20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 404 Luda·Assassination Begins

In the banquet hall, the reaction caused by the prince's arrival could not subside for a long time.

The guests came forward to greet him one after another, and even several Xiao Dongyang saluted.

The prince is in his fifties, slightly chubby, with a broad forehead and a beard on his upper lip. He has been a relative of the royal family for more than two hundred years, and his movements naturally carry a genuine aristocratic demeanor.

There are very few expressions on his face, and there are absolutely no unnecessary additional movements in his speech and behavior, so it is impossible to see his happiness, anger, and sorrow.

It is hard to believe that such a person who regarded "continuing the Qing Dynasty" as his life's work would actually advocate for a light sentence for Leng Touqing, who intended to assassinate the regent.

Faced with everyone's flattery, he just replied lightly: "Thank you for coming all the way."

Jiang Lianheng and Xue Yingqing stood by the window of the banquet hall, looking over from a distance, and did not take the initiative to approach until the atmosphere gradually calmed down.

Soon, the prince withdrew from the guests and, led by his personal translator, went to meet with the officers of Xiaodong Yang, the ronin of the Black Dragon Society, and the representatives of the chaebol.

At this time, the Oriental businessman named Ishikawa suddenly walked over, took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to the prince, and whispered a few words with a smile in his eyes.

"You bastard! Don't you have fucking eyes? If we were in the Qing Dynasty, I would have to chop off your head!"

The prince also frowned and asked: "Tie Chun, what time is it now, why doesn't he come?"

Unfortunately, the banquet hall was not big, so the two of them arrived in front of the prince after chatting.

Xue Yingqing was also unexpected. He couldn't help but exclaimed "Ah" and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty..."

"Are you crazy?" Xue Yingqing scolded in a low voice, "There are so many people around the prince. If you go over at this time, what should you do if your secret is exposed?"

As soon as these words came out, the translator was blocked.

"I told you, you, don't always think that you can't travel when you go out?" Xue Yingqing complained quietly.

Unexpectedly, perhaps because he was too "nervous", he stumbled as he approached, staggered and rushed towards the prince.

Sai Donggua and Xiao Gu lined up on the left and right, wet from head to toe, looking a little anxious - Jiang Lianheng and Xue Yingqing still didn't respond at the window.

"Good good!"

Jiang Lianheng hurriedly laughed with him, and without any hesitation, he immediately pulled Xue Yingqing back to the side.

Jiang Lian tilted his head, took a quick look, and quickly responded: "Old man, it's you! Look at me..."

"It's natural to destroy the family and relieve the people in trouble!" Jiang Lianheng stood up, turned around and asked, "Old Tie, isn't Fifth Master Rong here yet?"

Night: 07:00
At this moment, no one noticed that outside the glass window on the west side of the banquet hall, in addition to the pouring rain and rolling thunder, there seemed to be a subtle sound of "clang-dang-dang" coming from nowhere.

Jiang Lianheng said hello loudly, and as if a switch was pressed on his body, he immediately changed into a servile look. He lowered his head, crouched his waist, and immediately knelt down to kowtow.

Jiang Lian kowtowed and begged for a moment: "Your Majesty is here, and our Qing Kingdom is here! There has always been the Qing Dynasty outside the pass! Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the common people deserve to die..."

"So I want you to come with me!" Jiang Lianheng dragged her forward, minding his own business, "You are good-looking, help me put on a cover!"

Little did he know that Jiang Lianheng could be considered his ancestor in terms of his ability to pretend to be a slave.

Before he finished speaking, he heard a "dong-dong" sound on the floor under his feet.

Tie Chun raised his hand to interrupt, turned to face the prince, clasped his fists and congratulated: "Your Majesty, good luck to you! This is Young Master Cai, Cai Yunsheng from Anton. This time you came here, you have done a lot for our Qing Dynasty!"

Jiang Lianheng saw this and immediately frowned - at that moment, he keenly noticed that a touch of joy finally flashed across the prince's face.

Looking down, she saw that Jiang Lianheng was more "real" than her. He had already knelt down in front of the prince and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, but the people will deserve to die! Please forgive me, Lord, and the people will deserve to die!"

"Come on, come on! Prince, please calm down, it's raining heavily outside, and Master Rong Wu's car had some trouble on the road, but don't worry, we'll be there soon!"

The Qing Dynasty is gone, and the prince is now only an empty figure, with no guards around him. If he is not careful, Jiang Lian is really thrown, and the wine in the cup in his hand is immediately spilled on him.

The night sky was filled with heavy rain.

Tou Daozi was holding the handle of the gun and tapping the drain pipe on the wall rhythmically. He raised his head from time to time and looked at the bright window on the second floor of the hotel.

