Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Without Wei Fuguang at the county office, Lord Sun had to step in and take charge. Fortunately, Wei Fuguang had already given detailed instructions on the evacuation of the civilians, and Lord Sun followed the instructions, handling the matter in an orderly manner. He listened to the yamen runners' reports in the main hall about how many people had left the city, then personally went to persuade the elderly who were reluctant to leave their hometown. In between, he also found time to listen to Dou Naian's report on so-and-so leaving Wu County in a carriage prepared at the south gate. After several hours, and with darkness approaching, Wu County was finally deserted.

Finally freed from his busy schedule, Lord Sun sat back in his chair and breathed a sigh of relief. Wei Fuguang's final order was to escort all the civilians out of the city before nightfall, and he had accomplished it without incident. He lifted his teacup and drank it all in one gulp. The tea was cold, but as long as the people of Wu County were still warm, it was all good.

"Sir! Sir! A group of civilians have sneaked back!" The yamen runners came running in, shouting. Lord Sun didn't even bother to scold him for being unruly. He just stared at him with wide eyes and asked, "Are you serious?"

The yamen runner said anxiously, "Why would I lie to you? Go out and take a look. Dozens of houses have lights on!"

Lord Sun quickly threw his teacup onto the table, picked up his official uniform, and trotted out. After leaving the county government office, the sight before him made Lord Sun break out in a cold sweat—there were more than a few dozen households, at least two hundred, with their lights on, as brilliant as any other night.

"This... this... what should I do?" Lord Sun's legs went limp. Fortunately, the yamen runner quickly supported him and prevented him from falling to the ground. "It's already dark. How am I going to explain to Lord Wei when he returns?"

The bailiff was puzzled and said, "Sir, this is too weird. Is there something wrong outside that's why the people are running back?"

Suddenly, in the distance, the sound of horse hooves as dense as a torrential rain could be heard. It seemed to be coming from the west. Lord Sun turned pale with fear. "Are the barbarians going to attack the city?"

"Report!"

A skilled soldier rode a fast horse to the gate of the county government office, dismounted, half-knelt, and said to Lord Sun, "Lord Wei has ordered me to inform you that the prince is coming with the troops defending the city of Weizhou. Lord Sun, please lead the troops to welcome him."

Lord Sun took a moment to react before asking, "Is that the noise in the west, Your Highness?"

"Exactly."

"That's good, that's good..." Lord Sun breathed a sigh of relief, his back straightening a bit, but when he thought of the people who had gone and returned, his back shrank again. "I will do it immediately."

Half an incense stick later, three rows of yamen runners lined up at the county government gate, with Lord Sun at the head to greet them. The sudden, torrential clatter of horse hooves stopped just before the gate, a dark mass filling most of the street. Lord Sun glanced up. The leader was a slender figure with an ethereal appearance, a sight that was simply impossible to look away from.

He has the appearance of a phoenix, so he must be King Jing.

"Your servant Sun Yangzhi leads the government officials to respectfully welcome His Royal Highness Prince Jing!"

The yamen runners followed Lord Sun and knelt down one after another.

Chu Yunchuan dismounted and approached Lord Sun, making a solemn gesture. "Lord Sun, please rise, and all my comrades, please rise. Today, you have all worked so hard to evacuate the civilians, fulfilling your duties and responsibilities. This king is deeply pleased. From now on, you will all leave Wu and avoid the battle. The rest of the affairs will be handled by this king, General Zhu, and Lord Wei."

The yamen runners were overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly kowtowed in gratitude. Lord Sun, however, didn't dare look up, and continued to kowtow, mumbling, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I had already dismissed the people this evening, but just now I noticed that many of their homes have lights on. I think they're homesick, or perhaps there's trouble outside, so they've returned..."

Chu Yunchuan smiled, his eyes curved. "Don't worry, Lord Sun. Those lights in each house were lit by the soldiers of the Fuzhou Army. This is a confidential matter and should not be made public, so no one has been sent to inform Lord Sun."

Lord Sun was confused.

Wei Fuguang immediately explained Chu Yunchuan's plan to Lord Sun - the barbarians have become smarter recently and have launched a surprise attack on the stone formation from the rear. Taking this opportunity, King Jing wants to give the already shaky stone formation to the barbarians, and then use Wu County to catch the turtle in the jar.

After hearing this, Lord Sun finally felt relieved and praised the plan repeatedly as brilliant. However, Wei Fuguang didn't let him flatter her too much. With just a few words, he and the yamen runners were sent away. She had also already arranged the whereabouts of these yamen runners.

Zhu Daoxian came riding a fast horse, stopped in front of Chu Yunchuan, clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, the ambush is ready."

"Okay, General Zhu, after the barbarians enter the city, we must wait until they rescue the bait before launching a surprise attack."

"Yes!"

Zhu Daoxian rode off to deliver his orders to his soldiers. Wei Fuguang approached and whispered, "Your Highness, Gu Yan has been taken outside the city and is under strict guard. Should the disguised individuals who infiltrated here put on their masks now?"

