As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

But going around in circles...isn't it a waste of time?

Before Hua Manlou could figure out what was going on, there was a rush of confusing news: one of the soldiers and horses of the Wucheng Army Division immediately fought with the people from Dongchang for no reason, and a hundred households in the capital and Xuanwuwei fought with people from Dongchang for no reason. The Baihusuo clashed with the soldiers and horses of the five cities at the gate of the city for no reason...

It would be okay if there were only one or two places like this, but in an instant it seemed that the entire capital was in chaos, not only Xuanwuwei and Dongchang, but also the three major camps outside the city. The last news that arrived was that a warehouse in Shenji Camp caught fire for no reason, the gunpowder in the warehouse exploded, and dozens of people died on the spot...

"No, it's not right!" Hua Manlou suddenly realized the problem: "Is there anyone watching from Yiduan Palace?"

Qianhu in the inner city of Xuanwuwei said nervously: "It was half an hour ago, but just now, in order to deal with the fight with Dongchang, the people there went to help, and before Prince Yiduan went to the palace, some people followed... "

Hua Manlou interrupted him directly: "Did a large number of people with different accents come in from the capital recently?"

"This... Uncle, people with different accents come to the capital every day..."

Hua Manlou slapped the table and stood up: "Song Jie, call all our people to gather!"

501. Hurry up and help!

In an instant, Huamanlou was full of blessings to the heart, and he understood all the operations of King Yiduan.

First of all, buying Pu Zhenghao for impeachment was his temptation. He wanted to really confirm Huamanlou's position in Emperor Guangxing's heart, and then speculated whether Emperor Guangxing would appear at Huamanlou's wedding.

Then, the purpose of giving gifts everywhere is to make people confused, to muddy the water, and at the same time to make everyone suspicious of each other—for example, there was news from Wen Liang that Hua Manlou should pay more attention to the soldiers and horses of the five cities The people of the company, after all, the gate of the city is in their hands.

This crucial step completely confused Dongchang and Xuanwuwei, so that a group of people didn't know who to investigate, and at the same time, Dongchang and Xuanwuwei didn't know who was innocent. Everyone gave presents.

So who was King Yiduan really buying?

No one would have guessed that his people were all middle and low-level, such as the commander of the [-] battalion who led a team to the south, such as the Xuanwuwei Baihu who had a fight with Dongchang for no reason, and their ranks were not high anyway.

These people don't need to know much about the inside story, and they don't need to do so many outrageous things, they just need to cause some confusion at the right time.

And after they made such a fuss, the defenders of the capital naturally had to circle around them—you see, a group of cavalry from the [-] Battalion suddenly ran away, causing the nervous Xuanwu Guards to immediately go out to investigate the case; A general of the Fifth Army Battalion took his subordinates out for training, so Dongchang had to send a team out of the city to find out what happened...

With such a pull, how much mobile power does the capital have?

The most terrible thing is that King Yiduan himself suddenly entered the palace, which made at least half of the Xuanwu guards who watched him go out to follow him. The idle frame was withdrawn.

So why stare at the palace?

Because, the flow of people in a place like the capital is very large, and it is as simple as playing, and it is also very simple to hide.Even if they didn't bring weapons, the palace can hide weapons.

Once this group of people is allowed to transport weapons out of the palace, the capital will instantly have an extra team of dead soldiers—that is to say, King Riduan did not intend to use the army to directly take down the city gate and palace gate at all today. The target was directed at Emperor Guangxing and Zhao Ren.

And assuming that these two people are unfortunately killed, King Yiduan has priority in terms of ranking, King Yiduan is much higher than the other two sons of the late emperor in terms of IQ, and he himself is still in the capital, so if he does not succeed, who will succeed? ?

According to the current situation, the situation in Beijing is complicated, and there is no way to gather manpower in a short period of time. If Emperor Guangxing encounters an ambush, the consequences will be disastrous. .

Even though Xu Dacheng increased the guards of Emperor Guangxing, Emperor Guangxing would not like to overwork his staff if there is no way to explain it clearly—the consequences of countless assassins facing countless one or two hundred guards...

