Chapter 154: Oli Ge (Please subscribe)
Quan Wanji felt his heart skip a beat, and a chill ran from his tailbone to the top of his head.

It’s broken. It’s broken. It’s broken.

He was not worried about being caught up by the King of Qi's men, but he was afraid that the message would not be delivered.

Of course, Quan Wanji didn't think that this pair of disabled people, Prince of Qi Li You and Yin Hongzhi, could cause any trouble to Li Shimin. He was just worried that these bastards would hold the people hostage.

Qizhou's current good situation is hard-won. If a small group of people with ulterior motives destroy the great achievements of Qizhou's development, it will be all over.

Quan Wanji was just thinking about this when he suddenly heard one of them ask, "Master Quan?"

"That's right." Quan Wanji scowled at the two men and said, "Take me to the Prince Qi's mansion to receive the reward!"

"This is not the place to talk. Master Quan, come with me." The man said, stretched his head to look at the soldiers running around on the street, and took Quan Wanji to a guest room of an inn.

Quan Wanji was really confused by the two of them. You said they were here to arrest him...but it didn't seem like it.

If he was the Prince of Qi's man, he would have gone to the Prince of Qi's Palace long ago. Why would he be talking to him here?

After entering the house, Quan Wanji asked, "May I ask who you two are..."

"I am Hegan Chengji, the chief of the Eastern Palace, and this is my colleague Zhang Sizheng." Hegan Chengji crossed his arms and said, "We two generals are ordered by the Prince of Hengshan to come to Qizhou to protect the chief secretary!"

"Prince of Hengshan?" Quan Wanji was stunned, and then quickly asked, "But the eldest grandson of the emperor, the eldest son of the crown prince?"

"That's right!" the two nodded.

Quan Wanji never expected that there were people in Chang'an City who cared about him.

But he also didn't understand why the Prince of Hengshan could foresee in advance that he would be in danger.

Thinking of this, Quan Wanji also asked.

"May I ask you two, how did the Prince of Hengshan know that I was going to be in danger?"

In fact, Hegan Chengji just said this. He never expected that Quan Wanji would actually ask another question.

Damn, it’s good enough that they saved you, but you’re still asking questions…

But considering the secrets that Quan Wanji might be carrying, Hegan Chengji still planned to combine his recent experiences in Qizhou and fool him again.

So Hegan Chengji said, "The Prince of Hengshan said that Chief Secretary Quan is a strong and upright person, who likes to speak his mind and is not afraid of the powerful. He can get along well with the King of Wu. However, the King of Qi has done many illegal things. If Chief Secretary Quan speaks out against him, the King of Qi will certainly dislike him and cause many conflicts. He may even attack him. That's why he sent the two of us here to prevent this from happening."

Hearing that Prince Hengshan knew him so well, Quan Wanji burst into tears.

"I didn't expect that the Prince of Hengshan County is actually Quan's soulmate!"

After sighing for a moment, Quan Wanji calmed down and said, "Generals, you don't know that the Prince of Hengshan was right. Today, I heard that the Prince of Qi was ill, so I wanted to go to the palace to visit him. However, I heard that the Prince of Qi was going to rebel. I was so excited that I accidentally stepped on a dead branch and startled the Prince of Qi."

"After being discovered by the King of Qi, I could only turn around and run, but I didn't expect the king's pursuit troops to arrive so quickly."

"Treason?!" Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng looked at each other.

Isn't this just a pillow for when you feel sleepy?

The two had been in Qizhou for more than two months, struggling with how to infiltrate the Qi Wang Mansion to gather information. They were just worrying about it when suddenly a Qizhou chief officer popped up and said, "The Qi Wang is planning a rebellion?"

"What you two generals don't know is that the King of Qi has colluded with Xueyantuo, Goguryeo, and several people from the Cui family of Boling. They intend to lead troops to Chang'an when the saint personally leads an expedition against Goguryeo, and plot treason with the help of both inside and outside forces!" Quan Wanji said with great sorrow.

"How dare you!" Hegan Chengji got angry.

Although he was a Xianbei, in fact, the Xianbei people of this era had long regarded themselves as Han people. Now the traitor King Qi dared to dig into the corners of the Tang Dynasty. This was no longer an ordinary reactionary behavior, so of course he would be angry.

Besides, who was he loyal to? That was the Prince of Hengshan... No, it was the Crown Prince!

"Don't worry, Chief Secretary. The two of us will definitely rescue you!" Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng looked at each other, crossed their hands and assured Quan Wanji.

Quan Wanji also bowed to the two of them.

