Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 212

Xie Yanniang pays careful attention to her steps, there are forks everywhere in the secret passage, if she hadn't remembered it over and over again, she would not have been able to find the exit.

Xue Ling followed behind, also breathing lightly, for fear of disturbing her.

Xueyan helped the mute girl to walk at the end, they walked for a quarter of an hour in the dark tunnel, Xie Yanniang stopped.

Rubbing the stone door with both hands for a while, he pressed the switch, the stone door opened, and the light from outside refracted in.

Xueyan covered her eyes with one hand, and shouted excitedly: "Finally we have reached the exit..."

Before she finished speaking, she felt that the people around her suddenly tore off the cloth strips on her face, and rushed towards Xie Yanniang in front, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Princess, be careful!"

Xue Ling immediately realized that there was something wrong with the mute girl, and immediately blocked Xie Yanniang's back, stretched out her hand to push her forward, and closed the stone door.

Xie Yanniang staggered and fell out of the stone gate, turned around, only had time to see Xueyan tightly hugging the dumb girl's legs, and Xue Ling standing in front of the stone gate and yelling for her to go quickly.

She watched the stone door close in front of her eyes. Only she knew the mechanism, and the two maids and the dumb girl would not be able to come out for a while.

Xie Yanniang looked around, the exit was about a mile outside the Prince Regent's Mansion, surrounded by lush greenery, this is a small forest, the easiest way to hide and not be found.

She waited in place for a while, but she didn't hear any strange noises, then she stood up and walked out.

Now I am penniless and can only see walking.

Xie Yanniang walked for half an hour, but still couldn't get out of the woods.

She was so tired that she leaned against the tree trunk and gasped for breath. Suddenly, a sudden change occurred, and the dumb girl jumped out of the nearby bushes, throwing herself fiercely on the ground.

Xie Yanniang has long lost her strength, struggling to get rid of the dumb girl, but was restrained by her.

The dumb girl took out a bamboo flute from her skirt and played it near her mouth, but she didn't hear any sound, but after a while, there was a buzzing sound from far to near, which was creepy to hear.

Seeing a swarm of bees flying from a distance, Xie Yanniang was so frightened that she froze all over.

The dumb girl put down the bamboo flute, the bees lost their target and scattered soon.

A few light footsteps came out from behind the tree, led by Meng Mingqi!

At this time, Xie Yanniang could not have known who the dumb girl was, and glared at Meng Mingqi bitterly.

I don't know if the two maids who tried to drag the dumb girl back in the secret passage are still alive now?
Thinking of the steady Xue Ling and the lively Xue Yan, Xie Yanniang couldn't help being sad.

Meng Mingqi looked at her condescendingly, and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Long time no see, Miss Xie, no, I should call you Princess."

As soon as he raised his hand, the dumb girl stood up from Xie Yanniang, still staring at her vigilantly, in case Xie Yanniang escaped.

Xie Yanniang looked at the Rong people blocking the four escape directions, and knew that it was impossible for her to escape.

Since the dumb girl didn't kill him right away, it proved that she was still useful, and the Rong people would not kill him for the time being.

Xie Yanniang stood up slowly, stared at Meng Mingqi and said, "The fire at the city gate was caused by you?"

"That's right, otherwise my people wouldn't be able to easily enter Beijing." Meng Mingqi sneered, thinking that Beijing was invincible.But when the regent left, he became like tofu, simply letting the Rong people break in.

If he hadn't been cautious, he didn't call many clansmen, otherwise he would have twice as many helpers. Why can't he turn Beijing upside down?

"You sent people into the palace with all your heart, just to capture me alive?" Xie Yanniang looked at the dumb girl. To enter the palace, she had to go through multiple inspections. The dumb girl stayed in another village for five full years, otherwise she wouldn't She will be sent to the yard for sweeping after she passes the door.

"Is she really dumb?"

Meng Mingqi nodded, and rubbed the messy hair of the dumb girl with his big hands: "Her father is from the Rong tribe. She was thrown into the woods by her mother to feed the wolves when she was born. My father picked it up and raised her. In order to get close to the regent, she became poisonous and dumb. I, just to cover people's eyes and ears, and enter the palace smoothly."

"I didn't expect that after lurking for several years, I still couldn't get to the regent's side as I wished, but was sent to the princess's yard. God helped me."

He laughed loudly, stepped forward and said, "Will the princess follow us, or should I tie you up on a horse and take you away?"

Xie Yanniang stared fixedly at Meng Mingqi, took a step back, and suddenly bent down and pulled out a dagger from her boots, laying it across her neck: "I won't choose any of them, you are wasting your time, I will never become a stumbling block for adults !"

She was cruel and stabbed herself with a dagger.

Meng Mingqi stopped laughing, and rushed forward to hold the blade with his big palm, leaving only a light bloodstain on the side of Xie Yanniang's neck.

Before she could withdraw the dagger, she felt a pain in the back of her neck and fell into the darkness.

Meng Mingqi took the fainted Xie Yanniang into his arms, looked displeased at the blood dripping from his palm, frowned and said, "Tsk, she is a fierce woman."

He put the man on his shoulders, turned and walked away.

It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, the guards who are holding back in the palace are said to have already come towards this place.

The dumb girl followed closely, sweeping away all traces, looking at Meng Mingqi's back, full of admiration and nostalgia.

