Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 27 Undercurrent
In November of the 11th year of the Anping calendar, night, Dianzhou City.

The west gate of the city slowly opened with that dry creaking sound, and a team of carriages and horses drove out slowly after undergoing the inspection for leaving the city.

On the second carriage of the motorcade, Zhong Lin and Zhong Yao sat facing each other, both father and son were speechless.

Zhong Yao felt a little discomfort at this moment and rubbed his temples.

"Father, why do you need to attend this farewell party and delay the schedule." Maybe it was because the officials had drunk a little too much at the farewell party earlier, Zhong Yao complained with bitterness.

King Yue assigned the eight cities taken back by Jinxi to the Zhong family. This was unexpected by Zhong Lin, but after careful consideration, it was reasonable. After all, the land of Jinxi was barren and far away from the land of the king. Of course, I don't like God's temper.

According to the regulations of the Yue Kingdom, one must arrive in each city for the handover ceremony within [-] days, which is a cumbersome and time-consuming ceremony.According to the original plan, the Zhong family's army was supposed to set off three days ago, but King Zhao Yan insisted on holding a farewell party. In desperation, Zhong Lin had no choice but to order Li Tong to lead the army first.

Faced with his son's complaints, Zhong Lin replied blankly: "The king's order must not be violated."

Zhong Yao sneered: "The king's order must not be violated."

Seeing that his father did not intend to answer, Zhong Yao continued with displeasure: "It was the king who caused the starvation and death in Jinxi back then, and it was also the reason why my mother left..."

"Shut up!" The mother's words seemed to touch Zhong Lin's nerves, he roared like a thunderstorm, staring at Zhong Yao with widened eyes.

Zhong Yao closed his mouth after being drunk, but his expression was extremely reluctant.

Seeing that Zhong Yao didn't refute, Zhong Lin didn't intend to say anything more. After a pause, he turned his head and said to the groom outside the window, "Stop."

Seeing his father calling to stop the carriage, Zhong Yao asked in puzzlement, "Father, why did you get off the carriage?"

"Before leaving the city, Mr. Lu entrusted someone to invite him. He said that we will meet at Yuxiangzhai in Beiye Town. I will go there."

"Meet at night? Why don't Ruo'er go with father?" Zhong Yao knew that the Lu family had always been at odds with the Zhong family, and that Lu Rui was an upright person so he wouldn't be able to use any tricks, but it was a bit strange to have an appointment in the middle of the night.

The carriage stopped, Zhong Lin shook his head, got up and got out of the car and said: "No, Mr. Lu knows that I like the vegetarian dishes of Yuxiangzhai the most, and I specially booked a place to meet you. It is not suitable for you to go, and the handover ceremony of Bacheng is coming soon, you go first .”

After Zhong Lin got off the car, Zhong Yao quickly followed.

"Father, you can take the guards with you. I'll go in quickly, but it's faster."

"No, I'll go alone." Zhong Lin refused. Firstly, he was sure that Lu Rui would not do him any harm. Secondly, bringing the escort would show that he didn't trust Lu Rui, and he was afraid of arousing Lu Rui's resentment.

But Zhong Yao still had a firm attitude, and quickly stopped in front of his father: "No, father is the prime minister of the left of Yue Kingdom and the commander of the general. There is no room for loss. The guards must be taken with him."

Zhong Lin stared at Zhong Yao with displeasure in his tone: "There are still [-] days until the deadline for the takeover ceremony, so don't mess around!"

However, this time Zhong Yao looked resolute and did not move out of the way. In his opinion, no handover ceremony was as important as his father's safety.

Uncle Fu, who was leading the way, saw the convoy stop and drove back slowly. Seeing such an embarrassing scene between father and son, Uncle Fu shook his head helplessly, and said to himself with a smile, "It's really a headache."

After speaking, he got off his horse and walked towards Zhong Lin and his son.

"My lord, what's the situation?" After Fu Bo finished speaking, he looked at the groom next to Zhong Lin.

Hearing the groom tell the whole story, Uncle Fu chuckled: "My lord and young lord are right, but this time I'm on the young lord's side."

Zhong Lin looked at Uncle Fu in surprise: "Uncle Fu, you..."

"My lord, if you make any mistakes, the Yue Kingdom will be in chaos, you can't be careless."

Zhong Lin didn't know how to respond to Uncle Fu's words. Uncle Fu continued: "In the final analysis, my lord is also afraid of any mistakes on the young master's way. How about this? I will accompany the young master to Jinxi on a fast horse, and the lord will take the guards to Yuxiangzhai? "

When Zhong Yao heard it, he also thought it was an idea, so he hurriedly looked at his father and nodded desperately.

Zhong Lin hesitated for a moment and said: "That's fine too, but the first team of the guard team will follow you, and the other four teams will follow me to Beiye Town." He couldn't believe other people, but he absolutely believed in Uncle Fu.

Zhong Yao still felt that something was wrong, and was about to speak, but saw Uncle Fu shaking his head at him, so he gave up.

"Okay, according to my lord's will."

Seeing this, Zhong Yao quickly ran to the front to arrange the guards.

Zhong Lin and Uncle Fu stood side by side, both eyes were on Zhong Yao's back: "Uncle Fu, protect Yao'er."

"My lord, don't worry, Uncle Fu hereby promises to keep the young lord safe."

Zhong Lin didn't say anything anymore, Fu Bo never failed to keep his promises.

What they didn't know was that in the dark forest behind them, several pairs of vicious eyes were staring closely, like hungry wolves staring at their prey.

