Xie Ming

Chapter 99 Flying over the roof and walking over the wall
At 17:45 on the afternoon of the seventh day, more than a hundred militiamen who had disguised themselves as soldiers and entered the city all gathered at Hu Juncai's house.

Hu Juncai went to the home of Old Song, a janitor at the gate of the yamen, to have a serious talk, hoping to get the key to the small door of the county yamen kitchen.

But Old Song was afraid of getting into trouble, so he made all kinds of excuses and refused to lend the money.

Juncai had no choice but to return in disappointment.

At four quarters past eight in the evening, before the curfew was sounded, Xu Jizu led more than twenty people out of Juncai's house and moved towards the sewage canal on the south wall of the city.

Qiu Zhizhong also led more than 50 people as planned and arrived at the deserted house near Ximen in batches.

At 20:30 p.m., the curfew came into effect and no one was walking on the street. Xu Jizu led the local militia in the dark and began to explore the drainage ditch. As Juncai said, the drainage ditch could indeed lead to the outside of the city, but the dirty water smelled bad. However, this crime was no problem for the soldiers.

After finding out this most important retreat route, Xu Jizu ordered his men to hide in the dark, while he returned alone to report.

After Xiao Jingchuan learned that the retreat had been planned, he ordered someone to secretly inform Qiu Zhizhong. He, Gu Tingchuan, and Xu Jizu put on night clothes, went out at night, and rushed to the county government office to launch the next rescue operation.

The first quarter of the hour of Hai (21:15 pm).

Xiao Lang and his three companions relied on their own skills to avoid the eyes and ears of the night patrol soldiers, climbed through the houses and flew over the eaves, and reached the blind spot of the guards on the northeast side of the county government office.

"Changting, Jizu!"

"After we go in, search the backyard from east to west according to the planned plan!"

"Especially you, Jizu!"

"No matter what you see, don't act on impulse. Follow my instructions!"

"The success or failure of tonight's operation may affect the safety of the entire army. We must not be reckless!"

"Will you take note of this?!" As they approached the county government office, Xiao Jingchuan gave his final instructions in a low voice.

"Well, General, don't worry! I know the seriousness of the matter, and I will obey your orders in everything!" Xu Jizu promised with a fist salute.

After saying this, the three men, wearing masks and black clothes, quietly climbed into the northeast corner of the county government's backyard.

After entering the back courtyard, according to Xiao Jingchuan's previous plan, the three of them went under the roofs and removed the tiles to check the situation inside each house.

Not far away, in front of the main hall of the government office, Xiao Lang looked up as he moved, and found that the so-called welcoming banquet seemed not to be over yet. The decadent music of singing and dancing, loud shouting while toasting and drinking, the smell of drunken talk, and flattering words floated in the breeze. Although the three of them were relatively far away in the backyard and could not hear clearly what was said, they still felt very disgusted.

Half a quarter of an hour passed.

Just after the three of them checked the fifth independent courtyard room, Xu Jizu finally stopped in front of a main room and hurriedly extended his hand to greet Xiao and Gu.

Seeing that there was some clue, Xiao Jingchuan also flew over with Chang Ting to Ji Zu.

The three of them looked down through the holes in the tiles.

The candlelight flickered in the room. A woman who looked like an old servant was standing in front of the bed in the room, talking to the person on the bed.

On the bed, a girl with tears in her eyes, tied up, was leaning against the window curtain and sobbing.

Xu Jizu took a closer look, then clenched his fists suddenly and gestured to the other two people. Xiao Lang understood that this must be Jizu's sister, Miss Cuiling without a doubt!
"Hey, girl!"

"Why are you doing this?"

"As women, our lives are worthless. We should stop being so hard on ourselves. Do you hear me?!"

The old woman in front of the bed was talking, and on the roof, Xiao Lang and the other three were all listening attentively to find out what was going on.

"Today, since it is General Sun Qian's nephew who has taken a fancy to you, let me tell you the truth, you can't escape death!" "If you know a little bit and serve this young master well, not only can you save the lives of your whole family, but you can also get a large sum of money afterwards. This deal is not unfair!"

"But if you insist on acting like you'd rather die than obey, then when that young master gets angry, not only will your life be in danger, but your entire family will also be in trouble!"

"Your husband's name is Hu Juncai, and he's a minor official in this government office, right?!"

Seeing that her reasoning had no effect at all, the old woman changed her mind and decided to add some shocking news!
Hearing the name of her husband Hu Juncai, Cui Ling'er finally reacted. She straightened her body and wanted to speak, but her mouth was blocked by her husband, so only a whimpering sound could be heard.

"Oh, come on, come on, girl, you don't have to get so excited!"

"Since Young Master Sun dared to kidnap you in the street, do you think your young husband can save you?!"

"Hehe, who knows? Now you are suffering, but your man is taking the silver and kowtowing to him in gratitude!" The old woman deliberately confused right and wrong to encourage Cui Ling'er to submit.

Woo woo woo.
When Xiaolingzi, whose mouth was stuffed, heard this, she shook her head like a rattle. It was obvious that the young couple had a good relationship. Cuiling did not believe that her husband would ignore her just for his money.

"Hey, you silly girl, why are you so excited?"

"Then again, even if your little husband wants to save you, have you ever thought about it?!"

"Does he have that ability?"

"In this current situation, do you really not understand, or are you pretending not to know?"

"I'll tell you the truth. Today, just to make room for the men in General Sun's army, what about the county magistrate? He was kicked out by someone."

"You, what do you expect? Don't even think about it!"

"Girl, give up on that idea!"

The old woman was talking nonsense again.

Even though Cuiling had her hands and feet tied, she looked very chaste. She couldn't bear to hear the old woman say that, so she struggled and resisted fiercely. She pushed forward with her head and almost knocked the old woman to the ground!

The black-hearted old woman staggered back after being pushed. Seeing this, she said no more and stared at Cui Ling with resentful eyes.

"Bah! You little whore!"

"Why are you trying to be so fierce with me?"

"When that young master Sun arrives later, let's see how he plays with you!"

"I'm giving you this advice out of good intentions, but you're actually getting excited!"

"Okay, you can do it!"

"Just wait for me. After this guy has finished playing with you, I will call a hundred or eighty other rough men to come over. Today is your turn to kill me, you slut!"

This vicious old woman cursed loudly, and her words were unbearable to hear.

On the rooftop, Xu Jizu couldn't stand seeing his sister being treated so badly any longer and was about to take further action.

But suddenly, Changting beside him grabbed his shoulder with one hand!

Xu Jizu was startled and was about to struggle, but he turned his head and followed the line of sight of Chang Ting and Xiao Lang towards the entrance of the yard in front of the house.

In the cold moon, it seemed that two people were rushing towards this side from the front and back!
Seeing the situation, Xiao Jingchuan made a gesture to Ji Zu, signaling Ji Zu and Chang Ting to lower their bodies. The three of them hid in the dark on the roof, ready for battle!

(End of this chapter)