Chapter 870: Shadow of the Fire

didn't find the missing people of his subordinates, Boss Li hurried back, but when he was about to bow his head, a group of people came on the opposite road. Seeing that there were more than a dozen or twenty people on the opposite side, the person headed by him was wearing a red satin embroidered official uniform, and it was obvious that he was at least a commander, he only felt a tremor in his heart, and knelt down regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, and kowtowed three times in a row.

"My lord, there is a reward for my humble position!"

Seeing up and down was originally an extremely common thing in the army, so when he saw a small flag coming in front of him, the young officer in the big red robe didn't take it to heart, but walked straight forward. But the other party not only did not give way, but also knelt down and said such a sentence on the spot, he thought of the expression when Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, personally presided over the adjustment, where did he dare to slack off, and glanced at the left and right sergeants, and immediately two people stepped forward and put Boss Li who was kneeling on the ground.

"What do you want to report?"

Boss Li didn't expect this opening to provoke such cautious treatment. At this moment, the people on both sides firmly held his arms on the left and right, making him almost unable to move, and even twisting his neck was not free. And the officer in front of him, whom he didn't recognize, was also full of frost, and he was even more frightened.

"The small one is Li Dahai, the small flag of the fifth shop in the east of the left gate, when the small one went back from duty, he found that the sergeant Yao Heizi under his command was knocked unconscious and stuffed in the cabinet, and the other few people who should have stayed behind were gone......"

"Don't talk nonsense, how many people are missing? How long did you say that? ”

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted, but Boss Li didn't dare to disobey, and said honestly: "There are Zhao Daniu, Jiang Laohu, and Qian Yongsan." About a quarter of an hour ago, the little one looked around, but he didn't see anyone. ”

At this moment, the officer, who had not been able to figure out the reason for the overnight change of guard, gasped, and hurriedly summoned a sergeant who was entourage, and ordered him to report to Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and Xu Heng, Xing'anbo, and then looked at Boss Li and said: "Such a big thing, you actually looked for it yourself, but you forgot to tell it early!" Since they are your subordinates, you should know where they often go, and you can take us to find them now. If you find the atonement for your sins, if you can't find ......"

Needless to say, Boss Li also knew what to say, so he hurriedly nodded with a sad face. Fortunately, he had this psychological preparation before he knelt down, and at this time he was not a headless fly, although he did not put on a stand against the sergeant under his head, he had a little advantage that ordinary people did not care about, that is, meddling. On weekdays, as long as he inadvertently sees his subordinates, he will always follow to see what is going on, so at this time, he only thought about it for a while and said a few places.

After the names of these four places were determined, the officer immediately sent four sergeants to inform the report, and then ordered the rest of the people to set up Boss Li and hurriedly rushed to the Bao Qian Division first - after all, among these places, the closest to the place where they are currently located, except for the Chaotang Division, which is also the Bao Qian Division. But the mixed hall division is close to the duty department of the East Factory, and unless it is dying, it will go to the place of the East Factory to mess around.

Looking all the way along the place where he had just found someone, Boss Li found that this was already a different scene. The garrison is stricter than before, not to mention, you can see it just by looking at the jacket, but after such a short while, the change of defense here has been completed. Compared with the sergeants who were stuck there motionless like nails, the group of people who were marching by themselves naturally looked very eye-catching. However, with the token token in the hand of the commander in front of him, he went north and west along the moat in front of Donghua Gate, all the way unimpeded.

"Little Hou Ye!"

The front and back were closely watched, and Boss Li just moved forward in a daze, only when this salutation came from his ears, he suddenly came back to his senses, looked east and west, and saw that all the people next to him were all looking as usual, he quickly stretched his neck and probed, and found that there was a group of more than a dozen people in front of him, and the person headed by him was talking to the officer just now. At this moment, he couldn't help but smile at a sergeant holding his arm next to him: "This big brother, may I ask, ......who is the little marquis mentioned earlier?"

