585 Battle at the City Gate
The three of them took advantage of the night to get near Wang's house. Seeing that there was no light at all and it was quiet, he felt relieved.
"Let's go to the city gate and take a look."
This area is full of wealthy people, and there are sounds of fighting, crying and shouting everywhere.
"Young Master, a large number of ruffians have made a fortune tonight." Xiao Wu stared at a few people who were laughing not far away. Two of them were riding horses, with packages all over their horses' backs and bodies. There was also a carriage behind them. Needless to say, it was all real gold and silver.
"Brother, we've made a fortune. We raided the Yongguogong Mansion by accident. Most of the capable Yongguogong's soldiers are out tonight, so we just took advantage of the situation to rob them. Wow, there are so many gold and silver in their house. It's a pity that you can't take those girls with you. They are all very delicate and tender. I really want to take a few of them with me."
"Sixth Brother, you are crazy. We are here to seek wealth. We calculated that their house is empty today. Otherwise, do you think that a dozen of us can get in? When we get there, we will meet up with the third brother and his men, hide the things and leave the city. We will come back to get them after a few days."
Ping An said softly, "Follow them."
The Yongguo Mansion, right? The second prince's maternal family.
In that case, he would like to see where these people hide their things. If it is convenient, he doesn't mind helping to get some gold and silver.
There are only three of us, and fighting and killing won't help much. It won't be too late to find Wang Gandie and the others later.
Lin Feng grinned in the dark night. The young master likes shiny things the most.
The group did not dare to stay long, and their horses galloped at full speed. Ping'an and the other two followed them lightly not far behind, and soon they arrived at the big market in the city. It was noisy here during the day, but empty at night. It was really a good place to hide things.
Ping'an and the other two watched them turn left and right in the market, and finally stopped in front of a small shop at the east end of the market. To be honest, this was not a shop, but just a temporary shack made of rain cloth.
The door of the shack suddenly opened, and the figures of several people inside were not very clear under the dim light. Except for the one who was watching the horses, the rest of the people went in with their things.
A quarter of an hour later, everyone came out and the shop door was locked again.
"Don't fish any more tonight. These are enough for us to use for three to five years. Two guards ran away from the Duke Yong's mansion just now. They must have gone to get reinforcements.
The Sixth Prince asked me why I didn't take more good things. I wanted to, too, especially his family's. You all know the reason, but have you ever thought about this? If the Second Prince succeeds this time, the Duke's Mansion will soar to the sky. How will we sell the things we have taken in the future? These real gold and silver are enough. I don't want to let my brothers suffer because of my carelessness. "
"I'm sorry, brother, I was mistaken."
"Let's split up. We can't get out of the city gate. Let's split up and go back to the inn. It's still unknown whether we can get out of the city in the next few days."
"Brother, we have three horses here, and they are all good horses. But they are too eye-catching. What should we do?"
A man chuckled and said, "Sixth brother, use your brain. We have obtained so much gold and silver, we can buy more horses with it." After saying that, the man patted the horse's butt and the horse galloped away.
It's something I'm willing to give up.
A quarter of an hour later, the market returned to silence.
Xiao Wu was the first to open the door of the shack. Inside there was a wooden table, two stools, and a few vegetable baskets, and the rest was empty.
Ping An took out the night-shining pearl, which was still in the tunnel. There were four of them. When they fell into the tunnel, he and his master each took two for lighting. Now the other one was in his jacket pocket.
With the help of the light, Xiao Wu found the small cellar in a short time.
Several wooden boxes and a dozen cloth packages were stacked inside.
Lin Feng and Xiao Wu opened the boxes one by one, their mouths wide open: "Master, why didn't they take all the gold and silver away separately? At least the banknotes can be taken away."
"Lin Feng, don't you use your brain? Although these people are brothers, no one is sure who will take more at night. Moreover, if the Second Prince wins, he might close the city gates tomorrow and search every house, not to mention the inn? This is just a shack and not noticeable.
Quickly move these to another place to bury them, and we will come back to take them after things settle down. I don’t care if they are from other families, but I will definitely take the ones from the Yongguo Mansion. The shock that Master and I had today was all because of them.”
The three men ran back and forth three times before they finally hid these things underground next to a garbage dump where no one could find them.
"Let's go to the city gate and check the situation."
My family, my master's family, and my teacher's family all have guards and have set up formations, so they are basically safe. The Huang family, the Hao family, and the Wang family are even more so.
Three people were walking through the dark streets.
"Master, there is a large group of people fighting ahead." Lin Feng stopped and said, "Master, can we go over there?"
"Of course I'll go and take a look." No matter who they are, there must be one side that is their own people. All those who are not on the second prince's side are their own people. If the second prince gets the position, both their own family and the master's family will suffer.
Ping An was also convinced. On such a night, a bonfire was lit in the center of the street, and two teams of people in different clothes were fighting.
Why bother?
The second prince was fighting with his father for the throne. There was nothing they could do openly because soldiers had to obey military orders. But it was night time and no one could see it. So why bother lighting a bonfire?
Ping An can't understand the brain capacity of ancient people? You can be a little selfish. Why bleed for others?
"Master, I saw Master Wang Tao, and Master Wang Chufeng," Xiao Wu whispered.
"Cover your face and go ahead."
I covered my face just in case, if the Second Prince wins, it will be good for me...
Wang Tao and Chu Feng rushed to help his brother and brother-in-law. They were originally planning to go to the palace, but they heard that many soldiers had arrived at the city gate and were fighting with General Huang's men who were preparing to enter the city.
Unexpectedly, Xu Hu caught up with them. Xu Hu was the illegitimate son of the Xu family, a branch of the Yongguo Duke's family. He had been working in the Duke's Mansion like a nobody for many years, but he had mastered kung fu. They could hardly hold on any longer.
Ping An and his two companions unexpectedly joined the group and quickly changed the direction of the situation.
Wang Chufeng laughed: "Brother, you are here."
Who else could have such light skills except his brother Ping An and his people? Unfortunately, he couldn't practice it well no matter what he did.
The stick technique he used was the one he had given to Ping An in exchange for his uncle's stick technique in order to improve his lightness.
Ping An's mouth twisted. This kid even knew not to call him by his name. He was smart after all.
He has always believed in not getting his hands involved in any deaths, and now he believes in karma, so he took Lin Feng and Xiao Wu to surround Xu Hu and the others and hit their legs.
Xu Hu had never seen such a style of Kung Fu. You could only watch them floating in front of you, but you couldn't hit them at all. However, they could hit you accurately every time. Fortunately, these people didn't intend to kill him, otherwise he would have died long ago.
"Let's go." Xu Hu's leg pain was unbearable and he suspected that his leg was broken.
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