Chapter 185 - 140, Reliable
"Stop."
Near the small town at dusk.
Chen Ji, carrying Bai Li on his back, squatted down, his gaze silently sizing up the surroundings through the gaps in the bushes. The Princely Heir and Zhang Xia squatted behind him, holding their breath and too nervous even to blink.
Moments later, four soldiers with their hands on their waist knives patrolled past some tens of steps away.
The town, much like a military camp, was surrounded by wooden fences over a person’s height, with soldiers armed with knives and crossbows on patrol, creating an air of sternness.
Raising private soldiers and wearing bows and crossbows, each of these was a capital offense.
Watching the soldiers walk away, the Princely Heir whispered, "Should we blend in now?"
"Don’t move."
Chen Ji did not get up immediately but waited for three more teams of soldiers before whispering, "The patrol passes twice in thirty minutes, we must enter the town between two patrols and find somewhere to hide."
The Princely Heir whispered, "But the town is full of people, where would we hide?"
"We’ll hide in the Iron Refining Workshop," Chen Ji, without turning his head and with his eyes fixed on the town, replied, "The furnace there is extremely hot, and even if the fire is out, it won’t cool down until midnight. It’s unbearably hot and smelly inside, no one would stay there."