At noon on the second day of August in the 387th year of the Daliang calendar, Sun Hao and his party finally returned to Ganyang City.
However, when entering the city, Sun Hao and his team encountered some trouble.
The heavy cavalry and gladiators under Sun Hao's command numbered over a thousand. Even a Ganyang army lieutenant guarding the west gate, knowing that Sun Hao was the leader of the Sanshui Society, did not dare to open the city gate easily at this time.
After all, Ganyang City is in an extraordinary period now, and no city gate will be opened easily.
Although more than 200 Liang clan gladiators including Lu Biao were unwilling to join the Sanshui Club, they all followed Sun Hao to Ganyang City.
When Sun Hao learned that Lu Biao and others wanted to join the army, he expressed his willingness to introduce them to his father Sun Zhe.
Good things should be kept within the family. Even though there is still a rift between Sun Hao and his father Sun Zhe, compared with other generals of the Ganyang Army, Sun Hao is still more willing to let Lu Biao and others join his father Sun Zhe's army.
Seeing that the soldiers guarding the city gate refused to open the door, Sun Hao did not make things difficult for them. He just asked Xiao Qiang of the Jinyiwei to sit in a basket hanging from the top of the city wall and enter the city first, and then go to the provincial government office to ask for help from the provincial governor Chen Fengshi.
It was not until Yuan Kui, the chief constable of the East Market, came with a note written by Meng Bingrong, the commander-in-chief of the vanguard, that Sun Hao and his men were able to enter the city through the West Gate.
After seeing Yuan Kui, Sun Hao immediately pretended to be depressed and said, "Captain Yuan, I have failed the governor's trust. This trip to Gule Kingdom can be said to have returned empty-handed.
Before we arrived at Iron Lion City, Princess Huaqing's son had already been killed by the Second Prince.
After much difficulty in getting Princess Huaqing out of Iron Lion City, she was shot dead by the Third Prince's army."
At this moment, Sun Hao had asked Luo Xuan, Emile and nineteen maids to dress up as men and blend into the team.
Yuan Kui saw Sun Hao's depressed look and immediately comforted him, "Sun Longtou, there is no need to blame yourself.
The captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had already told the governor everything that Sun Longtou had done in the State of Gule.
The governor had no intention of blaming Sun Longtou. Instead, he praised him highly for saving tens of thousands of Liang people outside Iron Lion City.
When Sun Hao heard this, his original worries immediately disappeared.
Regarding the matter of Princess Huaqing's fake death, what Sun Hao was most worried about was whether Xiao Qiang of the Jinyiwei could really be loyal to Luo Xuan as he said and conceal the matter.
"No matter what, I am truly ashamed that I failed to complete the task assigned to me by the Governor.
"By the way, Captain Yuan, how are the Left Guard and the Right Guard doing? Has the siege of Shuoyuan City been lifted?"
A trace of bitterness suddenly appeared on Yuan Kui's face, "Master Sun, the left and right guards of the Ganyang Army suffered several defeats in Shuoyuan City, and lost over ten thousand men.
The left and right guards have already retreated into Shuoyuan City, but Grand Commander Cao Tingjin only requested that the vanguard and rear guards strictly defend Ganyang City, and did not mention sending further reinforcements.
Hearing that the Ganyang Army had lost over ten thousand men, Sun Hao couldn't help but ask anxiously, "Captain Yuan, is my father okay?"
"Don't worry, Master Sun, your father is not only fine, but has been promoted to the Left Guard Commander of the Ganyang Army.
Cui Jiliang, the commander-in-chief of the Left Guard who had just been appointed by Grand Commander Cao Tingjin, had died in battle outside Shuoyuan City.
only……"
"Just what?"
"Alas—Master Sun, your residence on Taoxi Street was attacked by the remnants of the Qingyun Society a few days ago. Your two concubines unfortunately died in the attack."
When Sun Hao returned to the mansion on Taoxi Street, he learned that the two deceased concubines were the two beautiful concubines of Han Wei, the former leader of Qingyun Society, whose charm value reached 95 points each.
To be honest, Sun Hao took possession of Han Wei's two concubines mainly to obtain extra sign-in opportunities in the "annual sign-in system" from them, and he did not have much feelings for them.
But Sun Hao had physical relations with them after all, and they were nominally his concubines. The deaths of the two made Sun Hao very angry.
"Tell me! What exactly happened?" Sun Hao asked Taishi Ci in a deep voice.
When Sun Hao left, he asked Taishi Ci to temporarily manage the entire Sanshui Association on his behalf, and the house on Taoxi Street was equivalent to the headquarters of the Sanshui Association.
Now, not only was the headquarters attacked, but two of Sun Hao's concubines also died. Taishi Ci must bear some responsibility.
With a "thump", Taishi Ci knelt down in front of Sun Hao, "Master, I was careless.
Not only did you cause the deaths of many brothers, but you also caused the deaths of two of your wives. Please punish me, young master."
Ru Madam refers to a concubine, but generally only concubines taken by people of status and position can be called Ru Madam.
At this time, Pang De beside him said, "Master, you really can't blame Taishi.
If he had not arranged for many brothers to patrol in armor at night, the losses in the side courtyard would probably have been even greater.
By the time the historian and I arrived at the side courtyard with our men, the two Ru ladies had already been killed by the assassin's powerful crossbow."
The side courtyard refers to the house next door with nearly a hundred houses, and the main courtyard where Sun Hao is now has four large courtyards, sixteen small courtyards and two hundred and twenty houses.
Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, the four most beautiful concubines, and the six-year-old Sun Yao all lived in the main courtyard. Only the two deceased concubines lived in the side courtyard.
Sun Hao immediately reached out and forcibly pulled Taishi Ci up, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't kneel down all the time. This isn't acceptable between brothers!
Taishi, how many of our brothers died that night?
Can we be sure that those killers are remnants of Qingyun Society?"
Taishi Ci sighed and said, "Master, a total of twelve Wei soldiers and four Qin soldiers died in the battle that night.
As to whether those killers are remnants of Qingyun Society, we still cannot be sure.
Although we killed forty-two killers, we didn't leave a single one alive, and the dead killers were all strangers.
We even recruited thousands of gang members to identify the killers' bodies, but we still found nothing."
Upon learning that twelve Wei Wu soldiers and four Qin Rui soldiers had died at once, Sun Hao couldn't help feeling a little sad.
You should know that outside the Iron Lion City, facing tens of thousands of Gule troops, Sun Hao only lost 29 people under his command, and also killed thousands of enemies.
"How many killers escaped that night?" Sun Hao asked in a deep voice.
Taishi Ci said: "Because it was too dark and the assassins were wearing night clothes, we can't tell how many assassins escaped in the end.
But what is certain is that many killers did escape that night.
These days, we have been tracking down the escaped killers, but they seem to have disappeared in Ganyang City."
Sun Hao said in a cold voice: "Immediately notify all the gangs and spread the news in the city, saying that our Sanshui Association is offering a reward of 100,000 strings of cash for any clues about the killer that night!
No matter who it is, as long as they tell our Sanshui Society where those assassins are hiding, they will immediately receive a reward of 100,000 strings of cash!"
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