Chapter 407: Between Buddha and Demon
The official warehouse in Tianjin is located in the east of the city near the harbor wharf, covering a wide area, more than ten warehouses are lined up in the east of the city, and the Tianjin Left Guard sent four hundred households to patrol and guard day and night.
The official warehouse is not necessarily filled with grain, Tianjin is a seaport, the cargo ships from the south to the north are berthed here, the silk tea and porcelain are sealed in wooden boxes one by one, the merchants on the Caoyun Road secretly stuff some silver to the officials of the Caodao Yamen and the generals of the three guards, and their goods enter the official warehouse, with the protection of the officers and soldiers patrolling day and night, they are not afraid of loss.
This is actually a very serious business practice, and the businessmen's practice is equivalent to renting warehouses from the government, but the rent is relatively expensive.
At this time, in the middle of the night, more than ten warehouses in Tianjin Guancang were lit up with sky-high fires, the fire was very fierce, faintly mixed with the smell of fire oil, so well prepared, it was obvious that there were accomplices of the White Lotus Sect among the four hundred sergeants in the guarded Guancang.
The gong rang loudly, and the generals of the hundred households guarding the treasury were so anxious that their faces were as white as earth, shouting loudly to save the fire, and watching the sergeants carrying buckets and basins to pour water into the fire, it was really a drop in the bucket, and the faces of the hundred households were even more desperate. The fire was blazing brightly, but their future was bleak, and it was not surprising that they were unlucky enough to be exiled or even beheaded.
A row of bungalows in the official warehouse was drenched with fire oil in advance, and the fire took advantage of the wind to burn down the entire official warehouse almost in the blink of an eye.
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The wind is high and the fire is on fire, and this fire in Tianjin Guancang is undoubtedly a very successful fire.
The fire woke up the whole city, and the people from every household brought buckets and basins from their homes. In the wells and ditches, the water was drawn and rushed to the fire, and the whole city boiled because of the fire.
In the chaos and hustle and bustle, nearly 100 peasant men dressed in gray coarse cloth and tied with a loose knot of straw rope around their waists gathered together as if they were watching the excitement, glanced at each other, and walked silently towards the West Market in the west of the city.
The people and officers and soldiers all gathered in the east city to fight the fire, the west city was silent and no one, more than 100 people hurriedly walked to the west city, and then walked hundreds of steps forward is the west city gate. The gates were closed. A few iron claws tied to a rope and slid down the low earthen wall, and tonight was unscathed.
"This fire burns beautifully tonight!" Ge Lao Wu praised in a low voice with a happy face.
A young man with a blue scarf on his head smiled: "We fought a smooth battle with Fifth Master Ge, and I was very happy." This time, the Qincha surnamed Qin should be in a hurry. So I can teach him to be a good man. Tianjin City is the world of the imperial court or the world of our White Lotus Sect. β
Ge Lao Wu had a proud look on his face that had returned to the dynasty victoriously, and laughed in a low voice: "The female elder of Hongyang said that this Qin can not be underestimated. But these days when he came to Tianjin, he took just some peripheral believers, our muscles and bones were not injured at all, but we burned the official warehouse, I think, Hongyang Nu overestimated the imperial court's Qincha, but that's it......"
Before the smug words fell, the people walking in the West Market suddenly heard a chaotic footsteps.
Everyone was stunned, but they found that torches were lit on the roofs on both sides of the humble street, and then the windows of the halls on the first floor and the second floor of the shops on both sides were opened at the same time, and a repeating machine crossbow with an icy aura stretched out, and the crossbow arrows that had already been installed on the crossbow were faintly pointed at the more than 100 backbone members of the White Lotus Sect in the middle of the streets of Xishi.
At both ends of the street, hundreds of thousands of captains in brocade clothes wearing big red flying fish suits were surrounded by a hula at both ends of the street, and the steel knives in their hands were unsheathed, and the blades reflected the bright red light of the torches, exuding a magma-like aura of hell.
Chang Feng, the deputy Qianhu who was draped all over his body, stepped forward and stood by the knife, and the tiger's eyes coldly swept away more than 100 people such as Ge Lao Wu who were surrounded by death, and suddenly shouted violently: "The remnants of the white lotus, with bad intentions, bring chaos to the country, quickly put down the blade, tie your hands, otherwise you will be killed!" β
Rumble!
The Jinyi lieutenants at both ends of the street stepped forward and took a step forward together, shouting in unison: "Kill or kill!" β
The pale White Lotus Sect was silent, back to back, forming a small circle, but it also had a bit of the taste of the army's circle formation against the enemy.
Ge Lao Wu didn't say a word, and suddenly rose to the sky in silence, as soon as the person jumped up half a zhang, the knife on his waist was already out of the sheath, and the tip of the snowy knife went straight to Chang Feng's throat......
The surrounding lieutenants naturally wouldn't let the deputy Qianhu lose, and three or five people raised their swords to meet them.
More than 100 members of the White Lotus Sect took the opportunity to launch, and everyone waved their swords and fought and retreated, moving towards the west gate with difficulty.
Chang Feng sneered a few times and shouted: "If you are not bound, you will shoot them all on the spot!" β
Whoosh!
In the attic, on the rooftop, on both sides of the street, the crossbows of the repeating machines that had been arranged early in the morning shot out cold crossbow arrows one after another, and the arrows poured out like a torrential rain, ruthlessly pouring towards the heads of the White Lotus Sect......
Under the first round of arrow rain, more than ten White Lotus Sect disciples were shot at the vital point, and their bodies instantly lost their strength, and before they fell to the ground and lost consciousness, there was still a trace of regret left in their minds.
