Xu Congyang said sharply: "The country has national laws, not to mention whether the Immortal Dao is a heinous crime, even if it is really guilty, how can it be your turn to point fingers?" The laws of this country are all there, no matter what kind of crime, there is a punishment under the laws of the country, you are armed with knives and guns, attacking Taoist temples, this is rebellion? He raised his hand and pointed to the Taoist temple, and asked sharply: "This official asked you, can the fire in the Taoist temple be related to you and others?" ”

Although he is old, his words are sonorous, loud, angry, and the rebels are also a little jealous, and the leader has already said: "Is it related, you Lord Xu will investigate by himself." It's just that these immortal Taoist priests have been doing evil for many years, have your court ever controlled them? has been indulgent, this has caused today's disaster, we ordinary people really can't stand it, so we have to stand up ......! ”

"Ordinary people?" Xu Congyang laughed and said, "I don't see how you look like ordinary people." The people are asking for peace, but you are leading people to do evil in the city, is this an ordinary person? Moving his gaze to the opponent's weapon, "The officer asked you, where did you get your weapon?" The imperial court has always implemented a knife hunting order, and the capital strictly prohibits the circulation of weapons, but you all have weapons in your hands......! Without fear, he took two steps forward and said sharply: "Sue sù this officer, where did these weapons come from?" ”

He took two steps forward, and the rebels couldn't help but take two steps back, but he quickly stood up, took two steps forward again, raised his sword, and said: "Since you want to do the right thing for the sky, you naturally don't have to worry about weapons." He shouted: "Everyone listens, the court blindly shields these Taoist priests, it is their protection and connivance that makes the Taoist priests in the world so rampant, Tianmen Dao has hit Qinshui, and it will be hit to the capital in a blink of an eye, if you don't wake up now, when Tianmen Dao hits, you will only be killed." ”

Xu Congyang said in a deep voice: "On the bank of Qinshui, there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and it is impossible for Tianmen Dao to come over, and everyone must work together at this moment to tide over the difficulties together...... These bandits are making trouble in Beijing, intending to take advantage of the fire to rob and cause riots in the capital, so don't be fooled by them. Looking at the chaotic people, he said sharply: "Listen, now put down the weapon, explain the source of the weapon, the court may be able to open the net and spare you a way to live, otherwise it will ......!" ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard an exclamation from behind him: "My lord, be careful...... Xu Congyang was stunned, rushed to the strong wind, turned his head to look over, only to see an arrow shooting, he didn't have time to dodge, the arrow had already shot into his right ribs, a sharp pain pierced his heart, the guards had already flown forward, some people were protecting Xu Congyang's side, and some people rushed to the crowd not far away.

Xu Congyang didn't find it, but his guards had already seen it, this cold arrow was shot out of the crowd, the murderer was in the crowd, several guards rushed forward, to capture the murderer, a group of onlookers on the side saw the guards rushing over, and they were immediately shocked, in the exclamation, they had already scattered and fled, hundreds of people were scattered, the scene was extremely chaotic in an instant, the guards had seen a person in the crowd with a bow and arrow, and he was mixing in the crowd and leaving quickly, but the crowd was crowded, blocking the way, I couldn't catch up at all for a while.

When the group of chaotic people saw Xu Congyang's arrow, they did not hesitate, and the person had already said: "Everyone, these soldiers want to kill us, let's fight with him for ......!" Wielding a big knife, it was actually towards Xu Congyang's side, it was the chaotic people who smashed the door, when they heard the movement, they also shouted, dropped the door, and killed this side, hundreds of chaotic people rushed up, and immediately more than a dozen guards rushed up to block it, and some people had already lifted Xu Congyang, shouting: "Quickly help the adults get into the car, get out of here......!" ”

The guards carried Xu Congyang to the car, turned the carriage, and left in a hurry in the chaotic flow of people, and the guards behind were fighting and retreating, and were entangled by those chaotic people for a while, although these people were ordinary, and they looked like ordinary people, but when they moved the knife, there were quite a few swordsmen with excellent martial arts in it, and in a moment, there were several Wu Jingwei who died tragically under the knife.

The carriage was hurrying, and just after crossing a street, a group of Wujing guard officers and soldiers came to meet them, and when they saw that the carriage had already come over, they asked loudly: "Where are the bandits?" ”

The guard pointed back and said, "In front of the Songyang Taoist Temple, you hurry over to support, they have hundreds of people ......!" ”

The group of Wu Jingwei didn't say a word, and shouted: "Brothers, kill it." Hurriedly rushed over from the side of the carriage, Xu Congyang only felt a sharp pain in the ribs in the carriage, after all, he was old, and the pain almost fainted at the beginning, but fortunately, the archer didn't know whether the archery was bad or didn't want to take Xu Congyang's life, although the arrow went into the ribs, but it didn't hurt the vital point.

