readytorunbook Chapter 233 Planning
Chapter 233 Planning
Gu Yi echoed, "Yes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army but only a moment to deploy it. When the Second Young Master's life and death are at stake, who would dare to escape from the battlefield?"
I said with tears in my eyes, "I understand. Thank you for your kindness in repaying my kindness. The second young master is imprisoned in the prison in the west of the city. My friend from the Guifang family helped me to investigate and found out the specific location where he is imprisoned. The general plan is that he will lead you in, and the troops will be divided into two groups. The large group will attract attention, and the small group will follow him to rescue the young master. I will support them outside, and leave a few shadow guards to follow me to take over the young master from them, and they will divert the firepower chasing them. Try to send the young master out of the city that night. After leaving the city, we will go straight to Qingqiu."
Gu Yi and Hong Ying looked at each other and asked me, "From the Guifang family? Miss... can this person be trusted?"
I nodded: "It's true, he is an old friend of the young master. He was the one who escorted me all the way to Xiyan City."
After hearing this, they replied, "In that case, we will leave it to the girl and him to order."
I thought about it and realized that there was nothing more to tell them at this point, so I said, "That's it for now. You wait for the person who comes later, and then I'll tell everyone about our plan. We'll get together to discuss the specific details after I've arranged the matter of leaving the city. I'll come again tomorrow at noon, and then I'll bring the Guifang family over, and we'll meet in the wine cellar."
They both praised: "The wine cellar is hidden and a good place for negotiation. Then, let's go back and tell our brothers and sisters, and then wait for the girl's letter. The girl must pay attention to her safety."
I saluted and said, "You too. With more people, you'll be a bigger target. Don't let anyone find you."
They returned the greeting and said, "Don't worry, young lady. Hiding our tracks is exactly what we are good at."
I said goodbye to them and returned to Zuihualou, where I gave Jinxuan the 50,000 taels of silver as a deposit, and agreed to give her the other half tomorrow afternoon.
I told Gui Fangduan about our manpower. Gui Fangduan was not idle either. He drew a sketch of the prison and wrote down the route, time points and alternative plans.
He and I discussed it and decided that we should go around the area to check it out. Gui Fangduan said that it would be more effective if we could take the leaders of the two teams with us. I thought so and decided to let him take Gu Yi and Hong Ying with him tomorrow afternoon.
Gui Fangduan advised me to go to bed early and rest my spirit. I reluctantly agreed and returned to my room, thinking that maybe I could rescue Tu Shanjing tomorrow night. I forced myself to fall asleep while feeling nervous.
The wind blew in the evening, making the window frames rattle. I was drowsy and finally fell asleep.
I spent the whole morning discussing the plan with him, thinking about what kind of changes might happen, and modified the plan according to the specific number of people. He also gave me some medicine in case of emergency. When it was almost noon, he and I choked on a few cold dumplings and walked to the wine shop.
He walked and hiccuped and said, "When this is over, I probably won't eat buns for a year or so!"
He eased my nervousness a little, and I replied, "When this is over, I'll cook you a big meal to reward you, okay?"
He turned his head to look at me and smiled: "Okay! Then I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs, beggar's chicken, crystal scallops, and red bean paste cakes——"
"Stop! You should eat whatever you are invited to eat. You are still serving food at this point!"
"I'm doing you such a big favor, and you just give me some tasteless vegetables and I'm just going to eat them?" he retorted.
"Don't you see what kind of person I am? How can I fool you?"
"Ah! Have you not fooled enough?"
We kept arguing all the way, and soon we arrived at the wine shop.
There was a closed sign on the liquor store, but the door was ajar.
He leaned forward and peeked inside through the crack in the door. He pushed gently and the door creaked open.
He walked in and looked around, then stood at the door and waved to me: "Come in!"
I followed him into the dark inner room, and walked along the front hall to the backyard.
Xiao Shun was in the yard. When he saw us coming in, he came forward and said, "Miss, Sir, there are so many people outside. It's inconvenient to greet you. I'm sorry."
I shook my hand: "It's okay, it's time, don't be so picky."
Xiao Shun took out a stack of banknotes from his bosom and said, "Miss, here are 50,500 taels, take it first. Originally, Master Chunming wanted to give me more, but yesterday the Madam suddenly came to check his account, so he didn't have time to do the accounting, and his private money was not enough, so he could only give me this much."
I took it, pulled out the five hundred taels, put them away, and said, "Thank you very much. Please thank Master Chunming and me later. We will definitely treat him well when we return."
Xiao Shun smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely bring it to you! And this, I wonder what it is." He took out a box from the small box at his feet, "Sister Nanfeng flew over to deliver it herself, and then she hurried back. She said Jingye and the others brought it over, you must know what's inside."
I looked down and saw a box containing a puppet. I thought they sent it to me to make a fog bomb and asked Nanfeng to bring it over privately. I took it with both hands, and Xiaoshun said, "The shadow guards are all here, in the wine cellar over there, I won't delay you from discussing important matters. It's a pity that my spiritual power is low, so I can only run errands for you, otherwise I would also like to go and rescue the young master myself."
I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Everyone has his own circumstances and suitable positions. What you have done has been a great help. Thank you very much."
Xiao Shun was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled.
Gui Fangduan and I turned and walked into the wine cellar he pointed to.
The wine cellar is very large and all the wine jars have been emptied, so it can accommodate twenty or thirty people.
The shadow guards were waiting inside in an orderly manner, led by Gu Yi and Hong Ying.
When they saw us come in, they bowed silently and we returned the greeting.
I cleared my throat, bowed to all four of them, and said, "Everyone, we are gathered here today for one thing, which is to rescue the young master. How the young master treats us is obvious to all, so there is no need to say more. Let's say that if the young master doesn't come back, you have already been punished before. If the eldest young master is replaced, what kind of life will you have in the future? This journey is extremely dangerous. If you have families to take care of, you can ask for it now. This is the last chance to retreat. Once you are near the prison, you can only go forward and cannot retreat. But don't worry, everyone, I guarantee you that if you are injured today, you will get 100 taels of silver for each person to treat the injury. If you are seriously injured, Tushan Mansion will support you until you are old. If you are unfortunately killed in the line of duty, we will also support your family and descendants, and each person will receive an additional pension of 10,000 taels of silver. I also know that you are not gathered here for money. It is difficult to repay a great favor, and it is difficult to buy true love with a thousand gold. But apart from money and guarantees, I can't think of any other way to repay."