The torch was thrown through the narrow alley, drew an arc, and hit a man's face hard, burning him to the core.
The fire oil splashed up and burned the clothes of the people behind. The torch fell to the ground and was quickly stamped out.
People gasped, cursed, and screamed.
The alley is too small, and the corpses are blocking the road ahead, making it impossible to kill.
But the opponent was also injured and exhausted, leaving only the final offensive.
"Kill him! Avenge Qu Shuai!"
"He's handsome!"
On the other side of the pile of corpses, Lao Liang pulled Jiang Hai over and cursed: "You're injured, let's go!"
"尻!" Jiang Hai yelled angrily.
The people Xue Bai brought this time, including Xue Xin, were all their disciples. Two of them were already here tonight, and Jiang Hai went a little crazy.
If there was armor, the two of them would have dared to defeat each other.
"set fire!"
"call--"
The fire started, firewood was piled up in the alley, and the bodies were immediately burned, and the aroma of barbecue filled the air.
One of the watermen charged too hard and was caught in the fire. He couldn't put it out and had to be burned alive.
Li San'er's head was also burned off.
"Haha, Qu Shuai? I'll give you my head back!" Jiang Hai laughed, and his face turned ferocious in a flash.
Because Lao Liang was already bandaging his wounds.
"hiss."
"Be patient, and when the alcohol A Lang said is prepared, it won't hurt so much."
Lao Liang stood up, holding the knife in his hand. He glanced at Xue Bai first to make sure he was safe, then sat down and treated his wound.
Xue Baizheng and Xue Xin were directing Xu Ba and several traffickers who had been captured by them to do their work. They had piled all the flammable materials in the secret house beside the alley wall and lit them on fire to prevent the enemy from getting up. The next thing to do was to continue
Add firewood.
Wine, furniture, silk pieces, carved window frames, everything that could be burned were thrown into the fire.
It's like burning away the filth and sin here.
When there is a fire, someone is bound to be unable to sit still. For example, who is the real owner of Yanshi County?
Whoever owns the land in Yanshi County is the owner.
Before coming, Xue Bai thought that Yanshi County belonged to 10,000 households, but he was wrong. Ten thousand households occupied less than half of the land. More than half of Yanshi County belonged to only a few households.
Cui family, Zheng family, Song family, Guo family, the Guo family refers to Guo Huan's family, which is closer to Benzhi. In terms of family background, Guo Wanjin can't reach it.
These masters are usually indifferent, or they are drunk and dreaming, or they are devoted to learning and practicing Taoism, allowing rebels to run around under their noses, or even colluding with others.
But Xue Bai didn't think they were going to rebel. At most, they were greedy and participated in smuggling. Xue Bai was absolutely sure of this.
This is their prosperous age, even if the emperor rebels, they will not rebel.
Take a look at the life of the Song family. Luhun Villa is more than ten miles away from the valley, with picturesque scenery, thousands of hectares of farmland, and countless slaves. The slaves dedicated their most beautiful daughters to them, only worthy of becoming their playthings. Even the attendants
Not worthy of being a concubine, rebelling?
Did Song Mian really betray Wang Yansiam because he found out about the smuggling account? Or did he deliberately reveal the information about Gao Chong's smuggling to Wang Yansiam because he wanted to kill him?
Without thinking about it carefully, I feel that Song Mian may be helpless, and at least there is still a little bit of warmth between people. In fact, under the huge interests, the coldness of human relationships is far beyond Wang Yansiam's imagination.
In short, now that the house is on fire, the owner who pretended to be asleep should wake up.
Xue Bai did not ask them to help him, but at least he could control these porters. In this way, he could naturally leave during the chaos and continue with his next plan.
Tonight, what Du Jin has to do is to show force and force Gao Shang to go to war; Du Wulang and Cui Youfu invite the county magistrate and world gentry to suppress the movement, because they certainly don't like too much movement.
Although Zhang Sanniang is fake, there is no way to absolutely confirm this in Yanshi County, which is 800 miles away from Chang'an. As a result, the differences between the county magistrate and the county magistrate are bound to get worse.
All Xue Bai has to do is go out and add fuel to the fire.
At the same time, deep in the dark house behind him, there was a cabinet, and the secret passage behind the cabinet was filled with darkness.
~~
Suddenly a fire lit up in the darkness.
This is the alley east of the dark house.
Sheep Fourteen and Shi Zhong were walking one behind the other. Sheep Fourteen was holding a long stick in one hand and a torch in the other, while Shi Zhong was eating slowly.
Neither of them noticed that a little distance behind them, a little lady in red was quietly following them.
This is Li Twelve Niang.
She had already circled outside the dark house, looking for a way to get in and rescue Xue Bai. After hearing the conversation between the two people, she followed them.
