The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 337 Bloodshed in Yangzhou City (Part )

As the saying goes, strike first to gain strength, strike later and suffer disaster. Yi Hong had already experienced Jia Huan's ability to perceive danger many times, so he took Jia Huan's warning very seriously. After getting the ledger and leaving, he immediately drew up a list and ordered the Jin Yiwei to come to arrest people overnight.

With the list in hand, the Jinyi guards immediately divided their troops into multiple groups and rushed towards their respective targets excitedly. Yi Hong personally led the team and rushed to the Yamen of the Salt Transportation Department to arrest Zhang Yongdong, the salt transport envoy. The importance of a key figure has even exceeded that of the old eunuch Ji Jinxiao.

As mentioned earlier, the city of Yangzhou is divided into the old city and the new city. The new city was expanded after the founding of the Jin Dynasty and is located to the east of the old city. The old and new cities together look like an upside down "日" with a paragraph in the middle. Separated by city walls, there are only two connected gates, called the Big East Gate and the Little East Gate.

Most of the local administrative offices in Yangzhou Prefecture are located in the old city, such as the government offices, county offices, salt inspection censor office, etc., but the salt transportation department office is built on the side of the new city. In other words, if Yi Hong wants to catch Zhang Yitong, he must rush from the old city to the new city. There are only two ways to go from the old city to the new city, either by taking the big east gate or the small east gate, but no matter which one he takes, he probably It takes about half an hour.

Let’s not talk about whether Yi Hong took the Big East Gate or the Little East Gate. Since the Yangzhou Prefecture Office is in the old city and not far from the Salt Patrol Censor’s Office, the Jinyi Guards who were responsible for arresting Yangzhou Magistrate Hong Wenxuan, There was no need for a cup of tea, so he rushed to the magistrate's office.

The magistrate's Yamen is the highest-level local administrative Yamen in Yangzhou Prefecture. It is naturally very impressive. It has a red lacquered riveted copper door, two mighty stone lions in front of the door, and a plaque with the four characters "Yangzhou Fu Yamen" written on it. It is majestic and solemn. If it were an ordinary Ordinary people usually don't even dare to get close, but to the Jin Yiwei, the prefect is nothing, and it's not like they haven't raided the gates of princes and princes before, so without saying a word, they immediately stepped forward and slammed the door hard, shouting: "Open the door quickly! Open the door quickly!”

"Who is it? You come here to mourn in the middle of the night, and you don't even ask where this place is, but you are impatient? If you wake up the Lord, please watch your skin." The man scolded through the door. When I came out, I could tell from that tone that I was used to being arrogant.

The leader of the Jin Yiwei couldn't help being happy and said with a smile: "You dog slave, if you dare, open the door and see if I can peel off your skin."

As soon as the doorman heard this, he knew that he was in trouble. He secretly opened the small hole in the door and peeked out. He found that outside was a group of imperial guards wearing flying fish uniforms with open flames and staffs. He was so frightened that his face changed and he slammed the door. The hole was closed, and he turned around and flew in.

"You bastard, if you don't eat the toast, you'll have to drink wine as a penalty. I'll smash it for you!" The leader of the Jin Yiwei gave the order, and the people below immediately started banging on the door.

Little did they know that in the lobby of the government office at this time, dozens of people were standing in darkness. Although they were different in height, fat and thin, they were all uniformly dressed in night clothes and holding weapons. The atmosphere was tense and solemn.

It turns out that Ji Jinxiao, Zhang Yongtong and others had discussed it a few days ago and decided to take action in the early morning of Qixi Festival to raid the Salt Patrol Censor's Yamen and kill all Lin Ruhai, Yi Hong, Kang Lingcheng and others. The person directly responsible for this operation was none other than Yangzhou. Magistrate - Hong Wenxuan.

Originally, Hong Wenxuan was reluctant to take this job, but Ji Jinxiao and Zhang Yongdong were both thicker than him. They asked him to take command, so how could he refuse? What's more, Ji Jinxiao and Zhang Yitong's reasons are also very good, that is, the Yangzhou government office is closest to the Salt Patrol Censor's office, so it is easy to activate.

There are about forty or fifty people in black clothes gathered in the government office lobby at this moment, mainly composed of the servants and clan members of Magistrate Hong.

