Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 38
Guangdefang, Jiwen House.

There was a knock on the door during the curfew.

The concierge just took a break, so he had to get up quickly again, and hastily opened the side door, but he was surprised.I saw an open flame holding a stick outside the door, reflecting the light on the armor, and someone brought soldiers to the door.

"Do you recognize it?"

Xue Bai went straight forward, held up the wooden sign and stood in front of the porter, with smooth movements, he said, "The right minister's mansion is doing business, I ask you, did Ji Dalang come back today?"

"No, no, Da Lang has not returned home since he went out this morning."

"Does Ji's house have another house in Dongshi?"

"The villain doesn't know."

At this moment, a group of people rushed over with lanterns and shouted: "This is the old mansion of the Tang Dynasty. I am Xin Si, the steward. Dare I ask the superior, what happened?"

"I am a close friend of Ji Dalang under the right minister's family." Xue Bai handed over the token again, and said, "Ji Facao is handling a big case tonight, which involves the Eastern Palace. I heard that the Eastern Palace's dispatch of dead men is not good for Ji Dalang, and we urgently need to find him." .”

"What?! How could this be?"

"Can Ji Dalang go to Dongshi today?"

"Yes, I went out in the morning."

Xue Bai said, "What about after that?"

Xin Si was anxious, and said: "After Dalang went out, Wang Dalang sent someone to invite him to accompany him to drink."

"Which Wang Dalang?"

"It's the son of Wang Langzhong's family." Xin Si subconsciously whispered a lot.

Only by hearing his tone, Xue Bai realized that it was Wang Zhun, the son of Wang Ji.

This pair of father and son can make everyone afraid of them.

"Where do you go for a drink?"

"Qingmen Kangjia Restaurant."

"Did Dalang go?"

"Wang Dalang has an invitation, so I dare not neglect it. I hurriedly sent someone to Dongshi to inform Dalang." Xin Si turned around and summoned a servant, "Ah Chou, tell me."

"The villain rushed to Dongshi, asked the street vendors he knew all the way, and said that Dalang had gone to the other house in Xuanyangfang. The villain hurried over, just in time to see Dalang unloading the car in the courtyard, so he invited him to go to Qingyang. Let's accompany Wang Dalang."

"and then?"

"Da Lang rewarded the villain with a whip and left immediately."

"You come with us and lead the way to the other house in Xuanyangfang."

Tian Shenyu kept holding the saber at his waist, and was already ready for interrogation, but before he could react, Xue Bai had already finished talking.

He hastily stepped forward to pick up the servant named A Chou, and pushed him onto the horse's back.

Tian Shengong snatched two lanterns and got on his horse.

The four came and went quickly, whizzing by.

~~
Guangdefang is in the west and belongs to Chang'an County; Xuanyangfang is in the east and belongs to Wannian County.But they are all in the residence of the nobles in the north of the city, on the same side street.

In other words, Pingkang and Xuanyang two squares are to the west of Dongshi; Daozheng and Changle two squares are to the east of Dongshi.

Tonight, the forces of all parties have gathered in this area.

~~
The white-collar Xue hurried to the northwest corner of Xuanyangfang, and suddenly saw the torches lit up in front of him, and someone yelled at him: "Who is that over there? Have you violated the ban?!"

Hearing the voice, Xue Bai rode his horse over and asked, "Is General Guo on the other side?"

"Haha, it's Guo!" Guo Qianli drove out, "So it's Mr. Xue Lang."

The two got close, Guo Qianli leaned over from the horse, leaned in front of Xue Bai, and said in a low voice: "How can you let someone take the credit? I'm already going to take people to do big things."

Xue Bai said angrily, "I was trapped in Jingzhao Mansion by Ji Wen."

"Damn, what a thief!" Guo Qianli cursed, quite annoyed.

"Your Prime Minister, where is Ji Wen?"

"Busy, it's such a big matter, and the paperwork hasn't come down yet, so I have to take people to surround it first. Damn, You Xiaowei is already ahead."

"Then General Guo is busy first, I will go to see the right minister myself."

"it is good."

Guo Qianli was very anxious, so he drove his horse away.

Xue Bai waited by the side of the road, waiting for the Jinwu guards to pass by like flowing water.

After delaying for a while, he was still calm on the face, but he was a little bit overwhelmed in his heart.

Turning his head to look again, under the firelight, he saw that Du Jin's lips were also pale with anxiety.

Finally, the Jinwu Guard went away.

"Walk."

They didn't go north to Pingkangfang, but went south to Xuanyangfang.

~~
Tian Shenyu drove the horse and turned into an alley.

