Before he finished speaking, there were only a few "bang bang" sounds, and five or six counters on both sides of Chenghuang Street were overturned to the ground. Then, six or seven vendors suddenly pulled out knives from the cabinets and faced the Ruan Mansion and his entourage.

Rushed over!

Several soldiers who accompanied Kong Luhua and Xie Xue when they went out suddenly saw someone trying to assassinate them, and they were frightened for a moment. However, these soldiers were originally brave men carefully selected by Cai Tingliang. After a moment of hesitation, they also drew their swords one after another.

, greeted the several assassins. The sound of slashing with steel knives could be heard for a while, and Xie Xue and Kong Luhua inside the sedan were also frightened.

"Madam, what's going on outside?" Xie Xue was obviously at a loss.

"It doesn't matter, there must be some daring people..." But before Kong Luhua could finish his sentence, there was an "ah" sound from the side of the sedan, and it seemed that a guard had been slashed.

"What should we do..." Kong Luhua was in the sedan, and she didn't know what was going on outside. She ran out of ideas for a moment, and opened a corner of the curtain of the sedan. In front of her, there were several people with murderous looks on their faces, fighting with the guards.

She fought with all her strength. But when she looked at the shop on the corner, her eyes suddenly lit up and she seemed to have an idea.

"Quick! Go back to Fengshanmen Street! People in front surround the sedan, don't fight alone!" Kong Luhua hurriedly ordered the sedan bearers and guards.

Several sedan bearers had already turned pale with fear. After listening to Kong Luhua's command, they didn't bother to think. They turned around one after another and led the sedan towards the street. The other soldiers stood in a semicircle and surrounded the sedan to fight with the assassin.

With this change, everyone succeeded in blocking the assassin's path, and the place where the sedan was attacked was only more than ten feet away from the street. Soon, several bearers tried their best to retreat and let the sedan reach the street.

The garrison soldiers on the Zhenhai Tower suddenly heard the noise on the street and turned to the south side of the street one after another. They were all surprised when they saw a second-grade official sedan being besieged by a group of assassins.

"It's the sedan chair of Mr. Zhongcheng! Come on, follow me down to the rescue!" The foreign affairs committee member patrolling the Zhenhai Tower was quite alert. He immediately took the officers and soldiers upstairs and rushed down together.

However, at this time, the few officers and soldiers who insisted on guarding the sedan had reached their limit. Although the few soldiers surrounded the sedan to look after each other and not be left alone, there were only six of them in total, and when the assassin had just attacked the sedan, one of them

Wounded. At this time, there were eight assassins who broke into the street and attacked the officers and soldiers. They kept attacking more and less. How could the officers and soldiers gain the upper hand? They fought for only a moment before two officers and soldiers were hit by knives one after another and fell down.

Go down.

"Kill!"

The two officers and soldiers struggled to slash at the assassin. The two assassins on the opposite side were caught off guard and were chopped down to the ground. However, the sword skills of the remaining four soldiers gradually became scattered. Seeing that the success was about to be accomplished, one assassin suddenly roared and thrust out his long knife.

, stabbed two soldiers in the abdomen one after another, and finally the two were surrounded by other assassins. It seemed that the "temporary defense line" composed of six people was completely broken.

"Haha!" The assassin who rushed to the front laughed, and swung his knife one after another, cutting down the two bearers in front of him. The sedan suddenly lost its balance and began to fall forward. The picked up wind blew the sedan away.

The curtain, the assassin's ferocious face, and the shiny tip of the knife all came into Xie Xue's eyes.

"Madam, no!" Xie Xue was shocked and hurriedly hugged Kong Luhua. Kong Luhua also knew that the soldiers had tried their best, but there were still more than twenty steps away from the officers and soldiers upstairs arriving.

"Are you going to die here?" Kong Luhua's eyes gradually lost color.

However, at this moment, a "whoosh" sound was heard suddenly from behind the assassin in front of him. Then, the assassin roared "Ah!" and he couldn't stand still and fell to the ground. And in front of his sedan, there was actually a sound.

Suddenly there was an extra rod.

"Madam, don't panic, students are here to help!" At this time, a familiar voice came to the ears of Kong Xie's two daughters. In front of the sedan, fifteen or six people dressed as servants, holding poles and sticks, rushed towards the assassin.

