Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Lost Summer Night
"Envoy?" Not only Yang Bao, but everyone else also looked at this young man in black suspiciously.
"Guo Huai is also an old oilman in officialdom, how can he be so panicked?" Ye Yingwu looked around and said lightly, "Especially after he just learned a big secret, how could he not think that the entire Tianwu Army would be staring at him closely in the near future, and it was really unreasonable to take such a risk." β
Everyone was stunned, and then someone whispered: "The envoy is γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» say"
"Someone framed." Another voice followed closely.
After a few moments, the only sound left in the room was gasps. If this is the case, then the person who laid down this plan to hide the sky is really not a mortal, and he also borrowed the sword of the Tianwu Army to kill Guo Huai's people, and one is willing to kill the other and has to suffer.
"Weng Yinglong, Liao Yingzhong, this counterattack is not slow to get." Ye Yingwu said softly, "Promote your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, control the overall situation in Lin'an, and use your best officialdom tricks, turning the clouds and rain while we are dizzy and cannibalistic, what a good means." β
A brocade guard hurriedly ran forward: "Envoy Qi, Lord Zhang and Master Ma feel that this matter is strange, please make a decision!" β
"So-and-so, go now, Guo Mansion!" Ye Yingwu said coldly, "Let Jinyiwei and the six doors just track, don't act rashly!" Once the grass startles the snake, it will really be wasted, and Guo Chang, who is still in Xing**, is there, just let Lu Tongju send someone to keep an eye on it, and he can't do anything. β
"Obey!" All the subordinates shouted in unison, although the voice had been suppressed as much as possible, but it still reverberated loudly in this small building.
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The sound of downstairs came through the cracks in the floor.
Qiongniang, who was already disturbed by Ye Yingwu and was not sleepy, blinked and looked at Qiqin beside her: "What is going on downstairs?" β
Qiqin pursed her lips slightly, but just shook her head: "It's better to not know about these things." β
"Why does my sister feel so emotional?" Qiongniang was stunned, it was rare to see this sister who always looked calm and breezy would sigh so emotionally, "If you can worry about the king, wouldn't it show your sister's wisdom?" With my sister's insight, how can she sit back and watch the storm surge? β
With a wry smile, Qiqin stretched out her hand and gently stroked the hair on the side of her ear: "Since ancient times, the harem has not been allowed to interfere in politics, and it is really within my sister's power to protect the safety of the Ye family's backyard. β
Looking at Qiqin with a hint of bitterness on her face, Qiongniang said "um": "It's so noisy outside, can Ye Yuanjun come back safely?" β
"He is the Ye Envoy who has attracted the attention of the 20,000 soldiers of the Tianwu Army," Qiqin smiled slightly, but there was no doubt about this, "Looking at the world of the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that there is no elite that can match the Tianwu Army, not to mention that this is in Longxing Mansion, and the central officials are all the elders of the Tianwu Army, so how can they stand by and watch." It's not getting early, so let's go to bed first. β
"Then sister, you should rest quickly." After all, Qiongniang is young, and she doesn't know how much blood and rain Qiqin has carried between the lines, and she smiled slightly at the moment, tiredness spread to her heart, and she didn't lie down for long before she was silent, thinking that she was already asleep.
Looking at the delicate face that fell asleep in the dim candlelight, Qiqin just smiled, and stretched out her hand to put on the thin jacket that Qiongniang kicked off, and the night breeze blew in the half-hidden window, bringing the sound of horses' hooves like dense rain that gradually faded away.
"Husband, may you return safely." Qiqin prayed softly, but she couldn't sleep as she lay on the bed.
One night of stars, how many people have no sleep.
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The galaxy hangs upside down, and the heavens and the earth are silent.
Silent darkness shrouded Longxing Mansion, and compared with the flower street in the distance, the streets and alleys where the mansions of the wealthy families gathered were more silent and the undercurrent surging wildly in the silence. Guo Huai's mansion is not too big, as a fairly experienced wallgrass, he naturally knows that it is not a good thing for the mansion to be repaired, and he will not show mercy when he looks at such a large-scale house when he is collecting money.
But this small mansion has four or five doors, and there are three caves of cunning rabbits, and Guo Huai is naturally able to leave a channel for himself to evacuate his family before any natural disaster. It's just that Guo Huai also expected that these doors in his house must be firmly monitored, so the servants of the Guo family found by Jinyiwei and the six doors were all climbed down from the wall, and most of them were the walls facing some dark alleys.
This time, if it weren't for a brocade guard's sharp eyes and seeing a slightly squirming figure in the dark, I'm afraid that even if these family members who came out of the wall from all directions were lurking outside, no one would find out if they were out of the city tomorrow.
