Dress up as a sickly person to capture the villain princess!

There were torches on the city walls.

The strong wind blew up the red flames.

Zhao Changlin climbed onto the city wall. The golden dragon on her clothes shone brightly in the light of the fire.

Holding the black-gold bow in his hand, Zhao Changlin looked back and saw the lights of thousands of homes in Longcheng.

There were soldiers in armor standing on the city wall, and they bowed their heads and saluted when they saw Zhao Changlin.

Because there are regulations that prohibit loud discussions.

So tonight, everything was quiet on the city wall.

"The wind is weak here, Zhiyuan, please come over here."

As soon as Zhao Changlin came up, the hair on her temples was blown messy by the strong wind, but fortunately, the ends of her hair were stood up, and only some scattered hair on her forehead was out of control.

The wind was strong on the city wall, and Xia Zhiyuan was a little disoriented for the first time.

Sure enough, the wind in the mountains is stronger than that at the seaside.

Xia Zhiyuan walked towards Zhao Changlin obediently, using her palms to block the strong wind from continuing to rage.

Suddenly, the prince took a step forward and used his body to block the strong wind.

The hem of her skirt fluttered, revealing Zhao Changlin's black boots. She pulled out the arrow from her back and drew her bow.

Looking down at the city gate tower.

The city gate tower was empty, with only a few patrolling teams left.

Xia Zhiyuan also followed.

"If you want to escape, then this shift change is the best opportunity."

Gu Zhao, who had once been to the imperial city, was naturally familiar with the court's rules of when to hand over and when to withdraw troops.

As a high-ranking official in the imperial court, he naturally knew everything.

"If they miss this opportunity, they will have to wait until tomorrow night."

"I believe that given Gu Zhao's ability... he will never be so timid."

Squinting her eyes, Xia Zhiyuan leaned against His Highness's back, her fingers hooked on the black leather of Zhao Changlin's quiver bag, and she looked into the distance.

Her cheek was pressed against His Highness's back.

"System, scan me for suspicious people."

"Looking for suspicious people for the host - 50% - 100% - Locating suspicious people for the host -"

"A suspicious person has been located for the host—"

He blinked and opened his eyes again.

Sure enough, I saw a group of people disguised as beggars standing in the alley.

Sneaky.

"Boss, there is only one soldier guarding this place. Even if we knock him out, it will be useless!"

The big man lowered his voice and spoke into the man's ear.

He meant to dissuade.

Having gotten used to the life of fear in Longcheng, Dashan naturally no longer had the arrogance he had when he was a bandit.

After all, he was not a native of Longcheng and was unfamiliar with the place. When he tried to rob something, the locals couldn't even hear clearly what accent they were speaking.

"Shh, keep your voice down."

"Stop making such a fuss."

"This garrison... to be able to hold this position, there must be many hidden talents."

"They have to be relatives of these high-ranking officials."

Laughed softly.

The man's words confused everyone else. They stood there in a daze, letting the cold wind blow across their cheeks, not understanding what this meant.

"I don't know."

"I'll come out and meet him for a while."

"Give me the money."

Dashan did as he was told and took out his purse and handed it over.

The money originally belonged to the man. Although Dashan had touched it before, he wanted to kill the man and run away with the money.

But if we kill the chicken, we won’t have eggs to eat.

Everything this man ate and wore was luxurious and expensive. Whenever he went to a money shop, he would take out large sums of silver.

These ignorant old men can't do it.

Took the purse.

The man walked forward with a swagger, even though his black cloak was rustling loudly in the wind.

He was not afraid of being discovered by the defenders.

"Wait, who is coming?"

With a wave of the spear, the defenders immediately became alert. He stood where he was, thinking about what his superiors had said today: His Majesty the Emperor was coming to inspect the city.

Let them cheer up and not make a fool of themselves.

Logically speaking, even if he was a beggar who didn't know what to do, he would have left the city by now, or found a shack to sleep in.

How could there still be a beggar stranded in the city, looking for me so ignorantly at this hour?

I'm afraid he's tired of living.

"My dear, can you please help me?"

Only one sentence was said.

The man handed over the bulging purse in his hand. He was wrapped so tightly in a black robe that his face was almost invisible.

Just now...the defenders felt something was strange.

Although this man looks like a beggar, which beggar can afford to wear such an intact black robe?

"So much silver..."

"What are your intentions?"

With a flick of the spear, the bulging money bag was hung on the silver-headed spear and fell into the fingers of the defenders.

No - it's too dirty!

How can you bribe someone in person?

Xia Zhiyuan even wanted to cover His Highness' eyes with her hands. She didn't know whether His Highness could see it or not. However... the defenders' behavior showed that they were experienced veterans.

I do this a lot!

"My dear, I just want to ask where to go."

"Now that His Majesty is in the city, the city gates are under curfew at night. Life is going to be hard for us brothers... Is there any way to get out without using the city gates?"

"Accommodate?"

The place where they were standing happened to be a blind spot in the city gate tower, otherwise, the soldiers guarding the city would not have sent someone to watch here.

“This place… does exist.”

"But I'm afraid it won't work today."

"You also know that His Majesty the Emperor is in the city, and this... is a matter of favoritism and corruption."

"Do we dare to do it?"

Before he could finish his words, another gold leaf was thrown out.

"Are these enough?"

"My dear...you can't be so greedy."

The golden leaves are reflected with a little firelight.

The soldiers guarding the city looked at it, swallowed and rubbed their hands.

"OK then."

"Anyway, His Majesty the Emperor is not in Longcheng right now. He is probably focusing on the development of the Grand Canal. It has nothing to do with us, the people of Longcheng."

The soldier immediately took the golden leaf, held it in his palm, and was reluctant to bite it.

"Come with me, I know this place."

……

It seems that there really is a secret passage in the city.

“Your Highness…Your Highness…!”

Xia Zhiyuan grabbed the leather behind Zhao Changlin and pulled it back.

"Um…"

Zhao Changlin turned around and saw that Xia Zhiyuan looked a little strange and nervous.

"what happened?"

Standing on tiptoe, Xia Zhiyuan whispered softly into Zhao Changlin's ear: "I'm afraid that group of people... went to the secret passage in the city."

"Your Highness..."

Expected.

As expected, Gu Zhao chose this path, which was in line with his venomous character.

Zhao Changlin's slender fingertips turned slightly, and the arrow slipped and fell into his hand.

"Walk."

"Let's go stop him first."