Of course, the two of them would not stay idle in the house. They had been secretly observing the developments in Qizhou City throughout the morning.

Although he is a fool, Yin Hongzhi still has a tight control over Qizhou City. Not only has he closed the city gates, he is also conducting a thorough search of every place in the city.

Especially the inns in various places are strictly checked.

Fortunately, the owner of this inn is Hegan Chengji's childhood friend, and the two have a life-long friendship, so he would not betray him.

As it was approaching noon, the shopkeeper came in with food, intending to let Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng eat some first.

"Old Sun, how is it?" Hegan Chengji asked while holding the bowl of soup noodles.

"Oh my, don't mention it." The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Now that the four gates are closed, I think you really can't escape even if you have wings... Look, the people from the Qi Wang Mansion are leading soldiers to check every house, and they are about to check us here."

"What should we do? Is there a suitable place for us to hide first?" said Hegan Chengji.

"No need, just wait inside." The shopkeeper gave him a reassuring look, turned around and walked out.

"Oh." Quan Wanji looked at the direction where the shopkeeper left with trepidation and sighed.

After a while, Liang Mengbiao led his men into the inn.

Like most inns nowadays, this inn also adopts the model of dining first and staying overnight.

Seeing Liang Mengbiao walk into the inn, the innkeeper immediately went to greet him.

"Hey, Captain." The shopkeeper greeted him, and upon closer inspection it was Liang Mengbiao. He smiled and said, "Hey, it's Captain Liang. Please come in——"

Liang Mengbiao's eyelids fluttered slightly, and he said in a gloomy tone: "Stop talking nonsense, search it inside and out!"

"Yes!" When the soldiers heard Liang Mengbiao's order, they immediately dispersed and prepared to search.

“Hey, no, no, no.” The shopkeeper quickly stopped them: “Hey, everyone…”

Then he looked at Liang Mengbiao again and asked hesitantly, "May I ask, Captain Liang, what do you mean?"

Liang Mengbiao stepped on the stool and sucked on the dogtail grass: "Well, did you know that the King of Qi was poisoned this morning?"

"Ah?" The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat. He had never heard of the King of Qi being poisoned.

"Qizhou Chief Shi Quan Wanji, he was the one who poisoned him. After we found him, he fled at full speed." Liang Mengbiao began to lie with his eyes open: "Look, Chief Shi Yin is asking his brothers to hunt down Quan Wanji."

"Hey, Captain Liang." The shopkeeper said with a smile, "I assure you that this shameless thief Quan Wanji will never come to our place - and I don't even know him!"

"Nonsense! If he wants to hide here with you, can you still be the shopkeeper?" Liang Mengbiao threw the whip on the table.

Hearing Liang Mengbiao say this, the shopkeeper felt relieved: "Then why are you still searching us?"

"Nonsense!" Liang Mengbiao snorted, "Isn't this a restaurant? Don't you have good wine and good food? Don't you have wine?"

"Yes, yes... yes, yes..." the shopkeeper responded from the side.

"You guys here..." Liang Mengbiao picked up the whip, pointed at the sun, and said suggestively: "Isn't it time for dinner?" "Oh, yes, yes..." The shopkeeper still nodded.

"You still don't understand?" Liang Mengbiao saw that the shopkeeper was still pretending to be confused, and immediately said, "Well, I'll search it!"

"Hey, Captain Liang!" The shopkeeper slammed his hands and said with a look of sudden enlightenment: "Now that you put it that way, I understand, ahahaha..."

"What do you think? Should we search now... or let the soldiers fill up the mess first and then search later?" The shopkeeper smiled.

"What do you think?" Liang Mengbiao said with a cautious expression.

"Search first!" said the shopkeeper.

"Huh?" Liang Mengbiao turned his head suddenly and said, "Damn, are you kid not sensible?"
The shopkeeper changed his expression and said with a smile: "That's so inappropriate. How can we let the soldiers search with empty stomachs? The emperor doesn't need hungry soldiers, right?"

"Well, all the soldiers, please sit in the private room for a while. I will prepare seven or eight dishes for you..."

At this point, the innkeeper stretched out his hand and lightly pressed Liang Mengbiao's arm, and said in a tone of reproach: "Hey, Captain Liang, what are you doing? What for? This is none of your business, why are you paying for it? Hey... Assisting you in the search, that is what our inn should do, please come in--"

"You've got a really good brain, kid." Liang Mengbiao looked at the shopkeeper with satisfaction and praised him.

The shopkeeper smiled modestly and walked inside with his people.

After finally getting rid of all the people, the shopkeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's really not easy to get rid of these combs...

