At this moment, Feng Yu Heng and Ban Zou were leaning against the wall across from the leader's palace. Because she had a tranquilizer gun in her hand, the hidden guards in the leader's palace had mysteriously fainted and fallen to their deaths. In addition to this, the fire was growing larger and larger, causing Duan Mu An Guo to decisively give up on pursuing them. As for the people in this area, they were either hiding or running away. In addition, there were some that were brave enough to watch the liveliness. All of their attention was focused on the leader's palace. They did not have any time to notice that the two that had gone far away had secretly returned.
Feng Yu Heng propped her chin up with both hands and looked down. While looking, she asked Ban Zou: "Say, this large gift that I sent is not considered a loss of face for Xuan Tianming, right?"
Ban Zou curled his lips into a sly smile, replying to her: "It's not just not a loss of face. It's truly too much of a loss of face."
Feng Yu Heng said very seriously: "Then that's good." After saying this, she continued to look at the burning palace.
Inside the leader's palace, all of the servants had already been evacuated. They no longer had any way of putting out the fire. In fact, they did not even have any way of salvaging anything from inside. Fortunately, the masters had already left, and not many of the servants were injured. It was just that quite a few guards had died. At this moment, the corpses were burning in the fire, and a unique smell filled the air.
Because the leader's palace was the tallest palace in Song Zhou, there were no other people around it. In this entire alley, there was only this one family. That was why this fire could only burn the leader's palace. In addition to this, it was snowing. The fire burned brightly in this area; however, it did not spread outside in the slightest.
Feng Yu Heng was very satisfied with her own ability to set a fire.
The two watched the liveliness for a while before Ban Zou advised her: "Let's go. Think of a way to get out of the city. Let's go meet up with Qian Li's army first."
"Get out of the city?" Feng Yu Heng was unhappy, "I finally managed to get in. I haven't even finished my business. Why should I go out?"
"The palace has already been burned. What else do you want to do?" Ban Zou earnestly advised: "Master, ancestor, let's go, alright? Do you know how dangerous Song Zhou City will become? Do you know what Duan Mu An Guo will do in his madness to capture you? Just set a fire. You didn't suffer any losses, but he suffered a loss. Wasn't that enough? What else do you want? "
Feng Yu Heng shook her head and took a deep breath. She told Ban Zou: "I didn't come to the North just to set fire to the palace. In reality, before you appeared, I didn't even think about doing this. Setting the fire was nothing more than a spur of the moment. It could be considered a greeting to that old perverted thief, Duan Mu An Guo. As for me coming to the North, I wanted to know if the three provinces were truly connected to Qian Zhou. I also wanted to know to what extent this connection was. Also, Duan Mu An Guo betrayed Dashun and joined Qian Zhou. What exactly is his true goal? "
With her saying this, Ban Zou calmed down and thought about it carefully. He did not continue to urge her to leave the city, only saying: "I am your hidden guard. Either way, I will be wherever you are."
Feng Yu Heng put away her stern expression and patted Ban Zou's shoulder with a smile: "Although you are indeed a burden, as a whole, hidden guards should do what is best for themselves. Elder sister will forgive you."
The corners of Ban Zou's mouth twitched, but he did not say anything else. In his mind, however, he was thinking about where would be best if they did not leave the city. They definitely could not stay in an inn, but they could not just sleep on the streets, right?
Just as Ban Zou was thinking about how they should proceed, Feng Yu Heng squinted her eyes and stared at the person that was pacing back and forth in front of the palace. It could be said that the person was unwilling to leave or did not know where to go.
She used her elbow to nudge Ban Zou a couple times. Reaching out, she said to the person below: "Do you see it? It's him. We can't let him get away."
Ban Zou looked over and expressed that he did not recognize the person. Feng Yu Heng said to him: "He Tian Prefecture's magistrate, surnamed Lu. I disguised myself as their family's maidservant and entered the North."
Ban Zou immediately understood, "It was him that sent you into the palace?"
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "That's right. As punishment, I stripped his wife naked and threw her onto Duan Mu An Guo's bed. At that time, Duan Mu An Guo's expression, hahaha! "She felt that it was funny when she thought about it," Ban Zou, you didn't see it. That scene was quite spectacular. "
Ban Zou gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, "I saw it. I saw it from the moment you went toward the temple! " Feng Yu Heng trembled, as she heard Ban Zou continue: "If you weren't my master, I definitely would have treated you like a monster and thrown you into the river to feed the fish."
Feng Yu Heng trembled once more. Grabbing Ban Zou's arm with both hands, she negotiated with him: "Great hero, this little girl is willing to be your master for the rest of my life. I only ask that great hero be merciful and leave this little girl's life!"
Ban Zou felt that there would come a day when he would be driven mad by Feng Yu Heng. He really did not know how His Ninth Highness could endure such a crazy person. He decided that before he went crazy, he would quickly take care of this matter, thus he said: "I was just worrying about not having a place to stay. It would be better to follow that Lu surnamed and borrow his place to stay. It's dark under the light. Duan Mu An Guo never would have thought that we would hide in this magistrate's residence. "He sniffled then added:" I'm just worried that he won't stay in the North and will run away. "
Feng Yu Heng shook her head, "That's impossible. I can guarantee that he won't run away."
