readx;?readx; Chapter 213 jumping off the building

"It was the Taiwei Mansion who did it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xu Tian replied with certainty. "Last night's incident was commanded by Li Qing and Li Erhe, two uncles and nephews."

Qin Lei nodded noncommittally and motioned for him to continue.

"Because it was midnight, the casualties were mainly concentrated in Man Yuanchun, and many girls and guests were burned alive, and the preliminary estimate was at least about 100 people. The team left behind by our Scholar Pavilion was still alert, and escaped before the fire got up, only to burn the prince's book collection. ”

"And when the Ministry of Civil Affairs and everyone came to these places, there were only a few who were on duty at night, so there were not many casualties; However, a few of the brothers of the dark spot have lost some, adding up to more than thirty. ”

"Where's the boat?" Qin Lei asked with some eagerness. The five painting boats that float on the Xiaoqing River and the Yudai River all the year round are the center of Qin Lei's entire system. These five painting boats form a fairly complete yamen - Longjun Wangfu Government Affairs Temple, and Guantao serves as the secretary of state.

The largest painting boat is the headquarters of the Government Affairs Temple, which is responsible for coordinating the headquarters of the Espionage Division, the Headquarters of the Liaison Division, the Headquarters of the Commerce and Trade Division, and the Headquarters of the Garrison Department built on the other four painting boats. Each of these departments has its own duties, directing and coordinating the effective operation of the increasingly large royal system.

Xu Tian's grim expression finally showed a smile: "Only a few empty ships were burned, and there was no loss." ”

This is the best news Qin Lei heard today, and he couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Tian said with admiration on his face: "Thanks to Mr. Guantao, he took precautions and found more than a dozen identical painting boats to float on the river. It's true or false, even we ourselves are confused, how can those fools in the Taiwei Mansion touch it. "When we put the government temple on the ship, it wasn't entirely because of the lack of money, but because of safety considerations - especially when most of the guards followed Qin Lei south. It is undoubtedly much wiser to hide the government temple in a wide river and weave ships than to take root in a certain place and attract people's concerns.

Qin Lei nodded and asked softly, "Is Mr. Guantao here?" The tone was noticeably much more relaxed. As long as the government affairs temple is fine, even if all the belongings in the capital are burned, it will not hurt his muscles and bones.

Xu Tian shook his head and said: "Mr. Guantao took the Government Affairs Temple to play hide and seek with the people of Taiwei Mansion on the two rivers, and he had no time to separate. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom and said respectfully: "Before leaving the city, Mr. Guantao has a letter for his subordinates to hand it over." ”

Qin Lei took it, and a column of big characters on the cover came into view: The prince opened it in person, and the pavilion was worshipped.

This kind of coquettish font can only be written by Guan Tao, Qin Lei said in his heart. Since performing at a super level, Qin Lei has developed a strong interest in calligraphy, and it is no longer the simple standard of the past as long as he can see it.

Being able to think about this means that Qin Lei has woken up from the fury of the morning.

Tear open the seal, take out the letter, shake it open, and see the end of the paper with a few words......

When the prince saw the words, he said: The departments in Beijing suffered a catastrophe suddenly, and the palace was full of righteous indignation, and everyone said that they would take revenge, and the admonition was no exception.

However, this is a delicate moment, all sides are on alert and confrontation, and the situation in China and the capital is like walking on thin ice, which can be said to affect the whole body. If we attack rashly, regardless of proportion, the consequences will be unimaginable. When the time comes, the Eighth Army of the Forbidden Army will inevitably be involved, and the princes of all parties will do their best to protect themselves. And we are weak, so we can only be reduced to fish and meat, and we can cut them with knives.

However, if you swallow your anger and slowly try to do it, although it is an old-fashioned strategy, it is not enough to anger the people inside, and it is not enough to deter the enemy outside. Therefore, his subordinates believe that our retaliation should follow the three-word rule: fast, accurate, and ruthless. Hit the enemy seven inches with lightning speed, and after a fatal blow, he immediately disappeared into invisibility. It is the best policy to make it too late to have a seizure and not to have a seizure.

