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Chapter 236 Rescue Liuli 2

"I'll be fine." He interrupted Gu Ye, giving him a faint smile. "Don't worry about recovering."

Looking back now, it seems that Gu Ye's eyes held some other emotions at that time, but he didn't have time to think about it.

Right now, he must focus on saving lives. To uncover the truth and, more importantly, to rescue Liuli, he must take a risk.

As he circled around the alley to the back wall of the prison, Gu Ye carefully recalled the terrain he had scouted out earlier.

Counting to the window of the third cell, he took a thin wire from his hair, something he had prepared specifically for this purpose. He had brought the wire from the palace; in order to survive, he had endured much hardship and learned many skills.

He carefully inserted the wire into the gap in the iron fence and precisely probed into the keyhole.

A commotion arose in the distance; Zhang Jing, using some unknown method, had successfully drawn the guards' attention. Faintly, shouts could be heard: "Assassins! After them!"

Gu Ye seized the opportunity to speed up his movements. The wire turned in the keyhole, making a soft "click" sound. His palms were already sweaty, but his movements remained steady. Suddenly, with a soft click, the lock on the iron window opened.

Gu Ye held his breath, gently pushed open the window, and peered inside. In the dimly lit cell, a figure huddled motionless in a corner. Firelight streamed through the iron bars, vaguely illuminating the corner of the person's clothing, stained with dark red blood.

Gu Ye's heart clenched suddenly.

The stench of blood filled the air, and Gu Ye's heart skipped a beat.

He tiptoed through the window, deliberately making his movements as he landed, but he still startled the figure in the corner. The figure trembled slightly and let out a very soft whimper.

"Liuli?" Gu Ye called out in a low voice, "It's me."

The person in the corner suddenly looked up, only a pair of tearful eyes visible in the dim light. "General...?" Liuli's voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible. "Is it really you?"

Gu Ye strode forward and, by the moonlight streaming through the window, finally saw Liu Li's condition clearly. He couldn't help but gasp—Liu Li's face was covered in bruises, blood was still trickling from the corner of her mouth, and her right hand was hanging limply, apparently dislocated.

"General, this servant didn't say anything..." Liuli saw Gu Ye as if she had seen a relative. "This servant almost..." Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly coughed violently.

"Don't speak." Gu Ye quickly took out the wound medicine Zhang Jing had given him from his sleeve. "Let's treat the wounds first." He carefully examined Liu Li's injuries and found that in addition to the injuries on his face, there were deep marks on his wrists and ankles, indicating that he had been tied up with ropes.

Just then, there was a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly heard outside.

"Search quickly! Someone just saw someone acting suspiciously over here!" a rough, hoarse voice rang out.

Gu Ye's heart tightened; he recognized the voice as that of Zhao Kuo, one of Jiang Lingyun's subordinates.

Time was of the essence, so he didn't have time to think about anything else. He first gave Liuli some wound medicine, saying, "Bear with it." As he spoke, he grabbed Liuli's right arm.

With a soft "click," Liuli shuddered in pain, but remained silent. His right arm had been reattached.

"Can you walk?" Gu Ye asked softly.

Liuli gritted his teeth and nodded: "I...I can walk. But..." He suddenly lowered his voice, "General, this servant has something to say. That jailer just now..."

"Don't talk about this now," Gu Ye interrupted him. "We'll talk about it when we're safe." He helped Liuli up and was about to walk to the window when a gasp came from outside.

"Sir! There are footprints here!"

"Seal off all exits!" Zhao Kuo's voice was ruthless. "I want to see them alive or dead!"

Gu Ye's heart sank. Footprints... He looked down and noticed that the blood-stained straw on the ground had been trampled into clear patterns. In his haste to save lives, he had overlooked such a crucial detail.

The footsteps grew closer, and the torchlight shone into the cell next door.

Gu Ye looked around and suddenly noticed several empty wine jars piled up in the corner. His eyes lit up, and he quickly walked over and took out the calming incense that Zhang Jing had given him from his sleeve.

"No matter what happens later, don't make a sound," he whispered to Liuli, then poured the calming incense into the wine jar.

Almost simultaneously, the cell door was flung open. The flames instantly illuminated the entire room.

"My lord, over here!" a guard shouted.

Zhao Kuo strode in, glanced around, and his gaze settled on Liuli, who was curled up in the corner. "She's still here..." He frowned, walking over to Liuli. "Has anyone been here today?"

Liuli lowered her head, trembling, and remained silent.

"You won't talk, huh?" Zhao Kuo sneered, about to make a move, when suddenly he smelled the aroma of wine. He turned to look at the wine jar in the corner, his expression changing. "This is..."

"Your Excellency, this is the Shaoxing wine that Li Shan secretly hid here during the day." A guard leaned over and sniffed it. "It smells wonderful."

Zhao Kuo frowned, about to say something, when he saw several guards already swaying and leaning against the wall.

He was startled, and before he could react, his consciousness began to fade. "No...no good..." He managed to utter two words before collapsing heavily to the ground.

Gu Ye emerged from the shadows, looked at the guards lying on the ground, and secretly felt relieved.

Zhang Jing's medicine is indeed powerful; the calming incense mixed with the aroma of wine actually enhances its effects.

“General…” Liuli looked at this scene with admiration in her eyes.

"Don't speak, let's go quickly." Gu Ye helped Liu Li up and was about to walk to the window when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside. His heart tightened. Could it be that Jiang Lingyun had come in person?

But soon, he heard a familiar voice: "Let me in!"

It's Zhang Jing.

"Who are you?" The guard at the gate looked at Zhang Jing coldly.

"Lord Jiang sent me to treat that Liuli's injuries!" Zhang Jing's voice was loud. "Do you want to delay the lord's business?"

The guards at the gate exchanged glances, suspicious of Zhang Jing's identity, but seeing the token belonging exclusively to Jiang Lingyun in his hand, they dared not stop him. Soon, Zhang Jing's footsteps echoed in.

"I knew it would turn out like this." Zhang Jing walked into the cell, looked at the unconscious guards on the floor, and a smile appeared on his lips. "General, you've got some skill."

Gu Ye breathed a sigh of relief: "Thanks to your calming incense."

“This isn’t the time to talk about this.” Zhang Jing strode over and checked Liuli’s injuries. “Jiang Lingyun has received the news and is on his way with men. We need to leave quickly.”

“But there are guards outside…” Gu Ye hadn’t finished speaking when he heard Zhang Jing chuckle.

“Since I dared to come, I naturally have a way to get you out of here.” He took out a bamboo tube from his robes. “This is a secret medicine from Medicine King Valley; it can create a dense fog. I’ll release the medicinal fog in a moment, and then you’ll follow me eastward. I’ve already arranged horses there.”

Gu Ye nodded and helped Liu Li stand up straight. He knew that the most dangerous moment was yet to come.

Zhang Jing walked to the window, about to open the bamboo tube, when he suddenly saw a flickering light in the distance. His expression changed: "It's too late, Jiang Lingyun's men have already surrounded the prison."