Xue Changshi has always been the man who has the final say among these people. Since he gave the order to pack up and travel light without delay, his subordinates quickly followed his orders. They didn't even have time to tell anyone to deal with the house before they quickly packed up everything and prepared the horses and luggage.
The third brother went in and out, and after confirming that there was nothing left that could be used to identify the identity of others, he went in to report to Xue Changshi: "Everything has been packed up, and everyone has gathered, but... there are still people who have returned from the capital with news, and we don't know when they will come back."
If I come back here and don’t see anyone, I don’t know what to do.
"I can't take care of it." Xue Changshi frowned, feeling a very ominous omen rising in his heart. He felt uncomfortable all over. He looked at the third brother and said, "If we wait for them to come back, everything will be over. They are all smart people, they will know it eventually."
But I definitely can't survive.
Their identities have definitely been exposed, and it doesn't matter if more people are arrested. As long as the core members themselves are fine, they can still start over. If they are all gone, then it will be really over.
The third brother also knew this truth and showed a sad expression, but he recovered quickly: "Okay, I will help you get on the carriage?"
Xue Changshi is in poor health now and has just vomited blood. He definitely cannot ride a horse. Moreover, so many people riding horses out of the city would be too eye-catching. Those people are not fools. It would be difficult to make excuses when they see them mobilizing so many people to ride horses out of the city.
If he took a carriage, he could say that the wealthy family's son was ill and had to leave the city to recuperate, and the people at the city gate wouldn't be too troubled.
After all, the prefect had just been arrested, and everyone must be in a panic and unable to take precautions.
As for those who came from the capital to arrest people and bring them to the capital, it is impossible to interrogate so many people now and know their identities and hiding places. They have had many dealings with the prefect and know what kind of person he is.
The prefect is very smooth in every way and is a man who values his life very much.
Someone who values his life so much will not do anything that is not worth it. He must keep their identities and other things as the last bargaining chip for his life, so that he can use them as a condition to negotiate with Wei family's Shen Chen and others when he goes to the capital. They will not tell him now.
This free time is their last chance, and they must make good use of it.
Xue Changshi quickly reviewed everything in his mind in the carriage. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong - Wei An was cunning, and Shen Chen was more than just cunning.
When the two of them meet, they are both ruthless but also extremely smart and rational. One can definitely guess that they are hiding in Jingxi now, observing and monitoring the Xie family.
So why did they allow these people to come to Jingxi so brazenly and spread the news of the prefect's arrest everywhere
Did they do this on purpose?!
But why let them run
He suddenly realized that something was wrong, and immediately called out to the driver to stop him. He looked at the third brother who came towards him with a confused look on his face, and gritted his teeth and said, "No! You can't leave the city! You can't leave the city!"
The third brother was frightened by his behavior and looked at him in confusion: "Sir, we are almost at the city gate. Why did you suddenly say that we can't leave the city? Didn't you say that we have to leave as soon as possible..."
But Xue Changshi's face became worse and worse, and he almost lost all color. He was frightened and could not speak. He stopped talking and waited for him to look over before asking in surprise, "Did something happen, sir?"
Xue Changshi's hands were shaking badly. He lifted the curtain and took a look at the dark sky outside. He smiled bitterly and said, "Something happened. It's a big thing. How many of us are there?"
"Forty-three." The third brother blurted out, "Not one less."
"Yes, there are more than 40 people." Xue Changshi let out a long breath, looked at him intently and said, "Just think about it, what will happen if so many people want to leave the city?"
The third brother scratched his head and said, "Are you afraid of making too much noise? Let's go quietly. It's late at night..."
"Late at night? If you're not a thief, who would rush out of the city so late? And why do you have to pay extra money?" Xue Changshi saw that the third brother's face changed all of a sudden. He seemed to understand something, and then he said word by word: "We were fooled. We were frightened by the news deliberately released by Wei An and lost our judgment. She forced us to take risks and lose our sense of proportion, and we did something extremely stupid!"
He pounded hard on the window next to him, his whole body was extremely ferocious. "We were stunned by the sudden news, and she deliberately let those people make a big fuss. Obviously, we should try our best to hide at this time. Even if she guessed that we were in Jingxi, Jingxi is so big that it is not easy for them to find us. They will definitely investigate carefully and it is impossible to find us in a short time. She calculated it well, knowing that making a big fuss will expose us. We are in a hurry to leave, so isn't it a good opportunity to expose our identities?!"
What a deep scheme!
He was conceited that he was very good at calculating people's hearts, but he did not have Wei An's ability to predict the enemy's moves from thousands of miles away, this cunning little girl!
The third brother was so frightened that he was speechless: "Sir, please don't scare me, maybe you are overthinking..."
"No! We must have alerted her people by now. If we go to the city gate, we will be dead. While I can react quickly, let's think of a way..." Xue Changshi said solemnly, "It's not very clear here in Jingxi. I remember... the most chaotic place in the city is..."
Jingxi City is very large and is divided into four or five areas. The place they chose is not far from the city gate, where the Xie family members gather, just to make it easier to find out the truth.
Now they have left the Xie family's territory and are about to reach the city gate.
The third brother immediately took over the conversation: "The most chaotic place is the area in the east of the city. That area was originally the Colosseum of the prefect's brother-in-law, and later gradually became a paradise for eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. There are all kinds of people there, most of whom are foreigners. Even if we can't speak the local dialect of Jingxi, it won't seem unusual."
Xue Changshi made the final decision: "Let's go there. Don't go all together. Go separately, ten at a time. If I'm not wrong, there should be people looking for us everywhere. We have to be very careful. Go in groups and break up into small groups. This way we can survive."
The third brother quickly understood what he meant, knowing that this was the only way to deal with it, he agreed and watched them separate into groups without wasting any time. (To be continued)