Chapter 284: There Are Men on the Wall
Chapter 284
Shun Zi could read lips, but Mo Jiuye did not intend to communicate with him.
Because he already understood why Shun Zi was doing this.
Under the portraits of Lan Er and Yu Er, big words were written clearly, offering a reward of one hundred taels of silver for those who provided clues.
Presumably Shun Zi was doing this for the one hundred taels of reward.
Originally they had planned to return his contract of servitude when they left Southern Xinjiang, but unexpectedly, he did such a flattering trick.
It seemed that Shun Zi could not be kept either.
Mo Jiuye took Shun Zi's life with one palm strike, then carried his corpse together with several officials' corpses into the yard.
As long as no one discovered anything before they left, it would be fine.
After taking care of everything, the two brought the still unconscious Mo Jinnian into the house.
The appearance of Mo Jinnian shocked both the Fourth Elder Brother and the Seventh Elder Brother.
Especially the Seventh Elder Brother, who had been in the accident with the Sixth Elder Brother back then. Now that the brothers were reunited again, it was such a scene.
"Ninth younger brother, where did you find the Sixth Elder Brother?"
Mo Jiuye briefly recounted how he found the Sixth Elder Brother and how he killed the Emperor of Southern Xinjiang. He then said, "Fourth Elder Brother, Seventh Elder Brother, now that the Emperor of Southern Xinjiang is dead, Southern Xinjiang will definitely be in chaos. We must take advantage of the chaos to leave here."
Both the Fourth Elder Brother and the Seventh Elder Brother agreed with his idea. It's just that when they thought of their current situation, they immediately lost confidence.
The Seventh Elder Brother sighed and said, "Ninth younger brother, although Southern Xinjiang will be in chaos, you and Ninth Sister-in-law can leave, but if you bring Fourth Brother and me, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, let alone that it will drag Ninth Brother and Ninth Sister-in-law down."
In fact, He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye had already figured out a way to leave, mainly relying on her space. But this method could not be explained to the two elder brothers.
Mo Jiuye did not give too much explanation.
"Don't worry, Ran Ran and I have figured out a way to take you away."
Since he said it like this, the Fourth Elder Brother and the Seventh Elder Brother did not object anymore.
There was no time to delay. They had better leave before the chaos in Southern Xinjiang.
Now the Fourth Elder Brother and the Seventh Elder Brother were sober. When He Zhiran took out the silver needles, she said, "Fourth Elder Brother, Seventh Elder Brother, let me treat you first."
Before the two elder brothers could respond, He Zhiran's needles had already pricked their acupoints.
Soon, the two fell into a deep sleep. He Zhiran pricked the Sixth Elder Brother's acupoints as well and sent them all into the space together.
She then called Lan Er and Yu Er over, and did the same thing by pricking them unconscious and sending them into the space.
She and Mo Jiuye also re-dressed in the space before simply eating some food and preparing to leave the city.
At this moment, it was the early morning court in Southern Xinjiang.
All the civil and military officials of Southern Xinjiang were facing each other in the main hall.
They could not figure out why the Emperor did not come to the early morning court today.
At the same time, the harem of Southern Xinjiang was already in chaos.
The Emperor's personal guards and eunuchs gradually woke up, only to find that their master had disappeared.
The Empress was missing, and now the Emperor was missing too. Everyone did not know who to report the news to.
Helplessly, the head eunuch could only grit his teeth and go to the morning court.
It was a major issue, and the eunuch did not dare to widely publicize it. He could only tell the Crown Prince about it.
When the Crown Prince heard that His Majesty had disappeared, he was overjoyed in his heart, but he did not show it.
He only hoped that His Majesty would stay disappeared forever, so that he could inherit the country in name and substance.
Just as the Crown Prince was calculating his future in his heart, people had already come to inquire impatiently.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, how about His Majesty?"
The Crown Prince didn't even think about it before announcing to everyone that His Majesty had disappeared.
Only in this way could he become the real person in charge.
Sure enough, after he announced this, everyone demanded that His Highness the Crown Prince take control of the situation.
Although the Crown Prince did not want His Majesty to come back, he still had to keep up appearances.
He immediately ordered all the soldiers in the city and the Imperial Guards to seal off the capital, absolutely not allowing the villain to escape.
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Fortunately, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran acted quickly. As the two reached the city gate, a large number of soldiers rushed over.
Seeing this, the guard soldiers at the gate knew that something big might have happened. They hurriedly sealed off the city gate.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran looked at each other, knowing clearly that it was no longer possible to leave the city openly.
But they had to get out while a large number of soldiers were guarding the city gate, only then would they be safe and sound.
"Ran Ran, I'll hold you carefully and we'll jump over the city wall."
He Zhiran subconsciously glanced at her flat belly and nodded, "Okay."
Now she also had someone to protect, she had to be extra careful in everything she did.
After all, it was broad daylight. Even with Mo Jiuye's excellent qinggong, such a big movement would attract the soldiers' attention.
He had just hugged He Zhiran and jumped onto the city wall when someone shouted, "Quick, shoot arrows, someone is on the city wall!"
Hearing the shouting, Mo Jiuye's first reaction was to protect He Zhiran, while speeding up at the same time.
Seeing the situation going badly, He Zhiran moved her thoughts and brought Mo Jiuye into the space.
With such means, she didn't want to take any risky actions.
The Xinjiang soldiers watched with their own eyes as the two people on the city wall disappeared in the blink of an eye. They all thought they were having hallucinations, and kept rubbing their eyes.
Two living people just disappeared like that in broad daylight. At this moment, if it wasn't daylight, they would have thought they saw ghosts.
Having been pulled into the space, Mo Jiuye was also very surprised, but at the moment he was most concerned about his wife's well-being.
"Ran Ran, are you uncomfortable anywhere?"
"I'm fine, don't worry." He Zhiran said gently.
This was the critical point for them to leave. They absolutely could not have any accidents.
When they were on the city wall just now, they had already been seen by many officers and soldiers. So He Zhiran changed their outfits again.
Mo Jiuye's original gray coat was changed to green, and He Zhiran also changed into a brightly colored dress.
The two stayed in the space for about ten minutes before leaving again.
Their previous actions had already alerted more soldiers to chase outside the city.
When they appeared on the city wall again, there were not so many guards left. The two swiftly jumped off the city wall and walked naturally among the crowds.
Changing outfits was indeed a good way to hide their identities.
When the soldiers saw them on the city wall, they only saw the colors of their clothes. Now when searching outside the city, they could only use this clue.
There were some commoners on the official road outside the city. But because a large number of soldiers appeared, the commoners hid one after another.
They didn't know what had happened, and were afraid of getting involved. Without any important business, they didn't dare to stay any longer.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran kept their heads low, imitating the panicked fleeing appearance of the commoners as they moved forward.
On the way, they encountered soldiers interrogating them several times, but passed safely each time.
The two rushed for more than an hour before finally arriving at the entrance to the next city.