Chapter 179: Inside King Heng's Mansion

The main entrance of the palace is usually opened to welcome the emperor and the emperor, and the side door on the side is closed at night, but there is a small gate there for the entrance and exit of the guards. To tell the truth, there was no strict protection at all, and no one would have thought that there would be people in the capital city of Qingzhou who would be unfavorable to the palace.

Jiang Feng's horse team was wrapped in cotton cloth on the hooves, so that although there was still a sound, it was already suppressed enough to be hidden.

In the dark, under the lanterns at the gates, the guards standing there were the best targets for the Orions. Things were not much different from Jiang Feng's expectations. After several guards fell to the ground, the people inside didn't even come out to see, the Hengwang Mansion had been safe for too long, and people had lost their vigilance.

After Jiang Feng and the others dismounted, they left a man to tie the reins of the horses together and take them to the corner on the side. However, the guards of the palace still have basic qualities. An inquiring voice sounded from inside the closed side door:

"Lao Qiu, I heard a noise at the door just now, what the hell is going on?"

Tie Ding, who was checking the key in the pocket of the guard at the door, did not stop, Zhang Liang pulled out a spike of about one foot from his waist and walked over, the small door was opened, and a person poked his head out sleepily, and saw the person on the ground, before he screamed, the spike in Zhang Liang's hand stabbed into his throat with a warp.

The spikes quickly withdrew, and then Zhang Liang held a wet cloth with his other hand to cover his throat, the blood was blocked in his throat, and he couldn't even make a sound, his stuffy body softened, Zhang Liang's hand firmly clasped his neck, and it was pulled out.

The small door was opened, and the clothes of the soldiers and guards at the door were removed, and the eight iron men changed their clothes and stood there quietly to make their rounds. Lao Lin, the secret agent of the Jinyi Guard who was monitoring here on the opposite side, felt as if his throat was blocked, in a short period of time, nine people had died at the gate of the palace, but he didn't hear a scream or the sound of movement.

It's not that Lao Lin hasn't seen blood, but this kind of silent killing suffocates him, and if he doesn't report it, it's a dereliction of duty, but if he goes out to report it now, he suspects that he will soon be hacked to death by the masked man who catches up. He glanced at the door again, where eight men stood quietly, dressed as guards, as if nothing had happened.

"Anyway, the army will come to encircle and suppress in a few days, and it is not a big deal to live or die in the palace, just now when I went out for convenience, I didn't see anything!."

Lao Lin of the Jinyi Guard comforted himself so much, there were a total of three Jinyi Guard's spies monitoring in the direction of the main entrance, and the other two people were extremely loyal to their duties, and they all saw the strange thing at the front door, and they immediately decided to come out to report the news. In the dead of night, their movements are also very light.

But after going out and walking a few steps, someone immediately touched him from behind, and he was killed without making a sound. Jiang Feng and Zhang Liang were both from Jinyiwei, and there were only a few places in front of the palace that could provide surveillance, and there were already Orion and Tie Ding waiting there.

At the front gate of the palace, all the people who come out to do activities in this area will be killed, and it is already late at night, and no one will appear here except for the husband, so the activity must be judged to be the enemy.

Zhu Houqian, the actual person in charge of the Hengwang Mansion, was in a very bad mood, and he was in a simple and peaceful image on weekdays, so there was no such scene of singing day and night in other rich and noble families, and when Jiang Feng walked in with weapons, he found that it was very quiet inside.

Except for the lanterns hanging in front of the cloister and some halls, the rest of the place is pitch black, whether it is a royal house or a large family, if a person is not careful, he will definitely sleep in the sleeping place, this kind of large family house format almost has a definite format.

It would have been easy to find, but the men who had come in took out the leather bags they were carrying and sprayed them on the wooden houses and columns, and the smell of vegetable oil began to fill the air. Others took out long strips of cloth from their backpacks, which were filled with gunpowder powder.

There are nearly 1,500 guards in the palace, which is also the custom of the guards, these people are divided into many teams, and they patrol the palace in turn, and when the iron men spraying vegetable oil advance nearly a hundred steps forward, they finally meet the patrol team, and the small flag headed by them shouted quite dramatically:

"What ......"

As soon as the words were spoken, a sharp arrow was inserted into the throat, if it was now in the courtyard of the civilians, the hunters did not dare to fire the arrows at all, because there was no illuminated light, but the patrolling guards were carrying lanterns in their hands, and lanterns were also hung on the buildings behind Jiang Feng and them.

Although it is not as bright as day, these rays are enough to shoot accurately!

