Chapter 951: Chapter 951

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"A lot of time has been delayed, you should go back quickly, and come back once it’s safe."

Zhao Douan nodded and stood up: "Once I’m safe, I’ll return to report the follow-up to Your Majesty."

The Empress nodded: "I will await your triumphant return."

Zhao Douan smiled, bade farewell, and headed straight for the Stone Wall.

In the darkness, Zhao Douan opened his eyes, first feeling as if he were lying on someone’s back, constantly jolting.

Then, with the help of moonlight, he gradually saw his situation clearly.

It seemed he had already left Yongjia City, in a small mountain path amidst a forest, under the night sky, the tree branches on both sides quickly swept back like ghostly figures clawing at him.

The one carrying him was the Gold Shadow Guard Scholar, surprisingly, despite his sickly appearance, he had quite some strength.

Under the moonlight, in front of the path, Hong Ye, with a bronze face armor, was clearing the way with a sword.

Zhao Douan calmly spoke.

The two Shadow Guards froze for a moment, then, upon confirming it was Zhao Douan speaking, were both surprised and joyful:

Zhao Douan jumped off the scholar’s back and stood on the ground, quietly feeling his body, discovering that besides feeling his Qi Sea empty and being mentally weary and fatigued, there were no injuries, he sighed in relief, nodded towards his subordinates watching him:

"In the previous battle, my Divine Soul was shaken, causing me to lose consciousness for a while. Now I’m fine. Where is this place? What’s the situation?"

The scholar let out a long breath and said:

"Reporting, sir, after you lost consciousness, Hong Ye and I met up, took you through the secret passage out of the city, and headed towards the designated meeting spot, we are now outside the city."

Hong Ye added: "The cannon fire to the north of the city earlier should be from the Capital Camp crossing the river."

Zhao Douan stood in the dark, turned his head to look back, the three of them stood on a mountain outside the city, overlooking it. Through the branches, they could see far-off Yongjia City lit up, and northward along the Yongjia River section, there were flickering flames, like stars.

It should be the two armies fighting at night, lighting up torches.

Retracting his gaze, Zhao Douan said: "Keep going, quickly meet up with the others."

Zhao Shixiong should have been drawn away by the Five Army Camp, but whether Song Jinxi and the others succeeded is still unknown.

The three of them rushed at full speed, like the wind.

About half an hour later, Zhao Douan reached a mountain hollow, and from a distance, made the call of a partridge, receiving three short notes and one long note in reply.

He quickly approached, relieved to see Song Jinxi and a group of people waiting there.

"Sir! We did not fail the mission, we have brought the prisoners from the cell." Song Jinxi saluted, and the rest of the Shadow Guards in the team did the same.

"Thank you all for your hard work, today you have achieved a great merit, once we return to the capital, I will surely ask for rewards for you." Zhao Douan’s heart felt relieved as a stone finally settled.

A smile appeared on his face.

It seems that except for Zhao Shixiong’s unexpectedly high cultivation causing a slight mishap, the rest of the actions were under control.

But it wasn’t unexpected, using himself as bait to draw away the high-ranking officers in the city, it was reasonable that Song Jinxi and others could rescue a few prisoners who weren’t of much importance successfully.

After speaking, his gaze swept over the people in the dark.

A middle-aged man in prison clothes, stained with blood, stepped forward and sincerely saluted: "Yongjia Prefect Cui Haoran, thank Commander Zhao for the great rescue!"

Then the other prisoners also stepped forward to salute.

Most of them had never seen Zhao Douan, only heard of him as a rising star. Previously, they might have even doubted Zhao Douan.

But after this event, they only felt gratitude towards this Grand Governor. They thought they were going to die in prison, but surviving and returning to the court, what a great favor is this?

Zhao Douan smiled and hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Mr. Cui, if you want to thank someone, thank His Majesty. You all faced the rebels and resisted bravely, suffering greatly. Once you return to the court, you will definitely be heavily utilized. The court is in need of loyal ministers like you."

Such simple words moved these officials to tears.

Truly, experiencing life and death, their emotions were stirred.

Zhao Douan comforted them briefly, then turned to the corner, where a family stood awkwardly. He smiled: "Mr. Du, we meet again."

Mr. Du, caught off guard by the honor, stepped forward hesitantly to salute: "Commoner... I was unaware of the Commander’s identity before, I was truly... "

Mrs. Du lowered her head, holding Little Treasure tightly, trying to hide herself, not daring to meet "Yama Zhao’s" eyes.

Their fierce demeanor was gone.

Yama Zhao... what kind of figure is that? He is a favorite of the Emperor, a Future Emperor’s Consort yet to be married.

He is the most prestigious figure in the entire Great Yu court this past year or more.

Yet he disguised himself and rented their house... Hearing this from their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Du were skeptical.

If not for Du Shishi directly using the "bell" to hypnotize the family into escaping with her, they might not have left the city.

Only earlier, seeing with their own eyes Cui Haoran’s deferential manner, did Mr. Du completely believe it, leaving him nothing but shock.

"Mr. Du, there’s no need to be formal. Speaking of which, the Du family’s hurried escape was also affected by me. I feel guilty for it." Zhao Douan said earnestly, "If you don’t mind, come back to Linfeng with me. From our previous conversations, I realized you are not an ordinary government office scribe, you have significant talent. The court is in need of such talent, if you wish to serve, there’s surely a place for you in the future court."