Southwest Mingde Square of Bianjing City, Songying Lane.

There are twenty or thirty houses in this alley, although it is not a rich and noble place, it looks solid, and in the eyes of outsiders, it is no different from the other alleys around. However, all this is only a façade, and if there is a careful and shrewd person who looks around for some time, he will find that the whole alley is quite problematic.

For one thing, the residents here hardly see a few people during the day, and even if there are people coming in and out, they are in a hurry; Second, most of the residents are young and strong men, not to mention the elderly and children, and even women rarely appear, which is too unusual to be placed in an alley with a population of hundreds of people.

But Rao is like this, for some reason, whether it is the surrounding households, or the yamen people in Beijing, etc., they all turn a blind eye to this suspicion, and everyone just thinks that this is just an ordinary residential alley. It wasn't until this day that a large group of soldiers and horses suddenly blocked the entire Mingde Fang, and two or three hundred people surrounded the entire Songying Alley, cutting off the passage for the people to go out, that the residents who stayed at home to avoid the snow became a little nervous.

Seeing that everything here had been arranged, Zhao Kangming waved his hand: "Give me someone to get into the alley, but anyone who dares to run away and resist will be punished as a thief, and there is no need to keep your hand!" ”

The soldiers of the street division who came with him were still a little dazed, and when they heard such a strict order, their eyes widened one by one: "Si Cheng, this is a big deal, is there a warrant from Wei Sizheng?" ”

"Why, the officer's order is not accurate? You only do what you are told, and all the responsibilities are borne by the Ruler. Zhao Kangming narrowed his eyes a little unhappily and said.

"But...... Someone said hello here......"

"If you dare to say more, you will be punished as a thief with complicity! Get people in the alley! Seeing what this subordinate wanted to say, Zhao Kangming lost his patience anymore, pulled out the saber on his waist, and stared at the other party with murderous aura. The street official was so frightened that he trembled violently, and finally didn't dare to say any more, so he took the lead and walked into the alley with a knife.

At this moment, other officers and soldiers also quickly followed, rushing straight to the house at the entrance of the alley. There was no extra knocking on the door, and as soon as they arrived at the door, they immediately launched an offensive. Some people slammed their shoulders into the closed courtyard gate, and some people ran a few steps in the distance, and when they reached the courtyard wall, they jumped high, and with both hands, they had jumped over the low wall one and a half people high, and fell steadily into the courtyard.

At this time, the residents who were warming the fire in the house ran out to see what was going on because they heard the movement of banging on the door outside, and when they saw that someone actually came in over the wall, the reaction of the four men was not to scream, but to subconsciously touch their waists, obviously to take out some weapons, but they felt empty, and then remembered that they had put away their weapons after returning home.

Suddenly, two of them quickly retreated, while the other two reacted a little and asked loudly, "Who are you and why did you trespass on the house?" ”

"Bang ——!" Before they could speak, the door of the courtyard had burst open, and dozens of street division soldiers had already rushed in, shouting loudly: "The street division is ordered to arrest the bandits, and those who dare to resist will be killed!" "He has pounced fiercely.

Seeing this, the two of them were already empty in their hearts, and they quickly retreated and shrank in. And this move even more exposed the nature of their real problems, which also made the officers and men more emboldened and rushed straight to the door. But at this moment, more than a dozen figures suddenly popped out of the other two rooms, scattered and ran to both sides of the courtyard. There are several rooms in this courtyard, and the person who was facing the courtyard gate just now came out to take a look, and everyone else was still hiding. Now as soon as they see that the situation is not good, these people will move from time to time, and they will flee directly.

"Where to go!" Fortunately, these officers and soldiers were also prepared, and they often caught thieves everywhere on weekdays, and their reactions were also extremely fast at this time, and they immediately separated people to outflank and intercept them, and the swords and guns were quickly waved, and they beckoned to the fleeing people.

But these men were also very skillful, and they rolled on the spot, jumping up and down to avoid these attacks, and the men also threw themselves to the side courtyard wall, and climbed hard, and they were about to go up the wall. But at this time, a spear suddenly pierced from outside, and their approach was sealed tightly, and two of them were stabbed in the shoulder because they reacted too slowly, screaming and falling back, and then they were neck with knives and guns, and they didn't dare to move anymore.

Several other guys who were still trying to pounce on the courtyard wall also quickly stopped their movements after seeing this scene, and turned around to find another way to retreat. But in just this delay, the soldiers on all sides have surrounded them, completely surrounding them, and it is difficult to have a chance to escape.

In the middle room, after a burst of shouting and fighting, it stopped, and the four men were also taken down by the officers and soldiers, and several of them still had some wounds.

