Chapter 1024: The Tide of the Times - Hao Hao Tang Tang (3)
When the time passed, the night was darkening to its deepest level. The breath of flames near Wenhanyuan was suppressed, but groups of lanterns and torches still gathered here, changing the atmosphere in the vicinity on three levels inside and three outside.
Must be killed.
The palace guards had already set up a tight defense line along the courtyard wall. Cheng Zhouhai and his deputies got off the carriage and contacted Tie Tianying, who had arrived first.
"...Now that the fire is almost out, all the yamen's personnel are on standby immediately. No one is allowed to move without orders...Your imperial army will keep an eye on the inner circle, and I will send people to keep an eye on the surrounding areas. If there are any suspicious people who are making random inquiries,
, let’s all make a note of it, and after today, we will visit each house again…”
"...Your Majesty will come over later."
"...Okay." Cheng Zhouhai nodded, "How are the casualties?"
Tie Tianying looked at the deputy beside him: "It's very tragic."
"Okay." Cheng Zhouhai nodded again, and then waved his hand to his deputy, "Go ahead and watch the outside. If there is any news, come back and report it."
"Yes." The deputy took the order and left.
Not long after, a convoy followed by imperial guards came from the north and entered the side door outside Wenhanyuan. Jun Wu, with a long sword hanging on his waist, got out of the car, followed by Zhou Pei. They sniffed the smell in the air.
Followed by Tie Tianying and Cheng Zhouhai, they walked towards the courtyard.
In Wenhan Garden, which was a three-story building, the fire burned down one house and most of the main building was burned. Due to the large-scale arrival of water dragons, the air was filled with the unpleasant smell of half-burned wood.
There was also a vague smell of blood. Since he had to discuss things with Zuo Wenhuai and others every day, Li Pin, who lived not too far away, had already arrived. At this time, he came out to welcome Jun Wu and Zhou Pei and saluted.
"What are the casualties of Zuo Qing's family and others?" Jun Wu asked first.
"Your Majesty, eldest princess, please come with me."
Li Pin said, leading them towards the third building, which was still intact. On the way, he saw the figures of some young people. Several people seemed to be still moving around in the burned-out rooms of the main building. Who knew where they were?
What to do.
"Zuo Wenhuai and Xiao Jingyi, are everything okay?" Jun Wu suppressed his curiosity and did not run into the charred building to check. He asked on the way. Li Pin nodded and whispered: "Nothing, the fighting is very fierce.
But both Zuo and Xiao were well prepared. Several people were injured, but fortunately nothing serious happened and no one died. There are only two seriously injured people, so it’s hard to tell for the time being.”
Hearing such an answer, Jun Wu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the burned-out building and a half, and then said to the side: "What are they doing there?"
"During the fighting, several bandits rushed into the room in the building and wanted to resist. Several people here surrounded the room to persuade them to surrender, but their resistance was too fierce, so... they threw a few bombs from the southwest. There
The head is now mutilated, and they... went in to find some clues. However, the scene was too tragic, and it was not appropriate for His Majesty to go and see it."
"Don't look at it." Jun Wu looked at the ruined room over there, his brows furrowed, he replied in a low voice, and then said, "He is also a true national scholar."
Using bombs to blow people into pieces is obviously not the standard for judging a national scholar, but seeing the emperor's joy in this violent atmosphere, of course no one doubts this. After all, the emperor has been chased all the way since he ascended the throne.
, the arduous journey with many twists and turns, the drama of being assassinated by bandits and then luring people around the house and blowing them to pieces was really to his liking.
——This is what a good person should be like!
"Are the books and materials shipped from the southwest damaged?" Only then did he look at the traces of flames and ask this question.
"After arriving in Fuzhou, the first thing we did was to organize and copy these books and data. Even if something happened today, the data would not be damaged. Oh, the fire that Your Majesty saw at this time was later deliberately caused by us.
Let it burn..."
"Why?"
"Your Majesty has to do something, so he needs to suffer some losses first. This is an excuse. Use it or not. After all, it is just these two houses. In addition, as soon as Mr. Tie came over, he sealed the inner perimeter tightly, and the yard was even more tightly sealed. We
Externally, there were heavy losses tonight and many people died, so the situation outside is a bit panicky..."
"well done."
Jun Wu couldn't help but praise him.
