Chapter 507 Refuge in Cai Mansion
Ailang sent all the original servants and maids in the mansion, and then left the mansion through the back door. Almost as soon as they left, a team of fully armed soldiers rushed to the gate of the mansion, led by the female general Wang Yi, and beat the door. Wang Yi saw that no one responded to the door, frowned and shouted sternly: "Crash open!" The officers and soldiers immediately bumped into the door. The gate could not withstand the collision of the troops. After a while, the gate was knocked open! Wang Yi led the troops into the mansion and searched everywhere, but only found the locked servants and maids such as Chen Fu. As for the locked Chen Chu and his men, no one was seen!
Wang Yi shouted at Chen Fu, "Where have Chen Chu and others gone?" Chen Fu was shocked and hurriedly said, "They, they just locked us up just now, and I don't know where they went!..." When Wang Yi heard this, he immediately judged that Chen Chu and others must have not yet run away, and immediately led their troops to chase out of the mansion.
When Ailang and the others left the backyard mansion, they had already heard the sound of slapping in front of them. Zhuge Mengxue immediately said to Ailang: "If they don't see us, they will definitely pursue us. We should not go to ordinary markets. They will immediately rush to Tongye Street where officials live. They will definitely not think of it!" Ailang couldn't help but praise, "Gao Ming!" He immediately led everyone out of the back alley to Tongye Street.
Tongye Street is located on the side of the palace, not far from Ailang and the others. It is full of large-scale residences, with no merchants and civilians. The people living here are all prominent figures. The residences of Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia and others are all here. Everyone quickly entered Tongye Street, and a quiet atmosphere came to the face. There was almost no pedestrian on the street. The pedestrians they met by chance were all servants or maids who came out to do business in a certain mansion.
Ailang suddenly remembered a question and said to Zhuge Mengxue: "There is no inn on Tongye Street, where can we live? If we just wander on the street, it will arouse suspicion sooner or later!" Zhuge Mengxue smiled slightly, looking confident, and said, "I heard that the master had saved Cai Yong and his daughter?" Ailang nodded and said unhappily: "What do you think of this at this stall?" Zhuge Mengxue said, "Although Cai Yong is just a scholar, he is a person who is merciful and kind! Dong Zhuo had a little favor to him that day, so he was willing to take the chance to collect Dong Zhuo's body and almost died because of it! The master was the savior of Cai Yong and his daughter. How could they not repay the master!"
When Ailang heard this, he could not understand what she meant, but he looked hesitant. Ailang is more arrogant than the real Lu Bu and is unwilling to ask for help in times of difficulties. He only felt that doing so was too shameless, and he didn't want to bother others. However, in this situation, there seemed to be no other feasible way except this method! He sighed helplessly and nodded, "Okay! Let's go to Cai Yong's place!" The last time Ailang sneaked into Xuchang, he had visited Cai Yong's mansion, so he knew where he was, so he rode his horse to the front and led the team forward.
Not long after, Ailang and his group came to the gate of Cai Yong's mansion. Dian Wei was about to go to the gate, but Ailang stopped him, jumped off his horse and ran to the door and knocked on the gate.
After a while, a crack was opened and an old servant poked out half of his head. Seeing that many people came outside the door, he was shocked and asked Ailang, who was standing at the door, "Who are you?" Ailang clasped his fists and said, "You go to inform the Grand Secretary, and then say that an old friend from Chang'an is visiting." The servant responded and said, "Customer later, I will go and report now." Then he closed the door and ran in.
At the same time, Wang Yizheng led people to search for traces of Chen Chu and others on the street, but after searching, there was no trace. Wang Yi couldn't help but wonder if Ailang and the others would escape to another direction? Thinking of this, he realized that he had not sent anyone to search on Tongye Street. Maybe Chen Chu had escaped to Tongye Street. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately ordered others to continue searching in the city, and she led a team of female soldiers to Tongye Street.
Cai Yong was talking to his daughter Cai Yan in the hall about the sudden death of Prime Minister Cao, and he looked worried. At this moment, the old servant rushed in and reported: "Master, Miss, many people came outside. The leading man said that they were old friends who were separated from Master Chang'an, so he came to visit Master."
Cai Yong and Cai Yan were very confused. Cai Yong said, "Did you go Chang'an? When we left Chang'an, we had said goodbye to General Lu Bu, but we never said goodbye to others!" Cai Yan was immediately excited and hurriedly said, "Can you, can you, it's someone sent by General!" Cai Yong was shocked and quickly stood up and said, "Let's go!"
At this time, the troops led by Wang Yi had entered Tongye Street, but there was a turn between the intersection and Cai Yong's mansion and was blocked by a mansion. Therefore, although Wang Yi and the others entered Tongye Street, they did not see Ailang and the others. On Tongye Street, Wang Yi did not dare to run wildly, and led his officers and soldiers to walk along the street slowly!
