Chapter 338: Sneak Attack in the Downtown Area
In the days that followed, Yang Qiuchi continued to be busy trying the boat gang case.
Song Yun'er knew that Yun Lu liked Yang Qiuchi and hoped to marry him, but now that Yun Lu had saved them again, although she didn't want Yang Qiuchi to take another concubine, but in the face of her life-saving benefactor, she couldn't say this.
Yang Qiuchi couldn't say anything, but he was guilty of Yunlu before and now he was grateful, he had already told Liu Ruobing that he would not accept concubines again, so in the face of Yunlu's fiery enthusiasm, he could only pretend not to understand.
Despite this, Yunlu was already very satisfied, she had regained her free body, and she was able to be with Yang Qiuchi again, although it was only temporary, but it had already made him overjoyed.
In these days in Baoning Mansion, Yang Qiuchi has to follow Yunlu wherever he goes, and he is a little tail like Song Yun'er.
Song Yuner actually likes this Miao girl who is straightforward and dares to love and hate, and the two can talk about it.
Zhao Xinle, the prefect of Boryeong Prefecture, deliberately befriended Earl Yang Qiuchi and Princess Yunlu, and held a banquet at both ends for three days.
The affairs of the boat gang have been almost handled, and the secret report has also been reported, just waiting for the news to see what to do next, on this day, Yang Qiuchi took Song Yun'er and Yun Lu to attend the banquet of the prefect Zhao in the prefect's yamen. At this time, the Yamen concierge hurriedly ran in to report that there was an urgent secret report in Bazhou to report to the Earl.
Yang Qiuchi was shocked in his heart, and urgently reported to the secret, could it be that something happened in Bazhou? Command the messenger to come in.
The messenger hurriedly ran in and knelt down and handed a letter to Yang Qiuchi with both hands, Yang Qiuchi hurriedly opened it and was taken aback.
Song Yun'er sat on the side and hurriedly asked, "Did something happen?" ”
"Half a day before the escorts and arresters I sent back arrived, dozens of assassins attacked Bazhou, Mud Doll and Xia Ping were seriously injured, and many of the guards were killed!"
Everyone was taken aback. Yang Qiuchi arched his hand to Governor Zhao and said: "There is something at home, this official needs to rush back immediately, no wonder if he is offended!" ”
Governor Zhao was also very surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly escorted Yang Qiuchi and the others to the yamen of the 100 households of Jinyiwei, where he lived.
Yunlu said that he was going back to Bazhou with Yang Qiuchi, Yang Qiuchi nodded and agreed, each led the guards, said goodbye to Zhao Zhifu and others, and rushed back to Bazhou under the stars.
It took nearly two days on the road, and I arrived in Bazhou City on the afternoon of the third day.
When I entered the city, I saw three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry in the city, all of which were armed by the yamen.
Yang Qiuchi didn't have time to ask more, so he rode his horse straight to the yamen.
When I entered the yamen, I saw that the yamen was also full of Minzhuang on duty, and at the entrance of the inner yamen, the guard Shi Qiujian carried a long sword on his waist, and the guards sent back by Yang Qiuchi were patrolling with Minzhuang. When they saw Yang Qiuchi, they all bowed down and saluted.
Yang Qiuchi nodded, didn't have time to ask carefully, and hurriedly entered the inner office with Song Yun'er, Hong Aya and Yun Lu.
Zhang Xiaojiang, the captain of Yunlu's personal guard, subordinate 500 iron cavalry stationed in the yamen to guard everywhere, with the defense of these 500 iron cavalry of the Beijing battalion, this yamen can be described as impregnable. Nangong Xiong also readjusted the subordinates of the escort team according to the situation.
The inner yali is also heavily guarded, the female guards are patrolling with long swords on their waists, most of them are colored, their arms and thighs are wrapped in bandages, and when they saw Yang Qiuchi coming in, they were surprised and happy, and they all knelt down on one knee: "The subordinates and other guards of the third grandmother are ineffective, resulting in the injury of the third grandmother, please punish the lord." ”
How could Yang Qiuchi still have time to punish them now, and asked urgently, "What about the third grandmother?" How was she hurt? Where is she? ”
"Back to the lord, the third grandmother was hit hard in the heart, her lungs were shocked, she vomited blood, she was in a coma for three days, and she was only slightly awake this morning...... I don't know ......, but I'm resting in my room right now. ”
Yang Qiuchi breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "What about Xia Ping?" How does it hurt? ”
"Chief Xia was seriously injured, bleeding profusely, and had been unconscious, Lang Zhong said that she ...... said she didn't know if she could get through it......"
Yang Qiuchi nodded, his mood was very heavy, and he trotted to Song Qing's room. There were two female guards guarding the door, and when they saw Yang Qiuchi, they also knelt down on one knee to salute.