The group of people had arrived in front of the intact wooden building. Along the way, Junwu also observed some situations. Although the guards were responsible for some of the defenses outside and inside the courtyard, it was very difficult to clean up and survey the killing sites.
It is obviously controlled by this Chinese army team.
This is unusual. In theory, Tie Tianying must be responsible for this first-hand information. The reason for being excluded is that the two sides must have had some differences or even conflicts. But facing Zuo who had just completed a round of killings,
Wen Huai and others, Tie Tianying still didn't force themselves.
What is revealed here is the real strength of this team of more than 40 people from the southwest, which is very different from the respectful and even shy behavior shown by Zuo Wenhuai in the past period. For those in power, here
Of course, there was a bad signal in the head, but for Jun Wu, who had always wondered and fantasized about the powerful combat power of the Southwest, he had figured out a lot of things.
That's right, if he didn't have such an attitude, how could the teacher have defeated Zong Han and Xi Yin in the southwest, who were more difficult to deal with than the Jurchen East Route Army.
As a young and vigorous emperor in his early thirties, he struggled for a long time in the shadow of failure and death, and had countless fantasies about what kind of iron-blooded atmosphere the Chinese Army camp in the southwest should be like. The Chinese Army
When he finally defeated Zong Han Xiyin, he thought about his long-term defeat and the massacre of the people of the Wu Dynasty, and felt only guilt in his heart. He even directly said something like "This is what a man should do."
Zuo Wenhuai was a talent that the Zuo family sent to the southwest to train. After arriving in Fuzhou, although he was frank with the emperor, he seemed too shy and polite. He was still somewhat different from the Chinese army in Junwu's imagination. For a time, he even
I felt regretful about this: perhaps the Southwest thought that Fuzhou had too many academics, so they sent some smooth and sophisticated civilian soldiers. Of course, it was a good thing to have them useful, and he naturally would not complain about this.
At this moment, the side of Tu Qiongdeng was revealed in front of him.
That’s all it takes!
Walking to the front of the two floors, a young man from the Chinese Army who came from the southwest saluted him. He stretched out his hands to help the man's blood-stained body up. He asked about Zuo Wenhuai's whereabouts and learned that Zuo Wenhuai was there.
Looking at the corpse of the gangster and wanting to call him out, Jun Wu waved his hand: "It's okay, let's take a look together to see what they are!"
At this time, the place where the corpses of the bandits were concentrated was on the left side of the first floor. Before they reached it, Zuo Wenhuai and others, who learned that the emperor was coming, opened the door and came out. They greeted Junwu, and Junwu greeted them a few words.
, and then walked towards the room with a smile.
"Your Majesty, over there..."
Zuo Wenhuai also wanted to persuade him, but Jun Wu said: "It doesn't matter, I have seen corpses." He especially liked the feeling of acting vigorously and resolutely.
This room is quite large, but the smell of blood is strong inside. There are three rows of corpses, about twenty in total, some on the floor and some on the table. Perhaps they heard that the emperor was coming, and on the table
A layer of cloth was hastily pulled over the corpses. Junwu opened the cloth on the table and saw that the corpses below had been stripped of their clothes and were lying there naked. Some of the wounds were even more bloody and hideous.
"...We have inspected these corpses. Most of these corpses have dark, rough skin and calluses on their hands and feet. Judging from their position, they look like people who have been at sea all year round. During the fight, we also noticed that some people had flexible steps.
But the movements of the bottom plate are very strange, as if they were done on a boat... We cut open the stomachs of several people, but no obvious clues were found for the time being. Of course, we are new here, so some traces cannot be found, and we have to wait for details.
Let me test it..."
Stomach dissection... Jun Armed Forces looked at the disgusting corpse in a mocking manner and nodded repeatedly: "Is the murderer here?"
"...because we don't know who is responsible for the attack at the moment. We have discussed with Mr. Li and believe that we cannot let anyone else come in first, so..."
"You're right. How are the bandit's martial arts skills?"
"My skills are all good, but if I play it right in private, the outcome will be unpredictable."
"Then why do we have so few casualties? ...Of course this is a good thing, I'm just a little surprised."
"Your Majesty, fighting in formation on the battlefield is different from provocation and confrontation. Here at Wenhanyuan, there are troops guarding the perimeter, but we have carefully planned what methods we will use if we want to capture this place, and we have some plans.