"It's the eldest son of the Marquis of Baoding...... If you meet someone else, how can you be so obedient and meritorious service? ”

The personal soldier who spoke was the personal soldier that Meng Jun brought out from the Governor's Mansion, and he had fewer scruples, and when he saw the shock on Boss Li's face, he couldn't help but smile. Compared to the people who stayed in the imperial city tonight, Meng Jun, the eldest son of the Marquis of Baoding, was nothing. Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong, Longping Hou Zhang Xin, Taining Hou Chen Zhong, Xing'an Bo Xu Heng guarded the four gates of the imperial city, and the rest of the inspectors were countless, only the soldiers were recruited from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, not the ones that everyone was accustomed to, each person only accompanied two people, so naturally there was no one who used to use their brains.

Among the four eunuchs, the Salary Division is often up to the nobles because of things such as salary, charcoal, etc., so it has always been a place where people have to go in if their heads are crowded, and as for the Mixed Hall Division, the Bell and Drum Division, the Treasure Money Division, it is a place where no one cares. The Baoqian Division is located on the west bank of the Jinshui River, and there are no other yamen around, plus it is separated by a Jinshui River, and it is rare for idle people to come, and even the previous change of guard did not alarm here. After all, there's nothing important here, just thick and thin papyrus.

However, this quiet place, where there was only thick and thin papyrus, was surrounded by more than thirty people at this moment. Despite this, Meng Jun did not rashly order people to besiege him. It was not until another wave of reinforcements arrived after hearing the news, including two people from the celebrant supervisor, that he gave an order, and for a while, the first group of more than a dozen figures outflanked him in several directions.

Just as the first knocking on the door and the shouting were heard, an angry shout was heard. For a moment, the sound of kicking over tables, chairs and benches, angry shouts, swords clashing, and bloody screams...... This series of voices followed their predecessors and entered the ears of everyone outside.

The two people who came over from the celebrant didn't expect that this was actually the right place, and the face that was still slightly reserved just now suddenly drooped, Meng Jun grabbed the sword he carried, and then ordered the remaining dozen people around him: "Guard the exits on all sides, don't let one person escape!" Leopard, go and stir up the bucket to prevent someone from setting it on fire! ”

As he said these words, a thought flashed through his heart. Look at there should be a lot of people gathered inside, but, although the outside guard change is orderly, and a lot of emergency plans have been prepared, but after all, the paper can't contain the fire, as long as someone comes to ventilate and report, the people here should always have a contingency, how can it seem so unprepared?

I wanted to think so, but I didn't wait long, when there was a loud noise from inside, followed by the smoke of the fire, he didn't care about these messy thoughts, and only hurriedly ordered people to put out the fire.

Although it is separated by the Jinshui River, even if it burns, it will not affect other places, but the fire in the imperial city is always a big deal!

Miyagi after dark is not silent either. Although the emperor is not there, and something happened to Renshou Palace, there will naturally be no nobles in the palace city to punish the palace maids, and there is no sound of the bell shouting the peace of the world, but the guards of the red shops outside the two walls of the palace and the imperial city are much stricter than before, and the sound of the bell is like a small pebble, which stirs up ripples in the night like water. There had been no snow for two days, and thick clouds had accumulated in the sky, and the moon or stars could not be seen, and it would have been difficult to see anyone walking by without the moving lanterns.

The lights along the north-south West Erchang Street in the West Sixth Palace have been lit. According to the palace rules, in addition to the eunuchs in each palace, the rest of the internal officials belonging to the 24 yamen have returned to their respective places, and the miscellaneous servants and others are the Langxia homes near the drum room on the left and right of the Shunzhen Gate. Therefore, a whole west second long street, but it can be seen that the palace gate is closed, except for the eunuchs who patrol and fight the watch, and a lamp pulls the lonely figure to the old man.

Suddenly, the door of a palace courtyard quietly opened, and a figure flashed out silently, and then flashed into the corner. Not long after, there was also a faint person flashing out in the palaces and courtyards, and when they met, there were a total of seven people. These people, all dressed in eunuch clothes, were discussing secretly with their heads to each other, but the watchman who happened to come over did not even look at them, but covered their mouths with their hands and yawned profusely.

"Let's go!"

Without saying a word, a group of people ran south along Xi'er Long Street. Although he deliberately lightened his steps, in this night, I don't know whether he was unintentional or intentional, and the footsteps were still suddenly neat. Fortunately, dogs are not allowed in the palace, but no dogs bark. When they arrived at the Gate, the eunuch guarding the gate saw a large group of people coming, but they didn't raise their eyelids.

