There is a silence in the north of the small stone bridge in Xicheng, here is a large number of residential gathering places, along the small river live are ordinary Yangzhou people, the people have little fun, when they get to bed at the beginning of the shift, there is a wife to hug the wife, there is no wife to hold the pillow, few people waste money and silver to light the lamp, can save a penny is a penny, this is the life standard of ordinary people.

Therefore, in the night without moonlight, this area is quiet and dead, and the darkness is terrifying.

However, there have been some exceptions in recent times, and a house along the river is often luxuriously lit, until the middle of the night, and from time to time there will be the sound of fists and drinks and the delicate singing of the beautiful singers.

The people in the vicinity are very curious, whose family suddenly made a fortune? It is said that it is difficult to produce a good thing in the slums around this small stone bridge in a few years, but it is unlucky one after another, either Zhang San was beaten by the official on the street, or the old lady of the Li Si family died on the couch without money to see a doctor.

No matter how difficult the days are, they can't kill the curiosity of the people, and everyone spares no effort to secretly watch, perseveringly inquiring, and finally got the exact news from the bite of the owner who rented out the house: this house was rented by Shen Tixing, the Department of Punishment of the Yangzhou Mansion, and it is said that a commander from the capital is imprisoned.

The people are extremely unimpressed by the two words of detention, which is also called detention? Obviously he is happy, drinking wine, eating meat, playing fists and listening to music every day, if these are considered imprisonment, everyone is willing to be imprisoned for ten or twenty years, and it is more comfortable than working hard and earning a life like this.

After several days of discussion, the people also lost interest in talking, happiness belongs to others, they still have to get up early in the morning every day to go to the street to earn money to support themselves, the only thing worth talking about is the occasional white neck, water snake-like waist, and turned up eyes of the singer who left the house.

Su Jin and Ma Han quietly dismounted in the distance, the sound of horses' hooves was too loud, not because they were afraid of disturbing the people, but because they were afraid of alarming the extraneous branches of the Long Zhen Festival.

The two of them stepped on the dead branches and leaves and quietly crept into the house, and after the third watch, the lights were still on inside, but there was no voice; Su Jin gestured to Ma Han, and the two gently pulled out the Pu knife and pushed open the hidden courtyard door to the courtyard.

"Master, which one?" Mahan asked quietly.

Su Jin pointed to the one with the lights on in the east and said: "Long Zhen lives in this room, and the west head is where the servants of the Criminal Division live. The mother still knows how to enjoy happiness, and lives in a large room alone. ”

Ma Han said: "Master, you go to the east, I will go to the west to block, in case of fighting, you take the dragon to go first, don't wait for me." ”

Su Jin nodded and said softly: "It's just five or six errand soldiers, don't be so nervous, and together they are not your opponents." ”

Mahan puffed up his chest and said, "Do I look nervous?" ”

Su Jin smiled, rushed out of the shadows with a knife and a cat's waist, Ma Han hurriedly followed, the two came to the door of the house, Su Jin flew up and kicked on the door, kicking the two wooden doors open, Ma Han rushed in with an arrow, and the figure flashed to the door of the wing room in the west, and waved the knife to split the curtain on the door in half and shouted: "Don't move for me, I was ordered to bring the prisoner Long Zhen to the hall!" ”

Su Jin also quickly rushed to the door of the hand-off room, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain and stepped in, but suddenly, the master and servant were frozen there like clay wood carvings.

The rooms on both sides were empty, and not even a single figure was to be seen.

"Master, no one!"

"I don't have anyone to ......" Su Jintou is big, how is it possible? Song Zhen had already sent someone to keep an eye on this place, and he had come to see it, could it be that someone had run away? Or is there something wrong with the person sent to keep an eye on it? Otherwise, why not come and repay when people leave?

Su Jin secretly scolded himself for being too careless, this kind of thing can't be counted on Song Zhen's nerd anyway, if it weren't for the fact that there were too few people available in his hands, the soldiers of the forbidden army were originally Long Zhen's subordinates, and they were not suitable for staring at Long Zhen, how could this kind of thing happen.

Su Jinmai stepped into the east wing, came to the table, picked up the teapot on the table, shook it and tested the temperature, walked to the bed, reached into the quilt and touched it, and scolded: "It's not a short time to go, the tea is cold, and the quilt is also cold, and I haven't slept here at all today." ”

"What to do? Father. ”

Su Jin looked at the candle flame on the table and pondered, the long candle had burned the last section, the wax oil overflowed and slowly collapsed, and the cotton core fell into the wax oil and went out with a 'snort'.

"I shouldn't have left the city, this candle must have been lit before leaving, this kind of coarse wax can burn for an hour at most, which means that they left here an hour ago, and the four gates were already controlled by our people at that time, right?" Su Jin asked in the dark.

"It should be so, the master gave an order at the beginning of the shift, Pan Jiang mobilized soldiers and horses to guard the four gates and it didn't take an hour at most, now it's the third watch, an hour ago was the second watch, at that time the city gate was in our hands, Long Zhen ran away, I'm afraid I can't run out of Yangzhou City." Mahan Road.

