Chapter 259 Escape
In a narrow and deserted alley, it would be effortless to kill an unarmed person.
pity……
When the long sword in his hand stabbed towards Xiao Yu, the prince of Rong'an Marquis's mansion opened his eyes wide in shock.
Xiao Yu dodged his attack nimbly and almost easily, then rolled sideways and kicked the wall next to him. Using the force of the kick bouncing back, he kicked the prince of Rong'an Marquis's mansion solidly in the chest.
Before this, the Prince of Rong'an always thought that Xiao Yu had no kung fu skills at all.
After all, having grown up in the Rong'an Marquis Mansion, he had never seen Xiao Yu practicing martial arts, let alone seeing Xiao Yu spying on him practicing martial arts. Even Rong San could easily push Xiao Yu into the water.
So he was completely unprepared.
But now, the prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was kicked into the air, and he felt that at least two ribs in his chest were broken. A fishy and sweet taste rose up in his throat, and the moment his back hit the ground heavily, blood spurted out.
With tinnitus and dizziness in his eyes, the prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion wanted to turn over and fight back, but he felt dizzy and didn't even have the strength to get up.
He was surprised and puzzled that Xiao Yu's kung fu was only so advanced.
Unable to struggle up, the prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion simply collapsed on the ground, half-opening his eyes to adjust his breathing to relieve his strength while watching the people he brought with him beat up Xiao Yu.
No matter how powerful Xiao Yu is, he can't withstand the beating from those people.
Xiao Yu began to run for his life toward the other side of the alley, while the people brought by the prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion were chasing him closely.
In an instant, the alley that was filled with blood and gore just now became quiet.
In this silence, the sound of footsteps was particularly clear.
One step at a time, getting closer.
The prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion felt a tingling sensation on his back and scalp. He subconsciously turned around to see who had come, but then his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.
Half an hour later.
The people who were taken away by the prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion returned to Qianzhou government office.
Rong An Hou stared at the person in front of him in disbelief, "What did you say? What do you mean the prince is gone ?"
The people in that row lowered their heads, not daring to face the wrath of Marquis Rong'an at this moment.
Rong Anhou picked up the teacup at hand and threw it out, "Speak!"
One of them stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, we split into two groups. Two people will go after Minghe, and the rest will follow the prince to catch Xiaoyu. When we surrounded Xiaoyu in the alley, the prince was injured. Xiaoyu escaped, so we chased him out. When we chased Xiaoyu all the way out of the city, Xiaoyu disappeared. When we returned to the alley, the prince was gone."
The man swallowed his saliva, looked at the blue veins on Rong'an Marquis' forehead, and his calves trembled.
"The other two people who followed Minghe chased from the north to the south of the city. In the south, Minghe met up with the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. They were unable to kill him, so they turned back and met up with us."
The blood of Rong'an Houqi flowed backwards and hit the top of his head.
"You mean to say that Xiao Yu ran out of the city, Ming He went to find Su Qingqing and the others, and someone else captured the prince?"
The man nodded.
"Nonsense ! Who would arrest the prince? Who in Qianzhou Prefecture would dare to do so?"
The man lowered his head and hesitated for a long time. "My Lord, please calm down. The last defeat angered the people of Qianzhou Prefecture. It's not that no one holds a grudge. At that time, the Crown Prince was injured on the ground..."
Rong An Hou interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "You knew that the prince was injured, why didn't you leave someone to take care of him?"
The man pursed his lips and said, "The prince was just kicked by Xiao Yu at that time. We can conclude that Xiao Yu's kung fu is not very high when we fight later. We thought that the prince would not have any problem with such a kick. Not to mention dealing with ordinary people, even dealing with people with mediocre kung fu would not be a problem. Moreover, no one dared to delay in catching Xiao Yu at that time, so..."
There is no point in saying this anymore.
Marquis Rong'an is about to explode.
"Are you sure that everyone was there with Su Qingqing at that time?"
The two people who followed Minghe but never had a chance to attack said, "Yes, Minghe went to the Chenghuang Temple in the south of the city. The Chenghuang Temple was on fire, and the Crown Prince and Crown Princess were drinking tea in a teahouse not far away. We saw it clearly at that time. The Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Jixiang and Minglu were all in the teahouse, not one was missing."
The attendant standing beside Rong'an Hou immediately said, "I can confirm that there were only five of them who entered Qianzhou at that time. After they entered the city, I immediately ordered people to guard the city gate at all times, and there would be absolutely no one else sneaking in."
This is strange. No one else got in, but someone took the prince away while they were fighting.
Who could this person be!
"No matter what, search the entire city now! Check every house!"
The man beside Rong'an Marquis hurriedly said, "My Lord, please think twice. The previous defeat has already caused dissatisfaction among the people in the city. If we conduct a large-scale search now, I am afraid that the people will be enraged and we will not be able to stand firm in Qianzhou."
Rong An Hou stared at him with red eyes, "What if we don't search?"
If we don’t search, what will the prince do?
The man had nothing to say.
If you want to save the prince, you must search.
"Search, block the city gates, search the entire city!"
Once the order is issued, the subordinates have no choice but to execute it.
Rong An Hou panted and struggled for a while, then issued another order, "Lead the troops to encircle and suppress Su Qingqing, wherever she is, capture her at all costs!"
At any cost, that means arresting people in front of the entire city’s citizens.
Innocent civilians may be harmed during the arrest process.
Before this, Marquis Rong'an had never taken action against Su Qingqing, firstly out of consideration for Su Qingqing herself, and secondly because he did not want to anger those untouchables.
But now, he can't care so much.
He had to save his son.
Marquis Rong'an had an army of 20,000. As soon as he issued an order, the 20,000 troops immediately marched out from outside the city, advanced into the city, and surrounded Su Qingqing.
At this time, Su Qingqing and his group, who were surrounded by Marquis Rong'an, had already disguised themselves as traveling merchants and escorted the goods through the city gate openly.
The city gate had not yet been blocked when they passed through.
What they captured was the time difference when Marquis Rong'an received the news.
The son of Marquis Rong'an was stuffed into the compartment of the carriage and was brought out openly.
After leaving the city, Jixiang happily rode on his horse and galloped, "It's too exciting. I have never done anything so exciting before."
Su Qingqing was not present in the teahouse near the City God Temple at that time. The one pretending to be her was just a puppet they had made in advance.
The doll wore Su Qingqing's clothes and was held in Rong Que's arms in a cloak, running out of the City God Temple that had been hit by a fire.
There was a fire in the City God Temple, and countless people came to put out the fire and watch, and the place was in chaos.
In this chaos, Jixiang was guarding the puppet Su Qingqing, constantly serving her tea and water, wiping the dust off her face, and chattering endlessly.
Those who were watching in the dark were actually behaving themselves, but no matter how carefully they watched, they could not withstand the chaos at that time. After Minghe led the people over, the fake Su Qingqing was immediately carried into the carriage by Rongque.
There was no time left for the other party to observe.
