Chapter 846: Chapter 555, Murder
A few people were about to leave with Lan Yang.
But Li Zhenhu suddenly stood up, “Wait!!”
Then, looking directly at the captain, he said, “She stirred up trouble in the market and injured someone with a weapon. Can I finish my interrogation before you take her away?”
He knew Fang Hao had found people to protect Lan Yang.
Now that she was being taken away, killing her later would obviously become impossible.
He needed to find a separate opportunity to kill her to eliminate future problems.
“Ha, Li Zhenhu, you should go talk to the City Lord then!” The captain’s face remained grim as he told his subordinate, “Take Miss Lan Yang outside.”
Li Zhenhu frowned, his gaze landing on the weapon under the bed, but he did not have the courage to pick it up.
But he was not content to just let her leave like that.
He followed the group out.
Exiting the dim room.
The warm sunlight restored some color to Lan Yang’s face.
She had been silent the whole time, just following behind the guards as they walked outside.
Following the guards, they left the courtyard.
Outside the gate, a carriage was parked, and next to it were the detained heavy sword infantry.
Upon seeing Lan Yang, they immediately showed joy and rushed up to ask about the situation.
The shackles on her were taken off.
The captain said, “Miss Lan Yang, here are your belongings. Please check if anything is missing.”
The whip, the Book of City Lord, everything was there.
Lan Yang nodded, “Nothing is missing.”
“Good, the City Lord has prepared a feast at the City Lord’s mansion, and invites you to come,” the captain said with a smile.
Lan Yang gathered her belongings one by one.
She glanced back at Li Zhenhu and the others in the courtyard and slightly furrowed her brow.
She said to the captain, “Well, it all happened so suddenly, my people are still outside the city waiting. Without news from me, they may cause trouble.”
Pausing slightly, she added, “How about this, escort us out first so I can reassure my followers, then we’ll come to the City Lord’s mansion for the feast.”
The captain and his men agreed.
Those left outside would definitely be very anxious having waited a long time without seeing anyone.
It was very possible that news had already leaked out, and they didn’t want any more trouble.
“Alright, then let’s leave the city first. After Miss Lan Yang reassures her followers, we’ll go to the City Lord’s mansion together,” they decided.
“Good!” Lan Yang smiled and nodded.
“Miss Lan Yang, please get into the carriage.”
Lan Yang quietly got into the carriage.
She didn’t look at Li Zhenhu outside, but she could guess he was probably feeling resentful.
It’s best if you don’t leave—wait and see who dies.
The carriage slowly started moving.
Exiting this dark alley.
She opened a slit in the curtain to see the carriage heading out of the city.
Lan Yang then let out a heavy sigh of relief.
That was a close call.
Too dangerous.
…
They reached the city gate.
From a distance, they could see the stationed soldiers and the golden-haired lions kept near the stables.
Lan Yang tapped on the carriage to have it stop.
“It’s fine if we stop here, we can go the rest of the way on our own. Lions are wary of strangers, getting too close might cause danger,” Lan Yang said.
The escorting soldiers also saw the enormous lion.
Hearing Lan Yang say this, they naturally did not dare to get close.
“Alright, once Miss Lan Yang has finished explaining to her people, come back here and we will regroup,” the captain said.
“Okay,” Lan Yang replied with a smile.
Then, she led her people briskly to where the rest were encamped.
It felt like walking through the gates of hell.
Returning to her own people truly felt like being reborn.
As Lan Yang and her group arrived,
The soldiers at the camp stood up.
Seeing everyone a bit disheveled and even injured, they realized there were issues.
“My lord, what happened?” someone immediately asked.
Lan Yang glanced sideways at the waiting guards in the distance.
She spoke in a low voice, “Bring the lions and horses over. We’re leaving immediately. I’ll explain on the way.
“Yes, my lord.”
Everyone quickly began to act.
They started getting their gear ready, and the golden-haired lions and the horses were brought over.
Lan Yang took another look at the distant guards.
Mounting the lion, she said, “Let’s go, home.”
Rushing noises filled the air!!
The group mounted their horses and charged into the distance.
…
The patrol captain left waiting in the distance was dumbfounded.
What happened, they all ran off.
Weren’t they going to the feast?
Why did they just leave?
“Hey~! Miss Lan Yang, Miss Lan Yang…” the captain shouted loudly.
But the distance was too great, and they were moving away even faster,
leaving him no chance to speak or retain them.
Then, a horseman came up to him.
He spoke softly, “The captain, my lord suddenly got some urgent business. We’ll talk about the feast next time. She’ll visit the City Lord personally then.”
“This… this… but the City Lord already prepared the feast,” the captain hurriedly said.
The horseman continued, “Please also tell the City Lord that there’s an urgent matter and we need to return immediately.”
Without waiting for the captain to respond,
he turned and spurred his horse, chasing after the departing group.
The captain stood there, at a loss.
He had already made a mistake, and now the City Lord had asked him to bring the people over to mitigate the impact of this incident.
But unexpectedly, they just turned and ran.
What on earth had he done to deserve this?
Encountering one problem after another.
Only when the last person disappeared from view did the captain turn around, “Go back.”
Everyone left, driving the empty carriage away.