Shu Ning was startled, hurriedly retreated, leaned on the bookshelf next to her, and only then did she look at it, but it was several masked men wearing black night clothes and holding knives, only one of them was wearing a dark robe, and his face was loosely covered with a handkerchief, which was particularly conspicuous.

Who are these people?!

Tong screamed and grabbed her husband's arm tightly. Zhang Bao stood up and asked in a trembling voice, "You guys...... Who are you? ”

A man with thick eyebrows took two steps towards Zhang Bao with a knife, and said fiercely: "It seems that you are also an official, and grandpa just took revenge on you!" With that, he slashed at Zhang Bao.

Tong screamed again, and was about to step forward to block the knife, but was grabbed by Zhang Bao and thrown behind him. At the same time, he raised his hand and lifted the tray on the table, and the man was poured hot soup powder, and he was even more angry, raising his foot and kicking Zhang Bao's heart. Zhang Bao was kicked to the ground by him, just crushing Tong. Shuning gritted her teeth and leaned against the bookshelf behind her in fear, and almost screamed when she saw that the man was about to raise his knife to slash at her father again, but she heard a child's cry from the back of the house, which was particularly loud in the silent night.

It's Hyun-nyeong!

The man stopped when he heard the crying, and then someone next to him said, "Oh no, being heard will reveal our whereabouts." One of the men standing in the middle of them, who seemed to be the leader, frowned when he heard this. The thick-eyed man snorted, picked up his knife and walked out of the study.

Shu Ning didn't know where she got the courage, stepped up and hugged his legs, and shouted loudly: "My brother is not yet three years old, and you don't even let him go, isn't it too frustrating?!" ”

The man wanted to break away from Shuning, but when he saw her clinging to her, he threw the knife fiercely. Shuning only felt a chill in her right arm. Then he was carried to the corner by the man's movements in Tong's screams, and hit the wall hard behind his back, and his arm hurt fiercely.

She knew she was hurt. Hold on to your right arm and stare at the men. Zhang Bao coughed a few times. He said bitterly: "The little girl is still a child, please be merciful." ”

The leader said to Shuning: "Little girl, our Heaven and Earth Association are not crazy people, we are doing the right thing for heaven." ”

Shuning endured the pain on the ground in her arm, and her vision was already a little blurry. A wave of hatred rose from the depths of my heart. She said coldly: "Aren't you crazy about killing people and setting fires, burning, killing and looting in the city of Guangzhou?" You let those high-ranking officials and eunuchs go alone, but you go to kill those petty officials and officials, how many orphans and widows have been in the city these days, and you are embarrassed to say that you are doing the right thing for heaven?! ”

The thick-eyed man said, "What do you know?!" We are killing the lackeys of the Qing court, they will only harm the people, we are eliminating harm for the people! ”

Shuning didn't know where she got her guts, ignoring her parents' eyes. He retorted: "If it is for the people, what are you doing in my house?" Nearby, who doesn't know that my father is a good official. Why did you kill him?! ”

"Hmph, look at these antique calligraphy and paintings in your house. He was also a rich landowner. Are you embarrassed to say that you are a good official? ”

Of course, she won't admit it: "Our family is already rich, and these things are not valuable." If you don't believe. Just go and ask. My father was in charge of farming, he was loyal to his duties, loved the people, encouraged farming, built water conservancy, and resettled orphans and widows. And if you kill him, who will believe you that you are good?! ”

The man was about to have a seizure as soon as he glared, but was stopped by the man in the robe: "Brother Jiang, slow down!" The attention of everyone in the room was immediately drawn to him.

The man was very young, and it could be seen from the half of his face that he was a delicate and fair-skinned man, and his speech was gentle and elegant. He turned his head to look at Zhang Bao a few times, and said: "I just hurriedly climbed over the wall, and I didn't see which family it was, may I ask if you are Master Zhang Bao of Guangzhou?" ”

Zhang Bao nodded, and the handsome man turned his head to the leader and said, "This lord has a good reputation, so let him go." ”

Before the leader could answer, the thick-eyed man said disdainfully: "When it will be the turn of outsiders to do things in heaven and earth, you sissy don't give me any fingers!" After saying that, he was glared at by the leader, and closed his mouth with a cold snort.

