Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 165: Listen to the wind eight hundred times before you know it is the human world

Yang Yuan was brought here by Zhao Qu, still to gain credit and gild himself.

He is injured now, so it is impossible for him to fight in person.

But he witnessed it all with his own eyes, and also deeply felt what the underworld and the imperial court were.

Why did those people who were able to call the shots in the martial arts world never think of showing off their power in the imperial court?
The horror of the army was clearly visible to him.

Although they are both bows and crossbows, the military bows and crossbows are at least 40% more powerful than the civilian bows and crossbows of Qiyun Society.

Equipped with the same swords and guns, the soldiers who move forward in unison and cooperate with each other tacitly will make your twists and turns and high movements completely useless.

If you dare to leap like an eagle among the forest of guns, spears and crossbows will teach you how to behave.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty's imperial guards not only had cold weapons, they also had flamethrowers, grenades and muskets.

A flamethrower is a tank of kerosene. When the kerosene is sprayed out, it brings with it flames. Once it touches a person's body, water cannot put out the flames, and it is difficult to dig up enough sand and soil in time to bury and put out the fire.

Their grenades, when thrown out, explode as fragmentation grenades, and when buried, explode as landmines. Inside the iron shell are not only iron nails and porcelain pieces, but also wolfsbane and arsenic, which can produce poisonous smoke that stings people's eyes and throats.

Although the Song Dynasty at that time had not yet invented the fire lance that had a killing range of 150 steps that was invented later, the bamboo-tubed spears used at that time could also sweep across a large area.

But the firing rate is a fatal flaw, and reloading is too troublesome.

However, they were not dealing with cavalry that was as fast as the wind. To deal with a group of killers, it was enough to suppress them with the help of fierce oil and fire cabinets, crossbows and grenades.

In a well-trained and disciplined army, under such terrible firepower, how could the killers who were supposed to walk in the dark be the opponents?
Yang Yuan met Madam Wan in the west wing.

The place where Madam Wan died was not far from the flowers where he hid when he first tried to sneak into the inner courtyard of Qiyun Society.

In front of the flowers was a training ground that was in full view without any obstruction. Madam Wan, who had no experience in military combat, died on this training ground.

When Yang Yuan saw her, she was lying on her back on the ground, with a bundle of gold and silver jewelry scattered around her body.

Although she was dead, her eyes were still red and swollen like peaches, which was caused by the poisonous smoke.

Her body and face were covered with broken iron, stones and porcelain fragments, which were the injuries caused by the splashing explosion.

There were several crossbow arrows stuck in her body.

Like Di Jiuzhou, her martial arts were completely useless in such a massacre.

In fact, if she did not run away and chose to defend the inner house, she would have taken advantage of the narrow area and numerous buildings, where officers and soldiers could not advance at the same pace and firearms could not be effective. Although she would eventually die, she could at least use her superb martial arts to kill enemies that were ten times her number.

Unfortunately, she not only escaped, but also ran to the training ground without any plan.

This kind of place is exactly where the weapons of the imperial officers and soldiers can best exert their power.

Yang Yuan had previously been bent on revenge, he had killed people with a smile in "Zhiweitang", clean and neat, and had also made two thrilling dives into "Qiyun Society".

But compared with the mighty army approaching at this moment, it inevitably pales in comparison.

Although, his victory was achieved by him alone, while here an entire army was mobilized.

Power!
Sure enough, power is the sharpest killing knife!

Yang Yuan sighed and looked towards the dim sky: "Brother Runfu, where are you going to take me next?"

"No la!"

Zhao Yu said happily: "Yang Yuan, after intercepting the Jin people's conspiracy, he hurried back to the Song Dynasty, secretly planned and investigated, and finally defeated the Jin people's conspiracy. But he was unfortunately injured in the fight. Now, come back to Gushan with me to recuperate. When you recover, you can take up the post! Goose, goose, goose, goose..."

……

Zhao Qu and Yang Yuan returned to their villa in Gushan.

In the middle of the night, there was a large group of people and there was a lot of noise.

However, the abode where Yang Yuan lived was not very noisy.

It only takes two servants to push Yang Yuan back to the temple and carry him onto the couch. How much noise can that cause?

In the temple opposite, Chen Erniang was sleeping soundly, totally unaware that someone had come into the yard, and her little snoring was rising and falling.

In Li Shishi's room, a corner of the curtain on the bedroom window was opened.

A pair of eyes as gentle as spring water were quietly watching the movements here under the dim starlight.

Jiro is back!
Li Shishi couldn't help feeling happy.

Today, Zhao Qu took Yang Yuan away, and Li Shishi guessed that it was related to the big secret that Yang Yuan told her.

How does the imperial court plan to deal with this matter and what will be the outcome? What will happen to Yang Yuan, who is caught in this huge conspiracy?
There are still no answers to all of this, and she can't help but worry.

She stood quietly by the window, and every time there was a gust of wind outside, she thought it was Yang Yuan coming back.

Now Yang Yuan is finally back and was sent back to the temple to recuperate.

Although she still didn't know the process, she had guessed the result.

The crisis must have been resolved, and Erlang returned safely.

"Go to sleep!"

Li Shishi, wearing a soft silk nightgown and barefoot, climbed onto the couch, turned over happily, and pulled the silky quilt over her belly.

I have to change Erlang's medicine tomorrow and also protect him. The sky is very... almost dawn, so I have to catch up on some sleep!
……

Inside the imperial palace, Emperor Zhao couldn't sleep.

At night, a eunuch hanging a lamp was stabbed in the eye by a flying knife from the outer court, and fell to the ground half dead. Then, the outer court shouted and screamed.

