Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 131 Someone Comes to Cover the Rear
When Guo Xuzhi and other imperial city soldiers rushed from "Chunfeng Tower" to "Zhiweitang", the soldiers of Guoxin Office were fighting with the plainclothes soldiers of the Imperial City Bureau.

Although the plainclothes officers of the Imperial City Bureau had knives in their hands, they did not dare to kill the people from the National Information Office without authorization, and they did not dare to kill them, so they could only retreat step by step.

Guo Xuzhi and others rushed to the "big torch". The fire shot up into the sky, illuminating the ground brighter than daytime, and everything was in sight.

He yelled, "What happened here?"

When the guards of the National Trust Office saw that they were from the Imperial City Bureau, they immediately pointed at Yuan Chengju and others and shouted, "These villains set fire to the Zhiwei Hall and wanted to burn us all to death. Catch them quickly!"

"Bullshit! I want to catch a thief, I am..."

As soon as he saw Guo Xuzhi and others arriving, Yuan Chengju wanted to reveal his identity.

Guo Xuzhi shouted: "Catch these bad guys for me!"

After saying that, he swung his knife and went straight for Yuan Chengju.

After all, Yuan Chengju was not stupid. When he saw Guo Xuzhi acting like this, he knew that something must be wrong. He hurriedly drew his knife to meet his opponent's attack, not daring to say anything more, for fear that he would make mistakes if he said too much.

Guo Xuzhi and Yuan Chengju fought with swords. During the fight, Guo Xuzhi cursed in a low voice: "Fools, are you going to tell them that you were sent by the Imperial City Bureau to monitor them? If the fire starts, I'm afraid they will frame them."

After saying this, the two passed each other.

Yuan Chengju suddenly realized what was going on and immediately shouted, "Brothers, they don't know how to be kind. Let's go!"

Yuan Chengju ran away, and seeing this, several plainclothes imperial guards immediately followed him and escaped.

Those who were fighting against them were originally comrades from the Imperial City Bureau, so naturally they would not really attack them, let alone pursue them relentlessly.

Those people from the Guoxin Institute had burns on their bodies and were in unbearable pain. Now that people from the Imperial City Bureau took action, they retreated.

As a result, the Imperial City Bureau let the criminals go, which made them furious.

An officer came forward and grabbed Guo Xuzhi to argue with him. At this time, Murong Yaner, the female bartender of "Zhiweitang", stood up timidly.

"Two officers, what that person just said is true. There is indeed a person who slid down a rope from the top of the fire tower to that direction."

By this time the fire had completely started and the crackling sound of burning wood was incessant.

The raging flames forced people to retreat step by step. Looking up into the sky, the iron chain could be seen clearly.

An officer rushed to Murong Yan'er and shouted, "Miss Murong, are you telling the truth?"

Murong Yan'er was originally Wang Jinbo's lover, and the officer escorting the foreigners had seen this Hu woman before.

Murong Yan'er nodded and said, "It's absolutely true. I... also saw it."

At this time, the end of the iron chain that was stuck on the upper floor had been burned by the raging fire and could no longer be held, so the chain fell down.

One end was already burning red, and it lashed the ground a few times like a whip, scaring the people nearby and making them step back.

Seeing this, the guard no longer had any doubts. He clasped his fists towards Guo Xuzhi and said, "Sorry, I am being rude. Can you lend me your sword for a while?"

After saying this, he pulled out the steel knife from Guo Xuzhi's ribs, raised the knife, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to arrest him!"

When the people from the National Intelligence Service saw this, they rushed to snatch weapons from the imperial soldiers.

Even if these imperial soldiers and the people from the National Intelligence Service did not get along in private, on the surface they were all soldiers of the imperial court. There was absolutely no reason for them to go against each other under the watchful eyes of the public.

Besides, who was the person who burned the building?
Although they had no aversion to this man, they had no reason to help him, so they did not resist.

A group of Guoxinso soldiers escaped death and were furious.

Besides, the fire was so raging that if there were still people inside, no one would be able to escape.

In other words, almost all the officials of the National Information Institute, except for the two supervisors Li and Mu, were caught in one fell swoop.

If anyone makes great achievements at this time, how many positions will be waiting to be filled?

The people in the Guoxin Institute serve the cunning and arrogant Jin people all day long, and they are all very smart.

Having just escaped death, I have already thought of this.

So, the seventeen or eighteen surviving soldiers of Guo Xin chased in the direction that Yuan Chengju had pointed out before and Murong Yi'er had also pointed out now.

……

On the Chunfeng Tower, Prince of Enping Zhao Jue, the king's brother-in-law Liu Shangqiu and other dignitaries were still immersed in the story even after the curtain had been drawn.

Mr. Li Guanyu, the owner of the Zaju Troupe, had already seen Prince Enping sitting in the audience, and he was very scared.

This prince, who cannot bear to see separation of life and death, would not bring him back to his palace again, lock him up in a small dark room and force him to change the script, right?

This time, the script was not written by us!
However, Zhao Qiu took out his handkerchief and wiped his tears silently, and did not have any outburst. Only then did Boss Li, who was hiding in a corner of the curtain and peeping, feel relieved.

Yu Yao Nu was just about to follow Yang Yuan's instructions and lead a group of actors to the stage for a curtain call, when the door to the top floor of Chunfeng Tower was knocked open. Several imperial soldiers rushed in and shouted in a stern voice: "Deputy Commander Liu, disaster has occurred!"

Liu Shangqiu was even more excited about the jade waist slave's outstanding performance than if he had become famous. He was about to show off to everyone around him, but when he heard this, he suddenly stood up and shouted, "What happened?"

