Shengshichun

Chapter 347 I am Mr.’s old friend (please vote for me)
The three donkey carts walked separately, but the distance was not far apart. The two carts in front had also seen the changes at the city gate.

After Lian Ruan entered the city gate, the four guards who had already passed through immediately turned back. After seeing his gesture, they continued forward. They stopped at the roadside to wait until the passage was complete.

"Cheng Chili is chasing us! Hide first!"

Lian Ruan said and ducked into a nearby teahouse.

It was already close to noon, and there were already a lot of people in the teahouse. Since it was close to the city gate, there were countless passers-by from the south to the north, so when they broke in like this, they didn't attract much attention at all.

After living in the capital for seven years and running errands for Xu Yin all day long, he was already familiar with the streets and alleys in the city.

He walked directly through the teahouse with four guards, then exited through the back door and arrived at another street in the blink of an eye!
Behind them, Cheng Zhili had just passed the city gate.

His face is a sign of passage. How can anyone dare to stop him when he reaches the city gate? Walking through the city gate saves half the effort!
When he arrived in the city, he looked around. The streets were bustling with people. Where was there any sign of Lian Ruan and others?
"Third Master, where should we look?"

the guards asked.

Cheng Chili's gaze stopped at a teahouse on the left where there were many teahouses at the door, and then a sharp light appeared in his eyes, and he immediately said: "Follow me!

"Say hello to the four city gates again. The imperial convicts are suspected of coming into the city. Order them to carefully check the people passing by!"

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After Cheng Chili left, Fu Zhen's successor reported what had just happened to Pei Zhan, and then left the town in a carriage.

She was far behind Cheng Zhili. When she entered the city gate, she asked if she had seen General Cheng come back? The soldiers all said that Cheng Chili had entered the city in a hurry.

After passing through the city gate and reaching the street, where can I see Cheng Zhili?
While he was planning the next step on the street, Zhang Cheng drove his horse over from afar:

"Young Madam, are you back? My subordinates are leaving the city to find you!"

Fu Zhen said: "What happened?"

"The team escorting Xu Yin and his subordinates from Tanzhou has arrived in Beijing!"

Fu Zhen calculated the time and found that he had indeed arrived in Beijing at about this time. He said, "I'll wait for the general to come back. I'll go and have a look with him."

"No, young lady!" Zhang Cheng said immediately after her words, "Do you still remember the scar-faced man Jiang Lin saw?"

"How about remembering?"

Jiang Lin visited the Xu family's old house at night and almost died in the hands of Zhou Yi and the others. He was bald at the critical moment. If the strange scar-faced man hadn't suddenly appeared to save him, how could they have escaped and returned to the capital?

If Jiang Lin and the others could not come back, they would not have gone into the palace to expose Xu Yin and lead the prince to force him to the palace.

"When they escorted the Xu family this time, the scar-faced man disappeared!" Zhang Cheng couldn't help but take a step forward.

Full of thoughts, Fu Zhen couldn't help but circle back. She held her breath: "Where did he go? Why is he missing?"

"According to the people who went to Xu's house to escort the prisoners, they immediately surrounded the Xu's house after receiving the order, but after rushing in, they did not find this person at all!
"They counted the heads one by one on the list given by Jiang Lin, and found that he was missing!
“After realizing that the person was missing, I quickly tracked him down, but I couldn’t find him at all!”

"Have you ever interrogated Zhou Yi and the others? Could it be that after Jiang Lin and the others were exposed, they escaped with the group of warriors?"

"I asked! They don't know! They said that the scar-faced man disappeared after Jiang Lin left, but he didn't go with the warriors. No one knows where he went!"

"He's obviously one of theirs, how could they not know?"

At this point, another guess popped up in Fu Zhen's mind. Jiang Lin and the others were rescued by Scarface. There was such a big movement at that time. Zhou Yi must have gotten up, and he would definitely investigate the cause and effect immediately.

The scar-faced man was just one of their servants, but he dared to turn his elbows outward. How could he be tolerated by Zhou Yi?

In other words, after doing such a bold thing, would it be weird if Zhou Yi found out that it was Scarface, got angry at him, and then killed him?

Therefore, if he really disappeared, he was most likely killed by Zhou Yi!
When he thought that if it wasn't for this person, they wouldn't have caught Xu Yin so quickly and reported him, Fu Zhen's hatred for Zhou Yi became even more intense this time.

