Su Rong agreed, and after watching Xiao Heng walk away, he led his men into Bifeng Garden and inspected the entire garden again. He also specifically instructed the soldiers to patrol the garden once every cup of tea to ensure that not even a fly could fly in.
A few days passed by in a flash.
It soon became dark.
It was late at night and the moon had already disappeared into the clouds. Even in Yunnan, where it is spring all year round, it was a little chilly at this time. The lights in Bifeng Garden were still on, and the guards were still doing their duty and did not dare to relax.
In the room on the second floor, Mr. Cui stood at the window, looking anxiously at the dark night outside. He began to feel unsure: "We have been waiting for so many days. If they really wanted to rescue us, they should have made some moves long ago. But until now, there has been no movement at all."
Waiting is not scary, but waiting in the unknown is the most tormenting.
At first, Mr. Cui thought that the method of luring someone into a trap was not bad. He spread the news that Lord Yuan was still alive, and then arranged guards here to cover up the truth. Those people would definitely think that Lord Yuan was in Bifeng Garden at this time, and if they wanted to save him, they had to come to Bifeng Garden.
There seemed to be only more than sixty people guarding the Bifeng Garden, but in fact, these days, these guards had already sneaked in by disguising themselves as servants delivering meals and washing clothes, and were scattered in the side rooms and the back houses.
It is to catch the turtle in the jar and make the enemy misjudge the situation.
But after waiting for so many days, there was still no sign of any action from the other side, and even Mr. Cui Si began to worry.
Su Rong was still as calm as ever. Seeing that Fourth Master Cui was extremely nervous, he knew that he felt that Master Cui was now pinning the prosperity of the remaining branch of the Cui family on Xiao Heng, so he was afraid that something unexpected would happen. So he kindly comforted him, "Don't be afraid. When those beasts go out to hunt, they also have to observe the environment first, not to mention such a big thing."
As they were talking, the lanterns of the patrolling soldiers below stopped, and a faint fire was seen in the darkness, like fireflies in summer, which soon went out.
Su Rong didn't bother to listen to what Fourth Master Cui said anymore. He immediately stood up, picked up something beside him, and pressed Fourth Master Cui's shoulder: "Shut up, he must be here."
The sleepiness that Mr. Cui had felt suddenly disappeared, and he got goose bumps all over his body. Hearing Su Rong's words, he suppressed his pounding heart and said in a low voice, "Will the soldiers be safe?"
Soon, the others shouted, "What are you doing up front? Lao Wu, why are your lanterns out?!"
The soldiers were divided into groups of ten for patrolling, and their patrols were carried out at different times. At this time, the soldier guarding the corridor noticed something was wrong in front of him and immediately asked about it.
Su Rong and Mr. Cui Si were both listening quietly.
Soon, a rough voice came from the air: "Nothing, I don't know what happened to this lantern, it was blown out by the wind, let's go back and change a lantern!"
There was no more sound from below.
With the faint and very weak light, Su Rong saw a group of figures gradually moving towards the main courtyard from the direction where the lanterns had just been extinguished. For some reason, when they were about to reach the corridor, the several lanterns hanging under the eaves were blown out by the wind.
Su Rong raised his eyebrows, with a very faint sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth.
The soldiers guarding the gate below were already cursing: "What the hell, what are they doing? This is weird, how come the lanterns here are also extinguished?!"
The rough voice from before rang out again: "Really? Does anyone have a tinder? Light up the lanterns!"
He patted his head again: "Oh! The lanterns here are out, is everything okay up there?!"
On top
The soldier at the gate cursed even more angrily. Seeing the soldiers guarding the back house also gathered around and talked, the rough voice said in his voice: "Hey, let me go up and take a look, Lao Luo!"
Lao Luo was the leader of the guards and was also guarding the door. He didn't say much after hearing this. He still had to maintain order down there, so he hummed and said, "We should go up and take a look. How many of you guys are going up?"
"Just the ten of us." A rough voice replied and went upwards.
The yard was in a mess, with gusts of wind blowing and the lanterns swaying left and right.
It was at this time that a huge rumbling sound came from Chu Fengyuan in the middle of the Chu family. The sound was so loud that it seemed to shake the entire yard, and then flames shot up into the sky!
The soldiers in the yard immediately asked in unison: "What's wrong? Did something happen?!"
"That's the direction of His Highness's Chu Feng Garden!" The soldier guarding the gate cursed even more angrily. Seeing the soldiers guarding the back house also gathered around, the rough voice said in his voice: "Hey, I'll go up and take a look, Lao Luo!"
Lao Luo was the leader of the guards and was also guarding the door. He didn't say much after hearing this. He still had to maintain order down there, so he hummed and said, "We should go up and take a look. How many of you guys are going up?"
"Just the ten of us." A rough voice replied and went upwards.
The yard was in a mess, with gusts of wind blowing and the lanterns swaying left and right.
It was at this time that a huge rumbling sound came from Chu Fengyuan in the middle of the Chu family. The sound was so loud that it seemed to shake the entire yard, and then flames shot up into the sky!
The soldiers in the yard immediately asked in unison: "What's wrong? Did something happen?!"
"That's the direction of His Highness's Chu Fengyuan!" Lao Luo was the leader of the guards and was also guarding the door. He didn't say much after hearing this. He still had to maintain order down there first, so he hummed and said, "We should go up and take a look. How many of you guys are going up?"
"Just the ten of us." A rough voice replied and went upwards.
The yard was in a mess, with gusts of wind blowing and the lanterns swaying left and right.
It was at this time that a huge rumbling sound came from Chu Fengyuan in the middle of the Chu family. The sound was so loud that it seemed to shake the entire yard, and then flames shot up into the sky!
The soldiers in the yard immediately asked in unison: "What's wrong? Did something happen?!"
"That's the direction of His Highness's Chu Fengyuan!" Just at this moment, a huge rumbling sound came from Chu Fengyuan in the middle of the Chu family. The sound was so loud that it seemed to shake the courtyard here, and then flames shot up into the sky!
The soldiers in the yard immediately asked in unison: "What's wrong? Did something happen?!"
"That's the direction of His Highness's Chu Fengyuan!"
One Hundred and Fifty-Four: Kill Back