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Chapter 296 Turmoil

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Chunying's mind.

Since there is danger, of course, regardless of 21, the best thing to do is escape!However, she is now following the second old lady, and there are a lot of people around her. It is impossible for the old man to walk fast just because of her inconvenient legs and feet.It's impossible to leave the crowd and escape by herself, unless the whole family in Dongfu is dead, otherwise she escapes at this time, even if she survives in the end, and has the reputation of abandoning her master and fleeing, she can't expect to end well.After so many years of hard work, how could she let herself fall short? !

In the blink of an eye, Chunying gritted her teeth, suddenly bent down and picked up the second old lady, and ran forward.The second old lady and the others were not mentally prepared, so they were startled, and she yelled: "Run!" Only then did they wake up, and immediately swarmed forward.Some people fled in other directions because they were too scared. When they saw a stranger rushing from behind with a torch, they screamed repeatedly, and some rolled their eyes and fainted.There was chaos inside and outside Songyi Courtyard.

Although Chunying was stronger than the other girls, she couldn't support a living person who weighed more than a hundred catties, but she insisted on running to the main courtyard with the idea of ​​"to survive".But she no longer had the strength to run forward, and her feet were weak. Fortunately, Qiuyan followed closely, and when she saw her walking unsteadily, she reached out to help her, so she didn't fall down with the second old lady.The fourth young lady who stumbled and followed closely behind hurriedly asked: "Grandma, grandma, do you want to be okay?!"

The second old lady was shaken so badly all the way, she could only breathe, how could she say a word?
Aunt Xu, who was at the end, shouted: "They are catching up, let's go! There are Fourth Young Master and Mr. Tu in the front yard, they will be able to defend!" Before the words finished, a group of women panicked again, and some little girls could not hold back. Can't help crying loudly.

Chunying gritted her teeth, and stretched out her hands to carry the second old lady on her back again. Qiuyan and Bailing hurriedly helped the latter onto her back. Her feet were weak and she almost didn't fall, so she took a few steps forward. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed in front of her eyes, and a strange man rushed forward with a long gun. She screamed in fright, and shouted in her heart, "Is it true that God is going to kill me?!"

But the man didn't come towards them, instead he went towards the rebels at the back, and soon stopped the person who was running at the front, and stabbed his heart with a single shot.

Chunying was stunned, and then watched a few young men in military uniforms rushing over with weapons, and then the fourth young master ran over with a sword in his hand: "Grandmother, sister, are you all safe?!" Four The young lady cried "Brother" and rushed forward.The fourth young master comforted his sister a few times, and then caught up with his grandmother again.The second old lady had breathed a sigh of relief, she slid down Chunying's back, leaning against Qiuyan and said weakly: "Good boy, be careful not to get hurt, where's your mother?"

"Mother is safe and sound. Da Hong just went home to report the news. He took a few military masters and chopped off two of the thieves in front. The leader has already been taken down! The people from Dongcheng Bingmasi also rushed to kill the others. They tied them up. But when they heard that there was something strange in the back of the mansion, the thief leader said that they were divided into two teams, one team went to the back door, and the other team went to the Hou's mansion, grandson was worried that grandma would be frightened!"

Fourth Miss cried: "We also thought we couldn't escape. Fortunately, Chunying carried her grandmother on her back and ran so far. We only knew how to keep up. Finally, we met rescuers!"

The fourth young master hurriedly bowed to Chunying after hearing the words: "Good sister, thank you for saving grandma."

Chunying was staring at the fight in the distance, still a little stupefied, and quickly waved her hands: "No... no, I'm just... I'm just..." His mind gradually calmed down, and his voice became much more stable, "Four Young Master, I am just doing my duty, help the old lady to a safe place, here..."

The fourth young master came to his senses, and hurriedly handed the sword to Aunt Xu, and personally helped the grandmother to walk forward.

Finally arrived at a safe place, Chunying couldn't help but turn her head to look at the bloody scene behind, shrank her neck, and secretly rejoiced that she was lucky.

