Chapter 209 Mrs. Li’s contribution

Under the night, Yongwei City not far away looked like a dark giant beast lying on the ground.

In the north of Yongwei, continuous lights shine densely near the horizon, as if all the stars in the sky have gathered there. That is the camp of the Jingzhou Army and the Zhaowang Army.

Shen Yuexi whispered to Qiang Lin next to him: "Sister lives in Xiliang Prince's Mansion?"

In order to facilitate night movements, she specially put on a black short coat, and her long hair was tied up with a scarf. If she wore a mask, she felt that she was a qualified night thief.

Qiang Lin did not answer her, but advised: "Master, this trip is too dangerous. Yongwei is currently occupied by the Jingzhou Army, and the master does not have the ability of his subordinates, so it is better to go back."

Shen Yuexi shook her head: "I will never go back unless I rescue my sister."

Qiang Lin sighed: "The four gates of Yongwei are tightly closed. If you want to go up, you can only climb along the city wall with a hook rope. Master, can you do that?"

"Isn't it you," Shen Yuexi said, "I'm not heavy, you guys pull me up."

Qiang Lin said: "Once you are discovered by the Jingzhou Army after entering the city, there is no place to escape. Now the two sides are fighting bloody battles. The entire Yongwei is under curfew at night, and there are no pedestrians on the streets. The shops are also closed, even the hiding places None."

Shen Yuexi said: "I will be very obedient and very careful."

When she knew that Shen Lan was living this kind of life day and night, she had already made up her mind to rescue her sister no matter what.

Under the protection of several secret guards, the group sneaked to the south of Yongwei City in the dark. The defense in the north of the city was tighter, while that in the south was worse.

Arriving at the foot of the city wall, Qiang Lin waved his hand and ordered two secret guards who were good at climbing to climb up along the city wall and lower a rope.

Qiang Lin made the rope into two loops and asked Shen Yuexi to put her legs into the two loops respectively. Then he asked her to hold the rope tightly and whispered: "Master, don't let go of the rope."

Shen Yuexi hummed and held it with both hands. She felt the rope tighten around her legs and her feet left the ground.

She slowly ascended along the city wall, her body kept bumping into the city wall and spinning around. The ground was getting further and further away from her, and suddenly a panic struck her for no reason.

Oops, I forgot about my fear of heights.

The last time I had an attack of fear of heights was when Xiao Zhuo and I took a hot air balloon to fly outside the customs. At that time, when I looked at the ground, I almost fainted on the spot. I didn't expect that this time, I had failed to calculate.

She felt her whole body shaking, and her teeth chattered loudly. She quickly closed her eyes without looking at the ground, and held the rope tightly with both hands. Even so, she was still dizzy.

Don't let go, otherwise it will fall and be smashed into meat cakes in front of Qiang Lin.

Xiao Zhuo was about to succeed, but it would be a joke if she failed at this moment.

I don't know how much time passed, but the voice of the secret guard sounded in my ears: "Master, it's really okay. Just loosen the rope."

Shen Yuexi finally dared to open her eyes and found that she had reached the city wall and was slumped on the ground, still holding on to the rope with both hands. The two secret guards held the other end of the rope pitifully, but did not dare to grab it forcefully.

"Master, please let go. The others haven't come up yet."

Shen Yuexi blushed and said, "If your hands don't obey your command, use some force to pull off the rope."

After a lot of trouble, the rest of the people finally climbed up the city wall. In the gap between the two groups of Jingzhou Army guards, everyone slipped down along the city wall footpath and arrived inside the city.

The city is indeed as Qiang Lin said. Although it has not yet entered midnight, every household is closed, and the shops on the streets are closed. It is like an empty city. Only the occasional crying child can be heard from somewhere in the city, which proves that there are people living here.

The gate of Xiliang Prince's Mansion was heavily guarded. Several patrolling Jingzhou troops walked past in groups holding torches. It looked like the defense was very tight. Shen Yuexi was a little confused as to how Qiang Lin and the others got in before.

Everyone came to an alley outside the backyard of the palace in the dark. Qiang Lin said to Shen Yuexi: "Master, do you remember how Mrs. Li rescued Miss Li Wan back then?"

