Chapter 38: Safe and sound
Guangdefang, Jiwen House.
There was a knock on the door during the curfew.
The porter rested, so he had to get up again and hurriedly open the side door, but he was surprised. I saw the open fire holding the staff outside the door, reflecting the light on the armor, and someone actually came to the door with a soldier.
"Do you recognize?"
Xue Bai stepped forward, held the wooden sign in front of the gatehouse, his movements were smooth, and said: "The right minister's mansion is on business, I ask you, can Ji Dalang come back today?" ”
"No, no, Da Lang has been out of the house since the morning and has not returned home."
"Does the Ji family have another house in the East City area?"
"The villain doesn't know."
At this moment, a group of people hurried over with lanterns, shouting: "This is the old mansion of the Tang Dynasty, I am the steward Xin Si, dare to ask the officials, what happened?" ”
"I am the right minister's subordinate, Ji Dalang's best friend." Xue Bai handed over the token again and said, "Ji Facao is handling a big case tonight, involving the East Palace, I heard that the East Palace is not good for Ji Dalang, and I urgently need to find him." ”
"What?! How so? ”
"Ji Dalang can go to Dongshi today?"
"yes, I'm out in the morning."
Xue Bai said: "What about after that? ”
Xin Si was anxious and said, "After Da Lang went out, Wang Da Lang sent someone to invite him to accompany him to drink. ”
"Which Wang Dalang?"
"It's the son of Wang Langzhong's family." Xin Si unconsciously whispered a lot.
Xue Bai only listened to his tone, and realized that it was Wang Zhun, the son of Wang Jie.
This father and son can make everyone afraid of them.
"Where do you go to drink?"
"Aimon Yasuke Liquor Store."
"Has Da Lang gone?"
"Wang Dalang is invited, I don't dare to slack off, I hurriedly sent someone to Dongshi to inform Dalang." Xin Si turned around and beckoned a slave, "Ugly, you say." ”
The villain rushed to the East Market, and asked a familiar vendor all the way, saying that Da Lang went to another house in Xuanyangfang. The villain hurriedly rushed over, and happened to bump into Da Lang unloading the car in the courtyard, so he asked him to go to Qingmen to accompany Wang Da Lang. ”
"And then?"
"Da Lang rewarded the villain with a whip and went immediately."
"You come with us, lead the way, and go to Xuanyangfang's house."
Tian Shenyu had been holding the knife on his waist, and he was ready to interrogate someone, but he didn't expect that before he could react, Xue Bai had already finished talking.
He hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the slave named Ugly, and pushed the man onto the horse.
Tian Shengong grabbed the two lanterns and turned over on his horse.
The four of them came and went quickly, whistling by.
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Guangdefang is in the west and belongs to Chang'an County; Xuanyangfang is in the east and belongs to Wannian County. But they are all in the north of the city, in the residence of the magnates, on the same side street.
Speaking of which, Pingkang and Xuanyang Erfang are west of Dongshi; Daozheng and Changle Erfang are just east of Dongshi.
Tonight, however, all forces have converged in this area.
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Xue Bailing hurried to the northwest corner of Xuanyangfang, and suddenly saw the torches in front of him, and someone shouted at him: "Who is over there?" Did you break the ban?! ”
Hearing the voice, Xue Bai rode over and asked, "Is it General Guo on the other side?" ”
"Haha, it's Guo!" Guo Qianli drove out of the horse, "It turned out to be Xue Langjun." ”
The two got closer, Guo Qianli leaned over from the horse, leaned in front of Xue Bai, and said in a low voice: "How can you let people take the credit?" I'm already going to take someone on a big trip. ”
Xue Bai said with annoyance: "I was trapped in Jingzhao Mansion by Ji Wen. ”
"Damn, what a thief!" Guo Qianli scolded, quite annoyed.
"Where is the right phase and Jiwen?"
"Busy, such a big matter, the paperwork hasn't come down yet, I have to bring people to surround it first. Damn, the right Xiaowei is already in front. ”
"Then General Guo is busy first, and I will go to see the right minister."
"Okay."
Guo Qianli was very anxious, and drove the horse away.
Xue Bai waited on the side of the road, waiting for Jin Wuwei to pass by like flowing water.
After delaying this moment, his face was still very calm, but his heart was a little uncontrollable.
Turning his head to look again, under the firelight, he saw that Du Yan's lips were also so anxious that her lips turned pale.
Finally, Jin Wuwei was gone.
"Let's go."
They did not go north to Pingkangfang, but to the south to Xuanyangfang.
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Tian Shenyu drove the horse and turned into an alley.
What came to his mind was what Xue Bai had just asked him in private.