The handsome man was stunned, his face turned a little pale, and he stopped making a sound.

The crying from the back of the house became quieter, and Xiao Liu's voice of coaxing Xianning was faintly heard, but there were already voices in the front and back yards. The leader frowned, and one of them walked back. Tong screamed, and Zhang Bao hurriedly said: "Let go of the child, he is still ignorant, let him go!" ”

At this time, the sound of people and horses was heard outside the wall, and it seemed that there were officers and soldiers running outside the wall.

The man who went to the back soon returned, and there was no blood on the knife. Zhang Baotong and Shuning were relieved when they heard that Xianning was still choking up.

Someone said to the leader, "Let's go quickly, there are brothers who are wounded, and if they don't go, it's too late." The leader raised his eyes to look at Zhang Bao's family, a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Shuning hurriedly said: "There are already people coming outside, instead of spending time taking care of us, you might as well run away, the corner door here is not locked, you walk along Qingyun Lane to the end is the back door, that alley has always been rarely walked around after dark, and it is not far from the mountains and forests." As she spoke, she kept an eye on the noise outside, as long as she dragged the officers and soldiers in.

The leader was hesitating, when there was a knock at the door outside, and several people shouted, "Are you alright, sir?" "My lord, open the door!" My lord, I'm Hu Dong, are you in there? ”

Hearing this, the leader's face changed, and he hurriedly said, "Forget it, go quickly!" And he led them through the corner gate, and withdrew.

Someone in the front yard opened the gate, and then saw Mr. Su and a large group of people rushing in, saw Zhang Bao and his wife fall to the ground, hurriedly helped him up and asked, "Are you injured?" But the thief ran away? ”

Let's talk about the royal academy

Zhang Bao reluctantly said: "It was just a kick, and they went to the back door along Qingyun Lane." Then an officer who had just entered the door and his men chased after him.

Shuning breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that she had fallen to the ground softly, covered in cold sweat. She opened her mouth to speak, but found that she had no strength.

Tong Shi trembled and pounced on his daughter and hit him a few times. "How dare you be so bold? Don't you want to die? Then he hugged his daughter and cried. Shuning couldn't hold back her tears.

Zhang Baoyou said weakly: "My daughter saved us, if she hadn't spoken and dragged the thief, I'm afraid we would have become ghosts under the knife." Don't hit her. Let's see if the injury is serious? ”

Tong Shi hurriedly rolled up the woman's sleeve and saw that her wound was four or five inches long. The blood flowed all over his hand, and it was already somewhat coagulated, and his heart was suddenly like a knife, and he took a handkerchief to wrap it while crying. Yahuan had already come over with the wound medicine and helped Shuning with the medicine and bandage.

Xiao Liu stumbled into the study with Xianning in his arms. shouted, "Sister, lady, are you all right?" Seeing this, Tong also rushed over, hugged his son, checked it well, and saw that the child was fine, so he hugged him and cried, and Xiao Liu also wiped his tears.

The whole family was in a mess, and Zhang Bao and Shuning had to be treated by a doctor. Tong was frightened. It was not easy to calm down, preside over the overall situation, and appease the servants. Deal with visitors. Officers and soldiers came to the survey site to investigate, and questioned the place. It was noisy until midnight and four watches. It's scattered.

When Tong Shi fell down on the couch to rest, he only learned from Su Yun. When the people from the Fangcai Heaven and Earth Society carried the knife to the backyard, it was Xiao Liu who hugged Xianning tightly to protect him, and the man only looked at it a few times before leaving. Tong was grateful to Xiao Liu to ten points, and he was better for her from then on.

The next day, Mrs. Chen came, and Guan Zhangbao took two doses of medicine, and there was no big problem. Although he didn't hurt his heart, it was better to stay at home for a few days. And Shuning has lost too much blood, and she also has to recuperate.

Su Tongju, who came to visit the patient, brought news that Lord Liang, the prefect of the prefect, was seriously injured at home last night, and the family cried. Two of the thieves were killed on the way to escape, but the others ran away. The government is only separated from Zhang Bao's house by a small forest and a few mansions, and it is estimated that those people strayed into Zhang Bao's house on the way to escape, which caused this unwarranted disaster.