"Sure enough, they formed a team and communicated to the ambushing people. Remember that they must not leave anyone alive."

"Yes."

Beiye Town is not far away, it only takes half an hour to the south. The town is not big, but there are only more than [-] households.

A town is different from a city. There is no gate at the entrance of the town, and you can come and go freely.

When Zhong Lin and the guards slowly drove into the town, it was already Haishi. Perhaps the town had an earlier work and rest time, the streets were completely deserted, and the roads in the town were dark and silent, only the three-story wooden building of Yuxiangzhai remained. The lights are bright, especially dazzling in this dark town.

The three-story wooden building of Yuxiangzhai is surrounded by a low wall of about two meters, and there are laughter or two from time to time.

When Zhong Lin's carriage arrived at Yuxiangzhai, the guards all stopped to guard. Zhong Lin beckoned Jia Shi, the captain of the second team, to come over, whispered something in his ear, and led the third team into Yuxiangzhai.

Inside the dark houses in Beiye Town, a group of men in black were masked and holding machetes, nervously waiting for the signal to attack.

The signal was the sound of a drum on the top floor of Yuxiangzhai. Once the drum sounded, they would break through the door and head straight to Yuxiangzhai, chopping the target into minced meat.

However, after waiting for nearly three quarters of an hour, there was still no movement.

"Head, it's been so long, is there something wrong?"

"Don't worry, wait a while, don't act rashly."

In the tense atmosphere of the men in black, another quarter of an hour passed, and at this moment a drum sounded: "Boom".

"The signal is here! Brothers, follow me into Yuxiangzhai, and don't leave a single one alive!" After the leader finished speaking, he raised his knife and was the first to rush out of the house.

Under the shocking shouts, a black masked team rushed out from each of the six houses, closing towards Yuxiangzhai like ants coming out of their nests.

When this group of black ants gathered at the gate of Yuxiangzhai, there was no guard guarding them.

"Head, why is there no one guarding this door?"

"Maybe it's not right, I want to hide inside and defend, attack in!"

Shocking shouts sounded again, and the man in black entered through the front and rear doors of Yuxiangzhai, and then quickly smashed through the gate of the wooden building.

However, as soon as they entered the door, they were all dumbfounded.

What came into view was the hall of Yuxiangzhai, with more than a dozen corpses scattered all over the place, all dressed in Yuxiangzhai's costumes, including waiters, shopkeepers and dancers.

These are their own people, and the real Yuxiangzhai people were killed by them in the daytime.

"Fuck it! Withdraw!" Seeing this scene, the man in black broke out in a cold sweat, roared, and turned around to exit Yuxiangzhai.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the two wall doors of Yuxiangzhai, a gust of sharp arrows came from the chrysalis. Accompanied by the screams, countless men in black fell at the door.

At this time, another group of guards shot arrows with fire at Yu Xiangzhai, and the roof and walls were on fire for a while.

The black-clothed person through the window discovered that the entire Yuxiangzhai was surrounded by Zhong Lin's guards, especially the two exits were heavily guarded, and all arrows were pointed at the inside of Yuxiangzhai.

Zhong Lin came to the front of the guards, looked at Yu Xiangzhai who was already surrounded, and there was no emotion on his face.

It turned out that as early as when Zhong Lin entered the store, he made a hand gesture, which was a gesture that would not leave anyone alive. The guards drew their knives and came out without any hesitation. They saw one and killed the other, and when they were about to beat the drum upstairs, a guard used a bow and arrow shoot down.

After slaughtering all the people in Yuxiangzhai, Zhong Lin ordered all the guards to hide in the civilian building next to Yuxiangzhai in an orderly manner. As early as when he entered Yuxiangzhai, he ordered the second captain Jia Shi to check the situation of the surrounding houses, as he said. It is expected that the assassins did not choose to hide in nearby houses for safety reasons, which also provided them with a favorable hiding place for anti-siege.

Looking at Yu Xiangzhai surrounded by flames, Zhong Lin said confidently: "How can there be no dog barking in such an ordinary town?"

Jia Shi came to Zhong Lin and said, "General, there are about 60 assassins."

Zhong Lin nodded: "Those who disarm only kill their own people, and don't pursue family members. By the way, leave a few alive."

The second team leader, Jia Shi Deling, stood up and shouted at Yu Xiangzhai: "Attacking Prime Minister Zhong at night is a crime worthy of death. Surrender and leave the whole body behind!"

Hearing that it was the prime minister, the man in black in Yuxiangzhai was startled.

"What? It's Prime Minister Zhong that we want to assassinate?" The man in black was obviously very shocked. When he passed the order, he only asked to kill the target, but he didn't tell who the target was.

The men in black looked at each other in blank dismay: "What should we do now?"

"Everyone has no way out, so as not to hurt your family, let's break through with disfigurement." After the man in black finished speaking, he pulled off the black cloth covering his mouth, slashed his face several times, and then let out a heart-piercing scream .The others hesitated and followed suit.

Yu Xiangzhai's strange howls kept coming and going, and the guards surrounding the outside looked at each other, not knowing what was going on inside. After the screams subsided, the door slowly opened, followed by killing cries that resounded throughout the town .

The opponent's choice to break through was obviously within Jia Shi's expectations. He calmly swung the sword forward and ordered loudly, "Shoot the arrow!"

On the other hand, Zhong Yao, who was on a fast horse, felt more and more uncomfortable. Not only did he have a headache, but his body also became more and more weak. The jolting of the horse's back made this feeling more intense. This was not a state of drunkenness at all.

"Forbe, let everyone stop for a moment."

(End of this chapter)