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At this time, the city of Suzhou also bid farewell to the hustle and bustle of the whole day, fell into a deep sleep, and seemed very peaceful and quiet. There are few pedestrians on the streets, only the night guards and watchmen shuttle through the streets and alleys, performing their duties in the face of the cold of spring.

"Bang-Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of the gong indicates that it is now the time of the fourth watch, and it is the time for everyone to sleep soundly and dream beautifully.

But not everyone can sleep peacefully, at this moment, there are more than a dozen people in black spread out their bodies and shuttle between the neighborhoods and alleys of Suzhou, from the north of the city to the southwest of the city at a rapid pace.

A quarter of an hour later, they came to a large building on Daoqian Street, slowed their pace, scattered in all directions, and quietly approached the building.

Although the moon was bleak tonight, I could still see the building in front of me clearly through the faint light. This is clearly a semi-finished building, that is, a building that has not yet been completed, although this building has only erected a frame and beams, and built a general appearance, but it is not difficult to see the luxury and magnificence of its completion from its scale and structure.

This is clearly the ancestral hall built by the governor yamen for the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, and it is also the site where the people built the ancestral hall.

I just don't know what this group of men in black came here for late at night?

The answer was soon revealed. After this group of black-clothed people sneaked into the construction site, they immediately surrounded the ancestral hall from all sides, the upper beams of the upper beams, and the leaning pillars of the pillars, untied the cowhide bags they were carrying, and poured the tung oil inside on the beams and wooden frames that built the ancestral hall, and three or four people turned to the wood storage place on the side of the ancestral hall and drenched the wood.

But their actions were finally discovered by the night watchman, who shouted, "Who? Do? Under a shout, the other night watchmen on the construction site were suddenly awakened, and after discovering that the situation was different, they picked up wooden sticks, knives and guns, and ran quickly towards the ancestral hall.

The man in black laughed and said, "You found out too late! Immediately, at the sound of an order, more than a dozen fire folds lit up at the same time and threw themselves into the stacked wood and ancestral halls.

"Whirring" sounded continuously, the wind helped the fire, and the entire ancestral hall suddenly rose up and down left and right, and spread around, and the raging flame tongue was like a poisonous snake that chose people to devour, devouring everything that tried to stop it.

Soon, the entire ancestral hall was already in a sea of fire, and the fire continued to expand, sweeping towards the hut on the construction site, and the fierce fire reflected the surrounding area in a blood-red color.

The situation has changed so far, where can the messengers and people who guard the construction site stop these men in black, and these men in black fled without much effort, disappearing without a trace.

"Firefighting...... Hurry up and put out the fire! The leader of the messengers could only shout hoarsely to all the panicked people, and his heart was terrified.

This is the ancestral hall built by the governor Yamen for the nine-thousand-year-old Duke Wei of the current dynasty, which cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and if it is destroyed in a fire like this, his head will definitely fall to the ground. Originally, he thought that the task of monitoring the construction site was a beautiful thing, and he could squeeze countless silver taels from it, but who would have expected that things would change like this?

Seeing that the scene was chaotic, and the people who were keeping vigil were all running for their lives like headless flies, the leader of the errand officers instantly felt like ashes, and he longed to plunge into the fire to get relief.

There was a small team of officials stationed at the official yamen on this construction site, and at this time, the rest of the officials ran to him, all of them looked panicked, and many people shouted at him: "Wang Bantou, the fire is so big, let's leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late......

Wang Bantou helplessly glanced at the fire that was getting bigger and bigger, and knew that what his brothers said was the truth, and if they didn't leave, they would be choked to death if they were not burned to death, so he could only endure the pain and fled with everyone to a safe place on the periphery.

Seeing that the fire was out of control, and that the structure of the ancestral hall and the hoarding of wood were probably burned to the ground, Wang Bantou couldn't help but feel sad and said to the officials: "Brothers, the matter has come to this point, and we can't explain it to the yamen, and returning to the yamen is a dead end." ”

"Brother Wang!" Everyone felt the same and shouted sadly.

Wang Bantou sighed and said: "For today's plan, we can only fall into the grass and die in the rivers and lakes!" After a pause, he continued, "Will you go with me?" ”

At this point, what else can these servants say, even if some people don't want to, they know that this is the only way to live, so they can only say, "I'm willing!" I'm willing! ”

Wang Bantou said: "In this way, we will gather outside the south gate at the beginning of the day." Now you wait until you go home and say goodbye to your family! Time is running out, so let's hurry up! ”

Under the light of the fire, these discouraged messengers dispersed, and no longer cared about the burning flames in the sky.

