Outside the city of Zhong Mountain

Not as prosperous as the Qinhuai River, here are the residences of ordinary people, at the time of the third watch, each family has turned off the lights to extinguish the fire, the same is true of this house, each room is dark, only the main room faintly reveals a faint light. However, if you enter the courtyard, you can see that there are still figures everywhere, standing still in the shadows, and there are dozens of people.

In the room, Chen Jianghe sat on the Taishi chair with a sinking face, and Liu Neng stood in front of him crampedly.

"There is turmoil everywhere in the inner city, officers and soldiers are arresting Jinyi Guards everywhere, the news must have leaked, and Lu Zonghan can't count on it."

Chen Jianghe's right hand tapped on the armrest of the chair, and the dull sound seemed to knock on Liu Neng's heart.

"My lord, it's all the incompetence of my subordinates!" Liu Nengtong knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty to Chen Jianghe.

"Hehe, it's no wonder you're the Lu Zonghan waste. It's a pity that our arrangement is all useless. At most, tomorrow, Ah Yue will lead a large army to the city of Nanjing, and there is not much time left for us. ”

Chen Jianghe sighed that he came to Nanjing regardless of the danger to prove that he had the ability and strength to serve as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, not relying on his son's relationship. If you can't play your part in the attack on Nanjing this time, what kind of face do you have to meet everyone?

"There's still time, it's a big deal, let's gather all the brothers, hide behind the city gate, and when the Hou Ye attacks the city, he suddenly kills out, and opens the city gate inside." Liu Nengyi gritted his teeth and said.

"If not, that's the only way." Chen Jianghe shook his head, in that case, even if he opened the city gate, these brocade guards under him would suffer heavy casualties, and it was not a good choice.

"By the way, does Lu Zonghan know about our place?" Chen Jianghe suddenly asked, if Lu Zonghan is arrested and leads the army to kill the generals, then the general trend is really gone.

"Don't worry, Hou Ye, he doesn't know. Don't we have a small house outside the vegetable market, where the contact address I told him is. Liu Neng said, "Maybe things won't be bad to the end, after all, Lu Zonghan is a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and he is the head snake of Nanjing, he won't be caught so easily, besides, his wife and children are still in our hands." As long as he lives, our plans will have a chance to succeed. ”

"I hope so, but it's hard to say that some people will do anything to survive for their lives. You immediately take people to that small mansion and ambush them outside, if Lu Zonghan betrays us, he will definitely lead the army there to arrest people. You see the opportunity to kill him, this man is too much of a threat to us if he lives! ”

Chen Jianghe thought about it and commanded.

"Yes, sir!" Liu Neng agreed, turned around and walked out of the room.

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The dark streets were silent, only their own heavy footsteps could be heard, and the outer city was full of blind lights to extinguish the fire, and the whole street was dark. With the starlight of the stars, Lu Zonghan struggled to discern the road ahead.

Now that he is homeless and has nowhere to go, the officers and soldiers can find Qingcui Tower, which means that someone under his command must have rebelled, so whether it is the Jinyi Guard Yamen or his own home, it must have been taken by the officers and soldiers.

Fortunately, fortunately, the thousand households named Liu Neng took away their concubines and sons, and they were not wiped out.

For Lu Zonghan, there is only one place to go now, which is to find the house that Liu Neng said and defect to Liu Neng. For the sake of his own hard work, maybe Liu Neng will accept himself. Yes, I will definitely accept myself, I am the head snake of Nanjing, and it will be useful to them! As long as the Pingnan Army enters the city and Chongzhen regains the throne, he will still be a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and he will still be in a high position!

Thinking of this, Lu Zonghan's heart became hot again, his wet clothes were no longer uncomfortable, and his whole body was full of strength.

A flash of fire suddenly appeared in front of you, followed by a burst of footsteps. Lu Zonghan raised his head vigilantly and saw a torch appear in front of the street. Hurriedly hid in the shadow of the base of the wall, and tried to shrink back.

The torches got closer and closer, and five soldiers armed with knives and guns patrolled over, and by the light of the fire, Lu Zonghan could see the ragged clothes and rough faces of the soldiers. The soldiers in the north, Liu Zeqing's subordinates, Lu Zonghan's heart cooled! Trying to shrink up, hoping that the other party didn't find out.

"Hey, there's a guy by the wall!" The soldier with torches suddenly stopped, looking warily at the corner.

"It should be a beggar sleeping on the street, go over and have a look." Another soldier said, and the group raised their weapons and pressed in. At this moment, Lu Zonghan was already desperate, he pulled out the embroidered spring knife and hid behind him, he had to make the final fight.

"The clothes are made of good material, not like a beggar," the soldiers led by the light of the torches looked at Lu Zonghan who was huddled in the corner of the wall and said, "Don't be a drunk." ”

As he spoke, he used the spear to flick Lu Zonghan's body, and suddenly the spear sank, and a cold light went straight to his chest.

"Ahh The soldier screamed in surprise and wanted to hide, but he forgot to let go of the gun in his hand, and he felt a chill in his abdomen, and the strength in his body disappeared at once.

Pulling out his knife and kicking away the soldiers in front of him, Lu Zonghan immediately threw himself at the soldiers holding torches.

The chaos abruptly changed, and the other soldiers didn't have time to react at all, so they saw the head of the army fall to the ground, and a person pounced on him like a fierce look.

Looking at the cold light in front of him, the soldier hurriedly greeted him with the torch in his hand, and the torch was split in two by the embroidered spring knife with a "click", and the burning section fell to the ground.

Taking advantage of the dimming of the torch, Lu Zonghan pulled the long knife in his hand in the opposite direction and pulled out a long knife on the soldier's body, and the soldier screamed and dropped the handle of the torch in his hand, trying to cover the wound, but he could cover it there.

Between the rabbit and the falcon, the two soldiers were chopped to the ground by Lu Zonghan, and the remaining three finally reacted, screaming wildly and stabbing at Lu Zonghan with their spears.

Lu Zonghan flew up and kicked on the broken torch, a large ball of fire burst towards the three soldiers, the three soldiers hurriedly dodged, taking this opportunity Lu Zonghan rushed out of the interception and slashed a knife on one of the soldiers.

Looking at the back of Lu Zonghan who was rushing away, the two uninjured soldiers were already frightened.

"You two go after Lao Tzu and set fire to report the news!" Enduring the sharp pain in his abdomen, the Wu Chang roared angrily.

Listening to his order, the two soldiers had to pick up their weapons and listen to the footsteps in front of them and chase after Lu Zonghan from afar.

A wounded soldier endured the pain, filled the gunpowder projectile with the light of the torch, lit the fire rope, and pulled the trigger into the sky.

"Bang!" There was a loud bang, and countless people woke up from their dreams.

Lu Zonghan's footsteps stopped slightly, gritted his teeth and ran briskly.