Su Tongju sighed and said: "Now the prefect can't see things, my lord, you are injured again, and the government is only supported by me, but I still have to search for thieves, and no one will take care of official affairs, so my lord will get better quickly." Then he took the men into the city and continued the search.

Two days later, the governor Zhu issued an order, saying that the Liang prefect was seriously injured and could not be a director, and ordered Zhang Bao to temporarily take over the prefect's authority and preside over the overall situation in the city. Zhang Bao took the order and reluctantly went to the yamen.

At this time, Su Tongju came to him and said that he had finally discovered the spider silk traces of the Heaven and Earth Society, and Zhang Bao was stunned.

On this day, Zhang Bao came home very late, and was beaten down by the Tong family, blaming him for not knowing how to cherish himself, so he told her the reason.

It turned out that on the night of the assassination of Governor Liang's mansion, a subordinate in his mansion found that one of the murderers was familiar with his demeanor, tone and figure, and he was somewhat similar to a certain famous man. The eldest man is the pillar of the Chunhe class, and the Guangzhou general Baiyin Dali is a frequent visitor to the Chunhe class, and I heard that he likes to praise this actor the most.

Su Tongju attached great importance to this testimony, and after discussing it with Zhang Bao, he took someone to the theater to search, but the other party relied on the power of the general's mansion to ignore him and refused to let him search. He didn't dare to come to the general's mansion because of the ground, and he couldn't bear this breath, so he reported the matter to the governor's yamen. Governor Zhu took his own soldiers and secretly ambushed opposite the troupe, and only one day later, he caught a few people wearing night clothes on the spot. After verification, it was exactly who they were going after. Although a few escaped, the famous corner was caught squarely, and he couldn't stand the punishment, and confessed to the fact that he used the General's Mansion to cover for the people of the Heaven and Earth Society.

How could the governor's yamen let go of this good opportunity to attack political opponents? At this time, General Baiyindari could not escape from the crime of sheltering the thieves, and even his subordinates would be unlucky.

There were many rumors that circulated afterwards, and some of them were very peachy, such as the relationship between Na Danjiao and the general and what method he used to cover for the people of the Heaven and Earth Society. Lying in bed to recuperate from her injuries, Shuning often feels bored, and the little girl who has come up with a new tune tells her some gossip without knowing the depths.

After listening to it, she remembered that the man in the robe who saw the ground that night was indeed a little familiar, vaguely the lantern "beauty" she saw in the Lantern Festival lantern market the year before last, I really don't know how he got involved with the people of heaven and earth.

The will of the imperial court finally came down. Bai Yin Dali lost his official position and was ordered to return to Beijing to think about it. Wu Dan, the new general of Guangzhou, was a close confidant of Emperor Kangxi who grew up together. Just like Wei Dongting guarded the customs in Nanjing, and the Cao family worked as a weaver in Jiangning, Guangzhou, which was coveted because of the huge profits of the customs in recent years, was handed over to his cronies by the emperor.

Governor Zhu secretly regretted that he had just sent away a Yaksha, and another Zhenshan Tai Sui came, and it was impossible to monopolize the benefits in the future, and he had to be more cautious than before.

The decree also commended the officials who had performed well in the Guangzhou Rebellion, and because the prefect of Liang was seriously injured, and the acting prefect Zhang Bao took office with an injury, and his outstanding performance was ordered, he was officially appointed as the prefect. The position of Guangzhou Tongzhi was replaced by Wu Yincheng, the Tongzhi of Zhaoqing Prefecture.

Shuning's injuries were good, and the family was ready to move. Because Zhang Bao officially took over as the prefect, it was not suitable to live in the same governor's mansion again, and their whole family had to move to the mansion.

Liang Zhifu and his family had already returned to Beijing by boat, and the mansion was empty. Shuning was ordered by her mother not to sit still, she looked at the yard and felt that this place was much more spacious than the old house. was looking, but saw Changfu stumbling in, and when he saw Shuning, he stammered, "Aunt...... Girl, end ...... Brother Duan'er is here. ”