The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 937

Chapter 937: 427 Rescuing (Two Updates)_3

Assassin A suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Hijack the prisoner cart!"

The four assassins found it effortless to overpower a few low-ranking yamen runners of the official government, knocking them out cold and tossing them into the nearby bushes.

"Go, open the prison cart," Assassin A, who had taken a set of keys from a yamen runner, tossed them to Assassin B.

Assassin B unlocked the prison cart and said to the prisoner inside, "Alright, you can go now."

The prisoner: I’d rather not leave, thank you.

Assassin B, with a hefty slap, hauled the person out and stripped them of their prisoner’s garb and shackles to dress Xiao Liulang.

Their handling was anything but gentle. Xiao Liulang’s hands were already injured, and the rough treatment caused his wounds, which had just begun to scab over, to tear open again, and blood spilled everywhere.

Assassin A complained, "Be careful! Don’t kill the guy before we even get our silver! Find something to bandage him with!"

But what was there to use for bandaging?

Assassin B tore a piece of Xiao Liulang’s hem and hurriedly wrapped it around the wound.

Dressed in the yamen runners’ clothing and riding their horses, the assassins brazenly headed toward their destination.

The bandaging was so substandard that Xiao Liulang’s wound continued to bleed; furthermore, his acupoints had been hit so he couldn’t tighten the cloth himself.

After traveling a stretch of the official road, they unexpectedly encountered Minister Zhao of the Ministry of Works, who was returning from an inspection outside the city.

Minister Zhao had also been involved in the recent six-ministry examination, where Xiao Liulang was a proctor, so the two had met.

Xiao Liulang attempted to call for help from Minister Zhao.

It appeared that Assassin B’s acupoint sealing was substandard, and Xiao Liulang had regained slight movement. However, he was unsure if this attempt would catch Minister Zhao’s attention, so he proceeded with caution.

As the prison cart jolted, he fell heavily forward, seemingly just a stumble from not sitting securely.

His shoulder and head struck the prison cart with a loud thud, startling Minister Zhao enough to draw back the curtain, but he merely glanced at the cart before letting the curtain fall back into place.

Clearly, he had no intention of meddling in another yamen’s affairs and did not harbor any suspicions.

The two parties swiftly passed each other by.

As Minister Zhao’s carriage drew further away, Xiao Liulang understood that this faint hope had been crushed.

This might... also be the last sliver of hope.

Because they were nearly at their destination.

"Big brother, look! We’re almost there! It’s right up ahead!" Assassin B exclaimed, nearly spurring his horse into a gallop.

Assassin A glared at him: "Stop messing around, be careful not to attract the imperial guards!"

"Right, right, right! We can’t bring the imperial guards over here!" Assassin B agreed with a giddy laugh.

As the group followed the official road to a T-junction, they didn’t continue along the main road but instead turned onto a narrow trail.

Just at that moment, another carriage was coming from a different direction on the official road.