How could this news be kept secret? Someone immediately reported it to Zhao Gou's bedroom.

Zhao Gou was just about to swallow the small pill prepared for him by the "miracle doctor" Wang Jixian, and go to bed with Liu Wanyi.

Upon hearing the news, Emperor Zhao lost his concentration for a moment, and the pill that was at his lips fell to the ground and rolled under the bed.

Zhao Gou didn't know what was happening outside, he was so frightened that his face turned pale. He immediately ordered people to find out the news.

Soon, Queen Wu learned the news and hurried to Zhao Gou's bedroom.

Zhao Gou, the empress and the concubine sat in the bedroom waiting for news.

This process was not long, but it was extremely torturous for Zhao Gou.

During the years when Zhao Gou ascended the throne, there were two military rebellions. One was the Miao-Liu Rebellion, which directly arrested Zhao Gou, forced him to abdicate, and made his youngest son emperor.

During a Huaixi mutiny, Li Qiong and other generals led 40,000 soldiers and forced 100,000 civilians to join Liu Yu of the Qi Dynasty.

During the two mutinies, especially the Miao-Liu Mutiny, he was placed under house arrest and worried about his death day and night, which left a deep trauma on him.

He was afraid that there would be another mutiny during his reign, which would result in him being imprisoned or killed.

Soon, the eunuch Zhang Quwei came back crawling.

He told Zhao Gou that some people were colluding with both insiders and outsiders to pass something into the palace, and that the matter involved the Jin people.

The secret agent "Song Ci" of the Privy Council's Speed ​​​​Room and the Imperial City Envoy Mu En have already captured the colluder between the inside and the outside and caught him red-handed.

Now the imperial guards of the Palace Front Department are working with the imperial guards to capture the remaining traitors.

Zhao Gou was startled again when he heard this, and the teacup he was drinking fell to the ground.

Although he was frightened and thirsty, he dared not drink any more.

Are there people in the inner and outer courts colluding with each other to pass things?
What if the tea cake was mixed with poison?
However, upon hearing that the situation had been under control, Zhao Gou was no longer so nervous.

At this time, the Shangshu Neisheng, Zhe Yueluo, brought a group of palace maids and eunuchs, armed with sticks, and escorted several eunuchs to the emperor's bedroom.

Among the eunuchs who were brought in, one had only one eye left and his face was covered in blood. He was the man who hung the lantern.

When Zhang Quwei saw that the people arrested were not his confidants, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He was no less nervous than Emperor Zhao.

If he has someone among these colluders, his life would be over.

Even though Emperor Zhao has always been very fond of him, he would be ruthless if he became wary or suspicious of him.

After Zhao Gou heard Zhe Yueluo's explanation of the process of arresting these eunuchs, he glared at them coldly and asked them who in the outer court they were colluding with, what they wanted to pass on, and who they wanted to give it to.

Some of these eunuchs knew they were going to die and said nothing.

Some of them did not want to suffer physical pain, but each of them who was bribed with a large sum of money only knew their own side of the story:

They could not explain anything of value other than who he received the things from and who he gave them to.

As for what they needed to pick up and drop off, they couldn't explain it clearly.

The less Zhao Gou knew the truth, the more furious he became. He gritted his teeth and ordered Zhang Quwei to drag the man away and beat him severely, without saying a word.

But the person who confessed finally gave away the Cining Palace.

The Cining Hall was the Empress Dowager's bedroom. Zhao Gou's face changed immediately. He stopped questioning and ordered people to take them all away and keep them under strict surveillance.

The eunuchs in the palace had already received Zhang Quwei's instructions. Some of them climbed up the ladders and watched from the top of the palace walls, while the eunuchs below went to and from the emperor's bedroom like a revolving lantern to deliver messages.

"The soldiers in front of the palace have surrounded all the traitors."

"The soldiers of the Palace Guard have defeated the traitors and captured some alive, while the rest have all been killed."

"The Imperial City Department's official Mu En has already seized the stolen goods and is standing in front of the palace gate, waiting for the palace gate to open at five o'clock in the morning and reporting to the emperor immediately."

After hearing this, Zhao Gou finally put his heart at ease.

"Queen, you don't have to worry. When the palace gate opens, I'll know what's going on when I see Mu En. You can go back to the palace and rest."

The ordinary conversation between the emperor and the empress was no different from that between ordinary people, so Zhao Gou did not need to refer to himself as "I" when talking to Empress Wu.

When Empress Wu saw that the situation had calmed down, she nodded in agreement and returned to her bedroom in Hua Palace.

Since the matter involves the Jin people, it must not be an ordinary collusion between internal and external forces. The harem cannot interfere in politics, so she naturally has to avoid it.

Zhao Gou calmed himself down and saw that the white-haired Internal Minister Zhe Yueluo was still loyally guarding the palace. He couldn't help but show a look of praise. He praised her softly and told her to go back and rest, after all, she was so old.

Afterwards, Zhao Gou ordered his carriage to be carried to the Qinzheng Palace and informed Zhang Quwei that as soon as the palace gate opened, he should immediately bring the imperial envoy Mu En to the Qinzheng Palace to see him.

After dawn, the gate of the inner palace opened and Mu En was immediately led in and hurried to the Qinzheng Hall to see the emperor.

Mu En was calm and composed when he saw the emperor. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the turmoil in the outer court last night was caused by a secret agent sent by the Privy Council's Speed ​​​​Room to the Kingdom of Jin. He received an important piece of information."

Having said that, Mu En paused slightly.

When Zhao Gou heard this, he immediately waved his hand.

The palace maids, eunuchs, and guards who were standing in the hall all filed out and left the Qinzheng Hall.

(End of this chapter)