The Double / Marriage of the Di Daughter Part 2

☆ Chapter 197 Chaos

The noise outside continued, and there were people's hurried footsteps, probably coming out of the house, arguing and shouting, sometimes far and sometimes near, the children also cried, and there were dogs barking, it was very lively.

In this very panic scene, Jiang Li sat at the door, her eyes bright, reflecting the glowing sky, but she didn't look panicked at all. Wen Renyao looked at her and suddenly laughed. When he wasn't talking nonsense, he was very serious. He said, "Miss Jiang Er is not afraid at all."

"Compared to the unarmed civilians and the soldiers confronting at the city gate, there is really nothing to be afraid of." Jiang Li replied.

"You are so bold, and you are quite similar to Ah Heng." Wen Renyao seemed to think of something, "When he had nothing and had nothing to rely on, he was also so bold."

Jiang Li smiled and didn't comment. She didn't know what Ji Heng's past was like, and now she didn't have time to listen to Wen Renyao talking about these past events. It was just because a signal fire suddenly rose in the sky. This signal fire was different from the previous drums and horns, and it disappeared in a flash.

Then, the voices outside suddenly became noisy, and the crying of women and children became louder.

At the same time, several torches were suddenly thrown from outside the house. The courtyards in Huangzhou were not big, and the houses were made of wood. Once they touched the sparks, they caught fire. Zhao Ke jumped up and knocked away several torches. One torch still caught fire, and the house caught fire almost immediately. Zhao Ke cursed and said, "They poured oil, let's go!"

Wen Ji immediately protected Jiang Li and ran out of the house. As soon as she walked out of the house, she was stunned by the scene outside. The whole Huangzhou city was on fire, and a row of neat houses on the street were burning at this moment. It was like a winding fire snake chasing the running people.

That was fine. The people who heard the sound immediately wanted to use water to put out the flames. But the fire was getting more and more fierce. Those people had poured oil before to make the house burn.

Before Jiang Li had time to ask Wen Ji, she heard screams and cries from afar. Many people ran out of the street at the other end. The clothes of those people were splattered with blood. Someone was chasing them from behind.

It was the people that King Cheng had arranged in Huangzhou in advance.

Jiang Li frowned. King Cheng wanted to start from Huangzhou and go north to Yanjing. Tonight's night attack, he had his people in Huangzhou and his troops outside the city. With the cooperation of inside and outside, the Huangzhou defenders were certainly no match for King Cheng in such a sudden situation. 

But King Cheng probably didn't expect one thing…. that Ji Heng would actually come.

Those people ran very fast. Jiang Li was surrounded by panicked people. Wen Ji protected Jiang Li and said, "Second Miss, go first!"

Jiang Li said, "Can't we save them?"

"The city defence army will be here soon." Wen Ji's tone was very cold, "Our responsibility is to protect the second lady."

While he was talking, Jiang Li watched a little child a few steps away from her being pushed by the crowd and falling behind. A man in black with a sword chased after him with a grin and was about to catch up.

Jiang Li had no time to think about anything else. She pushed Wen Ji away and ran to the child. The child was already frightened and fell to the ground again, crying in despair, but at this moment, she felt someone running over and picked her up, turned around and ran.