"Do you dare to kill?"
"Look at what Lang Jun said, since I am a soldier, why am I afraid of killing?"
"Okay, from tonight, you've made a note of how many heads you've saved."
Ahead, Ugly had already knocked on the door of the courtyard.
"Knock, knock, knock."
"Who?"
"I, Ah Chou, the steward asked me to come to Da Lang."
The courtyard door was opened with a "squeak", and a big man in Tsing Yi poked his head out, was taken aback, and said, "What's wrong?" ”
"Right Phase." Xue Bai stepped forward and showed the token of the Prime Minister's Mansion and said, "I am Wang Dalang's best friend, and I have something important." ”
The man in Tsing Yi couldn't recognize this thing, and said, "Da Lang is not here." ”
"The right minister ordered me to take away the person I got today."
"Okay, come in and say ......"
Suddenly, someone in the courtyard arrived and shouted, "He's Xue Bai, stop him!" ”
The man in Tsing Yi hurriedly closed the door.
"Kill it!"
Tian Shenyu saw that the door of the courtyard was about to be closed, and he heard Xue Bai's shouting order, so he didn't think much about it, he pulled out his knife and stabbed it.
"Poof."
The waist knife pierced through the crack in the door and pierced deep into the chest of the man in green clothes.
Blood splashed Tian Shenyu's hands, his brain was hot, but he grinned, kicked the courtyard door open, and kicked the corpse hanging on the knife to the ground.
The knife was pulled from the corpse, and blood gushed out.
A row of men in green clothes rushed to the front yard and were stunned.
"Where are you kidnapped ladies hiding?!" Xue Bai asked.
"This is the official residence! How dare you?! ”
Tian Shenyu saw that the other party dared to stop him, so he immediately became ruthless, and slashed with a knife.
He is strong in martial arts, and he wears armor, and killing ordinary people is like cutting vegetables. Tonight, with Xue Bai's promise, once he lets go of his hands and feet, he looks vicious and abnormal.
The other party was just an ordinary nursing home, and three of them were cut down in the blink of an eye, and one of them was not dead, crying, and the others were so frightened that they turned around and fled to the backyard.
Tian Shengong's face was ugly, and he didn't know how Xue Bai would end up after that, but his brother killed someone, so he could only go one way to the dark.
He moved quickly, flew up and knocked a nurse to the ground, and slapped the opponent half to death with his backhand, only then he picked it up and scolded: "Where are the people?!" ”
"After, ...... behind"
Xue Bai didn't say a word and rushed to the backyard.
Tian Shenyu ran faster, chasing those guards and slashing indiscriminately.
Tian Shengong asked, gritted his teeth, twisted his hand, and with a "click" sound, he wrenched the head of the nursing home in his hand.
When he turned his head, he saw that Ah Chou had collapsed to the ground in fright, and was crawling outside the courtyard gate.
Tian Shengong sighed slightly, stepped forward, and stabbed the slave to death.
He bolted the courtyard door before chasing him to the backyard.
But this is actually a mansion with twelve entrances, and the slaves and maids are scattered and fleeing, and he can't stop them at all.
All of a sudden, there were screams.
"Dick." Tian Shengong caught up with his brother and said, "I just heard a few splits of Lang Jun's name." ”
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"Poof."
The blood was splashed on the window paper, and it looked very sad when it was illuminated by the moonlight.
The two fat mothers who were guarding outside a side room screamed in fright, fell to the ground, and didn't know where to crawl.
Xue Bai stepped on the stone steps and kicked open the door of the wing.
"Woo! Woo! ”
A whimper sounded behind the screen, and he rushed over to take a look, only to see Du Cheng sitting on the ground tied up by five flowers.
He hurriedly stepped forward to remove the handkerchief that was in her mouth and went to untie the rope from her.
"Xue Bai, Xue Bai."
Du Cheng was a little crying, but what was surprising was that this time she was not so frightened that she collapsed.
"Quick, the Ji family has forged your identity, and it will kill our ......"
"Big sister! You okay?! ”
Du Yan rushed into the side room, and when she saw Du Yan, the tension finally disappeared a lot, and she felt that her legs were weak, and she hurriedly stood still with the screen.
"I'm fine." Du Cheng leaned on Xue Bai, let him untie the rope, spoke quickly, and said: "There is a deed of a lowly official and slave, it should be forged by the Ji family that the slave Yalang, the age and appearance are all written according to you, pointing out that you are Xue Pingzhao, the son of Xue Xiu's outer room." ”
Xue Bai looked at it and saw that although the bruise on Du Cheng's hand was deep, it was not damaged by anything else, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Who is Xue Xiu?" ”
"It is also the Xue family of Hedong, a descendant of the Duke of Hedong, and the concubine of Princess Tangchang. Xue Xiu was born illustriously, and the princes and horses in the family are not counted, so they don't need to be elaborated. The key is that he was framed by Li Linfu and died for the crime of rebellion. ”
Xue Bai frowned.