In addition, there are many suspicious points about last night's incident, but the Taiwei Mansion is difficult to escape, and it is not easy to make too many enemies at this time, so his subordinates suggested that the target should not be expanded for the time being. Only attacked the Li family.

Handwritten Letters.

Putting the letter paper on the table, Qin Lei fell into deep thought, and only after a long time did he smile and said: "Mr. Guantao is really the son of the orphan, just listen to him." ”

As he spoke, he sat up straight and asked Xu Tian, "How are you preparing?" ”

Xu Tian was already confident, and when he heard the words, he said respectfully: "Mr. Sun came from there, and he agreed to our request, and he whistled three times at three times. ”

When Qin Lei heard this, he didn't feel too happy, but sighed lightly: "I promised so happily, I don't know how to open my mouth when the time comes." ”

Xu Tian smiled and continued: "Several warehouses in our city have not been found, and there are a hundred barrels of fire oil in stock, as well as various materials such as saltpeter and sulfur that the prince usually collects. The brothers in the city had already transported them to the Nanyang Gate, where they were waiting to be dispatched. After a pause, he said: "As for wheat straw, rice stalks, and the like, the autumn harvest is all over the ground, and today we have prepared five hundred carts in one day, and they are parked outside the city with swagger, and they are not conspicuous." ”

Qin Lei nodded, and said softly: "Tell the brothers outside, after the deed is completed, we will talk about the reward for meritorious deeds, now go back to their posts and prepare to go, set off at two o'clock, and the specific order will arrive later." Xu Tian took the order and left.

After he left, Qin Lei instructed Shi Dang: "Don't arrange Bo Xianyang for this matter, you personally lead the team and let him be in charge of the periphery." "Why should you think about your godniece, don't make her too difficult.

Shi Dang was also ordered to go out to prepare, and Qin Lei was the only one left in the carriage, carefully studying the map of the city defense of the central capital under the light of Rudou. He agreed with Guan Tao's opinion, but he couldn't help biting Li Hun painlessly, and he wanted to burn Li Hun's family in the capital to the ground. Give all the dignitaries and nobles in the middle capital a dismount, and let them honestly put away those ghost tricks.

After reconfirming the route of the assault, Qin Lei opened the wooden box on his left, took out a delicate charcoal pen from it, and began to brush and write down orders on a stack of white paper. Every address that appears in Qin Lei's pen means that it will be destroyed later.

After writing, Qin Lei pressed the carriage, the door opened, and a black-clothed guard officer was summoned in. "Pass this on to the lone wolf and let him do it by number." The Blackguard officer took the order.

After the car door was closed again, Qin Lei put the charcoal back into the wooden box, took out the brush and ink cartridge from it, and spread out a pale yellow notebook. Dip the pen in ink and begin to write: "Father Emperor Jun Jian ......"

Although Nanyang Gate is called Nanyang Gate, it is one of the five gates in the west of the middle capital, enter from this gate, enter the Yamen of the various ministries and governments in less than two miles, turn north after these official offices, and arrive at the famous General Street, where the Taiwei Mansion is located.

This city gate, which is closest to the Taiwei Mansion, has always been valued by the Li family, and they are all guarded by people who are close to them. Zhou Qingchen, the current city gate official, was born in the Li family's hardcore Tiance army, so he is naturally a cronie.

Zhou Chengmen, a close confidant, does not eat, drink, prostitute and gamble like other retired officers. Although the city gate division has a lot of extra money, enough to spend all day drinking, he goes home as soon as he gets off the job and never messes with his colleagues. When someone laughs at him for not enjoying it, he laughs and says, "What do you know?" A pot of wine, two taels of meat, and a hot kang head for wives and children, that is the real enjoyment. ”

But today, after being laid off, he did not throw down his armor as usual and rushed home, but sat in his small room and was concentrated. Colleagues passed by the door and said strangely: "Why didn't Master Zhou go home?" The mouthy shook wit and said: "Seeing that Lord Zhou lost his soul one day, eighty percent of them didn't serve his sister-in-law last night, and he was thinking about how to get back into this game." As soon as this remark came out, it attracted countless laughter.

