It is said that the veteran on night duty heard a noise outside the courtyard wall, so he called out, but no one answered, so he called out again. After waiting for half a day to read at midnight, he heard two cat meows, and then he felt relieved. But he shouted too loudly just now, and it was already
This alarmed Ge Qiao, who was on night duty at the Jia family, and came over to ask what happened. The old soldier said, "Nothing, it's probably a cat."
Ge Qiao frowned. He was the son of Ge Liu. He was only eleven years old when Jia She moved a large warehouse for the Rongguo Mansion for the first time, so he had his share. Later, he followed Jia Si to the south of the Yangtze River.
He was the one who set foot on the Zhen family, and he was already a habitual thief. Therefore, he was a good thief. Whenever a thief inadvertently made a noise and alerted the owner, he would fool him 80% of the time by pretending to be a cat climbing a wall or a rat fighting.
Believing the old soldier's words, he retreated to another place. In fact, he went around and climbed up a big willow tree, and then climbed up the courtyard wall. When he stuck his head out and looked up, he couldn't help but gasp.
There was a steady stream of people surrounding them in front of their yard. The number of them was countless. They were all wearing night clothes. Even in the dim moonlight, the glint of swords could be seen, and a ladder could be seen moving towards them in the distance. Ge Qiao hurriedly jumped out.
He came down and ran inside to shout out to Jia Cong, Gong Kun, Yao'er, Gao Ying and others. Everyone was so shocked that they all threw on their clothes and ran into the hall.
Jia Cong first asked: "Do you know who is coming?"
Ge Qiao shook his head: "You are a night traveler. The moon is not clear tonight, and I can't see clearly. I just watched for a while and then came down to call people."
Jia Cong brought the telescope with him, so he took it out and handed it to him: "Excuse me, just look around in the tree."
Ge Qiao agreed and went out with the telescope.
Jia Cong looked at the people in the hall and smiled bitterly and said: "Second Uncle Han is unreliable. I'm afraid he will have to shout everyone out first. But we have to do it quietly and don't let the outside world know that we are aware of it. Everyone should go back and clean up."
The bow is strung and the sword is unsheathed. I have a gut feeling that I’m afraid I won’t be able to take advantage of the situation tonight.”
Jia Huan hurriedly asked: "Can't we just pretend to be gods and ghosts like we did last time?"
Gong Kun shook his head: "It was the leader's plan last time, but it's not that we really scared those people away. Because he is a smart man and cherishes his own men, he can avoid a fight. Now outside
These were all wearing night clothes, and they were considered to be people from the green forest, and 90% of them were from that Wang Daguan. We were passing by, and when we returned to Taiyuan Mansion for the first time, we had no conflicts with them, except for the matter of touching porcelain.
Xi. Since he recognizes Han Guang, he should also know who we are. Since he dares to come, he is willing to die and is not afraid of our revenge."
Jia Cong said: "Both the Gao and Jia houses are not something ordinary people can afford to offend, but he dares to come and surround our yard. Either he doesn't intend to keep us alive, and he is sure that he can use other methods to cover up the truth.
This will prevent our two governments from finding out the real reason in the future; or the backstage is strong enough to not take us seriously."
The room was silent for a while, then Jia Huan stood up and said, "I'm going to call someone." Gao Ying also hurriedly ordered his personal guards to quietly call everyone.
For a while, several people were thinking about it in their minds, until Ge Qiao came back, smiled and clapped his hands and said: "This time I really asked someone to make glutinous rice balls. It was so densely packed that there were at least three to five hundred people, and there was still a ladder.
The racks were moved to this end, and there were about ten racks. The leader was a young man, no more than 20 years old, and someone was holding a torch to shine on him. I looked at him with a telescope, and my face was full of anger. I asked Brother Huan to touch porcelain in the morning
The man who gave him a bottle of fairy water stood beside him."
Gong Kun said: "At such a young age, it is obvious that he is not a high-ranking official. He is probably either Mr. Wang or a young master of the Wang family. What can I say, that high-ranking official Wang has the ability to become a tyrant in Taiyuan Prefecture, how can he be so ignorant that he doesn't even have the eyesight. Think about it. This young man was instigated by the man who touched the porcelain." Yin turned to look at Jia Cong, "Do you want to scare him into negotiating a peace?"
Jia Cong shook his head: "The reason why I am willing to negotiate peace with Zhong Heng is because sooner or later he is a person. He is such a mindless gangster. What does the society do with him? Besides, we have been practicing for so long, and we have never really followed him. People have fought in battles and risked their lives. There are hundreds of people on both sides who can fight. If you can't defeat these reckless people, you don't have to fight anymore. When I return to Beijing, I will buy 20 bookstores, and everyone will be the same. Just concentrate on studying the Four Books and Five Classics and pass the Jinshi exam."
Everyone laughed when he said this. Gao Ying said: "That's right! We are all veterans who have been on the battlefield. We fought against the Tatars back then. If we can't defeat the green forest and grass, there is no need to go to the battlefield. Already."