But as soon as Hua Manlou ordered the assembly, someone came to report: "Uncle, there is news from the palace, Your Majesty is leaving!"

"Damn!" Hua Manlou got up angrily and ran out: "As many as you can gather, come, and the others will follow!"

The speed of Xishanwei's assembly was not slow, but even so, it took nearly a stick of incense to gather a thousand-man team at the gate—the young soldiers were arranged in various places in the Huai'an uncle's mansion, and there were dozens of secret posts alone. So it is extremely troublesome to assemble.

But Huamanlou couldn't wait any longer, so he took these people and headed for the Meridian Gate.

……

A little bit forward in time, Meridian Gate.

Emperor Guangxing was in the same car with the empress, he looked at the situation outside and even complained: "It's just to join in the fun, it's supposed to keep a low profile, but that murderer Xu Dacheng had to bring all these people with him to do all these things ostentation."

The queen just smiled gently: "He is also worried about His Majesty's safety, why does His Majesty blame him?"

"Didn't I blame him?" Emperor Guangxing said gloomily, "It's just that after the ostentation was done, the courtiers had to meet with them when they went, and they couldn't stay longer. It was a waste of time to go out of the palace."

The queen smiled and said, "Even if there is no such ostentation, wouldn't the courtiers have to pay their respects when His Majesty arrives?"

Emperor Guangxing sighed: "Besides this, I am also afraid of disturbing the people. The roads are often blocked after driving out of the palace, not to mention delays, and the people along the way have to kneel to greet them. How can it be as convenient as traveling in a micro-clothes?"

The queen just smiled and didn't argue with him about it.

While speaking, the chariot left the Meridian Gate and headed towards the East Street under the guard of a hundred people.

After a while, Emperor Guangxing was about to talk to the queen about the prince when he suddenly heard a shout from outside: "There are assassins! Escort!"

Emperor Guangxing was surprised: "Assassin? White Lotus Sect?"

Before the words fell, the shouts and screams outside the car became one.

Xu Dacheng, who was outside the car, commanded the guards to get closer to the car as much as possible, and Lu Kun's roar came from farther away, urging the guards to protect the prince and queen mother's car as much as possible.

Emperor Guangxing was about to poke his head out of the car to have a look, but before he could move, he heard the sound of something being nailed into the wall of the car, and Xu Dacheng's shout came immediately: "Your Majesty, don't come out, the assassin has a bow!" crossbow!"

The empress turned pale with fright, and Emperor Guangxing quickly took her hand: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

The empress reluctantly nodded, but said hastily: "The emperor...what can the emperor do?"

Emperor Guangxing frowned: "Don't worry, there are people protecting him."

He said so, but he didn't have any confidence in his heart, especially at this time when he couldn't see the outside situation clearly.

Just as he was worried, the carriage suddenly moved, and then Xu Dacheng shouted: "The thieves are powerful! Hurry up! Protect Your Majesty and rush out, run to Uncle Huai'an!"

The other one, whether it was the leader of the forbidden army or someone beside him, shouted: "Xu Banban, there is no way to rush! There are also people blocking the road ahead!"

"We must rush! Only by rushing out can we survive!" Xu Dacheng shouted angrily: "The back is blocked!"

As Xu Dacheng said, now Emperor Guangxing's convoy is blocked in the middle of the street, which is about the same distance from Miyagi and Huai'an Bofu.The front road was full of people, but the back road was blocked by the stones and logs brought by the assassins from nowhere when the shouts of killing just started, and there were also many people watching from behind.

Although he knew that it might be more difficult to fight from the front, Xu Dacheng firmly believed that Huamanlou must have the power to destroy the assassins, and firmly believed that if he sensed that the situation was wrong, he would definitely bring people to come.

And in the palace...

The people who made the decisions were all in this convoy, and even if they came to support under pressure without ordering the palace guards, they would have to struggle and hesitate for a while, and the combat power was not high.