What came to his mind was what Xue Bai had just asked him in private.

"Dare to kill?"

"Look at what your lord said, since I am a soldier, why am I afraid of killing people?"

"Okay, from tonight onwards, make a note of how many heads you have saved."

Ahead, Ah Chou has already knocked on the door of the courtyard.

"Boom, boom, boom."

"Who?"

"I, Ah Chou, the steward asked me to come to Da Lang."

The courtyard door was opened with a "squeak", and a big man in blue poked his head out, startled, and said, "What's wrong?"

"Under the Right Prime Minister's door." Xue Bai stepped forward and showed the Prime Minister's token, saying, "I am a close friend of Ji Dalang, and I have something important to do."

The big man in Tsing Yi didn't recognize it, and said: "Da Lang is not here."

"The right minister ordered me to come and take away the person I got today."

"Okay, come in and say..."

Suddenly, someone from the courtyard rushed over and shouted, "He's Xue Bai, stop him!"

The big man in Tsing Yi quickly closed the door.

"Kill in!"

Tian Shenyu saw that the gate of the courtyard was about to be closed, and heard Xue Bai's order in her ear, without thinking too much, she drew out her knife and stabbed.

"puff."

The waist knife pierced through the crack of the door and deeply pierced into the chest of the big man in Tsing Yi.

Blood spattered Tian Shenyu's hands, his head was hot, but he grinned, kicked hard, kicked open the courtyard door, and kicked the corpse hanging on the knife to the ground.

The knife was pulled from the corpse, and blood gushed out immediately.

There was a row of big men in Tsing Yi rushing to the front yard, and they were stunned.

"Where is the lady you abducted hiding?!" Xue Bai asked.

"This is the official residence! How dare you?!"

Seeing that the other party dared to stop her, Tian Shenyu immediately became ruthless, rushed forward with a knife and slashed.

He is skilled in martial arts, and wearing armor, killing ordinary people is like chopping vegetables.With Xue Bai's promise tonight, once he let go of his hands and feet, he will appear extremely vicious.

The other party was just an ordinary nursing home, and three of them were cut down in a blink of an eye. One of them was still alive and crying, and the others were so frightened that they turned around and fled to the backyard.

Tian Shengong's face was ugly, he didn't know how Xue Bai would end up, but his brother killed someone, so he had to go all the way to the dark.

He moved quickly, kicked a guard down to the ground with his kick, and slapped him hard with his backhand, slapping him half to death. Then he picked him up and cursed: "Where is the man?!"

"After, behind..."

Without saying a word, Xue Bai rushed to the backyard.

Tian Shenyu ran faster, chasing and hacking at those guards.

After Tian Shengong had asked, he gritted his teeth, twisted his hand, and with a "click", he twisted off the head of the guard in his hand.

Looking back, Ah Chou was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground and was crawling towards the courtyard gate.

Tian Shengong sighed slightly, stepped forward, and killed the servant with a single blow.

He bolted the courtyard door, and then chased to the backyard.

But this is actually a mansion with twelve entrances, and the slaves fled in all directions, and he couldn't stop them at all.

All of a sudden, there were screams everywhere.

"Second." Tian Shengong caught up with his brother, and said, "I just heard Lang Jun's name, I'm going to cut it off."

~~
"puff."

The blood was splashed on the window paper, and it looked very miserable under the moonlight.

The two fat nuns guarding outside a wing screamed desperately in fright, fell to the ground, and crawled without knowing where to go.

Xue Bai stepped up the stone steps and kicked open the door of the wing room.

"Woo! Woo!"

There was a whimpering sound from behind the screen, and he rushed over to take a look, only to see Du Mi tied up and sitting on the ground.

He hurriedly stepped forward to remove the veil stuffed in her mouth, and went to untie the rope on her body.

"Xue Bai, Xue Bai."

Du Yan was a little crying, but what was surprising was that she wasn't scared to collapse this time.

"Quick, the Ji family forged your identity and will kill us..."

"Sister! Are you okay?!"

Du Jin hurried into the wing room, and seeing Du Jin, the nervousness finally subsided a lot, she felt her legs go weak immediately, and quickly stood still while holding onto the screen.

"I'm fine." Du Yi leaned on Xue Bai and let him untie the rope, speaking quickly, said: "There is a deed to be a slave to a lowly official, it must have been forged by the Nu Yalang from the Ji family. The appearance is based on what you wrote, referring to Xue Pingzhao, Xue Ruo's concubine."

Xue Bai glanced over and saw that although the bruise on Du Yan's hand was deep, but there was no other damage, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Who is Xue Ru?"

