"King Ping is here, the situation is not good, you and I leave quickly!"

Xiang Guo Que Quan couldn't help but shudder when he saw that Tai Lieutenant Li Rong personally led his troops to come, revealing fear.

He is not afraid of anything else, just afraid of Captain Li Rong. The prestige of the Great Chu God of War is a powerful one in the Great Chu Dynasty, and no one is not afraid.

Li Rong personally brought a cavalry here!

This assassination must have been discovered by Xiao Duhou a long time ago.

The Assassins were completely wrapped in dumplings. I am afraid that there will be no one in ten who can escape. But not everyone has Huang Baibu's clever light exercises, who can fly the eaves and walk the wall, and easily disappear.

Those assassins who can't do light work, I'm afraid none of them will be able to escape.

And he and the strategist Wu Liang have no martial arts, and once Jinling City is blocked, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to escape.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister, I've been ready to create a big mess for a long time. Let's take advantage of the chaos and escape! ”

Wu Liang said immediately.

"What chaos?"

"Gunpowder pack!"

"Where did it come from?"

Que Quan was surprised.

"As long as you have silver, you can always buy it. I spent more than 3,000 taels of silver to buy a craftsman who knew gunpowder and bought a few gunpowder bags.

Originally, I wanted to use it to blow up Xiao Duhou, but these gunpowder packets were too big, one was the size of half a basket, and it was too conspicuous.

The smoke and rain painting boat is too strict to go up, and it is impossible to hide and bring it into the smoke and rain painting boat.

It can only be placed in a rented inn room on the street to create chaos. In the unlikely event that the stab fails, detonating these powder packs can also cause a big mess. ”

“... Walk! ”

The two of them hurriedly went down from the restaurant, got into the alley, changed their clothes, and secretly escaped from Kaijinling City through the waterway.

"Boom~!"

Listen to a loud bang, and a huge explosion occurred in several inns on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

The flames are blazing!

Crowds of people wailed and ran out of the inns.

There are ordinary people, travelers, and dignitaries who watch the excitement.

...

"Escort, quickly protect the emperor, the queen, and the concubine!"

"Damn, who put the gunpowder?"

"Someone is injured, hurry back to the palace, and quickly go to the Imperial Physician Order Lord Song Yi!"

A large group of Imperial Forest Army armor soldiers in disguise, escorting Emperor Xiang Yanran, Empress Cui, Yang Guifei and other concubines, came out of the inn that had collapsed a little bit.

The emperor temporarily went out of the palace to take a break and come to see the fireworks extravaganza, only with escorts, and it was not known that it would be given to any court officials.

The Assassins had no information, and they did not know that the Emperor was nearby.

They obviously didn't come for the emperor, just to assassinate the little dusk marquis.

However, in order to escape for his life, Wu Liang created a fire and chaos when he left, and put gunpowder packets in a nearby inn, and the gunpowder exploded, but they were implicated.

Who is to blame for this?

I can only say that it is too unlucky!

Drink water and sprinkle between your teeth.

Just because I was curious about fireworks, I came to see the fireworks. Outcome... Hit this bad luck.

Emperor Xiang Yanran felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't say anything.

Groups of black-clothed soldiers hurriedly escorted the emperor, concubines and others, and quickly returned to the palace for treatment.

...

Outside the smoke and rain painting boat.

Tai Lieutenant Li Rongzheng led hundreds of cavalry of the Li family's disciples to sweep away the foreign assassins in the painting boat.

These assassins were martial arts masters.

However, they had no armor and were not good at battle formations, where was the opponent of this group of well-trained, armoured regular cavalry.

The cavalry group almost charged, and the Assassins were scattered by the cavalry onslaught, unable to organize a counterattack and were hunted down.

The remaining officials, as well as the elite soldiers of Danyang, also rushed out of the Yanyu Painting Boat and pursued the assassins.

In the Yanyu Painting Boat, only Li Yu, Zu'er, Di Er and others remained, as well as Master Dahai, the great master of Buddhism and martial arts, to protect Chu Tianxiu.

With two martial arts masters here, even if the assassin wanted to kill him, he couldn't get close to him.

...

On this night, in Jinling City, tens of thousands of soldiers carried torches like long dragons and searched all night.

Jinling City was soon locked down.

The cavalry and the guards of the city chased and captured the assassins.

It's just that it's a little difficult.

Jinling City is the imperial capital of the Imperial Dynasty, with a population of up to one million, and there are tens of thousands of large and small traders in the city alone.

The Assassins covered their faces when they did it, and it was difficult to find them from the merchant by changing their identities and changing their identities at will.

There is insufficient conclusive evidence that they were involved in the assassination.

"According to Lord Yin, more than 70 assassins died, 10 were captured alive, and more than 120 escaped. It's been wanted and searched for by the whole city!"

The official hurriedly came to report.

"Hmm!"

Chu Tianxiu nodded lightly.

If it weren't for the sudden explosion that caused a huge chaos, a lot of manpower went to fight the fire.

The Assassins took the opportunity to flee.

Otherwise, the assassins would not have escaped so many people.

"What about the casualties of the explosion of those inns? But there are clues, who committed the crime?! ”

"I checked the inn, and the tenant's name was Que De, and the remaining gunpowder was found in the room he rented. This Que De should be one of the masterminds of tonight's assassination! Hundreds of people were wounded and more than 10 were killed, and treatment is being made. ”

"Que De... Wicked? I'm afraid it's a pseudonym. Where did you get the gunpowder? ”

"The Lord of Justice sent someone to investigate. There is a gunpowder craftsman in the Taiwei Mansion Craftsman Division, who has just committed suicide in fear of sin! In his residence, thousands of taels of silver were found... If there is no accident, I am afraid that this person did it. ”

The official reported.

"Hmm!"

Chu Tianxiu was silent.

Da Chu can make gunpowder now, and there are already several.

The Taoist priest of Xuanwu Temple, the craftsman of Taiwei Mansion, the gunpowder gun craftsman of Danyang County, and the Shen Mansion. are developing all kinds of gunpowder, fireworks, firecrackers.

There are many craftsmen involved in the manufacture of gunpowder, and sooner or later this gunpowder and formula will leak out. It is the simplest gunpowder, and it is also very powerful.

None of that matters, though.

The most important thing is that the princes and kings of the Xiang family have no scruples, tear their faces, and openly assassinate him, an important official of the court, which is a major signal that they are about to rebel.

There is no court in the eyes of the princes.

The rebellion of the princes is imminent.

Tomorrow morning, there will certainly be a huge shock and controversy around this assassination case.

Many ministers, Xiang clansmen, and even Empress Dowager Shen have always opposed the cutting of the domain, and I am afraid that they have not come back to their senses at this moment.

Cutting the feudal domain was a major event that was enough to change the division of power in the Great Chu Dynasty.

"Do you want to write a letter and ask the court to order the reduction of the domain?"

Chu Tianxiu pondered.

The emperor had long had the idea of cutting down the feudal domain and taking back the fiefs of the princes and kings... It's just that he was afraid of the strength of the princes, and he never found a suitable opportunity.

This assassination gave the imperial court a justifiable reason to cut the feudal domain. Wipe out all the princes and kings involved in this case.