In the city of Shangjing, amidst the tension and anxiety, there was suddenly a hint of terror. A large number of officials became prisoners overnight, and the common people could see them on the streets at any time, a series of

Prison cars escorted these officials and their families to Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment. People were executed every day in Caishikou. It was rumored that these people were supporters of the fourth prince Li Xiao. This Taizhou rebellion enabled Meng Yuan to defeat Dai Viet.

The northern gateway is inseparable from these people.

This rumor made people in Shangjing angry. They poured into the streets, threw debris at the prison cars, and cursed to vent their anger. On the execution ground at Caishikou, blood had never been dried, and people were killed every day.

The Fourth Master's Mansion, which was once bustling with people, is now as quiet as a ghost town. Except for the Yulin Guard soldiers who are responsible for guarding the place, there is almost no pedestrian here.

In the mansion, Xinmei was sitting calmly in the yard, slowly making tea, with a pair of daughters clinging to her side. Except for the stewards who daily purchase food, almost no one in the fourth master's mansion can leave the house. Even these

When people went out, they were closely followed by Yulin Guard soldiers.

"Empress!" The chief steward came over with his hands lowered.

Xinmei raised her head and looked at him, "What's the matter?"

"Master Xu was taken to the food market today and sentenced to death. All the men in his family were executed, and the female family members were sent to Jiaofangsi as slaves." The chief steward said in a low voice. "The steward who went out to buy vegetables in the mansion today

When I came back, I said it was extremely miserable."

Xinmei's hands shook. The green tea spilled out and wet her sleeves. She knew Xu Wei. He was a very talented man and was very loyal to the fourth master. She didn't expect him to go like this.

"The fourth master's house is sorry for him!" Xinmei stood up, raised the tea cup in her hand high above her head, and slowly poured it on the ground.

"Now that Li Jian has taken action, I'm afraid the house won't be quiet for long!" the chief steward said in a low voice.

"What is supposed to come will always come!" Xinmei sat down and hugged her daughters tightly, "But as long as the fourth master is fine, we will be fine! Go down and comfort the people in the house."

"Yes!" The chief steward lowered his hand and stepped back, and the courtyard became quiet. Sadness emerged between his anxious eyebrows. Unexpectedly, he even killed Li Jian, an official of Xu Wei's level. What will happen next?

Whose turn is it? Thinking of her natal family, Xinmei closed her eyes.

"Where are mom and dad? Why haven't you gone home yet?" the young daughter's childish voice rang.

"Daddy is very busy. I can come home in a short while." Xinmei opened her eyes and replied softly.

"Mom, can we go out and play? You see, spring is here, I don't want to be in the yard all the time, I want to go out for an outing!"

"Good boy. Our yard is big enough. If you stay at home, you can still see spring, see flowers, and hear birdsong, right?"

"I want to go out and play!"

"Good boy, stop making trouble, we can't go out now."

At the gate of the courtyard, the chief steward listened to the cry of the little princess, lowered his head and wiped his eyes, then staggered out of the courtyard. He had stayed in the fourth master's house for a long time, and he had stayed in the capital for even longer. He understood

A lot, he knew that his time in this mansion could already be counted down.

The chief steward's premonition was extremely accurate. On the second day after Xu Wei was killed, an internal affairs official came to the fourth master's house with a large group of people.

"Qin Xiao has met the fourth princess!" Qin Xiao, an official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stood upright in front of Xinmei and said in a stiff tone. "I have come here with my order!"

Xinmei sat on the chair and looked at this low-level official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the past, an official of this level was not qualified to stand in front of her. If a steward in her house walked out, it would be enough to make him nod and bow. But now

, this man stood in front of him with his hands behind his back, with a look in his eyes as if he was the master and he was a slave. Outside the courtyard, a large group of officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were rushing people from the palace into the courtyard.

She smiled slightly, it was really true that a tiger was bullied by a dog, and a phoenix with its feathers plucked was not as good as a chicken.

"Tell me, why did Li Jian send you here? Are you going to take the lives of my mother and my son? If you are going to take our lives, are you not qualified?" Xinmei said sarcastically. She was originally a temperament.

He is an extremely gentle person, but in this situation, he said extremely harsh words.

Qin Xiao's face suddenly turned red. Looking at the woman in front of him who was dismissive of him, he wanted to retort and ridicule her, but after thinking about it, he endured it, "What are you talking about, the fourth princess? Your Majesty is so kind, why?"

It will embarrass the fourth princess, only

His Majesty was worried that the servants in this palace would not serve the fourth princess and the two little princesses well, so he specially sent his subordinates here. From now on, he will be responsible for all matters in the palace of the fourth prince. The original people in this palace

They will all be transferred."

Xinmei stood up with a sneer, "I see, I will take care of you from now on, right?" Before Qin Xiao could answer, she stood up and walked to the door with her head held high.