"Ah, so you are too?" Shen Yuexi suddenly realized.

In order to save Li Wan, Mrs. Li dug a tunnel into the backyard of the palace.

"Master, it's that tunnel. At that time, the King of Xiliang just filled it hastily, but we have dug it out now. The Jingzhou Army didn't know that such a tunnel existed. We can use this tunnel to enter and exit the palace without being noticed. "

A secret guard pulled up the barrier on the ground, Qiang Lin took the lead and walked in, followed by Shen Yuexi.

The cave was very narrow, and Qiang Lin had to bend his waist to move forward. Shen Yuexi was okay. She felt that Mrs. Li dug this hole just for women, without considering the feelings of men at all. She didn't expect that she would actually use it today. .

After walking forward for a while, the terrain slowly rose. Qiang Lin looked outside and saw no one around, so he turned back and said to Shen Yuexi: "Master, this is the backyard. The Jingzhou Army that patrols on weekdays will not enter here. We Go up, just don't scream."

"Don't worry, I know everything." Shen Yuexi followed Qiang Lin out of the tunnel and looked at the small building in front of him. Light came from the window lattice on the second floor.

"Sister is in this small building?"

Qiang Lin said: "That's right. I will go with my master."

"You guys wait below, I can go by myself." Shen Yuexi stopped her quickly, "You can follow us after we come out."

After all, this is also where the female family members live. Qiang Lin and the others are men, so how can they enter without permission? There was no way to let Qiang Lin come before. After all, there were no women among the secret guards, so it was just a temporary measure. Now that she is here, We can no longer let these men in. If my sister is changing clothes or something, it will damage her reputation if she sees it.

He asked Qiang Lin to stay and walked up the stairs alone. When he came to the door, he listened carefully to what was going on inside the house, but didn't hear any sound.

Could it be that my sister has already gone to bed? It's neither too late nor too early at this time.

I knocked lightly on the door, but no one responded.

Shen Yuexi hesitated for a moment, then tried to push the door with both hands. With a "squeak" sound, the door opened. Shen Yuexi walked into the door, looked around, and couldn't help being surprised.

The room was in a mess, with tables and chairs placed haphazardly in a corner. There were broken pieces of porcelain everywhere on the floor, like dishes, vases and other items that had been smashed. What shocked her was that there were clearly visible pieces of porcelain on the floor. You can see little bits of blood.

Is it the blood shed by Xiao Kai when he beat his sister?

Shen Yuexi felt a sadness in her heart, wondering what kind of life her sister was living.

She called softly: "Sister, sister? I am Shen Yuexi."

Since Xiao Kai was so cruel to Shen Lan, he would naturally not tolerate Shen Lan going out at will. Shen Lan should be in the house. She called and walked to the back room.

She opened the door to the side room and looked around, but there was still no one inside. She closed the door and looked from room to room.

Later, she noticed spots of blood on the ground, which seemed to be dripping when people walked around. It led to the room at the end of the corridor.

She hurriedly followed the blood stains to the room at the end, stretched out her hand to open the door, walked around the screen, and saw the figure lying on the bed at a glance. She looked like she was a woman. She remembered that she was the one who met Shen Lan at the Longsheng Inn. What you're wearing.

"Sister, is it sister?"

She shouted twice, but the person on the bed didn't answer. Maybe she fell asleep. Shen Yuexi quickly walked to the bed and reached out to touch the person's shoulder.

Upon touching it, it felt as if the hand was not touching a human shoulder, but rather like a cotton plug.

She was startled, and with a strong pull on her hand, she pulled the man over.

Sure enough, it's not a real person, just a dummy made of cotton, wearing a woman's dress and lying on the bed.

Fell into a trap.

Just when these three words flashed through her mind, there was a strange sound above her head, which sounded like a wheel spinning rapidly. Then there was a loud "bang" sound, like a giant stamping on the floor, and dust flew up and shook in front of her eyes. She almost went deaf, so she subconsciously covered her ears and squatted down.

After waiting for a long time and there was no movement, she dared to raise her head. She found that it was a huge iron cage falling from the sky, shutting her inside.

Damn, this is really a bad start.
Chapter completed!