Chapter 23: Night Fastwatch

It was too late to avoid it, Gu Baihua was shocked, and was about to reach into his arms to touch the hidden short knife, but Luo Shifan grabbed his wrist tightly, and said softly: "Brother Gu, don't do it, listen to me." ”

There was a lantern in front of the prison to illuminate, Luo Shifan couldn't see Chang Wenping hidden in the darkness behind, bowed down and sang to the figure on the horse, and stood with his head unhurried.

The lantern almost poked the faces of these two, Chang Wenping of course recognized Young Master Luo at a glance, and he was also shocked in his heart, and secretly wondered: "What is this kid doing?" Could it be that ...... was thinking about how to help cover it up, and the soap officials Ding Zhuang of the fox and the fake tiger had already roared:

"Who"?

"Dare to disrupt the people, dare to break the ban!"

These guys, it has become a habit to bully people in Pingsuri, if it weren't for Xiao Luo wearing a scarf that was a top scholar and didn't dare to make too many times, just bluffing a few times, otherwise, if the object was dressed as a civilian, it was likely that he would have knocked people down first and kicked them a few times before questioning. Most of the people who do this business are not good people, and they have always had no fear to put on this skin and do bad things.

However, the most vicious bluffs are a few scoundrels in the market. No one treats them on weekdays, and they are pulled over to be temporary workers during the extraordinary period, but they have to shake off their majesty, plus they are already bastards, and they are complacent when they lack morality, and there is no psychological pressure - although most of the regular six doors are not good birds, but after all, there are still some management constraints, and these guys are different, they do the most bad things, and the means are the most despicable and extreme. The government is also happy to use them: some things are inconvenient to come forward directly and hand them over, and they can often receive miraculous results. Even if you do things to the point that the heavens are angry, people complain and God are angry, just grab a few top cylinders, and buckle the basin on your head: it's all these crooked-mouthed monks who have recited bad scriptures! It's a big deal to launch and kill, and the people's anger will naturally subside, and they will kneel down and worship Lord Qingtian to be the master of the people...... Then, find other scoundrels to continue - in Daming, understand that there are not many people, and there are not even bastard scoundrels!

Luo Shifan unhurriedly handed over his hand again: "My mother is suddenly ill, and the students rushed to get the medicine." Chang Wenping heard this, and secretly praised in his heart: This kid seems to have been prepared.

Chang Wenping intended to tease this junior, and by the way, he also sold his favor, coughed lightly and drove the first two steps into the light and shadow, so that Luo Shifan could see himself clearly, and asked with a smile: "There is no basis for what you say, take the medicine to test." ”

Luo Shifan saw that it was Chang Wenping, his eyes lit up, and then he returned to normal, bowed down and said, "The student has seen the adult." He took out a small paper bag from his sleeve, and there was a piece of paper on it, thinking it was Fangzi, and handed it over with both hands.

Chang Wenping felt more and more interesting, took it, and asked casually: "What is Ling Ci's illness?" Pointing to Gu Baihua, "Who is this?" ”

Luo Shifan replied: "Back to my lord, the family is hurting my heart. This is a student cousin. ”

A scoundrel fox who helped idlemen shouted pretendly: "Is he dumb? I want you to answer! ”

Gu Baihua was secretly shocked - he was originally a horse thief in Yunnan, and he was exiled to Xuanfu for a while, but he could barely understand the Shaanxi dialect, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he would be exposed, and after hesitation, Luo Shifan had already responded without changing his face: "What the poor master said is true." The student's cousin had been ill once when he was a child, and after a few days of delay, he couldn't bear it, so he asked a doctor and prescribed medicine, and when the fever subsided, he became dumb, but he couldn't speak. His mother was sick and took medicine, and the students who walked at night pulled him to be brave. ”

Chang Wenping waved his hand to stop the noise of his subordinates, motioned to raise the lantern higher, unfolded the prescription with the bright light, looked at it, smiled, sniffed the medicine bag again, and whispered: "This prescription is a quack, next time change the doctor." After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the two to pass.

Luo Shifan pulled Gu Baihua and gave a salute, and said softly as he walked past Chang Wenping: "Lord Xie." I'm afraid the wind will be a little strong this morning, so take care. Then he bowed his head and hurried away.

Chang Wenping subconsciously said "um", and then patrolled half the street, pondering as he walked, and suddenly understood the meaning of Luo Shifan's words, and covered his head: "Hey, this official suddenly has a headache, and he also wants to find a doctor to ask Zhang Fangzi, you can continue." After saying that, without waiting for the soap officials to reply, he clamped his legs, and rode back to the inn on a pony. When he entered the room, he took off his official uniform, tied a stone and threw it into the well in the courtyard, and went back to the house to sleep without mentioning it.

The two of them walked a long way, and Gu Baihua was still ignorant, and asked, "Young Master, why did you let us go like that?" ”

Luo Shifan replied: "There is a clear text under the entry 'night ban' in the "Da Ming Law", 'Disease, childbirth, death and bereavement are not prohibited'. Even if you are in Beijing, as long as you say take medicine, you can walk on the street at night. If you are not even allowed to go out to see a doctor or give birth, wouldn't you be a bastard who is a bastard! ”

Gu Baihua grinned: "What the young master said is true. If all these things are forbidden, it is really a bastard who has lost his conscience. After walking a few steps, he asked, "Well...... Young Master, what's the matter with your pack of medicine? ”

Luo Shifan smiled: "My father taught me before I came." Carry a bag of honeysuckle burdock on your body, put some water in plain water as tea to drink, and when you need to rush at night, you can write a square prescription and paste it on the outside is a medicinal herb. Even if it is investigated, at most it is said that the quack medicine prescribed is not the right symptom, but it is no wonder that we are. ”

Gu Baihua scratched his head and said suddenly: "No wonder that dog official said that he wanted to change the doctor's prescription......"