She said solemnly: "Go to the Liang family and find General Liang. After Zhou Yi and the others are imprisoned, let General Liang go to the Dali Temple prison to find out the whereabouts of the scar-faced man!
"If it is confirmed that the scar-faced man died in his hands, he will be given an additional penalty!"

"Yes!"

Watching Zhang Cheng go to the street, and recalling Cheng Chili who was tracking Lian Ruan and the others, Fu Zhen turned his attention to the intersection again and saw only people coming and going, everything was as usual, and there was no sign of Cheng Chili or the others!

At this moment, he felt the coldness in his calf again. When he reached out and touched it, he saw a trace of blood flowing out from the left calf. Then he recalled that after being knocked down by a horse, he fell to the ground and bruised his leg!

Then he sent the guards to go back to the house first, and then come out after applying medicine.

Just as the carriage left, the two hunters who were in the restaurant above the town also walked out of the city gate.

They stood under the city wall, looking towards the direction where the carriage disappeared...

But he said that after walking through the teahouse and away from the city gate, he looked at the terrain and ran straight to Yanzifang, then passed through Baiyu Hutong and came to the small courtyard where Xu Yin used to live.

When I opened the door and took a look, before I could lift my feet, the sound of a maid cleaning came from the yard——

This courtyard has been idle for six or seven years since Xu Yin became the son-in-law of Prince Rong. It seems that since Xu Yin was arrested last time, the Liang family has taken it back and sent servants here. Guard the yard!
"Why did the door open?"

At this moment, someone had already walked out of the yard.

Lianyun quickly turned around and ran forward along the alley again.

It's broad daylight now. Although there are many residential houses on both sides of the alley, it's not a problem to break in and escape. However, entering like this will definitely cause others to panic and shout, and then they will be exposed!
He could only go in circles first and wait until he completely got rid of the people behind him!
But Lian Juan was a scholar. Unlike Xu Yin, he had practiced martial arts. Growing up in Prince Yi's Mansion, he didn't learn any martial arts! He is a servant who was expelled from the family because of his grandfather's crime and became a slave! What qualifications does he have to learn this? ! As a result, after running for half a day, he was already out of breath. Although he was familiar with the terrain of the capital, no matter how familiar he was, he would never be familiar with nobles like Cheng Zhili and the others!

If he can't find a place to hide as soon as possible, he will definitely be caught by Cheng Chili! He will definitely fall short and become a prisoner!

"Sir, Lao Jiu and the others haven't responded to our whistles. They seem to be in danger!"

The guard beside him said at this time.

"Ignore them! Cross these two streets and you will arrive at Xu Mansion. Xu Mansion is empty now. Let's go there to take shelter first!"

After saying that, he pointed forward.

Another guard suddenly glanced back and said in a panic: "Sir! Someone seems to be chasing you!"

Lian Ren heard the words and listened carefully, and sure enough, the sound of horse hooves sounded like raindrops from the alley behind him. Sure enough, the situation was already very urgent!

He turned around and looked at the way he came, gritted his teeth and said: "We are divided into three groups! Leave one person to follow me, one person to lead them away, and the remaining two people, you go and keep an eye on Fuzhen!

"She will definitely enter the city after us. You two go and capture her, and then take her to the Xu Mansion to see me!"

The four guards looked at each other and nodded at the same time: "Yes!"

Soon enough, two guards quickly climbed over the wall and broke into a nearby residence! One person carried Lian Ruan over the high wall on the other side, and the remaining person waited for them all to leave and then continued running along the alley...

Fu Zhen sent several groups of people one after another to do things, and after entering the city, there were only four guards left with him.

Since the Pei family is a first-class nobleman, the residence is located close to the imperial city, and there is quite a distance from the city gate to the Pei residence.

Fu Zhen was eager to return home. He just wanted to quickly wrap up his wounds, so he quickly found a way to help Cheng Zhili track him.

Fortunately there is a shortcut along the way.

The carriage turned a corner in a secluded alley, and her sharp ears suddenly heard a gust of wind outside the carriage. At this time, the guard under the carriage also urgently reminded: "Young lady, be careful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage in the corner shook sharply. Fu Zhen quickly held on to the window, but the carriage still overturned to the ground at an even faster speed!
"Hurry and protect the young lady!"