He didn't consider the question of whether or not to believe Li Linfu's sue if Ji Wen sued him, as a person for Li Linfu, but if he knew that he might be the son of an enemy, how could he still have the patience to wait for a closer investigation before killing.
There is also the Du family, Li Linfu will not let it go either, because the Du family was saved by Xue Bai's intercession.
"Quick." Du Cheng said again: "Xin Twelve has taken away the Nuya Lang to complain." ”
Xue Bai didn't leave immediately, and fell into deep thought.
He didn't stop moving in his hands, untied the rope for Du Ming, and unconsciously rubbed her ankles.
Du Cheng was stunned for a moment, looked at him, and saw that he was thinking very seriously, shrunk his feet, and rubbed his wrists.
"Erniang." Xue Bai finally spoke, "Here you come to wrap up and take the eldest lady back." ”
Du Yan's face was a little pale, and she reluctantly said in a calm tone: "I have killed a lot of people, how do you plan to explain?" ”
"No matter, I have a way to explain, let the Tian brothers send you back."
"What about you?"
"I've got to stop them."
Du Yan stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Let the Tian family brothers go with you." ”
"No, you don't." Xue Bai said: "This matter...... They can't do it. ”
"You can't do it alone."
Xue Bai glanced at the sky and asked Du Yan, "What time is it?" ”
"It's time."
Xue Bai glanced at her and said, "Go ahead." ”
Du Yan understood his train of thought a little, bit her lip and thought for a while, and finally said, "You must be careful." ”
She still wanted to do something, but she couldn't do anything, so she reached out and patted Xue Bai's forearm twice, picked up Du Cheng, and walked out.
The sisters whispered and walked out the door.
"Eldest sister, you hold me, bow your head, don't look around."
"Not so delicate."
Du Cheng couldn't help but look back, but saw Xue Bai standing there thinking......
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The night is deeper, and it is not yet time.
On the street outside the East Market, dense footsteps sounded, armor clanged, and more and more Wuhou ran to the southwest corner of Changle Fang.
The right guard secretly guards the north courtyard wall of a large mansion.
Someone grinned in the night and said, "I'll just say that Yang Shenjin has always been reluctant to do things for the right minister." After thinking about it carefully, it can only be that he harbors the dead soldiers in the East Palace. ”
"I am right when I joined the army, I have seen that there are many big men in this house, and they must be the dead soldiers who want to take them."
"Let's talk about it when we get their weapons, do you bring the sacks?"
"Hehe, the guy who raided the house, how can the villain forget."
“……”
At the north gate of Changle Fang, looking at the fire upstairs, the light of the torch shook a few times.
Across the deserted side street, the Wanghuo Tower at the South Gate of Daozheng Square also responded with torches.
The wind swept through the rows of roofs, and some people climbed the stairs in the night, looking at the moonlight of Chang'an.
Under the attic, the sturdy men are wearing linen and filial piety and are loading the car.
Suddenly.
"Bang Chang" sounded in a row, and Jin Ge's voice was loud.
"Be careful, not afraid to be heard?"
"Hey, I'm not afraid."
Jiang Hai grinned, showing two rows of teeth in the moonlight, his expression like a wild wolf.
He leaned over to pick up a pile of weapons that had been knocked to the ground.
Armor, long-handled knives, bows and arrows, crossbows, shields...... Wrapped in burlap and fell on the cart.
"Tuoba, I still think it's better to put on armor than to wear this dead man's clothes, in case someone stops you along the way. You tell me? ”
"Mr. Pei has arranged everything, no one will stop you."
Jiang Hai thought to himself, if anyone dared to stop him, then he would go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to rescue his brother.
In the distance, the sound of a watchman echoed through the alley.
"Dang!"
A green-robed official walked down the small attic and said lightly: "Confirm that it is okay and go." ”
The gate of the courtyard was opened, and the first six big men left in a carriage.
The night was still dark, and the blue-robed official soon disappeared into the darkness with the second carriage.
There are no accidents tonight, everything is going well.
The husband of the Daozheng Fang is still leisurely working.
"Dang!"
"Child! Close the doors and windows, and watch out for the candles! ”
"Dang!"
"Child! Chang'an for 10,000 years, safe and sound! ”
Jiang Hai dropped the long-handled Mo knife, sat in the carriage, and sighed, the white gas he spit out was like his murderous aura that had nowhere to vent overflowed.