Because she was so focused, Li Twelve didn't notice that there was someone following her behind her.
Since nightfall, Song Li has only done one thing, which is to chase Zhang Sanniang.
What others care about has nothing to do with the Song family. As long as he gets Zhang Sanniang, the initiative will be his.
He sneakily poked his head at the alley wall, turned around and gave instructions to his two followers.
"Zhang Sanniang is not familiar with the terrain, so you are pretending to be Xue Bai's people, do you understand?"
"Hachiro, I don't understand."
"Just say, 'I am the county captain, please come with me, little lady,' and then take her home, talk to her, and attract her attention, do you understand?"
"Got it."
"Then, stay behind and look for an opportunity to pour this bottle of medicine on this piece of cloth. Pour it all and cover Zhang Sanniang's mouth and nose. Remember, you have to cover her until she is powerless."
"I understand, Hachiro told me earlier, it's not the first time."
"By the way, don't take it to my house, take it to Guo Erlang's house, go ahead..."
The two servants then chased after her and were about to call her.
"Hey, run quickly, someone is trying to catch you!" Someone suddenly shouted.
Li Twelve Niang looked up and saw the two people in front of them quickening their pace, and quickly chased after them.
~~
The maid named Hongxia couldn't explain why she came to see the county captain.
She had the answer in her mind, but... it couldn't be considered an answer, it could only be regarded as a wild thought. She also knew that she was stupid. If others knew her thoughts, they would call her a slut and a fool. The daughter of a farm slave,
For a person who is in a lowly position, everything she does seems to be wrong.
In short, after meeting the county captain at night and hearing that he was in danger, she couldn't help but want to go find him.
After walking around all the way, I finally saw the bright fire here, and heard many people saying that they came here to "capture the county captain, bring him to justice, and avenge the commander-in-chief", so he came here.
She was startled as soon as she turned around the alley, because there was a familiar figure in front of her.
That was her master, Ba Lang, the Song Li who had promised her to be his concubine and promised her mother a good life, but in the end he left her like a broken shoe.
Hongxia eavesdropped for a while and already understood what Song Li was going to do, so she walked around to the other side of the alley wall and looked around, seeing a little woman in red walking quietly.
She didn't want more people to fall into Song Li's hands, so before she had time to think about it, she shouted out urgently and gave a warning.
The little lady in red looked back and immediately quickened her pace and ran away.
"Run quickly..."
Before Hongxia could shout again, Song Li rushed over and covered her mouth.
"Is it you? Bitch!"
Song Li cursed angrily, turned around and said, "Go quickly."
After that, he knocked down Hongxia and kicked her hard.
"Hachiro, we have lost him."
"尻!尻!"
Song Li was heartbroken and hated Hongxia so much that he pulled her hair and banged her head against the wall.
"Bang."
"Bang."
The stones on the foundation of the wall were uneven and were covered in blood after a while.
"Do you know what I lost?! You bitch!"
The roar covered up the footsteps behind him, and the next moment, a follower suddenly shouted: "Who..."
"puff."
A small figure rushed over like a leopard, with a flash of cold light in his hand, and struck a servant on the neck with a short knife.
It was Ren Mulan who came.
Her attack was vicious, and before the sword was fully used, she raised it and slashed the thigh of another servant. The other servant was cut to the point where he was unable to fight back, and then she stabbed him in the heart with the knife.
Afraid that he might not die, she even stirred it up.
These three blows happened in a flash of lightning. She was young but very experienced. When she stood up again, half of her face was covered in blood. Her eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Damn it."
Song Li was so frightened that he took two steps back, tripped over the red clouds on the ground, and fell to the ground.
"Don't kill me...come here! Help...ah!"
Ren Mulan's sword had already been chopped off, but without saying a word, she raised the sword and slashed again. The two swords struck the same place on his thigh.
Song Li was in so much pain that he almost fainted.
"Pick it up." Ren Mulan said: "Eat it and I will spare your life."
Song Li just groaned, obviously unable to eat it.
"puff."
Ren Mulan didn't wait and killed him directly.
She didn't dare to throw away the knife, so she held up Hongxia with one hand and asked, "How are you? I seem to have seen you before. You are the one in the dark house..."
"I'm not..." Hongxia murmured: "I'm not a prodigal... no..."
"Hold on, I'll take you to see the doctor."
Hongxia felt excruciating pain, and her consciousness became more and more confused. Finally, she recognized Ren Mulan in front of her, and murmured: "The county captain... is it safe..."
She didn't hear any more answers. She only seemed to see her grandma being taken back home from Luhun Villa. Her home was on the bank of Yishui River and had more than 60 acres of land.
She thought that she had to bring her back. The county captain said that she could support her by weaving.
Finally, she seemed to really see the weaving workshop being opened...
"puff."
Ren Mulan stood up and stabbed Song Li again.
