Chapter 545: Excursion (5)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
w.a.n.g Wulang had been caught for no reason. Moreover, the other party was holding a portrait that was extremely vague. He insisted that he was a remnant of the Eastern Desert’s previous dynasty.
Little All Yu and the others argued logically and were all captured in the end.
Little All Yu, who had met w.a.n.g Wulang in prison:”…”
w.a.n.g Wulang was a little crazy. “What’s wrong with you all? We were captured just like that. Doesn’t that mean that we can’t explain ourselves?!”
“It’s not good to cause too much trouble. After all, this is related to the remnants of the previous dynasty of the neighboring country. If we resist too much, we might even cause a dispute between the two countries,” w.a.n.g Sanlang a.n.a.lyzed calmly.
w.a.n.g Wulang rolled his eyes. “Come on, do you think you’re the Crown Prince of Great Chang? Not to mention capturing you, even if they kill you, it’s impossible to cause a dispute between the two countries.”
“But if Grandma finds out, it will definitely not be good,” w.a.n.g Qilang said faintly.
On this side, there were men locked up, and opposite them were women. Little Ah Yu and Tang Yuan were all opposite.
They were not the only ones in the prison. There were also some people in ragged clothes who looked sallow and thin.
Little All Yu was a little hungry. Just as she reached into her bag, a little girl rushed out from somewhere and pulled Little All Yu’s bag with all her might, wanting to s.n.a.t.c.h it away.
Without thinking, Little All Yu kicked the other party.
The little girl had long run out of strength. She flew ten feet away and landed at the foot of the wall of the cell.
Tang Yuan hurriedly went to check on Little Ah Yu.
Little All Yu also stood up and ran to the little girl’s side. She pulled her up and said, “Are you hungry? But you shouldn’t have s.n.a.t.c.hed my things, especially my bag. Mother gave this to me. I can’t lose it.”
She had practiced martial arts for five years. Excluding the higher level skills like flying on roofs and walking on walls, ordinary children under the age of ten would definitely not be able to defeat her.
With this kick, the little girl might be injured.
However, Little Ah Yu did not apologize. The other party was in the wrong first, so she would not apologize first.
The little girl trembled in fear and hid behind a woman at the side.
The woman was also frightened out of her wits.
Little All Yu wanted to take out a biscuit from her pocket, but thinking that this might cause a fight, she gave up.
Qin Huai saw Little All Yu’s actions from afar. Seeing that she was not stupid enough to take out food to do a good deed, he put away the hidden weapon in his hand.
“We can’t remain locked up like this, right? We’ve only walked half of the way, and we still have to continue traveling!” w.a.n.g Wulang was an impatient person. He immediately wanted to try and see if he could pull open the chain of the cell with his hands.
“I wonder how Teacher Chi and the others are doing,” w.a.n.g Qilang said softly. “They didn’t appear. 1 don’t know if they followed us in or if they’re thinking of a solution outside.”
The few of them were not very worried about escaping. After all, they were innocent. They should be released after investigating, right?
w.a.n.g Wulang was not so optimistic. He still remembered what the waiter had said, so he was trying to pull open the cell door. He was afraid that he was not strong enough, so he used his True Qi.
In the end, before he could use much strength, the entire cell door was bent into two.
The incomparably huge iron lock broke with a crack.
w.a.n.g Wulang:”…”
w.a.n.g Sanlang was also dumbfounded when he saw this.
“Isn’t this thing too easy to open?”
Just as he finished speaking, w.a.n.g Sanlang also pulled ruthlessly. Then, a smelly person suddenly appeared beside him. His black hands grabbed the cell door and pulled it to the sides, squeezing through the gap.
Right on the heels of that, the other people who were locked up followed suit and crawled out.
w.a.n.g Wulang hurriedly called out, “Hey, hey, hey, if you leave like this, your crimes will be increased!”
How could those people listen? They all surged out like a swarm of bees.
Only then did the few of them realize that there were actually 30 to 40 people locked up in the small cell. Because they were dressed in black and were hidden in the darkness, they did not realize that there were so many people.
In the prison of East Peak City, hundreds of prisoners were imprisoned all year round. Every once in a while, they would be pulled to dig trenches and do hard labor.
Most of the people who went wound up dead.
Coincidentally, a large batch of people had been transported out today. There were very few guards in the cell, and these people took the opportunity to rush out.
Soon, some prison guards discovered them. Without thinking, they raised their swords and slashed at these people.
“If you don’t want to die, get back inside!”
“How dare you break out of prison!”
“In any case, they’re all useless. Kill them all. It’s a waste of food to keep them.”
