Qi Boche nodded and said: "Just wait. Even if the prince wants to let people out of the city when the city is blocked, he still has to wait until after sunset to hide it from others."
Polybomar was convinced.
The two of them sat at a cocoa stall and ordered two drinks first. Then he remembered another thing: "Sir, there is an invitation banquet with the temple attendant after nightfall."
Qi Boche slapped his forehead, this matter cannot be ignored.
Although the waiter's status is not prominent, he has a direct influence on their subsequent planned actions. If he is coaxed, they will gain great convenience.
"You first arrange for someone to rent a sedan. We don't have to show up when picking them up. If Oyer fails to return, I will stay and wait while you go and entertain the waiter."
"good."
The two of them sat and waited, listening to the chatter of the guests around them, most of whom were talking about the prince's mission.
The more he listened, the angrier Qiboche became.
We can no longer blame the world for being ignorant. They were all blocked by Zuzomok’s news and blinded their eyes with falsehoods.
The people in the city wanted to seek peace, but had no intention of going on a pilgrimage to seek balance.
When dusk comes.
The shadows under the walls of the streets and alleys spread like a tide, swallowing up the light and making everything in front of them blurry.
"At night, I can't see clearly with my eyes." Qiboche stared at the mansion in the distance, his eyes aching.
Poliboma said: "Night blindness can be cured. There are pharmacists in big cities who are good at this disease!"
"Your Excellency, you should know that the selection of palace guards cannot be done if your eyesight is not up to standard, so every year young people go there."
Qi Boqie smiled and said: "At my age, I still have to recruit palace guards..."
But before he could finish speaking, he saw the door of the mansion open, and twenty or thirty servants wearing burlap and carrying potted flowers and plants appeared.
"Here we come!" Qi Boche changed the subject and reminded in a deep voice.
Poliboma turned around and noticed the clue at a glance: "In such a huge royal garden, there is no room to plant potted flowers?"
"And they deliberately obscured the people clustered in the middle."
"I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess..."
"Have you seen Keya and his son?"
"Being held hostage by several servants, they should have daggers hidden under their robes to prevent the father and son from rioting."
Qi Boche stood up and said: "That's it, follow them from a distance, no need to get close! As long as you confirm that they finally leave the city gate and turn back, there are three less people, and the plan will be complete."
“The next step is to watch Oyer!”
Everything unfolded as expected.
Qipoche, Poliboma, and Mondaya in the team were all extremely excited.
The former did not hide it, but Mendaya had to endure it because her father was watching her from the end of the line.
At the front of the team, Lava, Keya and his son were naturally overjoyed.
They never thought that one day they would be able to escape.
Of course, Keya understands that all this is thanks to Mundaya, and this separation may make it difficult for the two to see each other again in their lives.
But now he feels ashamed of his father and brothers, maybe...
After he sends his father off first and his brothers leave, he will find a way to come back.
"Father, Cookmo, we have to get out of here!"
"Go home, go back to the hill town!"
Keya sighed in a low voice, and Lava was too excited to speak.
Can be on the side.
The closer he got to the wall of the outer city, the more he trembled all over.
Only he knew that this trembling was not because of joy, but because of fear.
He was imprisoned in the Yuanlin official residence and lived an inhumane life, but at least he was still surviving.
Because the princess protected them, the garden officials could do nothing to them.
But what if we go out of town?
They will lose the princess's protection.
Then what we are embarking on now is not a road home, but a road of death.
Kukmo could not warn his father and brother because they had daggers pressed against their backs.
And he was immersed in panic and lost his mind.
When we arrived at the city, the last ray of sunset was completely blocked by the high wall.
The guard escorting them revealed his identity, and the closed gate of the city opened a gap.
The more Kumo felt the joy of his father and brother, the more extremely sad he became.
But when they finally stepped out of the city gate, saw the vast world outside, and had their faces illuminated by the setting sun, he still took a deep breath of the free air and cried with joy.
Keya could no longer suppress his emotions: "Father, brother, we can go home!"
"Yes, yes, I can finally go home!" Lava was the first to react. He turned around and knelt down, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, thank you for your kindness!"
Mendaya was about to step forward, but was stopped by the guards.
She looked back at the man in the cloak, who waved his hand: "Let her pass!"
Things have come to this point, and the father and son are about to die. Let Mendaya say goodbye to them, which can be regarded as his last kindness to these three lowly slaves.
The guard gave way, and Mondaya stepped forward, helped Lava up, and then silently walked to Keya: "Brother Keya, I can no longer accompany you to the hill city or the distant sea!"