She continued to move forward, turning south from the main street, passing by the City God's Temple, and there was an alley leading directly to the city wall.
This is a dead end alley. The strange thing is that Li Twelve Niang had clearly gone this way just now, but now she disappeared.
Ren Mulan couldn't understand, how could Li Twelve Niang know the terrain better than she did in Yanshi County?
~~
It was less than two hours after nightfall. After killing Li Saner, Xue Bai and others only had time to set a fire.
There are not many things left to burn in the dark house.
Xue Xin then took people to look for him.
"Xu Ba, go and move that cabinet out, dismantle it and burn it."
"good."
Xu Ba was exhausted, but after taking a look at the knife in Xue Xin's hand, he still brought a trafficker forward to move the cabinet.
It was unexpectedly heavy.
"Weird."
"尻." Xue Xin didn't know who he learned it from. He has been swearing a lot lately, cursing: "Eat dog intestines. If you are lazy, I will kill you."
"Handsome, it's really heavy."
Xue Xin immediately raised the knife and said, "Is it still heavy?"
"Why don't you believe me? This cabinet is really..."
Xu Ba pushed hard, and strangely, the cabinet was pushed open by him.
He himself was extremely surprised and said quickly: "Commander, listen to me, it was really heavy just now..."
"puff."
An iron-tipped short spear pierced Xu Ba's throat.
The gun was made of a whistle stick with an iron tip. It must have been very convenient to carry. The iron tip could be removed when not in use.
Xu Ba's body was pushed down, but before he fell to the ground, someone came out from behind the cabinet and stabbed another trafficker again.
Blood spattered out before Xue Xin reacted.
He actually gave up at this moment and quickly turned around and ran away.
"Enemy attack!"
"Brother, your killer is here!"
Xue Xin was already running fast, but the man was even faster. He kept walking and ran through a corridor and was already behind him.
Xue Xin had heard stories about the battlefield from his family, and knew that running away would lead to him being easily hacked to death. He gripped the knife tightly, suddenly stepped aside, and drew his knife to chop.
The iron spear stabbed past his eyes with a "swish" sound.
The opponent's weapon was longer and he only took one step back to avoid Xue Xin's sword.
But the blade of the knife still hit him and cut through his clothes. There was no blood and only the inner armor was exposed.
"尻!"
Xue Xin quickly jumped over the wooden fence and shouted with all his strength: "Brother! I have armor."
Just as he jumped up, the iron spear struck again, directly piercing his thigh.
"Brother! Killer armored soldier!"
…
Sheep Fourteen originally wanted to jump over the wooden fence to kill Xue Xin, but when he turned around, he saw Xue Bai.
Xue Bai stood above the small pavilion in front and watched the surrounding situation. He was waiting for the fire to attract more gentry, and then he could use their strength.
This is the real local snake. In terms of force, Xue Bai cannot surpass Gao Chong in a short period of time, so he has to inspire the world gentry to protect him. But just a little bit short, Gao Chong still sent someone, here comes... one?
"Come down and die." Sheep Fourteen said, walking towards the small pavilion.
In front, the injured Lao Liang and Jiang Hai had already heard the sound and were coming, but they did not panic and said with a smile: "I thought Gao Chong could have a few really good players, but it turns out that only one came!"
"I came here wearing armor, didn't you expect that?" Yang Shisi didn't take these two unarmored wounded soldiers seriously.
He was just a little confused, why didn't Shi Zhong, who was following behind, come over?
~~
In the secret passage, Shi Zhong swung his knife again.
He was at the bottom of the ladder. Just after Sheep Fourteen had gone out, and he was about to follow him, he suddenly felt something piercing his inner armor.
So he looked back and was struck by a sword on the bend of his knee.
"Old Sheep."
Sheep Fourteen didn't hear it, so he was probably killing someone up there.
Shi Zhong then jumped down with a single sword and struck with all his strength.
Just now he clearly saw a shadowy figure, but he didn't expect that the figure retreated very quickly and disappeared immediately.
He lit the fire fold and threw it over, and saw a person dressed in red flash by... the person was a little girl.
"Little bitch."
Shi Zhong cursed, strode forward, and slashed with his sword, but unfortunately he still didn't hit her.
These few steps affected the wound on his knee. He frowned and turned back to the ladder.
The light came from the door above, half bright and half dark. Looking at that light, when I turned my head again, I felt that the surroundings were getting darker.
Before Shi Zhong reached the exit, he had already stepped lightly, raised his ears, and when he heard the footsteps behind him, he suddenly turned around and slashed again.
It was empty again, and the little lady retreated very quickly, and the rustling sound continued deep into the secret passage.
Shi Zhong quickly caught up.
"puff."
A sword stabbed out from the darkness and stabbed into Shi Zhong's neck accurately.