When the two sides met, they didn't say hello, just nodded dullly and gestured, and then the two doors that were supposed to be closed slowly moved a crack. Probably because the gate is usually oiled and maintained, this whole process is not a trace of movement.

Coming out of the Gate, a few people ran along the east and west of the long street in front of them to the east, and by the time they arrived at the Gate, there were already more than a dozen people gathered here, all of them in one-color variegated crewnecks. Although there were many people, no one dared to make any sound, so they just waited quietly, even if the cold wind in the night froze their faces and their hands and feet were numb, no one snorted. After a while, when they faintly heard some strange sounds from somewhere outside the palace wall, the door of the peace in front of them, which had been closed all at once, suddenly opened completely.

Although the eunuchs here are all young, and the oldest ones have only stayed in this cage-like deep palace for three years, although they rarely go out except for serving people and doing miscellaneous work, this does not prevent them from remembering the various passages in this palace city, especially the two gates of Lushun Gate and Zhuhe Gate. From this side to the inside, there is the Luan Palace and the Feng Palace, and the next door is the Renshou Palace. There lived one of the most noble women today, and now she was more powerful, and today, that woman was their target. As long as you hold her hostage, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future!

A group of mermaids penetrated the gate of Yuhe, and saw that there were only four eunuchs at the door who were dressed similarly to themselves and others, and they thought that they were guilty, but they didn't think deeply, and they gestured to each other and ran along the straight road to the north. But he hadn't walked far before someone suddenly stopped and looked back. When he saw the door gradually closing behind him, which was only open by one slit, he suddenly woke up.

"Don't run, something happened!"

This deliberately suppressed shout was still very clear in the silent night, and for a while, many people in front of them turned their heads. They didn't usually communicate with each other, and they didn't even know each other's identities, but after they hugged each other, many of them looked at the person who spoke with cautious and even wary eyes, until the person spoke the next sentence.

"Even if you transfer people away, this alley is next door to Renshou Palace, how can there be no one? Also, the Baoshan Gate that should have been open in the north is also closed, why didn't anyone who answered it disappear? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. This long alley is the only way for Renshou Palace to lead to the Houtou Luan Palace and Fenggong Palace, when the eunuchs in the palace are commonly known as Gou'er Bay, more than a dozen people suddenly found that the situation was a little wrong. This should be an alley extending in all directions, in addition to the Jihe Gate and the Lushun Gate behind it, there is also the Baoshan Gate in the north, and the Lotus Gate of Yuanwu Gate on the other side, but now these gates that should have someone come out to answer are dead silent, as if the people inside are dead.

A clever young eunuch took three steps and two steps back to the door to check, and then gently tapped the door twice and gave the code. But the door was still closed, and there was not even a trace of movement, as if the person who had just let them in was just an illusion. Just as everyone was suddenly alert, a series of voices reached their ears. A few people next to him looked around, but no matter how they looked at the four side doors, they were all untouched, and finally, someone raised his head and suddenly let out an exclamation.

Just as the others were looking up, a large net suddenly fell from the sky. Before anyone could react quickly to pull out the sharp blades and other objects that had been prepared long ago, more people saw the figures on the high walls on both sides, and the number was several times more than theirs. When someone slashed at the net with a knife, he found that the knots of the big net were extremely difficult to cut, and he was even more anxious for a while.

"Death to those who do not kneel!"

Although these are all people who have been stabbed in the crotch of their pants, they are all mentally prepared to go out before they come to do this terrible thing, but when they suddenly find that the road ahead is not only glory and wealth, but a sharp blade, some people suddenly can't stand it. The sound had just landed, and suddenly someone in the crowd knelt down with a thud. There is one that starts with the beginning, and then there is a second and a third. Occasionally, there were people who resisted, but as the door opened again, a figure rushed in with a wooden stick in his hand, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one beating, only a cup of tea, and more than a dozen people under the big net either knelt down or collapsed, and one by one did not move.

Seeing this, Zhong Huai, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch who was standing on the ladder with an old dragon bell, breathed a sigh of relief. finally didn't let Renshou Palace get bloody, otherwise let alone the emperor's return, even the current situation is out of control! However, as he descended the ladder, a loud noise came abruptly, and when he was startled when he saw a flash of fire in the southwest corner, his face immediately became gloomy.

Over there, the Treasure Banknote Division?