Cai Yong led Cai Yan to the door hurriedly, and the old servant quickly opened the door. Cai Yong and his daughter saw a tall man standing at the door. They suddenly thought of someone and became excited. But when they saw that the man had no idea of his appearance, they couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.
When Ailang saw the two of them, he didn't want to talk too much, and immediately took off the mask on his face and showed his true face, and said with a smile: "Grandmaster, Miss Cai Yan, do you still recognize me?" The father and daughter were overjoyed and were about to bow. Ailang quickly supported the two of them, and said anxiously: "No need to be polite, let's go in and talk." Cai Yong nodded quickly and immediately invited Ailang and the group of people into the gate. Almost at the same time, the troops led by Wang Yi turned the corner and appeared not far away. The old servant closed the gate and inserted the plug. Soon after, the troops led by Wang Yi walked past the gate. It was just a little short. If Ailang and the others entered a little later, they would definitely be caught by Wang Yi and the others.
Cai Yong and his daughter invited Ai Lang and others into the back hall. At this time, Cai Yong and his daughter noticed that the middle-aged beautiful woman who was following Ai Lang was actually Mrs. Zhao of Prime Minister Cao. She was surprised and was afraid of admitting the wrong person, so she did not dare to salute rashly.
Both the guests and the host and the host sat down one after another. The old servant brought tea and retreated. Cai Yong couldn't help but ask, "General, what's going on? Why are you here?" Ai Lang didn't know how to explain for a moment, so he said to Cao Ying, "Xiaoying, remove your disguise." Cao Ying responded and took off the mask of the human skin. Cai Yong and Cai Yan suddenly saw Cao Ying, and were both shocked. Cai Yong couldn't help but look at the middle-aged beautiful woman again and asked, "Is it that the lady is the Prime Minister's Mrs. Zhao?" Mrs. Zhao nodded.
Ailang briefly explained the story. Cai Yong and Cai Yan were not surprised after hearing Ailang's narration, because they had long felt that Cao Cao's death was too strange and too sudden.
Ailang said embarrassedly: "I didn't want to disturb you, but I really had no choice but to trouble you!" Cai Yong said immediately: "General, don't say that! If there were no general, we father and daughter would have died without a place to bury us, so how can we still be today? Not to mention just hiding you, General, even if we want to smash the father and daughter to pieces!" Cai Yan nodded deeply with consent.
Ailang was moved.
Cai Yong said, "You must be tired." Then he said to Cai Yan, "Yan'er, you can take the general and the others down and settle down. In addition, don't let the servants and maids at home know the general and the others' true identity, just say that my distant cousin came to join me." Cai Yan nodded and said, "Daughter knows." Then he stood up and asked everyone, "Everyone, please come with me!" His eyes deliberately avoided Ailang. Ailang said to Cao Ying and others: "You go down with Miss Cai Yan first, I will talk to Mr. Cai." Everyone responded and followed Cai Yan out of the back hall.
Cai Yong clasped his fists and asked, "What do you want to ask about the general?" Ailang smiled and said, "Don't call me a general, just call me a virtuous nephew." Cai Yong thought for a while and nodded, "Now the extraordinary time, it shouldn't be called that." Then he clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll be a virtuous nephew!"
Ai Lang nodded with a smile, paused and asked, "Old man, do you know what Cao Pi is doing now?" Cai Yong frowned and said, "Although he is preparing for the funeral of the prime minister, he is also rewarding civil and military officials at the same time! The act of winning people's hearts is very obvious! In addition, I also heard rumors that Cao Pi pointed the prime minister's sudden death at Mr. Cao Zhi! I heard that he had already obtained the evidence! The prime minister just passed away, and Cao Pi did this so much, which really makes people suspicious! After hearing this, he heard the story of his nephew just now, it proved my guess!" After a pause, he said with some concern: "This Cao Pi is vicious and vicious! Nephew must be extra careful in the future!"
Ai Lang was grateful and waved his hand with a smile, "You don't have to worry. Although Cao Pi is sinister and vicious, his trick is not good when it comes to fighting in the battlefield in the world!" Cai Yong couldn't help but laugh and nodded, "What the nephew says is good! The nephew is a hero! Cao Pi is naturally not the opponent of the nephew!" After pausing, he couldn't help but apologize: "The martial law in Xuchang City may last for a period of time, so he can only be wronged and bend over here!" Ai Lang waved his hand and smiled, "I'm afraid I'll cause trouble for you, the old man!" Cai Yong hurriedly said, "Don't say that with a good nephew! It's something I can't ask for if I can do a little bit of effort for my nephew!"
Wang Yi led the officers and soldiers to the end of Tongye Street, but there was no abnormality. Wang Yi felt that he might have been thinking too much, so he smiled mockingly, so he led his officers and soldiers to leave Tongye Street along the wall and run towards the city gate to the west.
Chapter completed!