Therefore, Xu Dacheng, who was confused every day, finally made the smartest decision in this situation, and still shouted in his heart: Uncle, come and help!

502. What is that?

When Emperor Guangxing was intercepted and killed, Hua Manlou was able to set off with Xishanwei.

Huamanlou has never been so panicked since crossing, not even when he was exploring Shengshan at night - at that time, he was just worried, but now the situation is that if he is not careful, the big Zhao will change the sky.

If it had just come here, Hua Manlou wouldn't have thought much about it, after all, he was a bad gambler at that time, and had almost nothing to do with the emperor or the prince.

But now, no matter whether Huamanlou is happy or not, whether he admits it or not, at this time he is a proper royalist in the eyes of others, and only when Emperor Guangxing and Zhao Ren are safe, can Huamanlou be safe.

The reason is very simple, just look at what Huamanlou has done since his debut: On the surface, he defeated the Wacha and the Tatars;But secretly, he is in charge of the most elite troops in the capital, the navy and foreign trade of the whole country of Dazhao, and the most core and most secret weapon of Dazhao.

When tinkering with these things, Huamanlou committed taboo things more than once: he beat the prince, he slandered the founding emperor, he married back when the court violated him, and he even cheated on Emperor Guangxing when he opened the sea trade. Pulled it directly into the pit, and still cut it first and then played it...

As I said earlier, if another emperor came, who would be willing to make Huamanlou go through such a toss?How could Emperor Guangxing trust him unreservedly if he hadn't established the kind of relationship with Emperor Guangxing that was similar to "forgetful friendship" at the beginning?

So what is certain is that once something goes wrong with Emperor Guangxing, unless Zhao Ren comes to power, no matter who is replaced as the emperor, Huamanlou will not be able to do well-being forced to hand over everything is light, and it is more likely The most important thing is that the emperor directly wiped out the huge threat of Huamanlou.

Therefore, Hua Manlou's current urgency is not only to save her godfather and brother-in-law, but also to work hard for her little comfortable life.

only……

It is a bit outrageous for him to ignore all the guests and go out in such a hurry: since ancient times, he is probably the only one who left everyone behind after worshiping, so most people are dumbfounded.

"Uncle Xishan...what are you doing?"

"Is it considered a marriage proposal?"

"Is it done? All thanks to..."

"The groom ran away, shall we keep the table or say goodbye first?"

When Uncle Huai'an came out to appease everyone, Hua Manlou had already rushed to the street.

As the commander of the Xishan Guard, Hua Manlou's physical fitness is the worst, so after running with the crowd for a while, he was already out of breath, and he was like a waste... Cough, like a salted fish, Jiu'er and a boy The soldiers ran in the middle of the team, one on the left and one on the right.

And when Huaman was out of breath upstairs, Song Jie suddenly ran back from the front and shouted: "Uncle, there are people blocking the road ahead!"

Hua Manlou panted heavily: "Go... let's go and have a look."

Blocking in front of Xishanwei at the intersection was a group of people from Wucheng Bingmasi. A man with triangular eyes stood in front of the team. When he saw Huamanlou approaching, he roared angrily: "Uncle Xishan, you want to take people to the Meridian Gate?" for what?"

Hua Manlou couldn't catch his breath and was almost confused by the voice, and then laughed angrily: "Slap me down? Give you a chance, get out of the way now, I won't expose you."

The man stared at Hua Manlou: "I ask you what is your intention to lead the troops to the Meridian Gate, you..."

Before the man finished speaking, Hua Manlou became impatient: "It's dead!"

Xishanwei, who was banned by order, naturally didn't care whether it would be a problem to kill one or two stunned youths on Jingshi Street, so as soon as Huamanlou finished speaking, several young soldiers raised their firecrackers and aimed at the man.

"You! Hua Manlou, are you going to rebel!" The man was anxious, he never thought that Hua Manlou would be so unreasonable: "If you retreat now..."

blah blah blah!

Before the man finished speaking, the young soldiers had already opened fire.

