?Xiyang County Duke’s mansion, Yuchi Chifan, the wife of Xiyang County Duke, entered a house surrounded by maids. This house is different from other houses in the mansion. From the outside, there is no window or even the vent can’t be seen anywhere. The door looks heavy and not like a wooden door.????

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"Madam, don't worry, the mansion is sure to ask his wife to wait in peace." Liu Caiyun comforted her with a smile. Her husband Zhang Ding is the escort of the mansion, so he is very confident about the measures taken by the mansion tonight.

"But... I can go inside and hide, where are the servants in the mansion?" Yuchi Chifan was a little worried. Today is New Year's Eve, but the thieves were as difficult as expected. Then his mansion would be at the brunt of it. If the thief climbed over the wall and came in, he would inevitably fight and the servants who had nowhere to escape would be in trouble.

Liu Caiyun said that there was not only one refuge in the mansion, but also all irrelevant servants had been evacuated and avoided separately according to Butler Li's arrangement. In other words, "Everything is in the control of the county magistrate." Anu, who was beside him, showed disdain when he heard this.

‘It sounds nice, everything is in control. Now people have to hide and take refuge. This is just playing with fire and burning yourself!’ She thought in her heart that she just saw the man-in-law Yang Lihua glaring at her and didn’t speak.

I thought it was enough to enter the room. Unexpectedly, I had to go down the stairs. After walking through a narrow tunnel, I went up the stairs and then went up the stairs. After Yuchi Chi appeared in a room, he came to a room.

Specifically, there are several rooms, no windows everywhere, but there is no feeling of being stuffy at all, as if it is on the ground. There are all furniture in the room and candles. Although there are not many candles lit at the same time, they are enough to illuminate the rooms in various places.

"Madam, please rest in your room, two ladies, here are clean water. If you need it, you can get the pastry." Liu Caiyun introduced the various rooms very familiarly.

This is not the first time she has come to this place, so she is very clear about the structure and functions of various places. According to the arrangement of Xiyang County Gong Yuwen Wen, 20 people can be isolated from the outside world for half a month without fear of smoke and fire outside.

Yuchi Chifan looked at the situation of the shelter and felt relieved. Here she heard from her husband that she knew there was food and digging a well, so she could safely close the door and take shelter. Yuwen Wen's eldest son and the eldest son she gave birth to were also carried by the wet nurse and came in with their mothers. Now she is sleeping in her arms.???

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Several more people came in, but it was the housekeeper Li Sanjiu, Lin Youdi, Zhang Yiman, and Hu Sanzi. They paid homage to the mistress and the two wives and explained the current situation: "Miss mother, two wives, the man instructed the guards to set up defenses and said that they could not come here in person. Please wait here. This matter will be announced tomorrow morning. Please wait for the mistress. The two wives will rest with peace of mind."

"Are all the servants in the mansion evacuated?" asked Yuchi Chifan.

"Please rest assured. Apart from the guards, there is no one idle in the mansion." Li Sanjiu replied. Since he rescued Yuchi Chifan from the palace in February last year, he has been hiding with the other party for more than a month. After coming to An 6, he was also entrusted with the steward as his confidant and was considered a person who Yuchi Chifan trusted very much.

"What's going on?" Yuchi Chifan was very concerned about this. Something happened before he could finish the New Year's Eve dinner. It was expected that the husband would clear up the accumulated problems in his office and would definitely arouse the local wealthy households to resist. But now this situation seems to be that even the mansion is about to be broken, so why would she not be worried?

"My mistress, the man said that the prepared banquet has now come two groups of guests. Now they are working overtime to add a seat to serve the food." Lin Youdi replied. He and Zhang Yiman, Hu Sanzi and Mr. Li are now responsible for guarding the inner layer of the refuge to protect the man's wife.

"Since that's the case, I'll be in trouble tonight." Yuchi Chifan nodded. His husband has always been mysterious and confident, so there is no need to think about the matter outside, as a big wife, she has to do her job well.

