The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 936 - 936 427 Rescuing (Two Updates)_2

Chapter 936: 427 Rescuing (Two Updates)_2 Chapter 936: 427 Rescuing (Two Updates)_2 Considering her husband’s unlucky constitution, the likelihood of his blood stopping was slim, but the chances of being mistakenly captured were high.

Gu Jiao’s guess wasn’t wrong; Xiao Liulang indeed had the misfortune of being captured.

He had already shaken off those assassins and went to rent a horse carriage. It had been quite a while since Xiao Liulang had visited that old street, so his memory wasn’t clear, and he ended up asking the driver of a carriage for directions.

The carriage he asked just happened to belong to the assassins.

What they say about finding something effortlessly after searching for it hard, that was exactly the case.

The assassin, bewildered, lifted the carriage window.

This damn thing also works?!!!

And just like that, Xiao Liulang was unfortunately and pathetically captured by the assassins.

There were four assassins in total, two driving the carriage outside and two inside keeping an eye on Xiao Liulang.

Xiao Liulang was tied up tightly, his eyes covered, but they didn’t stuff his mouth with a cloth because if it was too thin, he could spit it out, and if it was too thick, they were afraid it might suffocate him to death.

“Isn’t there still the nose to breathe through?” asked Assassin B.

Assassin A glared at him and said, “What if the nose gets blocked? Have you forgotten how that guy died last time?”

Assassin B recalled a hostage they had captured, whose mouth was sealed and nose wasn’t breathing, who ended up dead halfway through the journey.

Assassin B fell silent.

The tip of Assassin A’s knife traced Xiao Liulang’s handsome face as he threatened, “Don’t make a sound, hear me? If you scream even once, I’ll cut off your tongue!”

Xiao Liulang leaned against the carriage wall, ignoring him.

Although he couldn’t see or move, by listening to the sounds on both sides of the streets and smelling the fragrances drifting out of the shops, he could roughly deduce they were on Luoyang Street heading towards the East City Gate.

Were they planning to take him out of the city?

Xiao Liulang’s guess was soon confirmed.

He heard an unusual clattering of horseshoes, the sound of horseshoes striking the Official Road near the city gate.

Just as it was almost their turn, suddenly a troop of iron riders charged over, judging by the sound of their horseshoes and armor friction, they seemed to be the Imperial Guards from the Imperial Palace.

The leader of the Imperial Guards commanded, “All those leaving the city must undergo strict inspection!”

“Big brother, why the sudden inspection?” Assassin B asked in panic, “We haven’t been exposed, have we? It can’t be that fast!”

Xiao Liulang too found it odd; only His Majesty and the Empress Dowager could mobilize the Imperial Guards. Had they noticed his capture so quickly?

The hour wasn’t late; even if he hadn’t returned home, he wouldn’t be assumed to have been captured by assassins—

This was a question even Xiao Liulang couldn’t figure out, let alone the assassins.

But not understanding was one thing; having a method to deal with it was another.

“Hit his pressure points!” Assassin A said.

Assassin B applied pressure to Xiao Liulang’s points.

As if realizing something, Assassin B scratched his head and said, “Eh? Big brother? If we can hit pressure points, why did we bother tying him up before?”

Assassin A: “…If you don’t talk, no one will take you for a mute!”

Xiao Liulang, having his pressure points hit, couldn’t move or make a sound.

The cloth over his eyes was ripped off, and the next instant, a chilling object was pressed against his face.

It was the rumored human skin mask.

Of course, it wasn’t really made of human skin; the raw material was fish skin, but after processing, it closely resembled human skin, hence the name.

This kind of mask did have some flaws up close, but from a distance, it could almost pass for real.

Perhaps the Imperial Guards hadn’t expected the Jianghu people to use such an eerie trick, and they managed to leave the city successfully.

“Big brother, not good! The official soldiers have left the city too! They’re coming after us!” Assassin B said, looking at the Imperial Guards who had also left the city in the distance.

Assassin A furrowed his brows and glanced at Xiao Liulang, saying, “We couldn’t have been discovered so quickly… Forget it, maybe they’re not after him. We just need to be careful.”

Assassin B asked, “So… do we stick to the original plan?”

After some thought, Assassin A, still wary of the Imperial Guards, said, “Take the backroads!”

The group abandoned the Official Road and switched to a rural path, passing through a small village before rejoining the official route only after the troop of Imperial Guards had moved on.

Assassin B whispered, “Let’s go slower, if we go too fast we might run into the Imperial Guards ahead.”

They had this nagging feeling that the Imperial Guards were after them!

Assassin A was perplexed as well.

Wasn’t it said to be just a poor official from the countryside? Capturing him should’ve caused no trouble, so why were the Imperial Guards involved now?

“Big brother, big brother! The Official Government’s men!” Assassin B said, looking at a group of people and horses approaching from behind.

Four bailiffs were coming on horseback, escorting a prison cart with a prisoner inside, dressed in prisoner’s garb and shackled at the hands and feet.

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