"The hardships you have experienced are all because of me, so... forget me!"
Keya suddenly swallowed harder. What he wanted to say was hindered by the cold eyes of the people around him, so he couldn't speak. He only responded with trembling eyes.
Mendaya knew the next arrangement in her heart.
There were people outside the city to meet them.
But at this moment, she still shed tears involuntarily: "I understand, I understand everything!"
"Go quickly and don't look back! I'll be here to watch you leave!"
"Munda..."
"Her Royal Highness told you to get out, didn't you hear?" The guard had already lost his patience.
How could a slave as humble as a dog fall in love with a noble princess? Letting them live would have crossed the bottom line of the royal family.
Seeing that Keya was still hesitating, Lava finally reached out and pulled his son: "Let's go!"
Keya was dragged away by his father like a zombie.
On the side, followed by the silent Cook Mo.
The silhouettes of the three people lengthened and continued to go away.
At this time, the seventeenth prince who was hiding behind him said: "Mengdaya, it's time to go back! I have done what I promised."
"Leave now and ask you to send out pursuers to kill them? I want to wait until nightfall!"
"You..." Prince Seventeen felt guilty.
But beside him, a whisper came: "The three of them haven't had enough to eat for a long time, and they don't have any belongings on them. They can't go far!"
"This is what you said, if you can't kill them, I will kill you!"
"yes!"
The seventeenth prince said nothing and waited quietly.
Mendaya stared blankly into the distance, unwilling to move even though the three figures had disappeared from sight.
Because the fire bearer said that enough time must be given to give the three of them life.
outside the city.
The pace of the three father and son gradually increased.
Although his body was weak, he burst out with infinite strength due to his new life, and he wished he could return to the mountain city one day.
"Father, I heard the guard guarding us say that the city of Tapong is broken!"
"Equilibrium has arrived!"
"I was expecting the army of judgment to save us when it arrived, but Mendaya used some method to get his father to let us go."
Lava nodded and praised: "That princess is a good person! Because of this, you should not think about her anymore, which will bring trouble to His Highness!"
"Keya, listen to me, stop thinking about it, don't do stupid things again, and waste the suffering that your brother and I have suffered!"
Keya didn't answer. He seemed to be nodding or shaking his head.
On the side, Cook Mo remained silent.
He glanced behind him from time to time, fearing that the next moment, there would be shouts of death and the three of them would die.
The last ray of the sunset disappeared into the mountains in the distance, seeming to herald the final outcome of the three of them.
"What should we do? What should we do? If we continue walking, we will definitely die, we will!"
Kukmo was anxious and confused.
But at this moment, an idea flashed——
"No, one cannot chase the sunset!"
"Because the sun always rises in the east!"
"The hill city is in the northwest. If a killer is sent out, he will definitely pursue him in this direction..."
"Yes, yes!"
"Don't go to the hill town, run away, run away in the opposite direction!
"
Kukumo was about to warn his father and brother.
However, a shout preceded him——
"Are you Rava, Koya and Kukmo?!"
A human face emerged from under the mound beside the road, which looked extremely scary at this time of night.
The three of them were all shocked...
And Kucumo had already grabbed his father and brother, wanting to remind them that this might be an ambush killer.
But before he could speak, the man stood up: "Remember me? It's me! I sent you to the country of Tepanicus, and my brother is Polypoma!"
Oyer revealed his identity.
Kukmo and his father finally realized: "It's you?"
"Why are you here?"
Oyer wanted to explain, but Qiboche's instructions before departure suddenly rang out——
Superfluous explanations are useless and will waste time!
You must gain their trust immediately.
Oyer took out a pitch-black ring and threw it over: "This is the one you gave to Her Royal Highness, right? A ring polished with obsidian by yourself!"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess sent me here because her father is about to send a killer to hunt you down, so she asked me to wait here and take you back to the big city!"
"Only in this way can we escape the disaster and find another chance for you to leave safely together."
After receiving the ring, Keya was shocked and said: "Father, this is indeed what I gave to the princess. It is impossible for the princess to give it to others!"
Lava was stunned: "He just sent us out of the city and wants us to go back? No, we can't go back. If he deceives us..."
However, Kukumo shouted firmly: "Believe him! Father, brother, if he wants to harm us, he will not come alone now!"
"He is right, the pursuers will arrive soon! But no one would have thought that we would dare to return to the city!"
Cookmore's analysis convinced the two of them.
Everyone, including Oyer, looked at him with admiration and murmured slightly: "Your Excellency is right, this young man is so smart... Why didn't I notice that I escorted them all the way earlier?"
