Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Dark under the lamp
If someone is missing, you naturally have to look for them, but Yin Que has his own ideas on how to find them.
He pulled Duan Wenpei, who was giving orders to his men, aside and hinted to him not to make it public.
This is understandable.
The Yin family is a family of scholars, and Yin Que's disciples are spread all over the country. If the news of Yin Ruizhu's disappearance spreads, whether she is okay or not is secondary. The biggest concern is that it will damage the reputation of her and the Yin family.
Duan Wenpei had already explored the courtyard where Yin Ruizhu disappeared, and also smelled the incense that had not yet burned out in the incense burner. He had some guesses in his mind and wanted to point out the seriousness of the matter to Yin Que, but then he remembered Nan Xu's care for Yin Ruizhu and nodded vaguely.
Yin Que was very grateful and just kept bowing. Duan Wenpei had not had much contact with these scholars and did not like these red tapes, so he turned his body slightly to avoid his courtesy.
When she turned around, Madam Yin was standing outside the door, supported by her maid. She stared at Duan Wenpei intently, pleading incoherently, "No! Don't listen to him! I only want Zhu'er alive! Please, my uncle, let her come back alive!"
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Mrs. Yin's plea did not receive support from the Yin family.
Those old and young, male and female, looked at her as if she were a monster. Later, Madam Yin also stopped talking as if she had done something wrong, and just shed tears silently.
The situation was urgent, so Duan Wenpei just took a quick glance and left the Yin family.
It was already late at night, and many shops had already closed and locked. Looking out from my horse, I could see that the city of Kyoto was shrouded in the dark night.
Duan Wenpei asked someone to go to the government office and bring a few dogs.
Cheng Guang hurried over to catch up, and as soon as he saw the situation, he knew that they were going to use dogs to track the whereabouts of Zhao Huaijue and his group.
He licked the corners of his cracked lips and asked someone to bring the best hunting dogs in the Cheng Mansion. These were good dogs he kept in the mansion for hunting. At this time, he was eager to make a contribution and naturally didn't care about whether to show off or not.
We have the dog, but we can’t just search aimlessly in such a huge city like Kyoto.
Cheng Guang was about to ask when Duan Wenpei had already given the order.
With Zhuque Street as the center, block the four entrances and exits and search from the outside to the inside.
Cheng Guang's mind was in a mess. He wondered if this was too hasty. Just as he took a step, he was pulled back by Huang Xie behind him.
"What's up?"
"My uncle just gave instructions. There are many Hu merchants in Guangmaofang, west of Zhuque. He is afraid that Zhao Huaijue will use the same trick again to infiltrate the Hu merchants. He asked you to take people to investigate the west."
These Hu merchants paid a lot of taxes to the court every year. These businessmen were smart and naturally wanted to take advantage of every opportunity. After a few visits and many social events, Cheng Guang became familiar with these people.
He glanced at Duan Wenpei uncomfortably and said, "It's fine to go, but how can you be sure that this group of people must go to Suzaku Street?"
He remembered that before setting off, Duan Wenpei ordered people to search Zhuque Street inside and out. This would alert the enemy. No matter how stupid these people were, they would not hide in one place and not move.
Yu Rong and the Imperial Guards had already made their move. Huang Xie saw that Cheng Guang was still a little confused and whispered, "Sir, do you know that it is dark under the lamp?"
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Zhao Huaijue was resting in an inconspicuous alley when he heard the dog barking.
The wound of his broken arm had not yet healed, and it was not an easy task for him to carry Yin Ruizhu with just one hand. Moreover, perhaps because the drug was not enough, Yin Ruizhu woke up in the middle of the struggle. Although he had sealed her mouth and tied her hands and feet, she struggled fiercely. Several times, he was almost knocked to the ground by her because of the uneven weight on both sides of her body.
Zhao Huaijue couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and kicked her in the stomach a few times while taking a break.
Yin Ruizhu groaned a few times and curled up into a ball.
Zhao Huaijue slid aside with satisfaction and threatened her that if she moved again, he would kill her.
As he spoke, his bloodshot eyes stared at her sinisterly. Yin Ruizhu couldn't help but think of his crazy look in the stone cave on the back mountain of the Big Buddha Temple. Knowing that she couldn't irritate him anymore, she nodded obediently.
The dog's barking gradually approached. Zhao Huaijue knew he couldn't delay any longer. He stood up, carried Yin Ruizhu on his back, and continued on his way. After taking just two steps, he suddenly stopped, looked warily toward the alley not far away, and whispered, "Who?"
The lantern on the eaves was swaying in the wind, and the flickering candlelight stretched the man's figure out of place.
Zhao Huaian flashed and approached Zhao Huaijue.
“Big, big brother!”
“Bang!”
Tasting blood in his mouth, Zhao Huaijue hurried to explain, "Listen to me first. I buried gunpowder where we live and used Yin Ruizhu to lure him over..."
“Bang!”
Now the left and right sides of the face are symmetrical.
Besides the smell of blood, there seemed to be something else.
Zhao Huaijue spat out his knocked-out teeth mixed with blood, his voice gradually turning cold, "Zhao Huaian, don't be so shameless!"
“Pah!”
His response was still two loud slaps.
Zhao Huaijue couldn't help but fight back, but was held down by the people behind Zhao Huaian. He only had one arm and had another person on his shoulder, so he was easily subdued by them.
There was a lightness on his shoulder as someone took Yin Ruizhu. Zhao Huaijue was pressed down and could not move. He could only stare at the person in front of him with hatred.
"Fourth brother, you are truly hopelessly stupid."
Zhao Huaian moved closer so that Zhao Huaijue could clearly see the contempt in his eyes.