It turns out that the imperial court's mission is not as useless as Ge Wuye said, and tonight's net is clearly preset for them early.
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The snow in the middle of the night is getting heavier and heavier, and the heaven and earth are covered with a vast veil, like a dream bubble, teaching people to not be able to distinguish the original black and white good and evil in this world, and not to see the present life and the next life of all souls.
Tang Zihe hid quietly in a dark alley, watching the brothers of the White Lotus Sect fall into the trap of Jinyiwei, watching a lightning-fast crossbow arrow shoot into the brothers' bodies, watching the sharp blades mercilessly slashing at the brothers' bodies, and the screams before death were like knives, slashing at her heart.
Tang Zihe looked expressionlessly, like a petrified statue, just like this, watching the brothers of the White Lotus Sect fighting for their lives not far from her, her hands clenched into fists, clutching the corners of her clothes, the expression on her stunning face was still as cold and hard as a rock, but her eyes were full of tears, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
The group of people slaughtered by Jinyiwei were not ordinary incense hall believers, they had followed her for several years. Carry forward the seeds of the White Lotus Sect in Tianjin, and the vast number of backbone brothers.
More than 100 people were ruthlessly slaughtered and slaughtered by the imperial court as pigs, dogs, cattle and horses......
Qin Kan......
What a deep calculation, what a vicious method!
Tang Zihe gritted his teeth, the tears in his eyes were held back by her for some time, and his eyes fell on the scene of the fierce battle not far away again, Tang Zihe's fists were clenched white.
Knowing that you can't do it, it's brave or stupid, and let's talk about it later.
Taking a deep breath, Tang Zihe turned around and walked into the depths of the alley.
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When the Jinyi Guard slaughtered the White Lotus Sect. Tang Zihe knocked on the door of a house in the alley.
This is a middle-class family. A two-entry house, and there is even an old servant in the house. Inside the slightly old side door, there was a trembling question from the old servant, and not far away, the official mansion was fighting with the White Lotus Sect. There was another fire in the official warehouse tonight. The city was in chaos. No wonder the family was so scared.
"Who is it?"
Tang Zihe didn't answer and continued to knock on the door.
There was a knock on the door, and the old servant inside seemed to have made up his mind. Of course, the act of knocking on the door also reassured the old servant, after all, the government or Qiang Liang would never be so polite.
The side door creaked open, and the old servant approached with a lantern, squinted and looked at it for a long time, and finally said happily: "It turned out to be Tang ......."
Before he finished speaking, a bright knife light swept across the old servant's neck, and the old servant's eyes were open in disbelief, but the blood on his neck like a fountain seemed to drain his vitality.
Fell to his knees, threw his head back to the ground, and convulsed violently a few times, and the old servant was silent.
When he was dying, he didn't understand why Tang Divine Doctor, who was born as a Buddha in ten thousand families and had countless living people, would do this to an old man.
Buddha and demon will always live together in everyone's heart, and if someone hides the demon deeply, he is the Buddha in the eyes of ten thousand people.
Tang Zihe reflexively covered the door, staring at the dead old servant on the ground, his voice trembling but resolute.
"The white lotus is sacred, but it will inevitably be stained with blood, and it will be a success...... One will be a success! β
Muttering, as if convincing himself, Tang Zihe gritted his teeth, clenched the dagger in his hand that emitted cold light, and walked towards the backyard of the house step by step.
In the backyard, there is also a young couple, a few months ago, Doctor Tang even cured the young wife's eye disease, but at this moment, Doctor Tang is holding a butcher's knife in his hand......
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Ge Lao Wu was still struggling to fight, he couldn't remember how many Ming Court Eagle Dogs he had slashed under his knife, and he couldn't remember how many knives others had slashed at him, he was panting, and blood kept coming out of the wounds on his body, and at this moment, he was completely in despair.
The brothers beside him fell one after another, and only half of them were still alive, and the captains in brocade clothes seemed to want to live, and they had a lot of scruples, otherwise how could they survive until now?
Ge Lao Wu also left a trace of strength, and this strength had to wait until the last moment, and wiped his neck with a knife with his backhand.
How inhumane the torture instruments in the imperial court factory guard prison were, how it made life worse than death, Ge Lao Wu knew very well that he must not be caught alive by the imperial eagle dogs and put in the imperial prison.
The light of the knives slashed at him by the eagles and dogs around him became more and more blurred, and the blood on Ge Lao Wu's face became less and less, until it was a terrifying white.
Laughing miserably, Ge Lao Wu knew that the time had come to hit the road.
With his right hand flipping and turning, the edge of the blade was facing him, and Ge Lao Wu, who was infinitely remorseful, sighed, and was about to kill himself on the spot, but he heard a loud bang from the house not far behind him.
Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but turn their heads to look.
But I saw a terrible scream floating from the house: "The White Lotus Sect is killing people!" Helpβ"
The last word came to an abrupt end, apparently having been wiped on the neck.
The moment the sound stopped, a burst of fire broke out in the house, and the light of the fire lit up the night sky, and soon the people in the surrounding houses cried and ran out with their families.
Ge Lao Wu was overjoyed, slashed down the Jinyi lieutenant in front of him with a knife, waved at the dozens of people who were alive, and shouted: "Someone save us, rush out!" β
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PS: There is one more more, it may be a little late...... In the past few days, my work and rest have been normal and I haven't drunk a drop of alcohol, but I don't know what's going on, and my heartbeat is abnormal...... (To be continued.) )