Originally, many people wanted to extinguish the fire, but after discovering that the fire was built for Wei Zhongxian, they all changed their minds and became unconcerned about themselves, ignoring the fire.

In any case, the site is an independent space, and in order to show the special nobility of the ancestral hall, it was deliberately built separately from the houses of the common people, even if even if there is not a trace of burnt residue, it will not affect them in the slightest.

As a result, the fire could no longer be controlled, and the monstrous flames burned all over the sky, reflecting the night sky of a corner of Suzhou City.

At this time, Sun Yueling also received an urgent report from his subordinates and learned of this appalling news. When he came to the outside of the hall and looked at the night sky in the southwest corner that was red by firelight, he couldn't help but be deeply shocked: the Jinling Society had finally begun to fight back, and it was in such a lonely and decisive way.

He couldn't help but think of what Zhong Buli had said to him that day, and he had a hunch that this would be an unusual night, so he turned his head to Dongfang Shengping and said, "You hurry up and gather the capable people in the meeting to come here, maybe something big will happen tonight." ”

Dongfang Shengping said excitedly: "Master, you are finally willing to do it, the brothers have long been unbearable, tonight I want them to know the power of our Fenghua Society, we are by no means lambs to be slaughtered!" After saying that, he hurried away.

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The bridge is located in the center of Suzhou City, and it is also the intersection of Wolong Street and Ganjiang Long Street in the city. This is a very prosperous area in the city, and it is also the place where the government yamen executes criminals, and it is precisely because the officials often kill on the side of this bridge, so the people of Suzhou call this stone bridge the killing bridge.

At this moment, on the roof tiles of the second-story house at the southern end of the Killing Bridge, there are dozens of elite players in the Jinling Society, all dressed in black and tightly bound, as if waiting for something. It didn't take long for Du Ying to see the fire rising from the south, Du Ying looked excited, and whispered to Zhong Buli: "Master, Ma Jie, they have succeeded." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhong Buli's mouth, and said: "This is just the beginning, and then I will let Wei Zhongxian, Mao Yilu and others know the methods of our Jinling Society, and let them understand that it is not so easy to deal with the Donglin Party in Jiangnan!" ”

Ma Jie bowed his head and said: "What the leader said is that we must not let the eunuchs do whatever they want, and tonight we will let them know how powerful we are." ”

After a while, Ma Jie couldn't help but say again, "Master, did you say Liu Dexi would come?" ”

Zhong Buli sneered and said, "Wei Eunuch Temple is burned, there is no doubt that he will come, let's wait patiently." ”

Ma Jie answered and stopped talking.

This time, Jinling will dispatch all the capable and good men, just to ambush and kill Liu Dexi, the powerful eunuch under Wei Eunuch, and the burning of Wei Eunuch's ancestral hall is a good bait, once Liu Dexi learns the news that the ancestral hall is burned, there is no reason not to come. And if he wants to go to the place where the ancestral hall was built, the killing bridge is the only way to go.

There is also a reason why the ambush location was chosen here, instead of directly attacking the post office. There are many people in the Yichen Bureau, Liu Dexi not only has a brocade cloth and a cavalry to escort him, but Mao Yilu also specially transferred the soap Li of the military preparation road to protect him, so it is very unwise to sneak into the Yichen Office to assassinate.

And the ambush location in the bridge can greatly increase the success rate of the ambush, imagine how many people Liu Dexi can bring out when he hears that Wei Gelding Temple has been burned, as long as Liu Dexi and others step on the stone bridge, then Jinling will have people from both ends of the stone bridge at the same time, and the front and rear attacks will definitely be able to kill Liu Dexi under a measure that is not enough.

With the faint moonlight and the wind lantern hanging in the corner of the eaves, Ma Jie noticed that there was a slight flickering fire in the distance on the left, one bright and three dark, which was the method used to communicate with each other in the meeting, and couldn't help but rejoice: "Master, Du Ying, they are back." ”

"Okay." Zhong Buli raised his hand and pointed to the opposite house, and said, "Let them lie in ambush on the opposite side, and when they see me giving orders, they will kill the killing bridge!" ”

Ma Jie answered, and quickly got up and sneaked to the left.