After returning to the backyard, the shopkeeper told Hegan Chengji about the matter, and Hegan Chengji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just deal with the things in front of you first...

However, after one group was sent away, another group of people came, Yan Hongxin.

Yan Hongxin is not a easy person to deal with, and the shopkeeper is not very familiar with him.

Seeing that Yan Hongxin was about to come over to search, Hegan Chengji and the other two had no choice but to take Quan Wanji and slip away again.

After freezing outside all night, another group of troops were added to the search the next morning.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, Quan Wanji said to the two men, "I have something to say, please listen carefully, generals."

"Right now, the person the King of Qi wants is me, and it has nothing to do with you two." Quan Wanji sighed and said, "Looking at the current situation, the possibility of us escaping together is very slim. Rather than being trapped to death in the city, it is better to find another good plan."

"I will surrender myself in a little while. Once I am caught, the King of Qi will certainly order the lifting of martial law. As long as you two pass the news of the King of Qi's intention to rebel back to Luoyang, even if I die, it will be a worthy death."

Seeing the two of them lost in thought, Quan Wanji urged: "General Hegan, stop thinking, time waits for no one!"

"No, I have thought of another way to get out of this situation, but I am afraid that Mr. Quan will not agree."

"General, please don't comfort me anymore. The situation is critical now. Don't let all of you innocent people be harmed because of me!" Quan Wanji shook his head and said.

"No, we can definitely get away." Hegan Chengji said with certainty.

Seeing Hegan Chengji's firm words, Quan Wanji also hesitated.

Could it be that he is serious?
Who would want to die if they can live? The same goes for Quan Wanji.

"In that case, please explain in detail, General."

Hegan Chengji took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and looked as if he was ready to sacrifice himself heroically.

"Wait until evening, and Chief Secretary Quan will come with me."

Quan Wanji didn't know what he meant and didn't ask. He just decided in his heart that if he still couldn't escape at night, he would go to the Prince of Qi's mansion and surrender himself, in exchange for the lives of both of them, so that he could return to Luoyang and report the news of the Prince of Qi's rebellion.

Zhang Sizheng poked He Ganchengji and asked curiously, "Brother, do you really have a solution?"

Hegan Chengji nodded solemnly: "I really have a way. I am not trying to comfort Quan Changshi, nor am I trying to comfort you."

"Then why do you have this tone and expression?" Zhang Sizheng asked suspiciously.

Another meaning is, if this method is really reliable, can you do this?

"You'll know tonight." Hegan Chengji's expression was more heroic than dying a heroic death.

Seeing that Hegan Chengji was unwilling to speak, Zhang Sizheng had no choice.

Having been with Hegan Chengji for so many years, he certainly knows the other person's personality and will never tell anyone anything he doesn't want to say.

They had a quick meal at noon, and when it came to dinner in the evening, Hegan Chengji pushed his share away.

"Why doesn't General Hegan eat?" Quan Wanji asked puzzledly while chewing a Hu cake.

"You guys eat, I have no appetite." Hegan Chengji sighed.

"Really? How can you have the strength to escape if you're not full?" Zhang Sizheng picked up Hegan Chengji's Hu Bing, broke it in half, and handed one half to Quan Wanji.

He confirmed again: "Dude, are you sure you don't want to eat it?"

"I really don't want to eat it. It's useless even if I eat it." Hegan Chengji sat on the stone, looking at the sky with lifeless eyes.

"Hey, you're talking about this guy." Zhang Sizheng smiled and started to wolf down the Hu Bing that belonged to Hegan Chengji.

Hegan Chengji looked at him and thought, Eat, eat...

Sooner or later you will regret it!
When the moon was at its zenith, Hegan Chengji finally decided to set off with him.

"Let's go while the moon is dark and the wind is strong." Hegan Chengji said.

"This... the nighttime security must be very strict, can you really get away?" Zhang Sizheng confirmed again.

Hegan Chengji didn't say anything, but just walked forward on his own.

Turning left and right, dodging and swerving, the three finally arrived at Hegan Chengji's destination.

"So, this is what you mean?"

Zhang Sizheng looked at the stinking sewage pool in front of him and asked Hegan Chengji with a complicated expression.

Hegan Chengji said dimly: "I've already told you that no matter how much you eat at night, it will be useless..."

"This sewer leads directly to the outside of the city. For a moment, the Qi Wang army would not have thought that we would leave through this road."

Then, Hegan Chengji said with a fearless attitude: "You two, it's time to be loyal to His Majesty!"

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(End of this chapter)