"Oh?" Ban Zou asked her, "Why are you so certain?"
She analyzed and said: "If he wanted to run, he would have run away during the chaos earlier. The reason that he is still standing here is because he has no place to go. Returning to Dashun, he is the official that came to celebrate Duan Mu An Guo's birthday. He is also a relative of the Duan Mu family's side branch. Dashun will not let him go. But if he stays, with this sort of thing happening today, I fear that Duan Mu An Guo will not tolerate him. Ban Zou, guess what he is thinking right now? "
Ban Zou shook his head, "How should I know."
Feng Yu Heng smiled and took the initiative to dispel his doubts: "If my guess is correct, he should be thinking of a way to salvage the situation. He should be seeing if there is any way for him to obtain Duan Mu An Guo's forgiveness. He should also be able to remain in the North and become Duan Mu An Guo's right-hand man. As for what he is relying on, I'm guessing that it should be the birthday gift that he originally planned to give Duan Mu An Guo. "
Ban Zou did not understand, "Is that birthday gift very special?"
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "It is very special. It's so special that I did not see the birthday gift anywhere along the way." Seeing Ban Zou reveal a look of doubt, she continued: "The meaning is that the Lu family couple did not bring anything that could be used as a gift along the way. Aside from the clothes that they were carrying, their carriage was empty."
Ban Zou was shocked, as he turned his gaze toward magistrate Lu in the crowd. At the same time, he said: "Master means to say that the things that they brought might be carried on their person?"
"Un." Feng Yu Heng nodded and straightened her body, "He's gone. Let's follow behind him."
Just like this, the two followed magistrate Lu the entire way until they arrived at the inn that Feng Yu Heng had stayed in before. Magistrate Lu was still living in that room. After this large fire, the number of people in the inn had decreased by half. The two walked along the beams of the room. From above, they could clearly see everything that was happening in the inn. They could even hear the words that the shopkeeper had said: "Something has happened, and you want to run away. You even say that you're all officials of Da Shun, yet you're so cowardly. Speaking of which, so what if you run away? Can you run out of Song Zhou City? I'll tell you, I've run an inn in Song Zhou for 20 years, and I've never heard of anyone being able to escape from under leader Duan Mu's nose. "
While the shopkeeper spoke these words of regret, he arranged for a clerk to brew some more tea and send some to each room.
Magistrate Lu also heard the shopkeeper's words when he went up the stairs. He stood in the middle of the stairs and listened for a while, coming up with an idea. He was in agreement with the shopkeeper's words because his family's madam was from a side branch of the Duan Mu family. He had naturally heard a bit more about the situation in the North. He knew that Duan Mu An Guo was vicious and merciless. For the sake of achieving his goals, not to mention relatives, he was even willing to sell out his own children. The officials that had tried to escape the North would be caught within half a day at most, or they would be executed on the spot.
His heart trembled, as he increased his pace, climbing up the stairs. Who knew that when the door was pushed open, before he could catch his breath, his collar was suddenly pulled forward, and his entire body was thrown forward. Following this, the sound of the door closing could be heard. When he finally steadied himself, he looked up and saw the servant that should have been sent to the leader's palace, Qian Xi, sitting on the kang bed in the outer room with a smile. This sort of feeling caused him to be in a daze. It was as though nothing had happened and his madam was still sleeping in the inner room.
But he knew that what had happened had happened. His madam had already become a vengeful spirit under Duan Mu An Guo's blade. As for the culprit that had caused all of this, it was the girl in front of him.
Magistrate Lu's mind became heated, and a raging fire began to burn in his eyes. Ban Zou, who was holding onto his collar, wanted to laugh upon seeing this. He simply let go and allowed him to do as he pleased. He wanted to see what sort of tricks a government official could play when faced with his devilish master.
After magistrate Lu regained his freedom, he did not even think about it, rushing straight at Feng Yu Heng. His hands formed into claws, and it looked like he was going to grab Feng Yu Heng's neck. As a result, not only did he not manage to grab her, for some reason, the situation had been reversed. Now, it was his neck that was grabbed by Feng Yu Heng.
This grab was not a normal grab. Magistrate Lu was unable to catch his breath and nearly fainted. He suddenly realized that, at some point in time, his feet had left the ground. As for the little girl who was strangling him, because of her small stature, her entire body was standing on the kang bed. She only used one hand to lift him up.
After realizing this, magistrate Lu did not have time to worry about breathing. Cold sweat immediately began to appear on his forehead. He knew that right now, it was not that he wanted to choke the other party to death. Instead, it was that she only needed to move a finger to have him die. Also, with this sort of strength, there was no way for him to escape.
Upon thinking of this, his mind became clear. The other party had left and returned to find him. It was definitely not as simple as killing him. If there was some other goal, perhaps his life could be preserved.
Seeing the change in his expression, Feng Yu Heng did not need to guess to know what he was thinking. This magistrate Lu was a cowardly person. He did not have any opinions of his own. Everything depended on madam Lu. Now that madam Lu was no longer present, this man had lost his pillar of support. He was very easy to control.
She sneered and said with a smirk: "Lord Lu, this imperial daughter wants to discuss a deal with you. How about it?"
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