Yang Qiuchi waved his hand and pushed open the door with Song Yun'er, Hong Aya and Yun Lu and entered the room.
Shuang'er was sitting on the edge of the bed, Song Qing's bed tents were hanging diagonally on both sides, on the mandarin duck pillow, Song Qing's hair was scattered, her face was pale, and she was asleep with her eyes closed.
When Shuang'er saw Yang Qiuchi, she hurriedly gave a salute.
Yang Qiuchi nodded, sat down gently on the edge of the bed, looked at Song Qing, felt very sorry in his heart, and called softly: "Qingqing, how are you?" Sorry for the late return of Akiike! ”
Seeing the miserable appearance of the third grandmother, Hong Aya's tears fell down, and she slowly knelt at the head of the bed, calling in a trembling voice: "Third grandmother~!" ”
Hearing the call of Yang Qiuchi and Hong Aya, Song Qing's long eyelashes flashed twice, slowly opened her eyes, and her eyes slowly focused on Yang Qiuchi's body, and for a long time, she recognized Yang Qiuchi and Hong Aya, and called weakly: "Master~!" Tears flowed down her cheeks, and she burst into tears, followed by a series of coughs.
Shuang'er hurriedly took a handkerchief and put it on Song Qing's mouth, gently patting her chest. Song Qing coughed for a while, and then slowly stopped, and the handkerchief in Shuang'er's hand was blood-red.
Yang Qiuchi's heart sank, it seemed that Song Qinghou's heart was very heavy, which hurt her lungs and caused internal bleeding.
Seeing her like this, Yang Qiuchi's heart was so distressed that he was about to break, leaned down and kissed her cheek gently, "Qingqing is not afraid, Qingqing will definitely get better...... when Qingqing is better, Qiuchi will take you to climb the mountain ......, go shopping and buy you clothes......"
"Master...... I ......" Song Qing said intermittently, tears flowing down the corners of her eyes, her mood stirring, causing another cough.
Yang Qiuchi patted her lightly and said softly: "Qingqing, don't talk, close your eyes and sleep for a while, I'll accompany you, good!" ”
When Song Qing saw Yang Qiuchi, her heart was relaxed, and she slowly closed her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttered, and tears flashed faintly.
Song Yun'er and Yun Lu saw that she was seriously injured and didn't dare to lead her to speak, so they took two stools and sat on the side to accompany her.
After a while, seeing that Song Qing was groggy and asleep, Yang Qiuchi asked Song Yun'er and Yunlu to accompany Song Qing and go to the guard Xia Ping to take a look.
Yang Qiuchi came to Xia Ping's room, where Xue'er and two female guards were waiting.
I saw Xia Ping lying on the bed, covered with a thin quilt, with a bandage wrapped around her forehead, no blood on her face, her eyes closed and she didn't move and was unconscious, and her shoulders exposed outside the quilt were also wrapped in bandages, Yang Qiuchi leaned over and whispered a few words, Xia Ping didn't react at all.
Yang Qiuchi asked the female guards and Xue'er in a low voice, "What's going on?" ”
Before they could speak, tears had already flowed down their eyes, and they complemented each other and whispered what had happened.
It turned out that one morning after Yang Qiuchi and Yunlu broke the boat gang, Song Qing was really bored in the yamen, so she had to take Shuang'er and Xue'er to Bazhou City to finish shopping.
Xia Ping hurriedly stopped, saying that Yang Qiuchi had already confessed before leaving, staying in the yamen during this time and not going out, now the guard force is not enough, and it may be dangerous.
Song Qing lost her temper and didn't listen, she had to go out, Xia Ping had no choice but to take the female escort team to protect Song Qing, Shuang'er, and Xue'er out of the yamen.
Xia Ping's female guards only had a total of thirty, ten who stayed with Feng Xiaoxue and them, and five who were assigned to Liu Ruobing, and now there were only fifteen female guards left in the yamen. If you deal with a few hooligans and ruffians or something, it will be more than enough, but if you deal with organized large-scale robbery, I am afraid it will not be enough.
On this day, they encountered such a robbery.
Song Qing had been bored in the yamen for several days, very depressed, and finally came out to shop, and she was in a very happy mood.
What she wants to go to most now is, of course, Ruixiang Buxing.
It has been several months since Yang Qiuchi took his family to Bazhou to take office, and this Song Qing likes to go shopping the most, and almost all the businesses in the city know each other.
Bazhou is still relatively prosperous, Xiangqing Bo said that it is very comfortable, Song Qing sat in the sedan chair, lifted the sedan curtain and looked around, and Xia Ping and they were almost nervous to death, and they were careful to be on guard before and after the sedan chair, and they could be regarded as a secret weapon by the enemy when others sneezed.
