A horse-drawn carriage was moving along the road in the courtyard of the mansion, moving slowly, and it could not keep up with the speed of the avenue.

It's still late at night.

On both sides of the carriage, there were servants and maids carrying lanterns to light the carriage.

Along the road, the carriage drove slowly forward, and not far from the gate, a man who followed the carriage in front of it, dressed differently from the servants in the light of the wind lamps carried by the servants.

The man had a middle-aged face, and when the carriage was about to reach the gate, he waved his hand to stop the coachman, and then supported the door next to the gate to open the door.

Immediately, he walked to the side of the carriage and said cautiously to the people in the carriage: "Master, the door of our house is open, and you can leave the house." ”

The carriage curtain was gently lifted from the inside, and Liang Hong's figure was dark and gloomy from the lantern light outside, and Liang Hong's voice said: "Steward Chen, this side of the house, unless I come back, don't open the door." ”

The middle-aged housekeeper Chen, who is also Liang Hong's trustworthy person, is one of the first group of old people to start a business with Liang Hong.

The middle-aged housekeeper Chen immediately replied respectfully: "Yes, master." ”

Then, Liang Hong lowered the curtain of the car, and Steward Chen, who was standing outside, immediately said to the coachman: "Let's go." ”

The coachman nodded, whipped his horse, and the carriage went out of the gate, and when it came out on the road, the coachman whipped again, and the horse dragged the carriage much faster.

Liang Hong sat in the carriage, it was dark in the carriage, for some reason he suddenly remembered that when he was seven or eight years old in his previous life, he was sick and had a high fever, and his family was not very good when he was a child, his father rode a tricycle, carrying him and his mother, and his mother kept comforting him on the tricycle, saying that he would soon arrive at the clinic in a while, Hong'er was obedient~

At that time, there were no street lights on the road to the clinic in Murakami, and it was pitch black. Liang Hong looked at the street scene outside through the curtain of the car, it was also dark outside, and he could only roughly see some outlines of some objects in the dark, and he couldn't see exactly what they were.

Liang Hong put down the curtain in a daze, and suddenly felt that his face was wet, and he wiped it with his hand, only to find that it was his own tears.

"Ha~" He let out a long sigh and told himself to harden his heart, how many things he had happened in this life, he had become the person who was calm and calm in the face of major events, and no one could stop him, and he even dared to peek at the seat in the Jinluan Palace......

But at this moment, for some reason, he is infinitely nostalgic for the past, not the "past", it should be the previous life, the era when everyone had a bottom line, and the era when almost the vast majority of people knew the law and feared the law......

He tightened his clothes, feeling a little cold, but it was very strange, obviously before he came over, his wife had already dressed himself in a cold clothes, and he still felt very hot at that time, "Am I scared?" Liang Hong muttered to himself in his heart.

Thinking of this, as if to prove it—though he didn't know who to show it to, maybe it was himself—he loosened the tight clothes in his hand, "What am I afraid of? He added in his heart.

But then the mind was still out of control, the huge rows of trebuchets, the huge cement stones, overwhelmingly projected into the sky, swirling and falling, you can imagine those sturdy buildings were smashed and destroyed, people tried to dodge the stone bullets, but many people were still hit, bleeding all over the ground......

"Arise, hungry and cold slaves...... those men, singing the Internationale, fighting with the vultures and bloody......

There are more and more soldiers, fighting with the Wuzhen people in Sweetwater Lane, falling in front of their eyes, in front of them, beside them, and by their sides......

"What for?" Suddenly, there was a shouting voice from outside the carriage.

Then the dissatisfied reprimand of his own coachman: "This is the carriage of the left squire of the military department, are you blind?" ”

The patrolman of the Soldiers and Horses Division outside, as soon as he heard the coachman's words, he didn't even dare to conduct a routine inspection, and he heard the flattering soft words of the leading soldier: "Oh, it turned out to be the car of Lord Shilang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

The carriage continued to drive forward, only Liang Hong sat in the carriage, in the darkness, he suddenly thought of the dilapidated tricycle again, and could even hear the creaking sound of the tricycle when it was pedaled by his father, and the warmth and soft comfort of his mother in his arms in the dark.

Finally, he suddenly whispered, "Mom, Dad! ”

When the carriage stopped, Liang Hong quickly sorted out his mood, wiped away the tears on his face, and got out of the carriage, he was about to knock on the door of his mentor and father-in-law.

……

Xu Qiushan's mansion is in a side hall.

Only two candles were lit, because it was late at night, Xu Qiushan had already fallen asleep, and at this time he was called by Liang Hong, saying that there were 100,000 urgent matters to discuss with him, after all, he was also at the age of Spring and Autumn Period, Xu Qiushan walked into this side hall wearing winter clothes.

