Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

"Killing!"

"Killing!"

"The robbers are in town!"

Wow... countless people panicked and ran towards Zhengyang Gate. At the same time, a murder also occurred inside the gate, and the people inside rushed out again.

The two waves of people attacked front and back, like huge waves, and immediately dispersed the Rongfu group!

Cai Sen and others were staggered by the crowds of people. It was difficult for them to stand still. How could they protect the driver?

Qiao Yin was riding on his horse and saw the Jinyi guards in the crowd screaming and disappearing one by one. He knew that the enemy had been mixed among the people. Now let alone protecting Jia Cong's family, he might not be able to protect himself!

His heart skipped a beat, and he shouted sternly: "Jinyiwei! Come closer to me! The thieves are mixed in the crowd, and anyone who blocks the road will be killed, kill, kill!" Before he could finish his words, he pulled out his Xiuchun knife and slashed left and right, killing several civilians in an instant.

When the people saw him killing people indiscriminately, they hurriedly ran away.

Seeing this, the rest of the Jin Yiwei didn't care about anything else. They all pulled out their knives and slashed left and right!

"Get out of here!" Qiao Yin shouted angrily, killing people all the way, and finally rushed to the side of the car.

A dozen soldiers who had not yet been dispersed guarded the vehicle.

"Pull the cart out! Pull it aside! Be prepared for thieves to fish in troubled waters!" Qiao Yin shouted.

The soldiers hurriedly followed the order, using all their strength to pull the vehicle out of the crowd and aside.

"It's not advisable to stay here for a long time, go to Chaoyang Gate!" Qiao Yin said decisively, directing dozens of Jinyi captains who came closer to protect the vehicle.

Before he finished speaking, through the lights all around, he saw hundreds of people rushing over with sharp weapons.

"Be careful! Enemy attack!" the soldiers shouted, forming a formation to protect the vehicle.

Hundreds of thieves came over silently and fought with the Jinyi captain on the outside.

When the people around them saw the fighting, they were so frightened that they pissed themselves, screamed, and ran in all directions, but they no longer crowded into the city gate.

Cai Sen, with a few soldiers, finally squeezed out, shook off Mo Dao, and went to kill the thief.

One knife at a time, clean and neat, immediately stabilizing the situation.

Qiao Yin felt a little relieved. He glanced at the top of the city and saw that the defenders turned a blind eye to the chaos below. He knew in his heart that things were not that simple tonight.

After a while, dozens of soldiers and Jinyi captains approached one after another. Qiao Yin hurriedly shouted loudly, ordering the captains to kill the enemy bravely.

At this time, I saw seven or eight painted boats sliding down the Qinhuai River. As soon as they docked, hundreds of thieves armed with sharp knives got out of them.

Qiao Yin was horrified and shouted: "Brother Cai! The thieves are powerful, protect the car and drive away quickly!"

If it were a battlefield, Cai Sen would not be afraid no matter how many enemies there were with Mo Dao's military formation. He would only be afraid that the troops would be in chaos and the swords and guns would have no eyesight. If Jia Cong's family members were injured, they would be dead.

Yin glanced at the team and shouted: "Tie Zhu, San Pang, cut off the rear! The rest of you will follow me!"

"Understood!" The two teams that were named shouted.

"go!"

Excluding the two teams that were dispersed by the crowd, Cai Sen left two teams behind and led a team of people to the north along the inner city wall.

Not far from Chaoyang Gate is the Governor's Mansion. No matter how powerful the thieves are, they would not dare to attack.

"You cut off the queen! Jing Shen will escort me!" Qiao Yin shouted, and also led dozens of cavalry to follow him. Now that everyone is dead, he doesn't feel sad, as long as the people in the car are okay.

Everyone ran for a while, turned into a sparsely populated side street, and temporarily got rid of the pursuers.

Qiao Yin suddenly reined in his horse and said, "Wait a minute!"
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During the chaos along the Qinhuai River, riots also broke out in the inner city, the outer city, Xi'anmenwai Street, Laowangfu Street, Jinwu Back Street and other bustling streets.

Countless gangsters seemed to appear out of thin air, rushing into banks, jewelry stores, pawn shops, gold and silver shops, etc., killing people and robbing money. Many even broke into the homes of wealthy family members, burning, killing and looting.

For a while, the city of Jinling was in chaos.

When the government officials patrolling the city saw that the thieves were powerful, they turned around and ran back to report the news.

After Gu Tao finished his business for the day and didn't even bother to have dinner, he received an urgent report from Jinling Mansion, saying that thieves were everywhere in the city, killing people, setting fires, and causing chaos. He was shocked, but then calmed down.

He yelled: "Order the General Army's Yamen to send troops to quell the chaos! Order the Jinling garrison to guard the four gates and not allow the thieves to escape!"

"Yes!"

