"The granary is on fire! The granary is on fire..."
Thick smoke billowed from the warehouse east of the Shajiucheng County Government Office. This is a place where thousands of stones of grain and grass were stored, but now a big fire was burning. The fire was so fierce that it was not easy to extinguish it.
"What... what's going on here?" The soldiers guarding the granary were already dumbfounded. The granary is such an important place. It is heavily defended and even a mosquito cannot get in. How could it catch fire.
"What are you doing standing here, put out the fire!" A guard was the first to react, yelling at everyone to put out the fire.
He rushed to the other side to fetch water, only to find that all the soldiers guarding the granary had disappeared.
"You Yuan soldiers broke in!" He saw a dozen soldiers lying in the corner, and knew that something had happened.
Zhao Rao, who was watching the battle ahead on the city wall, soon got the news, her face changed suddenly, and she immediately came down from the city wall, and the opponent garrison asked angrily, "Why did the granary burn down, didn't you let you guard the city gate? "
"Your Majesty, the city gates in the southeast and northwest are heavily guarded, I don't know how they got in..." the guard said tremblingly, he knew what the burning of the granary meant.
"Immediately block all the streets, and we must find out all the Yuan soldiers!" Zhao Rao said angrily.
Zhao Xiang's expression was serious, "Their strength is lower than ours, how come there are extra people going to Shajiu City?"
"It must be Lu Yaoyao!" The only person Zhao Rao thought of was Ye Zhen, she must have come to burn the granary, "I must catch him."
"Has the fire in the granary been extinguished? How much food is left?" Zhao Xiang asked the guard. Food is too important for the army. I don't know how long this battle will last. If there is no food, how will the soldiers fight.
The guard's face was livid, "I'm afraid... I'm afraid there are not many left."
Zhao Rao said in a deep voice, "Zhen will order the household department to prepare for the delivery of grain and grass, and go and arrest Lu Yaoyao immediately."
"Your Majesty, you should go back to the General's Mansion first." Zhao Xiang whispered, since Lu Yaoyao might be in the city, for Zhao Rao's safety, it is best to go back to the General's Mansion first.
Now that the troops of Shajiu City are all in front, the only person who can protect Zhao Rao here is Ling Jian.
"No, if Lu Yaoyao is really in the city, she will definitely come to see me." Zhao Rao whispered, "I will go to the city wall and wait for her."
"Your Majesty!" Zhao Xiang disagreed. Since Lu Yaoyao was able to sneak into Shajiu City quietly, if she wanted to do something to Zhao Rao, it would be a breeze.
Zhao Rao turned around and walked back, regardless of Zhao Xiang's objection.
"Prepare the archers." Zhao Rao gave Ling Jian an order as she walked back. If she wanted to kill Lu Yaoyao, she must be killed.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Ling Jian agreed.
Zhao Xiang frowned, she felt that Lu Yaoyao was not so easy to be caught.
Ye Zhen is indeed not easy to be caught, she is now walking through the streets of Shajiu City, passing by the soldiers who are going to catch her, no one can recognize her at all.
The twenty soldiers she brought did not follow her into the city, they were waiting outside the city gate to meet her.
Now that several city gates are strictly guarded, if she wants to leave, there must be a fierce fight.
Would you like to meet Zhao Rao by the way? Ye Zhen thought about it, and left through the east gate according to the original plan, and the people she left were waiting for her there.
Ye Zhen disguised herself as an ordinary peasant woman, with her hands hidden in her sleeves, and she came to the city gate with her head down. There were more and more soldiers on the way, and it was impossible to go out directly from the city gate.
Zhao Rao has been standing on the city wall watching. The granary was burned, and all the food and grass they had stored were gone. Even if they came from the imperial capital, it would take at least a few days. Unless Song Hongao can win a big victory today, it will be very difficult for them .
However, none of this is more important than catching Lu Yaoyao.
As long as Lu Yaoyao can be caught, everything will be worth it.
"That woman..." Zhao Xiang pointed to the woman walking down the street with her head bowed. The woman was dressed in coarse clothes and looked like other passers-by who were afraid and nervous, but she just felt that this woman was a bit strange.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Rao asked lightly.
Zhao Xiang frowned, "I think she's a bit strange."
"Catch her." Zhao Rao pointed to the rough cloth woman and ordered, she would rather kill the wrong woman than let her go.
Ye Zhen had almost reached the corner, when she heard Zhao Rao's voice, she sighed inwardly.
"She is Lu Yaoyao!" Zhao Xiang pointed at Ye Zhen and shouted.
Just when she finished speaking, Ling Jian had already led people to surround Ye Zhen.
"Lu Yaoyao!" Zhao Rao shouted angrily.
"I can hear you." Ye Zhen smiled slightly, tapped her toes on the ground, and came to Zhao Rao.
The soldiers on the city wall immediately stood in front of Zhao Rao, with their swords facing Ye Zhen.
"Lu Yaoyao, do you still dare to appear in front of me?" Zhao Rao's eyes burst out with intense hatred, she just wanted to tear the person in front of her into pieces.
She seemed to see Cheng Zheng falling lightly in front of her again. He seemed to have a lot to say to her, but he couldn't say a word. He just looked at her with sad eyes. She knew that he was reluctant to leave her. .
If it wasn't for Lu Yaoyao, her Cheng Zheng wouldn't have left.
Ye Zhen said helplessly, "I don't want to appear in front of you either. I killed Cheng Zheng, but if he is alive, Zhao Ning and A Yi will not have a good life. He can only blame himself."
"Shut up!" Zhao Rao shouted, "You don't need to use Zhao Ning as an excuse, even without you, Zhao Ning would be nothing."
"Really? Did you know that Cheng Zheng locked Zhao Ning in the dungeon? If I hadn't found Zhao Ning in time, the child in her stomach would be gone." Mentioning the child in her stomach, Ye Zhen frowned and looked at Zhao Rao's Stomach, "You are about to become a mother now, you should understand Zhao Ning's despair when he was locked in the dungeon."
"I only know that you killed Cheng Zheng! You killed my child's father." Zhao Rao yelled, "I want your life to pay for it."
Ye Zhen said, "You can't kill me, Cheng Zheng did not hesitate to hurt and threaten other people for his selfish desire, so don't blame others for killing him."
"Then you should go to Shajiu City today and kill you, that's what you should do." Zhao Xiang asked.
"If you can kill me." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"No, I want you to watch Mo Rongzhan and Mo Mingxi die, and let you die like this, that would be too cheap for you." Even though Zhao Rao had a strong desire to kill Ye Zhen in her heart, she still wanted Ye Zhen to feel it first. The pain of losing a loved one.
Only by doing this can she completely relieve her hatred.
"I advise you to take good care of your baby, it won't do you any good to be immersed in hatred all day long." Ye Zhen smiled, seeing that Zhao Rao's complexion is not good, I'm afraid she needs to drink anti-fetal medicine every day.
"Catch her!" Zhao Rao ordered.
With a sweep of the silver whip in Ye Zhen's hand, the person standing in front of her was thrown away, and she jumped down from the city wall.