This man probably never thought that Hua Manlou would be so decisive until his death. The words he heard at the last moment of his life were Hua Manlou's roar: "Rush over! If there is anyone in the way, kill him!"

"Here!"

Thousands of young soldiers raised their firecrackers in unison to threaten them.

The man brought more than five hundred soldiers from the five cities, but after seeing Hua Manlou shooting down the officer so unreasonably, none of them dared to stop them, and they all hid in the corner.

Song Jie supported Hua Manlou to go forward, and said anxiously as he walked, "Uncle, these people..."

"Well, King Yiduan must have been on guard against our rescue." Hua Manlou waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up!"

It is conceivable that King Yiduan sent someone to stop Huamanlou, and the blocking meant that Emperor Guangxing must have been intercepted and killed, otherwise the Wucheng soldiers and horses stationed at the city gate would not have appeared here.

What's more terrible is that because the Hua family has always kept a low profile, the place where they live is not close to the Meridian Gate. Every minute of delay, Emperor Guangxing will be more dangerous.

Thinking of this, Huamanlou urged again: "Quick! Hurry up!"

……

As Huamanlou thought, Emperor Guangxing's side was already in danger.

On the street, there were shouts of killing.

There are many dead soldiers, but the superiority of numbers in street fighting cannot be fully reflected. In addition, most of the weapons hidden by King Yiduan are swords, so in theory, the [-] or so imperial guards can also fight the assassins with their long weapons. .

But the problem is, compared with the ordinary dead soldiers with short weapons, the archers are the most threatening. They stand at a high place and cause huge damage to the guards.

Therefore, Xu Dacheng's plan to rush out of the encirclement from the front completely fell through.

"Retreat to the vicinity of the carriage, narrow the circle, hurry up!" Lu Kun roared while holding a short gun, and his face was already covered with blood at this moment.

Now Lu Kun has no other thoughts at all. While slashing and killing, he directed the guards to back up to protect the carriage, and even had to guard against Zhao Ren jumping out of the carriage. Just now Zhao Ren ran out without paying attention. And with an extremely elated and ecstatic attitude, he raised the firecracker Huamanlou customized for him and killed the two assassins, and then...

Then he was disarmed by Lu Kun, and then dragged into the carriage by an exasperated Xu Dacheng.

At this moment Xu Dacheng was still firmly guarding the side of the carriage, with his back against the door and holding a shield to block the flying arrows from time to time, praying while watching the situation outside.

Seeing that the imperial guards were being killed and retreated steadily, Xu Dacheng rushed forward and pulled Lu Kun: "Go into the shop next to us, and we will be safe until Xishanbo comes!"

After a moment of surprise, Lu Kun realized that Xu Dacheng's method was the best way, so he snatched the shield from the soldiers beside him and protected the door of the carriage with Xu Dacheng, and shouted inside: "Your Majesty, please get out of the carriage! Hurry up!"

Emperor Guangxing in the carriage naturally heard the conversation between the two, and without hesitation, he directly pulled the queen to get off the carriage.

Just as Emperor Guangxing got out of the carriage, a guard suddenly pointed to the sky and said, "Then... what is that?"

503. Family fortune

People in Beijing are no strangers to hot air balloons. Although they don't know that they are called hot air balloons, they have seen this kind of auspicious sheep meowing more than a year ago.The imperial army is no stranger to this, because they suffered a lot because of this thing, and even one unlucky guy fell into the golden water river.

And the sharp-eyed imperial guard screamed because the thing in the sky was obviously different from the auspicious auspiciousness of the previous year, because the thing looked like a fusiform object with a head—if the thing had a head, on it was a grinning face , which is daunting.

this thing...

Probably not Xiangrui?

The people trembled with fear.

But the imperial guards were excited because they knew who made the hot air balloon back then.

What was even more exciting was Zhao Ren, who had just gotten out of the carriage under the protection of two guards. He shouted happily: "My team is here! That's my Jinov team! Hahahaha, blow me up! Kill me!" These bastards!"