"Stick." Chu Yunchuan said bluntly, "We must get them rescued by the barbarians tonight and sneak into the barbarian land."

"Your Highness, swords and guns are blind. Should we fight and retreat at the same time, trying to achieve a narrow victory, so that these infiltrators can escape safely?"

Chu Yunchuan suddenly turned his head to look at Wei Fuguang, his lips still curled up, but his eyes revealed a dark coldness: "Sir Wei, I didn't set up this trap just for the purpose of infiltration. I want the plan to conceal the truth from the world, and I also want the barbarian's life."

"..."

Chu Yunchuan changed the subject: "Have Bai Zhi and the others left Wu County?"

"Yes, I just asked Lord Sun, and he has already left."

"That's good."

Having said what she needed to say, Wei Fuguang quietly withdrew. She only had one last thing left to do tonight: dress up the people who were about to infiltrate, and then send them to where they were supposed to be, acting as bait.

After turning the corner, the coachman came out from the dark in his carriage to take her back to the Imperial Commissioner's Mansion.

Halfway through the journey, the driver asked, "Miss, have you seen Miss Bai?" After he finished speaking, there was no movement in the carriage.

The driver slowly stopped the carriage by the roadside, turned around and lifted the curtain, and saw that Wei Fuguang was already fast asleep leaning against the board. It seemed that he had spent a lot of energy searching for and killing the barbarians during the day.

He swallowed the rest of his words, slowed down and continued walking towards the Imperial Commissioner's Mansion.

Zhu's soldiers were divided into small groups, lying in ambush in the alleyways. The city was brightly lit, yet there was not a sound. Chu Yunchuan, dressed in black, sat casually on the roof of the county government office, one leg drooping, staring quietly toward the west gate.

An hour later, furtive movements were heard at the west city gate. Almost immediately, Wei Fuguang returned to the county government office and reported to Chu Yunchuan on the roof, "Your Highness, the person has been dressed and taken to the prepared room."

Chu Yunchuan's eyes were still fixed on the city gate. He simply nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Wei."

The west gate suddenly moved. Chu Yunchuan squinted and vaguely saw that the gate had opened a crack.

"Here it comes." Chu Yunchuan whispered.

Wei Fuguang did not run or hide. He used the stone steps as a bench and sat down directly by lifting his clothes.

I don't know how long it took, but two streets away, a barbarian shout was heard, followed by a small and fragmented conversation. Judging from the location, it was already

Wei Fuguang whispered, "Your Highness, the barbarians have penetrated deep enough. Why don't you launch a surprise attack?"

"No rush, Lord Wei, it takes time for the mechanism to activate."

Wei Fuguang was stunned: "Trigger?"

Chu Yunchuan also dangled his other leg from the roof, resting his hands at his sides. He leaned back lazily, a relaxed smile on his face. He asked briskly, "Master Wei, have you ever heard of Jingying Pass?"

"I've heard that one of the three most beautiful sights in the south, a massive defense mechanism built by His Highness himself, is located twenty miles outside the city."

"Not more than twenty miles outside the city." Chu Yunchuan tapped the tiles with his fingers twice, "It's right here."

Wei Fuguang was completely confused: "What?"

On the street, Zhu Daoxian roared a military order. In the blink of an eye, several massive, two-person-high walls rose up from the ground on both sides of Sixth Street and Twelve Road, instantly connecting with each other. Before a single scream could be heard, a bloody mist filled the dim light.

In the blink of an eye, 80% of the barbarian army that entered the city was slaughtered.

"The Jingying Pass outside the city is just a decoy. The real Jingying Pass is built in Wu County."

Zhu Daoxian gave another command, and the wall slowly moved away, revealing only human bones and flesh within. Wei Fuguang raised his sleeve to rinse his nose—the stench of a foul sewer, mixed with the odor of blood and rust, gradually wafted towards him.

Chu Yunchuan took a deep breath and suddenly laughed out loud: "Silently and without movement, the walls come together and press people into shadows, which is called static shadows."

Wei Fuguang sat low and could not see the tragic scene on the street, but the sounds, smells and Chu Yunchuan's description all told her what had happened on the street.

Her hair stood on end, a rare occurrence.

After a while, the wall returned to the ground, and only broken flesh and blood remained on the street.

Some of the surviving barbarians were frozen in fear, while others hadn't yet grasped their current situation. Soldiers in ambush emerged from the shadows, swords drawn, and began to kill. The barbarians fought and retreated, while a small group of people in the rear, escorting the few decoys they had rescued, escaped the city first.

"Master Wei."

Chu Yunchuan touched the ground with a single toe tap, and Wei Fuguang, regaining his composure, quickly stood up and saluted, displaying unprecedented respect. Chu Yunchuan instructed, "It's not appropriate to elaborate on what happened today. Simply tell the people that our army engaged the barbarian army here and won a resounding victory."

"I will definitely do as you say."

After an incense stick, the city fell silent, and a special team from the White Tiger Army rushed over to clean up the debris on the ground.

Outside the city gate, a dirty corner of clothes slid past.