As soon as he asked this question, he realized something was wrong.

As the door opened, the blazing fire in the distance shone over, even more spectacular than the "flame" on the stage just now.

Soon, they ran to the downstairs of "Zhiweitang".

"What happened..."

Liu Shangqiu was just about to ask Guo Xuzhi who was present to clarify the matter when he heard a scream in the air.

He looked up suddenly and saw a fire man falling from the air with fangs and claws bared.

Liu Shangqiu suddenly stepped back and glanced to see Prince Enping still looking up at the excitement. He quickly reached out and pulled, and the fire man slapped in front of the two of them. With a "bang", the fire man became silent and motionless.

Seeing that the man was lying face up, although he was severely burned, a soldier from Guoxin who was seriously injured and remained at the scene shouted, "It's Zhang Gongfeng, Zhang Gongfeng!"

At this time, Guo Xuzhi leaned close to Liu Shangqiu's ear and hurriedly told him what had happened here.

Then, Guo Xuzhi glanced at the dead man on the ground and added: "This is the official of Guoxin, Zhang Dingbang!"

Liu Shangqiu curled his lips, and the original shock and worry disappeared instantly.

This prince's brother-in-law has the temperament of a little girl. Whatever I like, he's fine with it. But whatever I don't like, you love it to death.

Although Mu Tiju and Commander Cao hated the Guoxin Office deeply, they still wanted to get solid evidence and bring them to justice.

Liu Guojiu said that as long as you are unlucky, it doesn’t matter how you are unlucky!
"This person is so cruel..."

Uncle Liu was dissatisfied with the bad smell at the scene, and his face was a little painful from the burning fire. Would he have to apply cucumber slices on his face a few more times when he goes back?

He quickly stepped back a few steps, and when he felt it was not so hot anymore, he stopped and looked up at the fire.

Enping County Prince Zhao Yu stood by and twisted his arm: "Do you think there is still life?"

The emperor's uncle Liu Shangqiu said, "Even if you are made of iron, it will melt after this fire. Who can survive?"

Just as he finished speaking, another fire man jumped down from the building dancing.

Zhao Qu pointed at the burning man in the air and said excitedly: "Look, look, it's alive!"

"Tom!"

The burning man fell to the ground, and the seriously injured Guo Xinzuo soldier cried out in despair: "It's Huang Sichou, Sichou is dead too!"

Liu Shangqiu glanced at Zhao Qu beside him and said proudly: "What? If I say it's dead, then it's dead!"

……

Brother Ya had already been waiting at the place designated by Yang Yuan in advance.

The grappling hook shot by Yang Yuan was nailed into the brick wall they had agreed on in advance. Brother Ya, who was hiding behind, heard the noise and immediately pushed a wheelbarrow out.

When Yang Yuan slid down the iron chain, Ya Ge had already untied the unconscious Shen He and was tying his hands and feet.

Without saying a word, Yang Yuan helped him tie up Shen He, stuffed his mouth, put him in a sack, and lifted him onto the wheelbarrow.

Ya Ge pushed the cart, and Yang Yuan followed with his knife hidden, vigilantly observing the movements behind him.

A moment later, more than a dozen soldiers from the Guoxin Office chased after them with knives in hand.

They saw the end of an iron chain nailed to the wall.

However, the alley now connected both ends, and for a moment they didn't know which side to chase.

Yaban was hesitating whether to divide his troops or not, as the fire in "Zhiweitang" burned deeper and deeper, getting bigger and bigger. With a loud bang, the top floor collapsed.

For a moment, countless sparks flew into the air, as if a huge firework suddenly exploded in the sky, and the spread of the sparks was probably hundreds of meters.

As the fire suddenly became brighter, a soldier from the National Information Office suddenly shouted, "There's a cart on the ground. Take a look."

Yang Yuan's calculations were careful enough, but he did not expect that at this time, the collapse of "Zhiweitang" would allow the pursuers to clearly see the wheelbarrow marks on the ground in the night.

The guard carefully identified him and said happily, "Chase him!"

The group chased towards the alley where Yang Yuan and Ya Ge retreated.

After leaving the alley, there was a T-shaped intersection. This time they had experience, and two servants immediately lay on the ground to identify it carefully, then pointed to an alley, and everyone chased in again.

As the last servant stepped into the alley, a figure flashed behind him like a ghost.

The man leaned forward and silently got on the soldier's back, covering his mouth with one hand and cutting his throat with the other.

He killed the man cleanly and neatly, threw the body aside, and as he continued to chase him, he turned around and stabbed the corpse accurately in the heart, as if he was afraid that the man had not died.

When this man walked, one shoulder was higher than the other, and it seemed that one of his legs was lame, but his steps were fast and light, like a ghost, and he made no sound at all.

When the team of servants rushed out of the alley, four people behind them had been killed silently without them noticing.

When they reached the intersection, they identified the road quickly, chose an alley, and rushed in.

But this time, the ghost did not chase them anymore, but pounced forward.

A soldier from Guoxin who was running at the end seemed to have sensed something and suddenly looked back. It was quiet under the cold moonlight and he found nothing.

"I see, they're going to take the water route!"

The officer chased and chased and gradually came to his senses and realized that this was a road leading to the river.

The man escaped from the upstairs and should have been trying to escape by boat.

After realizing this, the man immediately sped up.

But he only ran three steps and then suddenly stopped.

A figure suddenly appeared at the alley ahead.

The figure stood sideways at the intersection, tall and sturdy, with a big belly, like a pregnant woman.

(End of this chapter)