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Jinling City, Qinhuai River Miaoyufang.

Miaoyufang can also be regarded as one of the few Qinglou on the Qinhuai River, but in one of the innermost rooms, a burly strong man and a weak scholar-like man are sitting opposite each other, strangely, there is no girl around the two to accompany them, which is not common in the Qinglou. Generally, even if the two of them discuss something, they will not shy away from the girls around them.

"Wang Gongzi, how about it, it's not difficult for you to report the news in advance." The person who spoke was this burly and strong man, and he and this prince were old acquaintances. When this prince was in the capital a few years ago, he and the master of this burly man were still reciting poems together, and the wind and snow were coming. Wang Gongzi's name is Wang Qishan, a small person who is not famous in Jinling City, but his father is the head of Jinling Palace, although no emperor in the Qing court has lived here until now, but the old palace of the former Ming Dynasty still needs to be taken care of. Geng Jingzhong lived in the palace of the inner city when he entered Jinling City, and he did not lay off the staff inside, but still let them work step by step, anyway, some ordinary people did not hinder him when these people were in the way, but they still added a lot of guards and soldiers in the palace.

"It's okay to give the news in advance, but can you guarantee a success? Also, whether it succeeds or not, as long as you get the news, you have to send a few people to defend us from Jinling, and if you can do that, I will do it! Wang Qishan gritted his teeth and said.

Wang Qishan was actually entangled before, and when this burly man found him, he was startled. The task that the strong man asks to perform is deceptively simple. But the risks are enormous. Failed, all of them had to stay here. Even if they succeed, it is unlikely that they will be able to escape, after all, the nearly 10,000 horsetail troops in the city are not vegetarians. But if you can successfully assassinate Geng Jingzhong and escape, then the harvest is very amazing, the handwritten letter of the strong man's master is in his own hands, and after the matter is completed, a seven-grade real lack of county order is indispensable. Qipin really lacks a county order, how many Jinshi with the title of the gold list may not be able to get his hands, he is just a lifter, if he can become a county order, it is simply the ancestral tomb smoking.

"That's fine. The host's letter is very clear! As long as it happens, the glory and wealth of our second half of our lives will inevitably be indispensable! At this time, I will rely on Wang Gongzi a lot! I hope you can find out about Geng's movements as soon as possible. The burly man laughed, and Pu Fan's big hand slapped Wang Qishan's shoulder hard, almost knocking Wang Qishan to the ground

The night passed with the sound of cicadas, the morning sun rose from the horizon as usual, and when the blazing sun shone on the eaves, Geng Jingzhong began another day's work. The office is located in this palace, after all, the environment of this place is first-class. After half a day of government affairs being handled, Geng Jingzhong was also sore in the palace. The worst part is that it's too quiet, and there are few people to talk to. Therefore. Every afternoon, Geng Jingzhong would take out an hour or two to go out for a walk.

For the other generals of the Mawei Army, inspecting the city defenses was an essential task, and Geng Jingzhong himself often went to check the city gates. But Geng Jingzhong, who goes out the most every time, goes around some downtown areas, so that he can feel popular.

Geng Jingzhong is still dressed in civilian clothes as usual, and he is simple in his car, but he will take a dozen personal guards to wander around slowly. In fact, every time Geng Jingzhong goes out, Gu Ping will take it as a major event, which is also normal, after all, Geng Jingzhong's safety is the most important thing to him, so in addition to more than ten personal guards following Geng Jingzhong, there is always a squadron, that is, a hundred personal guards to do other clothes, scattered back and forth, secretly defending.

Out of the palace, Geng Jingzhong and his guards had just walked to the corner of the street, when an arrow shot from an eaves about a hundred paces away from him, hitting Geng Jingzhong's chest, who couldn't dodge, Geng Jingzhong immediately screamed and then turned over and fell to the ground

The sudden arrows and Geng Jingzhong's fall to the ground caused a great confusion among the surrounding guards, and more than a dozen guards began to mess up, and at this time, more than thirty masked people dressed in black suddenly appeared around, each holding a weapon and forming several triangular formations to kill them.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, protect the Grand Governor!"

This street entrance immediately became a mess, there has never been such a thing in Jinling City since the Mawei Army entered, in fact, Geng Jingzhong has not been assassinated until now, and the dozen or so guards were stunned for a while. Immediately, the guards reacted, but their movements were not consistent, some of the guards hurriedly loaded the rifle with bayonets, some wanted to reload the rifle, and some ran to Geng Jingzhong's side to protect him, and no one effectively organized these guards at all.

"Kill"

The three men in black who rushed to the front raised their long knives and slashed at a guard in front of him who was loading his rifle, and the guard was caught off guard by surprise, and half of his neck was cut off, and the whole person fell to the ground without saying a word. After the man in black succeeded, he did not continue to chase and kill the surrounding guards, but shouted in a low voice: "Don't fall in love with the war, hurry up and kill Geng Jingzhong!" ”

"Yes!"

