HLnovel Chapter 234 Rescue
Chapter 234 Rescue
At this time, someone in the team couldn't help but speak out: "Miss Lanxiang, we understand! Don't worry!"
There were also those who echoed him: "Yes, yes! If it weren't for the Second Young Master, I would have frozen to death on the street twenty years ago. How could I be alive to repay him now?!"
My eyes were filled with tears and I poured them a cup of tea: "I won't say more, let me use tea instead of wine to toast all the women and men. You are all heroes! Let me thank you on behalf of the young master!" After that I drank it all in one gulp.
Hong Ying's eyes seemed to be a little red, but she tried her best to control it and said, "Miss, you are too polite. Just give us your orders."
I nodded, let Gui Fangduan come in front of them, and introduced him, "This is Gui Fangduan, the next patriarch of the Guifang family. The young master and he were old friends. He will be in charge of this operation, and I will be responsible for supporting him from the outside. When the time comes, Gu Yi will lead a team to attract attention, and send a few people with high spiritual power to follow him to rescue the young master. Hong Ying will lead a few people to support me outside, and when we receive the young master, we will send him out of the city through the west gate as soon as possible."
Everyone saluted Gui Fangduan. Gu Yi walked out of the team, turned around and pointed at a few people. Several strong men stepped out of the line. It seemed that they were assigned to Gui Fangduan.
I saw Fang Duan took out the map and plan to show them, then went back to Zuihualou to give the remaining 50,000 taels to Jin Xuan and told her to take action tonight.
Jin Xuan accepted it and hurried out to find the local tyrant.
I went back to the wine cellar and saw that they had divided into three teams and were discussing their own issues.
Hong Ying led a woman and two men to me and said, "Girl, we are following you. We didn't dare to pick too many people because we were afraid of being exposed. But these few people are also very powerful."
I looked at them one by one and saw that they were all full of energy and alert, so I replied, "It's all up to you. I have the weakest spiritual power here, so I hope I won't be a drag on you when the time comes."
Hong Ying waved her hand: "No way! The girl is very talented. If it weren't for her, we would be leaderless and have no way to report to our master!"
So we discussed our plan. The prison was located in a remote area, with few people around, and only a small residential area. We planned to stay in that abandoned house, pick up Tu Shanjing, and escape from the west gate.
After some discussion, Hong Ying and Gu Yi followed Gui Fang to scout the place, while the rest of the people were busy preparing food and eating.
Something was on my mind and my heart was beating very fast. After the meal was ready, I couldn't eat after just a few bites.
A woman from the same team came over and advised, "Miss Lanxiang, eat more. After this meal, there will be no more food today. We have to eat well before we go on a mission. We can't eat too much before the mission, or it will affect the fight."
I listened to her advice, picked up my bowl and started eating again. She left with a look of relief.
As the night fell, Gui Fangduan and Gu Yi came back. They said to the people in the house, "According to the original plan, we will act at midnight. It may rain tonight, so everyone should be alert."
Everyone nodded and sat in groups of three or four, some closing their eyes to rest, some practicing in silence.
I brought the reserved food to Gui Fang and said to him, "I will go back to Zuihualou to finalize the matter of leaving the city. You eat first."
He took the bowl, nodded, and watched me walk out.
Jin Xuan was very efficient and told me that everything was going well. From the hour of Chou until dawn, there would be people waiting to pick us up at the City God Temple near the West Gate. We would be able to leave the city quickly from the City God Temple to the West Gate. The signal was that the person said it would be chilly tonight, so I told him to drink some cold wine to warm himself up.
I made a mental note of it, thanked her, and went back to the wine cellar.
The wind started to blow again in the evening, so I put on an extra coat, thinking that if Tu Shanjing was cold, I could put it on him. I also wondered how he was doing and whether the medicine I had on hand would work. As I was thinking, the time to set off arrived.
Most of the shadow guards were good at climbing walls and flying high, and those who walked on the ground were also very fast. I tried to follow them, and after a while I could smell the smell of rust rising in my throat.
Gui Fangduan was originally walking in front, but he slowed down to wait for me and held my hand in the dark.
I felt a spiritual power flowing through his palm, and the discomfort in my chest was immediately relieved.
I pushed him and whispered, "No, save some energy. We have a tough battle to fight tonight. I don't need to fight. It's a waste to give me spiritual energy. I can keep up if I try my best."
He paused, loosened his hand, and walked forward silently.
As we hurried along, we saw fewer and fewer people. Just when I felt I was about to get a stitch in the side, I saw in the distance a towering cliff at the end of the road. Against the cliff stood a few tall gray brick buildings, blending eerily with the shadow of the mountain. Only a few lights were on at the four corners and the outer wall.
The people in front stopped one by one, and I heard Gui Fangduan say to everyone, "That's it. Lanxiang and Hongying are waiting in the alley over there. We'll go there and there's an abandoned house on the far west. We'll send Master Qingqiu there to meet them."
Gu Yi's voice rang out: "Brothers, sisters, the young master is waiting for us, please be alert!"
Everyone responded excitedly but restrainedly. Gui Fangduan walked up to me and whispered, "Do you have anything to say to me?"
I looked into his bright eyes in the darkness and said, "Please don't die."
He smiled, revealing two rows of white teeth: "No, I'm waiting to come back to eat the food you cook!" After that, he waved his hand, and except for Hong Ying's shadow guards who were originally supposed to stay to accompany me, everyone else followed him out, and disappeared into the night after a few jumps.
Hong Ying and I carefully walked into the alley ahead, quietly passed through the closed doors of each house, and entered the dilapidated house at the westernmost end.
The dilapidated house faces the prison and has a window with its frame and window paper fallen off, so the view is actually very good.
The wind blew in with a damp smell. Dark clouds gradually covered the hazy moon, and the mountain was dark, making the light particularly conspicuous.
Hong Ying and I stood side by side in front of the window, looking at the prison in the distance.
At first, a few lights in the east suddenly went out. I nervously grabbed Hong Ying's arm. She put her other hand on mine, patted it gently, and comforted me, "Don't worry, girl, it will be fine."
Then, I saw a bunch of torches light up and gather to the east from all directions like fireflies, and then light of various colors lit up, flickering. If an uninformed person saw it, they would think it was fireworks set off by someone to celebrate a festival.
But I know that there was a fierce battle there.
Faint shouts and the sound of swords clashing came from the wind, but they were drifting in the valley and could not reach this side, so I could not hear the specific content.
Suddenly, I saw a row of lights in the west go out.
That was where Tu Shanjing was imprisoned.