Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 668

The sound of fighting and shouting in the courtyard finally woke up the sleeping Cheng Dexuan. He staggered out of the door, shook his head and saw that the courtyard was full of flames, and many soldiers were coming and going, holding water basins, heading towards the backyard. Run, looking panicked.

More than a dozen guards had already gathered around his door, as if they were strictly protecting him, worried that someone would come to assassinate him.

Cheng Dexuan was very puzzled, stepped forward and asked: "What's going on?"

Seeing that Cheng Dexuan had finally woken up, one of the chiefs pushed the door out, cupped his fists and said, "Master Huicheng, an assassin entered the mansion at night and set fire to assassinate him."

Cheng Dexuan had a look of astonishment on his face, and asked: "Have the assassins ever caught it, who did they come to assassinate?"

The man turned his head and said: "There are many assassins, all dressed in black, who were sent to the hospital to commit murder. Their target seems to be targeting Mr. Su Chen in the backyard. We killed some assassins, but there were also many casualties. "

After Cheng Dexuan heard it, his face changed drastically, and he asked anxiously: "How is Mr. Su? Has he ever been injured by an assassin?"

Those people hesitated a bit, because according to the latest situation, they had already learned that there were a lot of casualties in the backyard. Mr. Su Chen and his family members were injured by the siege by the master assassins in black, and they set fire to the house. They didn't see Su Chen at all. Chen and the others escaped, so they hesitated.

"My lord, Mr. Su Chen and his family members were injured by the assassins, and they were trapped in the room. They were set on fire by the assassins, and they didn't escape. I'm afraid it's bad luck."

"What, there is such a thing?" After hearing this, Cheng Dexuan felt his head hurt even more.Su Chen was stabbed unexpectedly, it was more or less auspicious, this time there was a flaw in the peace negotiation, how would he explain to Zhao Kuangyin's official family and His Highness Zhao Guangyi when he went north to Bianjing City?

At this time, Cheng Dexuan said anxiously: "Don't hurry up and organize people to fight the fire, and send someone to inform the governor of Yangzhou to lead people to strictly investigate suspicious people in the city and search for assassins. These people must not be allowed to escape. We must find out the identity of the assassins. This is also a good way to explain to the court.”

"Yes!" Dutou took the order and dispatched two guards to quickly rush to the governor's mansion to bring a message to the governor of Yangzhou.

Cheng Dexuan hurriedly put on his clothes, and under the protection of the guards, he strode towards the backyard.

Just after passing through a moon gate, he could see not far away, the flames were like a sea, burning to a house, many guards were carrying water to put out the fire, and in the yard, Liang Jiong was commanding with a knife.

Cheng Dexuan went up and asked: "Master Liang, Mr. Su Chen, can you be rescued?"

Liang Jiong turned his head and took a look, and found that Cheng Dexuan had come, he shook his head and sighed: "We were not rescued, Mr. Su and his family were besieged by assassins, and then trapped in the room, burned by the fire, we can't rush into the room yet, Mr. Su Chen and his family members, I'm afraid there will be more bad luck than good luck.

After hearing this, Cheng Dexuan was extremely disappointed, and with a kind of regret, he asked again: "How many were captured by the assassin?"

Liang Jiong shook his head and said, "We killed more than a dozen assassins and captured three of them, but those three committed suicide, leaving no survivors, only a dozen or so corpses. Hou led his troops in pursuit, wondering if he could catch a few survivors in the end and ask them where they came from."

Cheng Dexuan nodded and said: "That's right, if Young Master Su dies unfortunately, we can't do anything about it, but at least we have to find out where the assassin came from, so that we can have an explanation to the court and make up for our mistakes."

Liang Jiong nodded and said, "Yes, the lower officials think so too.Moreover, we have known Mr. Su for a while. If he dies like this, as a lover of his articles, I will definitely avenge him. "

Cheng Dexuan nodded slightly, no more words, just watching these guards fighting the fire, not why, but in Cheng Dexuan's heart, there was a feeling of inexplicable and unclear,
A great talent like Su Chen, did he just die here?
Who could have done it?Was it the people sent by the Tang court, or the Khitan people, or the Northern Han people?
Cheng Dexuan couldn't figure it out for a while, but he felt that this matter was by no means that simple.

.........

The night is hazy, the sky is like ink, and the stars are wrapped in a layer of black cloth, which is covered by dark clouds.

At this time, Su Chen took Liu Mo Nong, and under the protection of some guards, they walked quickly along a remote alley, there were only five or six figures, and Peng Jingjing and Bai Susu did not follow them, but left another street.

This can avoid the detection of chasing soldiers, break them into pieces, and make it easier to escape.

Tonight's battle is tense and exciting, and the timing is very precise. If it is slower, it is very likely that they, the men in black, will not be able to escape, and will be surrounded by 300 Song guards and patrol soldiers in Yangzhou city. , must be captured and killed.

Fortunately, they acted quickly, Su Chen was able to escape with his family members in time, breaking out of the siege.

At this moment, there were dozens of pursuers chasing after them, startling the barking in the alley, but Bai Lang led his men to stop and blocked the pursuit, buying time for Su Chen, Bai Susu and others to escape.

Half an hour later, Su Chen and Liu Mo Nong came to the estuary where the inland river in Yangzhou exited the city wall. Since there was no war here, the sluice gate was not closed. A group of Song Army soldiers, about ten of them, were guarded here and patrolled by hackers. The clothes man solved it, and prepared the bamboo raft at the same time.

"Master Su, it's safe here."

It was only after Su Chen and Liu Mo Nong arrived here that Jing Hong spoke.

Su Chen asked: "Mrs. Jingjing and Susu, have you left the city yet?"

A guard cupped his fists and said, "My lord, the two ladies have just left the city on a bamboo raft."

Hearing this, Su Chen felt relieved.

"Well, let's leave quickly, leaving two bamboo rafts for the latter, and the rest of the people will all leave the city." Su Chen immediately ordered without further delay.

As for Duanhou Bailang and the others, they had been told in advance that if they escaped from the city, if they did not meet up in time, they would immediately change into ordinary fishermen, woodcutters, etc., hide in the mountains and forests, and then find a way to return to the Jiangnan Tang Kingdom.

"Yes!" The guards clasped their fists to obey the order.

Su Chen, Liu Mo Nong, Jing Yun, Jing Hong and the others all got on the bamboo raft and rushed out of the city along the inland river.

After a while, he landed on the embankment outside the city, destroyed the bamboo raft, covered himself up, and then left quickly and entered the jungle path.

In the bamboo forest three miles southeast of Yangzhou City, Su Chen met Peng Jingjing and Bai Susu.

"Sir, are you all right?"

"It's okay, everything is safe." Su Chen smiled slightly, reassuring Peng Jingjing and Bai Susu.

"It was quite exciting tonight!" Peng Jingjing said with a light smile.

Su Chen said: "This plan was successfully implemented, none of us were injured, it's our luck, get in the car, hurry to the riverside ferry, and leave Yangzhou.

Bai Susu and the others nodded, and followed Su Chen into the carriage.

Dozens of guards got on their horses one after another and rode their horses to protect them. The horse team went away and went straight to a hidden river, where a large boat was waiting to take them out to sea.

(End of this chapter)