Although Hong Wenxuan was only a civil servant and had no military power, as the magistrate of Yangzhou, he still had hundreds of yamen and minzhuang at his disposal. However, yamen and minzhuang were only part-time workers after all, and were not as loyal as domestic slaves and clan members. If it were leaked, If there is a rumor, it will be all over, and Jinyiwei has good ears and eyes, and the mobilization of Yamen servants and Minzhuang will definitely be discovered in advance, so it is better to only use domestic slaves and clan members as insurance.

It was not yet time to launch the plan, so Hong Wenxuan was pacing back and forth in the lobby, repeatedly considering whether there were any omissions in the plan. After all, the matter was so important that one careless move could lead to disaster, so he had no choice but to be careless.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of banging on the door and yelling. Then, the servant responsible for guarding the door ran in and shouted: "Master, something bad is going on. The Jinyi Guards are coming to kill you!"

Hong Wenxuan was immediately shocked, thinking that the plan had been exposed. He almost collapsed to the ground with fear, and asked tremblingly: "How many people from Jin Yiwei are here?"

"I'm afraid... there must be ten or twenty of them!" Menzi replied with a chuckle.

Hong Wenxuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but slowly calmed down, and thought to himself: "Only ten or twenty Jin Yiwei came? It seems that the plan was not exposed, otherwise Yi Hong would not have sent only such a few people, right? , it is estimated that Kang Lingcheng has confessed and exposed me, so Yi Hong sent people to arrest me overnight, this must be the case! "

Thinking of this, Hong Wenxuan was both scared and secretly grateful. King Yi Yan's movements were really fast, but it was a pity that he was still a step too late, hum! Hong Wenxuan was able to sit in the position of Yangzhou magistrate, so naturally he was not a good man or woman. He had a murderous intention in his eyes and shouted: "Why are you panicking? Open the door and let them in."

The doorman had no choice but to run back to the front. At this time, the Jinyi guards outside were still violently smashing the door. However, the door of the government office was too strong. Without heavy tools, it was difficult to open it for a while.

Just when the leading Jin Yiwei was about to order people to climb over the courtyard wall and enter, the door opened on its own. The Jin Yiwei were stunned for a moment, and then rushed in swarm.

Hey, these royal guards are used to being domineering, and they are eager to go in and loot houses to make a fortune. They expected it to be a trap, so they rushed in without thinking. The result was tragic. As soon as they stepped into the lobby of the government office, they were hit by a row of sharp arrows. He came and was shot to death and wounded five or six people on the spot.

"No, there is an ambush, retreat quickly!" The remaining dozen or so Jin Yiwei turned around and tried to escape in a hurry, but found that the way back was blocked, so they could only fight with all their strength.

"Stop them, no one can escape!" Hong Wenxuan shouted sharply, but after all, these people under his command were just a group of domestic servants, and their combat power was really lackluster. In the end, several Jin Yiwei rushed out and fled to the street.

"Damn it!" Hong Wenxuan rushed to pursue him and lit the signal fireworks at the same time.

Nourishes...

But I saw a firework soaring into the sky, exploding into brilliant colors in the night sky that could be seen throughout the city.

Soon, dozens of black-clothed men holding open flames suddenly appeared on the previously empty streets. These men, in varying numbers, crossed the streets and alleys from all directions and quickly gathered in the direction of the Salt Patrol Censor Yamen, with the same target. clear.

It turned out that this fireworks was the launch signal that Hong Wenxuan had agreed with other party members. As soon as the fireworks rose, all the people would launch at the same time and attack the Salt Patrol Censor's Yamen.

Besides, Yi Hong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, originally planned to go to the new city through the Dadong Gate to capture Zhang Yongdong, the salt transport envoy. However, as soon as he reached the Dadong Gate, he saw a firework soaring into the sky. He couldn't help but stop and look up.

Yi Hong was naturally suspicious by nature, and with Jia Huan's previous reminder, he became even more vigilant. After a moment's thought, he ordered to return to the original route.

Yi Hong's confidant Lu Youwei asked curiously: "Sir, why don't we go to Xincheng to capture Zhang Yitong and Ji Jinxiao?"

Yi Hong said in a deep voice: "I feel something is wrong. Let's go back to the Yamen first and wait until daybreak."

Yi Hong led fifty soldiers in uniforms and returned quickly along the street. He happened to encounter a group of men in black at the corner of the street. Both parties were shocked and stopped in a hurry.

After all, Yi Hong was born in the military and was ruthless. He reacted first, took a step forward, raised his hand and stabbed to death the man in black closest to him.

At this time, both sides reacted and subconsciously rushed forward to fight with their swords. Immediately, the two parties started fighting on the street.

(End of this chapter)