A few days later, several guards ran into the Prince's Mansion and reported to Manager Wang that the road construction workers were attacked again.
Moreover, this time four construction teams were attacked at the same time, which made Manager Wang anxiously rush to Zhu Gui's room.
"I'm reporting to your lord, the road construction team has been attacked again. If this continues, sooner or later no one will dare to start work."
Manager Wang stood outside the door and said.
"I know, you go down and do your work. By the way, Butler Wang, count the days, is the imperial edict coming soon?"
There was the sound of getting dressed inside the house.
"It should be within the next two days to return to the prince."
Butler Wang went down.
After Zhu Gui finished washing, he glanced at an open secret letter on the table and showed a thoughtful smile.
After breakfast, Zhu Gui sent someone to contact Xu Yingxu, and he himself assembled a hundred soldiers in front of the Daiwang Palace.
After nearly ten days of training, these warriors have begun to show their talents.
The ten soldiers standing at the front, carrying flintlock rifles on their shoulders, showed even more bravery.
Zhu Gui nodded, not surprised by this.
He noticed that many people in the surrounding streets were looking towards him, some with doubts, some with excitement, some with worries and other expressions of unknown meaning.
He saw it in his eyes and didn't take it seriously.
After a while, Xu Yingxu led the team.
"Are we finally going to teach those gangsters a lesson?" Xu Yingxu said eagerly.
This period of time was really suffocating him. Those guys from the Salt Gang were like rats, and they were extremely annoying.
"The Salt Gang has made a lot of noise this time. It seems that they have mobilized in full force. This is the opportunity I have been waiting for."
Zhu Gui said.
"There are gangsters on all sides. Should we work separately or clean them up one by one?"
Xu Yingxu glanced at the soldiers of the Prince's Palace behind him, especially the few personal soldiers, and his eyes lost the contempt before.
"Split into two routes, first the closer and then the farther, and then meet at the Yangang station."
Zhu Gui said.
"Okay, then I'll take the first step."
Xu Yingxu waved his hand and immediately led the team away.
Butler Wang brought a carriage from nearby, which was prepared for Zhu Gui.
But Zhu Gui did not get into the carriage, but instead led the horse out.
"Your Majesty?" Butler Wang was startled.
"None of the men of the Zhu family are hiding in the carriage."
After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he got on his horse and ran towards another street.
One hundred soldiers from the Prince's Palace followed behind.
"Be careful, I won't take care of you if you get hurt."
The gate of the palace opened a crack, Xu Miaoqing looked at the back of the figure who was about to go away, and murmured.
"The prince has gone far, how about I bring a message to the princess?" Zhu Er said from the side.
"You are looking for death!"
…
"How's it going? Have everyone from the Prince's Palace come out?"
In the shadows, the one-eyed dragon held a straw stick in his mouth and asked his men standing high up.
"They are all out, and the general who came from the capital has also led his people away."
"Everyone, be prepared. We will start after a stick of incense."
The one-eyed dragon said to the dark figure behind him.
It turns out that he made such a big noise this time just to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
And he brought the elite of the Salt Gang to raid the Prince Dai's Mansion.
His target was the master hiding in Dai Wang's palace, and Dai Wang's recipe for making refined salt.
One-Eyed Dragon knew that the things he had done could no longer be reconciled with Prince Dai's house, so he might as well do it more decisively.
If you can catch that expert, you can use it to protect yourself, or even blackmail him into negotiating on behalf of the king.
If he found the recipe for making salt, he could abandon the entire salt gang, change his name, and start a new business in another state or county.
Even if King Dai is timid and doesn't fall for the trick, he can definitely come here a few more times. When the time comes, as the people in Datong Mansion lose heart, the advantage will slowly tilt to the Salt Gang.
So no matter how the situation changes, One-Eyed Dragon feels that the whole thing is under his control.
Unexpectedly, this first action made the young prince unable to sit still and his plan could be implemented smoothly.
The thugs who caused trouble and attacked the road construction team were all hired by him from other places. Even if they were all caught, they would have nothing to do with the Salt Gang.
A stick of incense passed quickly, and the one-eyed dragon and others jumped out from their hiding place and rushed towards Prince Dai's palace.
As he imagined, there were only a few servants and girls left in the Prince's Palace. The One-Eyed Dragon easily controlled the situation and headed towards the backyard of the Prince's Palace.
‘Bang bang’.
The two men next to the one-eyed dragon suddenly had blood splashing on their chests, and then they died on the spot.
This startled him.
Looking up, he saw Princess Xu Miaoqing standing in the yard, glaring at him.
"A bold gangster who dares to break into the palace without permission? Are you tired of living?"
At this time, dozens of people had gathered behind the one-eyed dragon.
This calmed him down again.
He looked at the pistol in Xu Miaoqing's hand and thought of the salt traders who had died in the hands of King Dai.
It seems that the rumors about Dai Wang possessing powerful firearms are not false.
"Princess, we are desperate. As long as you hand over the secret of making salt on behalf of the king, we will leave immediately."
The one-eyed dragon stopped his men who were about to rush in and made a vow.
"Bah, you villain, how dare you covet the prince's things."
After Xu Miaoqing finished speaking, the gun was pointed at the one-eyed dragon.
'Bang'.
After the gunfire, the one-eyed dragon stood on the spot unharmed, but he still looked shocked.
It turned out that he held a subordinate next to him in front of his chest to block the bullet for him.
"Scum."
After Xu Miaoqing finished speaking, he raised his gun and started shooting again.
This frightened the one-eyed dragon. He wanted to grab another person to block the bullet for him, but his men had already run away.
He had no choice but to run away.
There was a 'click' sound from behind.
It turned out that Xu Miaoqing's pistol was out of bullets.
Then she remembered that she had been practicing shooting in the back mountain a few days ago and had used up most of the bullets.
And she was embarrassed to ask Zhu Gui for it, but she didn't expect that something would go wrong at this critical moment.
"Zhu Gui, you idiot."
Xu Miaoqing cursed secretly, turned around and went into the house.
The one-eyed dragon and his party waited for a long time before they realized what happened.
Then he rushed in again.
"That bitch is out of bullets, don't be afraid, we will make a fortune when we find the recipe," the one-eyed dragon shouted loudly.
Everyone in the Yan Gang suddenly cheered and rushed towards the back room.
With a "duang" sound, something heavy suddenly fell in the yard, and a big crater was created. Everyone in the Yan Gang who couldn't dodge was blown away, and their severed limbs and arms were scattered all over the ground.
The one-eyed dragon and Xu Miaoqing, who had just opened the door and was holding a long sword, were both startled.
At this time, the courtyard walls on both sides were suddenly filled with people.
It was Zhu Gui, the acting king, who served as the palace soldier for the royal palace.
Zhu Gui patted the dark barrel next to him and said thoughtfully: "The power is a bit too great. I can't use it in my yard in the future."
The one-eyed dragon was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and murmured: "How is this possible? Didn't you leave?"
Xu Miaoqing was overjoyed at first, and then shouted to Zhu Gui with a gloomy face: "Zhu Gui, you dare to lie to me?"