After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 939 That Arrow

The entire Sun family lived together, with their houses of varying sizes connected to each other, occupying almost half of the street.

The soldiers have now surrounded most of the street, blocking all entrances and exits, to prevent the Sun family from sneaking out, but this is only on the periphery. They can send people to guard every gate and every alley, but they can't stop the back door, side door, small door, alley... The Sun family can communicate with each other. Previously, Sun Yongping's wife led people to force Sun Yongbai's wife to death, and they took the side door and alley. If someone doesn't even want to go to the alley, it's no problem to just climb over the wall with a long ladder. As long as the Sun family doesn't come to the street, the soldiers don't care how they move around, meet, and communicate in the clan territory.

But now, when the fire broke out, the officers and soldiers immediately sent more people, not only dispatching an extra team of Shangzhi Qinjun, but also a group of flag bearers to support. Every door in the alleys of the Sun clan's land was guarded by at least two people. Now it was impossible for the Sun clan members to visit each other and exchange information. The palace issued a strict order, and the cabinet and court officials had no objection, and the officers and soldiers besieged the Sun family more tightly.

No matter how the Sun family members explained, the fire in Sun Yongbai's house was unjustifiable. Even if the curtains in the mourning hall were really blown by the wind onto the candles and caught fire, and the people keeping vigil really dozed off, it would not be possible that the whole family was asleep and no one was alert. It was necessary for the officers and soldiers outside to discover the fire and rush in to save people. Moreover, although the people were saved, the house was burned down, including Sun Yongbai's old room and study. All the objects and papers inside were lost, whether they were placed in the open or hidden in the secret compartment.

Even if Sun Yongbai's family was exhausted and no one woke up, what about the neighbors around? His house was only separated from Sun Ge Lao's house by an alley and two walls. Could it be that even the servants of Sun Ge Lao's house fell asleep and didn't notice the fire in their neighbors? His family was sure that the fire was far from the alley between the two houses, so the fire could not spread. But if the servants of the Sun family were so careless, they were not worthy of being the servants of the prime minister.

How did the fire start? Why did all of Sun Yongbai's family members fall into deep sleep and lose consciousness? The reason behind this is worth pondering. In addition, the soldiers outside were surrounding the place tightly, so there was no way an outsider could sneak in and commit the crime. Who else could have done this?
Not to mention the outside world, there are also many speculations within the Sun family. There are even Sun family members who live close to Sun Yongbai's home who privately complain that the eldest son of the family killed the witness without informing others. If the fire spreads, wouldn't innocent people like them be implicated?

Sun Yongping was so angry that he opened the door and yelled at the soldiers outside, claiming that his family had never set fire to anyone, so how could they kill their relatives? ! All this was deliberately tricked by the Zhou family, who ordered the soldiers to set the fire and then turned around to blame the Sun family, and so on.

Sun Yongping was extremely angry and could no longer endure the days of being besieged. He shouted that he wanted to go to the palace to cry in front of the late emperor's coffin. The late emperor had clearly left a will that the new emperor should treat the Sun family well. Now the late emperor's body is still warm and his coffin has not yet been buried in the imperial mausoleum. The new emperor openly violated the emperor's will. He was really disloyal and unfilial. How could he be qualified to sit on the throne of the emperor? !
Sun Yongping, wearing a full set of official uniforms and holding an imperial edict with unknown contents in his hand, was about to break out of the house and walk out. He ignored the soldiers' scolding and looked fearless. He didn't believe that anyone would dare to kill him just because he wanted to break out. His wife stood at the door in fear and called him back: "Husband, the master is calling you to see him! Come back soon!" But Sun Yongping ignored her: "You let your father stay at home, and I will scold that brat, and then come back to listen to his instructions!"

Kang Wenshu rushed over and shouted at Sun Yongping: "You bold lunatic! Are you planning a rebellion? You failed to achieve your goal once, and you still want to do something evil again?!"

Sun Yongping snorted coldly and sneered, "Don't try to scare me with your big words! Your grandfather was brought up by fear! What palace coup? I don't know! Don't even think about throwing dirty water on our Sun family. Prince Ji is a member of your royal family. He is not satisfied with the fact that a mere palace kid sits on the throne and wants to rebel. What does it have to do with us, the outsiders?! Even if his adopted son marries my daughter, a married daughter is like spilled water. There is absolutely no reason to blame the in-laws just because their father-in-law rebelled! My father was an important minister of the late emperor. How many contributions did he make to the court throughout his life?! The late emperor asked his son to treat our family well. Why does that kid want to frame us with a few fabricated testimonies before the coronation ceremony?! He is unfilial and immoral, how can he be worthy of sitting on the throne?! It's better to abdicate as soon as possible!"

Just as he finished speaking, a long arrow shot out from behind the ranks of officers and soldiers with a whizzing sound, grazed his forehead and hit the screen wall inside the Sun family's gate, penetrating three inches into the wall, and the tail of the arrow was still dangling.

A strand of hair fell from Sun Yongping's forehead, but his skin was not even broken, let alone bleeding. However, even so, Sun Yongping's face changed. He raised his hand to touch his forehead in disbelief, then looked down at the strand of hair that fell gently on the ground, his face became uglier. He looked up at Kang Wenshu: "You...you are so bold!"

Kang Wenshu looked at the arrow and said nothing. His personal guards refuted: "What does it have to do with us, the general? We didn't shoot the arrow. Besides, you were rude and deceiving the emperor. What's the point of this little punishment? You didn't even get a scratch, so you're not going to cry or make a scene, are you? Are you worthy of wearing this military officer's uniform? Don't laugh so hard!"

Sun Yongping was furious at the words of the personal soldier.

Kang Wenshu looked at him calmly and said, "I will report to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager everything that happened today. Lord Sun, you should go back. Otherwise, your next arrow may not be so accurate."

The next arrow may not be shot so accurately, so is there a possibility that it will "mistakenly" hit Sun Yongping?
When Sun Yongping thought of that scene, his legs weakened. Although he considered himself a military officer, he had never been to a battlefield, and his martial arts skills were not very strong. He just relied on his power to attract praise.

His face flushed, he glared at Kang Wenshu angrily, and heard his wife crying and calling him back. He finally gave up the opportunity, turned back home angrily, and cursed his wife who had collapsed to the ground after being frightened by the arrow: "Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet, why are you crying for my death?!"

With the help of her maid, Sun Yongping's wife got up in a panic and followed her husband in crying. As the door of the Sun family was closed, the officers and soldiers outside could no longer see what happened inside.

Kang Wenshu snorted coldly and instructed his subordinates: "Watch the doors carefully. Every door must be strictly guarded. Add more people to guard the tunnel entrances. Don't let anyone escape!"

All the soldiers responded in unison and dispersed. Kang Wenshu turned and walked a hundred steps to the back, looking at the large group of newly transferred flag bearer soldiers who had come to support him. He nodded to Hai Changan, who he had met several times, and said, "Good archery skills."

Hai Changan smiled slightly: "Excuse me, General Kang."