Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 323
Yangzhou City,
Everyone in the Wang family had been captured long ago, but the real owner was not caught. Ning Bian was even more angry when he heard the report from General Ying Qian;

"Trash, hurry up, take people to block the four gates of Yangzhou City, the Wang family can't run far, they must still be in the city."

"Yes, General Ning."

Mr. Yingqian didn't dare to talk any more, he got on his horse and sent people to run towards the four city gates. When they reached the gates, they began to drive away the idlers at the gates. The ferocious frontier soldiers directly closed the city gate, not daring to ask more questions.

Seeing this, the captain guarding the city gate stepped forward and asked a few more words, and was whipped back by the armored men of the vanguard battalion. The captain covered his face and hurried back without saying a word. The rest of the army, Where did he dare to speak again, he could only watch and hide from afar.

On the street not far away, not far from the magistrate's yamen, there were many arresters in twos and threes gathered together.

Then they patrolled the street separately. Many policemen were lazily wandering around the street with long knives. When they saw some food, they didn't even pay a penny. They just took it and left. Small merchants dared to be angry. Don't dare to speak, I have to admit that I am unlucky.

"Brother, brother, why did you lead the team out today and didn't rest in the yamen? Is it because our brothers didn't do well."

A little catcher next to him asked after the head catcher.

The head catcher smiled, threw a naan over there, then went to a small restaurant, entered the house, took out two large pieces of meat from the cooking pot, rolled them into the naan, opened his mouth and took a bite ,
"Come here, you can take a piece too, I got up late today, I didn't eat breakfast, I've been hungry all the way, I feel uncomfortable."

"Uh, okay big brother, I'll come too, I'm so hungry."

The little catcher swallowed quickly, then picked up a large piece of meat from the pot and put it in the naan bread, rolled it up and took a big bite, not afraid of being hot, swallowed it into his stomach, it was really delicious.

"Come here, sit here and rest your feet, let's talk after eating."

The head catcher, who is familiar with the way, finds a table to sit down in the corner of the wine shop, calls the little catcher to come and have a rest, and shouts to Xiao Er;

"Xiaoer, bring me two bowls of soup, and leave after eating."

"Okay, head catcher, wait a moment."

Soon, the waiter in the shop served two big bowls of broth for the two of them, with a large piece of meat in it. Where has the little catcher seen this before? Not to mention the meat, even the soup is half a bowl.

"Brother, you still have a lot of face. The bowl of broth you gave me is very rare."

You're not too polite, and just started to drink in suspense.

Catcher shook his head, looked at the little brother in front of him, he was still very tender, and there was no shortage of points to mention,
"It's okay, just follow me to eat, and look at me in the future, I know what I know."

"Yes, big brother, little brother will follow you."

The little catcher faltered and hawed while eating, and agreed vaguely.

The two looked at the meat in the bowl, without saying a word, and started to feast on it.

rumbling,
"drive,"

"drive."

There was a sound of hooves,

I saw a large number of cavalry in heavy armor running at the corner of the street. The head catcher just swallowed a piece of meat, and immediately put down his chopsticks when he saw it, and ran to the street to look. Obviously not from the city of Yangzhou, I secretly wondered where the cavalry came from.

The head catcher immediately went up to the wall to look, and saw the big characters of Luo Yunhou written on the front banner, and immediately thought of what the magistrate told him.

Without thinking too much, he jumped off the wall, looked at the little catcher who was still eating and drinking, and quickly stepped up and kicked him.
"I'm still eating, hurry up, something happened in the city."

After finishing speaking, he didn't pay any attention to him, the head catcher put away his long knife, took a shortcut and ran to the magistrate's yamen, leaving the little catcher there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

Yamen of the magistrate of Yangzhou,

"Report, Lord Magistrate, Lord Magistrate, it's not good, it's not good."

There was a din,

It came in from the gate of the prefect's yamen. In the yamen hall, the prefect Ye Yuanchang was still looking at the accounts of the treasury with his fellow prefect Wan Haihe to see if there were any omissions. After entering the treasury, the accounts still need to be carefully checked.

Hearing the voice at the door, Ye Yuanchang frowned and cursed;
"Whoever is arguing outside, I don't know that my lord and Wan Tongzhi have important matters to discuss."

The head catcher from the yamen rushed in from the outside, and when he entered the room, he lost his footing and his hat fell to the side. His flustered appearance aroused Wan Tongzhi's vigilance.

asked;

"Get up and answer, why are you so flustered, look at your appearance, how dignified you are."

The head catcher didn't know whether he was in a hurry or fainted, he staggered a few times before picking up the hat, put it on and stood up, seeing that the two adults were there, he just gave a big gift,
"The young one has met the magistrate and met the magistrate."

"Okay, tell me quickly, why are you so flustered?"

Ye Yuanchang didn't have the heart to reconcile the accounts anymore, so he threw the account book on the table and asked the policeman.

"Back, back to my lord, Luo Yunhou has brought troops here, and has blocked Yangzhou City, and raided Chairman Wang's house."

With a "bang", the tea bowl in Wan Tongzhi's hand fell directly to the ground, smashed to pieces, and shouted involuntarily;

"What, when did it happen?"

"Returning to Master Tongzhi, today, when I was patrolling outside not long ago, I saw that the team entering the city was divided into two groups. One went to the Wang family and the other to the Yanzheng Yamen."

The catcher told what he saw while patrolling the street, and he didn't hide it. However, Ye Yuanchang and Wan Haihe looked at each other, and couldn't help feeling a little chilly in their hearts.

