Chapter 93 On the Jinming River
In order to facilitate the transportation of bulk materials into the city, Bianliang City was built across natural water systems such as Cai River and Bian River. In addition, some canals were dug to penetrate the Cai River and Bian River and other water systems, forming a water network in the city.
While these canals create convenient living conditions for the military and civilians in the city, they also gather a large number of buildings and become the most prosperous and splendid place in the city.
The Hu barbarians and the southern enemy, hundreds of thousands of hungry people fled to Bianliang for the sake of fleeing war, but they were mainly drowned in the outer city (Guocheng), which made Guocheng a mess, and the public security was chaotic, but the impact on the severely guarded inner city was still limited.
After nightfall, the long streets on both sides of the Jinming River were much quieter than before due to curfew. The lush willows with shady leaves were swaying under the moon. Most of the brothels and brothels were closed, but some houses were still holding lamps and the sound of silk and bamboo was heard. I don’t know if the girls were afraid of being rude in their skills during the closure, or if they were picking up customers in private.
A pleasure boat was slowly walking on the river surface, with several lanterns inserted on the side of the boat not very bright - the night sky was covered with light clouds and the moonlight was dim. A group of soldiers patrolling the street passed by nearby, and they could only see the dim black shadows of the pleasure boat floating on the black river surface.
After careful identification, you can still hear a piano sound floating from the river, but the doors and windows of this pleasure boat are specially covered with thick sound-absorbing curtains, which sounds quite ethereal.
The soldiers patrolling the streets were not surprised by this. Before the Chihu people crossed the Yellow River, curfews were imposed in the inner and outer cities, but when can they really stop the powerful and wealthy people in the city from having fun?
"I say these masters are really good. Which family is not full of wives and concubines, and which one is not as beautiful as a flower, why can't they tie their feet? When do you like to come out to have fun?"
"You don't understand, right? It's said that a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a steal. No matter how beautiful the wives and concubines at home are, they are so tired of looking at those faces for a long time. Where can the girls from Yanxuan Tower come fresh? Not to mention the little wings of the girl from Yanxuan Tower, the little wings that make your bones soft as you say."
"You're still tired of seeing this? A few days ago, a female family member was traveling in a carriage in Wangxiang's house in Tongluoxiang. When she was sitting in a carriage in front of the mansion, I glanced at a face, which was so beautiful. Just behave, don't say that I'll be tired of licking it for the rest of my life!"
"So you have this little chance!"
The soldiers patrolled the streets talked and laughed, and gradually walked away, without paying any attention. After they left, several teams of soldiers walked out quietly from the dark alleys on both sides of the Jinming River, and in groups of three or five people stood on the long street on both sides of the river where the pleasure boat was located. At the same time, several black-sailed boats slowly walked towards the pleasure boat from both sides.
The pleasure boat belongs to the Yanxuan Tower, with a length of twelve or thirteen meters in front and back and over four meters in width. The three-story boat is extremely magnificent. In addition to the guests and girls, there are dozens of chefs, servants and maids in the pleasure boat, and of course there are also guards carrying knives.
Although the war is now in chaos, the chaos is mainly concentrated in the city. Due to the implementation of curfew, the defenses near the city walls and gate towers are much tighter than usual, and the public security at night is calmer than before.
More than a dozen guards also noticed that several sackboats were approaching, and they untied their swords and hit the side of the ship, threatened them, and ordered the sackboats to leave, so that they should not be ungrateful and leaned over to cause trouble.
The strange noise from the short arrow shot from the powerful crossbow is like a branch broken by the wind on a winter night.
At that moment, several guards were caught off guard and were shot by crossbow arrows. Some people screamed and fell into the water, while others covered the wounds where the arrows were inserted and looked for a place to hide.
More guards drew out their knives and called to stop the attack on the enemy from boarding the ship.
The guards hired by Yanxuan Tower may not be too bad, and they have two tricks. However, when facing the fierce and fierce attacks launched by the sharp and fierce soldiers who have been wearing armor and experienced many bloody battles, they are like duckweed without roots and have no power to resist.
In the blink of an eye, the guards and shipmen outside the cabin were divided and killed by the fierce soldiers on board, and no living person was left.
The pleasure boat covered the doors and windows with curtains to prevent the sound of having fun in the boat building from being too blatant; even when the people in the boat building heard the fierce fighting on the side of the boat just now, they thought it had happened elsewhere.
At the same time, wine and sex are also intoxicating and slow.
When the people in the Fanglou opened the doors and windows with confusion, they saw that outside the Fanglou was completely controlled by a strange soldier covered in blood. They screamed in panic and had to retreat back to the Fanglou and close the doors and windows.
Xu Huai, Zhu Han, Xu Wuli, Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan climbed onto the deck and did not rush to order the attack on Fanglou.
Zhou Jing, Zhu Chengjun and others followed the original plan and arranged for people to nail the portholes to death with wooden boards to prevent anyone from jumping into the river or calling for help from the shore. At the same time, they salvaged the deck and the bodies that fell into the water and transported them away with black-sailed boats. At this time, they should try their best to avoid clues.
They also prepared more than a dozen boatmen. At this time, they controlled the pleasure boat, so they used bamboo poles to support it, and drove to the wider Bian River, which was the wider water surface, and moved to the river sections they controlled on both sides of the river.