There were only two candles, and it seemed that the side hall was not too bright.

Xu Qiushan came in, divided the guests and sat down, Liang Hong put down the teacup in his hand that the maid brought in before, and hurriedly said to Xu Qiushan:

"Father-in-law, something is wrong......

Liang Hong immediately told Xu Qiushan all the information that Ning Ke'er told him.

Xu Qiushan held his knees with both hands, as if he had just recovered from sleep, and then reacted to what Liang Hong said, frowned, and asked Liang Hong: "Is this matter accurate?" ”

Liang Hong naturally did not doubt: "It's true!" ”

"I really didn't expect that the new chief soldier of Kaifeng Mansion, the old man always thought that this person was a neutral, but I didn't expect that he would also take refuge in Liu Fang!" Xu Qiushan said in disbelief, "Ziming, tell me your opinion, what should you do next?" ”

Liang Hong hurriedly said: "The son-in-law has already sent someone to Weihui Mansion overnight, and Shi Mao, the general of Weihui Mansion, will come as soon as the day after tomorrow." I think we should retreat to a safe place now, even if the soldiers of the first auxiliary party attack there tomorrow, we can resist some time, and try to delay until Shi Mao and his troops come over. ”

"Shi Mao's general, there are only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the total number of soldiers in Kaifeng is 50,000, almost twice as much, Ziming, do you think it is necessary for us to put all our hopes on the head of Shi Mao, the general of Weihui Mansion?" Xu Qiushan asked.

"Father-in-law, but in today's situation, we can't reconcile, we should give up illusions, even if we go to the throne, I'm afraid we will die faster, toothed tigers and toothless tigers, this is completely different!" Liang Hong said in a deep voice.

was told by his son-in-law that his thoughts, Xu Qiushan couldn't help but blush, but fortunately, it was late at night, and Liang Hong couldn't see it, Xu Qiushan immediately coughed lightly, and then said, "Then, where is there a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in this Kaifeng City?" ”

"Yes!" Liang Hong cut the railway, "The glass factory is, my seventh uncle is also prescient, he is afraid that Kaifeng will play Yanjing City again, so he will build the glass factory as solid as gold, it can be said that it is an excellent place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we will stand up there for a day, I think it should be possible...... But do we have another choice now? We can only stubbornly wait for help, and if we can't hold it, we will have to defend it! ”

Xu Qiushan nodded, "Since this is the case, then without further delay Ziming, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is my protégé, this person is absolutely reliable, I will immediately send someone to inform him,—— although there are only three thousand soldiers and horses in the Five Cities, but with the addition of their respective families, they should be able to keep some time, hey, now they can only be dead horses as live horse doctors!" ”

He paused, looked at Liang Hong again and said, "Ziming, has your family already retreated into the glass factory first?" ”

Liang Hong immediately said: "No, I haven't gotten my father-in-law's words yet, and my son-in-law doesn't dare to act without permission." ”

When Xu Qiushan heard this, he felt warm in his heart, but at this time he hurriedly said, "What are you waiting for?" Hurry back and take the family to the glass workshop, and the old man will immediately send the family over. ”

"Yes, father-in-law!" Liang Hong immediately saluted Xu Qiushan and strode away.

……

At the gate of the Yamen of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, a man in armor who looked like a general, followed by two teams of dozens of soldiers, hurriedly walked into the gate of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

On both sides of the gate of the yamen, there were guards on duty, and when they saw the leading general, they immediately struck their chests with their left hand—this was a military salute—and saluted the general.

The person who looks like a general is Du Yu, the protégé of Xu Qiushan, the second assistant of the cabinet, and the commander (that is, the number one) of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

After Du Yu led people into the yamen, he immediately ordered his soldiers on the left and right, and said, "Gather people quickly, we have a task today!" ”

At this time, a personal soldier next to him was puzzled: "My lord, except for the brother on duty today, everyone else is asleep, let's gather together to patrol the city?" ”

Du Yu turned his head to look at the pro-soldier, suddenly pulled out the knife, and took advantage of the other party's unpreparedness, and hacked the "cronie" to death in a pool of blood with a knife, he held the blood-stained waist knife, and said in a cold voice:

"Liu Fang has rebelled, I am naturally going to quell the rebellion when I gather troops like this, you just have to do it with me!

This person is Liu Fang's meticulous work in our company, when I don't know?

The herald will command that the hands be gathered quickly, and if there is anyone who disobeys, this person will be his example! ”

The big guy knew that his commander was the confidant of the second assistant, and at this time, when he heard him say that the first assistant Liu Fang rebelled, everyone was not suspicious, and everyone was the commander of the adult's own soldiers and cronies, so he immediately went to gather the soldiers and horses.