At the same time, the sounds of fighting and running screams were heard from time to time in the courtyards behind, but it was the officers and soldiers who also launched a surprise attack on the courtyards in the rear at the same time. However, their forces were limited after all, and in order to control the whole situation, they could not attack dozens of houses in the alley at the same time, so when the movement outside was together, the residents in the courtyard behind quickly moved.

Countless people rushed out of the courtyard one after another, and without any hesitation, they ran straight to the exit at the other end of the alley. These Sanssouci cave bandits hiding here are still very sober-minded, and they know that their families are far from being the opponents of these prepared court officers and soldiers, so they have no heart to resist at all, just thinking about escaping quickly.

But just as they rushed out in a hurry, they found that there were dozens of officers and soldiers guarding the entrance of the alley, and the retreat had been blocked. Now, everyone is even more nervous.

"What's going on? Doesn't it mean that we are hiding here without fail, and there will be no officers and soldiers to investigate? ”

"Something must have gone wrong, someone leaked our whereabouts...... But now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing is how to escape......"

"Go back, they have bows and arrows, and we can't rush out. There's a ditch behind us, and if we get there, we'll be able to get out. "In the midst of a period of chaos, there are still people who understand. As soon as he called out, these people quickly changed the direction of their escape, and instead of running to the mouth of the alley, they turned around and rushed to the side wall of the alley not far away, and climbed up with all hands and feet.

I watched as more than 200 people scrambled to the top of the wall. The side walls of this alley were only made of mud, but they were not as solid as they imagined, and they were kicked and kicked and climbed by so many people, and soon they couldn't bear it, and half of it collapsed with a bang.

The person who was climbing on top of it was suffering, and before he could even exclaim, he slammed into the ground with a mud wall, unable to move for a while. At this time, those companions in the rear didn't care about any brotherly righteousness at all, and in line with the principle of self-preservation, they just stepped directly on the collapsed wall and the body of their companions and rushed forward.

And this time, the dozens of officers and soldiers guarding the entrance of the alley were stunned. After only a moment's hesitation, they quickly split up a group of people to run after the fleeing guys. And in their move, there was a hole in the defense line, and some clever guys saw the opportunity, took advantage of the situation to rush out of the alley, and then ran to the entrance of the ditch nearby, without the slightest hesitation.

Suddenly, the entire Songying Alley, and even the entire Mingde Place, fell into an extremely chaotic scene. In front were the bandits of Sanssouci Cave who were fleeing in all directions, and in the back were a cadre of officers and soldiers of the Street Division, chasing and fleeing, shouting, across the long street, running past the front of a shop with the door open, but there was no business, and the shopkeeper and others inside were dumbfounded.

Thanks to the fact that there are not many people on the street today, otherwise this mess would be even bigger. But because of this, the escape of the bandits became smoother, and in a matter of moments they had come to the entrance of the ditch, and they all jumped down without hesitation, and without stopping, they plunged into the black culvert.

This is also something that Zhao Kangming can't prevent, after all, the manpower under his hands is limited, and he has to divide half of them to guard and take people in the alley, and it naturally becomes extremely difficult for the bandits who are still chasing the number of people above their own homes, and in the end, more than half of the thieves were able to get out, and all fled into the underground ditches and waterways.

And in this way, all the officers and soldiers will be caught blind. They didn't dare to chase all the way into this strange waterway without a tail. Not to mention that the waterway is the nest of the bandits in the Sanssouci Cave, once they enter the attack and defense, they will inevitably be reversed, just the complicated road below and the dark environment make them discouraged, and they dare not work so hard for a little credit.

So when Zhao Kangming finally drove people out, what he got was such a result that he was not too satisfied with, which made his face not so good-looking: "These guys are really skaters, and they escaped so decisively!" ”

Just when he was a little unsure of what to do next, another group of people on the long street in front of him hurried over, and when they came to him, an official in front of him asked with a serious face: "Which yamen are you from, and why are you taking people here indiscriminately?" But it was a forbidden army patrolling the city who rushed over when they heard the news, and then they also saw the chaotic scene in the alley, and several bandits who were crushed to the ground by the officers and soldiers of the street division. This made the official even more annoyed: "Who allowed you to make such nonsense, is this a rebellion?" ”

"This official is serious, this official is just acting on orders to catch the thieves and bandits in the Sanssouci Cave. This is one of their lairs in Pine Shadow Lane, and these people are bandits. Zhao Kangming was quite calm, and immediately explained.

"Nonsense, this official has been here for many years, how come he has never heard of such a thing? They are clearly good citizens of the capital, you are really bold, and you are not going to let people go quickly. The official on the other side was not affected at all and scolded loudly. And with his shout, the officers and soldiers behind him raised their guns and drew their swords, surrounding Zhao Kangming and several others......