Chapter 606 Chaos
The masked assassin didn't even glance at him, and thrust his sword directly at the King of Yizhou who was standing in the front...
The King of Yizhou was shocked and pushed away Jiedushi Zhang while backing away...
The guards of the palace were distracted by the lively scene of distributing rice dumplings, so they were a step late. Fortunately, the King of Yizhou was not so incompetent and still knew some skills.
The guards rushed forward, but the masked men also jumped up from the stage. Five or six Nuo opera fortune tellers flew up with weapons in hand and attacked the King of Yizhou...
One of them shouted, "Li Chengzhi, today I will seek justice for tens of thousands of people in Yizhou. You embezzled river embankment funds and killed tens of thousands of people in Shu Prefecture. You deserve to die!"
The King of Yizhou dodged left and right and was accidentally scratched by the sword.
The Ming governor was shocked when he saw that County Magistrate Tang was trying to pull him back, so he dragged him back and whispered in his ear with gritted teeth, "Fool, if the King of Yizhou dies today, none of us will survive. Hurry up and save him—"
After saying that, he pushed him out.
County Magistrate Tang was furious. He nimbly turned to avoid the oncoming sword and kicked away the sword that was stabbing at the King of Yizhou...
Of course he wouldn't rush forward. The assassin wouldn't recognize his face, only his official uniform. So he stood in front of the King of Yizhou, pointing at the guards who were already rushing towards him and shouting, "Stop them, stop them..."
After saying this, he pulled the King of Yizhou to the side, avoiding the attack with great difficulty...
The Ming governor went to get his superior, Jiedushi Zhang...
There was chaos on the stage, and there was chaos below the stage as well.
When the assassin leaped up, the dull-witted people thought it was a performance until County Magistrate Tang called out "assassin" and they reacted.
Then the people who were seeking profit and avoiding harm suddenly became chaotic and turned around to stay away from the platform.
The fortune teller who was performing the Nuo opera in front of them was just as confused as them. He watched as a dozen of his companions drew their swords and became assassins. The innocent ones looked bewildered, having no idea what was happening.
It was not until hot blood splattered on their masks that they came to their senses and screamed and scattered with the crowd.
Manbao just took the rice dumpling from the servant of the palace, lowered his head to smell it, and in that moment he lowered his head, when he looked up, the street in front was in chaos.
She was stunned.
Bai Shan and others who were distracted by catching the rice dumplings like her were also stunned.
They just watched in silence as the people on the platform started fighting, while the people in front of them were screaming and trying to squeeze back.
Daji was the first to react. He reached out and pulled Bai Shanbao and Manbao down, shouting, "Go!"
Mr. Zhuang also reacted and called Zhou Silang and Wei Chen: "Hold hands, we are leaving this dangerous place..."
Daji pulled the two of them down, stuffed Manbao into Zhou Silang's arms, reached out to pull Bai Erlang, turned around and went to the shop behind him, "Let's go into the store and go out the back door."
The streets are full of people. There is a panic in front and a lot of people are retreating. If we are not careful, someone will die.
Manbao didn't even have time to see what was happening behind him, and was directly dragged into the store by Zhou Silang.
Zhou Silang held Manbao in one hand and Zhou Lijun in the other, following closely behind Mr. Zhuang and Daji.
Wei Chen wanted to catch up, but was pushed by someone. Fortunately, Man Bao was quick enough to reach out and hold him back.
The group barely managed to avoid being separated.
As they squeezed into the shop, they heard the shouting and fighting outside getting louder and louder, and the fighting seemed to be getting more intense. But the people in the shop didn't leave, instead they squeezed towards the door, and as they squeezed, they stood on tiptoe to watch the excitement.
Daji cursed in his heart. He didn't dare let his young master risk his life to watch the fun here, so he pulled them and went to the back with determination, although it was difficult.
There were quite a few people complaining in the store. Perhaps because there was a wall there, they felt very safe and were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they wanted to watch the excitement with great interest.
Manbao couldn't bear to watch and shouted repeatedly: "There is an assassin, there is an assassin, run away!"
No one paid any attention to her. Instead, they moved forward, as if wanting to see what the assassin looked like.
Wei Chendu looked back, and Bai Shanbao turned around and grabbed Manbao, shouting, "Hurry up, hurry up..."
Manbao also turned around and grabbed Wei Chen, repeatedly saying: "Run, run..."
The group squeezed into the yard with difficulty and went straight out the back door.
The back door of the shop was originally only for people in the kitchen to enter and exit, but now there was no one guarding it, so they simply opened the door and went out.
The back door is a small alley, and people are constantly running in and escaping through the alley.
The alleyway connecting to the main street was in chaos, with constant screams and cries for help from passers-by.
Mr. Zhuang glanced over there, then closed his eyes and said, "Let's leave quickly. Yizhou City is about to be in chaos."
As they were talking, several people wearing Nuo opera costumes and masks stumbled into the alley. Manbao and the others were startled and stood against the wall, looking at them in horror.
The people along the road looked at them in horror and dodged them.
The leading fortune teller was on the verge of tears, but his expression couldn't be seen due to the mask he was wearing. He just kept shaking his hands and said, "It has nothing to do with us, it has nothing to do with us..."
Mr. Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was so panicked and had no weapons on him.
Manbao, who had read many future stories, realized almost immediately that these fortune tellers seemed to be real fortune tellers performing Nuo opera.
She reached out and ripped off their masks. Seeing his pale face and cold sweat, she frowned and said, "Why are you still wearing masks? Be careful, the authorities will mistake you for assassins and arrest you."
Mr. Zhuang slapped the mask out of her hand, gave her a warning look, and then said to the others, "Since this has nothing to do with you, quickly take off your clothes and masks and run for your lives. Leave Yizhou as soon as possible."
The panicked people finally calmed down a little. Yes, the assassin was mixed in with them and took advantage of the opportunity of performing Nuo opera to assassinate the King of Yizhou. No matter whether they were innocent or not, they would probably not escape death.
In that case, you might as well run away.
A few people hurriedly bowed to Mr. Zhuang and others, then threw away their masks, stripped off their clothes, and ran away wearing only their inner clothes.
The streets are in chaos now, who cares whether they are rude or not?
When Mr. Zhuang saw them running away, he also ran away with Manbao and the others.
But none of them knew the way and were basically running around aimlessly.
Zhou Silang followed them down two alleys and sensed something was wrong. He quickly stopped them and looked around before saying, "I don't know where this is. We need to find a street to look around."
"The streets outside are full of people."
"We don't even need to leave the alley. We just need to see where we've ended up. That way I know where to go. We can't just run around blindly, right?"
Manbao ran out of breath and clutched his chest, saying, "Keep running! The assassins can't come here. We can wait here until the government quells the chaos before we leave. Our car is still at the restaurant outside the main street."
Zhou Silang slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, our horses and carriage are still at the restaurant. We can't lose them."
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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