Everyone got excited and went back to the house to pack their clothes, armor, bows and arrows, and took out their camouflage uniforms and put them on. For a moment, Jia Cong felt like he was still a college student who had just entered school.
For a while, everyone gathered quietly in the yard. Ge Qiao went up the tree again to take a look. He came down and told him that there was a ladder set up about a certain distance outside. Since there was no ladder inside, everyone had to climb up the wall to take a look. The ladder was positioned. Another telescope was also taken out, and Cheng Chi climbed up to the roof with it hanging on his chest.
There was a strange sound coming from the yard, as if a hole was being dug. Someone outside heard it and ran to talk to the leader for a long time. The leader glared at him and ignored him. Ge Qiao imitated a long "cat" sound. Yell, indicating that the people outside are ready to climb the ladder. It's faster inside. These guys are used to climbing all kinds of high-walled short courtyards in this time and space and the obstacle equipment of later generations. They can all easily climb the wall with their bare hands. Seeing that the night walkers outside have not yet climbed up Suddenly, dark heads poked out of the wall, and with a flash of light, the ladder fell down from the wall. Everyone outside watched helplessly as the ladder fell to the ground, and the people on the ladder fell to the ground one after another. Oops suddenly started coming from everywhere.
The young man holding the torch shouted: "Why are you panic? Give it to me again!"
The person on the wall huffed and disappeared again.
The ladder was set up for the second time, and another group of people climbed up. This time they could see clearly that the man inside the wall waved some kind of rope hook in his hand, hooked it directly on the top of the ladder, and overturned the ladder.
The leading young man shouted again: "Shoot an arrow for me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, some powder fell from the top of the wall. People outside immediately felt a sting in their throats. Someone shouted: "It's chili noodles!" Suddenly there was a coughing sound outside.
Someone inside shouted loudly: "Don't worry, there is still kerosene! The first two times are just for you to know how powerful it is, and no one was hurt. As the saying goes, there are only three steps, but there are still twelve ladders in total. Each ladder comes with two barrels of kerosene. You’re welcome~~”
Gao Ying was overjoyed and pulled Yao'er and said: "Brother Weiss! Have you prepared kerosene?"
Yao'er shook his head and said: "Who is carrying which one all the way? It's that guy Ge Qiao who talks nonsense. He only has so many chili noodles, there's not much more."
Gao Ying smiled bitterly and said: "He is just like cousin Cong, he knows how to coax people."
Yao'er said: "There are many of them and there are few of us. If we let them attack from the wall, it will be difficult for us to deal with it. We should probably hit the door now."
Sure enough, the people outside were frightened by the kerosene, and the ladder had fallen down twice, so they all urged the leader to attack from the front door. The leader also made Chili Mozi choke and cough for a long time, and waved his hand.
Let them hit the front door.
It's just the courtyard of an ordinary inn. How strong can the front door be? There were so many people outside that the door latch was broken after a while. The people outside immediately became excited, shouting and waving their simple knives.
The crowd was squeezing in and out, and there were screams one after another.
Goying's men are all veterans, and it is common for them to dig trenches and traps wherever they want. How big is the entrance to this small yard? They almost cut down the branches of the first two trees in the yard and inserted them into the trenches, so that the outside can come in.
They were killed one by one. The veterans were chopping people up with knives on both sides. They were not the gang of thieves from Rikayuan. They never cared about human life. In the blink of an eye, blood splattered in the trap, and corpses were piled up layer by layer.
Jia Cong shouted: "Cheng Chi!"
Cheng Chi leisurely took out the small crossbow, raised his arm and aimed at the young man who was stamping his feet anxiously under the bright torch. He gently pressed the button, and a small steel-tipped arrow penetrated straight into the man's right chest. He heard someone shouting outside.
"The young master is dead——" "The young master was hit by a hidden arrow——" Cheng Chi took a second arrow and aimed it at his throat. The man only shouted "little master" in his third sentence, and then
He could no longer shout out the fourth word. The arrow of the third arrow was aimed at the boy who was touching the porcelain for a while. Cheng Chi blinked and moved away, aiming instead at the person rushing in from the outside.
It became more and more chaotic outside. Some people were surrounding the young master to check, some were shouting and rushing in, and some were starting to run out. I don't know whether they were escaping or returning to report the news.
It didn't take long for the trap to be filled with corpses. People from outside poured in, and the two parties started a melee from the yard to the house. There were many villains here, and it was extremely difficult to attack them. The people brought by the young master would eat them.
It's a loss. The moonlight is dim tonight. They are not familiar with the battlefield, and some of their own people who are red-eyed have been fighting with their own people for half a day. On the contrary, the people of the Gao family and the Jia family have lived here for a few days, so they know more or less.
The location of some furniture. Especially the children in Lixiangyuan who have climbed up and down since elementary school. They hid them casually and then disappeared.