In the front yard, the people from Dongcheng Bingmasi were guarding the rebels, so they went to the upper room in the main courtyard.The second wife, Zhuo Shi, brought the big girls over to take over the service, and Chunying didn't care about showing her loyalty and dedication. Anyway, her contribution this time was great enough, so she found a quiet corner and sat on the ground, feeling My whole body is weak and I don't want to move at all.There were people coming and going in the upper room, but no one noticed her for a moment, and finally took a breath and stood up, and she had been looking for her for a long time.

Zhuo came over with tears in his eyes and said: "It's really thanks to you this time, Yajun just told me about the situation at that time, I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat. Who knew those thieves would come to our house? How dare you attack the old and the weak, women and children, what a despicable act!"

Chunying twitched the corners of her mouth, really not in the mood to say anything good, so she could only say: "Is the old lady okay? She was running in a hurry at the time, so don't bump her old man. Since the officers and soldiers have come, they are all right? There will be no Are the rebels hiding and looking for opportunities to kill?!"

Zhuo's complexion changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "The old lady is frightened, go and see her quickly." Then he led people to the front yard again.

The turmoil that plagued the East Mansion came to an end at dawn.The rebel army that ravaged the Hou Mansion and the East Mansion happened to be the Habayashi rebel general and his soldiers, and some of them were members of other rebel teams encountered on the way to escape.After the failure of the uprising, they fled separately in the inner city, but the city gate was locked tightly, and the officers and soldiers pursued closely. They met by chance, and after meeting together, they all felt that they could not escape.The traitor thought that he would end up in this field because of Li Yan's meddling in other people's affairs. If it wasn't for the general he recruited to command his soldiers and say that most of the troops had surrendered, he might not be incapable of fighting. , filled with resentment, brought people to take revenge, intending to let Li Yan taste the taste of family ruin, but Dong Mansion had already prepared, they took great effort to break in, and the officers and soldiers also arrived.

The second master, Li Yan, hurried home from the palace until after dawn. Seeing the wounds cut by the rebel army with knives and guns on the gate, and the unwashed blood on the steps, he was also faintly afraid.When he arrived at the front yard, he met the soldiers from Dongcheng Bingmasi, and looked at the rebel general with a sullen face.

The man was temporarily imprisoned in an empty room, his clothes were disheveled, his armor had a big hole, and his body was covered with blood, but he was clearly only in his early thirties, but his hair suddenly turned half gray.

Li Yan looked at him for a while with complicated eyes, and then asked coldly: "General Tantai, do you regret it?!"

Tantai Minghao smiled miserably: "What is there to regret? I have nothing to say."

Li Yan snorted coldly: "Until now, you are still obsessed with obsession?! The rewards of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, you have a bright future, why can't you think about it, and get involved with those rebels?!"

"Bright future?" Tantai Minghao mocked as if he had heard some joke, "Maybe I used to have a bright future, but ever since I was sent by the emperor to accompany Grand Master Liang to announce an edict, my future has never been the same again. Yes! It’s clear that I’m following the emperor’s order, but the emperor still regards me as a thorn in the side, what else can I do?! If King Ke ascends the throne, at least I can keep my own future!” After a pause, his eyes rolled round , keeping a close eye on Li Yan, "Master Li, how similar was your situation to mine before today?! You obviously made great contributions at the border, but because the emperor was too suspicious, not only did you not get a reward, but you were also left idle. Are you willing? You are not afraid... In the future, like me, the emperor will just find a crime and send him away? Maybe even the official position and wealth are gone?!"

Li Yan looked at him and shook his head: "Thunder, rain and dew are all due to your kindness. Besides... If the Holy Majesty wanted to idle you, he would not have been arranging you to serve in other places, and he transferred you back to the Yulin Army last fall. The so-called loyal ministers and good generals, how could they have a heart of rebellion just because the Holy Majesty was cold for a while? The Holy Majesty just gave it a try, and you fell all the way, who can be blamed?!"

Tantai Minghao's whole body trembled, as if he understood something, he softened instantly, as if he had aged ten years.

Li Yan didn't pay attention to him any more, just went out and said a few words to the people from Dongcheng Bingmasi, and then rushed to the second gate to visit his mother.

Hearing how his mother escaped from danger, he broke into a cold sweat. Turning around, he found that the savior was Chun Ying who had made noise that day, and his wife Zhuo Shi was beside him. He couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and said dryly to Chun Ying: "Well done, I misunderstood you. In the future, I will serve the old lady well, and I will remember your credit."

