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Chapter 197: Muddle through

The two changed their clothes and walked around the back alley. They found that the restaurant had started to clear the guests. The guys nodded and laughed, and angrily helped the guests who had not yet enjoyed their fun to the door. There were still many unfinished wine and delicacies left in the banquet in the hall. At this time, they just packed them in a big bucket and moved them back.

There were still many people who were still unsatisfied at the door, pushing and yelling, and refused to leave. Xiao Qianye leaned over without hesitation, and held the unsteady guest, pulled him a few steps and threw him on the street.

Yun Xiao looked around and found that all the restaurants were driving people out in the same way. There were a lot of drunken men and women gathered on the streets all at once, lying on the ground unconsciously and slept soundly.

"Don't worry about them, someone will pick them up. Let's go and help." Xiao Qianye said softly. He was no longer surprised by this situation. The two of them quickly took advantage of the busyness of everyone and picked up the dining plate and secretly hid in a place with few people. Then they turned into the side room where people lived. Xiao Qianye observed vigilantly and said, "If there is an abnormality in astrology, the whole city will directly enter the martial law state. It will not be lifted until the military pavilion has fully investigated. You can hide here first, and I'll see what the situation is."

Yun Xiao nodded quickly and pretended to tidy up in the backyard, his heartbeat thumping.

This looked like a place where debris and bad buckets were piled up. Next to it was the side room where the guys were sleeping. Yun Xiao pinched her nose. The smell here made her feel disgusted and wanted to vomit. She couldn't pretend to be very skilled. She kept fiddling with a few dirty wooden buckets that were pretending to be very busy.

Xiao Qianye returned to the front hall silently, picked up a rag and pretended to wipe the table. The last unconscious guest was carried back home by someone. The headmaster hurriedly ordered today's bill, obviously because of the sudden patrol. He was in a bad mood to his subordinates impatiently and said, "Hurry up and put the garbage in the backyard, and then go back to the room to sleep and don't come out tonight."

"Yes, yes, go right away, go right away." The guys rarely experience such a scene, and I feel relieved when I hear the boss urging them to go to bed.

Xiao Qianye frowned, and the afterglow secretly glanced outside the door. Red light poured down from the outer barrier, like an unknown omen, covering the whole city.

"I'm more skillful, and I'll stay in the house after finishing my work." The manager continued to order without raising his head, "I've been in trouble for a lifetime. I've been working in Wanyou City for forty years. This is the first time I saw the celestial meter showing red light. Oh my god, this is the disaster that has happened again!"

The manager muttered to himself, and the movements on his fingers were also clamping and relaxing rhythmically, as if he was also doing some weird divination.

Xiao Qianye's heart sank. It is said that the astronomical meter will reveal different colors according to the results of astrology. Among them, only red and orange colors will lead to city lockdowns and investigations. In the history he knew, it is a very serious matter to be able to reveal orange light, not to mention that this time, the red light was revealed for the first time!

His eyes tightened slightly. Dong Ming's astrology was very accurate. Even the current Moon Saint Butterfly Tseng was once Dong Ming's chief astrology. Could this rare red light be directed at him and Yun Xiao?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry about Yun Xiao's safety. He quickly retreated secretly, returned to the back quietly to find Yun Xiao, pointed to the side room, and instructed, "You must pretend to go to bed with them later. If you hear someone shouting, come out with them, don't come out if no one shouts."

"I understand, hey, don't leave, don't leave me..." Yun Xiao held him guiltily and refused to let him go. Xiao Qianye touched her hair and comforted her warmly, "It's okay, I'm doing this before late-night patrol. I know what they want to do, just don't come out."

"But there are more than a dozen men in this room sleeping together, I, I don't want to go in..." Yun Xiao still held her tightly and didn't let go, her face was pale, and she glanced carefully at him with the light. Xiao Qianye was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that the two of them were wearing servants' clothes and mixed in. Even in a rich city like Wanyou City, the room of ordinary people was still extremely simple. There was just a very long stone bed, and more than a dozen people were sleeping in quilts, mixed with all kinds of sweat and feet. Not to mention Yun Xiao, a girl, even he was not willing to go in and live with them.

Xiao Qianye thought about it seriously. According to his previous habits, if the astrological results show that there is a disaster this month, the military pavilion will immediately lock down the city, and at the same time notify the outside world to come to support it. Then follow the main roads in sequence, check the major shops and taverns first, and then check the streets and alleys. It will not be possible to reopen the major city gates until the city lord announces that the alert is lifted.

Before the two of them could say anything, the dozen or so restaurants walked in front of them. They seemed to have been busy all day and finally had a rest. Everyone's faces were obviously tired. They didn't even look at the people next to them. They directly poured water from the well in the backyard and wiped their faces casually. Then they walked into the side room weakly, and found their bedding from the side and lay them on the stone slabs. However, the snoring sounded loudly.