This time it was not just a game of fighting, but a serious fight for the life. The ones who really fought one against ten were the veterans of the Gao family and the old bodyguards of the Jia family. Jia Cong and others fought desperately, even though they fought hard at first.
It was very enjoyable, after all, I was young, so after a while I started to lose one after another, and soon I couldn't keep up with my physical strength, so I just climbed up the beam one by one with a feint and shot arrows and slingshots. Unfortunately, some of the opponents were also able to climb pillars, and they were not very capable.
Fortunately, Lixiangyuan was fully equipped with all kinds of equipment, so it was easier to borrow strength and barely managed to make a tie on the rafters. Jia Cong was secretly worried - why didn't Tian Gengzi come?
It turned out that before anyone outside gathered around the yard, Tian Gengzi had changed into his night clothes and climbed over the wall to sneak out. He was going to Han Guang's place to move reinforcements. However, he didn't even wait for the officers and soldiers for half an hour. Jia Cong took a look.
There was nothing I could do. The people on my side were also very tired. If something happened, it would be uneconomical. I hurriedly blew a whistle and shouted: "Go to the wall and wait for Hongxing~~~"
This was a code. After hearing this, everyone in the Gao family and the Jia family tried their best to get away from the people around them and climbed up one by one. Those who could climb pillars climbed pillars, those who could climb walls climbed walls, and those who could climb cabinets climbed cabinets. There was no high place to climb.
He crawled and found a place to hide, and took out a gauze scarf from his arms to cover his eyes. The young master was a little confused for a moment. Although he knew that there might be a scam, before he could run away, quicklime fell all over the sky.
Everyone in the Gao family is blindfolded, and at a glance they look like a large group of Ninja Turtles.
The rest was massacred. In less than an hour, the small courtyard was like a Shura area, with rivers of blood flowing.
Seeing that the enemy was either dead or running away, everyone took a breath and went to the courtyard to count the number of people. Three servants of the Gao family died, and four others were seriously injured; the bodyguards of the Jia family
Although all the teenagers in the division were alive, almost all of them were injured. Fortunately, it didn't matter. Even Gao Ying, only one of them was uninjured, and it was Wu Xiaoxi! She said: "I am small and thin, and ordinary people are short.
Then they can no longer see me."
After everyone treated Huizi's wounds for a while, they sent people outside to look for the innkeeper. Suddenly the innkeeper came tremblingly and hesitated for only half a sentence. Gong Kun didn't have time to listen to his explanation, so he interrupted and asked:
"Some of us are injured. Is there a doctor nearby?"
The boss hurriedly said: "Yes, it's on the next street."
Gong Kun nodded and asked the two men to follow him to the doctor's house in the next street and break down the door.
Jia Cong looked at the moon and said, "It's this hour and Gengzi hasn't come back yet. Something's wrong. I'm afraid there's something wrong with Han Guang."
Wu You was also furious today and said loudly: "Let's go to Han Guang's mansion!"
Jia Cong Gaoying left the servants and stewards who were not martial artists, and asked them to carry the enemy's corpses to one place, collect arrows from them, and the rest rode horses and rushed towards the prefecture.
Go to the Yamen.
When they arrived at the door of the Yamen, they saw bright lights inside. The doorman looked at them and bowed with a smile: "General Gao, Mr. Jia, our master has been waiting for you for a long time, please~~"
Gao Ying snorted coldly, and with his armor and Jia Cong in the lead, hundreds of people walked in proudly.
There were more than a dozen bright candlesticks burning in the lobby of the prefecture, and the light was as bright as day, but there were only six people. Han Guang and Tian Gengzi sat face to face. Tian Gengzi had an angry face, and behind him were four sturdy men with swords.
It was seized.
Gao Ying glanced at Han Guang indifferently: "Master Han, what is going on?"
Han Guang stood up with a smile on his face and bowed deeply to them: "I already knew that Mr. Gao and nephew Jia Xian were very skilled in martial arts, and that those ruffians were no match for them. It's true."
Gao Ying sneered: "So Mr. Han sincerely let those gangsters go to rob and kill us?"
Han Guang shed tears and said: "I have been disturbed by these unruly people for a long time..." He immediately began to cry about how capable the official Wang was, how he treated the king's law as if it were nothing, how he coaxed all the unruly people to only listen to him, and even he
All the government officials were coaxed away.
At this moment, Tian Gengzi came over and whispered to Jia Cong: "I just came to see him to move reinforcements, but he only agreed, saying he was going to order troops and horses, and as soon as he turned around, someone captured me.
." He said, his face flushed with embarrassment, "I really didn't guard against him... He just said to wait and see what Mr. Jia is capable of. He is probably here for you."
Jia Cong nodded, really not interested in watching Han Guang's acting, so he interrupted: "Which prince is behind Mr. Wang?"
Han Guang was startled.
Jia Cong asked again: "Which prince is behind you?"
Han Guang couldn't help but open his mouth.
"How many sons does Mr. Wang have? What women are they born to?"