Tang Ge

Chapter 21
The screams immediately resounded throughout Jinyang Long Street!
"There are assassins!" Li Yuanji yelled, "Escort!"

Everyone was shocked, looking to both sides, there was a continuous (swish) sound, and for a while, crossbows and arrows were fired from a distance, and the horses were taken but not the people.The miserable hiss of war horses and the angry shouts of people shook the sky.The lantern fell to the ground, the horses jumped in surprise in the dark, and the situation was chaotic.Seeing this, Li Yuanji shouted: "Don't panic, keep the formation!"

However, suddenly the enemy was seen jumping down from the eaves on both sides like a leopard, first fell a few feet, then flew out of the long rope in the air, and came to the sky above the street in the darkness like a heavenly soldier.

At this time, most of Li Yuanji's entourage had fallen down. The horses screamed and wailed, and their hoofs fluttered wildly. Many people were injured by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground, but were trampled to death by the horses. Those who were not injured by luck ran to the small alleys on both sides of the long street in order to escape, and the guard group of more than 200 people was immediately defeated.

Li Yuanji was in panic, tightening the reins desperately, raising his arms and shouting.The surrounding residents had heard the sound a long time ago, but they closed the windows tightly because of fear and innocence. The silent long street was suddenly filled with terrible screams and killing sounds.

Suddenly I heard a light whistle from the enemy, as if being summoned, the enemy who had the absolute upper hand suddenly retreated without any reluctance to fight, and disappeared without a trace in just half a cup of tea.

Li Yuanji stood where he was, with slight wounds on his right arm and left leg. It seemed that the enemy obviously didn't really want to assassinate him, otherwise he would definitely not be standing here now. So, what was it for?Li Yuanji thought in a daze.

A soldier came up limping, obviously seriously injured, "My lord, we injured 28 brothers, none died, but 67 escaped."

Li Yuanji narrowed his eyes slightly, and clenched his fists tightly: "Tomorrow, I will go to the homes of the escaped people and arrest their parents, wives and children. The men will be cut in half, and the women will serve as official prostitutes. waste!"

The man nodded: "Yes!"

Who did it?Li Yuanji frowned, and when he was about to get on his horse, he saw the soldier still kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help feeling a little impatient: "What else?"

"That..." The soldier faltered for a while, but he still said it boldly, "The woman the prince caught just now disappeared, I don't know if she ran away or..."

Li Yuanji's frown became more and more tight. After a long time, he got on his horse and yelled: "You, go and inform me about General Feng. The whole city is strictly prohibited. No one is allowed to let me out. I will check from house to house. I have to find her even if I dig three feet into the ground. The others will come back to the palace with me, and I want to see who is in charge of this Jinyang Palace!"

After a while, Jinyang City, which had been noisy all day, started a new round of noise.

The night was gloomy, and the Jinyang Street was bleak. The noise over there just now did not affect the silence here. The soldiers on the tower yawned and looked up at the moon in the sky. It was almost the second watch, it was time to change post.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes in the distance, which suddenly shattered the soldier's plan to take a lazy nap. He couldn't help but open his eyes wide, and complained secretly, Jinyang hasn't been this lively for a long time, it's noisy One day is not enough, so what's the fuss about at night?
Most of the soldiers defending the city were startled awake, rubbing their sleepy eyes and looking down through the slightly rising mist.

The soldier standing guard on the city stood up straight, and shouted loudly, "Who is here? The city gate is closed. If there is something to do, we will leave the city tomorrow."

"Bastard!" A guard under the city suddenly yelled, "You dare to block the way of His Highness King Qi, you Dong Kui don't want to live anymore."

The soldier named Dong Kui was taken aback when he heard the words, and saw that the person under the city gate was Zhu Chong, the left guard of Jinyang Palace, and the others were strong men and horses. With a hood, the face cannot be seen clearly, and it is vaguely similar to King Qi.

"I don't know what's going on with His Royal Highness King Qi going out of the city."

"You are so courageous. When will it be your turn to take care of His Royal Highness King Qi's affairs? Open the city gate quickly!"

Dong Kui still felt a little strange. After thinking about it, it is better to be careful, so he asked again: "Do you have a token?"

Zhu Chong said angrily: "What token does His Royal Highness need to leave the city? Do you not want to live anymore?"

Although Dong Kui felt that something was wrong, he didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only reply: "My lord and Zhu Bingwei, please wait a moment, and I will report to General Feng."

Zhu Chong was furious and said, "Who is in charge of this Jinyang City? Is it your General Feng? If you don't hurry up and open the door, it will delay our affairs and your family will die."

Where did Dong Kui dare to speak, he hurriedly opened the door tremblingly, and saw that the horseshoes were flying like flying and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Dong Kui couldn't help but mutter in his heart, when did King Qi become so diligent, shouldn't he be here at this time Do you enjoy tenderness in a woman's arms?Besides, when did this kid Zhu Chong take refuge in King Qi? I've always heard that he is Madam Wan's man!Dong Kui shook his head, and took out a handful of melon seeds from his bosom. We can't control those things. It's better to change shifts early and go home to accompany his wife.

Just as he was about to go downstairs to call someone else to take over, he heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and he was close by after a while. When he took a closer look, it was Wang Yuan, the confidant of King Qi, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy .

"The king of Qi has an order to block the gates of the city, and the whole city is strictly prohibited. No one can enter or leave without the order of the king of Qi!"

Dong Kui was taken aback, his whole body seemed to be in an ice cellar, and he asked with a hint of luck: "Didn't His Royal Highness just leave the city?"

Wang Yuan suddenly yelled angrily: "Oh! The one you let out is an assassin!"

Dong Kui felt dizzy for a while, and sat down on the ground.On the open wilderness, a group of people and horses were rushing forward, followed by a carriage, which was also moving forward at a high speed, and it took about a quarter of an hour.The man in the lead made a stop gesture, and the whole team slowed down slowly, and stopped beside a big tree.

"Mr. Sun." Zhu Chong hurried forward to hold Sun Luran's horse's head.Sun Luran turned over and jumped down, unexpectedly also neatly.He waved his hand, and hurried to the carriage behind without saying anything.Walking to the side of the carriage, he gave a bow, and said in a loud voice, "Miss Su, Sun Luran came late, and made the girl suffer."

Sun Luran arched his hands and gave a long bow. However, after waiting for a while, there was no sound from inside the carriage.Sun Luran frowned slightly, and said again: "Young lady was injured, I'm taking the liberty, I'll just show you."

After a long time, there was still no sound, Sun Luran felt more and more inappropriate, stretched out his hand and lifted the curtain of the carriage, and inside, it was empty, and there was no one there.

(End of this chapter)