Zhang Cheng and Ma Tingyou dared to hesitate under the luck of the secret road, and hurriedly divided into two ways, Zhang Cheng led a group of capable generals to catch up in different directions, while Ma Tingyou took the remaining Jinyi guards and six doors to make the entire Guo Mansion impassable.
And this time, even the secret surveillance was exempted, not only did the Jinyi Guard and the six doors pour out, but the Tianwu Army is also at the disposal of a hundred battles, and it can be said that there is one person every three zhang outside Guo Huai's mansion, and the intersections leading to the surrounding streets and alleys are also full of swordsmen in hand.
The sound of horses' hooves swept over like a torrential rain, and Ma Tingyou, who was standing quietly outside the gate of Guo's mansion with the hilt of his sword in his hand, frowned slightly, and strode forward to meet the cavalry who were piercing the darkness and coming from the horse. In the flickering torch firelight, the light armor on the soldiers of the Tianwu Army flickered brightly.
"I've seen the envoy!" Ma Tingyou arched his hand, and there was nothing polite at this time, "The situation here is complicated, please make a decision." β
Ye Yingwu nodded slightly, and looked at the mansion not far away, which was not unusual: "Doesn't Guo Huai know what happened outside?" Why is the entire Guo Mansion so peaceful? Isn't there enough movement outside? β
"Qi Yu envoy, his subordinates also have doubts, but I don't know if it's because Guo Huai saw that this matter was exposed and there was a ghost in his heart, so he didn't dare to open the door easily." Ma Tingyou hesitated for a moment and then gritted his teeth and replied truthfully, "If you knock on the door, you will be startled." β
"Isn't that enough to scare the snake?" Ye Yingwu got off the horse and looked around, surrounded by similar high-walled pavilions, "Send a few people to the walls around here to show someone what is going on in this Guo Mansion, don't Guo Huai dare to do it!" β
"Su Niang has gone up." Ma Tingyou pointed to the slender figure standing in the wind on the high wall behind Ye Yingwu. This little girl was also leading her subordinates to keep an eye on Chunfang with the drunken spring breeze, and when she got the news, she was a moment earlier than Ye Yingwu, but as soon as she rushed over, she asked people to find a ladder and "oh oo" two or three steps to rush up, more flexible than a monkey.
This little girl really grabbed it faster than anyone else. Ye Yingwu couldn't help but snort, saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Yang Xu jumped straight down from the high wall, and the summer wind agitated the black sleeves, outlining the girl's beautiful curves. It's just that no one present has the leisure time to pay attention to this.
Glancing at Ye Yingwu, who frowned slightly and seemed to be thoughtful, Yang Xu didn't expect him to come slowly, and still said indifferently at the moment: "Envoy Qi, there seems to be something wrong in the Guo Mansion, it seems that there is a dispute between the family members, and there is no one here at the front hall gate." Please also make your decision. β
This matter is really not that simple, Ye Yingwu nodded slightly, but he didn't know if his guess was right, if so, then it was estimated that there was a conflict between the nail that Jia Nidao had planted and the family loyal to the Guo family.
Thinking that Guo Huai has been rolling in the officialdom for so long, it is impossible for the family to be without one or two cronies, plus the people who are slowly infiltrating the Jinyi Guard and the six doors these days, even if the manpower buried by Jia Yidao is prepared, it will not be powerless to fight back.
"Call the door!" Ye Yingwu said coldly, "And immediately send someone to inform Zhang Cheng, don't follow anymore, just take down the person!" β
"Obey!" Ma Tingyou responded, and a brocade guard strode forward and knocked on the gate of Guo Mansion. The sound of knockers slamming on the door echoed in the darkness.
Everyone subconsciously held their breath. And Ye Yingwu quietly looked at the Guo Mansion in the light of the fire, and always felt that things should not be so simple.
If there is such a big movement, the entire Tianwu Army and Longxing Mansion are alarmed, and in the end it is just framing Guo Huai, then it is not very like the handiwork of Weng Yinglong and Liao Yingzhong under Jia Yidao, these two guys have always been a group of yin people behind their backs, and today they put on such a battle for a small Guo Huaiγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
Hiss! Ye Yingwu gasped, even if the Six Gates, Jinyi Guard, and Hundred Battles all gathered in the Guo Mansion, they still left elite guards in the drunken spring breeze, and Yang Bao also led more than 100 cavalry to patrol the surrounding streets back and forth, naturally there would be no big deal.
Then there is only one place left.
