C43 (1/2)

The next morning, before the sun rose, everything was in darkness.

City Lord's Mansion.

”Yue Er, wake up …” ”Yue Er …” Liu Yunqi gently shook Yue'er and said softly.

”En ~ Big Brother Yunqi, don't disturb me ~ Yue'er wants to sleep ~” Yue'er said in a frenzy.

”Yue'er, wake up ~ We're leaving ~” Liu Yunqi said as he lightly patted her small face.

Seeing that Yue'er still had not woken up, and could only sigh helplessly, Liu Yunqi could only gently pinch Yue'er's nose and wait quietly.

”Whew ~ Whew ~ ~”

Not long after, Yue'er started to use her mouth to breathe. Liu Yunqi speechlessly used his hand to cover Yue'er's mouth as he waited quietly.

Not long later

”Pah!”

Yue'er's face was flushed red, she opened her eyes and slapped away Liu Yunqi's hands, breathing in large mouthfuls of air as she stared at Liu Yunqi unhappily, ”Big Brother Yunqi, what were you doing waking me up so early in the morning?! ”I haven't had enough sleep yet …”

Without waiting for Yue'er to finish speaking, Liu Yunqi covered Yue'er's mouth, and made a silent gesture: ”We're going. As she spoke, she took out a piece of coarse cloth and placed it in Yue Er's hands.

Yue'er looked at the clothes in her hands, disdainfully throwing them onto the ground. She said in a spoiled manner, ”These clothes are so ugly and coarse. There's even a smell on them. I don't want to wear them.”

”Yue'er, be good. We'll be relying on it to get out of the city later. If you don't wear it, we won't be able to get out,” Liu Yunqi said softly as he picked it up again.

”But these clothes are very dirty …” Yue'er said, feeling wronged.

”Yue Er be good! Once we leave the city, we will immediately change out of this set of clothes. Why don't we endure for now?” Liu Yunqi said.

”Must you wear this? No other clothes? ” Yue Er pouted.

”There's only this one, be good ~ You just have to leave the city gate ~ Endure it for now ~” Liu Yunqi rubbed Yue'er's head and said.

”Alright ~”

Half an hour later.

Carrying Yue'er on his back, Liu Yunqi jumped out of the window, landed in a small alley, and quickly ran into the distance.

In the study of the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord was drawing with a brush in his hand. A voice came from outside the door.

”City Lord, they've fled.”

When the young lady finished talking to the city lord last night, the city lord had already sent people to monitor Liu Yunqi's room to prevent them from escaping.

”Yes, I understand. Pass down the order, all city gates must prohibit children under the age of twelve from leaving the city.” Also, send someone to give Marquis Cao some information, and give the two children an appropriate amount of help when the time is right. ” The mayor said.

”Yes sir!”

”It's not over yet, how can I let you leave so easily? ”Future son-in-law …” The mayor's hand continued to move, the corner of his mouth curving up into a faint smile.

At this moment, on the street.

Liu Yunqi was currently holding Yue'er's hand and walking forward, and a burst of fragrance floated by.

Yue'er wrinkled her nose, looked towards the breakfast stand at the side, and immediately became envious: ”Big Brother Yunqi, I'm hungry ~”

”Alright, then let's eat first before we continue our journey.”

Rubbing Yue'er's head, they went to a nearby stall to eat something while replenishing some rations.

Preparing to continue on the road

”Get out of the way!” Get out of the way! You! Look carefully! All the children, do not let any one of them go! ”

Liu Yunqi's heart stirred as he hurriedly brought Yue'er to hide in a small alley beside him.

A bald headed man walked in front of him. Wasn't he the one that was kicked to pieces by Liu Yunqi last night?

”He actually recovered so quickly. In a sense, he's really powerful …” Seeing this person, Liu Yunqi was also a little surprised.

Behind the bald man was a group of people charging toward them. Their eyes constantly scanned the surroundings, and whenever they saw an eight or nine-year-old child, they would grab him and interrogate him. They ignored the family's pleas for help, and roughly pushed him to the side, not caring at all whether the children were injured or not.

Liu Yunqi clenched his teeth and fists tightly: ”These bastards!”

”Those bastards!” When Yue'er saw them bullying little children, she gritted her teeth and prepared to charge out and teach them a lesson.

But just as she was about to rush out, she was stopped by Liu Yunqi.

”Big brother Yunqi, why did you stop me? I'm going to teach them a lesson!”

”Yue Er, don't be rash. If you rush out, we will be exposed.”

”But …” We can't just watch them bully people! ” Yue Er said.

”Those people's target is us, those children will be fine. If we go out, it will be dangerous.” As he spoke, Liu Yunqi pulled Yue'er and hid into the alleyway.

There were also people searching for their tracks within the alleyway. There were a few times when Liu Yunqi and Yue'er almost bumped into them.

The two of them arrived at the city gate safely. They were not in a hurry to leave the city, so they hid to the side and carefully observed the changes in the city gate.

A team of soldiers and several guards from Marquis Cao's house were guarding the city gate. Whenever someone wanted to bring a child out of the city, they would first be interrogated by Marquis Cao's guards, and after they were allowed out, they would be stopped by the city guards. The only reason was that they were afraid that the assassin who tried to assassinate the viscount last night would sneak out in the chaos.

Such a far-fetched reason left everyone speechless.

Liu Yunqi stared at the city gate and frowned: ”Crap! I think it was too much last night, and now it's hard to even get out of the city. ”

”Big brother Yunqi, what should we do?” Yue Er nervously asked.