When he came to the door of Ruixiang Cloth Store and got off the sedan chair, the shopkeeper saw Song Qing, greeted him with a smile, nodded vigorously with a smiling face, and welcomed Song Qing into the VIP room in the side room. Then he personally took out a large bundle of various colors of silk and put it on the table for Song Qing to choose.
Song Qing gestured on her body one by one, let Shuang'er and Xue'er take a look, and put aside what she liked, and picked a lot of them after a while.
Yang Qiuchi's family now has money, so Song Qing never feels distressed when she spends money, she buys it when she is satisfied, Shuang'er and Xue'er each hugged a lot, and they really can't take it, so they let Xia Ping and their female guards hold it. The shopkeeper of this Ruixiang cloth store was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
Song Qing was still unsatisfied, and visited several shops in a sedan chair one after another, and when she saw that she had any fun and delicious food, she bought them all, and Shuang'er Xue'er couldn't take them, so she asked the female guards to take them. It's good now, Xia Ping and her group of children's guards have become the maids who carry things for him.
After buying a lot of messy, Song Qing was still not satisfied, I heard that there were puppies and chickens sold in the bazaar, and I thought, the old man's little black dog has bright eyes and is not fun at all, so he simply bought a kitten and held it in his arms all day long, how well-behaved.
So, Song Qing sat in a sedan chair and came to the market with a group of maids and female guards carrying all kinds of strange things.
Sure enough, there are a lot of small pets sold in the market, most of the people in the market are ordinary people, who have ever seen a sedan chair running to the market, and following the sedan chair are also some big girls with swords, they all feel very curious, and gather around to see the excitement.
Xia Ping was holding a large bag of things in her hand, seeing that the surrounding people were in a complicated environment, and she felt that the situation was not good, she walked to the sedan chair and said to Song Qing: "Third grandma, it's too chaotic here, let's go back first." I'll let someone buy it for you if you want to buy it. ”
Song Qing was already attracted by the chickens, ducks, dogs and kittens on the stall, where could she still listen to her words, opened the sedan door and got off the sedan chair, squatted in front of the stall, and looked at those little pets happily.
Those vendors had never seen Song Qing, and they were surprised to see such a little girl sitting in a sedan chair to buy kittens.
Song Qing ignored it completely, picked a good snow-white kitten and happily hugged it in her arms, let the maid Shuang'er pay, and was about to return to the sedan chair.
Xia Ping was a little anxious, and stepped forward to speak, but at this moment, a cold light flashed in the crowd of onlookers, and a long sword stabbed Xia Ping's throat.
Although she was caught off guard, Xia Ping, as the leader of the female guards, had extraordinary martial arts, and reacted very quickly.
At the same time, several other cold lights flashed in the crowd, and several long swords stabbed at the female guards, who were holding all kinds of strange things in their hands and were unable to resist, and were caught off guard, and suddenly three of them fell to the ground and died, and two other guards were injured by the sword.
While attacking Xia Ping and other female guards, two old men flashed out of the crowd, and their claws stretched out and grabbed Song Qing's shoulder.
Song Qing was already frightened, and he was about to be arrested, and a long sword slashed through, forcing the two old men back, and the person who made the sword was Xia Ping.
At this time, the other female guards had quickly drawn their long swords and were about to rush over to protect Song Qing, but they were divided and surrounded by many assassins who came out of the crowd.
The martial arts of the two old men were the highest in this group of assassins, and they fought against Xia Ping with waist knives in their hands, Xia Ping screamed, and the long sword was like a rainbow, stabbing an old man to death.
The bazaar has been in chaos, the number of assassins is thirty or forty people, and most of them are good hands, although Xia Ping's female escort team is also one in a hundred brocade guards, because the enemy is outnumbered, three or four beat one, although more than ten assassins were injured, but several of his own guards were stabbed to death.
Xia Ping was seriously wounded, and although he stabbed to death one of the opponent's main generals, five or six assassins filled in.
Xia Ping kept holding Song Qing with one hand, and with the other hand, he swung the long sword and struggled to support it, and half of his body was stained red with blood. Song Qing was already frightened, but she was still holding the snow-white kitten tightly in her arms.
Fortunately, these assassins seemed to want to capture Song Qing alive, and the swords avoided her, otherwise, with Xia Ping's martial arts, one person would not be able to protect Song Qing at all.
Xia Ping squinted and saw that the female guards had been divided and surrounded, only six or seven remained, and all of them were already injured. Frost and Cher had been knocked unconscious by the Assassins.
In the bitter battle, although Xia Ping injured several other people in a row, she also had several more wounds on her body, and her whole body was already stained red with blood. The silver teeth bitten, desperately trying to save the third grandmother.
(To be continued)