Luo Shifan said: "The person just now is the Ansai Zhixian who I sent the letter the day before yesterday, and he deliberately reminded us to be cautious in this trick in the future." ”

The two whispered and turned into an alley near the north gate. In the dim light, a dozen or so swarthy figures in the alley could already be discerned—they had been delayed for some time on their way to coming, and the people who had been sneaking into the city the day before had been waiting here for a long time. These people were all carefully selected by Guan Shengyun according to Master Luo's requirements: except for Luo Gongzi, everyone has at least one or two lives in their hands - things like robbing the city gate can't be done by non-outlaws.

After everyone gathered, Gu Baihua explained a few words softly, and everyone took out their close-fitting short blades, and slipped out of the alley from the root of the wall in twos and threes. When he reached the north gate, he shouted and rushed to the city gate guards who were napping in a daze.

Because the city gate was closed and the moat was protected, the drawbridge was also pulled up, and most of the people watching the night on the city wall were rogue beggars who had been temporarily recruited to make up the number, led by a few guards. At that time, night battles were rare, and the vigil was a warning, and the soldiers had to conserve their physical strength and guard the key points, and most of them either slept in the treasury or next to the prefect's yamen near the left. It was the regular army that guarded the city gate, and Yu Shengliang temporarily sent another fruit, a total of about twenty people.

Gu Baihua and others have already explored clearly in the past few days and have done a good job in the division of labor. The three or five people who were napping outside against the city gate wall did not understand it, and they were all forced to get up and unload the latch of the door by the knife, and they were stabbed in the thigh with a knife and let out a heart-rending scream...... More than a dozen sleeping in the locker room, before they opened their eyes, the door of the house was kicked open, and several fierce gods rushed into the black light and fire, and they were not allowed to get up while shouting in the south and north, and an ignorant guy just sat up, and his head was firmly hit with a stick, and his head was crooked on the body of others, and his hands and feet occasionally twitched, and he saw that he could not live. Three or two black shadows were cursing and threatening back and forth along the edge of the kang in the dim light of the oil lamp, and the soldiers' knives, guns, and weapons were all leaning against the wall.

The walkways on both sides of the city gate were guarded by two people, and the short blades in their hands were replaced by knives and guns thrown out of the changing room, and the rogue vagrants who heard the sound on the wall were accustomed to fighting in groups, and suddenly saw this group of murderous bandits in the haze, and the guy who ran in front was poked in the lower abdomen by a shot, and rolled on the stone steps with the intestines that flowed out, and let out a dying wail. Seeing this scene in the light and shadow of the torches, everyone else was shocked by the murderous aura, and they just shouted to give themselves courage, not only did no one dare to rush down again, but they were forced by the other party to retreat step by step towards the city, and the knife and stick they wielded were not stabbing at all, but blocking the swords and guns that attacked from time to time.

The city gate was finally opened in the sound of babbling, Gu Baihua and others forced several city gate guards to lift the heavy latch and throw it into the moat, and then brandished knives and guns and shouted a few "Get out of here, or kill your head", and the soldiers ran away along the outer wall along the outer wall one after another. Then, Gu Baihua whistled, and led the others to turn their heads and rush along the trail towards the city wall, and a few people guarding the changing room also jumped out when they heard the sound, and quickly joined the battle group halfway up the trail on both sides. Before half a cup of tea, a group of men had already stormed the city gate tower and drove the rabble of the vigil a few feet away.

The guards in the guard room finally kicked open the locking door panel and ran out, and a few of them raised their eyes to see that the door was empty, and the city gate was wide open, and they wanted to run over and close it, when an old man shouted: "Stupid dog! There is no big latch to close the door and there are eggs? Don't run away yet! The crowd dispersed, shouting as they ran: "The city is broken, the kings have come to kill......

Seeing this, they also threw down their weapons in their hands, turned their heads and ran away along the city wall to both sides, "The city is broken, the kings are coming, run, run......" Run all the way, shout all the way, spread the unknown horror farther away.

The greatest power of fear comes from the unknown. In the faint light of barely visible fingers, soon there were terrified shouts everywhere on the four walls, and more and more people were running, and the flow of people ran down the walls along the trails of the east, west, and south gates, and ran into the city, spreading terror to every part of the city.

Luo and Gu reached into their arms, someone handed over the torch, and as a few fireworks burst high and exploded in the faint morning light, the thick noose on the winch in the city gate tower was cut at the same time. With a dull thud, the drawbridge fell, slamming heavily on the other side of the moat, sending up a cloud of smoke and dust. In the distance, there were also faint voices of people, footsteps, and shouts of killing—soon, Guan Shengyun's brigade came out of the smoke and dust!

According to the normal siege mode of this era, Guan Shengyun should have left at least one main battalion of soldiers near the city gate, one of the infantry teams should go up the wall to guard the city gate tower, and the other infantry teams should build a defensive circle around this center to ensure that the city gate is unblocked. However, in the face of Yan'an, which has not yet organized resistance, time is everything. The large group of men and horses entered through the open city gate, and immediately divided into three groups of different sizes: the number of men and horses spreading along the city wall to the two wings was not large, and the vast majority of them rushed directly in the direction of the prefect's yamen and the treasury under the guidance of the internal servants who were already familiar with the door......

Before noon, the city of Yan'an was broken.