"It's also the Xue clan of Hedong, the descendant of the Duke of Hedong, and the son-in-law of Princess Tang Chang. Xue Ruo was born in a prominent family, and the princes and son-in-laws in his family have nothing to do. The key point is that he was framed by Li Linfu and died for the crime of treason. "

Xue Bai frowned.

He didn't even consider whether Ruoji Wen sued Li Linfu or not. As far as Li Linfu was concerned, if he knew that he might be the son of an enemy, how could he have the patience to wait for a careful investigation before killing him.

There is also the Du family, Li Linfu will not let it go, because the Du family was saved only by Xue Bai's pleading.

"Hurry up." Du Yu said again: "Xin Twelve has taken that Nu Yalang away to file a complaint."

Xue Bai didn't leave immediately, and fell into deep thought.

Without stopping, he untied the rope for Du Yu, and rubbed her ankle unconsciously.

Du Yi was taken aback for a moment, then looked over and saw that he was thinking very seriously, shrank his feet, and rubbed his wrists.

"Second Niang." Xue Bai finally said, "Come here to finish the work, and take Da Niang back."

Du Jin's face was a little pale, and she tried her best to speak in a calm tone: "Many people have been killed, how do you plan to explain it?"

"It doesn't matter, I have a way to explain it, let the Tian family brothers send you back."

"What about you?"

"I have to stop them."

Du Jin stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Let the brothers from the Tian family go with you."

"No need." Xue Bai said, "This matter...they can't do it."

"You can't do it alone."

Xue Bai glanced at the sky and asked Du Jin, "What time is it?"

"It's Hai time."

Xue Bai looked at her and said, "Go."

Du Jin understood his thoughts a little bit, bit her lips and thought for a while, and finally said: "You must be careful."

She still wanted to do something, but there was nothing she could do. She reached out and patted Xue Bai's forearm twice, helped Du Yu up, and walked outside.

The two sisters talked in a low voice and walked out the door.

"Sister, you support me, lower your head, don't look around."

"Not so delicate."

Du Yu couldn't help but turn around to look, only to see Xue Bai standing there thinking...

~~
The night is deeper, and it is not yet midnight.

On the street outside the East City, the sound of dense footsteps and the clanging of armor, more and more Marquis Wu ran to the southwest corner of Changlefang.

You Xiaowei secretly guards the north courtyard wall of a big house.

Someone grinned in the night, and said: "I said, Yang Shenjin has always been reluctant to do things for the right minister. After careful consideration, he can only be harboring dead men from the Eastern Palace."

"Jianjun is right. I have seen that there are many big men in this other house, and they must be dead soldiers to be captured."

"We'll talk about it after we get their weapons. Have you brought the sack?"

"Hey, the guy who ransacked the house, how can the villain forget it."

"..."

Changlefang Beifang Gate, on the watchtower, the light of the torch flickered a few times.

Across the deserted side street, the Watchtower at the Nanfang Gate of Daozhengfang also responded with torches.

The wind swept across the rows of roof ridges, and someone climbed the building in the night, looking at the moonlight in Chang'an with his hands behind his back.

Below the attic, sturdy men dressed in sackcloth and filial piety were loading cars.

suddenly.

A series of "bang bang" sounds, and the sound of Jin Ge is loud.

"Be careful, you're not afraid of being heard?"

"Hey, I'm not afraid."

Jiang Hai grinned, showing two rows of teeth in the moonlight, with an expression like a wild wolf.

He bent down to pick up the pile of ordnance that had been knocked to the ground.

Armor, long-handled knives, bows and arrows, crossbows, shields... Wrap them in linen and throw them on the cart.

"Tuoba, I still think it's better to wear armor than this dead man's clothes, just in case someone stops me along the way. What do you think?"

"Mr. Pei has made arrangements, no one will stop you."

Jiang Hai thought to himself, if someone dared to stop him, he would go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to rescue his brother.

There was a knocking sound in the distance, echoing in the alley.

"when!"

A green-robed official walked down the small attic and said calmly, "I'm sure I'm safe, let's go."

The gate of the courtyard was opened, and the first batch of six big men left in a carriage.

The night was still deep, and the green-robed officials soon disappeared into the darkness along with the second carriage.

No accidents tonight, everything went well.

The watchmen at Daozhengfang were still working leisurely.

"when!"

"Zi Shi! Close the doors and windows, and be careful of the candles!"

"when!"

"Zishi! Chang'an has been safe for thousands of years!"

Jiang Hai threw down the long-handled Mo Dao, got into the carriage, and sighed, exhaling white air as if his murderous aura that had nowhere to vent was overflowing.

(End of this chapter)