Chunying felt a little puzzled when she heard this, she answered, turned her back and couldn't help muttering, when did the second master "misread" herself?
As time went on, the cause of the turmoil gradually became clear.It turned out that the second master Li Yan and several generals who came back from the northern border town presented a secret letter during the interview, which revealed that a certain general raised the army privately, embezzled the military salary of the military department, and colluded with the Qing army, which caused the imperial army to fight in the war. Evidence of the previous defeat was also attached.The emperor was furious, but the general was quite famous in the army, and he had some ties to Ke Wangfu. It can be said that he was a strong supporter of Ke Wang's struggle for power.Next, the censor impeached several powerful children for disturbing the people around Nanyuan, the southern suburb of the capital, and robbing the women of the people, causing death, including the only son of the general.Seeing that he had a good opportunity, the emperor wanted to use this as an excuse to seize the military power of the general. He also mobilized the Habayashi Army just in case that he needed to send more manpower to strengthen the security of the capital during the Lantern Festival.Unexpectedly, when the news leaked out, the generals and Prince Ke's mansion would attack first, so the emperor had no choice but to mobilize ahead of time.It was also because he was too hasty and did not arrange well, so he missed Tantai Minghao, which caused the Donghua Gate to be burned, and many officials and eunuchs in the inner city were also affected by the chaos.

Dong Mansion experienced this catastrophe, which can be regarded as hurting its vitality.Both the young and strong guarding the front door and the domestic servants guarding the back door all suffered casualties.Seventeen men and eight women were killed in the whole mansion, and three or 40 people were injured; It was damaged, the top of the wall collapsed with a hole several feet wide, and countless things were damaged; a few houses were burned in the back street area, but there were no casualties, except that a 70-year-old servant was frightened and died. .

The second master was busy going to court to take care of the aftermath, and the Zhuo family was not idle at home, renovating the house, providing comfort to the families of the dead and injured, repurchasing decorations and adding manpower, etc.Fourth Miss also came to help.Chunying took a group of maids to take care of the second old lady all day long.Maybe it was because of the fright that her health got worse and worse, so she specially invited the imperial doctor to come and took the medicine for a few days before she got better.

When Chunying was free, she went around to inquire about people she knew, and was relieved when she learned that Yinhuan and Xiaolianhua were safe.

Within two days, the situation in the Hou Mansion also reached the ears of everyone in the Dong Mansion.Compared with the East Mansion, the houses in the Hou Mansion were not so severely damaged, but there were also some casualties.I heard that the second young lady, Mrs. Liang, was frightened that night and shouted that she was Grand Master Liang's daughter. Unexpectedly, an arrow was shot by the rebels from a distance, and it hit the arm of the big girl next to her, and she fainted immediately. past.When she woke up, she heard the news that her mother's family had been questioned, and the shock was even greater.However, during the turmoil, Fan Shi, the third young lady, organized her servants to resist the rebels and won the admiration of everyone.Since both the old lady and his wife An Shi were frightened, the former simply handed over the power of housekeeping to the granddaughter-in-law.

After another two days, the entire East Mansion settled down again, the burnt places were tidied up, the dead and injured were all dealt with, and the frightened people were all recovered, so Chunying was free. , and asked Qingluan about the second master's "misjudgment" about her.

Knowing the reason of the matter, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and she couldn't vent it in front of Qingluan, so she could only smile and say: "So that's the case, then I really have nothing to say, I am not A loyal servant, if he was really loyal to the master's family with all his heart, he wouldn't have come to this mansion in the first place!"

Qingluan gave her a push: "Why are you so weird? The master doesn't recognize you, he doesn't know who you are, so it's not surprising that he misunderstood you for a while. Doesn't he now know that you are a good person? This time you really are You have made great achievements, who will disrespect you in the future?"

"Why do I want people to respect me?" Chunying curled her lips, and suddenly thought that she didn't dare to say that she wanted to leave the house before because she was worried that her master would think she was unfaithful, and if she got angry, she might not let her go.But now that she has the credit of the Savior, no one will question her loyalty anymore. Does that mean that she can speak with less scruples? !

(End of this chapter)