The four guards drew their knives in unison, two came to help Fuzhen, and the other two quickly ran to the back of the carriage!

The moment the carriage landed, Fu Zhen jumped out of the carriage almost at the same time.

She pushed him away, helped the guards, and stood on the ground dragging her injured leg!
Just behind the carriage, two eagle-eyed men wearing black clothes and holding soft swords appeared in front of them like ghosts!
And on the back of the carriage she just rode in, two flying knives were stuck right where she was sitting! And the blade has completely submerged into the wooden board!

"Where did this thief come from? How dare you plot against our young lady right under your nose!"

The guards yelled angrily and charged forward with swords in hand!

But these two people were calm in the face of danger. One of them came to answer the call, while the other stared straight at Fuzhen. Suddenly he leaped a few times and was in front of Fuzhen in the blink of an eye!

Fu Zhen naturally saw at this moment that the two people in front of him were the people they wanted to track, and of course he also understood what they wanted to do at this moment!
So when this person rushed over, she had already raised her sword to deal with him!
The man in black is very skilled, and Fu Zhen is experienced in dealing with enemies, but the difference is that this body has not yet been able to completely take over Liang Ning's skills, and it is still a bit inferior in comparison!
But she had two guards by her side, so there was no reason to lose!

After fighting three against one for more than twenty moves, the opponent's moves became weak. Fu Zhen took advantage of the situation and used a killing move, forcing the opponent to retreat more than ten steps!

"Get him!"

She gritted her teeth and shouted, extending her sword forward, pointing directly under his collarbone!
The sword was shining with cold light, and it was about to pierce the chest. The man in black's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly at this moment. Even if his face was covered with a scarf, people could clearly feel the pain under the scarf. He was grinning triumphantly at this moment!
Fu Zhen secretly thought something was wrong, and was about to retract his body halfway when he saw the man in black suddenly took out a cylinder from his waist and pointed it at his heart!

Fu Zhen's move was so fierce and fast that she was only a short distance away from the man in black in an instant!

As soon as the cylinder was taken out, she immediately recognized it as the sleeve crossbow she had seen on the guards around Xu Yin!
It was also the deadly hidden weapon that forced Chu Yu to go to hell several times!

The sleeve crossbow was aimed at her at such a close distance, there was no chance of it missing!

But it was already too late. With such a fast speed and such a fierce attack, how could she stop suddenly and escape completely? !
"Young lady!"

The guard behind him was so horrified that his throat was torn!
Following the exclamation, they also swooped up at the same time, but even Fu Zhen himself didn't have time. How could they be faster than him?
Fu Zhen felt that he was about to be tricked!

But just as she was trying to turn over to avoid it, she heard a painful cry of "Ah" coming from very close to the front! Then there was the sound of objects falling to the ground again!

Before she could react, there was another dull "plop" sound...

She suddenly turned her head and saw that the man in black, who was proud of the success of his conspiracy, had fallen to the ground, and a long sword penetrated from his back through his shoulder blade to his collarbone!
The sleeve crossbow in his hand rolled to the ground before he could fire it!
And right behind him, a tall and cold man was standing, holding the same long sword that penetrated the collarbone of the man in black!
Fu Zhen looked at the person in front of him in surprise. He was wearing an ordinary cloth and a hat. The lower half of his face that was not covered by the hat had a short beard, and his angular chin revealed a resolute temperament.

"Thank you brave man for saving me!"

The guards quickly came up to express their thanks.

Only then did Fu Zhen realize that the man in black on the other side had also been captured, one of his arms had been removed, and the swords of the two guards were both bloody.

He was also hit with a sword in the chest and abdomen, but this sword belonged to another lean man in civilian clothes who had his back to Fuzhen.

Fu Zhen's heart beat in her chest. She turned her eyes back to the man in the hat in front of her, stood up and said, "Thank you so much, warrior. May I ask your name, warrior?"

The man quickly withdrew the long sword that was still inserted into the collarbone of the man in black, and a hoarse voice came from under the hat:
"Are you Ning Bochi's granddaughter?"

Fu Zhen was speechless: "I am. Who are you -"

The man took off his hat, revealing a rough and stern face that completely matched his temperament:
"I am Mr. Ning's old friend."