Detective in the Red Chamber

Chapter 168 Birthday Banquet Killing Plan【Part [-]】

"Auspiciousness comes to the world, auspiciousness comes to the world!"

"All the gods and Buddhas bless me for a big week!"

"Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"

Looking at the chaotic scene in front of the main gate of the palace, and looking at the hot air balloons floating above the city gate, Sun Shaozong was speechless and admired.

This hot air balloon was originally a tool used by political enemies to escape, but it was turned into an auspicious sign by Emperor Guangde to sing praises for him!

Even self-taught, invented the method of using hot air balloons to pull banners.

Looking at it from a distance, strips of red silk and gold characters fluttered in the wind, as if a chain supermarket opened as a reward.

Not to mention, in terms of excitement, they are really on par!

But this scene of universal celebration is not a good thing for Zhao Liben and his servants.

If you glance at it casually, you can see the figures of Yantie officials who are busy running around.

As for Sun Shaozong, his only task now is to guard the densely packed hundreds of sedan chairs, so as to escort the old men home after the birthday banquet.

Naturally, those ordinary old men did not need to be escorted by him personally, but there were a few elders of important officials in the court. It would be too contemptuous if these people also arranged for yamen servants or scribes to escort them.

Less gossip.

But he said that seeing the night getting darker, it was almost time to part ways.

Sun Shaozong stood up and greeted him, "Remember the names of the old people who are going to be picked up! Later, Zhou Jian and the school will roll their names three times. If no one responds, don't blame me for not being sympathetic!"

All the yamen servants and bearers hurriedly agreed.

Just to pick up and drop off the more than two hundred old men celebrating their birthdays, all the bearers have already practiced six or seven times, not to mention two yamen servants are assigned to take care of every ten sedan chairs. There is no cure.

Sun Shaozong winked again, Zhao Wuwei and a few head catchers rushed back and forth to say hello, asking the bearers to solve their physical problems first, so as not to delay their business in time.

As for Sun Shaozong himself, he went to find Zhao Liben himself, and asked him to clear out a large enough space on the west side of the main entrance of the palace.

When everything was ready, Zhou Da yelled "get up the sedan chair" at the top of his voice, and more than 200 sedan chairs were put on his shoulders, trembling and swaying, and went straight to the Meridian Gate.

When they got to the Meridian Gate, a group of bearers roughly put up a fan under the command of the yamen servants.

Just like that, it took about a quarter of an hour before I saw many bearded beards pouring out of the brightly lit city gate.

Zhao Wuwei hastily waved the colorful flag on his shoulder, and hundreds of bearers and yamen servants shouted in unison, "Shuntian Mansion has ordered to welcome the old birthday stars back to the mansion."

Greeting and seeing off this group of old men was originally a thankless task, so Sun Shaozong specially rehearsed this one, at least it was at the root of the imperial city, giving him a sense of presence.

When the old men heard the roar, they adjusted their direction slightly and walked towards this side.

As soon as he walked, he saw that many people were staggering. At first, Sun Shaozong thought they were drunk, but when he got closer, he realized that this was not the case.

After all, the old men are all in their seventies and eighties, and they say they are old and strong, but it is reasonable to be mentally weak after this birthday banquet for several hours.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly led more than a dozen scribes to come forward to meet him, and helped the one who couldn't hold on to the sedan chair first.

Zhou Da asked each person's name and surname one by one, and the scribes immediately announced in unison, and every time a person's name was reported, a special bearer stepped forward to meet him.

As for the elders of those court officials, they had already greeted them.

As soon as he left the palace gate, he went straight to the big green woolen sedan chairs carried by four people. Not only were the decorations far superior to others, they even specially prepared some snacks like candied hawthorn to help digestion.

"You two are good at running errands!"

However, Sun Shaozong saw that all the people here had arrived, he told Zhou Da and Zhao Wuwei to confess, then got on his horse and raised his voice, "I will judge Sun Shaozong in Shuntian Mansion, and escort the adults back to the mansion."

The selected bearers immediately picked up the sedan chair and followed Sun Shaozong steadily.

Speechless all the way.