"Kekeke..."
He opened his mouth to curse, but blood kept spurting out from his wound.
Li Twelve Niang was standing against the wall with her sword drawn out.
Pushing the corpse down, she walked over it and crawled out of the secret passage, only to see two more corpses on the ground.
She quickened her pace and heard Xue Xin's shouting from a distance.
"Brother! Run!"
Li Twelve Niang almost took the wrong path, quickly turned around and ran towards the place where the sound came from.
Dressed in red, she ran through the corridor and saw Xue Xin limping away from a distance.
Further away, Jiang Hai fell to the ground and gasped for air. He raised his hands and tried to get up, but he couldn't get up. Next to him, there were three people fighting. It was difficult for them to fight four of them.
"Jiang Hai! Get up and kill him!" An iron gun was inserted into Lao Liang's shoulder, and he hugged the gun tightly.
The aura of the elite border troops can be seen at a glance. Lao Liang has observed that apart from Li San'er, there are only six people left who are really brave enough to kill officials and can survive under their hands. Gao Chong is surrounded by only six people.
indivual.
But what they didn't expect was that they came wearing armor. This is a good thing and a bad thing.
"Shi Zhong, kill the official!" Yang Shisi, who was holding a gun, shouted and tried to pull out his gun, but couldn't. He simply took out a dagger and stabbed Lao Liang's arm.
The next moment, Xue Xin pounced on him. Yang Shisi kicked him away.
At the same time, Xue Bai, who had just been knocked down by Sheep Fourteen, got up and struck with a knife, trying to chop Sheep Fourteen's neck.
Yang Shisi raised his hand and blocked the blow with his shoulder armor. The dagger also scratched Lao Liang's arm, drawing blood. He finally snatched the iron gun back, pushed it, and thrust it into Xue Bai's neck.
In an instant, Xue Bai was returning the knife and turned sideways to hide; Lao Liang had dug his fingers into Sheep Fourteen's eyes; Jiang Hai was still getting up; Xue Xin was about to rush over to hug Sheep Fourteen again; Sheep Ten
Si Ze was thinking that it was time for Shi Zhong to arrive.
No one knows who will win and who will lose if they are allowed to fight.
Because a sword has been inserted into the neck of Sheep Fourteen, accurately and lightly, like a dance.
Xue Bai had no fighting experience, but he still struck the enemy in the abdomen with his sword. Just when he thought he had won by himself, he saw the tip of the sword... I don’t know if he won this time, but he only knew that he had gained a helper.
.
When he came back to his senses, he saw Li Twelve Niang in red.
"Why are you here?"
"I came from the tunnel."
"And me!" Ren Mulan ran all the way, "I'm also here to protect the county captain..."
Only then did Xue Bai learn that there was a secret passage in this secret house. If there was no secret passage, the gentry would have already arrived and could rescue him, and he would not have to gain any actual combat experience; but
With this secret passage, his plan could be completed.
He wanted to force Gao Chong to make the matter bigger, but he didn't expect Gao Chong to sacrifice Jiadu, which was enough to make the matter bigger.
At this time, someone had climbed over the wall and came in, shouting that he was going to be beaten or killed. Xue Bai immediately went to help Lao Liang, and at the same time said to Li Twelve Niang and Ren Mulan: "You guys go and light a fire."
"What?"
"It's burned. The stronger the fire burns, the greater our chances of winning...Xue Xin, come and help Lao Liang; Jiang Hai, get up, can you still walk?"
~~
There are alley walls on both sides of the dark house, and there are alleys next to the alley walls. It is the place in the city that is least likely to be burned to other places.
"call--"
But the fire suddenly broke out, and even the dark house was set alight.
This is the second place on fire tonight. Fortunately, everyone in the city has been prepared to put out the fire.
A porter rushed into the secret house. At the same time, Shi Shen had also arrived with his people. He was furious and shouted: "What are you doing?! Put out the fire quickly..."
"Put out the fire!"
"Where is County Lieutenant Xue? You won't burn the County Lieutenant to death, right?"
"this……"
"Burn it? You kill officials? Kill officials like this?! Do you know what a serious crime this is?!"
~~
As soon as Xue Bai lit up the fire, it turned out that Zhang Sanniang from outside, whether she was real or fake, had all her servants and bodyguards taken away; the new county captain was also burned to death, and he died a little easily.
Thinking about it again, how could Guo Wanjin and Li Saner, who died tonight, be eliminated by Xue Bai?
These two fires finally made more people feel uneasy and alert.
As a result, more and more gentry stood up overnight and gathered in the middle hall of the county office.
"The matter is too big. If the county magistrate sets fire like this every time he 'settles things', how many times can Yanshi County withstand it?"
Zheng Bian of the Zheng family in Xingyang heard this and called out: "Go and call all our servants."
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