The moon is deep and the clouds are deep, the cold is getting thicker, a long wind blows, blowing the wind lantern hanging in the corner of the eaves can't help shaking, and the wide and deep Wolong Street is even more lonely and lonely, as if it has been a dead end of life.

Two quarters of an hour later, a dense sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, reaching the ears of the lurking crowd, and the lanterns in the hands of the riders in front of them could be faintly seen. The sound of the hooves of the galloping horses broke the silence of the cold night and woke up the common people who were in the middle of a good dream.

Seeing the early warning signal from the brother on the other side of the stone bridge, Ma Jie couldn't help but be highly nervous, and said in a trembling voice to Zhong Buli: "Master, they are here!" ”

Zhong Buli took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, wait until they step on the stone bridge." "This stone bridge is three zhang wide and fifteen zhang long, not to mention that the speed of the galloping horse in the middle of the night is not too fast, even if Liu Dexi drives with all his strength, I am afraid it will take a few moments of work.

For this reason, they have already laid out various contingency methods, including setting up tripwire interceptions. Zhong Buli believed that as long as they grasped the opportunity well and the time was tight, it would not be a problem to intercept this team of riders.

The cavalry team is getting closer and closer, and it seems that there are about twenty-seven or eight horsemen, and it seems that Liu Dexi really didn't have time to bring out too many people in a hurry, and the probability of success of this ambush has greatly increased.

Zhong Buli snorted coldly and said, "Everyone prepare." He held the sword tightly in his hand, and his eyes were firmly fixed in the direction of the other end of the stone bridge.

"Da da da", the sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, and finally arrives at the head of the stone bridge. Riding a horse in the middle of the night, the speed was really not too fast, and the people of the Jinling Guild could already see the bright flying fish suit and the embroidered spring knife on the waist of the Jinyi guard on the horse with the windproof lamp carried by the rider in front of them.

The horsemen stepped onto the stone bridge, and the horses galloped towards the other end of the stone bridge.

With a "poof", one of the horsemen who rushed to the front of the team crashed into the tripwire, and the horse leaned in the neighing and fell straight ahead.

Zhong Buli was waiting for this opportunity, and shouted: "Do it!" "The first to fly and jump off the house, to the end of the stone bridge.

With his order, the Jinling Guild gang who were ambushed at both ends of the stone bridge jumped down one after another, rushing towards the Jinyi Ti cavalry with swords in hand, blocking them on the stone bridge.

The galloping horses of the brocade-clothed guards were tripped by the tripping rope one after another, and under the crowd of people and horses, the formation was suddenly a little scattered. But the brocade guards were clearly well trained, and the horsemen behind saw that something was wrong ahead, and they slowed down their horses, tightened their reins, and kept their horses under their crotches to avoid further casualties.

Zhong Buli rushed to the front, he had already seen the eunuch Liu Dexi riding on a tall horse, so he urged his internal strength, tried to jump over the galloping horse and rider who fell in front, and beheaded Liu Dexi under the sword.

Unexpectedly, when a rider who had just tripped over a tripping horse rope was about to fall to the ground, his body spun sideways, stretched out his feet on the ground a little, and the whole person bounced up, and then the force of the impact flew towards him, and the steel knife in his hand was raised high and slashed down towards him.

Zhong Buli raised his sword and went to the top without thinking, and even used seventy percent of his strength, wanting to shake this person away, so that he could quickly pass through it.

With a sound of "dang", the swords clashed, and dazzling sparks burst out in the dark night. He only felt a strong force coming from the knife, and he had to take two steps back to stabilize his body.

Zhong Buli was extremely surprised, he couldn't imagine that there was such a master in the Jinyi Guard, who could not only dissolve his powerful sword, but also force himself backwards.

After a knife, the man turned back and retreated, raised his left hand, and shouted: "Ti Qi stops, everyone gathers around to protect Grandpa Liu, and quickly send a warning signal!" ”

Under the order, the captains quickly rode their horses and moved around, surrounding Liu Dexi in the middle, and the horses were outward, forming a protective circle. There was also a captain who shot a sharp crossbow into the air to warn, and the short crossbow pierced the night sky, emitting a sharp and sharp hissing sound, and then exploded in the air, and the sound could be heard for miles.