Chapter 72 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
When you look at the sky in a well, the sky is only as big as the wellhead.
But in the capital, almost everyone can get to know several people in the government, and the people who are familiar with the capital see the sky that is naturally much larger than the wellhead.
Although they may not know much about important and core matters, compared with the people in other places, their knowledge is indeed a lot.
The cluster of fireworks that were just shot into the sky are undoubtedly the prelude to a great war for these knowledgeable people in the capital.
A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops will meet.
Not to mention the stories they have heard and seen with their own ears are the stories of the storytellers in teahouses and wine shops. They can hear such plots that they almost get out of calluses.
However, this time, when they really saw "living", they didn't feel happy in their hearts, and only had fear.
I have never noticed it before, but just regarded it as an accident. The fire in front of me has been covered with a veil in the imagination of many people, with a bit of conspiracy.
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"Don't panic, don't panic!"
As ordinary people, many people realize this. They patrolled the capital every day and saw many soldiers and soldiers in the five cities who had many problems. Naturally, they could not have imagined these things.
Therefore, when realizing that if the panic of the crowd could not be controlled in time and another greater disaster was about to take place, the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Masjids began to be anxious, especially those leaders of the small flags, general flags, and even the hundred households, shouted anxiously, intending to appease the crowd who was gradually in panic.
But unfortunately, their efforts seemed to have played the opposite role at this moment.
After they shouted so loudly, even those people who were just vague and had no specific impression of them, after their "reminder", they also "opened up" one after another, for fear that they would get involved in the battle scene between two groups of murderers holding swords and swords. The people who suffered from the sudden disaster had begun to squeeze out, wanting to escape back to their homes as soon as possible.
"Don't move everyone, otherwise you will be regarded as a thief immediately and kill him or her!"
Fortunately, because I saw the fire this time, I was worried that the fire would spread, so I burned most of the Xuannanfang, which made me lose my life. Therefore, many middle-level military officers from the Five City Military and Ma Si rushed over after getting the news. Compared with those small flags and the lower-level military officers such as the general flag, these middle-level military officers obviously have much more experience in dealing with such matters.
They knew in their heart that kind words would only make things worse at this time, and immediately picked up more powerful weapons and their favorite weapon - threats.
In order to increase the "persuasion" of his words, accompanied by a series of "cang chang" sounds, these middle-level military officers and their personal guards all pulled out the standard weapon at their waists - Yan Ling Dao.
The fairly well-crafted Yanling Knife reflects the firelight not far away, which is reflected in everyone's eyes and instantly plays a role in "stabilizing people's hearts".
Although the reputation of the Five City Military and Ma Si has never been very good among the gossips of the people in the capital, and it is not the kind of infamous similar to the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, and the "incompetent" and the worse reputation, the officers and soldiers are officers and soldiers, and their threat to ordinary people is still very huge.
The bandits pass like combs, and the soldiers pass like combs.
In the feudal era, most of the time, the threats of officers and soldiers to ordinary people were much greater than those of bandits.
After all, because the bandits themselves are thieves, they still have some concerns, but the officers and soldiers wearing a layer of official bodies do not have so many concerns when doing things.
Especially those old men and old men who have been in the ranks for many years.
It is precisely because of the reputation of the officers and soldiers, which is much worse than the bandits, the officers and soldiers of the Five City Military Officers immediately shocked the crowd that was just ready to move under the command of several middle-level military officers.
"Just just now, the signal was sent out from this area. The rest of the people left slowly and went to put out the fire immediately. You people stood up honestly and cooperated with our interrogation."
Although many people who can become middle-level officers either inherit their father's business, or use their own sanctions, or spend money to rely on relationships to go through the road, they are also promoted because of their contributions.
Moreover, even if the son inherits his father's business, those who care about the shade or spend money may not be considered a fool.
Therefore, after shocking the crowd, they immediately began to take the next step, trying to find the thief who had just released the signal from the crowd.
The people outside the delineated range naturally breathed a sigh of relief. After hearing the order, they slowly left under the scolding of the officers and soldiers holding spears and geese-ling swords, and then continued to put out the fire under the command of the officers and soldiers. The people who were encircled within the range naturally did not dare to move around because they were worried that they would be treated as thieves.
More importantly, under the "disturbance" of the soldiers and soldiers of the five cities, the people who were still panicked and tried to escape back subconsciously threw the reason for the panic just behind their heads.
Of course, they didn't really forget it, but it was like a steel knife lying on your neck, and you were about to die. You didn't care about the fact that you had just had typhoid fever and were about to see a doctor.
In addition, it is also because they also have a sense of luck in their hearts.
With so many officers and soldiers from the Five City Military and Ma Si are here, the thieves should not be so bold that they dare to rush over to cause trouble, right?
But they forgot that if this was true, how could the person who had just released the signal still send out such a strong signal to notify his companions when he had discovered the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities?
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"The direction of Xuannanfang!"
"No, Lord is in danger!"
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In the several adjacent markets of Xuannanfang, the secret whistle that was on the night had already tilted most of the attention because of the fire rising from Xuannanfang.
Therefore, when the familiar fireworks exploded in the sky, they immediately noticed the signal that they informed them to go to rescue.
So, immediately, they all rolled up their companions who were still sleeping, gathered everyone, and galloped towards Xuannanfang.
All the soldiers and soldiers patrolling nearby cities have rushed to Xuannanfang, so they naturally don’t have to worry about it.
Moreover, it is related to the life of the Lord Xuanwu. Even if there are still troops from the Five City Military Commanders patrolling, they can no longer care about so many.