The remaining five assassins didn't see what was going on, and hurriedly stepped forward to slash at the servants. In just a moment, the five or six rods in front of them were broken into two pieces.

But this group of servants was outnumbered after all. The first few rods broke and the ones behind them were immediately connected. Within a moment, the five assassins had been knocked down and three of them had been knocked down.

"Madam, I'm late, brothers. Come with me, brothers!" Just when the last two assassins were about to make a last stand, more than ten soldiers from the Foreign Affairs Commission on the Zhenhai Tower had already rushed to protect the sedan.

Although the two assassins were brave, but with three officers and soldiers surrounding one, how could they have any chance to fight back? After only two or three back and forths, the assassins were struck by the officers and soldiers one after another, and they fell to the ground with screams of "Ah!"

"Catch them all and bring them to Fuyuan!" Kong Luhua watched the reinforcements arrive one after another and the assassins were gradually subdued by the officers and soldiers, and then she gradually recovered. She was indeed calm. Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, her first reaction was

It is to leave a living mouth and ask for the details.

However, Kong Luhua's words reminded the eight assassins in turn.

"If you don't succeed, you will succeed!" shouted the first assassin. Immediately, each of the eight assassins picked up the machete next to them, and before the servants had time to respond, they slashed their own throats one after another. In an instant, all eight assassins were killed on the spot.

"Ah!" Xie Xue saw the tragic act of suicide by everyone, and leaned on Kong Luhua again, not daring to look at the situation in front of her.

At this time, I saw the servants in front of me dispersed one after another, and a familiar figure came forward, bowed to Kong Luhua and Xie Xue: "Madam, the student's rescue is late, I hope you will forgive me." In the panic, this man did not lose sight of it.

The elegant and elegant person was actually Xu Zongyan, whom Kong Luhua and Ruan Yuan had met in Hangzhou before. He originally entered Beijing and became a Jinshi in the fourth year of Jiaqing, but for some unknown reason, he returned to Hangzhou two years later.

"It's okay, but Qing Ji, why is it you?" Kong Luhua was also puzzled for a moment.

"Madam, you forgot? The student's house, 'Xuji',' is just twenty steps ahead. The student just happened to be inside the door. Seeing these assassins suddenly attacking, he immediately called the servants at home to come to help, but he didn't expect to surprise the madam."

Xu Zongyan hurriedly explained.

"Madam, Madam! Are you okay?" At this moment, Kong Luhua suddenly heard another familiar voice behind her, as well as the sound of footsteps. She hurriedly got off the sedan and looked back, only to see Ruan Hong with five or six people.

The guards of Fuyuan hurried over. When Ruan Hong saw Kong Luhua, he also hurriedly bowed: "Madam, please forgive me, I just heard the guard from Zhenhai Tower came to report, so I brought these people over. Boyuan, I

He has been notified and should arrive soon."

"It's okay. Although the thieves came with a ferocious force, fortunately Ji Qing and the foreign affairs committee arrived in time, and Yuezhuang and I were not injured." Kong Luhua said as she looked at the ground and saw only two bearers and six

At first, the guards guarding the sedan had fallen to the ground, some were still struggling, and some had stopped moving. I had no choice but to say to Ruan Hong: "Second uncle, quickly ask them to take the injured soldier back, and these thieves

The body was quickly removed and sent to the nursing home to see if there is anything that can be used to identify him."

"Okay, I'll tell them to do it now. By the way, madam, if it's dangerous on the road, why don't you go back first..." Ruan Hong warned Kong Luhua while looking at the corner of the street. Suddenly, Ruan Hong was shocked.

Not far away, in the front left corner, there was a masked man holding a musket, aiming at Kong Luhua. Green smoke gradually appeared above the match rope.

"Madam, be careful!" Ruan Hong saw that the situation was critical, and without caring about his own safety, he hurriedly took a step forward and stood in front of Kong Luhua. Hearing a "bang" sound, Ruan Hong suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower back, and then he could no longer stand.

Unable to hold on, he fell to the ground. When Kong Luhua and Xie Xue looked at Ruan Hong, they could clearly see that there was a pool of blood in front of Ruan Hong.

