12dz Chapter 1965 Night Boat
Chapter 1965 Night Boat
Yinding suddenly stood up and looked at Wu Liang. Wu Liang subconsciously reached for the three-inch dagger at his waist with his right hand.
The two of them were alert and moved quietly to the window.
There were two more "knock knock" sounds from the window lattice, as light as the evening breeze blowing through fallen leaves.
Yinding quietly pushed open a small gap and saw a small dark shadow resting on the windowsill outside, pecking at the window screen with its pointed beak.
Yinding's heart suddenly fell to the ground. He lifted the window bolt with his fingertips, and the two wooden windows opened inward with a "creak".
"I've been waiting for you."
He chuckled and stretched out his hand. The starling flapped its wings and landed on his wrist, with a thin hemp rope wrapped around its claws.
Yinding took out the leather bag from his waist and poured out a few grains of corn to feed it.
The starling glanced at him with its small eyes, showing no interest in his rice at all. It stretched out its paws and proudly raised its head and chest.
Wu Liang looked surprised, and Yinding quickly untied the small bamboo tube tied to the hemp rope on the starling's paw.
The bamboo tube was empty, which meant that he was asked to deliver a message.
Yinding turned around and walked to the table, took out a charcoal pen, and took out a crumpled piece of hemp paper.
This pen is light and easy to use, and does not need to be dipped in ink. It was given to him by Yan Ruyu, and he cherishes it very much.
He hurriedly wrote the message on a piece of paper, then carefully rolled the hemp paper into a thin tube, stuffed it back into the bamboo tube, and tied it firmly to the starling's leg with a hemp rope.
"Be careful on the road."
Yinding gently stroked the starling's shiny feathers, watching it flutter into the sky, and only closed the window again until the small black shadow disappeared.
Wu Liang exclaimed: "It's amazing! This bird is really amazing."
"Of course, I tamed her," Yinding cleared his throat. "Of course, after she became the princess's, Xiaolan became even more powerful."
Wu Liangxin said that the princess was truly magical. Everything became different when it came into her hands.
Yan Ruyu had just fed Su Jingzhuo the medicine, and Su Shengsheng was watching from the side.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of wind outside, followed by the faint sound of birds singing from outside the window.
Yan Ruyu remained calm and said to Su Shengsheng, "Miss Su, the eldest master is fine for now. You can go back and rest first."
Su Shengsheng blinked: "It's okay, I'm not tired."
Yan Ruyu sighed softly: "I'm tired."
Su Shengsheng was stunned for a moment, his face flushed, and he nodded quickly: "Oh, okay, then I'll go first, you take a rest too. Is there anything you want to eat? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it."
"The guest does as the host does."
Su Shengsheng nodded, turned around and walked out, and Yan Ruyu walked him to the corridor.
"Miss Su, why don't you check the cook in your family who can make fish porridge?"
Su Shengsheng's eyes narrowed slightly: "You mean..."
Yan Ruxue smiled faintly: "It's just a suggestion. Also, don't leak the news."
Su Shengsheng nodded vigorously: "I understand. Thank you."
She walked away quickly.
It will take some time to investigate this matter.
Yan Ruyu waved her hand, and a black shadow passed through the window frame and landed steadily on her arm.
Yan Ruyu brought the starling into the house, fed it some beef jerky, untied the bamboo tube on its leg, poured out the hemp paper inside and unfolded it.
"There's news about the silver ingot."
There was a subtle hint of urgency in her voice as she handed the hemp paper to Huo Changhe.
Huo Changhe took the hemp paper, glanced at it, and his brows instantly furrowed.
"Poor-quality food entering the Assassin's Mansion?" he said in a deep voice, "It seems they are trying to replenish the military rations we stole."
Yan Ruyu chuckled, "That should be the case. I just don't know where they are transporting the food to. It's obviously not the military camp."
Huo Changhe pondered and said, "That means having the secret guards follow us in secret."
Yan Ruyu took out a map and pointed at the Governor's Mansion. "The Governor's Mansion withheld the best military rations, but he wasn't the mastermind behind it. It must have been Liu Balang's idea."
"Where is Liu Balang going to transport the military rations? We don't know. Apparently, we're not the only ones who want to know this."
Huo Changhe laughed sarcastically: "And Liu Jiulang."
"That's right. Liu Jiulang doesn't have good intentions. He wants to take this opportunity to find out where the grain went. In that case..."
"Then we will follow the trend and help him accomplish this."
"You're right." Huo Changhe nodded. "There's no need to worry about the silver ingot. Why don't we go to the military camp tonight and see what's going on there."
Yan Ruyu's eyes flashed with approval: "That's exactly what I want. But the military camp is heavily guarded, so we need to make careful plans."
"It was before, but now we are in the Su Mansion," Huo Changhe said with a sly smile, "It's easy to get the military camp token."
Yan Ruyu bowed and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Your Highness."
As the sky gradually darkened, Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu changed into dark clothes and quietly went to Su Zhenhai's study.
Just as he was sneaking out under the cover of night, he suddenly heard a very light sound of footsteps outside the courtyard wall.
Huo Changhe suddenly pressed down on Yan Ruyu's wrist, and they both turned sideways and hid behind the screen wall, holding their breath.
Under the moonlight, a black shadow passed over the wall, moving as swiftly as a leopard, and made no sound when it landed.
The black shadow paused in the yard for a moment, but did not stay for long, and then quietly went forward.
Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe looked at each other.
Huo Changhe whispered, "He looks quite skilled, not like an ordinary thief. Let's wait and see what he wants to do."
The two of them watched quietly in the direction the shadow left, leaned forward slightly, and followed.
The night watchman's call sounded, and it was already curfew.
But at this time, a convoy came on the main road in the city and headed towards the city gate.
When they arrived at the city gate, no one asked them any questions. The closed city gate was opened, and the team left the city and soon reached the official road outside the city.
Yinding was mixed in with the grain escort team, wearing a gray officer's uniform and following behind the grain cart with his head down.
The team consisted of about twenty people, escorting five grain carts. The wheels rolled over the road, making a "gurgling" sound.
Yinding raised his eyes quietly and looked around. The people in front were real yamen runners, and the people behind were people like them who came from the underworld.
He deliberately slowed down his pace and fell behind the team. When no one was paying attention, he took out a sharp stone from his arms and quietly carved a small cross mark on the trunk of an old locust tree when passing by it.
When the team arrived at the ferry, several speedboats were already docked at the pier, looming in the darkness.
Yinding was just wondering when the leader stopped and shouted, "Hurry up! Stop the grain carts and switch boats!"
Yinding's heart trembled as he watched the yamen runners hurriedly unloading the grain from the grain cart and loading it onto the speedboat.
Taking advantage of the chaos when everyone was busy changing ferries, Yinding quietly retreated to the reeds on the shore, took out another piece of stone from his arms, carved the same cross mark on a huge bluestone, and covered the mark with reeds.
After doing all this, he caught up with the team and boarded the ferry.
The ferry slowly sailed away from the shore. Yinding stood at the stern, looking at the ferry gradually moving away.
At this time, the leader came over with a small cloth bag in his hand.