She arranged for the two "sisters" to rest in their respective rooms, and the two young men were also carried by the wet nurse to rest in their respective rooms. The little girl Yuwen Eying kept going to play chess in the "Aunt Xiao" room and was stopped by Yang Lihua.

Seeing the little girl pouting, Li Sanjiu stepped forward to rescue the siege and said that the little girl had a maid, so she could play chess with the maid to relieve her boredom. Yuwen Eying refused to let Aunt Xiao play with her. Li Sanjiu coughed dryly and asked Zhang Yiman and Hu Sanzi to be a scapegoat.

When Yang Lihua saw Xiao Jiuniang talking in Yuchi Chifan's room, she signaled Annu to follow her back to the room. She asked the wet nurse to look at her son and then whispered to her personal maid: "Why are you always disrespectful to the county magistrate!"

"I know I'm wrong..." Annu said with his head down, but he still felt contempt in his heart: the boss of the man has reminded the hateful bastard many times to be careful of the powerful household's counterattack, but the guy always looked indifferent.???

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Now, the whole family is hiding underground as mice. Isn’t it all under control? How can the family be so embarrassed?

Yang Lihua couldn't help but shake her head when she saw Annuyan insincere. It was expected that something would happen tonight, but it was unexpected that the whole family would hide in the underground secret room. However, she was confident that her husband could solve the problem.

"It will definitely be solved. It will definitely be."

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In the southwest corner of Xiyang City, the streets were covered with blood. Chen Jun soldiers who were rushing towards the residence of Xiyang County Duke were intercepted and suffered more than half of their casualties were instantly intercepted. They saw less than a hundred steps closer to the residence but were penetrated by giant arrows shot from the house across the intersection in front of them at less than a hundred steps.

The giant arrow easily pierced the first soldier wearing two armored armor and then the second one stopped until it penetrated the third person. The three of them fell to the ground like grasshoppers strung on a straw rope with giant arrows.

The total of three giant arrows shot out instantly took the lives of ten people. Just as Chen Jun soldiers rushed forward and ran more than ten steps, shooting the giant arrows again on the opposite side and snatched the lives of eight people.

In desperation, they divided the walls on both sides of the road to avoid huge arrows. After a while, they saw that there was no movement in the opposite house and they were scattered one by one. The house suddenly broke through the air and covered their team like rain.

"It's a crossbow arrow, everyone be careful!"

Some of them ran so fast that they rushed to the intersection and turned left, but there was a wall across the street. The walls were actually sandbags and blocked the corner, so that they could not move forward. These soldiers were not allowed to go forward and were shot and killed by crossbow arrows.

"Shield, put on the shield!"

A panic came forward to protect the soldiers behind him. I thought that this would at least make a firm foothold. I didn't expect that the giant arrow, which had been silent, shot again and directly pierced the soldiers holding the shield behind him through the shield.

"Roar, rush forward!" Chen General, who was supervising the formation, howled. Since the other party was prepared, staying on the unblocked street would be seeking death. The soldiers also knew this truth and stared at the corpse of his comrades and rushed forward with his shield.

They were going to rush through this intersection with a large crowd. Because the mansion of Xiyang County Duke turned left not far behind the intersection. After suffering another huge arrow, they arrived at the intersection and were about to climb over the low wall built by sandbags, a loud noise suddenly sounded and then fell down.

The dust flew and screamed repeatedly. A big hole suddenly appeared at the intersection and trapped dozens of Chen Jun. The soldiers behind saw this and couldn't help but retreat, but the people behind didn't know what to do in front of them. When the advance and retreat were in danger, the arrows shot over them again in the house at the intersection.

"What's going on! How could there be a trap on this street!" Chen Jiang, who was supervising the formation behind, yelled in anger. The man was led by Tian Yuansheng to encircle the Duke's Mansion of Xiyang County.

