Chapter 658

"You... you hold on for a bit."

Zhang Ning flicked the whip in her hand, hung it at her waist, and turned to walk toward the room behind her.

By now, the dozen or so Taiping Dao Huang Jin Warriors had already charged to the door.

However, due to the terrain, Hao Zhao blocked the doorway alone, and with courtyard walls on both sides, it was somewhat a case of 'one man guarding the pass, ten thousand unable to open it.'

Duan Yu hid behind Hao Zhao.

"Proprietor, are we really going to cover their escape here?" Hao Zhao asked.

Duan Yu rolled his eyes, feeling the urge to stab the guy in front of him from behind.

"Are you stupid? We're here to earn merit, not to throw our lives away."

"Shut your mouth. Don't say anything later, just watch my performance," Duan Yu said while rolling his eyes.

Just as Duan Yu's voice fell, Zhang Ning walked out of the room, carrying the unconscious Zhang Jiao on her back.

Duan Yu's small eyes darted around, and he immediately reached out to point at the courtyard wall they had just climbed over.

"Eldest Miss, go out that way. There's no one outside; we checked when we arrived."

As he spoke, Duan Yu scurried toward the direction of the courtyard wall.

Zhang Ning, carrying Zhang Jiao, walked toward the wall.

But upon reaching the wall, Zhang Ning glanced at the wall, which was over a person's height, and knitted her delicate brows.

If it were just one person climbing up, it wouldn't be much effort.

But carrying someone...

Just as Zhang Ning hesitated, one of Duan Yu's actions immediately filled her with a sense of deep emotion.

Duan Yu knelt directly beneath the courtyard wall.

His hands braced against the ground.

"Eldest Miss, up!"

"Eldest Miss, step on me, I'll hoist you up!" Duan Yu said, tilting his head to look at Zhang Ning.

A righteous man.

At this moment, Duan Yu's small, thin frame appeared incredibly majestic to Zhang Ning.

Zhang Ning glanced at Hao Zhao, who was still fighting behind them, then looked at Duan Yu kneeling on the ground.

This must be what they call a righteous man.

Nodding, Zhang Ning, carrying Zhang Jiao, arrived at the wall, stepped on Duan Yu's back, and placed Zhang Jiao onto the wall.

Duan Yu, kneeling on the ground, winced, enduring the pain in his knees.

My Lord, I, Duan Yu...

Although I, Duan Yu, am not a fierce general charging into battle, today...

I can count this as earning merit!

Feeling the weight on his back lighten, Duan Yu took the chance to turn his head and saw that Zhang Ning had already climbed onto the wall.

Duan Yu immediately scrambled to his feet.

"Boda, retreat!" Duan Yu shouted to Hao Zhao, who was blocking the door.

Hao Zhao glanced back, nodded, and then turned to sprint toward the rear.

Before Duan Yu could react, Hao Zhao had already stepped on the wall and vaulted over.

"Damn it, you..."

Watching Hao Zhao climb the wall, Duan Yu felt a jolt.

He's up, what about me?

This guy... he wouldn't be trying to hog all the credit and leave him behind, would he?

For a moment, Duan Yu's thoughts raced.

However, Hao Zhao, sitting on the wall, reached out a hand to Duan Yu.

"Proprietor, come on."

Duan Yu finally cast those unrealistic thoughts aside and grabbed Hao Zhao's hand, being pulled up onto the wall.

Outside the wall.

Zhang Ning was carrying Zhang Jiao.

Hao Zhao and Duan Yu had both jumped down from the wall.

The Taiping Dao Huang Jin Warriors inside the courtyard were shouting as they chased after them.

"Eldest Miss, let him carry the Great Virtuous Teacher, let's go first."

"From the north of the city, let's go from the north of the city."

Duan Yu pointed toward the north of Quliang City.

Zhang Bao had just left the city from the south; if they wanted to escape quickly, they had to go in the opposite direction.

Zhang Ning nodded and handed Zhang Jiao over to Hao Zhao.

Subsequently, the three of them wove through the alleys and quickly escaped toward the north of the city.

No words were spoken along the way, only the focus on saving their lives.

Just as they were about to exit the north of the city, Duan Yu 'luckily' found a carriage.

With the addition of the carriage, their escape speed increased.

After exiting the north of Quliang City, they fled all the way toward the direction of Julu Commandery.

As for the dozens of Taiping Dao Huang Jin Warriors behind them, after exiting the city, they 'unfortunately' encountered a group of fierce bandits and were all killed on the road during the pursuit after a volley of crossbow fire.

Time passed in a flash.

Just after Yuan Shao was defeated and Zhang Bao ordered a pursuit, heading toward Yecheng,

Zhang Bao returned to Quliang City with the few cavalrymen he had left.

Since they were heading to Yecheng, they couldn't linger here.

But before leaving, Zhang Bao was determined to take Zhang Jiao with him.

At this time, Zhang Liang was also behind Zhang Bao.

The two returned to the rear residence of the county office together.

However, when Zhang Bao pushed open the gate to the rear residence and saw the Huang Jin Warriors lying in pools of blood, his head immediately buzzed.

"Where are they? Where the hell did everyone go!"

Zhang Bao let out an angry shout.

The backyard was deathly silent.

When he charged into the rear residence in a rage and saw the empty bed, Zhang Bao almost fainted from anger.

"Second Brother, Eldest Brother..." Zhang Liang also looked at the empty sickbed.

Zhang Bao clenched his fists, gritting his teeth.

His eyes were filled with gloom.

"It must be... it must be that someone took advantage of our absence and abducted Eldest Brother. Yes, that's it!"

"They won't get far. Pursue! Send men to pursue immediately!"

"Absolutely cannot let Eldest Brother... cannot let Eldest Brother be harmed by anyone."

A whole afternoon of fleeing.

Hao Zhao drove, Duan Yu sat outside the carriage, and Zhang Ning and Zhang Jiao, father and daughter, sat inside. The four of them fled all the way to the Zhang River.

Night had already fallen.

Duan Yu did not choose to head north the entire way, because such an escape route was easily guessed by Zhang Bao.

Heading north from Quliang City leads directly to Julu Commandery.

And following Guangping County, one could return to Julu without any obstruction.

But this was the most obvious escape route.

Zhang Bao couldn't be a fool; he would surely guess this.

Therefore, after fleeing north for a while after leaving the city, Duan Yu decided to head east.

They would cross the Zhang River on the east side of Wei Commandery, then head north along the Zhang River to Quzhou County, which was not far from Julu Commandery.

In fact, as long as they could return to any county in Julu Commandery, given Zhang Jiao's prestige in the Taiping Dao, they could almost certainly turn danger into safety. ===== CHAPTER 660 =====