don't worry, the girl will be out soon."
Hongying pursed her lips and said nothing. The girl was forcibly detained by Mr. Luo San in the restaurant under the name of Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Now she didn't know what was going on. How could she not be anxious?
Soon, Daohua arrived at the back door. Seeing Hongying's trembling hands and feet, her heart suddenly sank: "What happened to Yuanyao?"
Hongying knelt down as soon as she saw Daohua. "Miss Yan, please save my daughter. The old master and the third master are not home today. You are the only one who can save her now."
Daohua frowned and said, "Let's talk business."
Hongying quickly said, "My daughter was detained at the Hongyan Restaurant by Mr. Luo San."
Yan Shouhou was afraid that Daohua didn't know about Hongyan Restaurant, so he immediately added, "Hongyan Restaurant is owned by the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion."
Daohua: "Why is Yuan Yao in the restaurant opened by the Duke of Weiguo's mansion?"
Hongying gritted her teeth and said, "The young lady was tricked into going there by my Second Young Master. As soon as she arrived at the Hongyan Restaurant, she sensed something was amiss. Just as she was about to leave, Third Young Master Luo arrived. I took advantage of the moment when the young lady and Third Young Master Luo were confronting each other and took advantage of the chaos to leave."
Daohua felt a little downcast after hearing this, but her eyes were gentle as she looked at Hongying. "It's a good thing you knew to escape and report it." After a moment's thought, she quickly said to Yan Shouhou, "Get the carriage ready immediately, and call Baldy and Zhuzi along." After a pause, she added, "Remember, don't have any palace logo on the carriage."
Yan Shouhou nodded and quickly went to prepare the carriage.
When the carriage arrived, Daohua took Hongying and Bishi on board and headed straight for Hongyan Restaurant.
As soon as the carriage entered Xuanwu Street, Daohua noticed the noise and chaos on the street.
When they were still more than a hundred meters away from the Hongyan Restaurant, the bald driver suddenly stopped the carriage, knocked on the door, and whispered, "Miss, the Hongyan Restaurant has been put under martial law by the soldiers."
Daohua's face was slightly gloomy. She lifted the curtain and looked towards the restaurant. Seeing the soldiers with swords standing at the door, her heart sank. "Zhuzi, go over and ask around. See if you can find out what happened?"
Zhuzi nodded, jumped off the carriage, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
After a while, Zhuzi came back and said, "Miss, a murder seemed to have happened in the restaurant a quarter of an hour ago. It is said that a girl stabbed a young man with a knife."
Upon hearing this, Daohua and Hongying's expressions changed.
Daohua asked anxiously, "Where is that girl?"
Zhuzi: "The girl ran away, and the soldiers are looking for her everywhere now."
After hearing this, Hongying immediately knelt down in front of Daohua and said, "It must be my daughter, Miss Yan. That Third Young Master Luo may look decent on the surface, but he is actually a filthy person."
"Before, when he came to see my girl, he not only spoke frivolously but also touched her. This time, he held my girl hostage in the restaurant. He must be thinking..."
"My girl must have been unable to bear it any longer, so she tried to stab him. Miss Yan, please, please save my girl."
Daohua's brows twitched when she heard this: "You don't have to beg for this matter, just be quiet first." After saying that, she began to think quickly, and soon said to Zhuzi and Baldy.
"You know Miss Dong. Now, go find her immediately. When you see her, take her to the Four Seasons Fruit and Vegetable Shop."
Bald: "If we all leave, who will drive the carriage?"
Bishi quickly said, "I'll catch up."
Baldy knew that there were secret guards around Daohua, so he didn't say anything more and went to look for people with Zhuzi separately.
Bishi looked at Daohua: "Girl, what should we do now?"
Daohua looked at the chaotic streets and called out to Yan Ying, who was hiding in the dark. "Yuan Yao shouldn't have gone far in such a short time. Please help look for her."
Yan Ying looked reluctant. If he left, who would protect the girl?
Daohua noticed his hesitation and said quickly, "I'll have Bishi drive the carriage along Xuanwu Street. We won't be too far away from you."
Only then did Yan Ying nod.
At the same time, in an alley about seven or eight blocks away from Hongyan Restaurant, Dong Yuanyao, with blood on his hands, hid in a garbage dump, biting his wrist tightly. He looked out of the crack with a vigilant and nervous look as the guards of the Weiguo Mansion walked past him.
When the alley returned to silence, her tense mood relaxed. Thinking of the knife that pierced Luo Hongyuan's chest, Dong Yuanyao's red eyes shed tears of panic and relief.
Dong Yuanyao wiped the tears from her face and straightened her torn clothes. She carefully pushed away the garbage beside her and walked out, then quickly left the alley.
As soon as he walked out of the alley, Dong Yuanyao lowered his head and walked quickly towards the end of the street.
However, when there were only two or three intersections left to the end of the street, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly rushed in, holding portraits and checking the pedestrians on the street one by one.
When Dong Yuanyao saw this, his face changed and he retreated with the pedestrians in a panic. He looked around and was about to run into the alley on the left.