When the bandits came, the secret sentry we arranged first discovered them, and then temporarily organized a few people to patrol with lanterns, deliberately guiding them to one place. After they came in, it was already too late to resist... But these
People are determined and not afraid of death. We only captured two seriously injured people. We bandaged them and handed them over to Master Tie later..."
"Hmm..." Jun Wu nodded, listening with interest, and then said solemnly: "Those who have such a will may be privately raised domestic slaves of some wealthy families. If you search carefully, you can find them out."
"Judging from the steps these people took to infiltrate, it seems that they knew the troops on duty outside quite well. They just chose the time for the changing of the guard and came in quietly without alerting them. This shows that these people do have deep connections in Fuzhou.
.In addition, I have not been here for a month, and I have not actually started to do anything. I don’t know who made the move, and mobilized all the troops to get rid of us... I can’t figure out these things at the moment..."
Jun Wu smiled and said: "These things can be investigated slowly. You and Li Qing made a good temporary decision. They blocked the news first and deliberately burned the building to show the enemy's weakness. When the news of your damage was released, follow up
It seems to me that those with evil intentions will eventually show up. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way for you today. By the way, where are the injured people? Take me to have a look first. In addition,
The imperial doctor can let him in first, and after treating the injury, he will be kept under strict guard and no trace of the situation will be revealed to the outside world."
Everyone then went to see the wounded in the room on the other side of the building. Junwu reflected: "Actually, since entering Fuzhou, some people have assassinated me before, but because the army is stationed nearby, there are also people from Tieqing's family.
After all, there are fewer people in the city who dare to risk their lives to assassinate people. You just came to Fuzhou, and you encountered such a thing. It is my negligence. These bastards really care about the righteousness of the Wu Dynasty and the resistance to the Jin Dynasty.
I’ve never seen them work so hard—”
He cursed harshly.
After all, this team from the southwest has not yet begun to participate in large-scale reforms. The first round of speculation in everyone's minds is that the old Confucian scholars who have been thinking about the crime of regicide by the inner demon are the most likely to take action.
Mobilizing dozens of people to carry out assassinations in this way is a truly generous act. If Zuo Wenhuai and others had not been careful because they arrived in Fuzhou, the people on the first floor of them might have died tonight.
But looking at the blood stains on these people's bodies and the steel wire armors they wore under their coats, Jun Wu understood that these young people were much more vigilant about this fight than others in Fuzhou.
This kind of thing may mean that they don't trust themselves in normal times, but now, it has truly proved that they are right.
"I want to apologize to you," Jun Wu said, "but I also promise you that this kind of thing will never happen again in the future."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this." Zuo Wenhuai lowered his head in salute and paused slightly, "Actually... to be treasonous, before coming here, Mr. Ning from Southwest told us that as long as there are interests involved, internal
Struggle is more dangerous than external struggle, because many times we don’t know where the enemy comes from. Since Your Majesty has implemented reforms rigorously, we are His Majesty’s pawns. Pawns do not avoid swords and guns, so Your Majesty does not need to take us seriously.
Too delicate."
Jun Wu looked at him and was silent for a long time, and then he breathed a long, long sigh of relief. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the meeting he had with members of the Chinese Army before Jiang Ning ascended the throne. It was the first time he met face to face.
A spy arrived at the Chinese Army. The city was in danger and supplies were in short supply. He wanted to ask the other party whether there was enough food to eat. The other party replied: There is enough food because there are not many people...
At this time, Zuo Wenhuai vaguely overlapped with that figure...
This is the Chinese Army.
This is the Chinese Army!
If there were such soldiers around him back then, how could a mere Jurchen wreak havoc and massacre in the south of the Yangtze River...
He nodded.
Next, everyone discussed in the room for a while, about how to confuse the outside world with the next thing, and how to find out the mastermind this time... By the time they left the room, the members of the Chinese Army had already contacted some of Tie Tianying's subordinates.
Wei made a handover - their bodies were covered with blood, and even those who could still move appeared to be seriously injured and quite miserable. But under this miserable appearance, the people who survived the battlefield with the Jurchens,
I have begun to accept the challenges of strangers as local snakes in this strange place...
The sky has not yet dawned, stars are twinkling in the night sky, the smell of fire is still permeating the air, and the night still seems restless and uneasy. One after another power is about to show its posture...