On the eaves of the moon, in Zhao Yongqi's private residence.

The shadows of the flowers are heavy and the courtyard is deep, Cheng Yanshan is waiting in the courtyard, while Lu Qi, Zhao Yongqi and Hong Dusi are drinking at the same table, and the laughter is endless.

The wine and delicacies on the table are worth a lot of money, the beautiful maids next to them pour wine and cloth dishes, the musicians play the piano and the sheng under the curtain, and the enchantress dances lightly in front of the hall.

"Yes, yes!" Lu Qi held his chin in his hand and smiled drunkenly.

Zhao Yongqi took off his armor, dressed like a rich man, and laughed when he heard this: "Haha, it is also a blessing for these little ladies to be able to get a good sentence from Lu Lang, and it is not in vain that I spent a lot of money to invite them to the Sleeping Flower Pavilion."

Come on, reward! ”

A group of musicians and dancers inside and outside have been rewarded.

Hong Dusi picked up the wine glass and said to Lu Qili: "Hiccup! Land...... Lord Lu! Yesterday, Lao Hong, I didn't know Mount Tai, I offended you, and I ask you to forgive me. ”

"Hong Dusi is serious." Lu Qi toasted with him.

"I know, Lord Lu is all for the sake of the right outpost camp, so he made such a record of catching thieves, we are all for the right sentry camp to be better! Why bother hurting peace? And lo and behold! ”

Zhao Yongqi snapped his fingers.

In response, several beauties came up to the hall with a tray and shook the willow waist, and uncovered the red silk on the tray, and the gold and silver light reflected the lights, which was dazzling.

"We are in the same camp, so naturally we should have more contacts. This is two thousand taels of silver, ten beauties, is a little bit of our heart, if you refuse, it will not be beautiful! Zhao Yongqi said with a smile.

Hong Dusi suppressed the killing intent in his eyes, and smiled flatteringly: "Yes, a few gifts are not a tribute, if you don't accept it, you will look down on us!" ”

……

Under the same bright moon, the warblers are singing and dancing, but the air here is filled with the smell of gunpowder, and the tension stirs the heart.

The empty road resounded with the sound of horses' hooves, and Cen Qun and the Jinyi guards rode their horses and guarded the carriage in the middle, and in the carriage were Chen Yin'er and Wei Cheng.

"Is anyone chasing you?" Cen Qun turned his head and asked.

The fan in charge of the palace rode his horse upside down, listened carefully for a while, and his face gradually changed: "There is the sound of horses' hooves behind!" ”

"How much?"

"About a dozen people!"

Cen Qun secretly scolded his mother, and sure enough, as Lu Qi expected, things went in the worst direction.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Chen Yin'er heard that there were pursuers, so she hugged Wei Cheng worriedly and asked, "Lord Cen, what happened?" ”

"Time is pressing, so I won't go into details! The humble only knew that Lord Lu expected Zhao Yongqi to send someone to seize the account book, and now it seems that this is indeed the case! ”

didn't care about comforting Chen Yin'er, Cen Qun pulled out the embroidered spring knife at his waist, and shouted to the fans around him:

"Listen up! Eighty percent of Zhao Yongqi's subordinates have firearms, and we can't beat them head-on! The front is to the residence, leaving the two to break off, and the rest of the people just take the lady and the imperial brother and leave quickly!

As long as you get to the city gate, show your waist card, and order the city defenders to help, we will win! ”

"Yes!"

At this time, the pursuers also spotted the fleeing team in front.

"Captain Liu, there!"

"Humph! I knew they wouldn't be able to run fast with the wagon! Liu Da showed a bloodthirsty smile, he hadn't fought for many years, and his fire gun was already ready to move.

"But Captain Liu, look at the clothes they are wearing!" One of the pursuers shouted.

Through the bright moonlight, Liu Da looked carefully, and then realized: "It's Jinyiwei?!" ”

Jin Yiwei is the emperor's pro-army, representing the dignity of the Son of Heaven outside, killing Jin Yiwei is tantamount to rebellion, this surnamed Lu actually called Jin Yiwei to protect his family?

But Liu Da is the captain of Zhao Yongqi's personal soldiers, he leads more than a dozen carefully selected personal soldiers behind him, enjoying the best resources of the Quanyou Sentinel Battalion, and the family is all domestic servants of the Zhao family, so they are naturally only loyal to General Zhao.

It's all caught up with this, how can these killers care about whether killing Jinyiwei will cause trouble, with Captain Liu's idea, as long as everyone is killed, who will know who the murderer is?

"There is no turning back now, if you don't want to raid your house and destroy your door, just open your two tricks, and don't leave a single live mouth! Are you ready? Captain Liu shouted, and he heard a powerful response from behind him.

At this time, the distance is still too far, if the ignition on horseback is not high, you need to find a suitable distance to dismount and ignition.

The wheels are rolling, and the horses' hooves are thundering.

Turning around a house with a lamp, a civilian in the house heard a strange noise and poked his head out of his clothes.

Suddenly, the neighing of horses was heard, and the sound of two heavy objects falling to the ground came from outside the courtyard gate.

Two men in brocade uniforms rolled into the courtyard, and when they saw that there was still a civilian standing, they glared at him sternly.

"Official?" The civilian craned his neck in glare.

