"It's water, it's water, come on! Walk the water! ”

In the middle of the night, Pei Yao and Fang Yu were woken up by the shouts of the minions.

"What's going on?!" Pei Yao sat up alertly.

Hong Zheng immediately came in from outside, and said through the screen, "If you go back to the emperor, the house will be watered, and it will be next to our courtyard, as if someone has poured fire oil, and it is burning very fast and vigorously, and this time it is putting out fires!" ”

"How can a good person walk water, and there is fire oil, this must be someone deliberately stabbed." Fang Yu also sat up.

Pei Yao took her hand and patted it, "Don't be afraid, I'll go and take a look, and ask the Imperial Forest Army to guard this courtyard." ”

After speaking, Pei Yao quickly got off the bed, put on his coat, and went out.

Hong Zheng naturally followed, and Qingrong and Yanwei also hurriedly came in and waited for Fang Yu to get up.

If you make such a fuss today, you must not be able to sleep well, and you don't know what else will happen later, so you are dressed neatly, so as not to lose your manners in front of people.

As soon as he cleaned up, Fang Yu could already smell the thick smoke wafting in from outside.

After putting on clothes and going out to look, I saw a wall apart, the fire was already raging, and the fire was burning from the roof down, and it was inconvenient for people to stand under and splash water, and it was very difficult to extinguish the fire for a while.

"What about the emperor?" Fang Yu turned his head and asked the small commander of the Imperial Forest Army beside him.

"Back to Niangniang, the emperor has already taken someone to the courtyard next door, someone sneaked into the house, deliberately set fire, and now is being arrested in the house, in order to ensure safety, Niangniang is here Don't go outside, the fire can't burn for the time being, Weichen and others will stay by Niangniang's side."

The little commander arched his hand and said in a deep voice.

As he was talking, suddenly a black shadow flashed on the wall on the other side, and several unknown, egg-sized balls were thrown in, and before everyone could react, they only heard a huge crackling sound roaring, accompanied by the fire and black smoke, and several guards standing there suddenly screamed and wailed in pain.

"It's a thunderbolt, there's an assassin!" The little commander reacted quickly, drew his sword, and waited for the battle, "Niangniang, go back to the house quickly, there are ministers and other guards here!" ”

Where have the ladies seen these terrible firearms, they are also frightened, Qingrong and Yanwei didn't say a word, and hurriedly hugged Fang Yu back to the house and locked the door firmly.

Soon the sound of fighting sounded outside, which made people's hearts numb.

"How could any assassin come into this courtyard!" Yan jumped in shock.

Fang Yu's brows were frowned, and his face was gloomy, "I think this group of people set fire to it first, attract the attention of a large number of people, and then escape, forcing us to divide a team of people to search and arrest all over the courtyard, now that the house is in chaos, there are a few people with good skills, so they will naturally have the opportunity to come to our courtyard to assassinate, I guess I thought the emperor was in the courtyard." ”

If you don't disturb the situation first, how can you fish in troubled waters, after all, Pei Yao and Fang Yu live in this courtyard, and the guards are the strictest.

"Don't worry, there are a lot of guards outside, and the assassins who came in are a minority after all, we just need to hide in the house, and it will be fine." Qingrong whispered comfort.

Fang Yu made up his mind, and then said, "Go, lock all the windows in the house, don't let people take advantage of the loopholes." ”

It's a hot day in Lanzhou, and there are many windows in the house, and they are all large windows, so it's easy for assassins to jump in through the windows.

However, the action was still a step late, Qingrong and Yanwei were about to move, suddenly, the west window was violently knocked open from the outside, and immediately after, a bearded man in a night suit jumped in with a machete.

Fang Yu was startled, and hurriedly retreated, and Qingrong and Yanwei also immediately protected her.

But there are only three weak women, how could the big man put it in his eyes, he smiled and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground, and then walked towards the three of them with a knife.

"Lao Tzu has been doing this for so long, and he hasn't killed the mother in the palace, today is the mother of the mother, you are so blessed, you can be the soul of Lao Tzu's knife!"

"Just an assassin, don't be presumptuous!"

Yan Wei's eyes were quick, and he grabbed a vase at his hand and smashed it at the big man.

Just as the big man was dodging, Yanwei grabbed another vase and continued to throw it at him wildly, smashing whatever he had at hand.

Qingrong was not idle, and while protecting Fang Yu and retreating, he shouted for help.

It's a pity that there was also a sound of killing outside, and no one responded for a while.

The three of them retreated again and again, Fang Yu's waist was against the table, he reached out and groped for a while, and touched the copper scissors that were resting on the table and cutting the wick, and immediately grabbed it in his hand.

I thought I was going to fight with this pirate, but fortunately, there was movement at the door in time.

Several guards arrived in unison, and immediately surrounded the bearded man.

After a fight, that man was indeed brave, seven or eight guards, and it took a lot of effort to take him down.

Fang Yu was really a little shocked, the last time it was so thrilling, it was the battle for his life before Pei Yao ascended the throne.

"Niangniang is frightened, it is Weichen who is not doing well, now all the thieves have been taken down, and Niangniang is safe!" The little commander still had blood stains on his face, and he pleaded guilty.

Fang Yu nodded, "It's okay, it's the thief who is too cunning, and this palace is fine." ”

After another stick of incense, Pei Yao rushed back.

Tsai carefully examined Fang Yu up and down to confirm that she was really not injured, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"This group of pirates is really cunning, they are so bold and want to assassinate me, it can be seen that they have been used to being domineering all these years!"

"Has the emperor already caught someone?" Fang Yu said with concern.

Pei Yao bowed his head, "All of them were caught, it was done by that group of pirates, they saw that I was going to cut off their way of life, so the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and now the living mouth has been pulled down for interrogation." ”

"That's true." Fang Yu sighed, "If you want to deal with the bandits in Lanzhou, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort." ”

It's just too rampant.

The next day, the results of the interrogation came out.

The pirates are indeed in a hurry to jump over the wall, thinking about assassinating the emperor and causing widespread chaos, and no one will have the heart to care about them in a short time.

Among these pirates, some of them participated in the construction of the mansion where Pei Yao and Fang Yu are now located, so the pirates who are good at it infiltrated and assassinated according to the information they found.

Don't look at them as just bandits, there are a lot of capable people in them, and there are also military advisors, and there are also a lot of weapons, and even some things like thunderbolts can be obtained.

It can be seen what windfalls the pirates have made over the years.

However, after this incident, Pei Yao's determination to suppress the bandits has become more and more firm.

Next, during these days in Lanzhou, Pei Yao convened his officials every day to discuss the suppression of bandits, and by the time the people sent from Kyoto arrived, the entire plan to suppress bandits had basically been finalized.

Now the relevant ministers know the emperor's determination to suppress bandits, and no one dares to neglect them, so they are all going all out.

Fang Yu felt that if it weren't for Pei Yao's inconvenience to stay in Lanzhou for a long time, I was afraid that he would want to go to the scene to kill the enemy and suppress the bandits in person.

However, when he fought in the north, he didn't go to the front in person, and now he is just suppressing bandits, and he will definitely not go to the front line in person.

So half a month later, after explaining all the matters, the royal driver set off for Beijing. (End of chapter)

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