After the pleasure boat left the current Jinming River section, Yan Xiaoyi, Xu Xin'an and others took cover to evacuate from the streets and alleys on both sides of the straits.
Some people heard strange noises on the buildings on both sides of the river, but when they walked out, they saw that the long street was empty and there was no ghost shadow. The moon reflected a shattering light in the Jinming River and the shadows of the trees were swaying.
"What happened?"
"What's going on? Maybe there were a few little thieves who were blindly blind and were caught by the soldiers who were patrolling the night?"
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"Mr. Jun. I have controlled the situation in the Fanglou!" Zhou Jing's armor was covered with blood. It was obvious that he still encountered resistance when he led his men into the Fanglou. He had to kill people to control the situation in the Fanglou as soon as possible.
Xu Huai looked at the dark water surface, took out a black scarf from his arms to cover his face, and walked into the Fanglou with Zhu Wen, Xu Wuqi, Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan.
The shore building is divided into three floors. In addition to the exquisite cabins on the first and second floors, the bottom floor is a hall about seven or eight feet long. Xu Huaisan has seen the world and never thought that a ship could be built so luxuriously and exquisitely in the world. The exquisitely carved wooden walls on both sides have more than a dozen glass wall lamps. The candlelight shines through the glazed cover, making the bright shore building look quite bizarre.
There are eight giant pillars in the middle of the hall, one of which is a man holding a pair of auspicious animals, carved with fish, cranes and other auspicious animals, and each wooden pillar has several glass lamps. There are brocade carpets on the ground, and there are dozens of colorful blood stains left at this time, and several corpses were not dragged out in time.
The guards in the Fanglou were either killed or captured, and were imprisoned in other cabins with servants and maids, dragging the dead bodies out. There were only a dozen men and women with blood-faced faces left in Youda's hall. Some of them came out to have fun regardless of the curfew, and some of the girls of Yanxuanlou who were so scared that they could still see the beautiful faces of them.
"How do you leave these women from Yanxuan Tower here?" Xiao Yanhan asked with a frown.
"Whether these grandsons are boasting, who knows how many secrets of the court are leaked? The girls in Yanxuan Tower are so popular, they may not know less secrets than us," Xu Huai pressed the sword on his waist, glanced at the faces of more than ten tied men with cold eyes, looked at Zhu Hang sideways, saw his brows frowning tightly, and asked, "Mr. Zhu Hang, what's wrong with you? Which one is Xu Jun?"
"The person with a small mole on the lower left chin is Xu Jun..."
Zhu Wei looked ugly, but was covered by a sweat towel. When he took a breath, he wanted to lower his voice and say something, a middle-aged man with his hands tied back struggled to stand up and said:
"I wonder which heroes you are? You are in danger in the world, just seeking wealth. We come out to have fun at night, and we carry limited wealth. Even if you can find dozens of flying tickets in the money shop, after such an incident happens tonight, you may not find a place to exchange it - you can save our lives, and I promise that your income will be far more than you imagined!"
"Damn, sit back honestly!" Xu Huai saw that the middle-aged man dared to come to him to bargain, so he kicked him out.
Even if Xu Huai didn't want to kill all these people to silence, he would never frown if he killed three or five more people.
With the enemy in front of you, these grandsons still have the intention to have fun, and none of them are innocent even if they kill them.
Xu Huai pulled out the knife and wondered whether to stab the middle-aged man who seemed a little brave, to kill the others, and to make the next thing more convenient.
"Show mercy, show mercy," Zhu Han grabbed Xu Huai's hand in panic, hurriedly called him to show mercy, and said in a low voice in embarrassment, "He is Zhao Yi, Duke Wuwei, and the brother of the Lord Rongle County!"
Zhu Feng's brother-in-law?!
Xu Huai was also shocked. The grandson of Wuwei Duke Zhao Yi was in front of him. He had the intention to come out to have fun. Then he thought, it was not surprising that if he had not had these entanglements with Zhu's house in the past two years, if the brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong were trapped in Bianliang City at this time, wouldn't they be a good-looking lamp?
"Separately detain and interrogate!" Xu Huai had to change his plan at this time and asked someone to take Xu Jun, Zhao Yi and others to the first floor, and separate the second floor cabins for interrogation. No matter how he hated evil, he would not fail to give Zhu Han face and stab Wuwei Duke Zhao Yi with a knife.
After taking all these people away, Zhu Qing explained to everyone in embarrassment.
"What should I do?" Zhou Jing was slightly stunned and asked.
It is easy for them to shut up when they ask Wuwei Duke Zhao Yi to shut up, but the problem is that the girl, servant, and maids in Yanxuan Tower know that Wuwei Duke Zhao Yi was on the pleasure boat today, and he only put Wuwei Duke Zhao Yi back. He couldn't guess that there was something suspicious about him? Could it be that in order to protect Wuwei Duke, all the girl, servant of Yanxuan Tower were killed and silenced?
Xu Huai pondered for a moment and said, "First tie up Wuwei Duke and took it out of Bianliang; after the enemy troops retreat, give him a chance to escape, that is, everything else will be implemented as planned..."
Chapter completed!