Before she could go in, a hand stretched out.
Dong Yuanyao attacked instinctively.
"Yuan Yao, it's me!"
Only then did Dong Yuanyao realize that it was Daohua who was holding her wrist.
Seeing the rice flowers, Dong Yuanyao couldn't help but shed tears: "Yi Yi"
Daohua glanced at the soldiers who were getting closer and closer, then pulled Dong Yuanyao onto the carriage parked nearby.
“Turn around!”
After getting on the carriage, Daohua signaled Bishi to turn the carriage around, and then looked at Dong Yuanyao. Looking at her torn clothes and messy hair, he knew without asking why she wanted to assassinate the third young master Luo.
Daohua quickly took out the prepared clothes from under the carriage seat and handed them to Hongying: "Hurry up and tidy up your girl." As she said that, she poured the water in the teapot onto the handkerchief. When the handkerchief was wet, she grabbed Dong Yuanyao's hand and quickly wiped the blood off her hand.
Dong Yuanyao, who had been holding on, let the two of them tidy up her clothes, biting her lip without saying a word.
Daohua wiped the blood off Dong Yuanyao's hands, then lifted the carriage curtain to look at the situation on the street. Then she called Yan Ying over and said, "You drive the carriage. We'll leave the city right away."
Daohua only breathed a sigh of relief after the carriage drove out of Xuanwu Street. At this time, Hongying also helped Dong Yuanyao pack up.
Daohua looked at Dong Yuanyao and didn't ask about what happened before. She just told her, "I'll take you out of the city first. After we leave the city, we'll go directly to my farm. You can stay there for a while. I'll tell my uncle and aunt."
Dong Yuanyao didn't say anything, closing her eyes and leaning on Daohua's shoulder. After a long while, she burst into tears and said, "I've caused trouble for my family. The Duke of Weiguo's Mansion will not let the Dong family go!"
Hongying shed tears beside her: "This matter is not the fault of the young lady. If anyone is to blame, then blame the second young master who lured the young lady out."
Dong Yuanyao's face was filled with regret, and he gritted his teeth and said, "No, blame me. I was stupid enough to believe what my second brother said."
Daohua patted Dong Yuanyao on the back and said, "Leave the city first. We'll discuss other matters later."
Dong Yuanyao shed tears without saying a word. The gap between the Dong family and the Luo family was too big. Seeing Luo Hongyuan lying in a pool of blood, she regretted it. Her own death was not a pity, but she had implicated her family.
“Ouch~”
The carriage suddenly stopped, and then without waiting for Daohua to ask, it quickly turned around. When the carriage regained its stability, Yan Ying's voice came in.
"Miss, a team of guards has arrived at the city gate and is checking every passerby leaving. We can't get out."
Daohua's brows suddenly frowned.
Dong Yuanyao sat up straight and said through gritted teeth, "It must be Luo Honghao. He is the commander of the Beijing Guards. Only he has such power. I hurt his brother, and he will definitely not let me go."
Daohua clapped Dong Yuanyao's hand and quickly thought of a countermeasure. When she heard the sound of soldiers looking for someone on the street, she lifted the curtain of the car to look at the situation outside.
When he saw that the officers and soldiers were checking even the pedestrians and carriages passing by, his brows were furrowed into a knot.
"Yiyi, please put me down. The Duke of Wei's Mansion is powerful, and it's not easy for your family to go against them."
Daohua ignored Dong Yuanyao's words. When she saw a clothing store on the street, she asked Yan Ying to stop the carriage and said, "Let's go down and change clothes."
Daohua pulled Dong Yuanyao into the clothing store and chose a set of men's clothes for her to change into. "I took a look, and the portraits in the officers' hands aren't very clear. You'll pretend to be a servant later."
Before Daohua had finished cleaning up for Dong Yuanyao, the voices of soldiers were heard outside.
"Whose carriage is this? What is it doing here?"
"My daughter is buying clothes inside."
"Really? Then where's your girl? Call her out so we can check her out!"
Daohua saw the soldiers standing guard beside the carriage and refused to leave. After a moment's thought, she took out a veil and put it on Hongying. "Bishi, help Hongying out and lead those soldiers away."
Bishi was unwilling: "What about you, girl?"
Daohua also got a set of men's clothes and changed into them. As she did so, she said, "I'll leave through the back door with Yuanyao later." After she finished changing her clothes, she wrapped them up and handed them to Bishi. "Okay, go lead the soldiers away first."
Bishi knew that no one could change what Daohua had decided, so she could only help Hongying out.
The two of them went out and attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers. Daohua took the opportunity to pull Dong Yuanyao away through the back door.
Daohua originally wanted to meet Bishi and the others at the back door, but just as she and Dong Yuanyao went out of the back door, a group of soldiers came to the entrance of the alley, and the two had to leave hurriedly from the end of the alley.
On the other side, under the watchful eyes of the officers and soldiers, Yan Ying had to drive away in her carriage.
After walking a distance, Yan Ying stopped the carriage and said, "Bishi, you drive the carriage along this street. I will go find the girl."
(End of this chapter)
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