"Your Majesty, you are blessed!"

Unexpectedly, before the prince could say anything, the translator beside him became anxious, pointed at Jiang Lianheng and cursed:

At this moment, among the onlookers, a man with a short chin suddenly squeezed in. The traces of rain on his shoulders had not yet dried.

"Nothing, just a small matter. I would like to thank Mr. Cai for his generous donation!"

After looking at the voluptuous and beautiful Xue Yingqing, and then at the silent Jiang Lianheng, the prince dusted off the wine on his body, waved to the translator and said: "Forget it, forget it, we are here as guests."

The open space behind Yamato Hotel was already muddy.

"Hey! Master Cai, Miss He, it's you two!" Short Chin said with a smile on his face, "Do you still remember me? Tie Chunna, who lives outside the country and helps Fifth Master Rong!"

"Young people don't dare!"

The onlookers were all shocked and hurried over to help him.

As he said that, Tie Chun suddenly turned sideways and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, regarding the arms matter... can you lend me a moment to talk?"

The prince had wine spilled on his body. Although he was annoyed, he wouldn't kill someone just because of this. Besides, he didn't have the power now.

"Boss Xue, come with me and join in the fun!"

Hearing this, the dissatisfaction in the prince's heart was immediately wiped away. He immediately raised his hand and said: "Master Cai, please get up quickly!"

…………

The prince nodded and said apologetically: "Mr. Cai, I will excuse you now. Please do as you please."

This drainage pipe was made of thin iron sheets. It should have made a crisp sound when knocked, but at this moment it became particularly dull due to the heavy rain in front of us.

But that doesn't matter.

If Jiang Lianheng was standing by the window on the second floor at the moment, he could just glance down and see Tou Daozi and others, but for some unknown reason, he was not there at the moment.

"Brother Chuan, are you sure it's this window?" Sai Donggua wiped the rain off his face and asked.

Xiao Gu nodded firmly: "It must be true, I went to the second floor to see the banquet hall this morning!"

"Then why is there no response?" Saidonggua asked, "Is something wrong already?"

"Impossible! If someone really died, the upstairs would have exploded!" Xiao Gu replied.

However, Tou Dao Zi suddenly stopped, seeming quite dissatisfied with this uncertain situation.

He turned around, pushed Sai Donggua and Xiao Gu away, and muttered gloomily: "I went up to the small door to see how the shopkeeper was doing." "Eh? Lao Dao!" Xiao Gu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, " There is no movement on the second floor. What if you cause any trouble if you go up suddenly? "

Tou Daozi stood still and stared directly at Xiao Gu. Xiao Gu was so frightened that he quickly ducked out of the way.

Then, Tou Daozi snorted coldly and said, "I told you a long time ago that you shouldn't get involved in such nonsense!"

After that, he strode towards the small door on the west side of the hotel. The two people behind him looked at each other, and they only dared to follow behind in a muffled voice, but did not dare to stop them.

Just at this moment, Zhao Guoyan suddenly emerged from the corner of the hotel building!

"Old Dao, long face, come with me and rush up from the small door!" He shouted in the face of the rainstorm, "The prince has just left, but Rong Wuye has already brought people in!"

"Ah?" Sai Donggua was a little confused, "Brother Yan, what's going on? He went in again?"

"Damn it! That Lao Deng was clearing the place just now!" Zhao Guoyan scolded sternly, "Xiao Gu, there are too many of them, you go ahead as planned! Lao Dao, Long Face, you two——"

He was just mid-sentence when he saw that the knife had already rushed past him. He came to the small door on the west side of the hotel, took out his gun, and fired two "bang bang" shots at the keyhole on the door, and then He kicked open the iron door and headed up the spare small staircase on the west side of the hotel.

Zhao Guoyan and Sai Donggua immediately followed.

When Xiao Gu saw this, he immediately turned around and returned to the open space behind the hotel. He spotted a window, stepped forward, leaned over, and stepped in.

After entering the house, he quickly took out his suitcase, took out a few grenades, and then immediately rushed out of the door and ran quickly towards the depths of the corridor!
…………

Night: 07:13
In the banquet hall, the slapstick incident just now did not seem to cause much of a sensation during the reception.

Everyone regarded it as a conversation piece to add to the fun, so they raised their glasses one after another, praising the prince's "magnanimity" loudly, and praising "Cai Yunsheng" for his generosity.

Not only was the lively atmosphere of the reception not damaged by this, but it actually pushed everyone's interest to the top.