Jinyi Wei Fanzi drew his knife and made a quiet gesture threateningly: "It has nothing to do with you!" Go back to the house! ”

At this moment, they heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near outside the courtyard gate, and the two fans hurriedly took out their Qingzhang repeater crossbows.

This is the standing weapon of Jinyiwei, compared to the crossbow arrows of the Qin and Han dynasties, the range is too short, and it can only shoot fifty steps, but fortunately, it can shoot five arrows at a time, which can be regarded as making up for the lack of firepower of Jinyiwei.

And the pursuers were getting closer and closer to Cen Qun.

"The distance is almost there, blow the fire fold, and get off the horse and light the fire after passing the front house!" Captain Liu held the reins in one hand and the handle of the fire gun in the other, which was already inevitable.

Two horses parked at the wall flashed out of the corner of sight.

"Strange." Liu Da turned his head to look: "Why are there two empty horses here still wearing saddle sheaths?" …… Not good! There is an ambush! ”

He found out quickly, but by this time it was too late!

When the bowstring sounded, ten flying flies flew towards them with a cold light that chose people to devour!

"Spread out!!"

Captain Liu roared angrily, and the soldiers immediately pulled their horses' heads and broke away from the area at a faster speed, and those who could not avoid it simply threw off the stirrups of one foot and hid their bodies in the side of the horses under their seats.

In the blink of an eye, four horses were struck by crossbow arrows, neighed violently, and ran in vain two steps before finally falling to the ground in grief.

"Whew."

Captain Liu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the two ambush soldiers did not have firearms in their hands, otherwise they would have to break in half.

Seeing the four pro-soldiers who were thrown to the ground by the war horse, they slowly stood up with their firearms.

Captain Liu turned his horse's head and continued to chase, leaving only one sentence: "Don't leave a single live mouth, kill them all." ”

"Yes!"

……

Zhao Mansion.

In the midst of the singing and dancing, the drunken Lu Qi suddenly paused, and she keenly heard the ethereal echo in the distance, was it the sound of fire?

Zhao Yongqi also heard it, and suddenly broke free from the arms of the beautiful maid, and was angry in his heart: "Why do you want to set fire to it? Those fools, didn't I say to kill with your sword as much as possible, and the quieter the better? ’

However, at such a distance, I am afraid that the capital will not be able to hear clearly, so I can find an excuse to say that the foolish people set off firecrackers.

"What's wrong with Lord Lu?" Hong Dusi didn't hear it, and picked up the wine glass: "How can this golden bottle of wine be disappointed, come, I will toast you again!" ”

Lu Qi was worried, his cheeks were crimson, and his eyes were blurred: "I drank too much tonight, it's time to go back!" ”

"How much did you drink? Lord Lu can't help but look down on us too much, right? Hondusi put his glass on the stub.

"How so? Under just not good at drinking. Lu Qi's voice was soft and soft, as if he would fall asleep at his desk in the next second.

Zhao Yongqi thought, since he used the firecracker, presumably the battle over there was nearing the end: "Lord Lu, this is not enough to drink?" It's okay, come and prepare the car! ”

"Don't worry about Lord Zhao, I brought my own carriage." Lu Qi refused, and shouted outward.

Cheng Yanshan in the courtyard came in response, sniffed the smell of wine in the house, and helped Lu Qi, who was drunk like a puddle of mud: "My lord, you drank too much." ”

"Long-winded." Lu Qi raised his feet and was about to walk out, but he staggered and couldn't walk in a straight line.

"Why is Lord Lu in a hurry to leave?" Zhao Yongqi lay back in the arms of the servant: "And the ten beauties I gave you, where can a carriage carry it?" ”

A housekeeper outside the door came in with his head down: "Master, the carriage and coachman are ready." ”

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the family blocked the door and blocked the way of Lu Qi and the others.

"Please also ask Lord Lu to give me someone Zhao a face, and take my carriage."

Zhao Yongqi said as if he was drunk, his eyes flashing with a strong killing intent.

……

On the chase field, Liu Da was in a hurry.

There are still eight people left in the brocade guard, but they are getting closer and closer to the south gate!

Although the city gate has been closed at this time, as a privileged Jinyi guard, as long as Cen Qun and a few people run under the city gate, they can call the city gate open with the token, and they can also call out the city defenders to help.

Liu Da's group dared to take advantage of the convenience of firearms and bullied Cen Qun's eight remnants.

But let him wrestle with the defenders who occupy the city gates, master thousands of long and short guns, and nearly a hundred cannons?

How dare he dare to face thousands of black holes?

"No, if you chase it any further, you'll reach the city gate!" Liu Da resolutely yelled: "Get off the horse for me!" ”

There was a neighing sound of horses, and a dozen or so soldiers quickly reined in their horses, turned over and landed, and took out their firearms to aim at the convoy in front.

Cen Qun quickly noticed the strangeness over there: "It's not good, protect the lady and the imperial brother!" ”

Without words, two fans slowed down and blocked the carriage and the fire gun with their bodies.

The smoke of gunfire dispersed.

The flames erupted.

The blood splashed with the sound, and the two fans fell to the ground with their horses, and a round solid projectile flew out of the gap, and with a sharp sound of breaking the air, it passed through the curtain of the carriage!