Chapter 607 - 392: The Ingenious Scheme (Part 2)_3

Just at that moment, the nearby forest rustled loudly, and a shadow leaped out, moving as fast as a ghost.

"Who?!"

Ximen Kankan immediately drew his sword and glared, every muscle in his body instantly tense.

"It’s me!"

Duan Rong exhaled a breath of foul air, answering lightly.

Ximen Kankan’s heart was filled with joy, he immediately sidestepped to Duan Rong’s side. In the darkness, he saw Duan Rong carrying someone on his back.

"Rescued?"

"Yes."

Ximen Kankan immediately took Shen Yanliu from Duan Rong’s shoulder and carried him into the carriage.

Duan Rong looked at Ximen Kankan and said, "Let’s go."

Ximen Kankan immediately guided the carriage onto the road, whipping the horse’s behind fiercely.

Duan Rong lay in the carriage, which was shaking violently. He lay wearily beside Shen Yanliu, his nerves had been highly tense in the dungeon, and now as he relaxed, a wave of fatigue swept over him...

In the Prefecture City’s dungeon, about a quarter of an hour later, another group of heavy armored soldiers began patrolling with lanterns from the other end.

They turned into the alley from the other end.

As they walked, the leader saw, under dim yellow light, the headless corpse of Xiong Yi on the long bench not far ahead.

"Alert!"

"There’s a situation!"

With his shout, a group of heavy armored soldiers immediately held their shields, forming a narrow oval, with shields all facing outward.

Only then did they move forward in formation.

Just as they reached Xiong Yi, a person in casual clothes flashed into the alley from the other end. It was the True Qi Realm expert who had been playing mahjong at the fortress gate.

The moment that person darted into the alley, he saw the patrol of fallen prison guards.

His brow furrowed, and he immediately picked up the lantern on the ground, and swiftly darted to Shen Yanliu’s cell. He saw the cell door locked, the dark interior with the prisoner lying on the haystack.

Only then did he relax slightly, glancing at Xiong Yi’s headless bloody corpse on the bench beside.

Xiong Yi’s head was smashed to pulp, yet during this process, he didn’t hear any sound of fighting.

The headless bloody corpse remained lying on the long bench, as if Xiong Yi was still in his sleeping posture.

In other words, Xiong Yi hadn’t had time to react before being killed and having his head smashed.

A chill rose from the back of his neck; Xiong Yi was a True Qi Realm expert!

He turned to the team of heavy armored soldiers and said, "Quick, notify the Mansion Master, there’s been a jailbreak, Xiong Yi is dead!"

"Yes!" The leader immediately clasped his fists and rushed off.

Within moments, numerous prison guards from the fortress flooded into the alley, though they all looked tired, with sleepy eyes.

The person in casual clothes looked at them and shouted, "There’s been a jailbreak! Search every cell thoroughly and check for anomalies!"

While instructing the others, he continuously scanned the surroundings, his hand on the weapon at his waist, suspecting the person who killed Xiong Yi hadn’t left.

Outside the East City Gate in Ruyang Prefecture, on the road around ten miles away in the dim dawn light, a carriage was speeding away. Duan Rong had long instructed Ximen Kankan to drive the carriage to an old temple twenty miles west of Tongbai County.

Years ago, Duan Rong traveled frequently along the escort route of the Yuan Shun Escort Agency in Ruyang Prefecture, becoming familiar with various resting points along the way, including another intersecting road twenty miles west of Tongbai County, which was a must-pass route for Shen Mizi and her companions returning to Ruyang Prefecture.