Chapter Thirteen Rescue and Arrangements

  The imperial capital was still bustling with activity just a moment ago, but now it has become a battleground. Everywhere, soldiers wielding weapons are driving away crowds of people, while panicked civilians are fleeing in all directions, utterly bewildered. In short, chaos reigns.

  Fortunately, there was such chaos, Qin Lan and her group were able to take advantage of the crowd's cover and rush straight to the western district. The western district of the imperial capital is generally inhabited by ordinary people at the bottom of society, unlike the eastern district where Qin Lan lives, this side of the western district is more chaotic and disorderly, not only are there soldiers disturbing the people everywhere, but also some outlaws taking advantage of the situation to rob and loot.

  Qin Lan searched for No. 33 all the way, and Lu Yun's last wish before his death was to let Qin Lan take away his sister. He clearly knew that once he lost his protection, his sister would encounter what kind of things living alone in this chaotic region. Fortunately, Qin Lan's strong point is that he keeps his promises. Although Yun Xianglan opened her mouth several times trying to change Qin Lan's mind, before the situation developed into an uncontrollable state, leading everyone to hurry out of the city, Qin Lan remained unmoved and let Xu Rong lead this large group of people into the western district.

  In such a chaotic environment, it was not easy to find No. 33, fortunately, there were two scouts in the team who were proficient in searching, they were sent out one after another, and soon one of them ran back quickly, he found the place. The door was tightly closed, Qin Lan shouted several times, but no one opened the door. Frowning, Qin Lan had no time to waste here, so he decisively ordered Xu Rong to kick open the big door with one foot.

  Ah!!!! A childish voice rang out, and behind the door stood a girl of eleven or twelve years old. Seeing the door being knocked open, she immediately raised the short sword in her hand and charged towards Xu Rong with force, her face filled with tears and determination, clearly, despite her young age, she already understood what had happened.

  Xu Rong grabbed her small hand, directly disarming her, and then easily lifted her up by the back of her collar, holding her in mid-air. The little girl was still struggling and kicking furiously.

  "Let me go!! Let me go!! You bunch of bastards!"

  "Stop messing around, Xiao Luyun. I'm your brother's friend and he asked us to come pick you up." Qin Lan stood in front of her and took a glance around the room. "Is there anything you need to bring?"

  "...Luyun stopped struggling, she looked at Qinlan with a suspicious gaze, her brother's friend, why hadn't she seen him before? However, when she saw Yunxianglan, she suddenly exclaimed, "Third Princess!"

  "...". Xu Rong put her down. Lu Yun suddenly ran to Qin Lan's side, "Are you really my brother's friend? Where is he?? Why didn't he come with you?"

  "Your brother had something very important to attend to, so he left first." Qin Lan could only gently pat her head at this time, "We'll take you to meet up with him later, hurry up and pack your things and let's go together."

  "Good." Lu Yun suddenly ran into the house, and in just a few seconds she came running out again with her bag, amazingly already packed! Qin Lan's eyebrows twitched slightly, it seemed that Lu Yun had discovered something was amiss long ago and had started preparing to run away, but hadn't expected the outcome to be different from what he thought. It was probably precisely because of this that he went to beg for help from Qin Lan...

  Lu Yun was small, but she was quite agile and had a good eye for things. She quietly followed the team without making any noise. Generally, when ordinary people saw this team, they would panic and avoid them, while the soldiers who were scattered around plundering would see that they were fully armed and pretend not to have seen anything... Although there were a few exceptions, Xu Rong's bow and arrow had extremely sharp eyes. Soon, the team approached the west gate, and Qin Lan saw from afar that the area near the west gate was already guarded by soldiers wearing uniforms of different colors. The current imperial capital was restricted, with no entry or exit allowed.

  What on earth can they do to get out?

  Qin Lan rubbed his head and took a glance at the token in his hand, which was the last thing Lu Yun had handed over to him. The token was made of black mysterious iron, with a large "command" character on the front, but it wasn't until Qin Lan flipped it over that he saw two big words on the back: Loyalty and Trust.

  Zhongshen Wang's token? Qin Lan's eyes flickered, even if it was like this, it wouldn't work... Those soldiers' eyes were definitely not blind, they would know that in the army, there wouldn't be any women, and yet in Qin Lan's team, six of them were women. If only they had those soldiers' uniforms...

  Qin Lan had just come up with this idea when Xu Rong pulled him. It turned out that in the shadow of the corner of the city wall, there was a person who was anxiously waving at them.

  "Xiao Yi... Xiao Yi... over here!"

  "Ah, it's Brother Cong." Lu Yun gently pulled Qin Lan, although she had met an acquaintance, but she knew to inform someone first. "He is under my brother's command."

  "Quan Cong." Actually, there was no need for her to say it. When Qin Lan's line of sight fell on that person, all his information had already been displayed.

  Quan Cong, Level 4, Unification 0, Physical Strength 78, Mental Strength 46, Domestic Affairs 26, Bravery 113, Intelligence 21, Charm 23, Luck 18, Loyalty 1, Position: Imperial Guard, Official Position None, Noble Title None, Skills: Basic Gun Technique, Sweeping Thousand Armies, Power Enhancement. (A common Imperial Guard of the Xingchen Empire with average abilities.)

  Fortunately, this Imperial Guard Qin Lan had seen him before, it was just the other day when he went to the mansion with Lu Ou and personally branded Qin Qing's three daughters. Qin Qing, Qin Jin and Qin Yun saw him at the same time and all let out a cold snort. Qin Lan whispered to himself, as an Imperial Guard, why aren't you guarding the palace, but instead running here?

  It seemed that way, but Qin Lan still exchanged a glance with Xu Rong and brought the troops over together. Quan Cong was not surprised at all that Qin Lan had so many guards, after all, he also knew that Qin Lan was the young master of the Qin Manor, and he thought these were all the Qin Manor's house slaves. So he just roughly searched among the crowd with his eyes, "Young Master Qin, where is our leader?"

  "He has something... so let me take Lu Yun away." Qin Lan looked at him and asked, "What are you doing here?"

  "Let's wait here for a while." Quan Cong was a bit anxious, he turned around in circles, "When you saw the boss, did he let you take Xiaoyun away? Can you take her out of the city?"

  Qin Lan suddenly smiled and raised the token in her hand, "Are you waiting for this?"

  "Huh?" Quan Cong stopped in his tracks, surprised, but the next moment he looked at Qin Lan with suspicion, "The boss was going to steal this thing, but how did it end up in your hands? Where's the boss?"

  "His matter, we'll talk about it later. First, tell me what he has planned for you." Qin Lan put away the token and looked at Quan Cong who was hesitating, then spoke up. "Time is limited, make a decision quickly, the sooner we finish this, the sooner we can leave the city."

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