"Send a message to the Jinyiwei Yamen and ask them to send Tiqi to help quell the chaos!"

"Yes!"

"Report! Urgent news from Jin Yiwei. It is said that Admiral Jia's family was attacked and killed by thieves while putting out lanterns outside Zhengyang Gate. Please send troops to rescue them quickly!"

Gu Tao was shocked. He wanted to ask Jin Yiwei for help, but he didn't expect something happened to Jia Cong's family.

There are no such coincidences in the world. There must be someone with a scheming plan just waiting to cause trouble today.

Gu Tao pondered for a moment and said decisively: "Assemble a battalion of Governor Biao Battalion and rush to the rescue. At any cost, we must ensure that Admiral Jia's family is safe!"

"Yes!"

Gu Tao also has the Supervisory Biao Battalion under his direct control. There are three battalions in total, with each battalion having a thousand men. Although their combat power is low, it is only a mere scratch.

Before he finished speaking, someone else came to report.

"Your Excellency, the Fubiao Camp did not ambush the military order. They rushed out of the barracks and surrounded the Governor's Mansion. They said they heard that the Governor was killed and came here to see him.

Now we are in a confrontation with Dubiao Camp, and they are refusing to give in. The situation is urgent, please make a decision! "

When Gu Tao heard this, his eyes grew cold and he smiled coldly, "How dare you, thief!"

Outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion, thousands of soldiers from the Fubiao Battalion were holding torches, neatly dressed, and making loud noises.

"We are responsible for guarding Futai. Now that Mr. Chen has not been seen for many days, how can we sit in the camp?"

"Master Futai has been detained for no apparent reason, I won't wait!"

"It is rumored that Mr. Futai was assassinated. We must seek justice!"

"Please give me an explanation, Governor Gu!"

"We will never leave until we see Mr. Futai!"

……

Chen Zhongjian also had 2,000 people from the Fubiao Battalion under his direct control. He suddenly launched an attack and surrounded the Governor's Mansion, restraining the Fubiao Battalion here and unable to move. Suddenly, the door of the Governor's Mansion was opened, and Gu Taoguan came out with a serious look. He looked at the sergeant blocking the door and said calmly: "Now there are bandits everywhere in the city. Instead of quelling the chaos, you surrounded the Governor's Yamen. What crime should you do?"

The commander of the Fubiao Battalion knew Gu Tao and hurriedly knelt down and said, "This is for Master Zhitai. I heard that Master Futai was killed. The morale of the army was in turmoil and the soldiers were uneasy. So I came here to see you."

Gu Tao said: "Hearsay is nonsense. The governor has already sent an order. Recently, Mr. Chen and other lords were at the Governor's Yamen to consult on military affairs. Do you not know this?"

"We know, but the rumors are true. We have important responsibilities for the imperial court and we dare not ignore them. Please give Mr. Futai a meeting to reassure the soldiers."

Gu Tao frowned slightly, unable to keep people in anymore, so he waved his hand and said: "Please come out, Governor Chen and all your lords."

Not long after, Chen Zhongjian and others came out, looked at the situation outside the door, smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "What are your orders, Mr. Taiwan Maker?"

Gu Tao remained silent and waved his hand slightly, and the official next to him explained the situation.

Chen Zhongjian said: "I see, it's human nature for the sergeants in Fubiao Battalion to feel anxious when they see me not returning for a long time. Please don't be surprised, Master Tai.

Now that there is chaos in the city, I would like to ask Mr. Tai to tell me whether we should continue to be counselors at the Governor's Mansion or go back to the yamen to deal with the situation. "

Gu Tao glanced at a few people and said slowly: "You all go back and calm down the chaos quickly."

"That's it, I'll take my leave." Chen Zhongjian smiled slightly and led Fu Biaoying away.

The commander of Fubiao Battalion whispered: "Please tell me what we should do."

Chen Zhongjian said: "The thieves are making trouble at night, and the enemy's situation is unknown, so we should not move lightly. The priority is to protect the people and appease the people. As for apprehending the bandits, I think Mr. Taitai has other arrangements."

Weng Yunzhi, Tan Yao and others smiled when they heard this.

"I understand."
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Cai Sen and Qiao Yin protected the vehicle and turned left and right, finally turning into Chaoyangmenwai Street at the foot of Shenlie Mountain. The street was full of people, and they were not disturbed by the bandits at all.

"Everyone, get out of the way!" Jing Shen led a few riders in front to clear the way, whipping his whip wildly to drive away the crowd.

When the people saw them wearing flying fish uniforms, they dared not to obey, so they hurriedly moved aside.

Everyone was moving quickly, and suddenly they heard a shrill scream from behind.

"Killing!"

Qiao Yin was riding a horse and saw dozens of gangsters slashing at the back with knives. They drove the crowd over and shouted hurriedly: "Protect the chariot!"

