The queen said happily: "Good boy, my aunt can only count on you."
On the day of execution, Ye Fuxun and Bai Yuxian came to Tianqing Restaurant specially.
Tianqing Restaurant is built on the street that is the only way between Tianlao and East Meridian Gate. Not far to the east is the East Meridian Gate execution ground. From a glance, if you want to see the situation of the Queen's beheading today, the top floor of this restaurant is
Best location.
Both Bai Yuxian and Ye Fuxun believed that the Queen would not be easily captured and something might happen today, so they came here to take a look.
The two of them found a good location and asked the waiter to set up tables and chairs. While drinking, they looked at the bustling scene of people coming and going within a few miles of the streets below.
"The time is almost up, why haven't we seen the escort team yet?" Ye Fuxun said in confusion.
Bai Yuxian put down his wine glass, frowned and said, "I'm afraid something has happened!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a servant wearing official uniform galloping past on horseback, heading straight for the execution ground.
Ye Fuxun looked into the distance and could vaguely see the chaos on the street. "You are right, something happened. The Queen is still unwilling to die and will have to fight a trapped beast."
At this time, in the market a few hundred meters west of Tianqing Restaurant, the officials were in a mess. They all fell to the ground and rolled around, just trying to put out the flames that were rising on their bodies.
Many people present were also affected and were running around or rolling on the spot. The whole street was in commotion.
The leading escort officer had just extinguished the fire on his body, and his clothes were already in tatters. He climbed onto the horse in a difficult and embarrassed manner and shouted at the top of his lungs: "No chaos, no chaos! Regroup quickly and hunt down the prisoners!"
The officer said in a panic: "Just as we were escorting people around the corner, a dozen men in black suddenly appeared on the rooftops on all sides. The subordinates knew that they were going to rob prisoners, so they immediately became alert.
But I never expected that they actually threw fireballs down below. All the officials were caught in the fireballs, and many civilians were also affected. They ran around in chaos, and the prisoners were taken away like this."
The prison officer couldn't believe what he saw. There were a hundred people in the escort team, and they were fooled around by just a dozen people like this? They even lost the prisoner!
"Did anyone see which direction the prisoner went?"
The officers were busy putting out the fire and had no time to check on the prisoners. By the time they reacted, the prison van was already empty.
At this time, a child stood out from the crowd, pointed in the direction of the east city gate and said, "I saw the female prisoner being taken from that direction by the men in black."
"Are you sure? It's really that side of the East City Gate?" the supervisor hurriedly confirmed.
"Well, it's that direction," the child nodded firmly, "I was hiding in the corner and could see clearly."
The supervisor immediately ordered the officers to pursue him in the direction of the east city gate. He also sent people to notify the people from the patrol camp to come to help and immediately closed the city gate.
It is easy to find the prisoner inside the city, but if he leaves the city, the world is so vast that it will be difficult to find him.
At this time, in a small alley in Dongcheng District, two women were talking. One woman was wearing black clothes, and the other was wearing prison uniform with her hair disheveled.
The person in black is the felon queen who just escaped from the prison car. She has exchanged clothes with Helan Wan'er, but Helan Wan'er is wearing her prison uniform.
Their plan was like this. Helan Wan'er would change into the queen's clothes, go to the east city gate and pretend to run away to distract the officials, and then the queen would go in the opposite direction and escape through the west city gate.
"Wan'er, thank you very much. If I can escape this time, I will definitely come back to you when I make a comeback in the future." The queen said sincerely.
But Helan Wan'er shook her head and said: "No, aunt, don't come back after you leave. Find a place where no one knows you and live a good life."
After saying that, he handed the package in his hand to the Queen, "Here are the expenses I have prepared for you. It should be enough for you to live for a few years. I have only saved this private money over the years. I can't take out any more."
, I still have to rely on you, aunt, to figure it out on your own from now on."
The queen nodded: "Then you have to be careful. If the officials see that you are not me, they will not hurt you."
Helan Wan'er scratched her hair to make it more disheveled, and then smeared mud on her face to make it harder to see her appearance.
"Aunt, please leave quickly. I'm afraid we may never see each other again in this life. Wan'er only hopes that her aunt will be safe from now on."
The queen put on her veil and headed towards the west gate with a few men in black.
Helan Wan'er forgot to glance at her walking back, turned around and shed a few tears, and mustered up the courage to go to the east city gate with the other men in black.
It turned out that Ye Fuxun and Bai Yuxian, who were watching a show at Tianqing Restaurant, also came to the scene of the prisoner robbery. All the officials had gone to hunt down the prisoners, and only some civilians who had been burned by the fire were still here.
Many people are discussing what happened just now, and speculate that the person who kidnapped the prisoner may be a remnant of the Helan family.
Ye Fuxun observed the traces at the scene and turned around and asked: "My lord, what do you think? Is it really the remnants of the Helan family who kidnapped the prisoners?"
Bai Yuxian frowned and said, "It's not impossible. After all, the Helan family is so powerful. No one knows how many remaining evildoers have yet to be eradicated.
However, I always feel that with the queen's cautious character, if she wanted to escape, she would not choose to escape through the east city gate."
The East City Gate is the closest city gate to here. Usually people will choose a shortcut to escape. The first reaction of the officials will definitely be to hunt there. If they don't escape quickly enough, wouldn't they be in vain?
It was impossible for the queen to miss this level. Therefore, Bai Yuxian believed that the queen would definitely escape through other gates of Cining Palace, and the most likely one was the west gate.
Because although the distance from here to the West City Gate is the farthest, the entire route is almost a busy city with the largest flow of people, which is the most conducive to hiding people's eyes and escaping.
Ye Fuxun agreed with Bai Yuxian's analysis, so he said: "Then quickly notify the people in the patrol camp and let them go to the other three city gates to start the pursuit."
"I don't think so, another person will do it, maybe he is already waiting." Bai Yuxian said with an enigmatic smile.
Ye Fuxun looked at him, and then his mind brightened. "You mean Yu Xiunan?"
Bai Yuxian nodded: "Yes, we can all guess that something will happen today, how could he not guess it?"
Just as Bai Yuxian said, Yu Xiunan had already sent people to ambush at the three city gates in the north, south, and west, and he also speculated that the queen was most likely to leave through the west gate.
So I waited in the teahouse near the West City Gate early in the morning, waiting for the queen to appear, and then I would kill all the remnants of the Helan family.