"Turn the tiger away from the mountain!" Ye Yingwu gritted his teeth and looked at the gate of the Guo Mansion that had not been opened, his face flickered with the firelight, "Is it that there are not many people in Pingshui Mansion and Shen Mansion anymore?" β
In an instant, Ma Tingyou and Yang Xu were subconsciously tightened, one of them was the person in charge of Jinyiwei, and the other was the most experienced female assassin among the six doors and Jinyiwei, Ye Yingwu was worried about what he was naturally worried about.
After hesitating for a moment, Ma Tingyou said: "Well, the people have almost been transferred, and there are only more than ten brothers left watching over there, so that Jun is worriedγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
"It's not just worrying!" Ye Yingwu snorted coldly, "Fifty people are left on guard in a hundred battles, and the rest come with me!" Here Tingluan must be optimistic! β
Before the words fell, Ye Yingwu no longer cared about the Guo Mansion in front of him, and rode straight towards the direction of Pingshui Tower. And behind him, the cavalry did not hesitate to chase closely. Ma Tingyou stomped his feet fiercely, secretly scolding himself for being confused, how could he forget such a big thing, and he couldn't care about anything else at the moment, so he glanced at Yang Xu and asked her to bring a few powerful subordinates to chase after him closely.
Yang Xu is naturally familiar with the key points here, there are six doors and brocade guards layer by layer, there should be no big problem, so where do you dare to hesitate, hurriedly turned over and got on the horse, grabbed the reins with one hand, and raised the other sleeve slightly, and the sleeve arrow inside thought that it had been wound unconsciously.
Seeing Yang Xu hurriedly follow, Ma Tingyou breathed a sigh of relief, there was still no one in the Guo Mansion in front of him, his brows were furrowed, and the young man who was about to usher in his coronation ceremony smiled coldly: "Come on, long ladders, ziplines, go to the wall!" β
"Yes!" The subordinates who were already waiting for the battle responded at the same time, and the long ladder and the flashing plum blossom claws in the firelight appeared on the wall of the Guo Mansion at the same time! A team of Jinyi guards and six gate soldiers rushed up, their movements were so fluent and fast, and even the ten generals who had stayed behind to command in a hundred battles were secretly admired in their hearts.
"Defense!" The soldier who had just landed on the wall was not in a hurry to climb down from the other side, but at the same time drew a delicate short crossbow from his back and waited for it. When it was certain that the front yard was still empty, half of the people continued to be on guard, and the other half jumped off.
After a few moments, the closed door slowly opened, and the soldiers with the crossbows of the divine arm took the lead, followed by a large number of six doors and brocade-clothed guards. And Bai Zhan was Ye Yingwu's pro-army, and Ma Tingyou didn't plan to risk them, so he let these cavalry take advantage of their horses and keep an eye on the surrounding streets and several other gates.
And at this moment, a black smoke rose from the distance. The shouts followed the wind until they reached everyone's ears.
"Pingshui Tower!" Looking at the direction of the black smoke rising, Ma Tingyou was shocked, I hope that the envoy can still have time to rush over, I didn't expect that Ye Yingwu really guessed it, but he can't underestimate this matter at the moment, "Quick, go to the backyard and show someone what kind of illness is going on with this Guo Huai!" β
"Soldiers, save my master!" Suddenly, an old voice came, but it was an old man who was already disabled hiding in the dark, "Those brutes have kidnapped the old man and don't let us people move!" β
"Huh?!" Not only Ma Tingyou, but all the Jinyi guards and the six door soldiers were stunned.
Looking at the old man who was trembling slightly under the screen in the front hall, Ma Tingyou hurriedly walked over: "Old man, is this true?" Who is the old man in this house? β
Looking at the man in front of him who was very young and dressed as a civil official, the old man's vigilance was lowered by three points, and he grinned slightly: "The old man was the former housekeeper in this house, and then his old legs and feet were no longer good, so he was supported by this house. The old man had inconvenient legs and feet, and he went out late, so he didn't let them see it, and hurriedly hid here. β
"Shhh Guo Huai thought that he was framed, and in this one-acre and three-point land of the Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that except for Jia Xianggong in the court, no one has the means to forcibly hijack an official in the mansion.
It is really a good means to strike the east and the west, and to divert the tiger from the mountain. Ma Tingyou secretly admired in his heart, but now is not the time for him to have a headache about these problems, and the backyard of the Guo Mansion has to rescue Lord Guo Huai safely.
You must know that this Lord Guo Huai has been kept by the jealous and hateful ministers of Jiangnan West Road until now, and it also has the effect of setting up a signboard, telling those officials of the wall grass and even Jia Rudao and the party that it is still possible and promising to change their minds and change their ways. And now, if this sign falls, where will there be wall grass in the future, it will come out and fall to his side.
Ma Tingyou, who knows that he has a heavy responsibility, naturally does not dare to be negligent.
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