Regarding the side task of taking away Concubine Zhuang, Yan Ling remembered very clearly that Zhu Youzhen's expression was very painful before telling him about this top-secret mission, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "I want you to bring Concubine Zhuang, who is not in a hurry for the emperor and the eunuch, out of Shenyang." This is a side task, depending on the situation, if you can bring it, if you can't, forget it, the primary goal is to kill the thief chief. ”

"However," Zhu Youzhen's expression suddenly turned to shame and self-blame, and he gritted his teeth and said word by word, "I already know from Liu Xingzuo's line that Concubine Zhuang has just given birth to a son, ranking ninth elder brother. If you don't touch it, if you do, you must kill this child! But don't let Concubine Zhuang see it with her own eyes, alas, as for the other children, kill one when you see one, and never show mercy! ”

Yan Ling didn't know who Concubine Zhuang was, why did Zhu Youzhen have to bring her out, and why he had to kill Brother Jiu. But since the emperor has an order, he is only responsible for carrying it out. And Zhu Youzhen repeatedly emphasized that this side task is up to him depending on the situation, even if it is not completed, it doesn't matter, which also makes Yan Ling let go of his psychological burden.

At this time, Huang Taiji had already conferred the head, and coincidentally, Concubine Zhuang had also been found, and Brother Jiu was also dead, and all the team members, including Yan Ling, Shi Chunhu, and Zhang Fang, were no longer nervous. Before they succeeded, each of them felt that they were shouldering a heavy burden, and their personal life and death had long been put out of the way, and they were only worried that if they could not complete the task, the "No. 1 Operation", which had cost countless people's efforts, would be a complete failure, and they would become sinners of the Ming Dynasty.

And now that it's done, it's completely different, and if everyone's mood can be described in one word, it's joy. In this case, of course, they want to withdraw smoothly, but the reason is not that they are afraid of death, but they want to complete the mission more successfully and beautifully, because on the premise of completing the mission, it is also one of the preset goals to reduce casualties as much as possible. And until now, none of the 30 team members have sacrificed, only two have been slightly injured, and after they go back, they have a bright future waiting for them, how can everyone not like it, how not easy?

In this state, the "pig" team played more freely. Taking advantage of the fact that the other guards had not yet arrived, the team member carrying Da Yu'er was in the center, and the others were around to protect, under the leadership of Yan Ling, not only were they not in a hurry to leave the palace, but turned to other palaces, shouting in Manchu as they ran: "Catch the assassin!" Catch the assassins! ”

Not far from Yongfu Palace is Guanju Palace and Yanqing Palace, where the four concubines of Huang Taiji and their children live respectively. In fact, these four people married Huang Taiji earlier than Da Yu'er, and they all gave birth to sons, but Huang Taiji favors Da Yu'er, she can enjoy treatment close to that of Queen Zhezhe, and lives alone in one palace, but these four people live in one palace together.

Yan Ling and the others rushed to the palace gate, and the guards here were the same people who rushed to Yongfu Palace just now, and they were all dead. The eunuchs and palace maids inside were so frightened that they closed the palace door, and Yan Ling and the others shouted in Manchu: "According to the master's command, enter the palace to search for assassins, and those who dare to hide and obstruct will be killed!" ”

The experience of these eunuchs and palace maids in the revolutionary struggle was still a little worse, and they were already frightened at this time, and as soon as they heard the "master's" message, they opened the palace door in a daze.

As soon as the palace door opened, Yan Ling rushed in with seven or eight people and killed people when they saw them, especially the "master" and "little master" who were hiding in the house. Huang Taiji's four youngest sons: the fourth elder brother Ye Bushu, the fifth elder brother Shuosai, the sixth elder brother Gao Sai, and the seventh elder brother Changshu all lived here, and after a while, they all became ghosts under the knife. Before leaving, I didn't forget to throw the candle burning in the house on the bed and let the fire burn slowly.

After slaughtering the Second Palace, Yan Ling still wanted to go to Qingning Palace to kill the "queen" again, but at this time, a large number of guards were already rushing here, and it was too late. The crowd continued to chant "Catch the Assassin" as they retreated to the northwest corner of the Palace. On the way, some guards or eunuchs were sometimes encountered, and Yan Ling and Shi Chunhu, who had the best Manchu language, shouted first: "We are ordered to go to the front to hunt down the assassins, you go to Yongfu Palace to escort you!" ”

In the middle of the night, a large number of them were wearing the uniforms of the yellow flag guards, and they hurriedly spoke Manchu, how could others dare to doubt it? At this time, there was already chaos in the palace, and a large number of guards were busy searching for the whereabouts of the "master" in Yongfu Palace, and they were busy fighting fires in Guanju Palace and Yanqing Palace, and of course, they were also frantically searching for assassins like headless flies. But how could they have imagined that these Assassins had already crossed the wall from the northwest corner after passing shoulders with them many times?

Out of the palace wall, not far from Siping Street. At this time, the Qing army outside the palace had not yet reacted, and their team of "Ouchi guards" went straight to Siping Street, looking for a shop where the Mongols sold horses. Shi Chunhu had already investigated before, and these Mongols had a lot of good breed Mongolian horses, which were just right for the retreat.

They were able to deceive even the guards in the palace, let alone the Mongols, who had no idea what was going on. It didn't take much effort, everyone grabbed thirty horses, Yan Ling and Da Yu'er rode on the same horse, and tied Da Yu'er, who was unconscious, tightly behind him.

Immediately after that, everyone beat their horses and flew straight to the Huaiyuan Gate in the west, where they most often walked. At this time, martial law was under law in the city, and there were Qing troops patrolling the streets, but as soon as these "Ouchi guards" saw someone in front of them, they immediately shouted in Manchu "Ordered to inspect". These ordinary soldiers who are full of people don't have a lot of brains, and when they see everyone's yellow flag attire, they don't doubt it, and they all give way. Occasionally, a few people wanted to stop and ask, Yan Ling and the others didn't talk nonsense, rushed to the front and stabbed it, and before the others could react, they rushed away.

The inner city of Shenyang is not very big in total, and it is less than three miles from east to west, and soon everyone rushed to Huaiyuan Gate. The place has long been closed and locked, and there are a large number of Qing soldiers guarding it, and it is impossible to rush directly to it. But Yan Ling and the others had already planned it, and they were still far from the city gate, so they shouted in Manchu: "Holy oracle!" The guards are coming to take the order! ”

Here is guarding a Niu Lu Ezhen of the Zhenghuang Banner, and seeing that the other party is also dressed in the Zhenghuang Banner, and it is also from the palace, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly came down from the city tower. Yan Ling and the others didn't get off the horse, Shi Chunhu took two steps forward and said arrogantly: "You are a guard?" ”

Of course, the man didn't know Shi Chunhu, and thought it was the celebrity who was serving beside the "master", so he hurriedly said flatteringly: "Exactly, the slave is"

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Chunhu took out the "Holy Decree" from his arms, and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you call them all over and kneel in front to listen to the decree!" ”

Seeing that the other party still had a holy decree, these people were even more worshipful, so they hurried over and bowed their heads and knelt down.

Shi Chunhu saw that everyone was kneeling, so he took out the things in his arms. But where is what a "holy decree", but a grenade! He laughed and said, "Take it," and pulled the grenade and threw it into the crowd. I only heard the sound of "boom", and the flesh and blood flew when I landed!

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