When he was asked, he could answer the question. At this intersection, people came and went during the day and there was a carriage passing by. Someone thought that there was a big pit. Besides, if the pit was dug, it would be quite a bit of noise, but I never heard of it unless it was at night.

By the way, the curfew is very strict now. Everyone stays at home unless there is an urgent matter at night. Yuwen Wen is the largest official in Bazhou. It would be more convenient to dig holes while there is no one around at night!

General Chen heard the guide say this to him to solve the problem, but this was of no help in changing the situation in front of him. It was useless to stay here. He had no choice but to command the remaining soldiers to retreat and meet with Chen's army from other places.

Compared with this road, Chen Jun was slightly lucky. They did not encounter traps but were ordinary obstacles. They were just waiting for more than ten people with crossing obstacles on the streets.

This street is the only way to the main entrance of Xiyang County Duke's mansion. It is a distance of five obstacles of two hundred steps. Chen Jun lost more than ten lives every time he climbed over a pile. These obstacles were stones in bamboo cages and many ropes tied to move. It was difficult to climb over.

The soldiers holding the shield were the first to go up, but they were only careful when they were overturning the obstacles. Unexpectedly, there were crossbowmen ambushing the roofs on both sides of the street to shoot them down. After fighting bloody battles, nearly a hundred people died along the way.

Chen Shuling stepped over the bodies of Chen soldiers on the ground with expressionless expression and walked forward. A circle of guards surrounded him and warned him from time to time to prevent archers from rushing out of the roof to shoot cold arrows.

This was an expected blockade, but Chen Shuling judged that the other party wanted to defend against the counterattack of the city's large households but did not expect that he would take Chen's army north to cross into the city. It was ridiculous that Yuwen Wen thought he had set up an ambush and waited for the Tian family and the city's large households to die to kill the mantis, but he didn't know that there was an oriole behind him.

Both sides were homes, and the residents were hiding at home and shivered. If they were as usual, Chen Shuling had ordered soldiers to rob, rob money, grain, and rob women as trophies to reward soldiers, but now he ordered that everyone not do anything else before breaking the Yuwen Wen mansion.

As long as Yuwen Wen can be caught and avenged the disfigurement, he doesn't care even if he is Tu Guangxiyang City. Everything should be put aside and this matter is given priority. Chen Jun who entered the city, except for guarding the south gate and the main intersection along the road, would all go to Yuwen Wen's mansion to kill him outside.

Chen Shuling seemed to step on something smooth, causing him to stand unsteadily, and he was staggering fortunately being held by people around him. He looked down and saw a dead Chen soldier. The man was lying upward, with a crossbow arrow tied with his right eye socket and his face was covered with ferocious blood.

‘Waste!’ Chen Shuling sneered in his heart and then stepped forward without any sympathy. These soldiers had already bought their lives by him, so they were not worthy of sympathy. In order to avenge, he not only rewarded the soldiers but also gave the fields outside Xiyang City, but also made a reward for the Lu family.

The other party helped him deal with Yuwen Wen, surely he couldn't stay in Jiangbei. Chen Shuling had already drawn fertile land on the border of Wuchang County to settle the two families and resettle their tribesmen as a reward. He could be said to have spent all his family's wealth to successfully take Yuwen Wen down in one fell swoop.

"King, you have already attacked the mansion!" A soldier ran over to report.

Upon hearing this, Chen Shuling looked up and saw that his soldiers had rushed to a courtyard in front of him. He turned around and looked at the black soldiers who pulled out their swords and shouted: "Attack in! I will receive a great reward for taking down Yuwen Wen!"

A shrill sound came from the courtyard in front of him. When everyone looked up, it was an arrow rushing into the sky with a fire. It seemed that the people inside were signaling to ask for help. Chen Shuling laughed loudly when he heard the sound: "Call for help? It's too late!"

"Yuwen Wen. I want you to live, not to die!"
Chapter completed!