In the courtyard, hundreds of servants in the palace knelt on the ground in darkness. The chief steward knelt at the front, with tears streaming down his face, "Princess, the little ones are gone, please take care of yourself!"

Xinmei bit her lip tightly and nodded, "Go ahead and take care of yourselves!"

The chief steward kowtowed several times, stood up, looked back three times, and walked out of the courtyard under the escort of officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Xinmei knew that the people in his house, except for the lowest servants, were like the chief steward.

A person like the manager is afraid that when he leaves this mansion, the next place he goes to is prison. In this life, he is afraid that he will never see this old man who has served the Fourth Master's mansion for many years again.

"Princess, from now on, please stay in your permanent bedroom in the backyard, and don't go to any other places." Qin Xiao's voice sounded from behind.

Xinmei didn't answer him, turned around and took her two daughters, slowly walking towards the backyard. From now on, she was a prisoner under house arrest. As she was, one could imagine the situation of her natal family.

The egg is finished? The only consolation is that there is no news about the fourth master so far. For Xinmei, no news is the best news. That means that the fourth master is still safe until now.

For Xinmei, the last news he got was that Nianyun and Fourth Master broke out of the encirclement.

Nianyun, you must protect Fourth Master.

The fourth master is indeed fine, but he is also trapped.

Nianyun and Li Xiao went all the way south. After arriving in Luzhou, Gou Jing finally rushed back from the south. Based on various clues, the masters in the darkroom confirmed that Li Xiao had arrived in Luzhou. The road out of Luzhou was immediately clear.

Being sealed off, no matter who enters or exits Luzhou, they will be subject to extremely strict inspections, and every road going out is heavily guarded.

This time Gou Jing adopted the stupidest method. He slowly searched, checked, and screened county after county. This time, the manpower he could mobilize far exceeded the last time in Mopan Mountain, because Li Xiao

At this time, he has become an imperial prisoner.

The increasingly stringent interrogation made Li Xiao and Nian Yun more and more desperate, so they had no choice but to hide themselves in Luzhou City. Gou Jing believed that Li Xiao and Nian Yun would not go to Luzhou City, because there,

This is his base camp, but the two of them prefer to hide in this place. This is Nian Yun’s attention. The place below seems to be in a remote place.

It is remote, but the danger is greater, because those places are small and have a small floating population. It is difficult to hide any strangers from the local gangsters, government officials and other local snakes. But Luzhou City is different. This is a city with hundreds of thousands of people.

In a large city with a large population and a large floating population, it is simply impossible to keep everything watertight.

Luzhou City Slums.

This is a shanty town, where a large number of poor people live together, with low thatched huts, narrow streets, sewage flowing across the river, and an unpleasant stench. The scene here, if he had not been in such a difficult situation, Li Xiao would never have imagined that there would be other places in Dai Viet.

This kind of place.

In a small thatched shed, Li Xiao was sitting cross-legged inside. At this time, his face changed drastically. His originally handsome face turned waxy, his face was covered with beard, and half of his eyebrows were missing.

There were cracked wounds all over. Li Xiao was originally thin, but after this drastic change, he lost even more weight.

They have been trapped here for more than a month. Nianyun asked Li Xiao to pretend to be her seriously ill husband and stay in the shed all day, while she had to play the role of a woman who worked hard to support her seriously ill husband.

.It’s not that Nianyun is pretentious, but that she has to be like this. Li Xiao knows nothing about how to become a member of the lowest class. This person who grew up with a golden key in his mouth has

As a person who was born here, he was completely shocked when he first came here. Li Xiao's inadvertent movement or casual words may reveal his identity that is incompatible with this place. There is no choice but to let him stay.

In the shed, except for letting him come out to take a breath late at night, whenever there was any movement outside, Li Xiao would immediately transform into a seriously ill person.

Nianyun, on the other hand, returned home every morning and evening. Nianyun found a job in the kitchen of an inn in Luzhou. She liked this place mainly because the people who came and went here were extremely complex, with three religions and nine streams, all kinds of people, and all kinds of people.

All kinds of news can be heard.

In Luzhou, she still had her old subordinates, but she didn't dare to contact anyone. In this situation, she didn't dare to trust anyone. Anyone could betray them, and with the energy of being respectful, these people might not

He was already under his control, and if he found them, he might end up falling into a trap himself.

Nianyun has to fight for patience with her opponent. As long as she and Li Xiao can hide, Gou Jing cannot continue the search like now. As long as his opponent relaxes or has doubts about the news that he and Li Xiao are in Luzhou

, then the chance to escape will come. And she also believes that

Xin, Gou Jing's actions cannot be concealed from Li Qing from the three southern states. Li Qing will definitely send people over, and now he needs to hide in the darkness and look for the best opportunity to escape. There won't be many such opportunities.
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