Zhou Qingchen is notoriously good-tempered, and in the past, he was not annoyed by how others joked, but today is obviously different from the past, "Get out!" A loud shout rang out from the back room, and the soldiers outside the house were horrified. While running and exchanging glances at each other, it means that it seems to be right.

Listening to the footsteps gradually disappearing, Zhou Qingchen suddenly collapsed on the marching bed, panting heavily. He would rather at least have a hope, as these people say. But in fact, his wife and two-year-old son were kidnapped.

He went to the night post yesterday, and it was already the fifth watch when he got home from work, and his wife waited to wash his feet, eat indiscriminately, kiss his son, and fell asleep.

In a daze, he heard a noise, mixed with his wife's exclamations, and before he woke up, he felt a chill in his neck, and a terrible steel knife was already on his neck......

The kidnappers took away his wife and children, and the demand was very simple: at three o'clock, the Nanyang Gate was opened. Otherwise, the wife will be sold into the kiln, and the children will be sent to the underworld. This is his weakest rib, so he can't help but not agree, but his loyalty to the Taiwei Mansion makes him in a dilemma, and he looks out the window fixedly as the moon rises, and moves to the west little by little. He knew that the time had come for him to make up his mind.

Midnight, midnight night. Under the starry sky, there was an army darker than the night, quietly waiting for the order to attack. Less than a mile in front of them, stood the tallest and strongest city wall in the world, which seventeen years ago, the combined forces of Qi and Chu, millions of strong divisions, had not crossed a single step after months of fierce attacks.

And today, with three somewhat piercing whistles, the two huge gates opened in the thick city wall creaked and slowly opened, and the prosperous and beautiful Zhongdu City was undefended in front of the army outside the city gate.

There was no time to marvel at another immortal technique of his prince, and the cavalry was activated. The speed was not too fast, the horse's hooves were tied with a thick cotton cloth, and it was not loud to step on the ground. But such an unhappy and silent team puts a lot of pressure on people, making people mistakenly think that they are revenge messengers from the underworld!

The knights slowly accelerated when they entered the city, and the middle capital was still asleep at this time. In the houses facing the street, there were residents who were awakened by the dull sound of horses' hooves, but they covered their heads with quilts, and no one dared to come out to check.

The cavalry traveled two miles on the avenue, but no one stepped forward to stop them, until they reached the edge of the Taiwei's mansion for a hundred and ten paces, and were discovered by the guards on the watchtower in the palace.

"Bell, bell, bell......" At the same time as the rapid alarm gong sounded, the cavalry suddenly accelerated, and the sound of horses' hooves was dull and dense.

The knights sprinted as they lifted a net bag containing a watermelon-sized clay pot from the sack with an open mouth behind them. Holding the handle of the net, the knights swung their arms and rotated the net, and naturally, the clay pots in the nets also roared and drew endless arcs.

When the rotation speed reached its peak and the original shape of the clay pot could no longer be seen, the knights also rushed to a place less than ten paces away from the Taiwei Mansion. The first few horsemen suddenly spread their hands holding the net, and the clay pot whirled and roared into the sky, over the high wall, and into the heavily guarded Taiwei's mansion.

After throwing this weapon, which the prince called the 'Flying Fire Meteor', the cavalry in the front row did not stop, but with a more violent speed and a more resolute attitude, they met the guards of the Taiwei Mansion who rushed from the Great General's Street. The cavalry behind also followed their example, and after throwing the Spitfire meteor in their hands, they untied the iron lance from the saddle and rushed towards the Great General's Street.