Jiang Lianheng said goodbye to the prince, said a few polite words to the guests around him, and then took Xue Yingqing to find a secluded corner and stopped by the window of the banquet hall.

He first glanced out the window, but did not see Tou Dao Zi or Sai Dong Gua. He breathed a sigh of relief and reached into his arms.

Xue Yingling dragged his hair with his hands and complained in a low voice with lingering fear: "What on earth did you want to do just now? I thought you were going to assassinate the prince!"

"Are you kidding me?" Jiang Lianheng said as he took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, "If I insert the prince, will Fifth Master Rong still show up?"

"What is this?" Xue Yingqing's eyes lit up, "Did you... just come here?"

"Shh! Turn around and cover for me. I'll see what it is!"

"Are you still a Buddha?" Xue Yingqing was surprised, "Who taught you?"

Jiang Lianheng did not answer, but said lightly: "Turn around quickly and keep an eye on me. If anyone comes over here, tell me!"

After saying that, he carefully spread out the paper on the windowsill and hurriedly read it.

It would have been better not to look at it, but when I took a look, my eyeballs immediately trembled twice - good stuff! Incredibly good stuff! With this thing, even if you don't kill Rong Wuye, it won't be in vain!

"Oh my god, I'm so fucking mad!"

Looking at the account amounts above, Jiang Lianheng couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

However, Xue Yingqing stood behind him and carefully looked at the situation in the banquet hall, but gradually noticed something strange.

"Where is the prince?" She murmured in a low voice, "Wasn't he still here just now..."

Then, she soon discovered that not only the prince was missing, but although there were always people going up and down the stairs of the banquet hall, there seemed to be fewer and fewer guests at the reception, especially those old and young with pigtails on the back of their heads. , it seems that inadvertently, more than half of it has been lost.

Tie Chun has also disappeared.

Instead, there were a few unfamiliar faces. Their clothes were not rich, and the rain marks on their bodies had not yet dried.

At the same time, there was a sudden "thump, thump, thump" sound on the wooden stairs, and a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded.

Xue Yingqing held her bun in her hands, grabbed Jiang Lianheng's arm, and shouted in a deep voice: "Hurry up!"

Jiang Lianheng also noticed that something was wrong at this moment, so he immediately put the note in his hand away.

When he turned around, he saw Master Rong, surrounded by seven or eight bodyguards, walking menacingly towards the banquet hall with a sullen look on his face.

The remaining guests in the banquet hall didn't know what was going on. They just felt that the lively atmosphere had suddenly deteriorated, and they were a little panicked. For a moment, they didn't know whether to go or stay.

While hesitating, Fifth Master Rong had already walked into the banquet hall. His eyes passed through the crowd and immediately locked onto Jiang Lianheng's location.

"Jiang Lianheng!"

Eye to eye, life and death!
"Bring me the manifest!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard two roars coming from the west side of the corridor!

However, he saw the head knife running towards him regardless of his own safety, risking his life, and shouted in a stern voice: "Shopkeeper, get down!"

Zhao Guoyan followed closely, took out the box cannon in his arms, and shouted repeatedly: "Brother Dao, blow out the lamp!"

Plans have changed! ! !

It's too late to say, then soon!
Xue Yingqing immediately leaned down and pulled out the hairpin, but saw that she flipped her wrist and took out a grenade from the thick hair!

Jiang Lian raised his eyebrows sharply and didn't hesitate for a moment. He immediately took out the box cannon with his backhand, stepped closer, blocked Xue Yingqing's waist to protect him, and ran towards Zhao Guoyan and others!

At the same time, the guests at the reception suddenly screamed and pushed each other around in a hurry, running around like a group of headless flies.

Since they were the financial backers of the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, they could not be slaughtered at will.

Rong Wuye frowned, and immediately shouted to the left and right: "Get someone!"

The bodyguards immediately took out their pokers, fired warning shots, cursed and rushed away the scattered guests, raised their guns, and chased Jiang Lianheng and others.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sudden "pop" sound from somewhere - the power suddenly stopped!
The entire Yamato Hotel was instantly plunged into darkness!
The screams of the guests at the reception became more and more piercing!
The last scene that Master Rong Wu's bodyguard saw when he opened his eyes was Jiang Lianheng suddenly stopping at the corner of the banquet hall, turning around, with a sinister smile, and gently throwing something towards them - " Click”!
It was quiet for a second, and then——

"Boom!!!"

There was no light rising into the sky, only powerful shock waves and shrapnel flying in all directions!
"what--"

Accompanied by a piercing scream, several people fell to the ground in the darkness!

Night: 07:14
The hunt begins, bet your life!

Countdown: fifteen minutes!

(End of this chapter)