bookrandom Chapter 464: The Heartless Regent King vs. the Scheming Princess 9
Chapter 464: The Heartless Regent King vs. the Scheming Princess 9
Xie Zhao's entire bird body turned red and warm.
The little claws scratched twice. Although Lu Zhihuan didn't feel any pain, he knew that it must have scratched a bloody mark.
She hissed.
Xie Zhao immediately stopped moving. [The claws were quite sharp, they must have scratched me just now...!]
He kept repeating to himself: [I can’t think about it, I can’t think about it, I can’t think about it.]
"I can hear you."
Xie Zhao: “…”
[Men and women are different.]
[This is really inappropriate.]
He sounded a little exasperated.
Lu Zhihuan patted Xiaocao's head and said, "Go to bed quickly."
"Oh, okay. Hiss, it's so cold!" Xiaocao lay down on the hay and curled up into a ball.
Lu Zhihuan then reached out and took it out, "I forgot about it in my haste just now."
It was dark and Xiaocao couldn't see what he was holding. She only knew that he took something out of his arms, but she didn't care.
Xie Zhao realized belatedly that she had bumped into him.
[Let go. ]
Lu Zhihuan rolled his eyes, sat down on the ground, and casually placed him next to the hay, whispering, "Be careful, don't let the big rats eat you."
Xie Zhao squatted beside the hay and looked around vigilantly, and could still vaguely see the green eyeballs.
He nudged himself against the haystack again.
Lu Zhihuan also huddled into a ball, but luckily he was wearing two cotton jackets so it wasn't very cold.
Xiaocao had fallen asleep in a daze.
The two listened to Xiaocao's steady breathing and were speechless for a moment. The parrot Xie Zhao gently shook his feathers and thought of a solution.
[Have you thought about how to leave?]
Lu Zhihuan asked him, "Do you think we should escape tonight, or wait until tomorrow to figure out a solution?"
"...I have a plan, but it's a bit risky."
[Tell me about it.]
Lu Zhihuan touched his chin and said, "The fire in the woodshed is burning."
[ha!]
"Then we can take advantage of the chaos and escape."
[I haven’t slept yet!]
"What do you mean?"
[Stop dreaming!]
[When a house catches fire, the whole neighborhood suffers.]
Xie Zhao took a few steps forward and listened quietly to the movements around him.
"What are you doing?"
[Don't make noise.]
How boring this person must be, with so little to say. Lu Zhihuan curled his lips.
[Unattended.]
[Please open the door a little, I'll go out.]
Lu Zhihuan asked in a whisper: "What are you doing out there? You can't even fly."
[Take the key.]
Lu Zhihuan was puzzled, "Do you know where the key is?"
[unimportant.]
【I can’t curse, so I have nothing to say.】
Xie Zhao had already reached the door and turned back to urge: [What are you still standing there for?]
“Coming!” Lu Zhihuan could only do as he was told.
She quietly opened a gap, and Xie Zhao easily jumped over the threshold, [Waiting.]
He took a few steps forward and looked up at the wall.
[Sure enough, it’s here.]
[The key is hanging from a nail on the outside wall.]
Lu Zhihuan couldn't see him, but could only hear his inner voice, "I could fly up, but the key would make a sound when it hits the ground."
"Take the cotton out of your cotton-padded jacket."
[cotton.]
The two people thought of the same thing.
Lu Zhihuan quietly closed the door, tore open a piece of his cotton jacket, and took out the cotton wool.
Then he quietly opened the door and threw out the cotton wool that he had pulled out piece by piece. Then he reached out and crumpled the cotton wool into a big ball.
Xie Zhao was responsible for rolling the ball of cotton wool under the key, and then he stepped on it with his small body.
He then took a few steps back to find the right angle, flapped his wings twice and flew up.
It landed steadily on the wall nail, and he picked up the key with his mouth and threw it towards the pile of cotton wool below.
It didn't make much noise and didn't alarm anyone.
He flew down again, but the key was a bit big and it made noise when he dragged it, so he could only hold the middle part with great effort.
It staggers every three steps, and those who don't know would think you have drunk fake wine.
Lu Zhihuan quickly reached out to take it.
The key finally fell into her hand, and she went to unlock it.
The little parrot Xie Zhao listened to the movements around him and kept watch for her.
There was a "click" and the lock opened.
"It's open, it's open." Lu Zhihuan carefully pulled the lock out of the door knocker and quietly put it aside.
Xie Zhao patiently instructed:
[Tear off a piece of cloth from the torn cotton-padded jacket you just tore off.]
Lu Zhihuan did as he was told.
[The back door is locked, and the key is with the gatekeeper. Even if he is asleep, you can't get it.]
[Now you listen to me.]
"You said."
[You’re like this—]
Lu Zhihuan nodded and turned to call Xiaocao.
"Hmm?" Xiaocao woke up in a daze, "Sister!"
Lu Zhihuan quickly made a "hush" sound.
Xiaocao quickly covered her mouth.
"Walk."
The two of them quietly came to the cellar in the backyard. Lu Zhihuan lifted the wooden board and let Xiaocao go down first.
Xiaocao held her back and said, "Sister, what about you?"
[hurry up.]
"You go down first, sister will be here soon."
Lu Zhihuan hung the torn piece of cloth on the tiles on the wall, creating the illusion that it had been scraped off.
Xie Zhao was also put on it and given a stone.
[Hide quickly.]
After Lu Zhihuan hid inside, he used the force to fly to the roof nearby and threw the stone down.
It hit the earthenware jar, making a crisp sound.
The gatekeeper was immediately awakened. "What's that noise?"
"Run away, head east." Xie Zhao said, flapping his parrot wings.
The man heard the parrot's voice and looked over. Everyone knew that Mother Liu had a parrot.
"Why did you fly here?" the man asked.
Oh, that's not right, run away.
The man was shocked and ran to the woodshed. When he turned the corner, he saw that the door of the woodshed was wide open.
He slapped his thigh and said, "Oh no, the person is missing."
The thugs lived in a separate courtyard opposite the backyard of the brothel, and the man quickly took the key and opened the door.
While shouting, "Boss Zhang, those two girls ran east."
There was movement on the other side soon, and the door opened with a clang.
A group of people from the opposite side went into the backyard and looked around. They found the cloth strips on the wall and said, "Damn it, the person really ran away."
Boss Zhang said in a gruff voice, "Chase them quickly."
In a few moments, the yard was empty.
[Come out quickly, they are going east.]
Lu Zhihuan and Xiaocao then climbed out of the cellar, and the two of them and the bird ran to the west.
[Walk three blocks ahead and you will find Jishitang.]
Lu Zhihuan pulled Xiaocao and ran forward desperately. They couldn't see the group of people anymore and knew they would be back soon.
The cold wind whistled past, and both of them staggered, gritting their teeth and running forward.
Lu Zhihuan panted and soothed, "Hold on a little longer."
Xiaocao's face flushed red from holding back, and she didn't feel left behind at all, "Sister, I can do it."
Even if it is dark, the Jishidiang sign standing at the door is still easy to recognize.
[Knock code: knock three times quickly, then knock twice slowly, repeat twice.]
Lu Zhihuan raised his hand and knocked rhythmically on the door, "Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock, knock, knock."
There was a noise from inside the door, and the person inside said, "Who is it in the middle of the night?"
[He said he wanted the recently dried tangerine peel.]
Lu Zhihuan knew it was a secret code and quickly repeated it.