Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 322

inside the hall,
The red tall candles were burning, and no one moved for a while at the banquet, and the two who had just completed the ceremony hadn't come to look at it yet.

Lin Daiyu, who felt something in her heart, suddenly felt a pain in her heart. She hurriedly raised her head to look at the high platform. Her parents suddenly sat there motionless. Lin Daiyu, who was in convulsion, couldn't help but scream.

Following Lin Daiyu's desolate cry, Zhang Jinyu and Eunuch Zhao also hurriedly looked up, and saw Lin Ruhai and his wife sitting there motionless on the high seat, with a smile on their faces, and their hands stretched out tightly. They held each other, but the eyes of the two were tightly closed, there was no movement, no breath.

Zhang Jinyu said badly in secret, got up hurriedly, walked forward, and wanted to stretch out her hand to test it, but her hand was trembling and she couldn't pull it out, just based on her feeling, Lin Ruhai and his wife might have passed away.

It wasn't until Daiyu rushed over, hugged Mrs. Lin and shouted in panic, that Mrs. Lin couldn't bear the strength at this time, she couldn't bear it and slowly lay on the table motionless, but her hands were still holding each other tightly.

Zhang Jinyu, who came back to his senses, quickly stretched out his hand to test the necks of Lin Ruhai and Mrs. Lin, then withdrew his hand heavily, and said comfortingly,

"My condolences to Yu'er, father-in-law and mother-in-law left together, very peaceful."

Lin Daiyu couldn't stand the bad news, she fainted from crying bitterly, Zhang Jinyu hugged Daiyu quickly, feeling that Daiyu was as light as a swallow and extremely weak.

"Come here, call those maids and women in, and serve Madam carefully. Yunshi, you will give Madam a diagnosis and treatment, and then you can prepare the medicine yourself while Xue Yan watches."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

A large number of maids and nurses came in behind and helped Lin Daiyu in, and Gu Yunshi also went in with a medicine box to get a pulse.

Zhang Jinyu looked at the two elders, then knelt in front of Lin Ruhai and his wife, kowtowed three times with a gloomy expression.

Eunuch Zhao, who was behind him, was very sad to see Lin Ruhai and his wife leaving together. There was such a commotion, and he came to Jiangnan, but the rightful owner was dead. How can he explain to the emperor when he returns?

Seeing Lord Hou standing up after kowtowing, he asked tremblingly;

"Master Hou, what should we do now?"

Zhang Jinyu held the sword behind her, turned around, and said with a cold face;
"Please trouble Grandpa to set up the mourning hall here, order a good coffin for the second elder, and settle the Lin family up and down, Ben Hou, go kill someone!"

Before Eunuch Zhao could reply, he drew his knife and led the people out of the main room. Eunuch Zhao looked at Hou Ye going out like this, he must be about to kill him, and wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't say anything.
"Hey, it's over, come here, where are you all dead!"

Jinling City,
By the Qinhuai River,

General Tang led the imperial guards to guard the prisoners, while the Eastern King's secret guards outside continued to create chaos, but failed to break through the guards of the imperial guards.

Commander Yang, who was in the crowd, saw it clearly, and most importantly, he didn't find Yan Cong's family members. Time was running out.

Li Dong, who was not far behind, lurked over and said eagerly;
"Commander, Yan Cong's family is not among them. I'm afraid something went wrong."

"You can see clearly, is it really not here?"

Yang Cheng also asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, my subordinates have seen clearly that Mrs. Yan has a young son and a young daughter, and no one has a child,"

Yang Cheng saw that the Imperial Army gradually gained a firm foothold in the execution ground, and was about to start the encirclement and suppression. He couldn't wait any longer.

"Blow the whistle and retreat!"

"Yes, Commander."

Li Dong quickly disappeared into the crowd, and then secretly blew his whistle.

The responders also immediately took off their disguise, drew out their long knives and killed inwardly. The secret guards in the court heard the whistle and knew that it was the signal from the commander. Trick, jump out of the circle,

Seeing that there are still a lot of imperial guards surrounding them, they also raised their right hands and shouted;

"Raise the bow and crossbow and kill."

After saying that, the secret guards collectively stretched out their bows and crossbows and fired at the Forbidden Army.
"Whizzing."

The crossbow arrow in his hand was shot out rapidly, and the Forbidden Army soldiers rushing in front of him fell down. At this moment, the secret guards rushed towards the gap and quickly fled towards the alley they had stepped on.

"Forbidden army, prepare the archers, let them go!"

The deputy general behind him saw that a large number of Forbidden Army soldiers were being killed, and the robbers were about to escape without being stopped, so he asked the Forbidden Army crossbowmen behind him to line up in a row and fire arrows, regardless of whether there were any civilians in front of them.

moment,

A large number of arrows were shot at them. The crowd in front could not dodge, and they all fell to the ground after being hit by the arrows.

"Ah, ah"

"Help me."

A large number of people, and some of the secret guards fell to the ground after being shot by arrows and wailed, but most of them had already disappeared into the nearest alley.

The secret guard who fell to the ground also drew out his short blade, stabbed himself in the heart, and died immediately. Looking at the robbers who committed suicide, Tang Zheng was also annoyed. Come to this robbery field.

Seeing the Forbidden Army in front of him, he wanted to chase after him again, but the commander Tang Zheng ordered;
"Don't chase, stay alert, continue to execute, quickly, kill them all, leave no one behind."

"Yes, Commander."

The imperial army began to set up a human wall to surround the outside, and the knives and axes inside did not stop, and directly killed batch after batch. Soon the water of the Qinhuai River was dyed red.