"Follow me." Xiao Qianye led her and followed the group into the side room, looked at the only quilt left at the corner of the wall, then he rolled up the quilt and bounced the dust, then kicked the outsider inside, puffing out his mouth helplessly, and said, "Come in and hide first, I'll hold you, it's okay."

Yun Xiao's cheeks turned red. Although she had liked to get into Xiao Qianye's room since she was a child and deliberately scared him, this was the first time she had seen such a stinky man who was crying all over the room.

There was another series of footsteps outside, and the voice of the manager was raised and heard in: "Everyone is lying in the house, don't come out if no one checks!"

"Quick!" Xiao Qianye pulled her over, and without thinking, stuffed her directly into the quilt, then gently covered her bodies. The door of the side room was pushed open by the manager the next moment, and the other party held a lantern and then closed the door with a "bang".

This quilt seemed to have not shone in the sun for a long time, and all kinds of moldy smells were oozing out of the quilt, mixed with men's sweat and body odor, which made Yun Xiao's eyes burst into tears.

Yun Xiao was hugged by him, half of her body leaning against the wall, and the other half was pressing against his chest. On one side, she was cold and hot. She obviously felt the other person's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the hand that hugged her tightly relaxed, and she couldn't help but exert force.

Xiao Qianye also smiled awkwardly. He never expected that the first time he would be in the same bed with the woman he liked would be such a strange scene. Her breathing was short and rapid, and it kept undulating in his chest, making him feel like a fountain.

The quilt was not breathable, and the two of them were breathing nervously and rapidly. After a while, Yun Xiao felt dizzy, as if he was about to suffocate. Xiao Qianye carefully lifted a corner of the quilt, and he suddenly stretched his head out to breathe. Looking around, these guys who were getting up early and working late almost all fell asleep next to the pillows, and no one noticed that two strangers were infiltrated into the side room.

Yun Xiao followed him and stretched his head out to breathe. He was already dizzy. At this time, his chest was close to him, and his mind was buzzing and turbulent. The shame made her unable to help but shrink to the wall. However, more than a dozen men lay on the stone slab. She wanted to move a little and kicked the person behind her again. The man waved his hand bored in his sleep, and turned over cursing.

Xiao Qianye made a booing gesture, gently stretched out his hand and pulled Yun Xiao into his arms, whispering: "Don't be afraid, after the temporary city is closed, all shops will be required to close down, but Wanyou City is very large, with more than three million residents alone. This does not include travelers and caravans coming and going. Even if the whole city is checked, it will not be so fast. If you can't find this place, you will be fine even if you fall asleep, so the person in charge will knock all the servants back to sleep."

"How long will it take to find this?" Yun Xiao quickly found nothing to hide his nervousness. Xiao Qianye thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say, but it usually ends within three days."

"Three days?" Yun Xiao exclaimed, and hesitated, "My blindness technique can't last for so long, we have to find a way to sneak out."

"Well, I know, you're waiting for me here, I'll go out and see what's going on."

Hearing him say this, Yun Xiao quickly shook his head, hugged him and refused to let go, muttering: "You want to leave me alone here? What if they wake up?"

"They probably won't wake up even if they use a trick. They think you should be a man too, right?" Xiao Qianye looked at the people around him, still thinking intently, without notice of the woman in her arms, and she wanted to knock on the wooden head in front of her now. Because there were people around her, she had to endure it and dare not make a sound.

"Uh..." I felt like I had said something wrong again, Xiao Qianye didn't know what to do, so he had to look at her silently, motionless.

Yun Xiao was also depressed and didn't say anything, just staring at him. After a while, Xiao Qianye felt guilty when she saw him. He quickly coughed and said, "Then, then you can go with me, I want to go to the branch of the military cabinet to check out."

"Okay." Yun Xiao answered very readily, and gently rushed out of the quilt and patted herself in disgust. Xiao Qianye couldn't persuade her and walked to the door to observe for a while. The manager was still in the backyard and had just checked the room from the other side room. At this time, someone hurried over. The two of them whispered to each other. With the weak lights, the manager's face was gloomy and terrifying. Xiao Qianye felt a little uneasy and turned around to wave to Yun Xiao, "Be careful, the military pavilion should not have been investigated here yet."

When the two in the backyard left, Xiao Qianye gently pushed open the door, carefully held Yun Xiao with one hand, and nervously held the sword spirit with the other hand.

Wanyou City soon fell into a dead silence, the sky was as weird as bloody as bright red. The three-winged birds in the sky hovered back and forth, and sometimes stopped at the eaves, with green eyes swept across every household.
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