"Second uncle, second uncle!" Kong Luhua and Xie Xue didn't care about the relationship between men and women, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Ruan Hong, but seeing the blood leaking out of Ruan Hong's waist, what could they do?

The Fuyuan soldiers had always been on good terms with Ruan Hong, but now they saw him being shot and fell to the ground. How could they keep calm? They had already cut the cords on their muskets, and now they also raised their guns together, and soon "bang bang"

Several gunshots were fired, and the gun-wielding assassin had no time to dodge. He was hit in the head by a bullet and immediately fell to the ground. It seemed that he was no longer alive.

"Quick! Quick!" Behind Kong Luhua, footsteps gradually sounded again, and another seventeen or eight Fuyuan guards rushed forward. Behind the officers and soldiers, an official with a coral top was rushing up quickly.

As he walked forward, he was out of breath. It was Ruan Yuan, and Yang Ji accompanied Ruan Yuan to the entrance of Chenghuang Street.

"Second uncle, madam! How are you doing?" Seeing the mess in front of him, Ruan Yuan took three steps and stepped forward. Seeing that the ground was littered with assassin corpses, Ruan Hong had also fallen to the ground.

They couldn't move. Kong Luhua and Xie Xue's eyes were full of tears, and they were naturally frightened. Several of the officers and soldiers who had just been carried aside were motionless, and their lives were probably in danger. Ruan Yuan was frightened and frightened for a moment.

Angry, and not sure what the cause of this sudden assassination was.

"This...who is this person..." Ruan Yuan murmured.

Just an hour ago, Ruan Yuan met Li Changgeng. This time Li Changgeng came to Hangzhou and brought good news. Thirty large warships, after a year of construction, had been completed and launched. They were temporarily concentrated in Hangzhou.

Dinghai Town is ready to be distributed to the other two towns at any time. Ruan Yuan also made statistics on the cannon casting situation in Hangzhou, Dinghai, and Wenzhou. A total of 78 red-clothed stupid cannons and 340 large mountain-splitting cannons were produced.

Along with some of the heavy artillery seized last year, the navy's artillery was completely new. Ruan Yuanye and Li Changgeng lamented the matter of coastal defense, thinking that if they could continue to suppress pirates, peace would surely return to the sea in a year or two.

But just when Ruan Yuan was thinking about the peace and tranquility of the sea, a soldier suddenly came from Zhenhai Tower and informed Ruan Yuan that Kong Luhua's sedan was suddenly attacked at the entrance of Chenghuang Street. Ruan Yuan was also taken aback and hurriedly ordered Ruan Hong to take him with him.

Several guards from the hall went to catch the thief, and he hurriedly summoned Cai Tingliang to Fuyuan. He named twenty soldiers under Fuyuan's banner and rushed over. When he reached the intersection of Fengshanmen Street, he heard the sound of gunshots suddenly ringing out.

I rushed to the scene at full speed and saw Ruan Hong already lying on the ground. I was still a step too late.

"Second uncle, second uncle, hold on, I'll go find General Cai Shen and call the military doctor right away!" Ruan Yuan knew very well that Ruan Hong had been with him for nine years. Although he couldn't do anything big on weekdays, official documents from the government were filed.

, the accounting of the family has been organized by Ruan Hong for nine years. Sometimes I think that I can only let Ruan Hong do these chores, and I feel a little guilty, but Ruan Hong's political and literary talents are actually mediocre, and it is difficult for Jiao Xun to participate in the political affairs of the Fuyuan, not to mention

What about Ruan Hong? Thinking about it this way, I felt that I should find some free time to comfort Ruan Hong, but there was no free time. By the time Ruan Hong was shot and fell to the ground, it was already too late, and I felt indescribably uncomfortable.

"Second uncle, please hold on, Boyuan will not lie to you. By the way, do you see clearly where these thieves came from?" Yang Ji also stepped forward to support Ruan Hong and asked.

"I...I don't know, Boyuan, after you return to Fuyuan, remember to do a good inspection, and..." Ruan Hong was in pain at this time, but thinking that Ruan Yuan didn't know the hidden truth, he always wanted to help him more,

He had no choice but to brace himself and give Ruan Yuan detailed instructions. But at this moment, Ruan Hong took a glance and saw another masked man holding a musket on the roof of the building on his right, looking at the people in Fuyuan.