Zhao Huaijue was so stimulated that he kept struggling. Strangely enough, the person who committed the crime just now fell into the hands of someone else the next moment.
Yin Ruizhu looked at his miserable appearance and felt extremely happy.
"What on earth are you going to do?"
Zhao Huaian grabbed his neck and whispered darkly in his ear, "What are you doing?"
"Should I be the one asking you this? We were about to leave the city, but because of you, we're all trapped here." He pointed at several dark shadows behind him, "Look at them. It's very likely that they will stay in Kyoto forever because of your stupidity. Zhao Huaijue, if you weren't my brother, I would have killed you myself!"
Seeing that Zhao Huaijue was out of breath, he loosened his grip, stood up, and let Zhao Huaijue gasp for breath like a dying fish.
The dog's voice was getting closer, almost as if it was separated by two walls.
Zhao Huaian waved his hand, and several black shadows rushed away, including the person with Yin Ruizhu.
"Fourth brother, since you want to kill the third brother so much, I, as your elder brother, will help you." He patted Zhao Huaijue's cheek as if he was looking at a dead object.
Zhao Huaijue covered his throat and looked at him with difficulty. He wanted to ask what he meant, but his throat felt like it was cut by a knife and he couldn't speak.
I could only watch the person in front of me retreat step by step, retreating into the darkness with an ambiguous smile on his face.
The lantern was swinging violently, and the barking of dogs was approaching behind him. Zhao Huaijue stood up with his broken body. Someone said coldly, "I'm sorry, Fourth Young Master," and he was pulled forward by a strong force.
Yu Guangli saw many government officials rushing in from behind him, and the first one sitting on a tall horse was Duan Wenpei, the person he dreamed of killing.
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Cheng Guang was questioning the group of Hu merchants when he heard the huge explosion.
He had never seen the power of the thunderbolt with his own eyes, and was so frightened that he stood there in a daze, not daring to move. It was Huang Xie's voice that brought him back to his senses.
Huang Xie yelled in his ear, "Sir, hurry up, someone rushed out."
Who rushed out? He looked back and saw that those strange-looking barbarians all had the same face and were running around in all directions. It was impossible to tell who was who.
He could only wave his arms subconsciously and ask someone to control them.
However, there were too many people. In addition to Hu Shang, there were also many people who were awakened by the thunder. People swarmed into the streets, asking what was going on. They recognized Cheng Guang, the Jingzhao Yin, and gathered around him, asking him what was wrong.
What's wrong?
What's wrong?
Cheng Guang looked at the faces in a daze, and he also wanted to ask, what happened?
He went to see Huang Xie. Through the crowd, Huang Xie opened his mouth. He could not hear any sound, but strangely understood what Huang Xie was saying.
Huang Xie said, it’s over!
A buzzing sound filled his head, and as he came to his senses, he pushed the people around him. He heard his own voice echoing around him, "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Go to the city gate! Don't let anyone out!"
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In Jingyuan, Nan Xu was startled and sat up from her dream.
"What's going on outside?"
Chunya came in holding a lamp. Seeing that Nanxu closed her eyes because she was not used to the sudden light, she hurriedly moved the candle away.
Yuxiang also followed in dazedly. Seeing Nanxu sitting on the bed wearing only a thin undershirt, he picked up the cloak from the hanger and put it on Nanxu.
"I don't know either. I just heard a loud noise in the west, like something exploded."
The word "explode" was too familiar, and Nan Xu instantly thought of the thunderbolt.
"Where's Uncle? Is he back?"
She looked at the two maids expectantly, and Chunya shook her head, "No."
Nan Xu suddenly panicked, "Where's Liu Hui? Ask him to come and answer."
A maid took the order and went to the front yard, and Nan Xu asked Yuxiang to change her clothes.
The maid came back quickly and said that Liu Hui was not in the mansion. Nan Xu asked who was in the front yard now. The maid shook her head and said that there were only a few servants, and she didn't see Yu Rong and others.
Nan Xu's heart skipped a beat and her heartbeat slowed down.
She vaguely remembered that when she asked Duan Wenpei to help her investigate Yu Ming's matter, he said that he would arrest Zhao Huaijue and others soon. Could it be tonight?
Who set off the thunder bomb?
Is that Zhao Huaijue? Is Duan Wenpei there? Is he injured?
She hurried out of the room and asked someone to find out the news, while she paced back and forth restlessly.
I was worried in my heart and my mind was busy. How could a thunder bomb explode at this time?
She also knew about the death of the armory guard. Naturally, the imperial court would purge the armory from top to bottom and replace it with capable people.
Aside from the Big Buddha Temple incident, which was premeditated by Zhao Huaijue, where did the Sky-shaking Bomb come from this time? It couldn't have come from the armory again, could it?
Nan Xu shook her head, thinking that the possibility was too small.
If it didn't come out of the armory, then it wasn't a thunder bomb. The thing that could have made this noise was most likely gunpowder or firecrackers.
She stared at the jumping flames, thinking this over and over again, but didn't know how to push forward.
Chunya saw her staring at the candlelight in a daze, and thought that the candlelight was not bright enough, so she asked someone to light another one. The clusters of flames illuminated a corner of the room, making the side darker.
Nan Xu's breathing stopped and she suddenly reacted.
Could it be that someone is making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, hiding in the dark? What are they doing? Are they trying to escape?
She asked Chunya, "Did you see clearly where the explosion was in the west?"
Chunya thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "It seems like...near Suzaku Street."
How could it be Suzaku Street?
That place is not far from Gu'anfang. Somehow, Nan Xu thought of Yin Ruizhu.
She looked at the boundless night and gradually came up with an idea.
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