He endured the pain and lifted the curtain and asked, "Where is this going?" ”

"My lord, let's go to the Tai Hospital." The guard said outside: "Your Excellency has been wounded by an arrow, and you must be sent to the Tai Hospital for treatment of the wound ...... quickly!" ”

"Nonsense." Xu Congyang said in a deep voice: "Go to the Prince's Mansion, hurry up to the Prince's Mansion, this official ...... This official has something important to ......! He was in a hurry, only feeling dizzy, unable to breathe, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and the guard hurriedly said: "My lord, you ......!" ”

Xu Congyang raised his hand and said with difficulty: "Go to the Prince's Mansion ......!" ”

The carriage turned to the direction of the prince's mansion at the moment, along the way, from time to time he heard the sound of commotion, Xu Congyang knew that the opponent made a move this time, it can be said that it was planned for a long time, causing commotion everywhere in the capital, until now it is really an extraordinary time, he has a sharp pain in the ribs, but he is forced to hold back, cold sweat on his forehead is like rain, and he is supported in a daze, and he doesn't know how long it took, the carriage finally stopped, and heard the guard shouting: "It's Lord Xu Congyang, I want to meet His Royal Highness the Prison State, hurry up and find a doctor, Lord Xu is injured......!" ”

Hearing a commotion outside, Xu Congyang stood up, opened the curtain of the car door, someone had already come over to help Xu Congyang get out of the carriage, some of the guards of the prince's mansion had already gone to the prince, and some people dared to go in to call the imperial doctor, in the prince's mansion, because of the prince's leg disease, although he had been taken care of by Liuli, but there have been two imperial doctors living in the prince's mansion.

The guards helped Xu Congyang into the hall where the prince was, the prince had already received the report, and he was waiting in front of the door, and when he saw that Xu Congyang still had a feather arrow inserted under his ribs, he hurriedly said: "Lord Xu, what are you...... Did the Imperial Doctor come over? ”

At this time, the two imperial doctors were already anxious and trotted all the way over, and when they heard the prince's question, they ran over and knelt on the ground, "The lower official is here." ”

"Hurry up and help Lord Xu into the hall." The prince sat in a wheelchair and commanded: "You two, hurry up and heal the wounds of many people......!" ”

Several people helped Xu Congyang to sit down, and the two imperial doctors immediately started to treat Xu Congyang's arrow wounds, Xu Congyang endured the pain and said: "Your Highness, the party is in chaos in the city, the situation is urgent, it is not trivial, the old minister heard that His Royal Highness is preparing to issue a grounding order to the whole city?" ”

The prince nodded and said: "The chaotic party is chaotic, mixed with the people, using the people in the city as a cover, killing people and setting fire everywhere, Wu Jingwei arrests the chaotic party everywhere, but they take the knife is the chaotic party, put down the knife, hide among the people, it is difficult to find, and now the grounding order is issued, the people of the whole city are not allowed to walk around the streets, so that as long as the chaotic party makes a slight move, it will be revealed." After a pause, he asked, "Lord Xu, could it be that this palace is doing this, what's wrong?" ”

"The old minister heard about this before, and he was really worried." Xu Congyang sighed: "I Luo'an four cities and one hundred squares, there are only a few places where the arson is made, most of the people in the city don't know what happened, even if they know that there is a fire, they only think it is an ordinary fire disaster, once the grounding order is issued, the entire people in the capital know that there is a change, and there will inevitably be a panicked situation." Tianmen Road hit Qinshui, and the people in Beijing were already panicked, and they were all tense, just like a pile of dry firewood, as long as there was a little spark, it was very likely to cause a catastrophe, and the entire capital was completely out of control......! ”

The prince was stunned for a moment, thoughtful, and then said: "Lord Xu is reasonable, it's just ...... If the ban is not enforced, the rebellious party will haunt the capital unscrupulously, and it will also lead to great disasters. ”

"Now it seems that even if the lockdown order is not issued, the matter is already very strict." Xu Congyang frowned and said: "The old minister came from the Songyang Taoist Temple, where there is already a small group of chaotic parties that are unscrupulous, blatantly fighting against the officers and soldiers, and they all have weapons in their hands......!" ”

"Lord Xu, this palace is also about to discuss with you at this time." The prince's expression was solemn: "According to the report from the palace, so far, plus the Songyang Taoist Temple you just passed, there have been fires in seven Taoist temples, and there have been chaos in all of them, and they all have weapons...... Hongu is very strange, where did the weapons in their hands come from? ”

The two imperial doctors were carefully treating Xu Congyang's wounds, Xu Congyang was receiving treatment, and said with pain: "The old minister is also wondering, transporting weapons into the city from outside the city, it is absolutely impossible, the weapons in their hands can only be obtained from the capital, and the capital has been implementing the sword hunting order since the establishment of the country, not to mention the people of the capital, that is, the relatives of the emperor and the nobles, and the weapons collected in the palace must also be reported to the military department for registration, but there are private weapons to conceal and not report, it is a big crime." In order to implement the sword hunting order, the saint even issued a reward order, as long as someone reports the private possession of weapons and does not report it, he will be rewarded heavily, so in the eyes of the old minister, it is impossible for so many weapons to appear suddenly It is impossible for a certain mansion to hide privately. ”

The prince nodded and said, "What Lord Xu said is very true. There is no doubt that this incident is by no means something that one or two people can plan, there must be a force behind the palace that the palace ignores is making enemies of the palace, and if we want to disturb the capital, we must first figure out the source of the weapon, and it is possible to frustrate this force in one fell swoop...... Lord Xu, the Weapons Department came from outside the capital, and it is impossible for it to come from a certain mansion, so in your opinion, where will the most likely source of these weapons be? ”

"Does Your Highness have a judgment?"

The prince bowed slightly, "If this palace doesn't guess wrong, I'm afraid that there is a problem in the armory of the military department!" ”