newbobooks Chapter 1601 Self-rescue
Chapter 1601 Self-rescue
Jin Xiu left after he finished speaking. The doctor stared at his departing figure for a long time and couldn't help sighing: "Whether he lives or dies, I don't care anymore, but my lifesaver must live well and cannot die here."
Chang Xuewei has been very kind to him, and no matter what happens, he will do everything he can to protect her.
Therefore, he hated Chen Changli, who would cause harm to Chang Xuewei, and wanted to poison him to eliminate the future trouble for Chang Xuewei.
"You can't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being Chen Changli and threatening the girl."
The poison in the doctor's hand was very powerful. He didn't want to commit murder, so he hid the poison very well, and even Chang Xuewei didn't know about it.
But now, in order to help Chang Xuewei, he had no choice but to take it out.
"I'm doing this to repay my gratitude." After convincing himself in his heart, the doctor called people in to take care of Chang Xuewei, while he went to the secret passages to arrange the poison.
He was very busy here, and Jin Xiu, who had just left, was no less busy.
So before dawn the next day, the people received accurate news about the eighth prince.
Everyone couldn't help but breathe harder, cursing angrily: "When I made some guesses before, I unconsciously defended him, but I didn't expect that he would really leave."
"He left with his own people. In other words, we, the people, were nothing in his eyes. He abandoned us with ease."
"What kind of prince is he?"
"I heard that the late emperor also treated us common people like grass and ants. This eighth prince is his child. The father and son are of the same bloodline. It is really chilling."
"The Ninth Prince is outside, watching us eagerly. He is doing this because the Eighth Prince is here. Now that the Eighth Prince has escaped, will the Ninth Prince give up his plan to attack the city?"
"Yongzhou City is a prosperous place. Even if the Ninth Prince knew that the Eighth Prince had escaped, he would probably not be willing to give up Yongzhou City."
"Then what should we do? We can't have another prince come and exploit us after one prince leaves."
"Don't we still have General Chen? If we help General Chen defend Yongzhou City, maybe we won't be oppressed by these high-ranking princes."
The people were talking about it, each with their own guesses and ideas, and finally they had disagreements and started arguing.
"What's wrong with General Chen? He's here to defend Yongzhou City for the Eighth Prince, so if the Ninth Prince gives him some benefits, he'll rush forward like a dog, wagging his tail. How could he care about our lives?"
"He's not like that. You can't say that about him."
"You don't know him, so how do you know he's not the kind of person I'm talking about?"
"Yes, you can only know a person's face but not his heart. It's hard to draw the tiger's skin and bones. Even if Chen Changli has earned the title of general with his own ability, he is highly valued by the royal family. How can he take us common people seriously?"
"Fellow villagers, we cannot put our hopes on him. We have to save ourselves."
The people held different opinions, and when they heard the word "self-rescue", many people's faces changed.
At this time, the person who was hiding in the dark and trying to sow discord continued to speak: "I heard that General Chen discovered that there are secret passages in Yongzhou City. These secret passages lead to the outside. If we escape through these secret passages, can we save ourselves? We don't have to be trapped to death in Yongzhou City or be killed by the Ninth Prince's people."
"There is a secret passage in Yongzhou City? Was it dug out by the Eighth Prince? How come we didn't feel it?"
"If there really is a secret passage, we can use it to escape, and we won't have to trouble General Chen to protect us."
The people had no opinions of their own, so they followed others blindly. When they heard someone talking about the secret passage, and in addition, they had cooperated with Chen Changli's people in searching for some sneaky people in the past two days, they naturally became aware of the secret passage.
So everyone gathered in groups of three or four and kept expressing their ideas, but in the end no one could convince anyone else and everyone left unhappily.
But some bold and reckless people listened to the words of the divisive people and quickly went to inquire about the secret passage.
When many people saw someone taking action, they unconsciously followed.
In less than an hour, their number increased, causing the atmosphere in Yongzhou City to become stagnant.
"Something is wrong about this matter. We have to inform the general immediately." Soldiers disguised as ordinary people saw the actions of the people and quickly mixed in with the crowd to inquire about the news. Then, they felt something was wrong and went to find Chen Changli.
"Someone is fanning the flames." Chen Changli immediately made a judgment.
"Who did this? The situation in Yongzhou City has finally been stabilized. If they do this, won't Yongzhou City fall into chaos again?" Everyone felt uneasy after hearing Chen Changli's speculation.
Chen Changli smiled coldly: "Who else could it be except Chang Xuewei? I didn't expect that she could still stir up trouble even though she was so seriously injured."
"It seems that she feels that Yongzhou City is unsafe and is preparing to leave."
Raising his fingers and tapping on the table, Chen Changli had countless thoughts running through his mind.
"First, find a way to appease the people, and then catch the people who are fanning the flames."
Chen Changli suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, made arrangements immediately, and then went to the residences of ordinary people to check the situation. However, he did not expect that he would be assassinated as soon as he appeared here.
After a lot of hard work in killing all the assassins, Chen Changli's face was full of anger.
"Is this your purpose? Chang Xuewei wouldn't be so foolish. It seems that this is not Chang Xuewei's idea."
Chen Changli didn't think that Chang Xuewei would get rid of him in this way. After all, Chang Xuewei had already seen how powerful he was.
She was seriously injured at the moment and had to think of ways to heal her wounds. How could she have the extra energy to deal with herself?
Unless something happened to her and made her feel uneasy, this would have happened.
But this is ridiculous! Chen Changli felt a headache when he thought about this.
"A person who can escape with Chang Xuewei at a critical moment must have some extraordinary qualities. How could such a person do something so misleading? I guess I am wrong."
Chen Changli did not dare to take it lightly. As he thought about it, he felt that things were not that simple.
He immediately became alert and patrolled the surroundings again, trying to find any clues.
When he did this, Jin Xiu, who was hiding in the dark, didn't know what he was thinking. He snorted coldly, "So many people can't kill you, Chen Changli, you are really lucky."
"Unfortunately, although I want to get rid of you now, I don't want to waste most of my people on you, so you should be thankful that I was just testing you. Otherwise, I don't believe you would still be alive after being assassinated again and again."
Jin Xiu's words were very cold, as if she was mocking Chen Changli's cautiousness, but also as if she was comforting herself.
"Just wait for me. One day I will kill you with my own hands and wash away the shame for the girl."