For them, even if they had a conflict with the troops of the Five City Military and Ma Si, as long as they could arrive in Xuannanfang in time, even if they brought the troops of the Five City Military and Ma Si, it would be a great help for Xuanwu to escape from the Heaven of the Heaven.
After all, they knew Xuanwu's strength very well, and believed that as long as they created enough chaos, it would be enough for Xuanwu to escape from this chaos.
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When the Beiji Tianhe Diting people under Xuanwu were touching towards Xuannanfang with anxious expressions, Ye Yi's face became darker and darker.
He and Ye Si had already investigated three families, but after being woken up by the shouts from outside, almost all of them ran outside. Even the elderly and children did not dare to stay in the house when the fire could spread to their own house at any time.
Although this gave Ye Yi and the other two great convenience, he had never gained anything. For him, no matter how convenient it was, he would have a little use for a young bird. Moreover, after investigating the third family, he still had no gains. He couldn't help but doubt his judgment.
"Master, will you be opposite?!"
Ye Si, who had been following Ye Yi silently, also keenly noticed Ye Yi's emotions. Therefore, when he left the third courtyard, he finally spoke for the first time and carefully put forward his thoughts.
"Now it's in the mission, don't call me Master."
When Ye Yi heard Ye Si's words, he subconsciously frowned and scolded him dissatisfiedly.
"but..."
But immediately, after thinking about Ye Si's words, his brows moved slightly.
However, just as he wanted to say something, on the street before their masterpiece, a firework rose to the sky with a sharp whistling sound, and then exploded, leaving a brilliant and bright color in the sky, and then disappeared in a hurry under the dark night.
But for Ye Yi, this is enough!
He had already touched three small courtyards in a row. Ye Er and Ye San were probably the same speed, but when there was still no signal, they probably had no gains. But in this case, this was obviously a signal used by Xuanwu to notify others to come to rescue, which was enough to prove that Ye Si's guess just now was very likely to be true.
"Notify Yewu and ask Ye Er and Ye San to gather at the opposite house immediately."
Knowing that time is precious and there is no longer much time to waste for them, Ye Yi immediately ran towards the house opposite while giving instructions to Ye Si.
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Xuanwu was waiting anxiously in the room at this time.
He had heard the sharp howling sound of the signal rising into the sky and the last sound of the explosion in the sky, but the subordinates who released the fireworks did not return for a long time, which inevitably made him feel a little worried.
Of course, he was not worried about the other party's life.
Even though this subordinate was carefully selected by him, for him, the two major organizations under Beiji Tian and Diting had a large number of people, and it was nothing to lose a subordinate who had no advantage except loyalty.
What he really worried about was whether the other party would be so stupid that he could not even execute the orders he had carefully given before. He was caught when he released the fireworks in the crowd.
Even if he is loyal and will not betray him, even if he is surrounded by neighbors, even if he does not speak, his identity for covering up will be exposed immediately. In this way, others will immediately associate him with him. By then, he has not yet found the killer to assassinate him tonight, and he is targeted by the Five City Military Commanders, and his situation will be even worse.
And just then, he heard the movements coming from the yard and couldn't help but be happy.
However, immediately, the joy on his face disappeared, and instead it was fear.
Because when he was about to leave the room to inquire about the situation, he heard the movements made by several other people.
There are only three people around to protect him, and two of them have already encountered an accident and died in the fire opposite, which undoubtedly means:
The visitor is not good.
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"It's him. I saw him take out something as big as a rat from his arms, like a bamboo tube, and then lit it and flew into the sky."
While Xuanwu was listening to the movements coming from outside in the room with fear and vigilance, and racking his brains while thinking about ways to deal with it, the only subordinate Xuanwu could count on was also facing a huge threat.
He only told him not to release signals in the yard, but to sneak into the crowd before releasing Xuanwu. I guess he never expected that after releasing the signal, he did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he stood there and watched the fireworks rise into the sky.
After all, Xuanwu only instructed him to sneak into the crowd to release the signal, but he did not tell him that he would take the opportunity to escape after releasing the signal...
Fortunately, Xuanwu didn't understand the real situation, otherwise he would have been afraid that Xuanwu would slap him hard.
If he could have a time machine traveling back to the day when he chose this subordinate, he would probably want to slap dozens of times on that day, and then poke the subordinate to death with a sword, warning him to choose a smarter subordinate at that time, otherwise you would definitely be angry to death!
"Yes, it's him, I saw it too."
When someone pointed out a scapegoat. Even if the others didn't see it at the time, they all looked like I saw it at that time, pointed at the other party, and said with confidence in a tone that it was as if the sun was rising from the east.
If it were a smart person, the best way at this time would undoubtedly be to jump out and prove the person who was proving himself was deliberately throwing dirty water on himself, whitewashing himself, thereby setting up a rhythm and confusing the situation.
But it is obvious that Xuanwu's subordinate who was accused of this time was not a smart person. Otherwise, he would not have fallen to this point. He had already returned to Xuanwu's yard and worked with Xuanwu to find a way to deal with the five killers such as Ye Yi who had already come to his door.
So, he made the most wrong decision.
He suddenly attacked, and a whip leg swept the face of the first person who pointed at him. After he fell down with his nose and screamed, he immediately tried to escape from the gap when he fell.
Unfortunately, he had already held a knife in his hand and completely surrounded them, including the soldiers of the Wucheng Military and Ma Si, who were full of attention, and did not give him any chance.
"Catch the living!"
Amid the excited shouts of orders by several middle-level military officers, he had only escaped three steps away and was hit on the back of his head by a knife handle and staggered to the ground.
Um.
Chapter completed!