The court was immediately stirred up by that shocking news. Everyone had their attention focused on the guardsman who was bowing his head respectfully.
"We are in a crucial trial!" The senior official grunted, did not like this important court got disturbed offhand. "That matter must be handled by the security guards. You make wrong report."
"We have informed the security guards and they also have been on duty, but unexpectedly the prisoners were still able to escape. The problem is, one of them yelled that he had been infected with the strange disease from Shuanghu District, that he had a deadly disease in his body, once the guards approached him then they would get infected and would die shortly after. All soldiers were afraid of him so they could escape easily."
"So, they have managed to escape?"
The guardsman replied, "Yes, they have."
Once again, a tumult broke out. Everyone was panic because the fleeing prisoners were the members of Bai Lian Jiao which were well-known for their martial arts skills, not to mention Yun who was feared because of her formidable supernatural power. The officials immediately had serious discussion, but stopped when Zhu Su raised his hand.
"This is an urgent issue. We'd better stop this trial, after all, you have attempted to make lots of decisions. We should focus on arresting the escapees."
Yet, although it was bad news, Zhu Su had to admit that this problem gave him some good things. He could take an opportunity in this difficult situation to distract them from punishing Deng Linping and Mrs. Deng.
Zhu Su was successful, all officials agreed him thoughtlessly.
"But if it is true that the person catches the Shuanghu District disease, then he will be able to pass it on to the soldiers, nobody will dare to catch him," The officials were perplexed.
"If he really has a deadly disease inside his body, he won't bother himself to escape from prison. Isn't he going to die in the end? It's strange, isn't it?" Zhu Su asked.
All of them gasped. "So, he told a lie?!"
"Maybe he is honest. He just wants to get out of prison to see his family before he dies?" An official expressed his confusion.
Zhu Su turned to the guardsman. "How is the motion of the sick? Is he agile? Or is he moving with difficulty, like a dying man?"
"He didn't look like a dying person at all. He was very agile, even his screams were very loud and could be heard all the way down the road."
"The disease that infects Shuanghu District is highly dangerous. If he catches the disease, he will soon be limp. How can he have the energy to run away even to scream loudly?"
Nobody doubted Zhu Su's analysis anymore. Wu Qi, who had been untied, stepped forward. "Your Highness, please allow me to arrest those escapees!"
"Aren't you the one who initially cooperated with them and let this problem occur right now? How can we trust you to do such an important task?!" The senior officials quickly forbade.
"If I defect from His Highness, then may the Heaven sends me to the Eighteenth Hell when I die!"
"We can't believe it! Everything in the hereafter is uncertain!"
"Alright." Zhu Su spoke up. "Let Wu Qi go. He indeed must atone his offense by carrying out this duty. He must prove that there is no connection between him and them, by arresting them!"
"Your Highness!..."
"But Wu Qi, you still have to be careful. Wear thick armors and masks to cover your faces, ears, and hair. We don't know what the criminals have in mind. So we have to anticipate all possibilities."
"Your subject obeys, Your Highness!" Wu Qi saluted respectfully, soon stepped out of the room, and arranged his soldiers. The officials were still protesting loudly, but Zhu Su ignored them.
The officials did not know. Zhu Su was planning other things to solve this case. A plan which, according to him, was very brilliant.
Not only could he handle the escapees. In fact, the case of Deng Linping and Mrs. Deng would be solved well if this plan was attempted to carry out.
***
Finally, Yu Mu Li La and De Ta managed to take Yun away, since the prison she stayed was not far from the Bai Lian Jiao's. When they fled, they also fled together with Bai Lian Jiao members. Yun was severely tortured so that De Ta had to carry her.
"You have no idea about which part you should take, do you?" As Lin Chan looked left and right, Yu Mu Li La asked.
Lin Chan nodded. "Do you know, Miss?"
"I know. I'm a spy in charge of watching this palace." Not paying attention to the gawked expression of the Bai Lian Jiao, Yu Mu Li La ran to the right. "Can't you guys move faster? Running slowly like that will let them catch you again."
"We want to, but it hurts so much!..."
Wang Yue did not have time to continue his sentence; all soldiers had been blocking their road. Yu Mu Li La's prediction occurred even more quickly. They were besieged, they could no longer run away.
At that moment, De Ta suddenly shouted. "Move aside! Give us a way! Otherwise, you will catch a very deadly disease!"
Brandishing their spears fiercely, the soldiers began to blink doubtfully. De Ta continued, "I am De Ta, the rebel leader from Shuanghu District which is attacked by the deadly epidemic. I have caught the deadly disease and it has no cure! We've all caught it! If you don't want to get infected, don't interact with us and give us the way!"
Spontaneously, the soldiers lowered their spears, then fled as fast as they could. They were indeed trained to be loyal to the country and their leaders, but the shocking news simultaneously exploded their deepest fear of death. So all they could do was report the escapes to Zhu Su, and then De Ta and the others could escape easily. They could even walk slowly while enduring their pain.
"So you have caught the disease?!" Inevitably Wang Yue and the others got scared. The problem was, the distance between them was too close, so it was certain that they must be infected.
Smiling, De Ta said slowly. "No. I'm one hundred percent healthy."
"You lie?! Then, you are a great deceiver, you can make them believe your lie so easily!"
"Because I am indeed the rebel from Shuanghu District which is hit by that contagious disease."
The Bai Lian Jiao got perplexed. "But you said?!..."
"I was indeed infected with the disease, but before that incident occurred, I was fed with a deadly poison. That hazardous poison then clashed with the disease which soon caught me. Yi Du Gong Du. In the end, all diseases vanish from my body, and I am even healthier than before! Heaven blesses me!" De Ta laughed out loud.
Yes, I really have to thank Heaven. Rumilie who intends to kill me now instead makes me healthy, if he hadn't fed me with The Southern Maggot I would have died because of the epidemic. Rumilie's offense saves my life instead!... That means, I'm being led to a way to fight him. To take a different path with his!
They arrived at a small door at the back of the palace which immediately connected to the outwards. "Alright, we've reached here. Farewell." Yu Mu Li La said softly.
Wang Yue, Lin Chan, and the other Bai Lian Jiao members cupped their fists. "Farewell. And once again, thank you for your help, ladies and gentlemen."
Just as they were about to step through the door, another army arrived. The escapees turned pale. These newly arrived troops were wearing special armor. The metal plates covered not only their bodies and limbs, but also their faces, ears, and hair. But even though they wore such heavy armors, they could move swiftly. They were indeed a group of special forces. As well as the leader, who was not just anyone.