The people around him fled in all directions, even to the death, and no one dared to stay here. On the shore, the frightened brothel women and many patrons on both sides of the river screamed in surprise.

Seeing the tragic situation here and the bloody tactics of the forbidden army, the academy disciples in Yunliang Pavilion were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Many disciples went back to the back room and stopped looking at it, and cursed loudly;

"It's so desolate and humane, it's so tragic, you're not afraid of retribution."

"That's right, you haven't seen how miserable those people are."

"Look, the water in the river is red. Ah! Ugh,"

Many disciples stretched their heads to look at it one after another, and many of them couldn't bear the bloody smell, so they vomited directly.

Gong Huaiyu on the second floor,
Seeing the scene below, he also glanced at the commander of the forbidden army. He was a smart man and knew he didn't pursue him, otherwise he might have lost even more.

At this time, Shizi's face was normal, and he laughed when he heard the voices of the people outside;

"Wuzhi, Nansheng, Jiangnan is very lively these days. What happened? The heads of all the people who were killed are rolling. It can be seen that Luo Yunhou has been irritated."

Nan Sheng, the deputy commander of Yingwei, also frowned when he saw this, and replied when he saw the question asked by the prince;

"Returning to my son, my subordinates don't know about this matter, so before leaving Beijing, I heard that it was because of the affairs of Mr. Lin Ruhai, the salt inspector in the south of the Yangtze River, and those salt merchants. It should be that the salt administration has eviled the emperor. The imperial envoy Marquis Luo Yun went south, and his subordinates didn’t investigate carefully, and the people who were killed today were the family members of the generals of the Jinling Guards, and they were charged with treason, so the subordinates thought that the guards might attack the people on the river.”

Gong Huaiyu carefully tasted the sake in his hand, squinted his eyes to listen to Nan Sheng's words, looked at the mess outside the window, and pondered carefully.

The family members of the generals of the Jinling Guards, so the entire Guards were involved. Yan Cong has such courage, it should be Mu Shi's hands. Thinking of Dong Wang, Gong Huaiyu has not seen Gong Huaiyu in the capital for many years Now that this person is here, it is rumored that the East King has no intention of governing, and he didn't even go back to live in the palace. He has been cultivating in the Zhuangzi under the Pingshan Mountain in the western suburbs of the capital all year round. He doesn't care about world affairs, as if he has lived in seclusion.

Where does Dongwang have the guts to manipulate everything behind his back, it doesn't look like it no matter what.

"Then who do you say is behind the scenes?"

"Hui Shizi, my subordinates don't know and haven't found out. However, the strict commander of the Jinling Guards was under the command of the old Dongwangfu. Even Jiao Xiong, the commander of the Jiangnan camp, and Yi Wenhai, the Jinling garrison general, were also under the command of the old Dongwangfu. General."

The chief guard of the South quickly introduced the commander of the Jiangnan region. Gong Huaiyu paused slightly with the hand holding the wine cup. The East Palace has such strength. Then why is Prince Mu still in Pingshan? For outsiders to see, it really is good means, good talent, and powerful.

outside,

In the alleys and alleys everywhere, the fleeing people also changed their clothes inside, and scattered around. In a house not far from the Qinhuai River, Yang Cheng sat quietly in the room and waited.

"Report, Commander, the brothers are all back. The left guard is at the end. The imperial army shot arrows and killed many brothers, and the rest were only slightly injured."

Li Dong, his confidant, came in from outside and reported the situation.

"Yes, I understand. We are hiding for now. We want to find out where Yan Cong's family is since he was a child, and then we can think of a solution."

Commander Yang was unwilling to accept it. The first time he came to Jiangnan to work for the prince, he messed up the matter. He was sorry for the prince's trust.

Li Dong hesitated and replied;

"Commander, the dungeon in the old palace is really difficult to enter, and this robbery will definitely alert the imperial army. I am afraid it will be difficult to rescue Madam Yan, and my subordinates feel that something happened to Madam Yan that night."

"Oh, you go on, what can happen,"

Commander Yang looked at Li Dong, and asked him to continue to say that at this time, Yang Cheng also felt that something was wrong. Although the robbery field was prepared, it was rushed after all. Not everyone knew the exact location, so naturally they returned in vain.

"Commander, my subordinates feel that either Mrs. Yan died that night, or was detained separately, and there must be other people here in Jiangnan watching, but we don't know their purpose, otherwise how could they return without success? .”

Li Dong knelt on the ground and couldn't stand it for a long time. After thinking about the weird things these days, he must have been targeted. Yang Cheng's face darkened, knowing what Li Dong said was true, but it would Who, those people on the road did not behave like secret guards, Yang Cheng also recognized Li Dong's words, and he was right.

"Get up, let's discuss this matter again, find a way to find out what happened that night, and find out about Mrs. Yan's life and death. Now I need to create a movement to attract the attention of Jinling City, and use it as a cover."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, but Commander, you can start the investigation all over again, but the Forbidden Army in Jinling City is heavily guarded. What kind of noise must be made to really attract them?"

Although Li Dong thought of the key point, what is it that can attract the attention of the imperial army?

Yang rides on that bleak smile,
"Hmph, I didn't want to kill the killer, but those people were so determined to make things difficult. No wonder this governor is so ruthless. Li Dong, you immediately take someone with you to the only academy in Jinling, Bailu Academy. According to the previous method, tonight Start killing people, and then spread the word in Jinling that the people killed by the Imperial Army today have hurt Tianhe, and the ghosts are coming to claim their lives."

(End of this chapter)