"The granary is on fire! The granary is on fire … "
Billowing smoke rose from the warehouse on the east side of the Sha Jiu County government. This was where thousands of grains were stored, but now it was on fire. The fire was so fierce that it could not be easily extinguished.
"This … What's going on?" The soldiers guarding the granary were dumbfounded. The granary was an important place, and it was heavily guarded. Not even a mosquito could get in, so how could it be on fire?
"What are you still doing here? Put out the fire!" A guard was the first to react and shouted for everyone to put out the fire.
He rushed to the other side to fetch water, only to find that all the soldiers guarding the granary had disappeared.
"Yuan soldiers broke in!" He saw a dozen soldiers lying in the corner and knew that something had happened.
Zhao Rao, who was watching the battle from the city wall, soon received the news. Her face suddenly changed, and she immediately came down from the wall. The guard asked angrily, "How could the granary be burned? Didn't I tell you to guard the city gate?"
"Your Majesty, the north, south, east, and west gates are heavily guarded. I don't know how they got in …" The guard trembled. He knew what it meant for the granary to be burned.
"Immediately block all the streets! We must find the Yuan soldiers!" Zhao Xiang shouted angrily.
Zhao Xiang's expression was heavy. "Their strength is below ours. How could there be extra people in Sha Jiu City?"
"It must be Lu Yaoyao!" The only person Zhao Rao could think of was Ye Zhen. She must have come to burn the granary. "You must catch her!"
"Has the fire in the granary been put out? How much food is left? " Zhao Xiang asked the guard. Food was too important for the army. No one knew how long this war would last. If there was no food, how could the soldiers fight?
The guard's face was livid. "I'm afraid … I'm afraid there's not much left."
Zhao Xiang said solemnly, "I will order the Ministry of Revenue to prepare food and transport it here. Now, go and catch Lu Yaoyao immediately."
"Your Majesty, you should go back to the General's Residence first." Zhao Xiang whispered. Since Lu Yaoyao might be in the city, it was best to return to the General's Residence for Zhao Rao's safety.
Now that the troops of Sha Jiu City were in the front, the only person who could protect Zhao Rao was Ling Jian.
"No, if Lu Yaoyao is really in the city, she will definitely come to see me." Zhao Rao whispered. "I will go to the wall and wait for her."
"Your Majesty!" Zhao Xiang disagreed. Since Lu Yaoyao could sneak into Sha Jiucheng silently, it would be a piece of cake for her to do anything to Zhao Rao.
Zhao Rao turned around and walked back, ignoring Zhao Xiang's objection.
"Prepare the archers," Zhao Rao ordered Ling Jian as she walked back. She wanted to kill Lu Yaoyao, she had to kill her.
"Yes, Your Majesty," Ling Jian replied.
Zhao Xiang frowned. She felt that Lu Yaoyao wouldn't be captured so easily.
Ye Zhen was indeed not easy to catch. She was now walking through the streets of Sha Jiucheng, passing by the soldiers who were going to catch her. No one could recognize her at all.
The twenty soldiers she had brought with her did not follow her into the city. They were waiting outside the city gates to receive her.
Now that the city gates were tightly guarded, if she wanted to leave, there would definitely be a fierce battle.
Should I go and see Zhao Rao? Ye Zhen thought about it and decided to leave from the east gate according to the original plan. The people she left behind were waiting for her there.
Ye Zhen disguised herself as an ordinary peasant woman, hid her hands in her sleeves, and came to the city gate with her head down. There were more and more soldiers on the road, and it was impossible to leave directly from the city gate.
Zhao Rao had been standing on the wall and watching. The granary was burned, and all their stored food and fodder were gone. Even if they were resupplied from the capital, it would take at least a few days. Unless Song Honao could win today, it would be very difficult for them.
However, none of this was more important than catching Lu Yaoyao.
As long as they could catch her, everything would be worth it.
"That woman …" Zhao Xiang pointed to the woman walking on the street with her head down. The woman was dressed in coarse clothes, much like other frightened and nervous passers-by. However, Zhao Xiang felt that the woman was a little strange.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Rao asked faintly.
Zhao Xiang frowned. "I just think she's a little strange."
"Catch her." Zhao Rao pointed to the coarse woman and ordered. She would rather kill the wrong person than let her go.
Ye Zhen was almost at the corner of the wall. When she heard Zhao Rao's voice, she sighed in her heart.
"She is Lu Yaoyao!" Zhao Xiang pointed to Ye Zhen and shouted.
As soon as she finished speaking, Ling Jian had already surrounded Ye Zhen with his men.
"Lu Yaoyao!" Zhao Xiang cried bitterly.
"I can hear you." Ye Zhen smiled slightly, tapped the ground with her toes, and came in front of Zhao Rao.
The soldiers on the wall immediately stood in front of Zhao Rao, pointing their swords at Ye Zhen.
"Lu Yaoyao, how dare you appear in front of me?" Zhao Rao's eyes burst with strong hatred. She just wanted to tear the person in front of her into pieces.
It was as if she once again saw Cheng Zheng floating down in front of her. It was as if he had a lot to say to her, but he couldn't say a single word. He could only look at her with eyes filled with sorrow. She knew that he couldn't bear to leave her.
If it weren't for Lu Yaoyao, her Cheng Zheng would not have left.
Ye Zhen said helplessly, "I don't want to appear in front of you either. I killed Cheng Zheng, but if he is alive, Zhao Ning and Yi will not have a good life. He can only blame himself."
"Shut up!" Zhao Rao cried, "You don't have to use Zhao Ning as an excuse. Even without you, Zhao Ning would not have done anything."
"Really? Do you know that Cheng Zheng locked Zhao Ning in the dungeon? If I hadn't found Zhao Ning in time, the child in her belly would have been gone. " When it came to the child in her belly, Ye Zhen frowned and looked at Zhao Rao's belly. "You are about to be a mother now. You should understand Zhao Ning's despair when he was locked in the dungeon."
"I only know that you killed Cheng Zheng! You killed the father of my child. "Zhao Rao cried," I want your life to pay for it. "
Ye Zhen said, "You can't kill me. Cheng Zheng did not hesitate to hurt and threaten others for his own selfish desires. Don't blame others for killing him."
"Then today you came to Sha Jiucheng. It is only right to kill you." Zhao Xiang asked.
"If you can kill me." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"No, I want you to watch Mo Rongzhan and Mo Mingxi die. It would be too easy for you to die like this." Even though Zhao Rao had a strong desire to kill Ye Zhen, she still wanted Ye Zhen to feel the pain of losing a loved one first.
Only in this way could she completely vent her hatred.
"I advise you to take good care of the fetus. It is not good to be immersed in hatred all day long." Ye Zhen smiled. Seeing that Zhao Rao's complexion was not good, she was afraid that she would have to drink abortifacients every day.
"Catch her!" Zhao Rao ordered.
With a sweep of the silver whip in her hand, Ye Zhen shook off the people in front of her and jumped down from the wall.
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