A large number of frightened people bumped into each other like chickens, rushing into the midst of the royal guards and soldiers.

"Hengdao!" Cai Sen shouted.

The soldiers formed a circle, holding the Mo Dao horizontally in their hands at the same time, connecting them end to end, pushing them out desperately to form a circle of railings, forcibly blocking the flow of people and protecting the vehicles.

The Jin Yiwei were not so lucky. They had no way to deal with the strategy of driving sheep and devouring tigers. In a dozen breaths, more than forty horsemen were assassinated by gangsters mixed in with the crowd.

Only a few were quick to see the opportunity and sneaked into roadside shops to escape the disaster.

Dozens of gangsters followed the crowd and followed the crowd, and seven or eight soldiers turned around to intercept them.

Dozens of thieves suddenly jumped out of the crowd on both sides of the vehicle and struggled with the soldiers on both sides, trying to snatch the Mo Dao from the soldiers.

The soldiers were forced by the flow of people in front of them, and there were carriages behind them. They were crowded all around and couldn't move. They only relied on brute force to hold on to the enemy.

"Abandon the knife!" Cai Sen yelled, released his hand, pulled out the knife from his waist with his backhand, and stabbed the gangster in front of him to death.

All the soldiers came to their senses, let go one after another, and drew out their horizontal knives to chop at random.

Bang! Dozens of Mo knives fell to the ground, and dozens of thieves quickly drew their knives to kill.

Although the soldiers were brave, they were outnumbered and distracted from protecting the vehicles, so they were at a stalemate for a while.

Without thinking, Cai Sen suddenly heard a shout above him. Four or five thieves jumped from the second floors of the houses on both sides and jumped directly on top of the two luxurious carriages in front.

The servant who was driving the cart was chopped off with a knife. The thief stabbed the horses in the buttocks with the knife. The horses were in pain and pulled the two carts and galloped away. After a while, they turned into another side street and disappeared.

"We succeeded! Entrap them!" The bandits were overjoyed and tried their best to entangle the soldiers.

All the soldiers were furious, wielding their swords like the wind, slashing wildly, and relying on their iron armor, they cut down more than a dozen gangsters in an instant.

The bandits were not willing to fight, and after delaying for a while, they escaped each other under the cover of night.

Qiao Yin breathed a sigh of relief and slipped out of the house on the roadside with a few horsemen. The horses disappeared without knowing where they were, and they were all looking ashen and miserable.

Seeing that the gangsters had run away, Cai Sen hurriedly walked to the middle of the remaining three green cloth carts and whispered: "Girls, how are you, grandmas?"

Just listen to Sister Feng's trembling voice: "We are all fine."

It turned out that just now Qiao Yin had been more thoughtful and ordered the accompanying woman, Baochai and others to switch vehicles. Now the thieves only robbed seven or eight women.

"Come on, hurry up! The thief will notice it soon." Qiao Yin breathed a sigh of relief and said.

Everyone pulled the carriages and horses and rushed to Chaoyang Gate quickly.

Suddenly, I heard a firework explode in the sky, turning into red light all over the sky.

Qiao Yin shouted: "This is a summons from the thief, leave quickly!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw nearly a hundred people running towards him from behind.

Qiao Yin jumped onto the shaft of the car in front, kicked the driver off, and shouted: "Caisen! Leave the others behind, and let's drive into the city!"

Cai Sen followed suit, jumped onto the second car, kicked the driver, jerked the reins, and shouted: "Dali, Xiaobao, cut off the queen!"

"Don't worry!" The two of them yelled and ordered the rest of them to stand in a row and block the street. Facing the nearly a hundred gangsters who rushed up, they raised their Mo Dao diagonally and took a stance.

Three carriages were running wildly on the street. Seeing Chaoyang Gate approaching, the city gate slowly closed.

It turned out that the garrison in the inner city had been ordered by the garrison yamen to close the four doors tightly and clear out the thieves, but Qiao Yin and others were locked out.

"Asshole! I am Qianhu, the Jinyi Guard, please open the door quickly!"

Qiao Yin reined in his horse and stopped on the stone bridge of the inner city moat. He shouted with his halberd finger and at the same time took off his silver waistband, raised his hand and threw it towards the city.

The defenders on the city shouted: "The governor's office has issued a strict order. Bandits are causing trouble in the city. The four gates are sealed to prevent escape. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Please forgive me."

Qiao Yin laughed angrily, turned around and breathed a sigh of relief, no one was chasing him.

Just as he was about to say Jia Cong's name, he suddenly heard the sound of water under the bridge, and a dozen heads poked out of the moat.

Whoosh whoosh! More than a dozen flying claws shot out from the dark water and instantly hooked the carriage's shaft and wheels!

"Be careful!" Cai Sen yelled. (End of chapter)