Chapter 939: Chapter 938: Evacuation
"Master, Miss." Chi Yi knelt on one knee.
"This is a critical time, let’s not bother with such formalities. Once the item is in hand, immediately notify everyone to retreat and break into smaller groups as per the previous plan." Wufu said in a deep voice.
Chi Yi hesitated: "Understood." With that, he pursed his lips and blew a sharp whistle.
As the sound faded, a series of hurried footsteps could be heard approaching.
Wufu and Ah Jiu exchanged glances, their faces changing instantly.
"Chi Yi, you withdraw by yourself." Wufu said, then quickly pulled Ah Jiu and dashed back the way they came.
"Over there, over there."
The sounds of sword and knife clashes were coming over, but Wufu didn’t stop, running as fast as an arrow.
The Prince’s Mansion had already detected something was wrong, and soon the Tenth Prince would know someone had infiltrated his base. He might already know, so Ah Jiu must return to his rightful place immediately.
As he ran, Ah Jiu handed the item from his arms to Wufu: "Will you hold this?"
Without thinking, Wufu took it and stuffed it into his arms.
The two ran into the garden where they encountered the Sixth Prince and the Fifth Lady of the Fan Family, just as voices approached them. Wufu stopped, pulled Ah Jiu along with a stumble, and tightly embraced him, pressing him against a rockery.
"Good brother, you are so naughty." Wufu said coyly.
Ah Jiu’s body stiffened, looking down at the woman before him. She looked up, mouthing the words, "Someone’s there."
Ah Jiu understood, swiftly swapping positions with her, bowing his head, so it appeared to outsiders like a guard embracing a maid in an intimate manner.
Yet the voices, as if suddenly strangled, completely vanished.
But both Wufu and Ah Jiu knew someone was secretly watching.
Concealed by Ah Jiu’s figure, Wufu quickly mouthed a few words to him to stir the grass and startle the snake, but verbally she said: "Good brother, let me go, I still have to attend to my duties later."
"Soon." Ah Jiu replied and slightly turned his head towards the hiding place, demanding: "Who is there."
The rustling sound of clothes came, quickly retreating.
"Gone." Wufu listened for a moment, then the two quickly headed towards the latrines.
Without further incidents, they reached the dog hole behind the latrines. Wufu said: "You go back on your own, you know what to do next."
"You..." Ah Jiu frowned and grabbed her hand.
"I’ll be fine, look at me, a woman, just a maid, I’ll find an opportunity to slip away." Wufu pointed at herself: "Xiao Li is waiting over there."
This was a plan made on the fly, but every move relied precisely on each member being at the right place and doing their task without bothering about anyone else.
While it seemed everyone was acting independently, the entire plan’s success relied on each piece’s function on this chessboard.
And once she returned, she had to disguise herself as Xiao Li again. But how about Xiao Li? Now, going out through the women’s quarters like this might actually be easier.
"Quickly go."
Ah Jiu firmly squeezed her hand: "Be careful, I’ll wait for you at home." Saying that, he crawled through the dog hole.
Watching him leave, Wufu erased the traces at the hole’s entrance, and then leisurely made her way to the latrines, pretending to have used them before leaving the courtyard.
She held her stomach, feigning discomfort as she walked out, meanwhile mentally mapping the layout of the mansion to plan the fastest escape from this troublesome women’s area.
But clearly, her luck wasn’t very good; as soon as she exited an alley, she heard the sounds of a quarrel.