The dozens of soldiers behind were stunned at first, and then they screamed, the soldiers who had been peaceful for a long time followed the people in the palace to go out to do power and fortune on weekdays, and it was still okay to oppress the people, and the battle at the critical time, when they saw blood, they were frightened, otherwise the prince of Heng would not have pulled the horse outside, and ignored the force in front of him.

In any case, the screaming soldiers still exposed the existence of the invasion, dozens of iron dings had already rushed over, the palace guards were all holding spears in their hands, and the iron ding's weapons were all broadswords and axes. It stands to reason that as long as the spear is flat-ended, it will be difficult for the ironclads to get close. But the soldiers were all held diagonally, and they had already lost the opportunity for a moment just now, and the people behind them couldn't show it.

There was not so much time to waste in the battle, the ironclads had already arrived in front of them wielding broadswords, and the spears of the first few soldiers bumped into each other, but the only one who took precautions was to raise the spear horizontally, how could the barrel of the ash pole block the slash of the broadsword.

The one in front of him was cut off with half of his body, and the person in the back just felt that suddenly there was a lot of warm liquid on his face, but at this time, his reaction was much faster, and he immediately thought that this was blood, and suddenly screamed nervously.

The ironcladers remained silent, and the big knives in their hands kept swinging forward, as if wolves had entered a flock, and in a short time they were all killed, and one of them had a wooden stick in his arms, and the long strip of cloth full of gunpowder was wrapped around it.

The palace is no longer as quiet as it was just now, there are voices everywhere, and you can hear that everyone is rushing towards it, Zhang Liang inserted the short thorn back into his waist, took out the fire medium, and lit the cloth strip. The strip of cloth was nailed to the window where the oil had just been poured on it.

The strips of cloth filled with gunpowder burned very quickly, and soon began to burn in the room where the oil was poured just now, and the ancient Chinese architecture has always been mainly wooden, especially in rich places such as palaces, which have always been carved beams and painted buildings, which are all painted paintings, in other words, it is easier to burn in such an environment.

Originally, there were corresponding defensive measures, such as the houses were far apart, there were water tanks in the open space, etc., this time the effect of the long cloth strip is like this, every place where the oil is poured is connected with a cloth strip, fixed on it with a wooden nail, the cloth strip is very strong, so after igniting a head, as long as it is connected, it will burn.

The palace is not a very small place, so after Jiang Feng and the others walked towards the place where the servants lived, the sound behind them was much quieter, and they poured oil on both sides and set fire to them as they walked, and they didn't go far before the oil ran out. But the entire Hengwang Mansion was already lit up, not when it was time to brighten the sky, but the flames were already lit, reflecting the sky red.

"Firefighting, firefighting"

The voice sounded everywhere, the servants and guards were all messing around the courtyard, Jiang Feng and the dozens of people rushed into a room, and after the unlucky ghost in the house was put on the neck with a knife, everything was said. Jiang Feng, who was just going to determine the location of King Heng, was stunned to find that King Heng was not resting in the dormitory as he expected, but in the small courtyard on the other side.

And the unlucky ghost unconsciously said:

"The prince has been sick for more than half a year, and he has not been able to come out to see people in the small courtyard in the southwest."

"And who is the one in charge?"

"Naturally, we are the sons."

"Where is he!?"

"It's in the Windside Hall to the west."

Jiang Feng and Zhang Liang were in charge of the torture, and the rest of Tie Ding had been there to reload the fire gun they were carrying.

After the fire of the wooden building poured with oil burned, it was not extinguished with water in the tank, the fire became bigger and bigger, and now the entire Qingzhou City was alarmed, and the people from all sides saw that the Hengwang Mansion was on fire, and they rushed from all directions to put out the fire, and the surroundings became extremely noisy.

In front of the Linfeng Hall is a rather spacious open space, Zhu Houqian, the prince of Heng Wang, is standing in the open space surrounded by more than a hundred guards, and now the order to gather people has been issued, and his heart is when he is nervous, but there are sudden strange things like assassination and fire in the palace.

The servants and sturdy servants of the palace were all lined up to put out the fire, except for those who were beside him, and the rest were chasing down the daring assassins in the palace. He scolded viciously with blood-red eyes:

"Bastard thing, dignified palace, how can you still let the assassins rush in, what are you doing to eat!!"

In the pro-faith beside him, he cursed:

"With such a bearing, why should you rebel ......?"

Everyone worked together to extinguish the fire, the fire gradually decreased, and the courtyard gradually darkened, at this time, a group of guards rushed over in front, shouting:

"Shizi, Shizi, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!"