Ye Yuanchang couldn't understand that two days ago, Xu Delin, the Jiangnan transit envoy who was his classmate's friend, sent him a letter saying that Marquis Luo Yun was still wandering around Jinling City, how could he arrive right under his nose in such a short time.

"Lord Ye, why did Lord Hou come so soon? Didn't he say he was still in Jinling City a few days ago?"

Wan Haihe was even a little nervous. Ye Zhifu was still saying yesterday that Luo Yunhou was eating, drinking and having fun in Jinling City, and how he arrived in Yangzhou in the blink of an eye. He was not prepared at all.

Ye Yuanchang got dizzy when he heard that,
"Brother Wan, I don't know about this either. Could something happen to Mr. Lin?"

"No way, hiss, maybe something really happened, Boss Ye, are you in a hurry to see those people coming?"

Wan Haihe originally thought that Zhifu Ye was a little suspicious, but when he thought that Lin Ruhai hadn't seen him for a long time, something might have happened.

"My lord, I walked very quickly. They were all galloping on horseback, and they didn't slow down when they entered the city."

After hearing this, Wan Tongzhi turned to look at Ye Yuanchang. The prefect's guess was correct, but when Ye Yuanchang saw Wan Haihe's eyes, he also grimaced. Something really happened to Master Lin, what should you and I do?

"Ye Butou, thank you for your hard work, go down and rest first, this is your reward."

Ye Yuanchang had a rare amiable face, and he threw a piece of silver and asked the catcher to go out. Ye catcher knew that the two adults had something to discuss, so he gave a salute after receiving the silver, turned around and ran out of the inner hall of the yamen. Close the door.

After seeing the outsider leaving, Ye Yuanchang asked;
"Brother Wan, if something happens to Mr. Lin, what should we do? I'm afraid Mr. Lin will do it."

Speaking of this, Ye Yuanchang cut his throat with his hand, Wan Haihe felt a little bit in his heart when he saw it, Master Ye's meaning couldn't be more obvious, Master Lin was killed, this is a crime of treason ah.

"Brother Ye, how do you know that murdering a court official is tantamount to treason."

Seeing Wan Tongzhi's expression changed, Ye Yuanchang himself was not much better, and explained;
"It's not that I know, the Wang family revealed their intention to get rid of Lin Ruhai years ago, but the magistrate saw that Mr. Lin had been going on as usual, so he didn't take what he said to heart. How could it be true? Now When Luo Yunhou comes, the Wang family will surely be destroyed, you and me."

"Brother Ye, you and I don't know about this matter, nor have we heard anything about it, let alone participated in it."

"That's right, brother Wan is right, how do we know."

The two also secretly talked and discussed with each other in the house, so as to push the responsibility out.

And Zhang Jinyu,

After leaving the Yanzheng Yamen mansion, he shouted to the guards,

"Order, the whole city hunts down the Wang family members, and brings Wang Yinghan in front of this Marquis. Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed, and then he will go to the pier to dispatch troops, and let Commander Lu mobilize [-] guards to enter the city to thoroughly investigate Wang Yinghan. Home, go.”

"Yes, Lord Hou."

The guards behind him sent orders in two ways.

Zhang Jinyu took a total of [-] cavalry from the Imperial City Division and the Pioneer Battalion to go to the magistrate's yamen to see if the Yangzhou magistrate was still there.

Ningbian arranged a large number of sergeants to start searching around the market. At this moment, the messenger galloped over on horseback.

"The Marquis has ordered that the Wang family rebel and the entire family be killed!"

After hearing this, Ning Bian's eyes changed, and he looked towards the Yanzheng Yamen. Mr. Lin might have had an accident, so he looked at the servants of the Wang family in front of him, and gave orders in a cold voice;

"People from the Wang family conspired to rebel, kill the whole family, behead!"

All the soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion got off their horses, pulled out their scimitars, and rushed towards them viciously, regardless of whether they were men or women, those who were kneeling and begging for mercy would slash at a living person.
"Ah, my lord, please forgive me."

"My lord, I'm not from the Wang family, let the younger one go."

Before the words were finished, the soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion raised their knives and dropped them, and a large head flew up.

In a moment, hundreds of members of the Wang family fell into a pool of blood.

"Listen to the order, immediately search for members of the Wang family, and kill anyone who sees them,"

"Yes, General."

The clansmen of the Wang family also live around the deep house of the main lineage's family, and the entire residence is filled with close relatives of the Wang family, which can be said to be very powerful.

The soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion began to search and arrest from house to house in this residence. As long as they were members of the Wang family, they would be killed directly, and the screams were endless.

The people in the vicinity also went back to their homes in fright, closing their doors tightly. The small merchants and hawkers on the street, as well as the people in restaurants and inns, temporarily hid. Many diners and merchants half closed their windows, leaving gaps to look outside.

at the East Gate,

Taiping Cult Protector Zuo Feng, who was hiding at the corner of the street, came here with Wang Yinghan and others in disguise. Seeing that the city gate was already closed, and the guards guarding the city gate were not Yangzhou City's government troops, but unseen cavalry. Got it, trouble.

The cavalry didn't have any extra words at all, as long as they saw someone surrounding the city gate, the iron cavalry guarding the city gate drove over, went up and whipped them, and anyone who resisted would be caught directly and hung on the flagpole. To directly drag people to death.

The hall master behind him swallowed his saliva in fright, those frontier soldiers were simply inhumane, and asked the guardian in a low voice;

"Guardian, it looks like they can't get out. Those cavalry are the elite frontier soldiers under Luo Yunhou's command. They are brutal and ruthless. They can't even pierce their armor. What should we do?"

(End of this chapter)