After sending off the six old men by Yipinjie, the moon is already hollow.

Sun Shaozong took out his pocket watch and looked at it, intending to go back to the mansion directly to rest, but in the end he still couldn't worry about Zhou Da and Zhao Wuwei's side, so he let the bearers and yamen servants disperse and rode to the Meridian Gate alone.

Unexpectedly, he didn't know how far he ran, when he saw a team approaching shadowily in front of him. The twenty or so soldiers in bright armor at the front seemed to be soldiers from the Tiger Camp. Dragon guard.

And in the middle of dozens of dragon guards, is a bright yellow sedan chair!

In the middle of the night, Huben Camp and Long Jianwei teamed up to put up such a big battle...

Sun Shaozong didn't even think about it, so he was going to turn his horse's head and retreat.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the horse's buttocks were turned sideways, there was also a team catching up behind them, looking at the attire, it was vaguely the men and horses escorting the old man from the Shuntian Mansion.

Really mother's bad luck is at home!

Sun Shaozong cursed secretly in his heart, but immediately straightened his horse's head again, and while galloping towards the miscellaneous army, he shouted loudly, "There is an ambush ahead, retreat quickly!"

The more than forty yamen servants who were in charge of guiding the way had all seen Sun Shaozong face to face, but the two people holding the lanterns of Shuntian Mansion on the opposite side were all unfamiliar faces!

In addition, when Sun Shaozong turned into the intersection just now, he obviously didn't see any teams.

Therefore, those people either sprinted directly at the speed of a [-]-meter race; or they had been ambushing in the darkness for a long time, and they didn't light the lanterns temporarily until the motley army appeared on the opposite side.

Adding these two together is enough for Sun Shaozong to make a correct judgment!

Hearing Sun Shaozong's loud warning, the team on the opposite side suddenly became agitated, and then several people dressed as dragon guards came out and said loudly, "You are..."

Buzz~buzz~

Before he could hear what those idiots were asking, he heard the sound of bowstrings on both sides!

There's an ambush on the roof too!

Sun Shaozong was startled, he hurriedly used a stirrup to hide, and shrank under the horse's belly!

Duh~

At the same time, there was a muffled sound on the horse's back, but it was a sharp arrow that was nailed fiercely to the saddle!

so close!

Fortunately, I escaped in time, otherwise...

Sun Shaozong was rejoicing, but suddenly felt something sticky and hot, dripping down his fingers to his wrist.

Blood? !

Sun Shaozong was shocked again, you must know that his saddle is not cheap, even a sword would be difficult to pierce it.

There are only two possibilities to shoot through this saddle with one arrow.

One is that the bow strength is extremely strong, and the archer's arm strength is also extremely strong; the other is that he used the armor-piercing cone that is only equipped in the army!

But no matter which one it is, it seems that it is not good news for Sun Shaozong!

Chapter 169 Birthday Banquet Killing Plan【Part [-]】

"The armor-piercing cone, it's the armor-piercing cone!"

The roar in front confirmed Sun Shaozong's conjecture, and completely erased all the hesitation in his heart. There was only one thought left in his mind - right and wrong, don't stay for long!

The armor-piercing cone is something that the military supplies in limited quantities.

No matter where they got it from, the forces behind these assassins must not be easy-going!

And this matter obviously has nothing to do with him, it is already considered as the utmost benevolence to raise the alarm just now, if you don't leave now, when will you wait?

So Sun Shaozong tightened his legs tightly on the horse's belly, freed up one hand, and pushed the horse's neck lightly, with the intention of letting the horse stick to the wall so as to avoid the mobsters in front.

Unexpectedly, when he pushed it up, the big black horse slid sideways for two steps, and stumbled with a plop!

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong reacted quickly and rolled over in time to avoid it, otherwise it would not be a man riding a horse, but a horse riding a man.

However, he turned over two feet away with inertia, but he also broke into the attack range of several Huben camp soldiers.

I saw those soldiers yelling and asking "who is it", but the guy in his hand has already greeted him with a slap in the face!

Sun Shaozong dodged to avoid it, and hurriedly shouted, "Don't get me wrong, my own!"

Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, a soldier from the Huben camp staggered two steps, and fell directly in front of Sun Shaozong!

This……

What does this mean?

"Master Captain!"

"This guy actually killed Captain Captain!"

"Avenge the captain!"

Sun Shaozong was baffled, but the eyes of the remaining soldiers were all red, so it didn't matter what he yelled just now, they raised their steel knives and surrounded them again!

Seeing the chaotic knife slashing down, vowing to tear himself into ten thousand pieces, Sun Shaozong couldn't help feeling a little angry, he tore off the fox fur cloak behind his back, put it on his arm, and swung his arms without dodging or evading. .

He heard the clattering of metal and iron, four or five standard steel knives could not be held firmly, so he picked them into the air!

Sun Shaozong leaped forward, his shoulders rested on the chests of the two soldiers, the two soldiers immediately broke their bones, and flew horizontally a distance of Zhang Xulai.

At this moment, the group of dragon guards in front was commotion again, and someone shouted in panic, "There is poison on the arrow, there is poison on the arrow!"

rely on ~

That's what happened!

No wonder the horse just got shot in the back and suddenly turned into a soft-legged shrimp!

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong glanced down at Captain Huben, and sure enough he found a poisonous arrow on his left arm.

So he hurriedly explained, "Your Captain was poisoned to death, it has nothing to do with me..."

However, before he finished saying the word 'relationship', another wave of arrows shot obliquely!

Knowing that the arrow is poisonous, how dare Sun Shaozong be careless?

Without even thinking about it, he tore up Captain Huben's corpse with a cat waist, and held it in his hands like a meat shield.

"Master Captain!"

"Put it down...uh~!"

The soldiers of Huben Battalion were all furious when they saw this, and some miserable howls were mixed with their roars.

But how could Sun Shaozong care about all this?

Holding the corpse of Captain Huben, he ran around and found a dark eaves for shelter.

At this time, the pretended yamen servants and bearers had already removed their disguises, pulled out all kinds of weapons from the sedan chairs, rushed up yelling, and fought with the Dragon Guards and the people from the Huben Camp. place.

And behind the Long Guard, a group of men in black had already taken advantage of the night to hide and kill them!

At the beginning, Sun Shaozong thought that these guys must have a problem with IQ, so they would give up long-range attacks and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

It was only when the two sides fought together that he realized that not only were all of these assassins skilled, but the weapons were all smeared with poison, and any scratches on the skin would cause numbness in an instant.

Therefore, as soon as the battle was fought, the people of Longjianwei and Hubenying were at a disadvantage!

It was because of Sun Shaozong's reminder that they didn't have time to reach the center of the ambush. Otherwise, if the poisonous arrows were shot from the sides instead of obliquely from the front, this miscellaneous army might not be able to hold it back!

But looking at this scene, Sun Shaozong's heart is even stronger. If it is a real fight with a real sword, he is not very afraid, but this poisonous arrow...

Taking advantage of the red eyes of both sides, and no one found him for a while, he held the body of Captain Huben and cautiously groped for the way he came against the wall.

But at this moment, Captain Huben, who always thought he was dead, suddenly raised his head and moaned, "You...you are Sun Tongpan from Shuntian Mansion?!"

Sun Shaozong was shocked and almost threw Ya out.

Later, when he saw that he had come back to life, he breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that this person had acted as his own shield, he casually asked, "If you have any last words, please explain them quickly. I will try my best to help you..."

"Master Sun!"

Captain Huben suddenly grabbed Sun Shaozong's shoulders, and said with all his strength, "Yizhongqin... the prince is in the sedan chair. If he... if... if he escapes, you and I... are the ones who ransacked... family and family... ...big...big..."

Before the word 'crime' could be finished, the head of the six suns fell, but it was completely lifeless.

rely on ~

This is really a good man is not rewarded!

Besides, well done, why did you release that Prince Yizhong? !

Cursing loudly in his heart, Sun Shaozong still held up the corpse and rushed out from the hiding place—everyone in Huben Camp could recognize him, so wouldn't more people in the Dragon Guards know him?