"Kill!"

"Kill Geng Jingzhong!"

The guards who were caught off guard by being killed had no way to resist effectively at this time, only ten bayonet guards formed three diamond-shaped formations to protect Geng Jingzhong in the middle, and Geng Jingzhong fell to the ground at this time but did not know whether he was alive or dead.

At this moment, a burly man in black led by a loud shout: "Everyone, hurry up, don't let them delay time." With that, the man in black struggled forward. And more than a dozen guards are also desperately trying to stop these people. At this time, the plainclothes guards who were close also rushed up. But the number of people is small. All of them are struggling to support under the attack of the men in black.

While the guards were struggling to support him, Geng Jingzhong, who had fallen to the ground, slowly opened his eyes, but as soon as he woke up, he heard the sound of fighting in his ears. "Cao Laozi was plotted!" This was the first thought that Geng Jingzhong woke up to, and then he looked down and saw an arrow rubbing his chest and the sharp pain in his chest, Geng Jingzhong knew that his ribs were probably either broken or cracked.

"These bastards!" Struggled to get up, Geng Jingzhong shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, all of them!" He took a closer look. There was also a person lying beside him, but it turned out to be his guard leader Gu Ping, Gu Ping was hit by a crossbow arrow in the right chest at this time, and he was temporarily unconscious, no wonder the guards did not react quickly to effectively resist at this time.

As soon as Geng Jingzhong's voice was remembered, the two sides who were fighting were all shocked. The difference is that Geng Jingzhong's personal guards were surprised and delighted, while the black-clothed people around him were shocked and angry, and the black-clothed people led by him were also a little panicked, "What's going on, I used the most powerful crossbow in the army." Geng Jingzhong was hit by an arrow from me, how could he still get up? ”

At this time, Geng Jingzhong also reluctantly pulled out the arrow inserted in his chest, and found that the arrow made of stainless steel had been knocked out of shape. His face, which was already pale from pain, turned even paler. I was glad in my heart: "Damn, if it weren't for Lao Tzu who has always cherished himself, strengthened his vigilance, and deliberately added an alloy plate to his chest, I'm afraid that today next year will be my sacrifice day." ”

But now is not the time to scold, seeing the people lining up in an almost standard triangular charge formation constantly impacting the military formation in front of him, Geng Jingzhong was even more hateful in his heart, he pulled out a short gun from his waist, endured the pain and pulled the trigger on a man in black in front of him.

"Bang!"

I only heard a dull gunshot, and a man in black who was fighting very fiercely suddenly stopped all over his body, and the whole person stopped. He stared blankly ahead, then fell to the ground. After the gunshots rang out, there seemed to be a series of shouts from inside the garrison, as if someone was shouting words like "walk the water". Geng Jingzhong, who fired a shot, casually inserted the weapon back into his waist, and immediately pulled out the saber at his waist in front of him, and when he just wanted to kill it, he felt a sharp pain in the broken ribs in his chest.

"Grass. What a damn wound! Since he couldn't pick up his weapon and go out to fight with others, he had to take out the short gun again and start loading the ammunition, took out the paper ammunition and stuffed it into the chamber, used a pestle to solidify, poured a little gunpowder into the powder magazine, and then loaded it and opened the frame. After a lot of tinkering, he shot another man in black in front of him.

When Geng Jingzhong fired the first shot, the other guards reacted, yes, why are you still holding a rifle, hurry up and throw it away, there are a lot of short guns on their waists, and the bullets are all loaded. So a dozen or so guards took the opportunity to draw short guns and immediately fired at the opposite side.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Shooting at a distance of less than ten meters is naturally an inevitable reason, Geng Jingzhong's shot caused a man in black to be knocked to the ground, and a burst of gunfire from other guards immediately caused eight or nine men in black to fall. At this time, after this fight, the man in black has also killed several guards who are protecting Geng Jingzhong, and there are only eight guards who are still in front of Geng Jingzhong at this time, but more than a dozen people in black around him have been killed, but there are still more than ten people, at this moment Geng Jingzhong can't move because of broken ribs, and the man in black can rush up in a few steps in front of him, so the situation is very dangerous.

But at this time, how could those plainclothes guards not be able to react to the movement here, and a large number of guards immediately pounced. After these guards came out, they did not fight with the men in black, but immediately raised the short guns in their hands and aimed them at the men in black, and simply put a row of guns.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

A low platoon of gunfire rang out, and a man in black who was frantically besieging Geng Jingzhong staggered, his head suddenly burst open like a exploded watermelon, red blood and white brains splashed on a guard who was fighting with him with a bayonet, and his whole body stood for a moment before falling to the ground. Around him. There were also five or six men in black who also had several blood holes of different sizes on their bodies. He was immediately killed on the spot.

