C126 (2/2)

She had originally wanted to catch up to Gao Lang before the twenty-fourth city, but how could the skinny horse she had just bought from a farmer match up to the handsome rider that Gao Lang was riding on? She didn't see any trace of Gao Lang even after they had arrived at the northern city gate of the twenty-fourth city.

In the war-torn border city, the city was in chaos.

Right after entering the city, Jin Xiaolou's horse was snatched away by a group of thugs, if not for the fact that Jin Xiaolou had expected this to happen, buying the farmer's clothes and pretending to be a man, she would not have been able to escape.

Dingchuan River was outside the South City Gate, which meant that they had to pass through all 24 cities.

Before she even took two steps, Jin Xiaolou heard people on the street saying that the city gate was about to close.

Jin Xiaolou quickly pulled a woman who was wearing a scarf over her head: ”Aunt, why are we closing the city gates in the middle of the day?”

The moment she heard the voice, it turned out to be a little girl, which made her feel a little strange. While rolling her eyes, she replied, ”General Gao received a letter from a spy, saying that South Yi would attack from time to time. Naturally, the city gates would be guarded!”

”Then …” Jin Xiaolou anxiously asked, ”Then have you seen a man riding a horse pass here before?”

”In this chaos, there are many people riding past!” The aunt was getting impatient and wanted to leave.

Jin Xiaolou hurriedly said: ”A young man is by himself, he is extraordinarily handsome.”

With a blush on her face, she said, ”Yes, yes. I haven't seen such a handsome young master for a long time. We've just fought here, but he just went over and he clamored for the gates to be closed.”

Jin Xiaolou's heart tensed up, she was afraid that the city gate was closed for Gao Lang's sake.

That General Gao Mao was one of the subordinates of the Fifth Master, as long as he gave the order, Gao Lang would close the door as soon as he came out of the city, and when the South Yi attack came over, Gao Lang would have nowhere to retreat to.

He was afraid that the horses' hooves would turn him into a pile of meat paste.

Fifth Master didn't need to see blood, they could kill people from a hundred miles away, there was no need to worry about it at all.

Jin Xiaolou let go of her aunt, and ran towards the south. She wanted to stop Gao Lang, and go tell Gao Lang that he was not tied to the bridge.

After hearing that the South Yi was coming at them, everyone ran towards the north. They would probably leave the 24 cities as soon as possible, the further north the better. Only Jin Xiaolou ran towards the south with her life on the line.

Just as she squeezed through the crowd, Jin Xiaolou took a step forward. Suddenly, the two people beside him twisted their arms and pressed them to the ground.

”What are you all doing!” Jin Xiaolou was anxious and angry at the same time, ”Are you still going to snatch him away in broad daylight!?”

The man who was suppressing her twisted Jin Xiaolou's arm, causing him to clench her teeth in pain.

Someone told us that you are a spy from South Yi.

The two of them pulled Jin Xiaolou up and sent him to the yamen.

Jin Xiaolou's eyes became red. Thinking about it, it must have been because the aunt saw him disguised as a man and became suspicious.

Seeing that she was being pulled further and further away from the South City Gate, Jin Xiaolou looked around, only to see a stall selling fried bread. Jin Xiaolou steeled her heart, and rushed into the iron pot that was boiling hot oil.

Jin Xiaolou was already prepared for it. She turned her face away but the oil droplets were still on her ears, causing her to gasp in pain.

Caught off guard, the two bailiffs were in an even more miserable state. A large area of burn wounds appeared on their necks, causing a series of blisters.

Jin Xiaolou's heart was filled with guilt, but she had no other choice.

He quickly got up from the ground and took advantage of the panic of the crowd to run forward.

Originally, she wanted to head towards the south city gate. In order to let her eyes and ears see through her as she ran towards the west, she waited for the two bailiffs that were chasing her to leave before hurriedly heading towards the south.

However, with this, by the time she rushed down to the south gate, the gate had already slowly closed down to only half an inch.

Once the city gates were closed, naturally, the soldiers would not be able to leave. Without a military order, it would be a capital offense to sneak out of the city.

Jin Xiaolou looked left and right, seeing that no one was paying attention as she climbed the stone stairs towards the city wall.

Last time she was trapped outside the city, it was the He Niang who bribed the soldiers guarding the city walls to place down a rope ladder to pull her up.

As soon as he went up, he saw a very young man wearing a military uniform guarding the wall. Seeing that a stranger had come up, he raised his spear and pressed it against Jin Xiaolou's chest.

Jin Xiaolou immediately raised her hand, with a wink of her eyes, two streams of tears flowed down, she said to the soldier: ”My family is outside the city, I didn't have the time to enter the city, I was worried about his safety, and wanted to go out to accompany him, I hope that Master Guan can help out.”

That soldier put away his spear and frowned. ”How can I be convenient? This city wall is so high, are you going to jump down?”

Seeing Jin Xiaolou's sorrowful look, she sighed: ”Your family must hope for your safety, quickly return to the city, if anyone sees you secretly climbing the city walls, you will be captured.”

He walked straight to the edge of the city wall and looked outside of the city. Riding on the red horse, Gao Lang rode on the wind and galloped towards the stone arch bridge in front of them.

On the pillar at the end of the bridge, there was a woman with a slim figure tied to it.