After the two large carved side doors of Qu Mansion were burned down last night, when Zhao Ning and the six people entered the house, the side doors were still guarded and very tight.
But at some point, these people quietly retreated, and no one among the officers and soldiers standing guard outside noticed them.
Now, this area was unguarded, and the soldiers swarmed into the mansion without any obstruction. Their eyes began to wander, and they were quickly attracted by the beautiful scenery of the surrounding gardens.
The flowers and vines in this garden are mainly light purple and light pink, and are paved with white and blue jade. The courtyard walls, pavilions, lights, statues, steps, large and small ornaments and other landscaping are all in light cloud color.
It can be seen at a glance that a lot of effort has been put into the design. It is quiet, elegant, beautiful and clean, and the words "wonderland" are no exaggeration.
The soldiers' hearts beat violently, and they suddenly felt greedy and destructive.
Some people have begun to discuss in low voices that if they capture the Qu Mansion, they will come back here as soon as possible.
However, the further you go, the more carefully crafted the garden style you see, spreading out before your eyes like a picture scroll.
It was only after walking for a while that everyone finally realized why they didn't see anyone.
The leader of the team and the captain stopped and looked around.
"Qu Xiling, Zhao Ning!" someone shouted loudly.
A team member came forward and suggested that they disperse and look for them.
Some people think it's inappropriate. If they set a trap, they will only be eaten one by one if they are scattered.
Another team member suddenly felt something was wrong. He walked towards the back and frowned: "Why do we only have so many people here?"
You can see to the end at a glance. Counting them, there are less than three hundred.
At the very back was Pan Hui, who was quickly chasing after him with a dozen people.
The leader, Lieutenant Hu, suddenly felt something was wrong and said, "Let's go back and take a look!"
Pan Hui, who was coming towards them, rushed up to settle the score with them, but no one paid him any attention. After the subordinate at the end pushed him away, everyone quickly ran towards the way they came.
After a long time, I finally returned to the starting point. Outside the open side door, a strong fishy smell was blown by the wind, and the open space was in a mess. The scorching blood was like a river overflowing, gurgling toward the low places among the fresh corpses.
The bodies of Li Guohao, Yao Xinzheng and others were not seen at the scene, nor were those of Liu Xiancheng.
Everyone looked pale and looked at Captain Hu and Pan Hui, waiting for them to make a decision.
Most of the soldiers on the ground with miserable faces were their subordinates. There were too many familiar faces, and the oncoming death shock was too strong. Captain Hu's legs were so weak that he could not speak.
"Colonel Hu, Captain Pan, let's run..." a team member said.
run?
Lieutenant Hu looked panicked, yes, he wanted to run away.
However, there are still a lot of messy and bloody horse hoofprints on the ground. If you want to run, you have to make sure you take a path where you won't be overtaken.
"Don't step on that blood!" Captain Hu turned around and said to everyone, "If you step on blood, take off your boots immediately! Follow me!"
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The people in the underground secret hall of Qu's mansion were completely unaware of the bloody storm outside Qu's mansion and the chaos inside Qu's mansion that had just been broken into.
Mrs. Qu and Zhao Ning are in the elegant room at the north end of the dark hall.
Zhao Ning was leaning on the soft couch, her eyes lightly closed, while Yi Qiu and another little maid were gently beating her shoulders.
Mrs. Qu played half a game of chess, which was boring. She wanted to read a book but couldn't read it. Finally, she chatted with several aunts in charge of the Qu family. The one who talked the most was Jiangmei.
Mrs. Qu always thought she had good taste, but this time the boat capsized, she was deeply unbelievable.
She likes beauties, and she never feels jealous because the girls next to her are younger and more beautiful than her. On the contrary, she hopes that these girls will live well, go smoothly, and be successful in everything.
With her crimson eyebrows like this, Mrs. Qu was not only shocked, but also disappointed and angry.
It is true that she is beautiful with crimson eyebrows, and it is true that she is smart and good at doing things, but she has only beauty and eloquence without the background and confidence to match them. For a woman who was born in a brothel, it is a sad crime to cherish a treasure, which is extremely serious.
It's hard to escape the word tragedy.
As for Mrs. Qu, she invisibly became Jiangmei's supporter, which just gave Jiangmei the confidence.
Relying on Mrs. Qu's relationship, Jiangmei met a large number of powerful people and wealthy businessmen, both men and women. And it was also because of Mrs. Qu that no matter how playful and messy those men were with Jiangmei, they would not think as much as they did to other prostitutes.
Hit him if he wants, and scold him if he wants.
Mrs. Qu was filled with self-blame and sighed nearly twenty times, asking her if this was considered as aiding the evildoers.
The aunts nearby kept comforting her.
There were footsteps outside the private room.
Zhao Ning opened his eyes and looked around. Mrs. Qu and the others also stopped talking.
There was a knock on the door, and a subordinate said: "Madam, the Xia family's army is here, at the gate of the outer mansion."
Mrs. Qu was overjoyed and stood up and said: "What are you waiting for? Let's go and welcome the great hero!"
Shen Lie and Jian Jun led their troops to wait outside the main gate.
Shi Jiaochi, the staff commander under Jian's army, compiled the total number of casualties and distinguished the soldiers from the Hengxiang Guard Station and the South City Guards Office according to their military uniforms.
Most of those who surrounded Qu Mansion last night were soldiers and horses from Hengxiang's guard station.
Later, due to the "letter of war", Zhao Hui'en immediately sent people from the checkpoint outside the city to dispatch 500 soldiers from the capital's southern capital.
At the moment, Hengxiang's guardsmen had suffered heavy casualties and were on the verge of elimination. The soldiers and horses of the Duweifu in the south of the city were protected by Shen Lie, holding their heads in their hands and kneeling on the ground like prisoners.
Li Guohao and Yao Xinzheng were also among them. Liu Xiancheng squatted behind them, his face was sallow, his legs were shaking all the time, and his crotch was wet.
The door of Qu's mansion was opened from the inside, and Mrs. Qu and Zhao Ning led people to welcome them out quickly.
Almost at the same time, Wei Dongyou rode up from the end of the long street, quickly dismounted and ran to Shen Lie's side to whisper.
Shen Lie frowned and said in a deep voice, "How many troops does he want?"
"I was told that the more, the better. I wanted to search every house, but I didn't agree immediately."
"General Shen, what happened?" Jian Jun asked.
"The whereabouts of Ah Li's friends in Qingxiang Village are still unknown. Manager Wang is short of manpower and would like to borrow some troops." Shen Lie replied.
Zhao Ning and Mrs. Qu were stunned when they heard this.
Mrs. Qu rushed over quickly and asked: "What do you mean you are not out of danger yet?"
Wei Dongyou looked at them and said: "Yesterday, someone went to Yanchun Tower first to report the news. When Manager Wang's people arrived at Yanchun Tower, the building was empty. Miss Ali's two students were taken away together.
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"Take them away together?" Mrs. Qu's face turned pale and she fell back.
Zhao Ning supported her, and at the same time he was much calmer than her, and said to Wei Dongyou: "I also have people here, so send them all."
"Thank you Madam Zhao." Wei Dongyou said.
"Reward, add reward," Mrs. Qu murmured, looking at Wei Dongyou, "Ask Manager Wang if it is convenient to post a notice. Anyone who can provide their whereabouts, no, as long as you provide clues, trivial clues will do.
There are many rewards!”
Wei Dongyou nodded: "Yes, I will bring this to you."
"General Jian," Shen Lie said to Jian Jun at this time, "the crisis in Qu Mansion has been eliminated, I will lead my troops to Qi Mo Tang first."
