Chapter 207: Assassination
The commotion lasted for half an hour and showed no sign of subsidence, except that the flow of people did not swell in all directions as at the beginning, but ran in one direction from north to south. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Du Shunwen and Hou Qi stood in front of the window and watched, and faintly heard the crowd shouting words such as "exploded" and "dead". Shan Jiu went out to inquire about the news and hadn't come back yet, they didn't know what was going on outside, and they didn't dare to act rashly.
After another quarter of an hour, there was a knock on the door, but it was not Shan Jiu who came in, but a black-faced and bearded man.
"Fifth brother. Hachi exclaimed in surprise.
Hou Qi saw that the expressions of the people who came were becoming more and more serious, and even Lian Wu, who had always seen the head and the tail of the dragon, came out, which showed that things were unusual.
Lian Wu didn't want to say hello to him and Xiaoba, and walked quickly to Du Shunwen's side, "Lord, please get out of here quickly." ”
"What's wrong?" Du Shunwen asked.
"Someone planted gunpowder in the lantern of the Jiuqu Lantern Array and assassinated the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty who traveled in micro-clothes......"
Du Shunwen was taken aback, "Xue Liao is dead?!"
"Seriously injured, life and death unknown. Lian Wu replied, "I have already been sent to the nearest Jieguo Mansion for treatment." ”
Du Shunwen's eyes sank, he remembered that there was no such thing as assassination in the previous life, could it be that because he lived again, changed some things, and inadvertently shortened the number of Qi of Dajin?
"Who assassinated Xue Liao, do you have a clue?" he asked again.
Lian Wu shook his head, "The assassin only buried the gunpowder and never showed up. Ouchi's guards, the Imperial Forest Army, the Gyeonggi Battalion, and the Five Cities Terracotta Division have all been dispatched to quell the riots and search for the Assassins from house to house.
It won't be long before they will be searched here, but the lord should leave as soon as possible so as not to get into unnecessary trouble. ”
"I see. Du Shunwen nodded, "You go." ”
Lian Wu bowed down and said "retire", and waited for Qi and Xiao Ba to bow their hands and went straight away.
"I'll send my son out. Hou Qi took the cotton and draped it on Du Shunwen's body, "The row of shops at the back of this restaurant asked me to buy it, and we left through the back door, no one will find out." ”
Du Shunwen knew that Hou Qi always had a way to send him out, so he didn't answer, and while following Hou Qi out, he stared at this assassination that was not what he expected.
He didn't know if Xue Liao had traveled in micro-clothes today, but in this life, he didn't receive the news of Xue Liao's departure from the palace in advance, so it must have been a temporary intention. In other words, only those who knew Xue Liao's whereabouts well could take the lead in planting gunpowder in the Jiuqu Lantern Array.
Who could this person be?
Having already walked to the door, Xiao Ba suddenly remembered something, "Isn't the Nine Song Lantern Array not far in front of here?"
Hou Qi was shocked when he heard this, and it was too late to stop Xiao Hachi.
"What did you say?" Du Shunwen paused abruptly.
Xiaoba frightened him, and snorted: "I said that the girl of the Xie family will be killed by the explosion, and the seventh brother said that he saw her walking a hundred diseases......"
Du Shunwen immediately set his eyes on Hou Qi, "Do you really see Mulan?"
Hou Qi couldn't hide it, so he had to nod, "Yes, the Jiuqu Lantern Array is not far from the Mandarin Duck Bridge, and the Mandarin Duck Bridge is the only way to take all diseases." According to the speed of the queue, Miss Xie should have been around there at the time of the explosion......"
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Du Shunwen shook off a sentence angrily, turned around and ran to the window, and actually followed the example of Shan Jiu and jumped down from the window.
Hou Qi helplessly held his forehead, "I knew it would be like this!"
It was the first time for Xiao Ba to see Du Shunwen doing his work, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shouted: "Childe, wait for me!"
Hou Qiyan was quick and grabbed him, "You can't go, the Ouchi guards and the Imperial Forest Army are hunting down assassins, and you will only cause trouble for Childe if you go." ”
"Shan Jiu is not here, and there is not even a person to protect Childe, what if the lackeys who call Dajin are targeted?"
"Don't worry, Childe has his own way to get out. Hou Qi said this, but his brows couldn't help but twist.
His own master is really concerned about chaos, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty was assassinated, and he, as the prince of Wei, appeared at the scene of the assassination, doesn't it make people suspect that this assassination was planned by Wei?
Even if he is clever enough to avoid being searched and arrested by the Ouchi guards and officers and soldiers, how can he guarantee that he will not fall into the eyes of others? The girl of the Xie family came out with the Li family brothers and sisters, and there are not many people who have seen him in the queue of all kinds of diseases.
Since he cares so much about the girl of the Xie family, why did he want to match her with Li Ergongzi in the first place? As long as he says that he wants to marry, these subordinates will want to break their heads, and they will also help him come up with a way.
has already pushed her to others, and rushed over in such a reckless manner, what do you think about the girl of the Xie family? How can you make Li Ergongzi embarrassed?
Rubbing his eyebrows, he went out to call a few guys, and ordered: "You go to the side of the Mandarin Duck Bridge, if you see that the distinguished guest I entertained today is in trouble, you don't need to show up, just help him cover up and let him get out safely." ”
A few guys agreed and went to do their own errands.
Hou Qi thought about it for a while, turned back again, left a note for Shan Jiu and pressed it on the table, and Fang led Xiaoba away.
The Mandarin Duck Bridge was even more chaotic than expected, the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, and the fire caused by the explosion had not been completely extinguished. Officers and soldiers sealed off the street entrance, and countless people cried out to block the two intersecting alleys.
Trampling deformed food, fruits, cloths, lanterns, utensils, and even corpses everywhere, the crowd was still immersed in fear and unease, rushing left and right, screaming, crying, like a caged beast frantically looking for an escape.
Yan Jingluo was stuck in the crowd, and her body involuntarily moved with the people around her. The hat has long been squeezed out, and the pendant on the hairpin ring on the head has fallen off, and there is no one left. The bun was scattered, one shoe was lost, and I don't know how many times I stepped on my foot, and I lost consciousness in pain. Every now and then a hard elbow or knee hit her body, and every time she hit it, it was as if the bone was broken, and she could barely breathe in pain.
There is also a disciple who took advantage of the chaos to rub oil, groping around her chest and buttocks. If it was in normal times, she would have died of shame, but now she doesn't even have the leisure to be ashamed, she just hopes that someone will appear and save her from this human purgatory.
Perhaps Heaven heard her prayer, and through the loose strands of her hair, she saw a familiar face, rushing through the crowd and approaching her. She was overjoyed and shouted, "Here I am!"
The man seemed to hear her cry and sped up to speed towards her.
"I'm here. She shouted with all her might, drawing an arm and reaching for him with all her might.
The crowd suddenly surged violently, drowning her and him, and he could only be heard his voice calling anxiously from a few feet away, "Xie Mulan, where are you?"
At that moment, her heart fell into hell!
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