Finally, the four of them stopped delaying and followed Oyer back through the detour.
After walking far away, Oyer took the prepared branches and vines and returned to where they came from, quickly sweeping away the dust and covering up the traces.
The ground on the road is hard and difficult to leave traces.
On the contrary, the wasteland they turned back through was soft and needed to be treated.
Until it gets dark.
Only then did Oyer rejoin the father and son: "Let's go into the city through the secret passage. After entering the city, you will know everything that happened!"
But Cook couldn't hide his curiosity. As he followed, he asked: "Why do you want to save us? Because of the princess? No! Your status does not deserve to see the princess!"
Cookmore's organization is very clear.
How can two slave merchants with low status come into contact with Her Highness the Princess?
But he is not a bad person, otherwise the three of them would have died long ago, so there would be no need to go to such trouble.
Oyer smiled and said: "We already believe in balance! It was the angel of God who asked us to come and save you."
"God's envoy? Isn't the God's envoy in Tadong City? We know about the destruction of Tadong City!"
Oyer said: "No, this divine envoy is special, and you also know him..."
"His name is Qi Boche. Before the Tadong City was destroyed, he had surrendered to the Balance. He also committed sins for what he did to you, so he tried every means to contact the princess and design a rescue for you."
Hearing such an answer, the father and son found it difficult to accept it.
He was the culprit who put them in trouble.
And it was he who saved them in the end?
But so far, they can only follow silently.
They came to a small river ditch and entered a dark passage. A group of four people crawled in the dark and damp mud for an unknown amount of time before finally seeing a glimmer of light.
Lift the wooden cover covering the secret passage.
An unforgettable face appeared in front of the three father and son——
"You can hate me because I have sinned against you!"
"But you must praise the balance, it is she who sends down the guidance of salvation and gives you new life!"
…
at the same time.
Outside the city gate.
"Mundaya, it's time to go back now! I have fulfilled all your requirements!"
The night was getting darker, and the seventeenth prince lost his patience.
But Mendaya had been counting silently in her mind, and knowing that her mission was completed, she stopped pestering her, snorted coldly, and returned to the city gate.
The seventeenth prince glanced at the waiter beside him, and the man left quietly, as if he was going to send out pursuers to hunt down the three of them.
Then, he caught up with his daughter: "Tonight, the palace will hold a banquet to see off the eldest prince's envoy!"
"You must perform well at the banquet and say more words of praise and blessing."
Mendaya said coldly: "Aren't you afraid that the eldest prince will really seek peace and return and become the new king?"
"Hahaha, even if he succeeds to the throne, the affairs of the country will still be decided by your grandpa, the king! The next successor must be you!"
Mendaya glanced at her father with disdain, but did not reveal the truth——
Her grandfather had already made it clear that he did not want her to inherit the throne full of thorns.
What's more, there will never be a day when the truth is revealed.
Before that, she had to leave this bad land.
…
Equilibrium 14, May 17.
There are still three days left before the prince’s mission leaves.
early morning.
The three of Qiboche delivered tributes to the sacrificial temple, and not long after, they met Mondaya——
"Lord Fire Bearer, was it successful? Keya..."
Qi Boche nodded with a smile and said humbly: "Princess, please don't call me sir, I'm just a sinner seeking redemption and self-judgment!"
"Keya and his son have settled down and are waiting for the prince's delegation to set off, so they can blend in!"
Mendaya became excited and finally calmed down after taking a deep breath.
She took out a bag of jewelry, jewelry, and a piece of parchment: "These treasures are treasures and can be used to buy the list on this parchment scroll."
The list was what Qiboche had asked Mendaya to inquire about before.
And their treasures were in short supply, and what they had plundered from Tugo's mansion was not enough.
Therefore, Mondaya was asked to invest.
"In three more days, I can leave here and go to Balance, right?" Mondaya expressed her yearning.
Qi Boqie knew that the last step was extremely difficult, especially when he had to kidnap the princess out of the city. If he was not careful, he would be doomed.
But he was not discouraged, because my lord, Qingliang, had already arranged everything secretly——
"The glory of our Lord will always protect us!"
"Princess, pray to her with pious praise!"
In the blink of an eye, it was already three days later.
When the sky was only slightly bright, the whole city was completely awake.
The people gathered under the sacrificial temple and were waiting to witness the old king's personal visit to perform the pilgrimage to the true God for the prince's mission.
The royal family and dignitaries all attended, and the atmosphere was huge. This chapter has been completed!