The front team of the black-armored cavalry soon collided head-on with the guards of the Taiwei Mansion. Time was in a hurry, and the fastest people to come over were some light infantry in leather armor, as for the heavy infantry in the palace, and even the armored cavalry, it would take a quarter of an hour to wear armor alone, and it would take another quarter of an hour to rush out in formation, but it was impossible to count on for a while.

Relying on the powerful impact force, the Zhangliu long lance in the hands of the black-armored cavalry easily pierced into the opponent's leather armor, and pierced out from behind without hindrance, and was finally blocked by the beam on the handle of the lance. Feeling the tightness of his hands, the cavalryman's hands reflexively swung out, and he threw out the enemy who was still screaming.

With a force of upward rotation, the cavalry raised their iron lances again and stabbed at the next enemy without any sluggishness. The level of skill in action is not the same as that of Xiangyang Mansion against Maitreya. This is thanks to the blood killing, they let Qin Lei's guards know that there is a sky outside the sky, so they will work harder to train these boring basic assassinations.

The advantage of armored cavalry over light infantry, even without the help of crossbows, was so obvious. The leading cavalry had already penetrated the enemy formation, and the comrades behind were still throwing flying meteors into the Taiwei's mansion.

At this moment, there was a swishing sound in the sky, and both sides involuntarily looked up, only to see more than a dozen flying fire meteors streak across the ** zhang high night sky and fall deeper into the Taiwei Mansion.

In the guard battalion of the Taiwei Mansion, a group of heavy infantry was ready to go. Their leader, the lieutenant, stood in front of the group in a rage, and was about to say a few words to boost morale, when his ears heard a whistling sound getting closer and closer. Lord Pi Wei was a battle-hardened veteran, and immediately bowed and drew his sword to look left and right.

"Overhead...... My lord! The soldiers on the opposite side shouted anxiously. When Lord Pi Wei heard this, he looked up, and saw a huge clay pot, smashing straight towards the door in front of him, and with a bang, poor Pi Wei was smashed to the ground. Hit by the hard skull, the jar shattered before it hit the ground, and the liquid inside splattered out.

The soldiers were just about to come forward to check on the life and death of Lord Pi, but they asked a strange smell, and those who had participated in the alignment battle immediately lost their voices and shouted: "It's fire oil!" "They will never forget that Yum military things burned tens of thousands of brothers to ashes.

More canisters of fire oil fell all over the house, and there was no specific direction, some fell in the garden, some fell on the school grounds, some fell on the warehouse, and some fell in Miss Li's embroidery building......

The young man slept deeply, and the noisy sound outside did not wake Miss Li from her boudoir dream, until a huge clay pot smashed the window, fell from the sky, and fell on the carpet of the boudoir, making a huge cracking sound, Miss Li jumped up from the bed screaming, and the high-pitched voice actually overwhelmed the cracking sound!

Ignorantly, Miss Li thought that there was an earthquake, and the children of the Li family were in danger, so she made a decision, wrapped in the quilt and gritted her teeth, and jumped off the embroidery building.

Li Sihai was surrounded by guards and was running to the front yard, and he couldn't prevent something from falling from the sky, so he subconsciously stretched out his hands and caught it, but he was also smashed to the ground by his sister who jumped from the second floor, and the two fell together.

Thanks to the strong bloodline of the old Li family, no one of the brothers and sisters fainted, but they just lay on the ground, and the other lay on the ground and screamed.

His subordinates came up and wanted to rescue the little boy, but when they took a lantern, they saw the little lady's jade body lying on Li Sihai's body.

The Li family has a fine tradition that they don't like to wear clothes when they sleep......

After looking at it twice, the guards turned their backs reluctantly, still reminiscing about the scenery in their hearts, and from time to time someone secretly turned around, glanced at it, and then quickly turned back.

Li Sihai didn't notice these guards' daring actions, and his realization was completely attracted by the rockets in the sky......