When Huo Huyuan arrived, the stone door of the secret passage was ajar, he went in and only saw two maidservants fallen down, who were beside the princess.

The two were covered in blood, and their life and death were uncertain.

He searched around but couldn't find the concubine, so he had to take the two maids back, and when they woke up, he could ask a question or two.

There was a knife mark on Xueyan's hands, and if it was deeper, it would almost cut off the tendons.

Xue Ling's condition was even worse, she was stabbed in the lower abdomen.

The person who did it was not strong enough, which saved Xue Ling's life.

After half a day, Xue Ling was barely woken up by the doctor using silver needles, and she struggled to tell what happened.

Huo Huyuan's expression was serious, but he still tied the letterhead to the white pigeon.

This matter cannot be hidden from the regent, it depends on what the regent will do.

It's just that his dereliction of duty cannot be shirked.

A group of soldiers led by Ruan Jingxin camped ten miles away from the border town at night to recuperate and fight to the death with the Rong people.

The soldiers were fed and drank one by one, and kept vigil in batches, and the rest soon fell asleep.

Pang Yudi couldn't sleep, he felt uncomfortable in the middle of the capital, and now he can finally show his skills on the battlefield, he is full of energy, secretly practiced the sword in the middle of the night, and suddenly saw Ruan Jingxin standing on a hillside, he couldn't help being surprised : "Why doesn't the boss go to rest? It's just dawn, and there's still half an hour before we start."

"The 10 people of the Rong tribe still have no idea?"

"Yes," Pang Yudi frowned, wondering how the Rong tribe could gather such a large number of people.Could it be that the last time he was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, was actually accumulating strength and preparing to go out with all his might?

In the far east, the sun rose from the horizon, and the dazzling light caused Pang Yudi to squint his eyes: "Today is a good weather, it is a good omen!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a white dove fluttering down on Ruan Jingxin's shoulder.

Ruan Jingxin took out the letter paper on the white pigeon's leg and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

Before Pang Yudi asked, Kang Yunzhang also sent a piece of letter paper with a serious face: "This was sent by someone with a feathered arrow just now, it should be from the Rong tribe."

"What are they going to do again? I heard that the boss is coming and is ready to surrender?" Pang Yudi glanced at the letter paper with disdain. The things that the Rong people sent must not be good things.

Ruan Jingxin glanced roughly, and squeezed the letter paper in his hand, almost torn apart: "Damn Rong people!"

His eyes were full of anger, and the boss, who had not frowned for a week even in the face of thousands of soldiers from the Rong tribe, actually lost his temper.

When Pang Yudi was surprised, he took the two pieces of letter paper, and after reading it, he became angry: "Damn the Rong people, they can't beat us, so they resorted to such insidious tricks!"

Kang Yunzhang snatched the letter paper in his hand that he wanted to tear up, and after reading it, he also sighed: "The Rong family asked the Li family army to retreat for thirty miles, otherwise the safety of the princess will not be guaranteed. My lord, this is not appropriate."

The young emperor was about to find an excuse to be unfavorable to the regent, if the Li family army retreated thirty miles for no reason, it would inevitably make him suspicious.

If Ruan Jingxin was accused of being greedy for life and afraid of death, and not daring to confront the enemy, then he really couldn't speak clearly.

If someone secretly falsely accuses the regent of compromising with the Rong people, which is undoubtedly collaborating with the enemy and treason, then his reputation will be ruined, and even his life will be in jeopardy.

Ruan Jingxin naturally understood that the request of the Rong people must not be granted.

After agreeing, the other party will definitely make progress, and it's not just as simple as retreating thirty miles.

"Reject the Rong people directly, and tell them that if a single hair of the princess is touched, the Li family's army will surely wipe out the grasslands, leaving the Rong people nowhere to rest!" Ruan Jingxin said coldly, and asked Pang Yudi to wake up all the soldiers, ready to go.

"There is no need to hide this matter from the soldiers. They are my king's subordinates. At the beginning, everyone sacrificed a lot. There is no reason why this king would just give in!"

Hearing that the princess was captured by the Rong people, the Rong people uttered nonsense and sent letters threatening to make Li's army retreat for thirty miles, and the morale of the soldiers couldn't help but be high.

Regardless of the safety of the princess, the regent will never compromise with the Rong people. They vowed to kill all the Rong people!

Pang Yudi sighed slightly as his morale soared.Thinking of the young and weak princess, I don't know how much torture she would suffer if she fell into the hands of the Rong people.

He looked at the Prince Regent again, and saw Ruan Jingxin's lips pursed tightly.Pang Yudi knew that this was the boss who was furious.

The angrier Ruan Jingxin became, the more silent he became, his lips were tightly pursed.

Pang Yudi narrowed his eyes, Huo Huyuan, who stayed in the palace on purpose, underestimated the enemy, not to mention being easily broken in by the Rong people, even the princess was lost.He had to practice hard when he went back, so that he would never dare to have any heart to underestimate the enemy!

The young emperor also received the news that the regent's concubine was kidnapped by the Rong people, and he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

The Rong people are still so rampant in the capital. As far as he knows, the Prince Regent's palace is so heavily guarded that the Rong people can easily win it. So if they want to, they can still break into the palace?

(End of this chapter)