And the musket in his hand was aimed at Ruan Yuan!

"Bo Yuan, get down quickly! There is..." Ruan Hong ignored the injury on his waist and shouted to Ruan Yuan. However, this shout also caused severe pain in his wound. This time, he

Finally I couldn't hold it any longer, and before I could finish a sentence, I passed out.

"Bo Yuan, be careful!" Yang Jike was much more alert than Ruan Hong. After hearing Ruan Hong's cry, he immediately hugged Ruan Yuan, threw himself backwards, and rolled twice in a row. After hearing a "bang", Ruan Yuan stood up.

There was a dent in the place, and a lead bullet kept spinning on the ground.

"Master, Master!" Xie Xue watched for a moment, she and Kong Luhua narrowly escaped death from the assassin's knife, Ruan Hong was shot and fell to the ground, and even Ruan Yuan almost fell to the assassin's gun, how could he hold back? Finally "Wow"

"With a sound, I cried.

However, at this time, Ruan Yuan looked at the eaves in front of him with a pale face. Yang Ji was helping Ruan Yuan stand up slowly. Kong Luhua took her handkerchief and stopped the bleeding of Ruan Hong. Xu Zongyan was also helping to take care of the wounded soldiers.

One person can take care of her.

"Lord Zhongcheng, I am late in rescuing you. Please punish me severely!" At this time, there was another chaotic sound of footsteps approaching on the street. It turned out that Cai Tingliang had finally gathered his men and led fifty of his subordinates.

The soldier arrived at the scene. He had already known that most of the first eight soldiers would be injured, so he prepared military doctors in advance. At this time, he saw Ruan Hong fainted on the ground, and hurriedly called the military doctor to come forward, carried Ruan Hong on a stretcher, and moved aside

They were bandaged on the spot. But Ruan Yuan in front of him didn't say a word.

"General Cai Shen!" After a while, Ruan Yuan suddenly shouted loudly. Everyone accompanying him had never heard Ruan Yuan speak so loudly before, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised. Only to hear Ruan Yuan continue: "After the last assassin shot,

He immediately ran away, but he couldn't escape far! You immediately give the order to go down and check the surroundings to see if there are any accomplices. People who leave the city at all city gates will be strictly interrogated. If there is anyone with the smell of gunpowder on their body,

Capture them immediately! Also, go and find all the dogs that can be found in the Biao camp and nearby, let them smell the gunpowder, and keep looking!" Everyone heard Ruan Yuan's extremely stern tone, and they also knew that this time, Ruan Yuan was going to fight with

The assassins fought to the death.

"Your Majesty, I obey!" Cai Tingliang also responded and sent a team of soldiers to search around the street. Others surrounded Ruan Yuan, Kong Luhua and others, protected the Ruan family and the others, and slowly retreated to Fuyuan.

go back.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!" Suddenly, Xu Zongyan's voice came to Ruan Yuan's ears again. When Ruan Yuan turned around to look, he found that Xie Xue was already lying on one side and had fainted.

"Yuezhuang!" Ruan Yuan looked at Xie Xue lying aside, and his heart was cut with a knife. But at this time, in addition to Kong Luhua, who was bandaging Ruan Hong and had a lot of blood on his body, the other soldiers were all men, and no one could

Take Xie Xue back. In the midst of hesitation, he had no choice but to turn to Xu Zongyan for help, saying: "Ji Qing, go find some women quickly and ask them to take them back to Yuezhuang. Also, quickly find a doctor to come to Fuyuan."

, let her take a look too." Xu Zongyan nodded quickly and agreed.

"Master, let's go back first and leave the sedan to Yuezhuang." Kong Luhua gradually recovered and said to Ruan Yuan. Ruan Yuan had no other option for the moment, so he nodded, and under the protection of more than ten soldiers,

Together with Yang Ji and Kong Luhua, they returned to Fuyuan. There were two general foreign affairs officers under Cai Tingliang present at this time, and they hurriedly ordered their subordinates to clear the road. Fortunately, after the officers and soldiers conducted a strict investigation, no other assassin accomplices were found. Until this time.
Chapter completed!