Chapter 46: Wandering Stars
By this time in the night, the whole city was in a state of panic.

The flames that penetrated the sky illuminated the entire East City. Even on Ma Xing Street, one could see the huge fire.

Some bad guys were leading horses over from outside the courtyard wall. Several guards from Jingxiang's mansion were lying at the foot of the wall, their blood running cold.

Seeing this, Jing Xiang sighed quietly, but said nothing more and climbed onto the horse's back.

Snowflakes of varying sizes began to float in the air, and Xiao Yan walked at the end, holding his knife. Inside the mansion gate, a group of figures staggered over.

He then turned around, bowed slightly, and said, "Don't worry, Madam. I will be back soon. I will make sure he is safe."

The woman inside the door forced a smile, her face looking a little pale in the light, but she hesitated for a moment, finally came over and handed a mink cloak to Jingxiang.

During this time, she kept glancing at Xiao Yan, but the latter was sitting quietly on the horse and did not stop her.

Jing Xiang took the screen calmly and tied it to the outside of his purple official robe. Then he looked at the woman and said, "Go back and wait peacefully. Don't make trouble."

Finally, he looked at Xiao Yan.

"Where are you going, young man?"

Xiao Yan squeezed the horse's belly and began to slowly speed up.

"Chongzhengyuan."

Jing Xiang was stroking his beard and was about to say something when the bad guy next to him whipped the horse he was sitting on on its buttocks.

More than ten riders instantly headed west and disappeared in the snow.

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In the flying snow, Chongzhengyuan overlooking the Imperial Street was in chaos.

Other government offices had already been closed due to the New Year holidays, but the Chongzheng Yuan, which was in charge of the implementation of Daliang's national government policies, still had officials on duty.

At this time, some officials were running back and forth, mobilizing the guards to block the gate of the yamen and set up barricades outside the yamen.

The deputy envoy of Chongzhengyuan who stayed behind at night strode out and shouted, "You are so confused! What's the point of guarding Chongzhengyuan at this time? Why don't you send someone into the palace..."

"My lord, the palace gates have been sealed by the Jinwu Guards, and no one is allowed to enter or leave before dawn..."

"This is ridiculous!" The deputy envoy did not panic, but began to pace back and forth, saying: "What happened? Why did Master Ge mobilize the imperial guards in the city? Why didn't you inform Chongzhengyuan!?"

No one could answer him. The sounds of fighting could be heard faintly in the city. Although it was far away from here, the officials were still terrified.

The deputy envoy's eyes flickered with brilliance, and he shouted, "What's the situation over there?"

"I have sent people to Ma Xing Street. The imperial guards there are making a lot of movements, and the Xuanming Sect is also mixed in. No news has been received yet."

"These thieves!"

The deputy envoy cursed angrily, but he did not dare to act rashly at this time. The reason for the night riot was still unknown. He only knew that it was a fight between the imperial guards and the Xuanming Sect.

But the most difficult thing was that they didn't know where the top leaders of the two sides were, nor did they know what they were thinking. At this time, they couldn't even find a middle or lower-level officer of the Imperial Guard.

As for the Xuanming Sect, the filthy ghosts there are never people worth dealing with!
Just as the deputy envoy was secretly worried, there was a sudden commotion outside the yamen.

There were guards holding crossbows at the gate of the government office, shouting out, "This is the military secret place of Chongzhengyuan, anyone coming, stop your horse!"

In the shadow of the snow, more than ten riders rushed out, but their horses did not slow down.

One of them shouted, "Prince Jing of Pingyang has arrived. The people in Chongzhengyuan should quickly arrange the guards and the ceremonial guards to enter the East City to quell the rebellion!"

The deputy envoy pushed aside the guards and looked up, only to see more than a dozen imperial cavalrymen holding torches in the snow, protecting a forty-year-old scholar, and stopped outside the barricades.

At the moment, there was a masked lieutenant from the imperial guards, holding a token and shouting loudly.

"Bianliang is about to collapse, and you are not doing anything!?"

Afterwards, Jing Xiang was wearing a fluffy cloak, and the purple official robe underneath was faintly visible in the firelight.

The deputy envoy strained to look over and saw that he looked calm and composed, as if he had everything planned out for himself.

He suddenly felt at ease and walked down the steps himself, wanting to welcome them into the government office.

However, the lieutenant of the imperial guards had an indifferent look in his eyes and spoke in a condescending tone, "The situation is urgent and cannot be delayed. Sir, please make arrangements quickly!" Afterwards, Jing Xiang also nodded slightly to him.

"Do it quickly."

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In the streets and alleys, the light from the torches finally faded away.

The women hiding in the alley finally dared to crouch down and come out.

Outside the alley, several corpses with arrows stuck in them were lying on their backs in the middle of the alley.

The snow had been falling for a long time at this time, and the corpses were piled up in a layer of white, looking somewhat miserable.

The leading woman barely paused, and moved aside, while reminding the person behind her: "Don't step on the blood..."

The women all nodded and walked around the pool of blood on the ground.

At that time, the Xuanming Sect was finally suppressed by the imperial guards, but the specific situation of the battle was unknown.

More than a hundred of them were divided into several small teams, mostly with five to ten people in a group. The two groups looked after each other and moved out in multiple directions.

Jier Lane faces east and is the left wing of the inner city. There are many houses there. As long as one can bypass the search of the imperial guards, he can hide in them and greatly increase the probability of escaping from Bianzhou.

When they reached the end of the alley, the leading woman stood guard for the other women so that they could climb over the wall.

After crossing another main street, you will reach the left side area. Once you pass it, you will have completely left Jier Lane behind.

Several women kept calm and covered each other as they climbed in. Only then did the leading woman catch up.

But at this moment, a sharp pain suddenly rose from her lower back.

In the shadows, a man in a black robe appeared out of nowhere. Five long claws stretched out from his wide long sleeves and pierced through the woman's waist and abdomen.

The woman had her face covered, her beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.

The faceless hood suddenly fell down, and a moment later, the headless female corpse fell to the ground with a bang.

There were also sounds of fighting coming from the other side of the courtyard wall, but after just a moment, the woman's voice disappeared completely.

In the shadows, another man in black robe appeared.

The two looked at each other, and then said in unison: "So it was them who did it..."

Their voices were extremely strange, like empty sounds, and a little harsh.

After just saying this, the two of them disappeared into the shadows.

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On the other side of the street.

Ji Ruxue's ponytail was already covered with snowflakes. Her eyes were alert and she kept scanning every corner.

Fortunately, everyone is safe.

She breathed a sigh of relief, turned back and whispered, "Saint Princess, now that we have escaped, we should gather the other sisters and take advantage of the chaos here to find a section of the city wall that is not heavily guarded to escape from the city..."

Behind her, Fanyintian was holding a pipa from a brothel, frowning and asking, "How to find..."

Suddenly, the two girls' ears twitched, and then they looked at each other and retreated together.

Two pairs of sharp claws suddenly appeared in the darkness and tore the outer clothes of the two women.

A few strips of cloth floated down slowly, and two men in black robes emerged from the shadows.

They were dressed in black, and their only two pairs of sharp claws were quickly retracted into their sleeves, making them look extremely mysterious.

A harsh chorus sounded.

"Found you."

(End of this chapter)