Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1183 - 1180_1

No, the dark-skinned child! Zhao Youhe hastily said: "No, just now a dark-skinned woman carrying a dark-skinned child wanted to leave the city. I thought the child looked familiar, only that the child’s skin was too dark. I have never seen a child with such dark skin before! Now that I think about it, that child looks a bit like Prince Rui!"

"Where is that woman?" Zhao Youwei quickly surveyed the people still queuing at the entrance of the city gate who were reluctant to leave.

"She was just here...oh, she’s gone!" Zhao Youhe looked around in the crowd and found indeed that woman was nowhere to be seen.

Even the portliest person would realize now that there was something wrong with that woman!

Zhao Youhe hurriedly asked the guard next to him: "Did you see which direction that woman who had been holding a child and wanted to leave the city went?"

The guard shook his head: "I was busy dealing with the people who wanted to leave the city, I didn’t notice!"

Zhao Youwei asked several other guards, and they were all preoccupied with dealing with the citizens who were stepping forward to ask about leaving the city. They had no chance to pay attention to other matters!

Zhao Youhe loudly asked the citizens queuing to leave the city: "Did anyone see where the dark-skinned woman who was carrying a baby and wanted to leave the city went? That person might be the assassin. If we capture her, everyone can leave the city. If anyone saw her, please speak up now!"

"No."

"I didn’t either!"

"General, I saw her; she entered that alley!"

After hearing these words, Zhao Youwei told Zhao Youhe: "Guard the city gate. As soon as Prince Rui arrives, be sure to inform him of this news."

With that, Zhao Youwei quickly mounted his horse and chased after the figure into that alley!

The guards behind him hurried up to catch up.

The citizens, seeing him on the horse chasing after the assassin, consciously made way!

"General, you must catch the assassin as soon as possible! I’m eager to leave the city!" a citizen shouted loudly!

"Yes, you must catch her quickly, she’s so wicked! She’s trapped us all in the city!"

"The Emperor is so good, and even the palace is not safe from assassins. Prince Rui is kind, Princess Rui is kind, how dare someone kidnap their child! If I catch her, I’m going to pelt her with rotten eggs!"

"Yes, if I see her! I’ll splash her with the water I’ve used to wash my feet, what kind of person is this! Has she lost her eyesight?"

"Splashing foot water? That’s too kind for her, she should be splashed with boiling foot water!"

"She should be splashed with pig manure!"

"These are all too light punishments. After catching the assassin, she should first be paraded through the streets, where we would have our turn to serve her, then she should be quartered, and her body fed to the dogs!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you’re correct! She should be chopped up first before feeding!"

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The citizens gathered at the city gate, discussing lively how to deal with the assassin.

In a short while

"General, if the assassin is captured, she must be paraded through the streets. And there should be a public announcement. I will prepare a pot of hot oil, a basket of rotten eggs, a basin of foot-washing water, and a bucket of pig manure at home, waiting for her! I will make her unrecognizable, regretting that she came into this world! It’s too detestable that she dared to kidnap Princess Rui’s child!" An old woman said to Zhao Youhe.

Zhao Youhe hurriedly nodded: "Good, I will report your opinions to the Emperor! If any of you notice suspicious people, especially anyone holding a child trying to escape the city, you must report it! Let’s work together to catch the assassin as soon as possible!

Also, I hope that anyone carrying a baby will cooperate with the checks of the soldiers. Don’t be afraid, as long as you are not the assassin and the child you’re holding is not the eldest son of Prince Rui, you will not be arrested!"

What is a good court? Even if there was a slight disturbance within the palace, the people would be filled with righteous indignation and help vent their anger! Such a court is a good court because the people are united in hatred of the enemy!

"Good, we will definitely cooperate to catch the assassin as soon as possible and rescue the heir of Prince Rui’s Mansion!" ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"Yes, what does the heir of Prince Rui’s Mansion look like? Haven’t seen him before, I don’t know if I’ve run across him!"

"...it looks a lot like Prince Rui." Zhao Youhe scratched the back of his head, he couldn’t come up with a better description.

"Must be handsome then!"

"Yes, but I think he looks more like Princess Rui, I had the fortune to see her, I thought I had seen a fairy descending to the world then! I was thinking..."

The citizens discussed amongst them, as Zhao Youhe’s eyes scanned around involuntarily. Even though he knew he wouldn’t find anything, he couldn’t help but look.

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On the other side, Shangguan Xuanyi leaped out of the palace wall, quickly surveyed his surroundings, and picked a direction to pursue.

He quickly spotted the figure of the man in black, with many Imperial Guards following.

The man in black had already run into a densely populated area. With many winding alleys, he could easily elude them.

Shangguan Xuanyi watched the direction the man in black fled to, quickly jumped onto the roof of a house, and started running along the rooftops.

Then, at a certain alley, he jumped down.

Just as the man in black quickly turned a corner and finally escaped from the sight of the Imperial Guards.

There were two exits at the end of this alley where he could escape. No matter which one he chose, short distances down both paths would lead to another path, making it impossible for the Imperial Guards to know which direction he fled.

However, as soon as the man in black reached the end of the alley, he paused.

In the alley to the left, Shangguan Xuanyi stood quietly, watching him indifferently.

He stood tall and straight, wearing a black robe decorated with golden dragons and auspicious cloud patterns stitched with golden thread. He was dignified and composed, as if a god descended from the heavens, honorable and inviolable.

Seeing this, the man in black quickly turned around and ran to the right. He was very familiar with the Imperial City of Minze Country. They were killers trained by the master, with high martial arts skills and exceptional lightness skills. In these streets and alleys, he had a way to get rid of the world-famous Prince Rui!

Of course, if it weren’t for the mission, he would rather duel with this legendary Prince Rui, who was said to be the best in both literature and martial arts, to see if the world misunderstood him.

Upon seeing this, a scornful sneer appeared on Shangguan Xuanyi’s calm face.

With a light step, his figure shot up like lightning and then landed in front of him. Immediately after, a sword pointed directly at his heart.

The man in black was startled, never expecting that Shangguan Xuanyi could leap so far.

He quickly bent down and, at the same time, untied the soft sword from his waist and thrust it at Shangguan Xuanyi.

In the space of a breath, they exchanged dozens of moves.

Every move of Shangguan Xuanyi aimed for his vital points. The man in black narrowly escaped each time, but still ended up wounded.

After being cut by dozens of swords, the man in black couldn’t stand it any longer, and with the Imperial Guards closing in and knowing he couldn’t win, he turned around and fled using his lightness skills he prided himself on.