Those who escaped screamed. Some could not take it and retreated, but more rushed forward.
One of them knocked down a prison guard and suffered a huge wound on his back. He gritted his teeth and s.n.a.t.c.hed the large saber from the prison guard’s hand before rushing back to the cell.
With a swing of the saber, the lock of the cell door broke.
More prisoners rushed out, more jailers fell, and more prisoners rushed out again.
“Charge, kill these beasts!”
“Don’t let them out. Don’t leave any of them—Ah!”
“In any case, I won’t be able to survive. Let me kill to my heart’s content!”
“Sun, sun, I can still see the sun!”
“Stop them!”
For a moment, battle cries shook the sky and spread to the cell.
w.a.n.g Wulang and the others looked at each other.
They were still holding back when Chi Jia had already sneaked in amidst the chaos. The door to Little Ah Yu’s room was also opened, and the women inside fled.
Little All Yu ran to Qin Huai’s side. w.a.n.g Wulang and the others surrounded her.
w.a.n.g Qilang took off his coat and laid it on the ground. “Little Sister Ah Yu, sit down for a while. This place is cleaner.”
Tang Yuan asked, “Aren’t we going out?”
Wasn’t it good to take advantage of the chaos and go out at this time?
Little All Yu and Qin Huai shook their heads at the same time and said in unison, “There’s no hurry.”
They really waited like this until the entire cell was dark. Even the candlelight was pitifully dim.
About eight hours later, the commotion outside finally stopped, leaving only the empty cell.
There were about ten cells in their area. Other than their cell, the rest were all empty.
Not long after, hurried footsteps sounded. A large group of armored soldiers arrived at the cell door.
All of them looked mighty and expressionless, like a row of immobile sculptures.
Then, a young general with a spear in his hand walked over from the group with a solemn expression.
His red ta.s.sel spear was covered in blood.
“Why didn’t you escape?” The young general looked slightly mature. His voice was a little low and hoa.r.s.e, like a duck being strangled.
He should be around 16 years old, and was undergoing p.u.b.erty.
w.a.n.g Wulang said, “Why should we escape? We’re still waiting for you to give us justice!”
The young general looked at the broken lock on the ground again. “Were you the ones who opened the cells?”
The reason why he could say that was naturally because he had conducted an early investigation.
“I opened it, but 1 didn’t do it on purpose. Who asked your lock to be so bad that it fell off with a light touch?” w.a.n.g Wulang stood in front of everyone again, not afraid of the dignity of the young general and the soldiers beside him at all. He frowned and said, “We didn’t escape or commit any crimes. You have to be reasonable, right? Also, I broke this lock. If you think 1 need to be punished for that, just target me alone and judge according to the law.”
Unexpectedly, the young general sized up everyone and knelt on one knee in front of them. “I’m Hu Rui. Thank you for your help!”
Everyone:”?”
Chi Jia said from the side, “There’s an internal strife in East Peak City. The general guarding the city has been captured. This is the nephew of the general, Little General Hu. He’s specially here to help today.”
It turned out that the chaos that had happened in East Peak City in the past two years was caused by the capture of the general guarding the city. The general would rather die than submit. For the past two years, he had been dealing with the other party. In addition, the troops he had trained were unwilling to listen to the orders of others. After more than two years, the general had also sent a request for help to his brother-in-law who was guarding the west.
Initially, the other party did not have much patience and wanted to cause chaos through some operations. The cell was an important stronghold.
In the end, w.a.n.g Wulang let a group of people out by a freak combination of factors, making the people outside think that the plan had been brought forward. The originally interconnected factors turned into layers of collapse.
The other party was caught off guard by their own people and even exposed the general who had been captured. It turned out that he had not died suddenly, but had been sent to the hands of the surviving members of the Eastern Desert Kingdom and trained to be a secret soldier.
The army Hu Rui brought with him suppressed the internal strife, while Chi Jia, Chi Tu, and Chi She supported Hu Rui outside. They originally thought that it would be a tough battle that would last for at least a month, but it was actually completed in just eight hours.
They had actually made a huge contribution by a freak combination of factors!
“Big Brother, your surname is also Hu?” Little Ah Yu only caught this point.
Hu Rui was surprised. “Could it be that you’re also members of the Hu Family?”
“No, our surname is w.a.n.g.” Little Ah Yu grinned.
This smile was too bright in the cell, almost dazzling Hu Rui’s eyes.
w.a.n.g Wulang added, “However, more than a hundred years ago, our village had a Great General Hu!”
Hu Rui’s spear trembled.. “What?!”