Su Jin slapped the table and said: "No matter, let him hide first, tonight's matter is more urgent than arresting him, let's go to Beikou Sanli first, there are too few Ma Jun, don't make any leaks, it's troublesome." ”

The two of them got out of the house and quickly returned to the street, got on the horse and quickly whipped their horses and ran straight towards the north city, just past the center, they faintly heard the sound of shouting and killing, and the direction was the direction of the north entrance Sanli Hutong.

Su Jin was taken aback, could it be that Zhao Dutou and Zhang Long rushed in stupidly? This is a big loss, in the alley, how can the Ma army be an opponent?

Su Jin was so anxious that the whip was crazy on the horse's buttocks. The two horses galloped on the street like crazy, the shouting of killing became louder and louder as they got closer, and the sound of the blades could already be heard, mixed with the screams of the wounded, and the residents of Sanli Hutong near the north entrance were also awakened by the shouting of killing, and the timid hid at home to listen, and the bold ones actually got up and dressed and came to the street to check.

Su Jin waved his horsewhip and shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, all go back to their houses and close the door and latch, don't come out, there are riots in the city, the soldiers are suppressing, the sword has no eyes, don't go forward, it's not a joke to hurt your life." ”

When the people heard this, they quickly turned around and ran back, and the sharp-eyed people recognized Su Jin and shouted loudly: "Su Qingtian, where did the mob come from?" ”

Su Jin shouted: "Don't ask, go home quickly, there will be an announcement from the government early tomorrow morning." ”

Someone shouted, "Su Qingtian, do you want me to help?" You can't do it alone. ”

Su Jin galloped over, leaving a curling voice and said: "Thank you, but the envoy of the chaotic people still doesn't look at it, and you go back and stay is the greatest help to Su." ”

Everyone thought about it, it was true, this Soviet envoy pulled out his teeth, and the fierce bandits were not afraid of these chaotic people? So they greeted each other and said, "Go back, don't make trouble for Su Qingtian, wait to see the notice tomorrow." ”

"Do you still need to watch it? The place where the killing was the mansion of Master Feng of Longhumen, Sanli in Beikou, must be making trouble. ”

"Oh, that's a bit choking, Feng Laohu has a lot of subordinates, and his subordinates are also tough."

"Don't worry, no matter how fierce he is, can he be as fierce as the bandits of Bagong Mountain?"

"This ...... That's right. However, this Su Qingtian is really enough, Feng Laohu dares to move, and Yangzhou Mansion is afraid that the sky will change. ”

“……”

In the gossip, Su Jin and Ma Han had already ridden by, and in the blink of an eye, they came to the south end of the Sanli Hutong at the north entrance, and saw dozens of horse soldiers patrolling the alley restlessly from a distance, but there was no fight, it seemed that there was a battle at the north entrance of the alley.

"Who?" Someone shouted.

Su Jin said in a loud voice: "Where is Zhao Dutou?" ”

Zhao Dutou hurriedly rode his horse to meet him, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be the envoy." ”

Su Jin didn't have time to say hello and said, "What's the matter?" Fighting at the North Exit? ”

"I'm wondering about it, and I don't dare to leave without permission, I just sent two people to the north to check, and I haven't come back to report yet."

"What else are you looking for? It is clear that Feng Laohu's thugs are going to protrude from the north, how many people are there in the north? ”

"Brother Zhang Long brought more than 70 people to the north."

Su Jin said anxiously: "It's broken, how can more than 70 people stop it?" You're just watching right here? ”

Zhao Dutou said aggrievedly: "I also want to help, but what if I lead the team to leave, what if they turn around and rush out from the south?" ”

Su Jin gritted his teeth and said: "The soldiers and horses of the Song Governor's Mansion went to get someone for two hours, and I don't know what happened, it seems that it depends on us, Zhao Dutou, you quickly send two horse soldiers out of Beicheng to urge the Song Governor's Mansion, and the rest of the people follow me into the alley." ”

Zhao Dutou said: "Into the alley? Isn't that a big taboo? ”

Su Jindao: "It was a big taboo earlier, what are you afraid of now?" They must have concentrated all their manpower when they rushed out, there should be no ambush, we rushed over and applied pressure from the abdomen, otherwise Zhang Long's side would not be able to hold it. ”

Zhao Dutou nodded and said, "Listen to the adults." ”

Turning his head and shouting: "Listen, all listen, the bow and arrows are wound, and a small team of ten people is searching and advancing." ”

Su Jin added: "All dismount and walk, if you encounter resistance, don't worry, this is not the time to be soft-hearted, but the old and weak women and children in the alley are not allowed to kill indiscriminately." ”

Everyone agreed, dismounted one after another, took out the bow and arrow on their backs and put on the arrows, Ma Han took the lead in the front, Su Jin and Zhao Dutou followed behind him, three or four archers on both sides protected the flanks, and the ten-person team passed through the fire and sank into the dark and obscure alley.