Capítulo 40: Out of Danger

Officer Zhou Ming was very near to the west district when he ran into Han Jing at the intersection. Fortunately, he had stopped in time and did not bump into that man.

Han Jing apologized and asked, "Officer Zhou Ming, where did you come from?"

Their group had decided to stay around the city center and guard the area. Seeing that Officer Zhou Ming did not come over from the same direction as he, Han Jing thought that it was a little strange.

"I came from the south. I went over when I heard that they needed help to put off the fire."

"We heard about the fire from the watchtower and was going over to help. However, a fight suddenly broke out. When they heard that the singer, Wei Ran had arrived, everyone went crazy and started to push each other around. In the end, we did not have the chance to leave. How was the fire? Even from afar, we could see the smoke. I'm guessing that the fire should be big."

"It was. A few shop lot caught on fire and the wind helped to spread it. It took us a long time to put them out." Officer Zhou Ming's expression grew dark as he recalled the scene earlier.

"Fortunately, they were put out." Han Jing turned towards the direction where Officer Zhou Ming was heading and raised a brow. "You're going to the west district?"

Officer Zhou Ming let out a soft hum.

"Then, let's head over together," Han Jing said.

"Why are you heading over to the west district?" Officer Zhou Ming asked, finding that it was strange for Han Jing to head over to that area at this time.

"I heard that they found a dead body near the river and I'm going over to see," Han Jing said. "Officer Zhou Ming, aren't you going over to look at them as well?"

"A dead body?"

Han Jing nodded. "Someone found a dead body at the river in the west district. At this time, they haven't identified the identity of that man yet. But I heard that the person was found with his throat slashed."

A few thoughts came over to his mind and gradually, Officer Zhou Ming's expression turned dark.

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Yu Feng did not know how long she had walked, but ever since she had accidentally listened to the two man's conversation, Yu Feng knew that she could not stay around anymore. She needed to get out of the drainage system and get on the surface.

Turning back was not an option for her.

When she had run into the scene where that man was slashing his sword against that poor man's throat, Yu Feng had seen that there were four of them.

She ran into two of them in the drainage system and had no idea where the other two would be, or if there will be more of them.

Yu Feng was worried that if she turned around, she might run into their accomplices. Once they saw that she had walked out of the drainage system, they would guess that she had run into their friends. Then perhaps, Yu Feng might end up like that poor man.

The surrounding in the drainage system was very dark. At this time, Yu Feng could only walk while feeling the wall on the side and pray that she would not encounter any dangerous animals or insects.

Due to the panic of meeting those two men, Yu Feng had lost her way. All she could think about was to get away from the scene and the map that she had to remember in her head was long forgotten.

When she was able to calm down, Yu Feng began to realize that she did not know where she was.

At this time, all she could do was to follow her instinct, keep on walking, and pray that she will find an exit soon.

A breath of relief escaped her when Yu Feng noticed that there was a dim light source ahead of her. After walking carefully, she finally found a small ladder that will lead her to the surface.

Yu Feng climbed up and peeked at her surrounding. Once she was sure that she would be safe, Yu Feng pushed the cover and get out. Quickly, she found a good hiding place and took a few deep breaths to calm down.

A few cursing words escaped her lips. Yu Feng leaned back on the wall behind her and heaved a long breath, knowing that she had escaped from danger.

Now that she had safely escaped the place, Yu Feng knew that she had to find Officer Zhou Ming or one of those men and tell them what she had seen and heard earlier.

A frown appeared on her face as Yu Feng tried to recall the conversation that she had heard earlier.

Someone was planning to kill the Emperor during this lantern festival. She did not know who that other party was but only knew that those thugs had called that person 'His Excellency'.

According to what she had heard, an explosion would happen the moment the Emperor lit up the big lantern in the city square. Judging from the amount of gun powder that they have mentioned, the explosion will be a big one.

Yu Feng could guess that a large number of Imperial family and the ministers presented at the banquet will not able to survive this tragedy.

As if to celebrate their achievement of killing the Emperor, a large amount of firework will be set off as well.

The people who were watching this festivity from afar would think that the Emperor had lit up some fireworks to liven up the mood, but to those who stood closer to the city center, a lot of lives will be sacrificed.

The debris from that explosion will definitely fly and hit the civilian. The building nearby will be caught by the fire and the fire was going to spread everywhere. The smoke will suffocate them. People will panic and started to push and pull to run away. A stampede was going to happen.

There were elderly as well as small children joining the festivity.

If someone did not stop those men from causing that scene, there was no doubt that this festivity will soon turn into a tragedy.