The sudden blow made those crazy black-clothed people wake up immediately, and the black-clothed people led by him looked at Geng Jingzhong, who was holding his chest and looking at him, his eyes were full of unwilling pain, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Brothers, you can't escape left and right, let's fight with them!" ”

"Kill"

"Kill"

These black-clothed men held their weapons high and completely ignored the casualties and slaughtered Geng Jingzhong, but how could the guards who had already arrived still give him this opportunity to escape the second short firearm. Immediately another round of guns rang out, and the remaining seven or eight black-clothed people fell to the ground one after another, and even the very burly black-clothed man led by him was shot in the lower abdomen, covering his abdomen and slowly kneeling on the ground. At this time, many guards surrounded him, and the bayonets were pointed at him. Just waited for Geng Jingzhong to give an order, and stabbed him into a hornet's nest.

Geng Jingzhong clutched his chest and slowly walked to the man in black, looked at him, and endured the bitter shouting: "The identity and the mastermind behind it, this official may be able to open the net and let you live." ”

"Hahaha want Lao Tzu to surrender, you are delusional! You wait, Your Majesty will definitely avenge me! ”

Seeing the crazy eyes of the leader of the men in black and the blue-gray intestines flowing from his abdomen, Geng Jingzhong sighed lightly and retreated and said softly: "Kill him!" As Geng Jingzhong's words fell, the bayonets of several guards stabbed into the body of the leader of the men in black at the same time. When the leader of the men in black fell, the guards pulled down the scarf from the face of the man in black. It was found to be a middle-aged burly man in his thirties with a beard on his face.

Geng Jingzhong looked at the corpses around him, his face calm and silent. Among the guards who had just come out to reinforce, the leader of the squad walked up to Geng Jingzhong with some apprehension and bowed down and said: "Metropolitan Governor, there was a sudden fire in several places before and after Shicai Street, and his subordinates were busy rushing to help put out the fire, but they did not come to help in time, I hope that the Metropolitan Governor will forgive me." ”

"Humph!"

Geng Jingzhong snorted coldly in displeasure, and he was in no mood to blame the squad leader at this time. These guards are no longer recruits, but now it seems that they still lack the ability to respond to such small-scale emergencies, and they are also responsible, they are still too careless, I didn't expect the enemy to be so crazy. "Hurry up and send Uncle Gu back to the palace for treatment, Uncle Gu is not lightly injured!"

Several guards immediately lifted Gu Ping up, put him on a flatbed truck on the side, and quickly ran to the palace.

"I'm careless!" Geng Jingzhong blamed himself as he rode back on his horse. He was also lying on horseback at this time, and his chest was scorching with pain. Soon, the news of Geng Jingzhong's assassination immediately spread throughout Jinling City, and Jinling City began to lower its gates and began martial law, and the entire Jinling City began to boil

The night was overcast, and the palace was heavily guarded. Due to the assassination during the day, the defense on the side of the palace has doubled today.

Governor Mu Tianyan stood quietly to the side, looking at Geng Jingzhong who was lying on the bed and the doctor who was checking his pulse on the side, his face was so heavy that he could almost drip water. After a long time, the doctor stood up and said to Geng Jingzhong: "Most of the governor's ribs are only cracked, and the others are fine. A month of rest is fine, but even after a month, you can't do strenuous exercise! ”

"Okay, thank you! I still know this for a hundred days! By the way, how is Uncle Gu's injury? Geng Jingzhong asked with concern.

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, General Gu's injury is very troublesome, the arrow that hit General Gu is not deep in the flesh because of the long shooting distance, but the arrow is indeed quenched with poison, this toxin is the poison of the wolf poison flower common in the northern army. Although most of the toxin has been alleviated by the villain at this moment, there are still residues, and I am afraid that General Gu will only be able to live like an ordinary person in the future. ”

"Okay, I got it. You've worked hard, Hou, reward! ”

"Alas, it is the honor of the villain to be able to serve the Metropolitan Governor! Thank you, Grand Duke! As he spoke, Geng Hou took out a handful of silver dollars of about seven or eight yuan and put them directly into the doctor's hand, who immediately thanked him. Then he withdrew from the room.

"Dadu Governor, his subordinates are strict and derelict in their duties, please punish Dadu Governor!" Mu Tianyan waited until the doctor went out, and immediately knelt down and said to Geng Jingzhong.

"I don't blame you for this, you have so many things to do every day, how can you estimate this. Get up, I'm careless this time! Ah Hou, have you found out where these people came from? Geng Jingzhong lay on the bed and waved his hand and said.

"Back to the young master, these guys are obviously from the north, just now, the people below found a convoy sneakily rushing out of the city gate, there are a few good hands like the man in black, and at the same time holding a person, it is estimated that the young master can't think of it, it is Wang Qishan, the son of the palace director!"

"Back to the young master, these guys are obviously from the north, just now, the people below found a convoy sneakily rushing out of the city gate, there are a few good hands like the man in black, and at the same time holding a person, it is estimated that the young master can't think of it, it is Wang Qishan, the son of the palace director!" (To be continued......)